On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns
<samannsml@directbox.com> wrote:
On Dienstag 17 Februar 2009 16:34:51 Greg Freemyer wrote:
I have not yet used contrib: http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib
It seems to be gaining packages. (autossh is one I requested via bugzilla be added to OS 11.2 and it got put in Contrib instead.)
And I've never really understood what Packman is. It obviously holds a lot more than problematic codecs, etc.
Can someone explain how they will work together?
This is a difficult Question. A Few of the openSUSE/Novell Team Members are packaging in Packman. But i think so: Contrib as Member of the Build Service is near by OpenSUSE/Novell. OpenSUSE Build Service as whole System is a Community Project, but it is near by Novell/openSUSE than Packman. But Packman has high Quality Packages, as Contrib, too...
Just my 2 cents...
So Team Members that are currently packaging non-license encumbered software for Packman will likely be moving their packages to Contrib over time?
Does Packman get packages from non-Team Members somehow? Or does it mean that Packman will slowly shrink in number of packages it contains until all that is left is the License Encumbered packages? Some of the OpenSUSE Members packing for Packman, too. But i thin the big different are the Licenses. Build Service only can host Projects with an free Licence (similar to GPL/LGPL). Packman hosts many Projects with other Licences: w32codecs, libxine1.
On Dienstag 17 Februar 2009 18:25:37 Greg Freemyer wrote: libdvdcss. This Projects can't hosted by the Build Service. AFAIK -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team (Weekly News) openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org