Labo ababhekele i-OpenSUSE Project bamemezele kuleli sonto ukuthi nweba ukuxhaswa kwe-OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 izinyanga ezingeziwe eziyisithupha ukuvumela abasebenzisi abaningi ukuthi bathuthukele kunguqulo yakamuva ye-openSUSE Leap 15.
Ikhishwe ngoJulayi 26, 2017, uhlelo olusebenzayo lwe-OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 lususelwa ku-SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 service Pack 3 futhi iqukethe iLinux Kernel 4.4 ngokuxhaswa okunwetshiwe. Njengokwesiko kuzinguqulo ze-OpenSUSE 42, i-OpenSUSE 42.3 ibizoba nezinyanga eziyi-18 zokusekelwa, kuqede umjikelezo wayo ngoJanuwari 2019.
Kodwa-ke, bobabili i-OpenSUSE Project kanye nenkampani ye-SUSE banqume Nikeza abasebenzisi isikhathi esithe xaxa sokubuyekeza kunguqulo yakamuva yochungechunge lwe-OpenSUSE Leap 15, ngokususelwa ku-SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, ngalokho bazoqhubeka nokunikeza izibuyekezo zokuvula i-OpenSUSE 42.3 ezinye izinyanga eziyisithupha.
I-openSUSE 42.3 izofinyelela ekugcineni komjikelezo wayo ngoJuni 30, 2019
Ngakho-ke, i-openSUSE 42.3 nochungechunge lwe-OpenSUSE 42 luzofinyelela ekupheleni komjikelezo wabo ngoJuni 30, 2019 esikhundleni sikaJanuwari. Lokhu kuzovumela abasebenzisi isikhathi esithe xaxa ukwenza thuthukisa ukufaka kwakho ukuvulaSUSE Leap 15, ezoba nokubuyekezwa kwesondlo nokuphepha kwezinye izinyanga eziyi-14, kuze kube nguNovemba 2019.
Iphrojekthi ye-OpenSUSE incoma ukuthi abasebenzisi be-OpenSUSE Leap 42 basebenzise isikhathi esengeziwe sokusekela ukulungiselela ukuthuthukela ochungechungeni lwe-OpenSUSE Leap 15, olufaka phakathi iwizadi yokufuduka yalabo abangakwazi ukuthuthuka ngesikhathi.
Labo abangakwazi ukuthuthukela amaseva wabo wokukhiqiza baye kunguqulo ephezulu Ungathenga okubhaliselwe kwe-SLE ukuthola isikhathi esithe xaxa sokusekelwaVele, lokhu okubhalisile kunezindleko.