Zypper lr output

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Priority has no effect on updates. Packages stick to “vendor”, whatever the priority of the source repo might be.
Priority affects new installs, so whenever you choose to install anything that is available in Packman you get it from Packman, which might not be what you want, generally speaking.
Here:

bruno@LT-B:~> zypper lr -p
#  | Alias                                | Name                | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority
---+--------------------------------------+---------------------+---------+-----------+---------+---------
...
 6 | Packman                              | Packman             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |  101
...
10 | openSUSE:repo-oss                    | repo-oss            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99
...
bruno@LT-B:~>
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Yes, if want to switch, then use the --allow-vendor-change (Is that an option in Myrlyn?) I’ve never had an issue with leaving everything at the default 99.

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Yes, it is available in Myrlyn.
Options->Allow vendor change

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Like in the old YaST Software days:

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Something that, I only really used, ever, when upgrading from Leap to Tumbleweed – the zypp.conf man page has some warnings { zypp.conf section [main] } –

   solver.allowVendorChange (false)
       [Expert Only!] Per default the solver will not replace packages of different vendors, unless you explicitly
       ask to do so. Setting this option to true will disable this vendor check. Packages will then be considered
       based on repository priority and version only. This may easily break dependent packages because different
       vendors may use different default settings or version schemata.

   solver.dupAllowDowngrade (true)
   solver.dupAllowNameChange (true)
   solver.dupAllowArchChange (true)
   solver.dupAllowVendorChange (false)

       [Expert Only!] The resolvers distribution upgrade(dup) job uses differernt defaults regarding package
       version downgrades, renames, architecture changes and vendor protection than ordinary install and update
       jobs. It’s not recommended to amend these defaults without need. In case of doubt zypper(8) provides command
       line options to do this for a specific job only.