They did ask and there were plans. Both ZdNet and many others, have watched openSUSE flip flop and decide, undecided, and redecide so many times - they have become a joke!
They have talked about this on Phoronix, too.
https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/distributions/1496614-opensuse-leap-16-0-pre-alpha-available-ga-next-october
