On 21/07/17 16:28, Oliver Kurz wrote:
Am 21. Juli 2017 08:20:58 MESZ schrieb Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au>:
* John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> [07-20-17 23:10]:
On July 20, 2017 7:29:42 PM PDT, Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [07-20-17 20:19]: [...]
I am still puzzled by the fact that little if nothing is ever said about Tumbleweed in this HELP list.
If I recall correctly, Richard stated some time ago that Tumbleweed is now an official release just like Leap and no longer needs to be 'discussed' in Factory.
I am not subscribed to Factory so don't know if TW is still talked about there but it certainly is not mentioned here -- and TW just simply cannot so perfect that it has no problems which need airing :-). Tw for the most part is discussed on opensuse-factory, not opensuse. We know that Patrick, probably learned it here on this list by seeing people chased away like mangy dogs for having the sand to ask a TW question here. The question is WHY is this the case if TW is an official release? because it is closely related to development and to factory. Tw is a stable release but it is also the development platform for
On 21/07/17 13:15, Patrick Shanahan wrote: the
next Leap. If that is the case then surely it should be called Leap xx.Alpha1 or Leap xx.Alpha2 but not Tumbleweed? No, he correctly stated "*also* the development platform". TW does not necessarily receive less testing per se but because there are more version changes per time problems related to that are more likely
By "he correctly stated" I assume you mean Patrick and not Richard. OK: it's a "development platform" which, by defintion, really means a glorified beta for the next version of openSUSE. I can't argue against that. BC -- You are NOT entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your INFORMED opinion. Nobody is entitled to be ignorant. Harlan Ellison -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org