[badsectoracula]

Well, at this point it'd be pressed dual layer blu rays though, i downloaded the entire version and just the amd64 directories are around 45GB in size. I do not understand why they feel the need to associate OS versions with 3rd party packages though, why have an OpenBSD 6.5 version of -say- the 0ad game instead of an OpenBSD version of it that you say it needs at least OpenBSD 6.5 (or whatever) version to run?

(same question about Linux distros in general, FWIW... i just do not see the point of packaging so much stuff for a single OS version, it is like if Windows did the same thing - ignoring licensing - Windows 10 would include Photoshop, Steam, DOOM, Visual Studio, Maya, 3ds max and pretty much every other program with a bit of popularity ever made)

Well, at least a single arch version still fits on a single disk medium, last time i checked Debian needed several DL BDs (although perhaps a single BDXL disk, once they become available, will work... assuming we also ever burners for those).

[brohee]

Packages are dependant on certain version of system librairies, and binary compatibility isn't a huge concern from version to version.

[badsectoracula]

Hence the "needs at least" part, or does OpenBSD break backwards compatibility in every version for every package?

[yellowapple]

OpenBSD is particularly aggressive about breaking backward-compatibility, yes. For example: the switch to a 64-bit time_t on 32-bit systems to stay ahead of the Year 2038 problem.