September 2014 - openSUSE Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 11.4 has reached end of Evergreen support
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 27 Sep '14

27 Sep '14

Hi, as you probably know our initial commitment to support 11.4 within Evergreen was until July 2014. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen While I was hoping that we can keep 11.4 alive for some time longer this is currently not possible from what I would call the "core team" which is Stefan and myself. We are too busy nowadays to be able to scan and patch every issue we get aware of. Thanks to you all who contributed to the success of Evergreen/11.4! The important message is: openSUSE 11.4 Evergreen is not actively maintained anymore! So if you can, we recommend to switch to openSUSE 13.1 as soon as possible which is still planned to be an Evergreen release. Some more details below: The repository already got and will most likely get more updates from package maintainers who care about 11.4 and/or their packages though. You noticed that with recent releases of patches for the bash and NSS issues already, BUT this is _no_ guarantee that every security issue will be fixed. We will accept contributions from anyone though and I will try to take care about "my" packages. Some numbers from 11.4 Evergreen (as far as I was able to get them easily): Evergreen lifetime: 21 months 11.4 overall lifetime (incl. Evergreen): 41 months / 3 years 5 months Evergreen lifetime numbers (w/o official maintenance period): Released update source packages: 804 Unique touched source packages: 177 rough number of patches (based on incident counter): 320 Let me also quote Marcus' numbers from official maintenance lifetime: Total updates: 723 Security: 416 Recommended: 306 Optional: 1 Thanks, Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 13.2 Beta is Out, Help Test It!
by Jos Poortvliet 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Our newest Geeko is due in November and it will be awesome. We promise. But it doesn’t come for free: you will have to help! We've published an extensive overview of new features. Might there be something missing? You bet! Even with the combined power of all Geekos we can't make a list of all the great things coming in this release! All the more reason to find out what is new and needs testing. So, get your ovens and laptops fired up for that Beta Pizza Party! https://news.opensuse.org/?p=18556 Don't forget to have a lot of fun, The Thundering herd of Geekos from https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/geekos.jpg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Statement on the recent Merger announcement
by Richard Brown 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear openSUSE Community, As you might be aware, SUSE's parent entity, the Attachmate Group has entered into an agreement to merge with Micro Focus, a UK-based enterprise software company. As the primary sponsor of the openSUSE Project, SUSE's President and General Manager, Nils Brauckmann has contacted the openSUSE Board to share the following key points " * Business as Usual: There are no changes planned for the SUSE business structure and leadership. There is no need for any action by the openSUSE Project as a result of this announcement. * Commitment to Open Source: SUSE remains passionately committed to innovation through Open Source. This has always been the foundation of our business and that will continue as we grow and innovate in new areas. * Commitment to openSUSE: SUSE is also fully committed to being a sponsor and supporter of an open, highly independent and dynamic openSUSE community and project. We are proud of openSUSE and greatly value the collaborative relationship between SUSE and the openSUSE community. The combination of the Attachmate Group and Micro Focus creates a larger, global enterprise software entity, operating at a greater global scale. This provides an even stronger foundation for the continued investment in SUSE and our continued innovation through Open Source." The openSUSE Board would like to thank Nils and SUSE for this reassuring statement. The Board is enthusiastic about the benefits of the merger may bring to SUSE and ultimately also to our openSUSE Project. If anyone has any questions, there will be an opportunity to raise them at tomorrow (Wednesdays) regular openSUSE Project Meeting at 15:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on the Freenode IRC network. Regards, The openSUSE Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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