Why Do We Release openSUSE on Thursdays--Or Why Do We Slip?

A candid look at how one distribution is put together...

"openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 is a bit later than expected (it should go out later today). Of course, this raised couple of questions why. So let me explain how a build of a Beta release works in general from release manager perspective and what are the reasons for the slip.

"The usual process we use can be summarized as follows..." [Read more]