Stephan Kleine wrote:
Sorry for top posting but I just subscribed.
Stephan Kulow wrote:
What I wonder: what is the advantage of having an .iso in the distribution that can be downloaded 1:1 from other sources?
For the same reason we have Acrobat Reader, Opera, Flash player, SUN JRE / JDK and the other stuff in there. It is easier to install, is installed globally instead of a per user base and one gets automatic
I think this is the only benefit : updates of iso GA comes with virtualbox update
updates. Last but not least it does no harm.
Or in other words: What is the problem with including it in the non-oss repo. I see only advantages.
we want limit non-free software to minimum, the problem of Acrobat Reader, Opera, etc ... is that you can't install it using two clicks as vbox iso GA, downloading and mounting iso GA is provided by virtualbox itself, all you need to do are two clicks
Ciro Iriarte wrote:
I don't see the point, the ISO is provided with VirtualBox, if the distribution provides it, the install procedure would be as annoying as it's today. On the other hand, adding the modules as KMP packages would be nice (given their license allow repackaging).
No, the iso is currently provided only with the binary VirtualBox version (iirc, I might be wrong) or available as separate download which had to be done per user. Also I fail to see how the availability of that .iso would make the installation procedure "annoying" since neither would anyone force you to use it nor would it do more than placing said .iso into /usr/share/virtualbox. Further those KMP
annoying is here for slow internet access : you must still download 40MB, non-free packages are not distributed on DVDs or CDs
packages you want to have are already available since quite a few versions. The problem with them is that they sometimes don't work so one has to compile the additions manually and obviously they work only for openSUSE and therefore not for any other Linux, BSD, Windows, ... so one needs the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso there to build them.
In short: besides the obvious advantages of having something installable via package management are there any disadvantages? I honestly fail to see some.
Regards, Stephan.
from my point : + user gets updates automatically - we want limit non-free software to minimum Question is how strict are rules for non-free packages ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org