On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
My intent was naming the initiative.
I think I agree with Bryen: It seems important to first identify the rough goal of the initiative before naming it since the former definitely can have a strong influence on the latter. So far I have seen three different ideas mentioned . openSUSE Server Edition, somewhat alike the GNOME and KDE media . openSUSE LTS, longer term security and possibly other updates . codename "openSLES", a CentOS equivalent and at least for two out of the three I don't see why openSUSE would not be a good fit for name.
I like the server CD idea, but being that it is openSUSE it has only an 18 month life cycle. Many people wait a few months to decide whether or not it is a good idea to go with the release. So you then shrink the 18 months to 15-16.
There is nothing that prevents openSUSE from offering updates for 18 years. ;-) At this point Novell is sponsoring 18 months, and if some group steps up to help with that and/or lengthen the period, why not? Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer E gp@novell.com SUSE Linux Products GmbH Director Product Management F +49(911)74053-483 HRB 16746 (AG Nuremberg) SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Appliances GF Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org