Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/1/5 James Tremblay aka SLEducator <fxrsliberty@opensuse.us>:
What if? The system was, "11 boxed" (SLE11rc1) and openSUSE 12.0 where the same ISO (with branding and repo changes), I'm suggesting three layers of release; dev, tester , "Joe Plumber"\SLE. For all Novell Linux
Having the same software with 2 different major versions, and then majorly updated core software with the same major version is a recipe for confusion, in my opinion.
The Idea is that boxed is officially supported where 12.0 is stable short term version to support bringing in new testers and the community onto the first 12 series branding and versioning. It's small steps, like you keep talking about. 12.0 would only be current for 1.5 to 3 months.
If openSUSE has to be encumbered with 'fixed' releases, which you need to install, or upgrade 'offline', then I'd far rather having consistent meaningful version numbering, and simply make the boxed sets, and SLE first rc version based on the end product of the stabilisation cycle, not the first attempt.
Installs are disliked for a number of reasons :
- Loss of configuration and settings - Large number of changes all at once - Danger of data loss through mistakes (using wrong partitions etc) - Uncertain outcome - May be large effort tracking down workrounds for problems - Possible difficulty afterwards, booting another OS (due to boot loader confusion)
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