On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Rajko <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 16:46:07 -0500 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
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The rules for pushing things to the update repo have been getting looser and I think we now see version updates getting pushed via updates.
It is on case by case basis. New KDE, or Gnome, etc. version that has small chances to break installed system is such candidate. This usually means maintenance version, like KDE 4.11.x to 4.11.x+1.
I think it is time to start considering pushing new packages via updates as well. ...
This breaks the basic meaning of term update. In other words only what is in distro release and installable from regular repos should have updated version in update repo.
But why? (Please ignore the grammar issue of what "updates" means.) My question is why shouldn't there be a centralized way to introduce leaf packages between releases. After all 8 months is a long time. Adding OBS repos certainly works, but it's not centralized. Maybe a new primary repo like "leaves" (or "leaf packages" if we want to make it easier for non-native speakers)
Anyway, I know I too have a package that I'm a week or two away from pushing to factory. I know it can be added to Tumbleweed at that point, but I'd also like to get it added to the 13.1 updates repo.
Tumbleweed is one option, and the other is development repo, as Statis mentioned.
Tumbleweed allows core updates (ie. the kernel is constantly updated). devel repos is conceptually fine, but it quickly gets excessive. I had about a dozen "extra" repo's in 12.3 before I upgraded. I got rid of all but 4 now that 13.1 is out. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org