30 Jan
2014
30 Jan
'14
19:25
On 01/30/2014 08:34 PM, Daniele wrote: > In data giovedì 30 gennaio 2014 12:54:19, Robert Schweikert ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> Releases going forward, or, how do we release without full time paid >> worker bees? >> >> With all the discussion toward the end of last year I suppose that >> today's e-mail "Timeline and roadmap V2" [1] finally shed light on the >> inevitable conclusion, the openSUSE team (@SUSE) will spend more time >> on other stuff and less time, if any, on turning the release crank. >> >> This is the team's prerogative just like everyone is free to work on >> the project, or not, in areas of interest to them. We can argue >> whether the way this is coming about is giving the project the best >> chance to succeed or whether the transition is being put worth in a >> nice and friendly way, but I think we should not go down that path. >> >> Thanks! to the openSUSE Team for the hard work they have put forth in >> the past to turning the release crank, it is much appreciated. >> >> I think the time has come to move forward and deal with the new >> situation. >> >> As of right now we still have a release cycle of 8 month. That would >> put us into May for openSUSE 13.2. >> >> This brings about two questions: >> >> - Given the current situation can we meet a May release date? >> - Do we skip the May release and move to a yearly cycle and release >> 13.2 in November of 2014? >> >> During last year's discussions there were a number of people favoring >> a yearly release cycle. We have to make a decision, >> >> - stick to 8 month or move to 12 month? > I like the idea of 12 month release cycle but with al least one respin > after 6 month. > For me respin means: > * release all media with all ufficial updates/bugfix. > * minor changes should be allowed. > * not so minor changes could be allowed for leaf packages > > Doing this, installation bugs can be fixed and you don't have to install > dozens of updates after/during installation from network, you keep more > interest in the distro. > > Bye. This is an excellent idea IMHO, plus we can give more attention to Tumbleweed between releases. Best, Angelos -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org