On Thursday 08 April 2010 14:10:38 Malcolm wrote:
Hi I have an entry in the TV HCL (Sabrent USB device) linking to the OBS search feature rather than the kernel module I patched/built in my home repository(s). So I need to remove this under your proposal?
Not sure that something linked via search is the same case as fixed link to certain package. Probably better option will be to judge on case by case basis except those packages that are published for test purposes. I'm not using build service to create packages, so there is many details that I don't know, but I know that in his home user can change package to test something, delete it, repackage software in any possible way under the same name, so there is no guarantee that it will work, or it will install just what the name on the package tells. For good maintained packages it can make no difference where they are, but in general homes are playground and in general we should not link to them without very clear explicit warning. When package goes to some of repos outside the home directory then at least what is published will not be broken without that repo maintainer knowledge, and most likely will be updated when dependencies change. It can become obsolete, and one day stop compiling, but repo maintainer can see that and take action. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org