... time to prepare new complete > release... but perhaps it could be ... 's if there were a "rolling release"? CD sales are an ... . Every time OpenBSD makes a release, it makes news on Slashdot ... more buggy than semi-annual releases because less time is spent ...

openbsd-misc - Matthew Szudzik - Apr 22 2008 - 21:23

> AFAIK OpenBSD has 2 releases a year - which means, that devs are ... 't be in > such situation reasonable to switch to s.c. "rolling release" model - and > even more convenient for ... and users? OpenBSD has 2 official releases a year, plus a daily snapshot ...

openbsd-misc - Theo de Raadt - Apr 22 2008 - 20:46

Hello, > AFAIK OpenBSD has 2 releases a year - which means, that devs are ... reasonable to switch to s.c. "rolling release" model - and > even more convenient for both devs and users? I ... I wouldn't mind having only 1 release a year if eventually 2 per ...

openbsd-misc - Siegbert Marschall - Apr 23 2008 - 16:41

Zbigniew Baniewski wrote: > AFAIK OpenBSD has 2 releases a year - which means, that devs are trying to ... : wouldn't be in > such situation reasonable to switch to s.c. "rolling release" model - and > even more convenient for both devs and users? That's ...

openbsd-misc - Steve Shockley - Apr 22 2008 - 20:56

> wouldn't be in > such situation reasonable to switch to s.c. "rolling release" model - and > even more convenient for both devs and users? > -- the devs have been hard at work for many years, and I' ...

openbsd-misc - Jason Beaudoin - Apr 22 2008 - 20:48

... each time to prepare new complete > release... but perhaps it could be ... asking that we do 12 releases a year, for 13 cpu ... build the packages for a release. Some of the slower architectures ... months leading up to a release they have been careful enough ...

openbsd-misc - Theo de Raadt - Apr 22 2008 - 21:29

... . OpenBSD tries to have quality releases, with several goals. Those goals ... the very quick reaction. We're trying hard to go up ... stable, or actually making these releases. There will be hard choices ... that's how slow the release process is), and you'll ...

openbsd-misc - Marc Espie - Apr 23 2008 - 03:34

... testing windows and snapshot re-spins before a release... and and you want us to do this ... - while having > always the latest release (just because there's only that ... theoretical shortest time possible. The latest release happens in May and November - ...

openbsd-misc - Chris Kuethe - Apr 22 2008 - 21:37

... about amount of time sacrificed each time to prepare new complete release... but perhaps it could be spared, if the system+packages ... need to reinstall at all - while having always the latest release (just because there's only that "latest"). Above are ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 22 2008 - 21:03

... are. It's a very quick, oversimplified summary, > of a taxing process and decisions. There are glaring mistakes, for the sake > of simplification. In a nutshell, release is ways harder to do than you think. Thanks a lot for explanation. -- ZB

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 23 2008 - 10:43

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 08:48:47PM -0400, Jason Beaudoin wrote: > the devs have been hard at work for many years, and I'd be willing to > bet that they like the system they've come up with. If they didn't, > they'd change it. But it's pretty valid

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 22 2008 - 21:04

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 08:56:07PM -0400, Steve Shockley wrote: > That's called -current. You mean: syncing with that branch gives in effect what I was writing about? Didn't try it... maybe I should. -- pozdrawiam / regards Zbigniew

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 22 2008 - 21:10

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:29:38PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > Above are my rather theoretical thoughts... not sure, just asking. > > Just a theoretical thought, eh. Just asking... right. Yes, it is > easy and OK to ask uneducated questions,

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 22 2008 - 21:39

Zbigniew Baniewski wrote: > You mean: syncing with that branch gives in effect what I was writing about? > Didn't try it... maybe I should. Maybe; it's the development head, so it requires monitoring the source changes when upgrading your system

openbsd-misc - Steve Shockley - Apr 22 2008 - 22:20