Refilwe Seete wrote:
Although I understand the need to be a distinct distro, I don't see why we should continue with a confusing numbering system to do so.
Certainly our community, development philosophy, unique tools, and brand are enough to keep openSUSE distinct.
No, not to the end-user we are targetting. Apart from the brand, none of that is important to the end-user. Not even the technically savvy.
I don't completely agree here, but I'll accept your train of thought and ask some questions within its bounds.
Would such end-users be helped or informed by a numbering system that does not correlate to anything they are familiar with?
Put another way, how does having our current arbitrary numbering system help us with such users?
It doesn't, and I suspect it was never intended to either. Version numbering and release-demarkation has traditionally had two-three primary purposes: 1) marketing 2) support 3) maintenance. 2 and 3 often go hand-in-hand, but I'm not sure how relevant they really are for us. Which leave sus with 1, perhaps also not overly relevant? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org