[recraig2]

Man, this is such a mess! Isn't there any way for SuSE to get a hold on the repo problems? I know there have been some attempts, but then issues like this mess it up.

Anyway, why should the number of repos matter? If Education (for example) has a package and KDE42 has another why can't Yast tell the difference between which is the more appropriate? Isn't that what we rely on it for?

There are some important functions missing from Yast that would naturally have been added. For example, why can't you filter to see just those that are blue or those that are red. When you choose to update a file, then there are dependency problems and you cancel it is still marked for update! This is a serious oversight. On top of these is the version discrimination between repos.

Ok, I admit Yast is a solid package manager. Still, there are these and other seemingly small features that could push it to the next level and prevent many problems for the user.