> I've been running OpenBSD on my laptop for a few weeks now and have\ > been having a pretty pleasant experience. I've heard of the current\ > branch of the operating system and I think it'd be fun to check out\ > with the added benefit of having a few ports I want that aren't in\ > the release builds yet. I have a few questions regarding this:\ > > 1. Are these builds stable enough for daily use outside of testing?\
Many if not all OpenBSD devs run -current on their machines so while an occasional bug might slip in, the chances of -current being unusably broken for a long while is almost zero. Other groups have other rules and processes, but for openbsd, -current represents what the devs believe to be the best version so far and it is expected work and run at all times. There is a massive amount of dogfooding(*) -current among devs and openbsd users. > 3. How are major upgrades handled?\ > When OpenBSD 8.0 comes out, will I have to do any extra work to\ > keep tracking -current, or will it just keep rolling on and on?\ > I assume you can call -current a rolling release... You just keep on using -current, the releases are held for a while to allow package builds and so on, but when the actual release comes out, -current has already moved on past the release files. *) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
