On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Larry Stotler wrote:
However, in this case since it's a major part of the system, I still think it would be better to wait.
The problem with waiting (and we have considered this in several cases, and done it in some) is that there always will be something major "just a tiny little bit too late". The Linux kernel, glibc, GNOME, KDE, Firefox, OpenOffice, Banshee 1.0, Amarok 2.0, GCC, and the list goes on. A major risk with waiting is that "just a tiny little bit" may gradually evolve into "just a bit longer than just a tiny little bit" and/or at that later point in time, there is something _else_ to wait for.
Besides, what if the release date gets pushed back anyway?
In that case we always tried to accomodate as many other changes as possible without increasing risk on others fronts too much. As an example, if for some reason openSUSE 11.1 starts slipping, looking into a newer version of Firefox would be not too unlikely; looking into a move from GCC 4.3 to GCC 4.4 would since nearly everything depends on the compiler. In the concrete case, looking at http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Release_Schedule and http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Release_Schedule openSUSE 11.1 would have to slip quite a bit to allow for an update to KDE 4.2 as opposed to one to KDE 4.1.2 or 4.1.3. Looking into my magic sphere, I venture it'll be openSUSE 11.2 that will bring us KDE 4.2 and GNOME 2.26 and GCC 4.4 and... As we tend to say here: "After the release is before the release". ;-) Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer E gp@novell.com SUSE Linux Products GmbH Director Inbound Product Mgmt T +49(911)74053-0 HRB 16746 (AG Nuremberg) openSUSE/SUSE Linux Enterprise F +49(911)74053-483 GF: Markus Rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org