-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/2015 05:50 AM, Mathias Homann wrote:
Hi,
I guess I didn't pay too much attention until now:
Well that is a bit of a problem at this point in the discussion.
Do I understand right that the next openSUSE enduser desktop release will be based on the latest SLES (which I'd understand to be SLES12)?
Does this mean that the next openSUSE enduser desktop release in some parts will use older components than the current openSUSE 13.2 (for example the kernel)?
Yes, not necessarily, and no. If one just looks at the version number (kernel for example) then the answer is yes, for gcc the answer is no. However, if one cares about what is actually inside the package then the answer is not necessarily. As I pointed out in one e-mail the kernel carries some 5000+ patches. Many of those backport features from kernels with a version number that is greater than the version number of the kernel that is in openSUSE 13.2. Other parts of the kernel are older. What is not yet clear is how things that are not of interest to SUSE for SLE would get backported. As Leap has an older kernel base backporting does become more difficult as time passes. Anyway, we all have to see how this plays out, there are many unanswered questions that will only get answered as Leap develops and we'll see how the SLE sources evolve. Maybe SUSE will deliver new kernel sources every other service pack and maybe SUSE will manage to deliver a new service pack every year. No one knows at this point, no announcements or commitments have been made.
All in all I hope this article is "full of sh*t": http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OpenSuse-setzt-mit-42-auf-Unter
bau-von-Suse-Linux-Enterprise-2731743.html
The article basically doesn't make "42" look very good. Less drivers, older software, less software than the current 13.2.
Well if one just looks at the version number that is certainly the conclusion one can draw. However, just a bit below the surface a different picture presents itself. How to communicate this will certainly be an interesting challenge for the marketing and messaging of Leap. However, this discussion is really way of topic and we should stop this part of the thread. Later, Robert - -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU Public Cloud Architect LINUX rjschwei@suse.com IRC: robjo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVmnCJAAoJEE4FgL32d2Uk9b4IAKFgYxBGUQNvy8N0wsV9v7qO OZuiqUAZkNiwSNRDgy4w1pSVDrQw6c8kiaY1enffsjfdJWJc/PeEAk9SsN5iNM6f 5ISmmBQE78AmWBoV3OMiPC7/vvPo8lTCY0pi4CfaJp1z4b1TrhQhzor0edfTpsoA DpNU8RHr0Yw2sQV5zjc4XWnMq6hRsMjSNBe0tNMknTsXbR8ROm8EfKHnmEHwItRe UoRaAoIN3VimlLNaqPWuGZy7/ApfpJc9kINXwTJDtc+voPegiH1Oogn42A9LaYC6 CQd5NICHBFt2gr35Iej8weEakB70z4DQI1m2/gcqY8ysPtShVC+p+akTP8QOj8E= =9r1R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org