On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:20:47 -0400 "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp@ttlc.net> wrote:
Back aways a kind hearted soul on this list gave me an extensive list of working repositories. Which list included several with a description that included the term "openSUSE BuildService". Which I initially presumed to be a collection of source code repositories. But since I dislike guessing I goggled around and found a wiki. Which seems to indicate that software developers can use openSUSE BuildService as a tool to package/distribute their {GPL only?} software for multiple distributions??
It said something about the resulting binary packages being made available to the public. So now I'm thinking maybe the "openSUSE BuildService" repositories like, for example: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce/openSUSE_11.3/ may actually contain the resulting binary packages compiled specifically for openSUSE 11.3???
Would somebody kindly let me know if I got any of that right?
Hi Yes you are correct :) You can even see the data on what/how it's built here; https://build.opensuse.org/project/packages?project=X11%3Axfce More here; https://build.opensuse.org/project/list_public Currently the openSUSE Build Service hosts 14,939 projects, with 99,537 packages, in 24,877 repositories and is used by 24,649 confirmed users. You can also search here; http://software.opensuse.org/search? To extend the search to home users, select the '(search options) -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.34.4-0.1-default up 1 day 22:54, 3 users, load average: 0.09, 0.09, 0.09 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.53 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org