Next Slackware

Diantre · 10-20-2015, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PrinceCruise

Why not just playfully screw with the rest of the Linux community and number the next release Slackware 42 or something?

You mean something like Slackware96, 13.37, or the jump from version 4 to version 7?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slackware 3.1 ChangeLog

Wed Jul 3 14:48:46 PDT 1996
Slackware96 (v. 3.1.0) is released. New features include the 2.0.0 Linux
kernel, gcc-2.7.2, and the 5.3.12 C library. Lots of packages were upgraded
to work correctly with the new kernel.

Okie · 10-21-2015, 07:08 PM

are we there yet?

ttk · 10-21-2015, 10:24 PM

If the past is any guide to the future, there will be one or more release candidates announced weeks prior to the next official Slackware release.

No release candidates have been announced, so don't be holding your breath.

As for major changes, here's a partial list of packages with a major version number bump between 14.1 and current:

Code:

  MPlayer  1.1.86.62 to 3.3.63 = 2
  bison  2.7.1 to 3.0.4 = 1
  ca-certificates  2.26.80 to 3.2.75 = 1
  cgmanager  0.0.0 to 24.07.10 = 1
  cmake  2.8.12 to 3.1.3 = 1
  cups  1.5.4 to 2.0.4 = 1
  git  1.8.4 to 2.5.1 = 1
  gptfdisk  0.8.7 to 1.0.0 = 1
  kernel-huge  3.10.17 to 4.1.6 = 1
  libmng  1.0.10 to 2.0.3 = 1
  libtiff  3.9.7 to 4.0.3 = 1
  lxc  0.9.0 to 1.1.3 = 1
  lzip  0.0.0 to 1.16.1 = 1
  mariadb  5.5.32 to 10.0.18 = 5
  mercurial  2.7.2 to 3.5.1 = 1
  mesa  9.1.7 to 11.0.2 = 2
  openssh  6.3.1 to 7.1.1 = 1
  readline  5.2.4 to 6.3.1 = 1
  ruby  1.9.3.448 to 2.2.3 = 1
  smartmontools  5.43.1 to 6.4.1 = 1
  stunnel  4.53.1 to 5.23.2 = 1
  swig  2.0.10 to 3.0.7 = 1

From http://ciar.org/ttk/public/slackware...2015-10-08.txt

LinuxUser42 · 10-22-2015, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diantre

You mean something like Slackware96, 13.37, or the jump from version 4 to version 7?

How about all versions just remain called 14.1 (evil MS10 maniacal laughter, while rubbing hands together).

pzognar · 10-22-2015, 09:57 AM

Did someone say MS10?

TobiSGD · 10-22-2015, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PrinceCruise

Why not just playfully screw with the rest of the Linux community and number the next release Slackware 42 or something?

Regards.

The Suse people have stolen your idea before you posted it here, the next openSuse release will be Leap 42.1

kikinovak · 10-22-2015, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

The Suse people have stolen your idea before you posted it here, the next openSuse release will be Leap 42.1

I have Leap 42.1 RC1 running on a spare box here. When I installed it, the thought crossed my mind that this was a naming scheme more apt for Slackware. "Slackware 42.1", "Slackware 42.2", etc.

enine · 10-22-2015, 03:04 PM

or maybe 313.37 :P

ChuangTzu · 10-22-2015, 03:39 PM

I think that is a sign that openSUSE has lost or is losing its way. from 13.2 to 42.1...geez

kikinovak · 10-22-2015, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diantre

You mean something like Slackware96, 13.37, or the jump from version 4 to version 7?

Ubuntu just announced the release name for the 16.04 LTS release: Xenial Xerus. Why not call the upcoming Slackware 14.2 release something like "Yawning Yak", just to be ahead of the game again?

kikinovak · 10-22-2015, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ChuangTzu

I think that is a sign that openSUSE has lost or is losing its way. from 13.2 to 42.1...geez

Leap is not a part of the regular openSUSE releases. The base system consists of SLED packages, a bit like RHEL/CentOS. On top of that, the applications are drawn from the rolling-release Tumbleweed repository, but rebuilt on that base. Interesting approach in theory, but I'm not very convinced by what I see in practice on my SUSE test box. So far, KDE5 is a forest of showstopping bugs. And GNOME3 works, sort of, not counting the odd weirdness here and there. For the moment, this box mainly serves as a reminder of why I'm running Slackware on all my boxes.

ChuangTzu · 10-22-2015, 04:58 PM

kikinovak,

actually leap is their new standard regular release...Options are Leap or Tumbleweed for download.

PrinceCruise · 10-22-2015, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

The Suse people have stolen your idea before you posted it here, the next openSuse release will be Leap 42.1

The f**k! That's the only number came to my mind for next Slackware version. I still can't think of any other number. I don't know why.
How can I sue them for stealing my idea?

On another note, that's some interesting thing going on in SUSE camp.

Regards.

enine · 10-22-2015, 06:25 PM

What about we one up them with Slackware 1.21Gig

TobiSGD · 10-22-2015, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuangTzu

kikinovak,

actually leap is their new standard regular release...Options are Leap or Tumbleweed for download.

Indeed, they rebased openSuse to the enterprise version (which was quite surprising for me, I always thought that the enterprise version is based on openSuse, similar to RHEL being based on Fedora) and to distinguish it from the old version called it Leap (other suggestions were Oak and Rock'n'Roll). Regarding the version number:

Quote:

As far as the version number is concerned we concluded that 42 is a
great starting point due to the historical reference in the project.
It's quirky and we felt it suits us well. We deliberated other options
such as starting at 1.x or some other arbitrary number such as 22 but
we preferred 42. Additionally 42 has already gotten some notoriety and
thus we might as well stick with it. In the end we all know the number
is more or less arbitrary and the important point is that it increases
going forward

.x is used to indicate the service pack of SLE from which the sources originate.
We expect the first release to be 42.1 because we intend to have the
release aligned and sharing code with SLE 12 SP1.
The major version will increase alongside the major version of the
shared SLE sources, therefore a SLE 13 SP2 servicepack based release
would be named openSUSE Leap 43.2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-a.../msg00000.html