Re: Problems with zypper and software repositories

EOS wrote:
I have
http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.0

OK.

http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0

OK.

http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/update/11.0
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/11.0/repo/oss

NOT ok, as it is better to add download.opensuse.org instead of a
specific provider. (And skynet is the Microsoft of telecom operators in
Belgium and is evil by default)

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_11.0
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_11.0
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Community/openSUSE_11.0
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Extra-Apps/openSUSE_11.0

KDE is evil as well. ;-) Seriously, how many applications are there that
are not on the OSS repo? Just curious. I can imagine that you added then
to 'have' them not because you actualy 'need' them. I could be wrong as
well, although history has prooved that I am never wrong (history might
be wrong, but never me)

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.0

Same here, what is the advantage of using this instead of the standard?

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0

And here I assume it runs OOo 3, otherwise the same question

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.0

This I can understand, as well as NVidea or ATI

Obviously there are several thousand more to be found on the build
server. Just go to http://download.opensuse.org/repositories and then go
into the subdirectories. http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home
is a nice one.

Some random example:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/houghi:/makeSUSEdvd/openSUSE_11.0/
or http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/houghi/openSUSE_11.0/

The question I always ask myself is if I need a repo or not and most of
the time I don't. If I search for a program, the one-click-install will
add the needed repo anyway.

houghi
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