Am 11.08.21 um 00:48 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 10/08/2021 22.29, Richard Brown wrote:
On Tue, 2021-08-10 at 22:23 +0200, Ben Greiner wrote:
"We did receive a confirmation from maintainer that plan for the default python is to remain at 3.6. We offer "limited" availability of python39 stack and that's the situation we'd like to keep in code stream 15."
It's a core, rarely (if ever) compromised requirement of any enterprise-stable Linux operating system that something built for a major version of that operating system keeps on working on subsequent service packs of that release.
That is where the need to keep python3.6 as the primary interpreter comes from.
That level of stability is what everyone wanted when they demanded more stability and opted for an increased closeness to SLE.
Eum... No, I did not demand more stability or increase closeness to SLE. Maybe others did, but not me, so not everyone.
Same here. I heard no openSUSE 42.3 users complaining about stability, and there were no surveys I can remember. For me, "1-2 years old packages at release date" replaced with "3-4 year old packages at release date" is a bad deal, and I really doubt it increases stability. Having a SLE kernel with all its backports is a good thing, but for the whole rest... Stating that "Closing-the-leap-gap" is done because of the demand of the openSUSE users is quite a bold statement. Between enterprise users which only demand ultra-stable and certified software and reckless TW users, there is really a huge gap. It should be filled by the Leap releases, IMO.
I was more or less happy with the model before Leap. I understand that it can not be maintained with our current workforce, but that was the model I liked.