On 3/12/21 6:16 PM, Syds Bearda wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 07:51, Felix Miata wrote:
ddemaio composed on 2021-03-12 07:22 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
ddemaio composed on 2021-03-11 15:13 (UTC+0100):
Both major versions of Leap 42 and 15 were supported more than 36 months.
This reads as though 15 is no longer supported.
I was actually thinking this sentence should be deleted, but think it might be important for background knowledge to new users. Do you think it's worth mentioning for context? Does this sentence sound better:
The major version of Leap 42 was supported more than 36 months. The current major version of Leap 15 goes well beyond 36 months of security and maintenance support as stated above.
The previous major version of Leap, 42, was supported more than 36 months, while the current major version of Leap, 15, now stands well beyond 36 months of security and maintenance support as stated above.
Just a clarification for me. What do you mean with a major version? Isn't that (1) 15.0 itself and is 15.0 still getting updates and patches, or (2) do you get those updates and patches if you've upgraded to 15.1 and later to 15.2?
As when I look at SLE [1] I see it as (2), not as (1), while (1) seems implied with the statement above.
It is 2, 42.X and 15.X are considered major versions, 15.1, 15.2 etc are considered minor. We have a number of rules that go into minor updates such as packages can't break binary compatibility or break / requires migration of config files etc. From that Users should feel comfortable updating minor versions because things shouldn't break. If people really feel they need longer support for a Minor version then maybe one of SUSE's LTSS offerings would be a better fit.
[1] https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/html/SLES-all/images/new-maintena... from https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/html/SLES-all/cha-upgrade-backgro...
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