Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (422 mails)

[Thomas Hertweck <Thomas.Hertweck@xxxxxx>]

On 09/12/10 21:01, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
> [...]
> It has been suggested that this would have to be done outside the
> openSUSE project. So provided some infrastructure can be
> organized and enough people step up and work on this outside the
> openSUSE community such a situation would not even arise. 

Sure. But it doesn't answer the fundamental question whether we as a
community would be happy with such an overall approach. Let's say you
started such an openSLE project (outside of the official openSUSE project
and infrastructure but it would obviously still be associated with
openSUSE in one way or another, even if it was just through the people
finally responsible for the openSLE project), then I am sure you would
feel more comfortable if you had at least some support from the community
(see also the comment about the initial attempt below). Obviously there
are different opinions: Some say we shouldn't care about Novell at all and
even what the openSUSE community thinks doesn't matter, as long as there
are enough volunteers and infrastructure to handle such an openSLE
project. Others seem to feel somewhat uncomfortable with such a "rogue"
openSLE project. I am just asking, you know. We must be convinced that
it's the right thing to do.

> The
> initial attempt (which seems to have gone nowhere) started this
> way.

Correct. But obviously there wasn't enough support to get the whole thing
going. I think any such project (whether it's some kind of LTS or an SLE
clone approach) needs a dedicated group of people, a critical mass, so to
speak. I wouldn't even think about starting it unless there were enough
volunteers to contribute. Once you have started it (i.e. released a first
version), there's no turning back. So we would have to ensure that such a
project (LTS or openSLE) was sustainable for the forthcoming future
(possibly many years; this would obviously also depend a bit on the future
of SLE in case an openSLE project was started).

Take care,
Thomas
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