Michal Kubecek wrote:
On Monday 14 of December 2015 11:01:08 Bruno Friedmann wrote:
The fact that Leap is here, change the game a bit. Hopefully.
It definitely does. However, I'm not really sure if it means there will be no need for Evergreen (or evergreen-like project) anymore. Actually, I'm much less convinced about that than I was when Leap was first announced. There are two reasons:
1. Looking at Leap 42.1, I'm afraid we gave up a bit too much to the temptation to throw newest possible versions of some packages. In particular, while I understand the reasons for kernel 4.1 and Plasma 5, the former is the reason why I would rather wait with installing it on my servers and the latter a reason why I'm not going to install it on important desktops anytime soon.
2. While in theory, "Leap 42" is going to be supported for quite long, in reality, there may be significant leaps between the point releases. For someone reluctant to upgrade a live production machine, say, from 42.1 to 42.2 without testing everything thoroughly, this would actually mean lifetime shorter than it used to be in the pre-Leap era. IMHO it's too early to say how much of a concern this is going to be; I believe we will be wiser once we see how 42.2 would turn out (if we are able to stay as conservative as LTS release deserves).
Very valid concerns. Thanks for spelling them out! What to (not) put in Leap 42.2 is something that needs to be seriously discussed. Please don't just wait and see. Help shaping it so it fits it's target audience well :-) cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.com/ SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org