How do new features in 12.3 (and others) affect Tumbleweed?

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#1

Hi all,

I assume that GKH would be the best to answer the following question(s), but if anyone else knows it would be greatly appreciated.

If a system was on Tumbleweed after upgrading from 12.2, would all the new features present in 12.3 trickle down to it? Specifically, how would the new systemd transition that took place in 12.3 happen for Tumbleweed users?

Basically I’m trying to understand exactly how changes/features in the stable/version distribution affect Tumbleweed.

Thanks

#2

systemd was already present in 12.2 :slight_smile:

#3

Ah, I did not realise that. Anyway, lets put the same question then, just a few releases back. When the first versioned release “switched” to systemd, how was this handled in Tumbleweed?

#4

I’m using systemd as an example here, but the main question is regarding all features that turn up in the versioned releases.

#5

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:56:01 +0000, sinayion wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I assume that GKH would be the best to answer the following question(s),
> but if anyone else knows it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> If a system was on Tumbleweed after upgrading from 12.2, would all the
> new features present in 12.3 trickle down to it?

Yes, because once 12.3 is out, you upgrade to it.

Tumbleweed is just an “overlay” on top of the currently released version
of openSUSE. So whatever is in the latest released version you have
automatically.

For example, right now there are no packages in the Tumbleweed repo, you
are running a “clean” 12.3 release.

Hope this helps,

greg k-h

#6

Fantastic! Thank you for the answer :slight_smile:

#7

As many would have said in these forums. It is not a true “rolling stone” as rolling stone never gathers any moss :slight_smile: You roll and start afresh whenever a new release occurs.Hence sometimes packages may be rolled back to older versions. It is not an always a forward rolling cycle.