On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Rob OpenSuSE
2009/2/4 Cornelius Schumacher
: On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Birger Kollstrand wrote:
With this semi rolling release I think it would make scheduling easier and also easier to keep the user base on a more common release level.
Is there an example where such a release mechanism is successfully used?
Let's just move to the well proven Debian model then, but without the pedantry. Then you have, Ubuntu & Fedora using 6 monthly time based releases and openSUSE being different (not just slower).
openSUSE installer + ISO's can then be released, when the stable version would benefit from new packages (ie the testing version is solid).
As it stands, all the incentives are towards "free loading", letting other ppl doing the testing, and it's hard work to get closer to the development versions. Actually receiving & seeing fixes as they're done, rather than waiting till install of new released version favours participation more.
Absolutely. However, we do need a better (read: great) way of catering for users who do not wish to be part of said feature/major upgrade cycle (on a package and a system level). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org