Hi Vijay and everyone else,
> I had sent an email to [email protected] regarding this
> yesterday and they replied that "there isn't a 6.1 cd, please check
> out the obsd.org site to persuade them to make one...". However I did
> not want to bother the list and the developers in case CDs are not the
> way to go. I did a search on mailing list messages but did not see
> anything about 6.1 CDs.
True. The 6.1 ANNOUNCEMENT does not list an upcoming CD.
6.0 was announced as the last CD release.
6.0 says so in the liner notes.
It is hard to believe OpenBSD followers missed that.
6.0 had 6 songs. It was meant to be over the top, a celebration.
I sung the lyrics for the 6th song:
Goodbye CDs
I'm done with you today
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
No more pre-production
And no more long delays
So I have peace
Of mind
Goodbye.
I am a sorry for people who missed the cues, but this change is
personal. I made 40 CD releases in 20 years, investing personal
effort and risk to build and sustain the costs of this project and
sub-projects.
I do not want to keep making CDs to sustain myself and the project
anymore. Other ways need to work now.
The decision is not only economical. I don't want the "friction" of
trying to achieve high-quality production of collector item data CDs
twice a year, in 2017. 6.0 was a high-quality CD release like
previous ones, but don't want to expend the effort of producing and
testing to make sure 6.1, 6.2 etc are up to that standard. It is
better to call it quits on a high note.
Having done 6.1 without a CD, we learn that incorporating CDs into the
production cycle has been a big drag, basically 1 month out of 6.
Other project developers and processes were locked to that cycle. It
is shocking how easy a release cycle is without a CD. Generally our
tree is always ready, we may be able to do future releases at the drop
of a hat.
As long as we produce a release the developers can be proud of. That
is more important than making a CD -- by far.
> So I am thinking that the CD's may be ready only by May 1 and the
> release date was pushed earlier for some reason (just a guess
> because in 2015 and before, CDs were released in May and November)
The shop will not be selling 6.1 CDs.
Most things come to an end, sorry.
> If no OpenBSD CDs are going to be released, then probably it is better
> to just send a donation to the OpenBSD foundation and/or to Theo de
> Raadt.
Vijay, that is the correct way to sustain the software.
The CDs haven't pulled in sustaining revenue for many years.
Based upon income from contributors the Foundation performs a
fantastic function -- making worries and problems disappear.
> If CD's are going to be released, of course, I would be first
> in line since I have all CD's since 2.8 :)
That is a good collection. I have one of each, and ones before that.
I've heard that 2.5 is the most difficult to acquire.
I think the audio CDs are undervalued. They contain no dorky software
-- they are lyrics + music + drawing, just art. Dorky art sure, but
no software...
Sorry guys.
Anyone want to buy some well-used CD burners?
