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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225209

           Summary: Create stable RPM package names (links) for
                    repos.opensuse.org
           Product: openSUSE.org
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: BuildService
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: thomas.schraitle@xxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: adrian@xxxxxxxxxx


Consider the following scenario:
Someone wants to installs software from the openSUSE build with RPM. He has to
know the complete URL which includes the package name, of course. However, he
has to know the correct version number of this package too.

For the first time he has to find it out anyway. But for the second time, it
would be easier just to know a stable URL that never changes.

For this reason I would like to suggest "stable RPM names". For example, if the
current package is foo-1.2.5-7.rpm, the stable name would be foo.rpm. It's the
same principle on our CDs/DVD.

I see the following advantages:

* Easier to communicate to someone else ("just download from the usual URL")
* Shorter to write in emails
* Can be automated. A script on the client side don't have to know the correct
version number.
* Anything else? :)


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