On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:02 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Thursday, 2009-04-02 at 12:57 +0200, Martin Schlander wrote:
openSUSE provides security fixes and fixes for major bugs for 24 months.
I understand the "question" wasn't the period, but what. Only security patches is/was the SUSE policy for many years. Has this changed, and it includes non security related bugs? What is the policy to decide which bugs are "repaired"?
I see bug fixes in the Software Updater all the time coming from openSUSE 11.1 Updates. In fact, openSUSE Updater even shows two different types of updates: Security and Recommended. Recommended are the bug fixes (and other stuff may be included in that - someone who handles the update repo can comment on that).
I think this area - the level of support for openSUSE - is one of the areas where openSUSE is really strong, therefore demanding more seems a bit unrealistic. And developers wasting time on old stuff, takes away resources from doing useful things with current stuff.
Usually, yes, but 11.1 got out with so many flaws that an effort to "polish" the quality of a release is the proper thing to do.
I would agree that there is a need to fix major annoying bugs in goldmastered versions if they sneak through. 11.1 has been made much more tolerable than when it first came out, so we're relatively good on that foot.
I'm in favor of clearing all known bugs in software before going ahead to a new version (unless agreed not to with "client"). This is not what industry does, but it is my policy.
Well, "all known bugs" is a little strong, there will always be bugs in software. However, if there is a well-known, annoying bug in a GM release, I agree that should be repaired. Especially if the life-cycle of the release until it's successor is quite a long one (for example: 11.1, which will remain the current openSUSE OS until November). -- Kevin "Yeaux" Dupuy openSUSE Member www.twitter.com/KevinDupuy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org