Hi all,
There was a recent post on reddit
(https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/m1xl56/is_opensuse_leap_ready_to_be…)
that made us take a look at how to present our lifecycle page
(https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime) and info to be added to the marketing
of Leap 15.3.
There were several comments on reddit that can be summarized as there is
a lack of clear information on how long the lifecycle of Leap 15.x will
be going forward. When the info on https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime was
originally written, there was some clarity on major versions lasting a
minimum of 36 months. We know Leap 42 and 15 exceeded that lifecycle. It
looks like we're at a point where we evolved and need to provide a bit
more clarity for people based on the reddit comments
I propose we change the lifecycle page to include the following
sentences and include the info in the marketing of Leap 15.3 and beyond
(for the foreseeable future):
Leap *Major Release* (15.x) extends maintenance and support until a
successor.
At present, a successor has not been declared; Leap 15's lifecycle fully
aligns with SUSE Linux Enterprise.
There is a projection as of March 2021 that Leap 15 will extend to Leap
15.5.
Both major versions of Leap 42 and 15 were supported more than 36 months.
Any thoughts, changes, removals or additions to the above sentences.
v/r
Doug
On Wed 2021-02-24, Aaron Burgemeister wrote:
> Yin and yang are more about opposites (dualism) than anything judgmental
> (good and evil), or that is my understanding.
That's also the image I had in mind: two elements intertwined, engaging
with one another, complementing each other.
> Anyway, I think there could be some value in this (yin/yang) comparison,
> but there may also be some drawbacks to consider while moving forward.
When I talked to a journalist a week ago, without ever talking about
yin and yang, though admittedly using my hands to help articulate the
dynamics, she asked me about yin and yang.
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/open-source/opensuse-leap-ready-be-new-…
has the article that came out of that.
It also has a graphics that a colleague with much better design skills
than me created based on a paper and pencil sketch of mine. And that,
too, has a bit of that.
> One feeds into the other, and in the same way I believe Tumbleweed
> feeds into Leap, so I have typically appreciated (as somebody who has
> been around SUSE for a while, so not a newbie in that regard) more
> of a continuum of Tumbleweed -> Leap -> SLE, which can celebrate the
> fun/excitement/newness of Tumbleweed, the practicality of Leap, and
> the stability of SLE without passing much other judgment.
If you aren't part of that yet, please consider joining the openSUSE
marketing team! (Seriously.)
On Wed 2021-02-24, ddemaio wrote:
> Perhaps the title was not the best, but it was more about getting
> attention.
It worked. And it resonates. The only pitful would be labeling one
explicitly as yin, the other as yang (or anything good-bad or black-
white, which of course the classic symbol is).
Gerald
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