With openSUSE 12.1 the Chromium browser became part of the openSUSE release, after spending quite some time in the openSUSE:<release>:Contrib repositories. Unfortunately a bug report was created (bnc#731832), where an user complains that openSUSE is releasing an alpha version of the Chromium browser and that this should be a stable version. It seems that the reporter bases his statement on the fact how Ubuntu, Archlinux and Debian are handling the Chromium browser. This seems to be complete based on the Chrome browser. I did some digging of my own and I found the following webpage that explains the release management behind Chrome and Chromium (http://ftagada.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/chromium-release-management- explained/) Half way the page is the following indicated: "I (the author, an Ubuntu packager) said in the introduction that there is no such thing upstream. They have enough in their plate with just Chrome. So it is up to each downstream distribution to decide what is best for its users." So officially there are no alpha, beta or stable versions of Chromium and it is up to each dsitribution to decide what they want to ship. For openSUSE 12.1 it is too late to change anything here as that this would mean that existing users might experience loss-of-data as that their profiles are not compatible with lower versions of Chromium. However for the upcoming 12.2 release there is still time to decide which way openSUSE wants to go. At this moment I see three possibilities: 1) Keep things the way they are. Chromium will be updated regularly to the latest available version. No change from the current procedure 2) openSUSE will use the Chrome release management and the Chromium package will be frozen until the Stable version has reached the current version of Chromium. Then this is the package that will be maintained from that moment onwards. 3) We have a mixture of the above. In the Chromium devel-project (network:chromium), two packages are maintained. The first package chromium will follow the stable releases and a second package chromium-unstable will follow the current procedure and gets a weekly update. However the chromium- unstable package will never be submitted to Factory. Before making m choice in what to provide, I would like to have your feedback on how to continue this. Honestly speaking I do not like option 3 as that this would mean double the work for me, but it is a possibility. Thanks Regards Raymond (tittiatcoke) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org