On 05/25/2013 07:06 PM, Tomoms wrote:
> and I have a rolling and up-to-date opensuse, right?
well, not really!
Tumbleweed is not a real “rolling release” if you use the common
definition and understanding of what a “rolling release” is…
most folks think a rolling release is one which rolls out new parts,
pieces, applications, kernels, patches and updates continuously to
feed an ever newer but coordinated singularity, no parts of it ever
being considered needing replacement…
in other words a “rolling release” does not release a new numbered
version (including new application versions) every once in a while.
using those ideas openSUSE is clearly not a “rolling release” and
since Tumbleweed will (every 8 months) go though a complete version
upgrade exactly when openSUSE does, it is not a true “rolling
release” and in fact in the source document about it
<http://tinyurl.com/69mj3zj> does not call it a “rolling release” but
instead “The Tumbleweed project provides a rolling updates version of
openSUSE”
so, each 8 months all Tumbleweed users move to the latest version of
openSUSE and then as the next versions applications, parts, pieces
and etc have been ‘tested’ some in Factory, they are rolled into
Tumbleweed, until the new non-rolling version is installed…
–
dd