https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=408252 User alberto.passalacqua@tin.it added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=408252#c61 --- Comment #61 from Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@tin.it> 2009-01-07 14:44:04 MST --- Hi Daniel, excluding the fact that betas were all installable during 11.1 cycle, because I tried them personally, and I don't consider myself a Linux guru, the schedule is decided on the basis of Novell needs (the openSUSE developers work also on other Novell products), upstream releases and other factors. OpenSUSE has a release cycle of six to eight months, and the next release schedule is being widely discussed on the opensuse-factory mailing list. It is quite unrealistic to ask for a distribution "released when ready": it would be an endless process, with outdated software, which is not what openSUSE users want. Bugzilla should be enough, but if you look at the number of fixed bugs before release you will understand that it is perfectly possible to miss some of the problems. The role of a community is also to check if a bug was fixed and eventually to poke the developer if it is the case. Time is not a problem, because the time spent to complain here is longer that the time required to enter IRC and ask there in the #opensuse-factory channel, where many developers can be found. Don't get me wrong, I know there is a lot of room for improvements in the testing -> fixing process. But at this point we know the bug will be fixed soon. @Deanjo: I agree the process is not perfect. I am looking forward to some realistic proposals on some mailing list where I can read what you suggest. If you have done that already, please link me to it. :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.