Hi; On 11/23/2011 07:10 PM, Raymond Wooninck wrote:
With openSUSE 12.1 the Chromium browser became part of the openSUSE release, after spending quite some time in the openSUSE:<release>:Contrib repositories.
Unfortunately a bug report was created (bnc#731832), where an user complains that openSUSE is releasing an alpha version of the Chromium browser and that this should be a stable version. It seems that the reporter bases his statement on the fact how Ubuntu, Archlinux and Debian are handling the Chromium browser. This seems to be complete based on the Chrome browser.
I did some digging of my own and I found the following webpage that explains the release management behind Chrome and Chromium (http://ftagada.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/chromium-release-management- explained/)
Half way the page is the following indicated: "I (the author, an Ubuntu packager) said in the introduction that there is no such thing upstream. They have enough in their plate with just Chrome. So it is up to each downstream distribution to decide what is best for its users."
So officially there are no alpha, beta or stable versions of Chromium and it is up to each dsitribution to decide what they want to ship. For openSUSE 12.1 it is too late to change anything here as that this would mean that existing users might experience loss-of-data as that their profiles are not compatible with lower versions of Chromium. However for the upcoming 12.2 release there is still time to decide which way openSUSE wants to go. At this moment I see three possibilities:
1) Keep things the way they are. Chromium will be updated regularly to the latest available version. No change from the current procedure
This is the best option imho, web is moving too fast anyway. Regards. -- İsmail Dönmez - openSUSE Booster SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org