Feature changed by: John Shand (jshand2013) Feature #316462, revision 2 Title: new release cycle idea openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jörg Stephan (johest) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As seen at http://amelinux.blogspot.de/2013/08/opensuse-new-idea.html I really would like to discuss the current release circle. I know it was a community discussion which lead to this 8 month timeline. But i guess it would be best to change this again. In my mind it would be best to support tumbleweed more and release a stable evergreen like distribution with 2 years release cycle and minor changes from tumbleweed upstream. The release should include: * A Desktop system like we already have * A server system (kernel, software) * Proffesional "forks" like terminal server, small business The new release cycle (like seen in the picture): For example called openSUSE 14 Every two years, the tumbleweed will be freezed for evergreen release. Every 6 month any minor change of software will be pushed to 14.n+1 until the release of the next major openSUSE release + Discussion: + #1: John Shand (jshand2013) (2013-08-29 10:51:04) + this would be a brilliant idea, as businesses and normal home users + would benefit from a two yearly distribution update, (does not mean any + security and other fixes for their current distribution) as it would + cost time and money and slow productivity. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316462