Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:
..in respect to, who decides which packages and when to update them, and who do the actual packaging ?
I know the home:/ repo's are individual users using the buildservice.
But how about, e.g. /repositories/server:/mail/ ?
The reason I am asking about server:/mail, is that 10.2 and 10.3 repo's both contains new(er) versions of e.g. courier-imap, but 11.0 repo does not. So, who decides that the 10.2 repo should contain new and updated packages of courier-imap, but the 11.0 repo should not have courier-imap at all ?
This is not a complaint, I'm just trying to understand the layout and "package cycles" of download.opensuse.org/repositories.
Best regards Sylvester Lykkehus
Sylvester, That has been a moving target as of late. In pure summary fashion, novell/opensuse provides: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/ http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/ for 10.3, change the version above For all other repositories under: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ They are openSuSE Build Service (OBS) repositories and are provided by various individuals and groups, within or without novell, subject to novell requirements, for the benefit of the openSuSE community. Novell/openSuSE will provide updates for packages contained in http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/XX.X/ in general from the date of release + 24 months through the http://download.opensuse.org/update/XX.X/ repository. A new openSuSE release will generally be provided every 6-10 months. Novell can be credited for putting flexibility into the release schedule, as needed, if the developers determine additional time is needed to insure a release is ready. Well done. Updates to all packages under http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ are provided when available from the maintainers of the repositories. File bug reports against packages in the distribution and update repositories and they will either be fixed, deferred to the next release or closed depending on the severity and security implications posed. Avoid filing bugs with the openSuSE bugzilla at bugzilla.novell.com for packages in the http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ unless it poses a dire risk of nuclear war, post those problems to the list and then shut-up and don't complain. Otherwise some members of the list will quickly belittle you and attack you for not knowing that you shouldn't file bug reports with openSuSE against the openSuSE packages in the http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/. Got it? Clear as mud right? But all in all it works quite well. This isn't an official openSuSE position, just my understanding from experience with the list and the openSuSE bugzilla. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org