-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Propuesta de alargar el ciclo de desarrollo y/o el tiempo de desarrollo (2nda parte del correo). Propone un tiempo de mantenimiento de 2 versiones + 2 meses. Yo he comentado que me conformaría con que la última parte del periodo fuera de actualizaciones exclusivamente de seguridad, como era en la antigua SuSE. O sea, 18 meses como ahora y otros 6 en bajo mantenimiento. Hay un Fate,, ya sabeis que hacer si os interesa. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:27:12 -0500 From: Refilwe Seete <> To: opensuse-project@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse-project] long term support status On Monday 22 November 2010 03:09:19 Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:

Hi,

probably I'm missing something but anyone knows a current status on the "LTS" effort? I checked the wiki which was set up last year but there is nothing new apparently.

Is this the right list to discuss that again or is a better/specific one somewhere else?

Wolfgang

There's an LTS effort? That's surprising given the drafts that have been published regarding the openSUSE community's strategy...they basically toss the idea of the community focusing on 'enterprise' issues, leaving such services to external partners. I remember a number of months ago there was a proposal for an "openSLE", basically CentOS but for SLED/SLED rather than RedHat. That doesn't seem to have gone anywhere however. Perhaps others can provide more insight here. - --- As an alternative solution... Our security commitment is "2 releases + 2 months". This commitment has an important knock-on effect - changing the release cycle means changing the length of security support. With our current 8-month cycle, the support period is 18 months...But if we extended our release cycle to 12 months, the support period would also be extended and become 26 months. This would return openSUSE back to its original security commitment of 2 years. I have tabled a proposal on openFATE that would move us to a 1 year cycle, but give us two releases a year in addition to extending the security period to 2 years + 2 months[1]. Basically, we release a major release once a year and then publish a minor 'bug-fix' or 'service pack' update 4-8 months later. The idea has been unpopular so far. It seems many people like the feel of "new", but are also unable (or unwilling) to use the Build Service to update their desired software...under such conditions, they understandably do not want a longer release cycle. Anyway, if you think it's a good idea, vote it up and tell your friends. If you think it's a bad idea, vote it down and tell your friends. Refilwe [1] https://features.opensuse.org/310122 - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkzqziIACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VAtwCeN3f99uyjQz3o1vqAEcd2FoSM yBAAn03HO8L1HOB2pqG7fEPp1gt1eSHW =5E16 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----