Clayton wrote:
Having said this, I have to admit that I do not remember if I did add - apart from the packman repository from the wiki to be able to handle multi-media (like DVDs etc) - some repository mentioned in this or another openSUSE maillist, but from my perspective in this installation of openSUSE I wanted to NOT deviate from anything not provided for in the v11.0 installation and then upgraded by zypper (I do NOT have smart installed as I did in the past). Perhaps my memory fails me - in which case I am sorry - but from my perspective everything which I am using is from openSUSE (except for the packman stuff).
If you use the YAST GUI, and go into the Repomanger, you can simply click to add the Packman repos.... no pulling repo lists from dodgy sources.. this is part of the default install.... so adding Packman is not what I would call corrupting the "purity" of openSUSE 11.0... it's something every user who actually wants a usable desktop will do. I would say that is NOT deviating at all from anything provided by the 11.0 installation.
This crap about what is official and not official is... well... you're not the only one getting annoyed by it Basil :-)
:-) Selecting the packman repo. in the YaST repository manager is what I did. Whatever is shown in the repository manager is what I am using --- *except* that I had to add recently the *qt4* repository - as per some posting from a Novell employee - ie, an "official" posting - to be able to have zypper complete its work. With openSUSE 11.0, I've played "straight down the line" because I wanted to see what openSUSE was like without me "fiddling" with "non-official" (!!) versions of anything available in 11.0. I am glad to hear that I am not the only getting "annoyed" by the distinction of "official" vs "non-official". If one looks at the definition, in the English language, of what "official" means then I can only conclude that the language differences used by people in this, and associated forums, is a cause of some unnecessary discords. Ciao. -- It's not possible to operate honestly using a basis of dishonesty. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org