[opensuse] Ah, now we can install it?
Hello, First of all, I am happy that the launch of 13.1 has taken place. I have some queries related with the same. These are as follows: (i) Installation: Now, I know that I can install it right now. But I just want to confirm that I can go ahead with it? Because right now 12.3 is working very well and would be supported, and installing the latest one won't have anything unexpected...? (ii) The New Release: This is the general doubt. Every time the new release comes after a fixed interval of time. Just wanted to know if this cycle is a sort of fashion in free software market? Means, when many things can be patched from YaST, still the newer version come so early, so this is followed because it is in term and condition or this cycle can be made flexible also so that the newer releases can be delayed or the cycle be increased in time...? I know though, the versions like Tumbleweed are there. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:45 AM, AP
Hello,
First of all, I am happy that the launch of 13.1 has taken place. I have some queries related with the same. These are as follows:
(i) Installation: Now, I know that I can install it right now. But I just want to confirm that I can go ahead with it? Because right now 12.3 is working very well and would be supported, and installing the latest one won't have anything unexpected...?
If you favor stability, give it a couple months. There is a lot of testing, but sometimes a decision has to be made that affects multiple packages and they simply aren't all available on release day. This time the main culprit is bluetooth. Gnome and KDE got out of sync, but they share the bottom of the bluetooth stack. 13.1 was shipped with a broken KDE bluetooth stack. This was expected weeks (or even months) ago due to schedule issues.
(ii) The New Release: This is the general doubt. Every time the new release comes after a fixed interval of time. Just wanted to know if this cycle is a sort of fashion in free software market?
For smaller projects, they tend to ship based on new features being ready. For distros (and the linux kernel) there are so many component pieces that it makes better sense to set routine schedule. openSUSE is using 8 months between releases. There was a slip of a couple months in summer 2012.
Means, when many things can be patched from YaST, still the newer version come so early, so this is followed because it is in term and condition or this cycle can be made flexible also so that the newer releases can be delayed or the cycle be increased in time...?
RE; support cycle openSUSE supports 2 concurrent releases, with a 2-month overlap at each transition. Thus last month 12.2 and 12.3 were supported. We are now in the 2-month transition to 13.1, so 12.2, 12.3 and 13.1 will be supported for 2 months. After that, 12.2 will be dropped. Separately there is the Evergreen team which picks releases to support for 3 years. 11.4 is the current evergreen supported release. 13.1 will be the next one, so if you want to stay on a release for up to 3 years, 13.1 is a great choice. I forget when 11.4 evergreen support drops, but I think it is next summer (6-9 months from now) RE; release schedule Major desktop updates like for KDE / Gnome are not done via the normal updates channel. Thus 2 options: - routine core distro updates - support updates via a add-on repo in OBS openSUSE is currently doing both. There has been some discussion of pulling some of the packages out of core and just having them in add-on repos. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Greg Freemyer