On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 07:15:21PM +0100, Rüdiger Meier wrote:
Why don't we use SLE as is?
Actually, we do - most of it. The problem is SLE provides much fewer packages than openSUSE so that taking SLE as is wouldn't satisfy too many openSUSE users. The number of packages that exist in both but openSUSE has newer version is relatively small (higher than I would like, though).
We need written rules. IMO It should be really really really difficult for a package maintainer to update his package in Leap.
IMHO one of the big problems of today's distribution is that many people stopped distinguishing between updates and upgrades; popularity of so-called "rolling updates" distributions - which are in fact also "rolling upgrades" (which fans of the concept keep forgetting to mention) - is one of the reasons, IMHO. I don't agree that _updating_ a package in Leap should be any more difficult than it used to be in pre-Leap era. On the other hand, _upgrading_ a package between point releases (or even within one) should be IMHO always carefully thought of and well and clearly reasoned (and the reason documented). The same should IMHO apply to using newer versions of packages existing in SLE 12 SPx for Leap 42.x - and I'm not really convinced this was always the case. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org