Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 2010-06-24 16:00, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
> * Marcus Moeller <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2010-06-24 15:43]:
> > > home: is not so much a problem IMO, just a consequence. With more
> > > packages migrating to factory, the fewer repos you need. The fewer
> > > repos you have, the stronger one is inclined to keep it that way
> > > (to not add more).
> >
> > Okay, got your point. But isn't 'Base for derivatives' heading in the
> > other direction: fewer packages in Factory and more in 3rd party
> > subprojects?
>
> Yes, and it doesn't make sense to me. Why not simply create a
> Factory-LTS branch containing links to a subset of Factory
> packages which are designated to receive LTS support instead
> of messing with Factory itself?

You don't need a specific Factory-LTS branch. openSUSE:11.3:Update
already takes the place. You only need to keep it around longer and
fill it with updates of packages that belong to that 'core' package
set.
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