When/where was 11.4 announced as the next release?

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1

I’m surprised that for the first time in 11 years we are going to have a .4 release (I think 6.4 was the last one.

Where/when was this announced and what was the rationale?

2

The previous Newsletter mentioned it as being under discussion and people seem to be taking it for granted now.

3

I guess this means that we’re going to be stuck with the current kernel for a while longer? Wasn’t there a rule that tied a specific major/minor version of the kernel to the 11.x releases? Or does it not matter?

4

twelveeighty wrote:
> I guess this means that we’re going to be stuck with the current kernel
> for a while longer?

i don’t think so, 11.3 has a different kernel than did 11.2, and as
far as i recall 11.1 had three or more different kernels during its
short life (which ain’t over yet).

so far in openSUSE, the numbering scheme has little to do with whats
new and whats not…

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]

5

Not heard of that rule.

6

On 08/26/2010 02:36 PM, john hudson wrote:
>
> Not heard of that rule.

Probably because there is no such rule. The kernel selection for a new release
of openSUSE depends on what mainline kernel is nearing release. Thus 11.1 had
2.6.27, 11.2 had 2.6.31, and 11.3 had 2.6.34. As mainline is at 2.6.36-rc2, I
predict that 11.4 will have 2.6.36 or 2.6.37, depending on when the selection is
made.

There is a rule that the kernel major version will never change during the
lifetime of a release.