On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:28:51 +0100
Per Jessen
Thomas Taylor wrote:
I was initially referred to this one, which although not exactly a howto, did help me with my first steps with OBS:
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/06/20/opensuse-factory-fixing-packages
I don't have any other links handy, but I know I've come across one or two other blogs which were helpful. There are also guides/references to the osc (the command line interface) and the web-ditto. Due to the SOPA sillyness today, I can't access most/all of the other openSUSE pages. :-)
Thanks Per. Yeah, the SOPA/PIPA is worrisome to many of us and we're doing what we can to kill it or at least get it modified to be less invasive to users.
yeah, that's fair enough. Here are some more links:
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:OSC http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_Tutorial http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Packaging_guidelines
The web interface - very nice, but afaik still limited when compared to the command line interface: https://build.opensuse.org/
To get started, I think(!) the best approach is to be stubborn: "I WILL do this!" Pick something to fix or upgrade, then try and try and try again :-) My own first step was upgrading nasm to include a patch I had submitted upstream a while ago. Nothing special, but it takes you through the motions.
Thanks for those links Per. Will check them out later. Just trying to catch up on several hundred emails after internet service was out for over three days due to an ice storm here. Tom (Seattle 3.0°C) -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSUSE 11.4 x86_64 openSUSE 12.1 KDE 4.6.00, FF 4.0 KDE 4.7.2, FF 8.0 claws-mail 3.7.9 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org