diff --git a/sources/news/20230911 openSUSE Wants to Replace Leap With a New Offering.md b/sources/news/20230911 openSUSE Wants to Replace Leap With a New Offering.md deleted file mode 100644 index ff075cca64..0000000000 --- a/sources/news/20230911 openSUSE Wants to Replace Leap With a New Offering.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -[#]: subject: "openSUSE Wants to Replace Leap With a New Offering" -[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-leap-replacement/" -[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/" -[#]: collector: "lujun9972/lctt-scripts-1693450080" -[#]: translator: "geekpi" -[#]: reviewer: " " -[#]: publisher: " " -[#]: url: " " - -openSUSE Wants to Replace Leap With a New Offering -====== -openSUSE Leap is set to be replaced with a new option. Learn more about -it here. -Richard Brown, a long-time contributor to the openSUSE project, shared some results from a recent contributor survey. - -It was about the interest and feasibility of replacing openSUSE Leap with a new community-built offering. Yes? A replacement to openSUSE Leap? - -Interesting news, right? 😳 - -It's not shocking. The openSUSE team [hinted][1] at Leap being discontinued in **2022** with the introduction of the **Adaptable Linux Platform** (ALP). So, it was expected. - -But, what are the options to replace openSUSE Leap with? - -### A Derivative of Tumbleweed Likely to Replace Leap - -As per the replacement proposal, we have two options: - - * **Linarite** : _A regular old-fashioned release desktop distribution, likely with a narrower package selection than we're used to with Leap unless we find significantly more contributors to be able to support everything_ - * **Slowroll** : _A derivative of Tumbleweed, built automatically as much as possible, using automation and metrics to copy packages from Tumbleweed only after certain conditions (max age, X weeks without change, etc). Basically an attempt to provide something less scary than full speed Tumbleweed._ - - - -However, the survey results show a mixed bag of opinions. - -Most **users** choose " **Slowroll** " as a viable replacement going forward, which they would like to contribute to. - -In contrast, **contributors** voted not to replace openSUSE Leap or use Tumbleweed instead. - -But, when choosing one option, the contributors chose " **Linarite** ". - -So, the users and existing contributors have different choices. - -OpenSUSE decides to go with the users' preference as Slowroll, a rolling release distro. It would need more contributors than what the survey highlights as interested. - -Richard also revealed that either of the **two replacements will need more effort than Leap** , and as of now, the **contributors interested in both options are fewer in number when compared to Leap**. - -> Leap has struggled even with 61 folk contributing directly to the codebase and backports/PackageHub. And this is when we've had the SLE codebase to borrow from, which dramatically reduced the work required. -> -> Either Slowroll or Linarite would require considerably more packaging and maintenance work than Leap. - -He also emphasized that **any Leap replacement should focus on desktop use cases** rather than trying to cater to both server and desktop. - -### To Replace or Not? - -The [announcement of survey results][2] challenges the community to answer if openSUSE should proceed with replacing Leap or not. - -And, if they go ahead, can the community help them support it? - -_💬_ _What do you think should be the final decision for openSUSE? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below._ - -* * * - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -via: https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-leap-replacement/ - -作者:[Ankush Das][a] -选题:[lujun9972][b] -译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) -校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) - -本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 - -[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/ -[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 -[1]: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/N6TTE7ZBY7GFJ27XSDTXRF3MVLF6HW4W/ -[2]: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/KJMMAZFTP2MPKWKFZCYUROZFJ44BNVB5/