On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 17:54 +0200, Petr Tesarik wrote:
We should make our minds once and forever. Either make openSUSE releases less often and maintain them for longer, or make a real rolling distro.
It's a hard decision, but I believe we can't pretend we can do both, or any reasonable compromise. Keep in mind that a true rolling distro must not break things on a running system.
My two cents, Petr Tesarik
This implies that we're changing up our release cycle. I don't see that. Our official release cycle has been the same for quite some time. Every 8 months = new release, and every 18 months = EOL. People have argued for longer (or shorter) periods, but regardless, our official release period hasn't changed. Along came a community member, who just so happened to be a SUSE employee at the time, who said "Let's create Tumbleweed!" There was no formal approval process to make Tumbleweed allowed. It just happened, through the goodness of our community efforts. Not everyone uses it, some still prefer to go release-to-release, and others prefer a rolling release. Isn't that what makes openSUSE Project rock? That we offer choices? We offer a wide variety of desktop choices, developer tool choices, cloud choices, and now release choices. I say this is a good thing and precisely what distinguishes openSUSE from other projects. And regarding resources depleted for one versus the other, I think it is a misnomer. Some people enjoy contributing to a rolling-release project and others the formal-release project. Closing one off doesn't automatically assume our resources get doubled in the other area. As recently as last weekend, I gave a presentation about openSUSE Project, and people were genuinely impressed that they have the choice of either a periodic formal release or rolling release. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org