Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-buildservice (349 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

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* Aniruddha <mailing_list@xxxxxxxxx> [10-31-07 20:31]:
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> For Gentoo/FreeBSD/Debian/Ubuntu/ there aren't additional repositories
> necessary since these distributions maintain 14000-22000 packages
> themselves. openSUSE on the other hand forces you to use 3r party
> repositories to get basic functionality working (see
> http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ).

But you are not 'forced' to use anything.  Basic functionality is
provided.  

> And you don't have to trust the packager, you trust the distribution and
> it's security policy. And don't forget packages passes many hands before
> ending up in the stable tree. In Debian/Ubuntu it goes from Experimental
> to Unstable to Testing to Stable. I can assure that when it arrives at
> Stable you can trust it for 100%. Gentoo/FreeBSD is the same, they have
> a very, very long testing period for new packages finally arrive in the
> stable tree.
>
> Compare this to the openSUSE buildservice where everyone can get an
> account start a repo and wreck havoc because there aren't any safety
> precautions.


 "Something" must be *terribly* wrong somewhere as no "problems" I am
aware have  been made public.

I understand your concern, you have NO trust of anyone.  I believe
there is a word for that, but....

btw, you have made *many* posts recently critical of the openSUSE
distribution and the way that things are done.  Is there *anything*
you find *right* about openSUSE distributions?  Because, if you cannot
find anything *right*, one wonders why you remain!

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