On Thu 2021-03-11, ddemaio wrote: > There were several comments on reddit that can be summarized as there is > a lack of clear information on how long the lifecycle of Leap 15.x will > be going forward. When the info on https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime was > originally written, there was some clarity on major versions lasting a > minimum of 36 months. We know Leap 42 and 15 exceeded that lifecycle. It > looks like we're at a point where we evolved and need to provide a bit > more clarity for people based on the reddit comments
Thanks for raising and addressing this, Doug and marketing team! > I propose we change the lifecycle page to include the following > sentences and include the info in the marketing of Leap 15.3 and > beyond (for the foreseeable future): > > Leap *Major Release* (15.x) extends maintenance and support until a > successor. At present, a successor has not been declared; Leap 15's > lifecycle fully aligns with SUSE Linux Enterprise. There is a projection > as of March 2021 that Leap 15 will extend to Leap 15.5. Both major > versions of Leap 42 and 15 were supported more than 36 months. > > Any thoughts, changes, removals or additions to the above sentences. How about putting in a (minimum) projected number for Leap 15.x? With Leap 15.0 in 2018 and Leap 15.4 planned for 2022 we're looking at 4 years + 18 months = 5.5 years at a minimum for the 15.x series. That would be an even stronger message, wouldn't it? Gerald PS: The German version at https://de.opensuse.org/Produktlebensdauer doesn't appear up-to-date with the current English one, yet?
