I am just a happy user of NetBSD. I subscribed to the mailing list
just to reply to this thread. I think NetBSD is a wonderful system and
I will continue to use it despite the pessimism in these messages.
Look at the pkgsrc tree, look at the changes page. Is this stagnant?
Who added full Xen support before the others? In fact, I see this
thread as just another positive aspect of BSDs, i.e. self-criticism.

Have a nice day!