On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:53:21 +0000, Lubos Kocman via openSUSE Factory <factory@lists.opensuse.org> wrote:
Hello openSUSE!
In the past few weeks, a couple of different ideas have been proposed to define the future direction of the openSUSE Leap "successor" distribution.
We've put together at the openSUSE ALP Leap Replacement Architecture meetings an informative survey to better understand the current mood and trends among our contributors and users.
https://survey.opensuse.org/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=277484
We'd appreciate if get feedback from as many contributors as possible.
Done Personally I would prefer 1. Laptop: TW 2. Workstation: Slowroll 3. Server/Cloud: LTS (18 months+ with timely security fixes) One of the reasons I really love LTS is that I have no saying on what our customers decide on the update/upgrade process. If they decide to postpone 6 months, I have no say in the matter unless the law tells them differently. I still have to support their version of the OS, so I need to keep a system alive with that OS, but I still want my CVE's fixed. If the customer decides to ignore that, it is their risk. What I have noted in the (recent) past, is that when I am at last called to help with the update/upgrade of the OS, the tested and accepted version/release has already been replaced by yet a newer version (e.g. the customer accepted 15.2 to 15.3 and now 15.4 is current and 15.5 is already in beta). When there is LTS, I can just tell them to install all available fixes and upgrade once every 2 years or so, which seems acceptable to them. Local government is a complex customer type.
ps. If you feel that you're both project as well as distribution contributor simply pick what you currently focus most at.
Thank you very much in advance
Lubos Kocman openSUSE Leap Release Manager
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