Am Montag, 6. Juli 2015, 10:44:09 schrieb Richard Brown:
Hi all,
Drum roll please.
First we would like to thank everyone who participated in the naming discussion [1][2] for the input and for entrusting the board to bring the process to a conclusion. After due deliberations and consulting with the release and maintenance teams we have decided the name and version of the next release should be
openSUSE Leap 42.x
We felt that Leap, with reference to motion, i.e. how the distribution moves forward, provides a nice contrast to Tumbleweed. It also represents that we are taking a leap to get there. It does not cast is into a mold that would set the precedence of openSUSE
which we think would have encouraged a regular debate as new were considered for each product or release to go with the theme. Finally it leaves the door open for plenty of options should there be other efforts to create an openSUSE release based on Factory snapshots at some point in the future. As far as the version number is concerned we concluded that 42 is a great starting point due to the historical reference in the project. It's quirky and we felt it suits us well. We deliberated other options such as starting at 1.x or some other arbitrary number such as 22 but we preferred 42. Additionally 42 has already gotten some notoriety and thus we might as well stick with it. In the end we all know the number is more or less arbitrary and the important point is that it increases going forward ;)
.x is used to indicate the service pack of SLE from which the sources originate. We expect the first release to be 42.1 because we intend to have the release aligned and sharing code with SLE 12 SP1. The major version will increase alongside the major version of the shared SLE sources, therefore a SLE 13 SP2 servicepack based release would be named openSUSE Leap 43.2
Thanks again to everyone for helping out. Special thanks to Rainer Fiebig, a new contributor who after seeing a news article about 'openSUSE 42' joined our mailinglist and proposed this new name for our new baby.
Your openSUSE Board
[1] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2015-06/msg00314.html [2] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2015-06/msg00340.html
I was a bit surprised by the version-numbering but I think your reasons are valid. "Leap 42.1" is a nice combination. What I really like is that "Leap 42.1" will already be a small leap BEYOND the meaning of life and all. "Meaning of Life - adjusted", so to speak. ;) I've already seen two articles today. The headlines (translated) were: - "OpenSuse Leap 42.1: Name- and version-"Leap" for OpenSuse-Linux" - "Opensuse makes a leap: Opensuse Leap 42" The info was correct (as far as I can tell) but one of the key-benefits - the long-term-support - (for 36 months?) did not come across clear enough. Now that the naming-question has been answered: Is there a schedule for the coming months - kind of an action-plan? There's not much time left until November and technical- and marketing- measures should be well-coordinated. Rainer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org