On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 03:03:13AM +0200, Zbigniew Baniewski wrote: > Not sure about amount of time sacrificed each time to prepare new complete > release... but perhaps it could be spared, if the system+packages is > "refreshed" piece-by-piece / month-by-month?
Who would buy CD's if there were a "rolling release"? CD sales are an important source of funding. Every time OpenBSD makes a release, it makes news on Slashdot and other websites. How would OpenBSD make up for the lost publicity with a rolling release? Rolling releases are arguably more buggy than semi-annual releases because less time is spent ensuring their consistency. Some users, such as myself, prefer the relatively bug-free semi-annual releases.
