Re: [opensuse-buildservice] Difference between GNOME:Community, Stable, and Unstable
Oh great! Thanks! :) Is there a similar document explaining the other folders in the repositories? Got a couple more questions about the repository layout, actually. :) For instance I find "Apache" and "Apache:"; and there's "Kernel" and "Kernel:". How come there are two sets of similarly named folders (with different content)? Also, I find folders for "Archiving:" and "editors" and "Banshee" and so on -- am I supposed to go through each and add them individually as a repo, or is there a single repo or something which sort of includes all these? Why are they classified like these into categories, in the first place? Do I need to add them, or are these just the software that was already installed on my system? Kind of confused actually ... Thanks, Rakhesh ----- Original Message ---- From: James Ogley <james@usr-local-bin.org> To: opensuse-buildservice@opensuse.org Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:38:54 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse-buildservice] Difference between GNOME:Community, Stable, and Unstable
What is the difference between the Community, Stable, and Unstable repos in "http://repos.opensuse.org/GNOME:/";;? I am currently using openSUSE 10.2 with GNOME as my default desktop, and was wondering which of these I should be using ...
At the moment, you can probably [reasonably] safely use G:C. Don't use G:S or G:U please as we've yet to 'officially' announce their availability. The differences are explained at http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME -- James Ogley james@usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org GNOME for openSUSE: http://repos.opensuse.org/GNOME:/ Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/in --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org
Hi, On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 01:45 -0800, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
Also, I find folders for "Archiving:" and "editors" and "Banshee" and so on -- am I supposed to go through each and add them individually as a repo, or is there a single repo or something which sort of includes all these? Why are they classified like these into categories, in the first place? Do I need to add them, or are these just the software that was already installed on my system?
Each of these are individual projects, which are maintained by individuals outside of the openSUSE distribution. As a result, they might have their own release schedules, different packaging layouts, etc. from the upstream distro. Heck, they might even be completely broken. :) There isn't (at present, anyway) an Ubuntuesque concept of a "universe" repository, which is more or less a dumping ground for whatever packages people want. Although the multiple repositories might be a little harder to use(*), it does mean that you get only the software you're interested in, and is less likely to break your system. Joe (*) IMO, it's only harder to use right now because it lacks a search interface. Once it has one of those, that lets you search by project name, package name, and inside package descriptions, it'll be a whole lot easier to find specific pieces of software. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org
Joe Shaw wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 01:45 -0800, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
Also, I find folders for "Archiving:" and "editors" and "Banshee" and so on -- am I supposed to go through each and add them individually as a repo, or is there a single repo or something which sort of includes all these? Why are they classified like these into categories, in the first place? Do I need to add them, or are these just the software that was already installed on my system?
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There isn't (at present, anyway) an Ubuntuesque concept of a "universe" repository, which is more or less a dumping ground for whatever packages people want. Although the multiple repositories might be a little harder to use(*), it does mean that you get only the software you're interested in, and is less likely to break your system.
(*) IMO, it's only harder to use right now because it lacks a search interface. Once it has one of those, that lets you search by project name, package name, and inside package descriptions, it'll be a whole lot easier to find specific pieces of software.
I agree, it is technically superior to the big dumping ground. Nevertheless, it is a lot less user-friendly, especially for less experienced users. One might argue that less experienced users shouldn't touch anything that's not on the distribution with a stick but reality is different (and e.g. quickly having the latest KDE packages _does_ provide a competitive advantage to SUSE Linux IMO). Searching is one thing, but adding repositories should be made easier too. A more-or-less one-click-installation for YaST2 would be very helpful (we already have the .repo files). Add a MIME type, hook a YaST2 frontend to it in Firefox and Konqueror. Including .repo links in search results. my 0.02€ cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser@skynet.be> <guru@unixtech.be> _\_v http://www.fosdem.org http://opensuse.org
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