https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215649 ------- Comment #13 from danielstefanmader@web.de 2006-10-28 11:34 MST -------
In summary I concur that package management is important and we want the best, but smart is not a solution.
zypp cannot be put into question, the question is really whether to prefer using it through zmd or whether to use it directly, and when to do the change.
Thank you, both of you made yourselves very clear and I do understand. I can of course live with libzypp but please understand that a package management system is definitely worthless (for me and many others) if it doesn't permit the simple addition of external repositories and a good CLI. This is simply because otherwise there will be no upgrades to KDE and other software such as OOo, FF etc. due to that SUSE package version policy. I agree that those external repositories deliver broken software far too often and this exactly is another complaint about SUSE Linux heard over and over again. You can argue that the GM delivered packages are not to be upgraded for stability reasons unless there are security fixes but -- and this is important -- OpenSUSE should have a totally different focus. This is _not_ an enterprise but an enduser distro. Latest desktop software and easy upgradability is a must. Please consider this when making a decision of any kind and thank you very much for your efforts! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.