>>> On 12/13/2007 at 4:17 PM, Krzysztof Kotlenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About main/standard/oss repo being poor - I mean, there are not many > packages. People I convinced to openSUSE look at me angrily when I say > "Well, you have to add this BS repo to install blah blah because it's > not included in main". Why is that? > > Do packages from BS finally find their way into main distribution? Or > maybe only some of them? If yes, who decides which packages are more > important than the others? AFAIK, main repository is maintained only by > SUSE/Novell employees?
The difference lies in the support you can request. If the error is in one of the base packages (OSS repo), Novell as a company is very devoted to fix those errors. They are part of the base distribution against which you can report bugs. The larger the base of packages for the base distribution, the more bugs will be reported and it is almost impossible to rank them in a timly wise manner. All patches coming from the Update repo have to undergo several testings. Whereas in the BS, most packagers go the way: - There is a fresh release of Product XY, they package it and that's it. If there is a bug, well, report it to the author of the product. I think only very few of the packagers actually patch errors out; most patches will go against the installation / configure / Makefile of a product (am I right, packagers?) So just increasing the base will not do to good to the quality, or at least you will only be able to get a patch once a new version is officially released from a certain project. As you said: it's about deciding on what side you want to be: bleeding edge or stable... and you can freely put you in the middle. Dominique -- TMF is a global management and accounting outsourcing firm with 77 offices in 60 countries and over 2,500 professionals (2007). TMF is expanding rapidly throughout the world. Learn more about our unique network and our services and visit our website at www.tmf-group.com. The information contained in this e-mail communication is confidential and solely intended for the person to whom it is addressed. If someone other than the intended recipient should receive or come into possession of this e-mail communication, he/she will not be entitled to read, disseminate, disclose or duplicate it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to notify the sender and to destroy the original e-mail communication. TMF is neither liable for the correct and complete transmission of the information contained in this e-mail communication nor for any delay in its receipt. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for the presence of computer viruses. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
