Am 17.12.2013 23:46, schrieb Simon:
I guess looking at it from the outside could you change the releasen cycle for the next 2 releases to yearly, that would in theory give the team 8 month's (2 lots of 4) to focus on non release work before starting the release process. From a user perspective waiting a year instead of 8 months seems better then skipping a release. If we skip a release we also miss out on all the publicity generated by a release and a release half way through would give a chance to test some of the stuff that had already been done. If it worked for the next 2 releases maybe it cold be kept long term so the tea can keep improving openSUSE.
This is something I considered proposing too, so I support it. The last release in July (12.2) was not our strongest one - you have trouble starting into the new year, then there is the openSUSE conference and suddenly you find yourself in July with a not so great release that no one actually cares for because the journalists are already in summer vacation mode. So with the additional risks involved with others taking over the tasks the openSUSE team did for the last releases, it's not too unlikely the same slip might happen again - so why not plan with it and always release in October? Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org