Dirk Mueller wrote:
I agree that the diversificatio of home:* is a bad thing. For most bigger parts of the distro (desktops, X11, apache, various other servers) etc there are however "themed" repositores that you can add and you get a whole stack of new packages to test.
Isn't that almost the same? So is the request just merely asking for an "utils:misc:" repository?
Yes and no. "Themed" repositories are often not just add-ons, but update packages in the distro. For instance, by adding the Apache repository to install GeoIP, I also get a newer apache and libapr (OK, apache is probably not a good example, but let's assume that I want the apache I got with the distro). OTOH the Contrib repository should only contain _additional_ packages, so that it can be added as an installation source without having to worry about possible conflicts. If we take Apache as an example, if Peter wants, he could request adding GeoIP to Contrib and link/aggregate it to Apache (*). Then users only interested in GeoIP and not the newest apache could install it from Contrib. (*) actually, GeoIP sources are in devel:libraries:c_c++, but there you get a newer (lib)curl as a bonus, so the problem is the same... Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org