[AsiaBSDCon 2009]: March 14-15, 2009, Tokyo, Japan

Read on to find out more about Theo's plenary talk:

I had a very interesting discussion with Theo on the subject of his talk and as usual I was more than enlightened. Having seen Theo present on a few occasions, I know that it will be a talk not to be missed, if not for the message then for the lively and interesting discussions that usually ensue :-).

Here is Theo's plenary abstract:

Twelve years ago OpenBSD developers started engineering a release
process that has resulted in quality software being delivered on a
consistent 6 month schedule -- 25 times in a row, exactly on the date
promised, and with no critical bugs.  This on-time delivery process is
very different from how corporations manage their product releases and
much more in tune with how volunteer driven communities are supposed
to function.  Developer and testing laziness is mostly circumvented
and leader frustration is kept to a minimum.  The reasons, mechanics
and social workings of our process have never been detailed outside
the project, but now will be, hopefully providing some insight to
others who face delays and quality issues with their own product
lines.

David Gwynne (dlg@) will also present his paper on pfsync and Active-Active Firewall Cluster Support in OpenBSD. Claudio Jeker (claudio@) will give an updated talk on the history and present state of OpenBGPD. Constantine A. Murenin (cnst@) will present the history and design of OpenBSD's hardware sensors framework. Finally, Kristaps Dzonsons will discuss his work on deprecating groff and using OpenBSD by way of example.

I would highly recommend this conference to anyone interested in BSD in general. Please don't expect a conference write up but I am certain that the papers and perhaps slides will be available shortly after the event.

Mark T. Uemura