Mandag den 20. september 2010 15:05:48 skrev Werner Flamme:
Martin Schlander [20.09.2010 13:10]:
Mandag den 20. september 2010 11:57:26 skrev Werner Flamme: KDE:Distro:Factory = KDE packages under development for next openSUSE
Hm. That's what I do not understand. "Factory" here means "KDE Factory", not "openSUSE Factory", right? So, why "for next openSUSE"? I thought these were unstable versions (= being under development) for several versions of openSUSE.
KDE:Distro:Factory is a "devel project" from where stuff is submitted to the larger openSUSE:Factory. It's developed for next openSUSE - but of course the packages are and will be built for older openSUSE versions too, but that's not really the main purpose, that's just a benefit on the side.
KDE:Release:45 = KDE 4.5.x packages. Afaik pretty much taken from KDF - but unlike KDF all the packages won't be rebuilt/updated/published constantly, and it won't suddenly move you to KDE 4.6 beta in a few weeks.
Ah yes, kind of snapshot of K:D:F. It will be updated whenever a new KDE version appears, and in the meantime is rebuilt only when some packages it depends upon are rebuilt - like K:D:S, but more up to date? ;-)
And KDE 46 will appear in KDE:Release:46, of course...
No. Probably not. 11.4 will have KDE 4.6.x, and hence 4.6beta will enter KDE:Distro:Factory in November, and once 11.4 is released it'll be in KDE:Distro:Stable. Therefore a seperate 4.6 repo doesn't make sense. The 4.5 repo is a cornercase because KDE 4.5 is skipped by openSUSE (11.3 has 4.4, 11.4 will get 4.6).
So I am still not so completetly sure about the naming. Wouldn't it be more clear to to a non-KDE-maintaining user ;-) if there was everything under KDE:release? When a certain release isn't available for a certain version of openSUSE, it simply doesn't get the appropritate subdir, like
Release:44/openSUSE_11.1 Release:44/openSUSE_11.2 Release:44/openSUSE_11.3 Release:45/openSUSE_11.1 Release:45/openSUSE_11.2 Release:45/openSUSE_11.3 Release:45/openSUSE_11.4
and so on... But I think I read about this several times on various list, so... :-]
It doesn't really matter what's clearer to Joe User. The repository structure is designed to fit the development workflow. And Joe User is generally better off sticking to the tested, officially supported packages in the official distro. Notice how most of the support questions on this list are about 4.5, even though it's theoretically "better" than 4.4, and waaaaay more people are using 4.4 ;-) Several months of widespread testing and feature freeze and all that actually makes a difference, even though a lot of people refuse to believe it :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org