What happened to OpenShot?

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#1

Hi all,
I was using OpenShot 2.2.0, which I have installed, when I noticed that it wanted me to upgrade to v2.3.2.
I wondered why it had not been automatically updated in such a long time, and when I asked zypper this is what I got:

cris@PolariSuse ~]**$** zypper se -s openshot
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                              | Type    | Version    | Arch   | Repository
---+-----------------------------------+---------+------------+--------+--------------------------
   | libopenshot-audio-debuginfo       | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio-debuginfo       | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio-debugsource     | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio-debugsource     | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio-devel           | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
   | libopenshot-audio-devel           | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
   | libopenshot-audio-devel-debuginfo | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio-devel-debuginfo | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
i  | libopenshot-audio3                | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
v  | libopenshot-audio3                | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | Main Repository (OSS)
   | libopenshot-audio3-debuginfo      | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
   | libopenshot-audio3-debuginfo      | package | 0.1.2-1.2  | i586   | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug
i  | libopenshot0                      | package | 0.1.3-1.9  | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i  | libopenshot9                      | package | 0.1.2-1.1  | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i+ | openshot-qt                       | package | 2.2.0-1.36 | noarch | (System Packages)
i  | python3-openshot                  | package | 0.1.3-1.9  | x86_64 | (System Packages)

So it seems all openshot-related packages (apart from libopenshot-audio3) are not part of the main repository anymore. Nor are they part of the packman repository.
Does anybody know why? A search in these forums did not produce anything relevant.

T.I.A.
Cris

#2

Hi Cris70
On Thumbleweed I had problems with Openshot too.
I solved them so https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/526193-Video-Editor?p=2832501#post2832501
I then created a pitcher and placed in the menu

#3

Thankyou V_idocq!
I think I’m going to do the same.
But still I’m curious to know if/when/why it was removed lol!

Cris

#4

On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:16:01 +0000, Cris70 wrote:

> But still I’m curious to know if/when/why it was removed lol!

For “why” - the best guess would be that there was no maintainer.

openSUSE is a community distribution, and packages that don’t have a
maintainer don’t get included. :slight_smile:

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

#5

Thank you Jim, you’re probably right!

Cris