On Friday 02 June 2006 00:59, Mark A. Taff wrote:
To summarize the previous discussion about apt and suse's package management:
1. The rpm packages for KDE updates have been removed from the apt repository at ftp.gwdg.de, with more packages to be removed in the near future. 2. Apt will not work with the opensuse build service.
This is getting tiresome. Go and pester whoever keeps the Apt repository, as has been said countless times on this list Novell/SUSE do not maintain Apt repositories.
3. The opensuse build service is *ALPHA* software. Your point being what? Unless I was somehow sleeping for a few years SUSE binaries are still compiled with gcc and packaged as RPM's.
5. Using packages from the opensuse build service will will tie you to the bugs and features of the version of KDE initially released with the version of suse (i.e. 10.1 users will be stuck with KDE 3.5.1, even though three additional bugfix, translation and new feature releases will have been released by this August--3.5.4 gets tagged at the end of July).
FUD, I just upgraded to KDE 3.5.3 this afternoon using build service repositories and rug. Please get a clue.
6. There is no equal or superior package-management program available for SuSE that could replace apt. Yast most certainly isn't, and from my research, neither smart nor yum are as capable as apt (though they might become so if missing features are added in future releases).
In your opinion. My opinion, and the opinion of many others, is that your opinion is wrong.
So not only has the best package management system been effectively killed without a suitable replacement, but future (and current SuSE KDE packages) SuSE packages will be a far lower quality (missing recent bugfixes, translations, etc). These are two core defects that are the core of what a distribution is supposed to do: provide software.
Like I said before, go pester whoever maintains the Apt repos you were using and get a clue before spreading such FUD about 'quality' of packaging. Graham -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com