On Fri, 2023-10-27 at 15:05 +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:33 PM Lubos Kocman <lubos.kocman@suse.com> wrote:
Keep in mind that the problem is that people can't find packages from outside of distro. Nobody is going to lookup e.g. "zsh" on software-o-o
You are mistaken. The s.o.o is the very first thing where many users look for a package. Just search forums for "there was no package for Leap so I ...".
That is quite interesting information. I would not expect that. We do not really advertise that service anywhere. Yes I am aware of issues with Leap post CtLG.
Besides, to use zypper to search for packages one has to install openSUSE first. But people quite often look at whether distribution provides what they need before making a decision. If they cannot find packages, they will not install this distribution, it is as simple as that.
You can also use yast-packager as an alternative (but again works only for packages in enabled repos). Which was my guess for new openSUSE user looking for package which is availble in distro.