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[opensuse] Re: Why am I getting 14.6G zypper.log files?
- From: Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:37:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <gqugha$5tg$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:41:30 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I appreciate the reply - so please understand my frustration isn't
directed at you Carlos.
This policy isn't very helpful to those who haven't upgraded to 11.1. We
might just as well be on a continuous upgrade cycle every 8 months (based
on the new release schedule).
Personally, I prefer to wait until the initial kinks are worked out in
any new release for any new software. I still can't really go to 11.1
yet because of compatibility issues with iFolder (for example). But
also, I want to *use* the software, not be constantly upgrading it.
I can understand not wanting to "support" software that's 3-4 years old.
11.0 isn't that old. Even Microsoft provides updates beyond security
patches only for versions of Windows older than the current release (XP +
Vista right now IIRC). The Linux community keeps this mantra of "more
eyes on the code", but we can't manage to provide better support for
*one* previous release of a distro? C'mon, we're better than that.
Jim
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AFAIK, the guaranteed support is for security patches only, the rest is
optional.
I appreciate the reply - so please understand my frustration isn't
directed at you Carlos.
This policy isn't very helpful to those who haven't upgraded to 11.1. We
might just as well be on a continuous upgrade cycle every 8 months (based
on the new release schedule).
Personally, I prefer to wait until the initial kinks are worked out in
any new release for any new software. I still can't really go to 11.1
yet because of compatibility issues with iFolder (for example). But
also, I want to *use* the software, not be constantly upgrading it.
I can understand not wanting to "support" software that's 3-4 years old.
11.0 isn't that old. Even Microsoft provides updates beyond security
patches only for versions of Windows older than the current release (XP +
Vista right now IIRC). The Linux community keeps this mantra of "more
eyes on the code", but we can't manage to provide better support for
*one* previous release of a distro? C'mon, we're better than that.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits
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