On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 01:18:55AM +0200, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
openSUSE comes with python-virtualbox 4.0.4-1.2.3, and an update was released: python-virtualbox 4.0.4-1.6.1 No problem with these *packages*, but then there are the *patches*. Patches are something only ZYpp devs fully understand that are useful, if I understood it correctly, because provides a way to give more and better information to the user (multiple packages as a single security update, whether a reboot is needed, category, etc.).
The idea if patches is quite simple. :) A patch has multiple relations of packageN >= versionN If you have packageN installed, the update stack will ensure that it at least versionN as listed in the patch to guarantee that bug X or security issue Y is fixed. The patch also contains some metadata (text, links) to bring knowledge of above bugs/security issues. The issue here is that there are 2 different package release number spaces, one is 11.4 + updates and 11.4 + tumbleweed, both might be difficult to keep in sync. We could bring this up to Adrian or other OBS developers to see if they can do something. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org