On 28.07.2018 10:59, Frans de Boer wrote:
LS,
As is custom with previous releases of opensuse, leap 15 also has a unsupported and in linux terms ancient os embraced. I just wonder, why not use a LTS linux instead of an OS the opensuse developers have to maintain themself?
Of course there is more ancient software like old gcc software etc. Okay, it is tried and stable and it compiles software which does not compile under 8.1 without modification due to syntax errors. A lot of old other stuff too.
I do use TW when developing and in all those years it turns out as quite stable except for some glitches happening once a year.
It feels like it is good enough for day to day office work, but if you want a little more...
Frans.
Hi Frans, The reasons why Leap 15 has a 4.12 custom kernel and not the 4.14 LTS kernel were explained on a talk at oSC18 (https://events.opensuse.org/conference/oSC18/program/proposal/1954) and in a wiki artikle (https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Leap/Leap_kernel_version). For other packages like GCC there is a deadline until new verions can get into a release. After that date only bugs get fixed to have a stable release. This takes a few months for Leap and a few days on Tumbleweed. So packages in Tumbleweed are newer but not this stable like in Leap. You have to choose what you need in your case. If you realy need a newer package version on Leap you can install it via an additional repository (https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories) Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org