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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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org