Charles philip Chan escribió: I
have a habit of not upgrading until there is a point release.
is it some kind of esoteric Superstition about version numbers right ? :-D
Let 's make it clear, release numbers means absolutely *nothing*, it is just marketing ;-P they have zero influence in product stability, features or whatever.
What world do you live in? Release numbers mean whatever the developers of a particular product make them mean, as a result of what they do or don't do to the product. And usually it means something fairly similar on almost every product, not just opensuse. A lot of stuff "just works" in opensuse10.3 that no longer works or is no longer as reliable in 11.0 Why? Because the decision-makers at suse adhere to the perfectly reasonable and common convention that certain classes of changes are avoided within a given release cycle or major version number, and many larger changes are saved up and allowed to happen only at the beginning of each new version. Thus X.0 almost always has a very significant meaning and impact. I have brand new machines that I have to ship out with 10.3 today because I have been unable to get 11.0 to install a working boot loader on them and I've been trying for weeks. 10.3 drops right in and works. 10.3 is the result of more testing and fixing than new feature additions or experimental improvements. 11.0, like any X.0 of any product, is the result of just the opposite, more new features and advancements than testing and fixing. -- Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org