Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (328 mails)

[Bryen <suserocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2008-12-24 at 01:04 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> On Tuesday, 2008-12-23 at 08:16 -0800, N B Day wrote:
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> > I'd just like to say again that a professionally boxed and produced DVD
> > is, in my experience, a great comfort to people who want to try Linux
> > but are skeptical because they've learned from the mass media that Linux
> > comes from weird people with big bushy beards and sandals-with-sox who
> > live in their mother's basement.  This is especially true of small
> > business people and academics.  Distribution via download only is like
> > preaching to the already converted.
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> True.
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> > If it isn't profitable or convenient to have a boxed release
> > simultaneous with the general release, then why not do a box mid cycle
> > or even late in the cycle incorporating all the updates and even a dvd
> > or two with some of the main repositories?  I know several people out
> > here in the vast emptiness where the phone lines tend to be nailed to
> > the fence-posts who would gladly be six months out of phase if they
> > could have a really solid, bug-free OS.  Or, maybe just find some way to
> > market SLED to these folks!
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> Possibly.
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> I think it would be better to delay the box and add the first month or 
> two of patches. They usually are a lot patches, and some of the bugs 
> discovered and solved in the first month or two after release are 
> important.
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> Cheers,
>         Carlos E. R.

It does add value to the box, for sure.  But how would we ensure
consumers know this is the "Less-bug" version?  And would there be
confusion if a consumer also happens to have the downloaded version from
previously?  Would we call all such boxed releases 11.1.1 and so on?

-- 
Bryen Yunashko
openSUSE Board Member

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