[nycbug-talk] OpenBSD Development Cycle

Bill Totman billtotman at billtotman.com
Wed May 2 15:36:33 EDT 2012


On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Okan Demirmen <okan at demirmen.com> wrote:
> On Wed 2012.05.02 at 12:29 -0400, Bill Totman wrote:
>> Hello Talk,
>>
>> Some years ago, it seems, I remember reading about the development
>> cycle of OpenBSD.
>>
>> The highlights I remember had to deal with how Theo will essentially
>> surprise the devs with the actual freeze date and how committers are
>> required to participate in the QA process.
>>
>> Did I imagine this article or can someone help point me to it?
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon2009-release_engineering/

Thanks, Okan - that's pretty much what I was looking for.

Pete, your links are helpful, too.

I think the original story might have been via the now defunct Newsforge:

http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/03/20/2050223.shtml?tid=8

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