Am Samstag, 24. April 2010 11:35:05 schrieb Marcus Meissner:
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:19:46AM +0200, Karsten König wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if there is a definite decision about how to go on forward with the seperation of Contrib and mainline Factory.
If I remember correctly Contrib was the place to submit stuff to as normal contributor to openSUSE, now Factory is open for everybody to submit stuff, based on reputation, skills and whatnot. So what's the future of Contrib now, this looks like a limbo state to me.
Also does openSUSE try to be as inclusive as debian now (everything in one big repository) or seperate atleast into Factory and Contrib? Or even further with repositories like network:utilities, games, GNOME:Extra, KDE:Community etc. which currently have a 'rolling release' way of life.
I can't come up with a big weighing pro for any of the possibilities, but I just can't say what model is currently followed.
Contrib is mostly a place for more experimental and not so easily maintained packages in my eyes, while in the openSUSE distribution we can offer at least 18 months of security support and bugfixing.
This is all evolutionary driven too, there are no real rules or set goals for inclusion in Factory, Contrib or various repositories.
Both sound somewhat opposite, you are on the security team, doesn't sound evolutionary package location sound somewhat scary to you? If I am somewhat free where to place my 'insert cheap php bulletin board here' and shove it into Factory it might turn out a security nightmare. So as you wrote Contrib would be a much better place. Also I don't know if no real rules is a good thing to have here, the user doesn't know where to expect a package (sure we have s.o.o/search) he will add tons of repos with no defined purpose.
rolling releases are difficult for core repositories like Factory, but more suited to leaf package repositories, like games, newest GNOME/KDE, e.g.
e.g. the "games" repo is more up to date than Factory with regards to games and contains a way larger selection.
Yep I also like this approach, but how to place it properly? for example searching for tunnel software some is placed in network:utilities other in security. I find the current non-organisation not very clear Regards, Karsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org