* Michal Hrusecky <mhrusecky@suse.cz> [2014-01-30 13:12]:
However. This does not mean the initial idea of doing a more 'relaxed' release is off the table. Planning software development is hard, planning experimentation (like the staging projects we are toying with) is impossible so we can not predict when we will be done. This means that we still intend to
That's all fine, but why again do we need a "half-release" before we are able and ready to make fully supported releases again?
take those of you who stepped forward to help out with the release up on their offer. The exact nature of what we release is still to be determined and we'd like to make a more final decision on how much effort we can and will put in in August. So far it is sure that we would need some volunteer to keep eye on Factory and release milestones at least till then.
So, for now, this will be a 'community release'. This might mean less QA but also no security updates provided by SUSE! Especially if it comes to the latter case we should communicate this carefully to our users as it will be more like a slightly more stabilized milestone than a successor to openSUSE 13.1. How to call it, how to communicate and what exactly it will look like - August.
When exactly we will be fully back to working on Factory, releasing milestones, and working on the release we will hopefully be able to determine in August as well.
Thoughts?
I think putting out such a release with lower quality and no support has little value and will backfire no matter how you communicate it. If it takes some time to reorganize infrastructure and we have a much longer cycle then so be it. We can communicate that rather than putting out something which isn't up to our usual standards, cannot replace 13.1 (without security updates/support) and is likely to be perceived negatively. Besides, there still is Tumbleweed for those who want newer packages. -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org