On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:59 PM, James Tremblay aka SLEducator <fxrsliberty@opensuse.us> wrote:
Hey guys, What are the obstacles to the idea of marketing a full release at X.0 and then releasing\marketing "patch CD updates" instead of full community sub-releases(still a fully installable dvd if desired, specifically for the x.3)? We would definitely be doing something different than the rest of the distro's (good PR) and if the patch cd could accomplish the same kinds of updates that we offer in our current sub-releases with less work and more stability for the end user, it would be a win\win\win: openSUSE team gets to show off YaST and Build Service, marketing gets to differentiate openSUSE, the end users need for a fresh install could be reduced.
In my opinion, patch CD updates aren't desirable from a marketing standpoint at all. Very hard to interest journalists in a story about a patch CD. Different is sometimes good, but not always. This is separate from whether people should be able to update the system using YaST / Zypper. That's very desirable, and I think it's something that the team is working towards.
Any way , openSUSE is yet again filled with many exciting things while still delivering the hope of many more. I'm happy to play with 11.1, while drooling for 11.2 , just as I was the day after 11.0 released. Thanks for all the fun!
That's what we want, more people drooling. :-) (Wait, that doesn't sound quite right...) Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb@zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org