Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
-User does a clean install for example openSUSE 12.3 (can be whatever version, I choose 12.3 as an example only)
- openSUSE 12.3 is unlikely to change its perl version for its lifetime, but if it does, all packages will be updated and published at the same time.
Development resources are a limited asset and number of things that can go wrong in the case you want to support a custom perl version are almost impossible to manage.
Factory built images with suse rpm files are custom? Since when? As soon as a new version comes out of MANY products, it is available for download from SuSE package search facility. You haven't explained why you don't disallow any user installed packages not included with the release. You are only doing this on perl -- you didn't explain why you support multiple releases on python and ruby among other projects. (samba, firefox, .. the list is extensive). Even libc -- you can down load a newer version and compile it w/suse's extensions and THAT works. You don't require every linked with libc to be rebuilt... That's the whole purpose of using a shared library -- or so I'm told. Yet you don't allow minor and compatible updates to perl -- alone. Your stance doesn't make any sense. Why for perl and not all the rest? Even though you've been told that the API's are compat within a major version, you refuse to allow upgrades? But do for other products? Why perl and no other language? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org