>>> Reply on 08-09-2006 17:24:03 <<<> Hi all !
>
> I would like to ask to start the BETA process of openSUSE 10.2 earlier.
>
> Alpha4 now is stable enough to be almost BETA - a few fixes here and
> there and we are BETA-ready. I think it is not-needed to waste another
> month of time to get to Alpha5 and then BETA1.
>
>
> I suggest, that, because we have almost-stable distro now, start the
> BETA process by end of this month (Sep, 2006), instead of end of next
> month, and make feature freeze earlier.
> So our BETA process will last 1 month longer, and in the end deadline
> (Dec,2006) we (Novell+Community) will be able to deliver a better and
> more stable OS for day-to-day use.
>
> I want openSUSE 10.2 to be better tested than previous OSes: SUSE
> Linux 10.0 and 10.1.
>
> What do you think?

I agree. As far as I understand you, the release date should remain the same, just the time for real BUG fixing should be bigger. Only the feature freeze will be earlier.

 

What influences will this have on the planned updates of packets?

I mean

- Kernel 2.6.18 (is in RC at the moment)

- FireFox 2

- k3b 1.0

- Gnome 2.16 (ok, that one is released. I don't see a problem)

 

Will they still be integrated if released upstream AFTER the feature freeze (which in fact would be WRONG). For the kernel this might be ok, as 2.6.18 can be considered as a bugfix of 2.6.18-RC5, but for other things?

 

For k3b for example: I had some mail contact with the author regarding cdrecod / cdrkit. Most probable he will start to support both of them of course slightly shifting a schedule due to the new upcoming license issues.

 

But otherwise, I think everybody agrees that we better spend time on bug fixing with what we have now instead of adding fancy features until the last moment and not having time to test it completely.

 

Dominique