On 2017-04-22T13:37:48, Richard Brown <RBrownCCB@opensuse.org> wrote: Having just paid for a locksmith's emergency fee because I locked myself out on Sunday morning put me into the perfect mood for commenting on this! ;-) This seems ill-advised, even more so then the utterly crazy SLE numbering change that triggered it. (And they at least have the advantage of being able to blame it on non-technical folks.) Version numbers that are not strictly monotonous ought to be taken out and shot. The joke with 42, yes, silly, but I could get behind it, because everyone loves 42. You could have gone with 50, or 51 (maintains that Leap uses "funny numbers" (area 51), happens to be the reverse of 15, *and* meet the sensible requirement of, you know, being larger than your previous version number). I know one shouldn't test for version numbers but feature presence, but ... Seriously? Are you *trying* to alienate and confuse users on purpose? On the plus side, I hope it'll drive even more folks to Tumbleweed which does have a nice and tidy incremental scheme and none of this madness. Oh, also?
Thanks to everyone involved in this so far, I'm looking forward to seeing what we make out of Leap 15, and even though I cross-posted this I would like to ask that any followup conversation is kept to the opensuse-project@opensuse.org thread.
Conversation implies dialogue. Apparently, the best one can do here is rant and whine about a decision that has already been reached. That works for a corporate context, but making such a publicly visible decision that exposes the community to ridicule and confusion behind closed doors? You might as well have announced to switch the default DE to Unity. And now I'll pretend to be a grown-up with a life. But the eye-rolling was getting to painful and needed an outlet. Regards, Lars -- SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org