Feature changed by: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) Feature #309221, revision 4 Title: Simplify adding OBS repos - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) + reject reason: Moving to 11.4. Priority Requester: Desirable + openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When I want to add a build service repository, I have to find a quite cryptic URL, such as http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU.... Much of the information in this URL is redundant and error-prone, such as the domain and the distribution version. It would be much nicer if Zypper and YaST knew about the repo structure of the OBS, so I could type something like obs://KDE:KDE4:Factory: Desktop, and have Zypper/YaST figure out the rest. Extra points if browsers could figure out that "obs://" URLs should be handled by YaST. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This reduces error sources. For example, if I provided some repository that provides some closed-source drivers, I would currently have to provide a gigantic list of repository URLs for all supported openSUSE versions. With the proposed change, the description for how to use such a repository would boil down to: 1. Add the repository "obs://home:foobar:importantdrivers". 2. Do a system upgrade. With the browser integration, we could even have something like a one-click installation for repositories. Discussion: #1: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) (2010-03-26 17:45:16) It seems like the submission form has eaten my additional "Why do we want this feature?" explanation. Here it goes: This reduces error sources. For example, if I provided some repository that provides some closed-source drivers, I would currently have to provide a gigantic list of repository URLs for all supported openSUSE versions. With the proposed change, the description for how to use such a repository would boil down to: 1) Add the repository "obs://home:foobar:importantdrivers". 2) Do a system upgrade. With the browser integration, we could even have something like a one- click installation for repositories. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309221