Hello Community and BuildService folks! In our Czech Packagers Team we had a discussion about resurrecting Contrib initiative, because it seems that it had stalled. In this mail we present our notes. Any suggestions are welcome! Contrib repository ================== * repository with extra packages for each distribution (that didn't fit into Factory) * will be branched on each distribution release (openSUSE:Factory:Contrib -> openSUSE:11.2:Contrib) * will be maintained after the release (security and major fixes only) * created mailing list: opensuse-contrib@opensuse.org - archive: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-contrib/ - discussion is stalled now :( * review rules and processes created, not final yet - http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib * move some packages from Factory to Contrib - possibly hundreds of packages - games, windows managers, tools - rules for selection a) all non-SLE packages b) drop candidates only - best solution is probably somewhere in between a) and b) - packages will keep their current Novell maintainers - Contrib will gain more significance and staffing - it will be important enough for special handling in 11.2 installation - eliminating Novell-only tools and processes completely, everything will be transparent to the community - now, after 11.1 is the right time !!! * move some packages from other repositories to Contrib - lots of GTK only packages in GNOME:Community (eg. meld, midori, etc.) - same for Qt only packages in KDE:Community (eg. qdevelop, quassel, etc.) - these packages could be moved to Contrib, so user doesn't have to add lots of repositories just to install his/hers favorite tools or applications * problems: - security - security issues are watched by the security team now - some bugs require fast response, even if the maintainer is not available - notifications of new package versions for external maintainers (now it is internal only) - the actual process of moving packages - identify packages, internal drop requests, reviews (maybe do a full review to test the processes), ... - need a reverse process for Contrib -> Factory -> SLE - probably just get Novell employee as co-maintainer, who will perform the push -- Best Regards / S pozdravom, Pavol RUSNAK SUSE LINUX, s.r.o Package Maintainer Lihovarska 1060/12 PGP 0xA6917144 19000 Praha 9, CR prusnak[at]suse.cz http://www.suse.cz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org