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<h3>Changes made between OpenBSD versions.</h3> |
<h3>Changes made between OpenBSD versions.</h3> |
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The OpenBSD project was spawned from NetBSD (ie. a member of the |
The OpenBSD project was spawned from NetBSD (a member of the 4.4BSD |
4.4BSD family) and is developed separately. As well as developments |
family) and is developed separately. As well as developments by our |
by our development group, good changes from the other free operating |
development group, good changes from the other free operating systems |
systems are evaluated and merged into OpenBSD (of course, depending on |
are evaluated and merged into OpenBSD. We track bug reports and |
various factors like developer time for example.) OpenBSD tracks bug |
source tree changes from the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects fairly |
reports and source tree changes from the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects |
closely. Even pieces of code from the Linux projects have been used. |
fairly closely. Even pieces of code from the Linux projects have been |
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used. |
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In the early days of OpenBSD, it was possible to be able to say |
In the early days of OpenBSD, it was possible to be able to say |
"OpenBSD is NetBSD <b>PLUS MORE STUFF</b>" Now, after substantial |
"OpenBSD is NetBSD PLUS MORE STUFF". Now, after the substantial work |
work OpenBSD is very much is it's own thing. Too much stuff has been |
the group members have done, OpenBSD is very much is it's own thing. |
added and fixed. OpenBSD is OpenBSD. |
Too much stuff has been added and fixed to easily compare it to |
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something else. OpenBSD is OpenBSD. |
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This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes |
This is a partial list of the major machine independent changes |