Comment # 16 on bug 1103557 from Matthias Eckermann

Reviving this topic a bit for a general statement:

(In reply to Felix Zhang from comment #10)

> Manfred, sorry, I'm afraid updating the package is not the quick answer.
> As Leap shares packages with SLE. We have to update the SLE package first,
> which happens either until the next SLE Service Pack / Leap minor release,
> or through a serious procedure of internal ECO which impacts all SUSE
> customers.

It is true that major version upgrades in SUSE Linux Enterprise need a specific
process, to guarantee for example backward compatibility, to keep dependencies
as they are, and similar topics which could negatively impact customers.

However, that process can be fast, if needed, for example to fix a bug,
and more lightweight, if the upgrade step is below a version number, as it
is in this case (-rc2 to -rc3), and backward compatibility are kept.