Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1483 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/10/2012 01:45 PM, Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
> On 02/10/12 at 02:20pm, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > ----------------------------
> > So that appears to have searched all of OBS for projects with "yara"
> > in their name, and then for packages with "yara" in their name.
> >
> > I just some might find that of interest since webpin has been dead for
> > a year or two.
>
> Couple of things

Thanks for the cautionary information.
> 1) But that does not mean by default those packages are available for
> download or in what situation they are. 
>
> 2) the average user would need to install osc and bunch of other
> required packages 

Not a drawback unless limited on space.
> 3) that does not provide a 1 click install ( not that I am fond of it
> but some like it)

Yes - I like it. Webpin never provided a 1-click and it was a fantastic index.

> Therefore to me still the best option is to use software.opensuse.org
> and use the search options if one is desperate for a package

I find the search on software.opensuse.org very limited. Many times I have
searched for a package and turned up no results only to have a listmember
provide the link to the OBS project that already contains the rpms needed.

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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