Request for software to be added to repository

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#1

Not sure if this is the place to make this request, but here it goes. I would like to see koffice, especially kexi added.

Thanks!

#2

It’s in this
Index of /repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps

choose the version for what you have, you didn’t say…

#3

On 2010-11-20 13:36, svetter88 wrote:
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> Not sure if this is the place to make this request,

Chit-chat? Not really :slight_smile:

> but here it goes. I
> would like to see koffice, especially kexi added.

It is already there…

cer@Telcontar:~> webpin kexi
… performing request on
http://software.opensuse-community.org/ws/searchservic 36 results (13
packages) found for “kexi” in openSUSE_112

  • koffice2-kexi: Database Application
  • 2.1.81 [KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop | KDE:/KDE4:/Playground]

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#4

I am looking for the newest version of Koffice with Kexi in it. Sourry about not being more specific.

#5

Tried the link you specified and got back a HTTP Status 404 message.

#6

What version of openSUSE are you using
Then I’ll be able advise better

#7

On 2010-12-01 07:06, svetter88 wrote:
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> Tried the link you specified and got back a HTTP Status 404 message.

Me too. Yes, I installed kexi recently from… [wait]

OBS: KDE: UpdatedApps

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3A/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.2

There is another search engine in the opensuse download page. Use it next time.

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#8

LOL. I saw this and just had to chuckle. You meant this? :wink: software.opensuse.org: Search Results
I did a search for kexi for 11.3 and got this; software.opensuse.org: Search Results If you want 11.2 software.opensuse.org: Search Results or 11.1 software.opensuse.org: Search Results
Now then, enjoy sifting through the results. :wink:

#9

On 2010-12-01 12:06, Jonathan R wrote:

> LOL. I saw this and just had to chuckle. You meant this? :wink:
> ‘software.opensuse.org: Search Results’
> (http://software.opensuse.org/search?)

Yes indeed :slight_smile:

> I did a search for kexi for 11.3 and got this; 'software.opensuse.org:
…

> Now then, enjoy sifting through the results. :wink:

koffice2-kexi is on the first page :wink:

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#10

That brings up an interesting couple of questions;

  1. When there is software in the OBS, will it ever be moved into the official repositories?
    This is more a question for when the OBS has a package that is not already in the repository, so does it ever get added or how does that migration work?
  2. If a “newer” version is in OBS than what is in the repository, then when the next version of openSUSE comes out the repositories may be upgraded to the same or a newer version than is in the OBS. Does the OBS get cleaned out or does it stay in the OBS and possibly cause confusion and issue to users who grab it from the “wrong” place?
#11

Hi
Depends on what you mean by ‘official repositories’ is that oss/non-oss
or just not in a ‘home’ repository?

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#12

Well, a different approach… you find out that package ‘fubar’ isn’t on the official distro and you use ‘fubar’. As a dedicated openSUSE user, you build the package for your private usage on OBS. This raises a couple of options:

  1. You can keep it unadvertised as it’s for you private usage and it will remain there;
  2. You can find an existing project and submit it there. Imagine that package ‘fubar’ is a GNOME Application, so you can submit your package to GNOME:Apps. This also includes that you will become the maintainer of that package and responsible for updates and such. On the next distribution you package will most likely be present on the ‘official repos’.

Of course all of this is made within the normal workflow of openSUSE and it’s policies. So if you have packages in OBS that are not in the official repo’s, that’s because whoever made them never pushed it into the distribution.

I have added a couple of packages to GNOME:Apps for example which should pop out in 11.4 (though not installed as default). For example, NotifyOSD (Ubuntu notification applet), GNOME Gmail Notifier, The Widget Factory and some others.

  1. You make a package;
  2. You check if someone submitted before the package;
  3. You submit your package to an existing project (ex: GNOME:Apps);
  4. The Project maintainers will review your package (can take weeks) and make sure it compliant with the openSUSE guidelines.
  5. They will accept or deny your request.
  6. That Project will push itself to the Factory at a given time (if accepted);
  7. You become the maintainer of that package in openSUSE and are responsible for it and it’s bug reports, etc.

This is a short and direct way to place this.

You have repository priority which is very flexible and allows you to control as much repos as you want. This is actually one of the best things in openSUSE, works like a LEGO, you add repositories, configure it’s priorities and use the tools to make things happen.

Search documentation on the repo priority and ‘zypper dup’. Your answers will be found there :slight_smile: