On Sonntag 09 November 2008 11:18:43 MasterPatricko wrote:
Hello,
I would like to suggest starting a SynCE (http://www.synce.org) OBS repository. For those who don't know, SynCE is a framework to sync Windows Mobile PocketPC's and Smartphones with Linux machines. It handles transferring files, syncing PIM data with opensync, installing software on your device, and is getting to be pretty reliable (v0.12 now, started in 2002).
For sometime now I have been maintaining the latest versions of SynCE software in my home repository (home:MasterPatricko:synce), mostly for my own use. But I have noticed that many people are finding my packages
yep, I have also one in my home:adrianSuSE:synce, but it is not touched for quite some time.
with the software search and using them, emailing me questions, etc. So the packages are clearly in demand. I have also talked to the upstream developers and they say that they get many questions from openSUSE users and because they do not have one, official, repository (unlike Mandriva [http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Tour#Easy_synchronization_with_Windows_ Mobile_5_.2F_6_and_other_mobile_devices] where SynCE is now a integrated part of the distro), people are found to be running old, incompatible, or wrongly-compiled versions of software. There are many other OBS users also maintaining SynCE packages, many of them obsolete, which causes increased confusion for the users.
I don't know where we want to keep this SynCE repository. OpenSync has its own repositories and SynCE is in many ways linked to it. Probably just synce: would be sufficient.
Hm, I have no good idea either. What about system:SynCE ? I would be happy to create it for you.
The SynCE page on the wiki is also woefully out-of-date, I am hoping to get round to updating it.
great :) ... thanks a lot adrian -- Adrian Schroeter SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) email: adrian@suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org