On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:41:30 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
AFAIK, the guaranteed support is for security patches only, the rest is optional.
I appreciate the reply - so please understand my frustration isn't directed at you Carlos. This policy isn't very helpful to those who haven't upgraded to 11.1. We might just as well be on a continuous upgrade cycle every 8 months (based on the new release schedule). Personally, I prefer to wait until the initial kinks are worked out in any new release for any new software. I still can't really go to 11.1 yet because of compatibility issues with iFolder (for example). But also, I want to *use* the software, not be constantly upgrading it. I can understand not wanting to "support" software that's 3-4 years old. 11.0 isn't that old. Even Microsoft provides updates beyond security patches only for versions of Windows older than the current release (XP + Vista right now IIRC). The Linux community keeps this mantra of "more eyes on the code", but we can't manage to provide better support for *one* previous release of a distro? C'mon, we're better than that. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org