Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-buildservice (276 mails)

[Thomas Schmidt <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16.03.2012 20:44, Martin Seidler wrote:
> Dear Thomas, hello list,
>
> I think the revamping is a great idea and I appreciate your work and effort 
> but I think this new search still has it difficulties and problems.
>
> Am 13.03.2012 19:38, schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
> > * Thomas Schmidt<tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  [03-13-12 12:07]:
> > > On 12.03.2012 18:26, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > > * Thomas Schmidt<tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>   [03-12-12 11:44]:
> > > > > Please check the new search at:
> > > > > http://software.opensuse.org/search/find
> > > > > and see an example app page here:
> > > > > http://software.opensuse.org/package/kopete
> > > > >
> > > > > Please let me know what you think of the current state.
> > > > Very nice and everything is presented rather than having to specify
> > > > looking for other than the main repo's.  Perhaps a notice/warning for the
> > > > unknowing about the stability/experimental characteristics of the not
> > > > *main* repo's, maybe even a *tagging* of the repo's that are *not*
> > > > main-line supported??
> > > I added such a warning now, with the option for the user to skip it the 
> > > next time.
> > Tks, I looked and like the presentation.
> >
> > I wonder that I do not see "Tumbleweed" ??
> I think it is still mixed up with openSUSE 12.1.
>
> Compare:
> https://features.opensuse.org/310986
>
>
> And now you could not even guess/see that the packages are really build for 
> Tumbleweed and not for 12.1.
>
> In addition to that you do not see the file names.
>
> So it will be easier for the packages that are already easy to search with 
> the YaST Software Manager.
>
> But for the cases software search would be a help now - an other solution 
> would be needed.
>
> Example (maybe I am wrong?):
>
> Kernel module r8168
> (I think it has to be for the right kernel version number, kernel flavor and 
> openSUSE version)
>
> Please make a try to find a fitting one (and especially if there is one) with
>
> http://software.opensuse.org/search/searchresult?q=r8168
> against
> http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=r8168&baseproject=openSUSE%3A12.1
>
> for the case on
>
> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2012-03/msg00765.html
> > uname -a
> > Linux linux-x9yw 3.1.9-1.4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jan 27 08:55:10
> > UTC 2012 (efb5ff4) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> The new search may seem easier for me at the beginning as I could better 
> choose the modules fitting to a kernel flavor. But if you do not look at the 
> linked URL I will not be able to see that the
> kernel version number does not fit.
>
> And before this change it was only puzzling/difficult that the Tumbleweed 
> packages are filed under  "openSUSE 12.1" - with the new design it is almost 
> impossible to notice.
> I guess this would lead to many systems messed up in a wild Tumbleweed/12.1 
> mixture...

Hi Martin, please check again. I updated the software search page with the 
latest
version, and it shows Tumbleweed as a seperate distro now.

Greetings

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Thomas Schmidt (tom [at] opensuse.org)
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