Liam Proven schrieb:
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Leap: you get a point release about once a year, roughly when SLE gets a service pack. Major releases are about every 3-4 years, approximately when SLE gets major releases.
Source: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Roadmap
Ubuntu has this slightly odd dual-life-cycle thing, which makes it a bit more production-friendly.
No other distro I know of has this. Even the prominent Ubuntu-based distros -- e.g. Mint, Bodhi, Elementary -- tend to use the Ubuntu LTS (and updates) and base their meta-distros on top of that.
openSUSE doesn't _have_ a short-lifecycle stable-release version from which to derive what Ubuntu refers to as "hardware enablement stacks".
SLE service packs do contain updates for hardware enablement. So even 15.1 which is in development may already behave differently on the same hardware right now (iow please try and report bugs). Every other SLE service pack is usually bigger and may even version update the kernel if there are good reasons for it. The integration and stabilization work needed for introducing a kernel update (or an update of any other component low in the stack in fact) at such a scale cannot be underestimated though. The focus clearly is on avoiding regressions rather than shipping the kernel of the day. That's why it takes time. 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-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org