[opensuse-factory] Where to submit package updates
Dear all, Certain packages I use from the "official release" repositories of openSUSE 42.3 and Tumbleweed are out of date. Some of these packages are also found (in the same version) in additional repositories such as "Archiving" or "multimedia:apps". Until now, when I want to revise a package so that it's using the latest upstream version, I've been branching it on OBS, making the necessary updates in my own project space, and then submitting it to the appropriate "additional" repository. Will these updates eventually make it into the "official release" repositories, or do I need to manually submit them to the "official release" repositories? I'm not really sure of the workflow here -- I'm not a SUSE employee but just an external volunteer. Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Hello Tristan Am Montag, 21. August 2017, 10:32:48 CEST schrieb Tristan Miller:
Certain packages I use from the "official release" repositories of openSUSE 42.3 and Tumbleweed are out of date. Some of these packages are also found (in the same version) in additional repositories such as "Archiving" or "multimedia:apps".
Until now, when I want to revise a package so that it's using the latest upstream version, I've been branching it on OBS, making the necessary updates in my own project space, and then submitting it to the appropriate "additional" repository.
Thats a good approach - the maintainer of the package can then review it before accepting into the development repository
Will these updates eventually make it into the "official release" repositories, or do I need to manually submit them to the "official release" repositories?
Talk to the maintainer, whether he submits it to Factory, or if he is fine if you pick this part up. Into Leap new packages are just submitted in case a bug report exists - feature releases are not in scope, as Leap should be kept 'stable'.
I'm not really sure of the workflow here -- I'm not a SUSE employee but just an external volunteer.
...as many of us here in the list. Welcome to the team! Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 21/08/17 18:32, Axel Braun wrote:
Hello Tristan
Am Montag, 21. August 2017, 10:32:48 CEST schrieb Tristan Miller:
Certain packages I use from the "official release" repositories of openSUSE 42.3 and Tumbleweed are out of date. Some of these packages are also found (in the same version) in additional repositories such as "Archiving" or "multimedia:apps".
Until now, when I want to revise a package so that it's using the latest upstream version, I've been branching it on OBS, making the necessary updates in my own project space, and then submitting it to the appropriate "additional" repository.
Thats a good approach - the maintainer of the package can then review it before accepting into the development repository
Will these updates eventually make it into the "official release" repositories, or do I need to manually submit them to the "official release" repositories?
Talk to the maintainer, whether he submits it to Factory, or if he is fine if you pick this part up.
Into Leap new packages are just submitted in case a bug report exists - feature releases are not in scope, as Leap should be kept 'stable'.
But if there is a new bugfix release and the maintainer is happy for you to push it as an update to an already released Leap you can do so by following the process here [1], note that the steps for 42.3 should be the same as 42.2, I guess know one has got to updating the wiki page recently. 1. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Maintenance_update_process -- Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B
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