2009/1/7 Dirk Müller
In one of my previous mails I and several other people have proposed to split openSUSE into a "common core" base that contains the newest hardware enablement and base system (compiler, kernel etc), and the addons, like the desktops. both can be released independently and the common core can be released in a staged fashion, allowing people to use a stable base system or the most recent base system, one of which might be ideal for their hardware.
It was dismissed as "very hard to promote a new openSUSE release which only changes the base system", but I have the counter argumetn: it is a lot easier to promote a new desktop on a stable openSUSE base system (that was released and fixed already).
Well exactly! And when the review comparisons get done, there'd be much more chance of winning in the "just works", inutitive and performance department (even if through just avoiding recent regressions). Many didn't like the idea of "Add On" CDs, with seperate ISOs. In old days, SuSE released on many CD's, or a DVD, and it was perfectly possible to break up packages over media, or put them on one source. Why promote a release externally, if it's aimed at being a large scale test of upgraded core components, and new development of things like YaST? The ppl you want to test it, will find out about it. There's no value in getting "Joe Plumber" types installing buggy releases, as they'll not submit useful feedback, and gain a poor impression of the product. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org