hi steve-ss!
my deepest apologizes for such a huge delay in response. was out of internet for a while. let me just start from the beginning.
1) i updated Ecomorph wiki page:
Ecomorph
and hope that now you can manage all your issues easily.
2) regarding the removal of "Enlightenment_DR17-cvs-core-metapackage" - everything is correct. "Enlightenment_DR17-cvs-core-metapackage" is made only if you just wish to get familiar with this Desktop Shell. It already contain all "e_modules" and other stuff for a proper work. But if you are interested and with to extend the list of EFL apps on your PC, most likely that the package will be substituted by a separate ones (that's exactly what you see) - "E17", "e_modules", etc. If you type:
sudo zypper if Enlightenment_DR17-cvs-core-metapackage
then a long description will explain in details which packages are included into the "huge" core-metapackage. They're all share the same source code and the case is done only for a convenience - you install a single package and doesn't care about the rest.
Please report here in case of any difficulties.
Thanks,
regards