On 2018-03-08 04:20, Peter Linnell wrote:
On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:39:04 +1100 Karl Cheng <> wrote:
Hi,
Ex-SUSE sales engineer here.
Why will Leap 15 have 4.12 instead of 4.14 ?
Long answer.. sorry. I want the larger community to _really_ understand the thinking behind these kinds of decisions.
On the enterprise side you need _lots_ more time for hardware and ISV certification. If SUSE were to wait for 4.14 or switch to 4.14, that would cause both types of certifications to be delayed or force the engineering to be redone.
I can speak from experience that the hardware side, providing certification is an expense for the hardware partners, both in engineer time and having the hardware available.
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Sorry for the long read, but I did want folks to understand the real reasoning for these kinds of decisions.
Thanks, I appreciate this explanation. Thankyou! -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)