Il giorno ven, 04/05/2007 alle 07.29 +0200, Pascal Bleser ha scritto:
The build service repositories (software.opensuse.org) just contain too much software -- having it split up into many repositories as now is the right model. You wouldn't want experimental xorg73 packages to show up in the same repository as the latest Firefox package.
update.opensuse.org makes sense though.
The buildservice might be good from a developer point of view, but for a user it's just a mess and it's not easily accessible. As I was discussion on IRC with Benjamin, at least a yast integrated interface to add-remove the various repositories would be necessary to make the buildservice accessible to the users.
File bugs for those suggestions, give feedback to the web designers of the site when they make a proposal on the list (but not hidden in a large post on this list ;))
File bugs, make reports...if only they were read and not skypped just because things are supposed to work...
Ubuntu is no "click and run distro", it's by no means easier to set up and use than openSUSE. The only thing that's better with Ubuntu is the package manager. Idealizing Ubuntu as being perfect and not having any issues is ridiculous.
Ubuntu is a lot closer to being click and run than openSUSE in the current state. In synaptic you enable the repositories you need, search for the packages and install them. In openSUSE you've to look for the repository, add it and then install. If you're lucky and you know webpin it's fairly easy, but still not at the ubuntu level.
Not to say there aren't a lot of things to improve, but it isn't a "techies version" more than SLED nor Ubuntu nor Fedora nor ...
As said, ubuntu doesn't require to: - remove zmd and to clean and rebuild the package manager database. - add at least 3 additional repositories (graphics cards, packman, guru) to have a fully working system. - remove the main menu (in GNOME) because it leaks 300MB in hours. - hope in a never coming patch for the default audio player (I know there's amarok, that there are patches on buildservice and such...still not the point for a user friendly distribution). Regards, A. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org