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On Thu, 07 May 2009 12:43:28 +1000, Mark V wrote:
community's workload, or whatever reason).... now there is a problem. If the EOL date is built into the naming convention this is much less a problem, just relase with a shorter date and everyone will know.
I'm beginning to wonder if we're talking at cross purposes here.
If the release is out there already with an EOL date of 2010-12 (Dec 2010), the release is already out there, surely you wouldn't want to change it after release because a change in circumstances lead the community to reduce the lifespan and release more frequently?
I don't propose that. Never have. You raised an issue where I said that such a scenario would be concerning, and I explicitly asked if that was possible. One response was along the lines of: no guarantee, but it has never happened yet.
Ah, so in fact we're debating something we're in violent agreement about. ;-)
Changing the name after release is certain to be disasterous, and I'm sure you see the reasons for that, so I'm not sure I follow what you're saying....
No I'm saying right now people might reason figure: I setup my machine with latest, and I'm good for (roughly) two years for the release date. If in two years they grab the next release, and the (rough) lifespan rule-of-thumb has changed, you'll need to make sure they don't just assume it is still two years. Contrived I accept.
And easily resolved, by including a note to that effect in the installer and on the website (I wonder if there are any stats about how many people pull their downloads through opensuse.org vs. just going to a mirror and downloading - guess that would be difficult-to-impossible to measure since "just going to a mirror" implies they don't go to the opensuse site.)
I know I've seen some say they'd like an LTS policy/strategy from openSUSE, kinda like Ubuntu's policy. That said, the obvious reply is "if you need LTS, then you should be looking at SLES or SLED rather than openSUSE".
Agreed. As I've been at pains to point out from the outset: I'm assuming no LTS type releases will made. If they are introduced they'll break the following description given to newbies: "The release with the most distant EOL date is the most recent release" As I've said all along: this is one issue that would need to be considered carefully. For me, I don't see it as a deal breaker - the EOL info is too important.
Agreed on all counts; the solution to the description problem would be to add a qualifier that states "excluding any release that is tagged as including long term support (LTS)". Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org