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somatyesterday at 6:33 PM1 replyview on HN

Release Engineering. Noun. See Also OpenBSD

OpenBSD does a lot of things well, definitely punches above their weight. One underrated feature is their approach to releasing. No "When it's done" here. Like clockwork twice a year, they slow down, clean the shop, get their experiments in order and cook a release, a stable point in time. More projects could learn a thing or two from this.


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binkHNyesterday at 6:45 PM

Agreed. I also like that code doesn't get committed without a quality man page.