• Milestone: Fixes found during localization testing returned.
• Packagers start integration translations into packages for RC1
• Milestone: Only blocker bugfixes allowed.
• Milestone: Documentation complete (localized+english) (Documentation team packages all manuals for RC1)

• Milestone: Fully localized build
• Milestone: Localization testing starts
• Milestone: Only major/critical/blocker bugfixes allowed.

• Milestone: Final round of software translation finished.
• Packagers start integration translations into packages for Beta2
• Milestone: Patchlevel update of leaf packages finished.

• Milestone: Feature and version freeze for the complete distribution (exception: patchlevel update of leaf packages until Aug 17)
• Milestone: First localized build
• Milestone: Complete string freeze
• Milestone: All features are coding and function complete.
• Milestone: Kernel and install works on all targeted machines.
• Milestone: Last round of software translation starts - “hard text freeze”
• Milestone: Documentation deadline (”authoring deadline”) for localized manuals, proofing starts
• Milestone: Checking for software translation

• Milestone: First round of software translation finished.
• Milestone: Final round of software proofing finished.
• Packagers start integration translations into packages for Beta1

• Milestone: Feature and version freeze for the base system
• Milestone: Kernel and install works on most targeted machines.
• Milestone: Packages containing cryptographic routines are frozen

I’m glad to announce that I have given over my responsibilities for the openSUSE distribution to Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.de>. As from now on Stephan is project manager for the openSUSE distribution.

Stephan - known also as Coolo - the “born release dude”, has been with Novell/SUSE for five years. Before that he worked on Linux distributions at Caldera.  His wide experience in Linux includes the dinosaurs (called s390), desktop technology (KDE), several build systems (including his own at Caldera), and SUSE tools like package translation.

Stephan’s first challenge will be the release of openSUSE 10.3 Alpha6 and I fear I’ve left him some nuts to crack.  Having worked with Stephan for many years, we can expect nothing but an excellent openSUSE 10.3
release.

Btw. in my new function as Director of Platform and openSUSE, I’ll stay involved with openSUSE.

The acronym ENOS stands for ‘Encontro Nacional de openSUSE’, a Portuguese expression which can be translated to ‘National openSUSE Meeting’, an event meant to unite the Portuguese openSUSE users.

More information: ENOS page in openSUSE wiki

openSUSE will be present with a talk about the openSUSE Build Service and have a booth.

LinuxWorldExpo San Francisco