On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:24:50 +0100
Ladislav Slezak <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> currently we build YaST:Head packages for openSUSE 12.3, 13.1 and for
> Factory.
> 
> We should disable/remove 12.3 build because
> 
> - Yast packages are targeted to Factory, we cannot ensure they build
> or they work correctly with older releases (the older release the
>   more problems there likely will be)
> 
> - There can be build problems, like yast2 does not build for 12.3
> currently, the testsuite gets stuck. The problem can be in the older
> Ruby, incompatible rspec packages... Some other packages fail in
> rspec tests, etc..
> 
> - And unfortunately we do not have enough developers to fully support
>   older releases, so IMO it's better to drop it rather then keeping it
>   in broken state.
> 
> 
> Because 13.1 is really fresh I'd like to keep 12.3 build for some
> time, I propose 2 weeks. After 2 weeks I'll remove/disable it.
> 
> Is that OK for you? Any ideas or objections to this proposal?
> 

I agreed, we also have problems with dependencies as for some changes
new version of libraries/tools are needed.
Common state supporting last stable + factory looks good for me.

Josef

> 
> 
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> 
> Ladislav Slezák
> Appliance department / YaST Developer
> Lihovarská 1060/12
> 190 00 Prague 9 / Czech Republic
> tel: +420 284 028 960
> [email protected]
> SUSE

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