On Wed, 2016-12-07 at 05:27 -0800, L. A. Walsh wrote:
In looking at the latest version of Vbox, they mention that all of the rpm based distros can use dkms to keep their Vbox in sync with whatever kernel is installed -- *except*, opensuse, which doesn't have dkms.
I was wondering why opensuse stands out as not including this handy package for auto-rebuilding out-of-tree kernel modules as part of the distro?
Ths shortest possible answer: openSUSE contains the packages that contributors felt valuable to provide. Anybody that has the feeling that something is missing can become a contributor - by simply packaging up what he/she is missing and follwing the process of submitting it to openSUSE:Factory (and subsequent to the next Leap version). If nobody feels compelled to do the work, it won't happen. It's pretty simple. Looking forward to receive your first package submission soon, Dominique