On 11/25/2011 at 02:08 PM, in message <4ECF53F4.8020306@suse.de>, Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de> wrote: Sankar P wrote: Out-of-the-box (probably bikesheddy) suggestion. Why should we build chrome by ourselves at all ? We do not have any patches made from SUSE for chromium which will be in upstream only in future releases (say like the Kernel). We can just get the latest Chrome for openSUSE from www.google.com/chrome
Are you saying we should encourage users to install [proprietary] binary rpms from random sites on the Internet? Or are you saying we should encourage Google to maintain their openSUSE packages in Factory/update repos ie make them easily available to users and conform to our packaging policies?
We definitely can ask Google to maintain their openSUSE specific rpm build in OBS. However I doubt if they will be ready to conform to our packaging policies etc. My suggestion was the former. I agree that some may feel paranoid about installing binary rpm from a third party site. For most people, Google has a higher level of trust than some random site. Also, people already install VLC player from 3rd party site. I personally don't feel paranoid about installing chrome from Google's site. So I gave that suggestion. I agree that it may not be suitable for all. Sankar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org