On Sun 2020-04-12, cunix wrote:
For you guys inside SUSE this is probably hard to follow and it might not be very rational:
I think I actually understand where you are coming from. Let me share from my own experience:
From the outside these special SLE things are hard to understand and when reading about non disclosure agreements, certifications and special partner handling there might be some sentiment of seeing this as a little black box some users are not able to grant the same level of trust as for obs.
From an engineering perspective product development (minus the planning and administration) and building are pretty similar to what you see on
Those "special SLE things" like non disclosure agreements (that may give SUSE earlier access to code from partners while they are in the process of upstreaming, but largely are there for joint planning these days), certifications (which happen after the product is more or less done), and other considerations usually happen "outside" or around the product and its actual development and building. the openSUSE side. In other words, it's probably okay, if not best, to ignore most references to most of those "enterprise processes". ;-) Think of two kitchens (~ build service) sourcing their ingredients from the same markets, shops and farms (~ upstream projects) using the same recipes (~ spec files etc) with qualified cooks (~ packagers, release managers, UX folks, testers,...) served by friendly waiters who are happy to answer any questions (~ supporters, doc folks). One kitchen guarantees you can have certain menu items for 13+ years and reach them via an 800 number, and they'll serve food 24x7 wearing green polo shirts with a company logo, matching the one on the starched table cloth, whereas the other place may appear a bit more, umm, unorthodox, while both serve comparable food and you don't have to worry about GMO let alone food poisoning in either case. (Disclaimer: Like most analogies this one is far from perfect and mostly intended for your entertainment. :-) Gerald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org