On 09.03.2017 21:12, Michal Kubecek wrote:
Users wanting to use checkinstall do not make a maintainer materialize out of thin air. If we were talking about SLE, it would be possible that managers would decide certain package is so important for the product that they would make sure someone does maintain it. But openSUSE doesn't work like this, in openSUSE if a package doesn't motivate anyone to maintain it, it's not in the distribution, no matter how many users would like to see it there.
Well, I actually sometimes look into packages on the "wish list" of many users (in other words: often mentioned in threads like this) and think about maintaining them, even though I do not really need or use them, just to do some users a favor. One example are the lots of XFCE parts that I do not personally use (almost all panel plugins and stuff like file managers etc), but where I know that users exist and where I receive occasional bugreports. But to be honest: this is also because those users / bugreporters are most of the time very nice and friendly people, who do what they can to help.
So if Carlos or anyone else really wants checkinstall in openSUSE, I can see only two options for them: (a) grind their teeth, learn how to do packaging and prepare an acceptable package (if they just want an RPM, not necessarily in the distribution, replace "acceptable" by "working") or (b) convince someone else to do the job for them. If Carlos' e-mails in this thread were an attempt for (b), it's IMHO unlikely to work.
Exactly. I would not touch checkinstall with a five foot pole, because from this thread, I can already assume what curses I would receive, would I decide a few years from now, that I don't want to maintain it anymore... :-)
Does it really differ that much? I just suggested last known working version from the distribution rather than random home project.
Well, this random home project is actually a few patches ahead of the "last known not working version" (it was dropped supposedly because it did *not* work) and looks like it is fixed and (sort of) maintained. -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org