On lundi, 24 avril 2017 06.22:40 h CEST Nate Graham wrote:

Howdy folks, I'm running Tumbleweed, and the separation of packages across so many different repos is something I'm still not sure I understand. Having to juggle a bunch of repos one of my persistent frustrations with this otherwise excellent distro.

I understand why software that's non-OSS or has license issues must stay out of the main repo, but why is so much stable FOSS software scattered across different repos? For example:

To install LuckyBackup, I need to activate http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/

To install openSCAD, I need to activate http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/

Both of these programs are FOSS and have been rock-solid stable for me. *somebody* is clearly packaging them for Tumbleweed; why aren't they in the main repo? Why the separation?

Nate It's not a question about FOSS or not, remember on public obs instance no non FLOSS software can be build there.

Because nobody has take the responsability to submit them to factory. It is not always an easy path, need more involment from the packager/ maintainer/bugowner. Some are just afraid about the step. Or need help from others, or consider the package ready to some points, but not enough for factory. My first step would be to contact maintainer of each of them personnaly and ask the primary reasons they don't push it to factory. You will then discover the reason, and can propose your help to make the sr to factory a success. -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch Bareos Partner, openSUSE Member, fsfe fellowship GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org