On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:06:02 -0600 Nate Graham <pointedstick@zoho.com> wrote:
On 04/26/2017 05:51 PM, Luiz Fernando Ranghetti wrote:
2017-04-26 19:20 GMT-03:00 Nate Graham <pointedstick@zoho.com>:
On 04/26/2017 02:19 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Wednesday 2017-04-26 20:29, Nate Graham wrote:
I really wish more software were available in the main repos...
Step up, become a package maintainer.
So all of the software I would like to be in the main repo is already available in various other OBS repos (KDE:Extra, devel:tools:ide, graphics, etc.), with maintainers listed. Is it just a matter of asking them to submit their packages to factory?
Nate
Probably yes!
Regards,
Luiz
All right, will do! On OBS, I see a "submit package" button when I navigate to some of the packages in question (e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/KDE:Extra/luckybackup). Is it just a matter of making a submission request to the "openSUSE:Factory" project?
Nate
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:06:02 -0600 Nate Graham <pointedstick@zoho.com> wrote:
On 04/26/2017 05:51 PM, Luiz Fernando Ranghetti wrote:
2017-04-26 19:20 GMT-03:00 Nate Graham <pointedstick@zoho.com>:
On 04/26/2017 02:19 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Wednesday 2017-04-26 20:29, Nate Graham wrote:
I really wish more software were available in the main repos...
Step up, become a package maintainer.
So all of the software I would like to be in the main repo is already available in various other OBS repos (KDE:Extra, devel:tools:ide, graphics, etc.), with maintainers listed. Is it just a matter of asking them to submit their packages to factory?
Nate
Probably yes!
Regards,
Luiz
All right, will do! On OBS, I see a "submit package" button when I navigate to some of the packages in question (e.g. https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/KDE:Extra/luckybackup). Is it just a matter of making a submission request to the "openSUSE:Factory" project?
Nate
Hi, I appreciate your enthusiasm. Reality is more complicated. I just want to set expectations ;) https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Factory_submissions is a bit out of date, but covers the main steps of how we review and accept packages into Factory and then TW. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:OpenSUSE_review_team this is also a bit and will update, but gives you a high level view of what we do. Now, there could be many reasons why a maintainer has not put a package into Factory. Quality ? Readiness ? Missing dependencies ? Moreover, when a package lands in Factory, it will end up in TW and eventually Leap. This does oblige, to a certain extent, the maintainer to be ready to fix packaging bugs and in the case of a security issue, work with the security and maintenance teams to produce a fix if possible. Even with the above, I do not want to discourage you to contact maintainers and urge them to submit their packages into Factory. We all benefit, when packages are not hidden in dozens of devel or home projects. Some of them are good useful packages and deserve broader distribution. Thanks, Peter Linnell one of your humble review-team members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org