On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 22:37:53 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
On 28/08/15 22:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:27:55 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
False equivalency. We're not talking about features, we're talking about an entire platform.
Agree, but it does go to show that we support stuff/features that are used by only a very tiny number of users. How about autoyast?
Again, that's a false equivalency. Building a package and building a full distribution are not even *close* to the same thing.
I think you missing the point, Jim. There is a lot more to support iSCSI and autoyast than simply building the packages. We support iSCSI setup in YaST for instance, autoYaST is everywhere. These are complex tools with a tiny number of openSUSE users, yet we support them. Dropping 32bit releases primarily because of a small number of users just isn't a good argument, when the same doesn't apply elsewhere.
No, I'm not missing the point, Per. The difference between maintaining a package like autoyast and building and testing an entire distribution is vast. You seem to think there's an equivalence to be drawn there; there isn't. The two aren't even in the same *league*. When autoyast takes half the build service servers to build, test, and deploy, then we might have something to talk about. Ultimately, there are enough *people* who care about continuing autoyast development. If there are enough who care about continuing to develop a 32-bit Leap release, then it'll happen. The current maintainer has said he won't do it, doesn't see the need for it, and has better things to do with his time. That's his call to make. That's how OSS works. If someone else is interested, then get involved. Tell the current maintainer you want to try to do this and get some help or pointers to the right help. I don't know what those resources are - but I don't care to find out, because I don't need (or want) a 32-bit release. Continuing to draw false equivalencies to try to force/convince someone who doesn't want to do a 32-bit distribution release isn't going to work. You've been around OSS development for some time - you know how this works. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org