[ ] Saturday, 3 May 2014 [ ]

OpenBSD Release process

OpenBSD release process:

  • unlock tree from 5.4 release, become 5.4-current (occurred july 29, 2013)
  • ~6 months of rapid development for work to become 5.5
  • 5.4 is formally released from stuff up to july (occurred november 1, 2013)
  • slow down, no big changes, abi/api lock, become 5.5-beta
  • tree locks, hopefully no remaining changes (occurred feb 28, 2014)
  • developers test final snapshots on all archs, discuss outstanding issues
  • OPENBSD_5_5 is tagged, considered "5.5 release"
  • CD images are created for 5.5 release, Theo works on getting artwork, giving CD images to pressing plant
  • tree unlocks, becomes 5.5-current (occurred march 5, 2014), rapid development starts leading up to 5.6
  • CDs for 5.5 release start shipping, ftp release happens may 1, 2014
Thanks to jcs for this overview.

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