Comments on: openSUSE 11.1 support and Lightning http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/ Just another weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David Lawson http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16513 David Lawson Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:42:41 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16513 It looks like the openSUSE_10.2 directory at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_10.2 has reappeared. However, I only see rpms for Thunderbird, Sunbird, and seamonkey. I don't see any of the Firefox 3.0 or xulrunner190 rpms. Does it take a while for these to show up? Thanks again for your effort in re-enabling the 10.2 Mozilla builds! It looks like the openSUSE_10.2 directory at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_10.2 has reappeared. However, I only see rpms for Thunderbird, Sunbird, and seamonkey. I don’t see any of the Firefox 3.0 or xulrunner190 rpms. Does it take a while for these to show up? Thanks again for your effort in re-enabling the 10.2 Mozilla builds!

]]> By: Administrator http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16445 Administrator Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:47:06 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16445 It was already there but for some unknown reason (I have to investigate) it disappeared again :-( It was already there but for some unknown reason (I have to investigate) it disappeared again :-(

]]> By: David Lawson http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16441 David Lawson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:26:05 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16441 How long does it take for the Mozilla 10.2 repo to show up again? I checked on download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla, but don't see an openSUSE_10.2 directory. It seems like I did yesterday? I also checked on ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/mozilla, and also don't see an openSUSE_10.2 directory. However, I do see the home:wrosenaouer:playground on these servers, so that one looks like it has been re-enabled, thank you! How long does it take for the Mozilla 10.2 repo to show up again? I checked on download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla, but don’t see an openSUSE_10.2 directory. It seems like I did yesterday? I also checked on ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/mozilla, and also don’t see an openSUSE_10.2 directory. However, I do see the home:wrosenaouer:playground on these servers, so that one looks like it has been re-enabled, thank you!

]]> By: Administrator http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16407 Administrator Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:15:20 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16407 @David: Thanks for remembering me about my playground repo which was solely for 10.2 and is also enabled again. I can only control "my" repositories to enable "DISCONTINUED" 10.2 again. For the others you would have to ask the admins of them. @David: Thanks for remembering me about my playground repo which was solely for 10.2 and is also enabled again. I can only control “my” repositories to enable “DISCONTINUED” 10.2 again. For the others you would have to ask the admins of them.

]]> By: David Lawson http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16386 David Lawson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:42:53 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16386 Thanks for re-enabling the openSUSE 10.2 repos again. I also rely on other 10.2 buildservice repos, besides just Mozilla, e.g., Education for the Netbeans packages (version 6.5 was just put out there last week, and then the 10.2 repo disappeared), OpenOffice Stable, various home:xxx repos, like home:wrosenaouer:playground for the gtk2 fix for Firefox 3, and other home:xxx repos for things like hplip, etc.. Will all the 10.2 buildservice repos be re-enabled again, or just Mozilla? Thanks for re-enabling the openSUSE 10.2 repos again. I also rely on other 10.2 buildservice repos, besides just Mozilla, e.g., Education for the Netbeans packages (version 6.5 was just put out there last week, and then the 10.2 repo disappeared), OpenOffice Stable, various home:xxx repos, like home:wrosenaouer:playground for the gtk2 fix for Firefox 3, and other home:xxx repos for things like hplip, etc.. Will all the 10.2 buildservice repos be re-enabled again, or just Mozilla?

]]> By: Administrator http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16380 Administrator Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:09:47 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16380 I've enabled openSUSE 10.2 again. @AHinMaine: I'm not really the person to complain to. The 10.2 repos were removed globally from the repositories. I’ve enabled openSUSE 10.2 again.
@AHinMaine: I’m not really the person to complain to. The 10.2 repos were removed globally from the repositories.

]]> By: AHinMaine http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16372 AHinMaine Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:14:19 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16372 I'm still using 10.2, but after this, I'm considering switching away from suse. Being unceremoniously dumped after slightly more than a year of use not acceptable. It's one thing to make it end-of-life and stop updating the packages, I can do that myself to at least get by until I'm ready to update. But to REMOVE the repositories and all related files preventing me from even installing a previous version of anything is absolutely ridiculous. This is going to cost me a LOT of time. I had everything set up the way I wanted and everything working very well. Now it's all GONE. I practically have to start from scratch, building new versions of my custom rpm files that I'd created for dozens of utilities, fix all the little scripts I'd written to automate different things, reinstall a myriad of perl modules, I finally got the smart package manager perfectly tuned and working. All for naught. Now I can't even download a src.rpm file to use its spec as a model to update something myself. This is an inconsiderate, poorly conceived, ham-fisted maneuver by suse. Since I now know I can count on them to leave me high and dry, why should I invest the the time in a new suse distribution when I know I'm going to have to do it all over again in a year. For shame, suse. I’m still using 10.2, but after this, I’m considering switching away from suse. Being unceremoniously dumped after slightly more than a year of use not acceptable. It’s one thing to make it end-of-life and stop updating the packages, I can do that myself to at least get by until I’m ready to update. But to REMOVE the repositories and all related files preventing me from even installing a previous version of anything is absolutely ridiculous.

This is going to cost me a LOT of time. I had everything set up the way I wanted and everything working very well. Now it’s all GONE. I practically have to start from scratch, building new versions of my custom rpm files that I’d created for dozens of utilities, fix all the little scripts I’d written to automate different things, reinstall a myriad of perl modules, I finally got the smart package manager perfectly tuned and working. All for naught. Now I can’t even download a src.rpm file to use its spec as a model to update something myself.

This is an inconsiderate, poorly conceived, ham-fisted maneuver by suse. Since I now know I can count on them to leave me high and dry, why should I invest the the time in a new suse distribution when I know I’m going to have to do it all over again in a year. For shame, suse.

]]> By: David Lawson http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/2008/12/05/opensuse-111-support-and-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-16301 David Lawson Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:09:18 +0000 http://www.rosenauer.org/blog/?p=36#comment-16301 I still rely on the Mozilla updates for openSUSE 10.2, so I would like to see the support reenabled again. I still rely on the Mozilla updates for openSUSE 10.2, so I would like to see the support reenabled again.

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