* Ludwig Nussel <[email protected]> [2012-01-10 16:40]: > Guido Berhoerster wrote: > > * 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. > > 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.
I think there was some demand (at least by Detlef) to have selected backports of some packages for all supported openSUSE releases which is a different scope than Tumbleweed and probably not suitable as regular updates either. I'd strongly prefer to have such packages were in a separate backports repo rather than spread through Extra, Games, and Multimedia. -- Guido Berhoerster _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
