* Detlef Reichelt <[email protected]> [2012-01-01 22:56]: > what should we do in the future? What is the goal of PackMan? > > Should we build only multimedia and non crippled stuff for openSUSE?
I think that it isn't necessary to change the scope of Packman or reduce the number of packages that are provided today but that a reorganization and greater collaboration between openSUSE and Packman would provide benefits to both maintainers and our users. Currently Packman provides three categories of packages: software which is not allowed in OBS (non-free but redistributable, patented etc. mostly in Essentials and Multimedia), newer versions of packages which are in the main distribution (in Extra), and additional packages which are not in the main distribution (in Extra, Games, Multimedia). I'd suggest reorganizing the latter two categories by submitting unique Packman packages to suitable OBS development projects and subsequently Factory and by merging duplicate packges with their OBS counterparts. If there is a demand for a backport and continuous updates of a package it could be linked into a dedicated Packman project similar to how media player packages are already shared between OBS and Packman. Having packages in Factory has several advantages, it means additional reviews and handling of security issues and packages are also made available to people who don't want continuously updated backports. In case of duplicate packages having more or dedicated maintainers may potentially lead to better maintained packages in the distro and less work for packagers (the recently discussed claws-mail package could become an example for that). Since this is a volunteer project the feasability of the above of course depends on the agreement and willingness of all Packman contributors to put some effort into this. -- Guido Berhoerster _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
