OpenBSD 5.9 Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenBSD 5.9 Released

OpenBSD 5.9 was released today well ahead of its 1 May release schedule...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenBSD-5.9-Released

[hiryu]

I can't find any mention of improved ARM support. :/

Maybe the ARM port is a lower tier and the ARM work 5.9 isn't done yet? There's some ARM work for 5.8.

[ksec]

Can phoronix do some benchmarks with FreeBSD 10.3 and OpenBSD 5.9. Just wondering if things have changed much over the years.

[a2r-l]

Haha, perhaps Fedora should learn releasing on time from the OpenBSD guys.

[trilean]

Can phoronix do some benchmarks with FreeBSD 10.3 and OpenBSD 5.9. Just wondering if things have changed much over the years.

Michael did a benchmark not too long ago with 5.8: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=22703

However, 5.9 should perform much better because they made quite some progress on the smp front. Grep for 'mp-save' on http://www.openbsd.org/plus59.html

[elmerovingio]

Any guesses as to why did they released it one month earlier?
Do the devs need a longer release cycle for some new feature?
Or is it just a result of shorter build-times caused by the killing of VAX?

[RahulSundaram]

Haha, perhaps Fedora should learn releasing on time from the OpenBSD guys.

Huh? OpenBSD is time based release. Fedora is NOT.

[a2r-l]

Huh? OpenBSD is time based release. Fedora is NOT.

I am referring to the news of Fedora getting delayed every damn release.

[RahulSundaram]

I am referring to the news of Fedora getting delayed every damn release.

Yes, because Fedora prioritizes fixing blocker bugs over releasing on a fixed schedule. Why is this a problem?

[Amarildo]

Does 5.9 contain a usable AMD video driver?