From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-02-07 20:14, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   > On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 09:06:59 -0600, Malcolm wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 23:49:37 -0500 bad sector  wrote:   
   >>> On 2/5/22 21:14, Paul R Schmidtbleicher wrote:   
   >>>> *I have c.900 files that tell me there is an upgrade *I have   
   >>>> tumbleweed and therefore command    
   >>>> *About 15 problems are listed 13 are suggesting I have a new packman   
   >>>> program that is wanting to "upgraded" to and older suse repository   
   >>>> program.   
   >>>> *The Level of change is like ***.1.1.6.2 (Packman) down to   
   >>>> ***.1.1.5.1 Suse *From older versions of OpenSuse, I believe Packman   
   >>>> programs were added to circumvent some of the "hobbling" OpenSuse was   
   >>>> "legally"   
   >>>> needing to do. *Only two options (1) Replace "obsolete" **.6.2   
   >>>> packman with **.5.1 suse OR (2) keep "obsolete" **.6.2 packman   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Without going deeper I chose #2 in all 13 cases. What would your   
   >>>> advise have been?   
   >>>   
   >>> that's what I do too   
   >>>   
   >>> my advice would be for zypper to respect 'use packman repo' prefs set   
   >>> up in Yast, which doesn't seem to be the case   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Hi A bad move.... there have been recent changes on the multimedia side   
   >> and should let the gstreamer packages change, the number of packages   
   >> look familiar (15~16 problems).   
   >>   
   >> As Tumbleweed users it would behoove you to add openSUSE Factory and   
   >> Packman Mailing lists to nntp (I use gmane)....   
   >   
   > I would ask: If you allowed, on your installation, the "upgrade" away from   
   > the Packman to the OpenSuse repository (1) Can you still play commercial   
   > DVD movies on Tumbleweed; (2) Can you work with MP3 audio (Move WAV audio   
   > to MP3).  These were the things Packman added to my OpenSuse installations   
   > since 10.3   
      
   The changes are to packages that do not really need to be built by   
   packman, nothing proprietary or restricted about them. Moving them out   
   of packman into openSUSE OBS frees computing power resources which   
   packman needs.   
      
      
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