Feature changed by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Feature #310090, revision 2 Title: Release cycle - guarantied dup - sync with Distros openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ralph Ulrich (ulenrich) Description: openSUSE should have a shorter and synced with Ubuntu/Fedora release cycle. If there is an easy and guarantied way to dist-upgrade like a script working: 1) change repos to newest release 2) "zypper dup -d" # only download 3) save a list of packages installed.list 4) remove all but a openSUSE minimal pattern 5) "zypper dup" 6) reboot and zypper install installed.list Then benefits: * openSUSE more in sync with all over linux development * support needs less workload, patches can be "stolen" * "zypper dup" guarantied successful for openSUSE-minimal pattern + Discussion: + #1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-07-11 19:25:18) + http://tmrepository.com/trademarks/biannualforceddeathmarch -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310090