Application to include into openSUSE: how to suggest?

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Sorry, if this is a wrong place to ask, but I cannot figure out, where.

If I want to see a particular (open-source) application in openSUSE,
where, to whom should I suggest it?

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Hi
You could look at building it yourself via the build service, since you
don’t say what the application is, have you searched here for it?
Get It

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OK, I should have been more specific :slight_smile:

It is OmegaT computer-aided translation tool (‘OmegaT’
(http://www.omegat.org)). If this application were included into
openSUSE, this would be to the benefit of the both communities, IMHO,
because:

  • openSUSE could be recommended to translators who want to try Linux;
  • OmegaT users could have easier install and update procedures.

Currently, OmegaT is included into such distros as ‘Linguas OS’
(http://www.linguasos.org/about.html) and ‘PCLOS-Trans’
(http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c61302//en-pclostrans.html), but neither of
them is as fine as openSUSE :slight_smile: .

I personally can easily install and update OmegaT, but for a less
experienced user an “out-of-the-box” solution could be a better
solution.

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dg333 wrote:

>
> OK, I should have been more specific :slight_smile:
>
> It is OmegaT computer-aided translation tool (‘OmegaT’
> (http://www.omegat.org)). If this application were included into
> openSUSE, this would be to the benefit of the both communities, IMHO,
> because:
> - openSUSE could be recommended to translators who want to try Linux;
> - OmegaT users could have easier install and update procedures.
>
> Currently, OmegaT is included into such distros as ‘Linguas OS’
> (http://www.linguasos.org/about.html) and ‘PCLOS-Trans’
> (http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/~c61302//en-pclostrans.html), but neither
> of them is as fine as openSUSE :slight_smile: .
>
> I personally can easily install and update OmegaT, but for a less
> experienced user an “out-of-the-box” solution could be a better
> solution.
>
>
Packman in their faq has a link to a page where you can suggest apps

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Hi
It’s already built by someone, just called omega-t :wink:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/thomas-schraitle/openSUSE_11.0/
It should work ok with 11.1, if it doesn’t grab the source and build
from that.

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The openSUSE wiki pages also include a ‘package wishlist’
(http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Wishlist) section, broken down into
different software categories. You can add it to that list if you hope
to see it included by default in future.

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Thanks a lot for your answers!

> It’s already built by someone, just called omega-t

Ah, that hyphen is not correct for the name, that’s why I could not
find it, I guess :slight_smile: It’s great, this package exists, it’s a pity that
the version there (1.7.3) is outdated :frowning:

> The openSUSE wiki pages also include a package wishlist section

Cool! I’ve already filed a request. Hopefully, they will pay attention
to it :slight_smile:

Well, I wish success to the (open)SUSE team and to all users! Good
luck!

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If the application is somewhat requested by lot’s of users and it’s
needed to improve the distro you can submit a request to add to the OSS
repository.
See ‘[opensuse-factory] What to do when additional packages are needed
in the’
(http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-01/msg00162.html)
openSUSE is an open project so you should be able to have your package
there.

Also you can see Contrib repo which in the future will work as
expected.

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Hi
Search again, there may be a later version available :wink:

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lmedinas;1935557 Wrote:
> If the application is somewhat requested by lot’s of users

Then another question: is there a place to vote for an application?

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malcolmlewis;1935592 Wrote:
> Hi
> Search again, there may be a later version available :wink:

Indeed, there’s 1.8.1_01 available for openSUSE 11.1. And still a
redundant hyphen in the name! No wonder that I could not find it,
because I used the right name in search queries lol! Thanks for the
tip!

However, I work with OmegaT 2.0.0.1 (beta, but much improved as
compared with the 1.8.x line).

Yet one more question. Here’s a link to download that RPM:
http://tinyurl.com/dedz64

I conclude, it is still not in the mainstream repos, but in some
private repo of a person, presumably Malcolm Lewis. Am I right?

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Hi
Correct, it was built yesterday by myself :wink:

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…and that person is you, right? Yes, you, don’t deny! lol! I think, I
did not see your name among the developers of OmegaT. Or I’ve got a bad
memory?

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And thanks a lot for building! This alchemy is beyond my modest skills
:slight_smile:

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But you aren’t in the OmegaT team, are you? Sorry, your name does not
sound familiar to me.

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Hi
No, just a packager. Although I have ported/created/modified patches to
a few kernel modules to get them to work. If you want I can put the beta
up there as well.

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Packaging the latest beta (or even the very latest version from CVS)
would be awfully great! Thanks in advance!

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Hi
Beta is done… :wink: search again…

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Thanks a lot! Great! And I don’t need to search — I know now a good
place :wink:

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