On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:45 AM, wim wauters<wim.waut...@unisoftdesign.co.uk> wrote: > Mike Erdely wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 02:22:44PM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: >> >>> >>> At least, that's what the website says at http://openbsd.org/46.html >>> True or typo? (I'd expect November 1st.) >>> >> >> True. >> > > OK, I'll stick my neck out... > > Why the change? > > Is it to allow better alignment to the yearly schedule of the > developers/contributors/hackatons? > Changing to a five month release cycle is an energy saving plan to reduce the projects carbon foot print. Also will be possible to sell resulting carbon credits, raising substantial additional income for the project.
This is leading edge stuff that should be highlighted on the OpenBSD web site. An Open Source first. Al Gore is totally on board. Okay, maybe the Al Gore reference is a bit over the top, but he would be, if we asked. Regards, Gerald.
