Just add this packman mirror to your installation sources :
No, that would pull in a bunch of unnecessary packages. Until smart supports the "experimental" channel, it's deactivated.
No it does not "pull in a bunch of unnecessary packages".
Where did you get the impression that everything in a repository is "pulled in"?
19:49 ah:~ # smart channel --enable packman 19:49 ah:~ # smart upgrade Loading cache... Updating cache... ######################################## [100%] Computing transaction... Upgrading packages (16): alsa-1.0.13-0.pm.0@i586 libtheora-1.0alpha7-0.pm.0@i686 alsa-devel-1.0.13-0.pm.0@i586 libtheora-devel-1.0alpha7-0.pm.0@i686 alsa-firmware-1.0.13-0.pm.0@noarch libxml2-2.6.26-0.pm.1@i586 alsa-tools-1.0.13-0.pm.1@i586 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-0.pm.1@i586 boost-1.33.1-17.pm.2@i586 libxml2-python-2.6.26-0.pm.1@i586 hplip-hpijs-1.6.9-5.pm.1@i586 mpg321-0.2.10-530@i586 jack-0.102.20-0.pm.1@i586 speex-1.1.99_1.2beta1-0.pm.0@i686 libsndfile-1.0.17-0.pm.3@i586 xvid-1.1.2-0.pm.0@i686 Installing packages (5): libid3tag-0.15.1b-32@i586 portaudio18-devel-18.1-0.pm.2@i586 mad-0.15.1b-1.pm.3@i586 sqlite-3.2.8-14@i586 portaudio18-18.1-0.pm.2@i586 21.0MB of package files are needed. 36.8MB will be used. Confirm changes? (Y/n): -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org