On 03/01/2022 09:52, Michael Ströder wrote:
HI!
Python 3.6 has reached EOL and various Python module packages already drop support for 3.6. But still Python 3.6 is planned to be shipped with Leap 15.4 instead of a newer version.
IMO this does not make sense at all.
Ciao, Michael. If I understand correctly, OpenSuse Leap is defacto (becoming) the consumer version of the Suse SLE. The latter is offered to companies willing to run software which is already outdated in it's inception and will stay that way - expect for security updates - until a "new" SLE version is distributed. After which the cycle repeats itself. That notion is missing on the OpenSuse Leap pages, since it only talks about Leap being a stable version.
In the rare instances that Tumbleweed is failing, I used to have Leap as backup but recently went to another rolling distribution because the software there was so old that it became unusable to function any longer as a backup. That said, it might be an idea that OpenSuse is rethinking it's strategy. For example, forgo the whole Leap series, which will free resources to concentrate on Tumbleweed. Also, as a suggestion, once a year repackage Tumbleweed of a few months old into a rebranded "stable" version and provide only security updates. IMO, if you do not have enough resources to provided for a reasonable up-to-date consumer product, then don´t cling to Leap just to be able to offer a consumer product tagged as "stable" and thereby offering packages who are EOL, outdated or even called ancient. Think what image damage the OpenSuse brand might run into in this ever faster evolving landscape. Also, this is not the first nor - I expect - the last rally about Leap following SLE. --- Frans.