Vincent Untz wrote:
Le dimanche 04 juillet 2010, à 10:18 +0200, Andreas Jaeger a écrit :
What I would propose for now is to create a simple wiki page summarizing the current state with pros and cons for changing of the version number, and start collecting alternatives,
I didn't know where to put this in the new wiki without breaking the organization there, so I just created http://wiki.opensuse.org/User:Vuntz/openSUSE_versioning_scheme
I'd like to comment on what you're describing as "Issues with our current versioning scheme".
* It is unclear to many people why it works this way, and many people aren't sure if what's after 11.3 is 11.4 or 12.0.
This is not an issue in the versioning scheme, this is an issue for whoever decides what the next version is going to be. When many people aren't sure, it's presumably because it has been decided.
* The jump from 11.3 to 12.0 means for many people that there will be big visible changes in the distribution, while the changes between 11.3 and 12.0 are of the same order of magnitude as the ones from 11.2 to 11.3.
Again, this is not an issue in the versioning scheme, this is an issue for whoever decides what goes in the next version.
* It's an occasion to break the link between openSUSE and SLE versions: people expect SLE 12 to be based on openSUSE 12.1 because SLE 11 was based on openSUSE 11.1 and SLE 10 was based on SuSE Linux 10.x. Another confusion that can be made is that SLE 11 SP1 can be named SUSE 11.1 by some people, which could be understood as openSUSE 11.1.
Is this really an openSUSE issue? The main issue I see in the current version numbering scheme is that we are not adhering to it. IF we're saying that it is impossible to adhere to, that would a good reason for a more appropriate scheme. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (24.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org