openSUSE packagers' take on the 3 month release cycle

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 09 July 2013, Àlex Fiestas wrote:
> On Monday 08 July 2013 20:35:22 Luca Beltrame wrote:
> > (apologies for breaking your threading, but I'm not subscribed to k-c-d;
> > in fact, please CC me with replies, thanks!)
> > 
> > Currently, the people working on openSUSE packages are against the
> > proposal. A detailed explanation follows.
> > 
> > First and foremost, the KDE packaging in openSUSE is almost completely
> > community driven. This means that most of the work is done by volounteers
> > which handle what they can in their (limited) time. Faster releases may
> > mean worse packaging and increased maintenance (and I think this is also
> > an issue w/most non rolling distros).
> 
> Well, KDE is also ran by volunteers doing what they can in their limited
> time. If we can achieve 3 month releases, meaning developing features,
> promo, i18n, etc I'm sure you can package it as well.

right now, we can only assume that we (KDE) are able to do this.
3 months is quite short. You don't always have time, then one month has 
already passed, and there is only one more month left.

How about 4 months instead of 3 ? Then it would be 3 releases per year. 

Alex