On 01/12/05, Marcus Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:21:08AM +0000, Marcus Cooper wrote: > > > > do you know how long the 1.0.x branch is going to be maintained? What > > will happen when it stopped being maintained? Will 1.5.x go into YOU? > > I do not know how long it will be maintained. When it stops being > maintained we will be forced to the upgrade to 1.5.
ok thanks > > > The reason behind my questions are if new users of SUSE 10 are going > > to be kept on v1.0.x (and yes I know 1.5.x will be easily installed > > from adding the yast source, i assume) it might be used as a critism. > > Mind you 10.1 (which will I assume include 1.5.x) will be out soon so > > I think I'm making a moutain out of a molehill. > > Why? The products are meant to stay stable and only get security and > bugfixes. > > Adding version upgrades for packages would reduce our resources for > new products which would hurt those... > > If you want bleeding edge software our package maintainers offer packages > (Mozilla, Apache, wine, etc.), newer desktops are in the supplemental > branches (GNOME, KDE) or if you want an all bleeding edge SUSE, use the > Factory branch. Yep you're right. And seeing as adding yast sources is really not hard, people can do that. have fun Marcus -- Photos : www.flickr.com/photos/marcusc Blog : marcusbrain.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
