Hi All,

Time for part 2 of the pattern cleanup (i've already put through an SR to update package names and remove packages that don't exist). In this round i am aiming to split the 1 pattern package into several so that A) some patterns can be maintained in there associated devel repo and B) hopefully so that we can share some patterns with SLE (with that in mind maybe we should remove openSUSE from the package names).

The following is a suggestion of what I think we (I) should implement, it is of course all up for change and suggestions. With that in mind firstly i'd like to suggest that we drop the following patterns.

The following are collections of miscellaneous similar software rather then software that works together to perform a task * devel_ide * misc_server * remote_desktop * voip

The following should be dropped for there given reason. * generic_server - (Merge into the console pattern, as these are console tools) * devel_qt4 - (Only 1-2 packages) * non_oss / non_oss_opt - (these could just be merged, between them they recommend gst-fluendo-mp3 and unrar, then suggest 1-2 things) * tabletpc - (drivers should be part of X11) * sw_management - (only contains zypper which is in minimal) * rest_dvd9 - (not used) * rest_promo_dvd - (not used)

These patterns are the only ones I'd like to do internal changes to. * base * enhanced_base * enhanced_base_opt * minimal_base * minimal_base-conflicts As was mentioned in the previous thread in SLE we have a "Minimal" and "Base" pattern, i'd like to replace the above with these. Any tools that are currently in enhanced_base/enhanced_base_opt but not in the new base can be moved into "console", console being what gets installed if you select "text mode" in the installer. This will mean that by default text only systems will get a decent set of tools but that users can use the advanced install options to strip back to a more basic system. As has been mentioned minimal and base aren't very descriptive, so I'm going to suggest minimal-appliance (minimal) and minimal-server (base), but I'll post the description of both so someone can suggest something better.

Minimal: This is the minimal openSUSE runtime system. It is really a minimal system, you can login and a shell will be started, that's all. It is intended as base for Appliances.

Base: This is the base runtime system. It contains only a minimal multiuser booting system. For running on real hardware, you need to add additional packages and pattern to make this pattern useful on its own.

The following will stay in system:install:head/patterns-openSUSE but I will possibly rename it to "patterns-openSUSE-base" depending on what people think. * 32bit / 64bit * apparmor/apparmor_opt * console * update_test * x11 * x11_opt * x86

The following patterns were split out of base hopefully to make this more usable for SLES/SLED if thats not possible they could be included in the base package, most of the desktop patterns are here because I couldn't find a better place to put them,

system:install:head/patterns-openSUSE-server * dhcp_dns_server * directory_server * file_server * gateway_server * kvm_server * lamp_server * mail_server * print_server * xen_server

system:install:head/patterns-openSUSE-desktop * books * laptop * technical_writing * imaging * imaging_opt * multimedia * multimedia_opt * technical_writing

The following devel pattern's I couldn't think of a better place for (someone else might be able too) these could also just go in patterns-openSUSE-base as well. system:install:head/patterns-openSUSE-devel-base * devel_basis * devel_kernel * devel_rpm_build * devel_web

The "rest" patterns are used to build the iso's there big and annoying so I think they'd be best in there own package system:install:head/patterns-openSUSE-rest * rest_cd_gnome * rest_cd_kde * rest_cd_x11 * rest_core_dvd * rest_dvd

I am suggesting that the remaining patterns are all moved to packages in there corresponding devel repos as follows. The idea here is that I won't modify the contents of these patterns but it will make it much easier for the individual maintainers to.

devel:libraries:c_c++/patterns-openSUSE-devel-C-C++ * devel_C_C++

GNOME:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-gnome * devel_gnome * gnome * gnome_admin * gnome_basis * gnome_basis_opt * gnome_games * gnome_ide -> rename (gnome-devel-tools, dropping ide patterns) * gnome_imaging * gnome_imaging_opt * gnome_internet * gnome_laptop * gnome_multimedia * gnome_multimedia_opt * gnome_office * gnome_office_opt * gnome_utilities * gnome_yast * sw_management_gnome -> rename gnome_sw_management

Java:packages/patterns-openSUSE-devel-java * devel_java

KDE:Frameworks5/patterns-openSUSE-KDE * kde * kde_plasma * kde_edutainment * kde_games * kde_ide -> rename to kde_devel_tools * kde_imaging * kde_internet * kde_telepathy * kde_multimedia * kde_office * kde_utilities * kde_utilities_opt * kde_yast * sw_management_kde -> rename to kde_sw_management (could drop, only has libyui-qt-pkg)

KDE:Qt5/patterns-openSUSE-devel-KDE (Maybe this should be part of the kde pattern?) * devel_kde_frameworks * devel_kde * devel_qt5

Mono:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-devel-mono * devel_mono

devel:languages:perl/patterns-openSUSE-devel-perl * devel_perl

devel:languages:python:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-devel-perl (maybe these should be in devel:languages:python?) * devel_python * devel_python3

openSUSE:Tools/patterns-openSUSE-devel-osc * devel_osc_build

devel:languages:ruby/patterns-openSUSE-devel-ruby * devel_ruby

devel:languages:tcl/patterns-openSUSE-devel-tcl * devel_tcl

YaST:Head/patterns-openSUSE-yast * devel_yast * x11_yast * yast2_basis * yast2_install_wf

X11:Enlightenment:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-enlightenment * enlightenment

M17N:fonts/patterns-openSUSE-fonts * fonts * fonts_opt

games/patterns-openSUSE-games * games

devel:languages:haskell/patterns-openSUSE-haskell * haskell_platform

network/patterns-openSUSE-network * network_admin

network/patterns-openSUSE-leechcraft * leechcraft * leechcraft_media * leechcraft_messenger * leechcraft_netutils * leechcraft_office * leechcraft_utilities

X11:lxde/patterns-openSUSE-lxde * lxde * lxde_laptop * lxde_office

X11:lxqt/patterns-openSUSE-lxqt * lxqt

X11:MATE:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-mate * mate * mate_admin * mate_basis * mate_internet * mate_laptop * mate_office * mate_office_opt * mate_utilities

LibreOffice:Factory/patterns-openSUSE-office * office - (it only contains libre office anyway)

X11:xfce/patterns-openSUSE-xfce * xfce -> X11:xfce * xfce_basis * xfce_laptop * xfce_office

That was rather long, congrats if you got to the bottom. Looking forward to your feedback.