Andreas Jaeger announced the final roadmap for openSUSE 10.3. openSUSE 10.3 is the next release that incorporates new features from both the community and Novell internal development. The final public release is scheduled for 4th October.

Below his original post:

We are happy to announce the final roadmap for openSUSE 10.3. openSUSE
 10.3 is the next release that incorporates new features from both the
 community and Novell internal development.  The distribution will be
 build for the x86, x86-64 and Power PC platforms.

 Major *planned* enhancements are:

 * 1 CD install (network at install)
 * Installation of a Linux system on HD directly from a Live-CD image
 * UMTS support
 * Enhance zypper
 * Migration assistant instlux
 * Integration of external repositories
 * Dynamic update mirrors
 * Edu Add-on CD (done largely by the community)
 * GNOME 2.20
 * KDE4 preview
 * Reduction of boot time
 * Reduced package dependencies, smaller minimal system

 Most important dates of the schedule are:
 Wed, May 16     openSUSE 10.3 Alpha4 release
 Thu, Jun 14     openSUSE 10.3 Alpha5 release
 Thu, Jul 19     openSUSE 10.3 Alpha6 release
 Thu, Aug  9     openSUSE 10.3 Beta1 release
 Thu, Aug 23     openSUSE 10.3 Beta2 release
 Thu, Sep  6     openSUSE 10.3 Beta3 release
 Thu, Sep 20     openSUSE 10.3 Release Candidate 1 release
 Thu, Sep 27     openSUSE 10.3 Goldmaster release (internal)
 Thu, Oct  4     openSUSE 10.3 public release

 The detailed schedule - including internal test releases - is available
 at:  http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap/10.3
 

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