On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 08:19:23AM +0200, Richard Brown wrote:
Moving from suse_version 1315 to suse_version 1500 is going to break things less than when we went from suse_version 1320 in 13.2 to 1315 in Leap 42.1
Sure there are version comparisons elsewhere, especially configuration management like saltstack, puppet, etc. There will be some cost of the decision to go from Leap 42.1 and Leap 15 there. But in all cases with people I've spoken with so far, this has been defined as a onetime cost, not critical, and mostly involves removing or simplifying the nasty hacks they had to out in place for 42.1 in the first place, so it's not terrible.
And given Leap 15 is like a year away, unlike when we decided Leap 42.1's version number barely weeks before the release, this time people have plenty of warning to prepare.
As a heavy user and contributor (of openSUSE/SLES conditionals) on both the
abovementioned configuration management systems, I totally agree with every
single word of Richard's mail here. As a packager I have the same feelings
regarding the upcoming macro udpates, so I fully support this move. Yes it's
going to be some cleanup work on my side initially, but i's one time work and I
am looking forward on doing it
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Theo Chatzimichos