Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (142 mails)

["Sankar P" <psankar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > On 11/25/2011 at 02:08 PM, in message <4ECF53F4.8020306@xxxxxxx>, Ludwig 
> > > Nussel
<ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Sankar P wrote:
> > Out-of-the-box (probably bikesheddy) suggestion. Why should we build
> > chrome by ourselves at all ? We do not have any patches made from SUSE
> > for chromium which will be in upstream only in future releases (say
> > like the Kernel). We can just get the latest Chrome for openSUSE from
> > www.google.com/chrome 
>
> Are you saying we should encourage users to install [proprietary] binary
> rpms from random sites on the Internet? Or are you saying we should
> encourage Google to maintain their openSUSE packages in Factory/update
> repos ie make them easily available to users and conform to our
> packaging policies?

We definitely can ask Google to maintain their openSUSE specific rpm build in 
OBS. However I doubt if they will be ready to conform to our packaging policies 
etc. My suggestion was the former.

I agree that some may feel paranoid about installing binary rpm from a third 
party site. For most people, Google has a higher level of trust than some 
random site. Also, people already install VLC player from 3rd party site. I 
personally don't feel paranoid about installing chrome from Google's site. So I 
gave that suggestion. I agree that it may not be suitable for all.

Sankar

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