Guido Berhoerster wrote: > * Detlef Reichelt <det...@die-mafia.de> [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.
Ack. Factory ftw! > 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 I thought there is Tumbleweed for those who always want the latest and greatest? Updates that make sense should be released into the regular update channel. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list Packman@links2linux.de http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
