(please cc me as I am not on the list, thanks)
Hi opensuse-project,
(note: I am sending this here because I'm not sure where else to send it. I registered in bugzilla, but there doesn't seem to be a good place to file this bug. Also there doesn't appear to be a mailing list that's a better fit either so...)
I was looking on the website and I had problems finding the source for 11.2. I looked on http://software.opensuse.org/112/en http://en.opensuse.org/Download_Help http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/iso/
On http://mirrors.opensuse.org/
there is a column for 11.2 source, but none of the mirrors in the US have it? And very few mirrors in the world do?
Eventually I found it at
http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/src/
but it was pretty non-intuitive and buried.
I was also expecting to find a source ISO, but I guess there aren't any?
Providing a source ISO would,
* make it a lot easier to download (and verify) the full source for a release * make it easier for mirrors to provide the source. As noted above hardly any do right now, I suspect if source ISOs were available nearly all would. * allow people distributing binary CDs/DVDs to distribute source as well I think this would help them fulfil the requirements of the GPLv2, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DistributeWithSourceOnInternet * make opensuse as cool and Debian and Fedora :)
Could you please consider making source ISOs and making it easy to find on the website?
Thanks,