I used to agree with you, while still running an openbsd router for home use, but the last upgrade went quite smoothly so I would say they've put a lot of work

I used to agree with you, while still running an openbsd router for home use, but the last upgrade went quite smoothly so I would say they've put a lot of work into that aspect. Yes there were manual steps to perform but they worked so well and were so simple that I couldn't help but think about automating them in a simple script. And finishing up I just did a pkg_add -u to upgrade all packages. The only thing missing from the example imo is dnsmasq, much easier and lighter to use.