[packman] vlc 2.0

[Malcolm]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:09:29 +0200
Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser at opensuse.org>
wrote:

> On 2012-04-05 16:02:30 (+0100), Cristian Morales Vega
> <reddwarf at opensuse.org> wrote:
> > On 5 April 2012 15:45, Pascal Bleser
> > <pascal.bleser at opensuse.org> wrote:
> > > Henne added SLE-11-SP2. And why go with SP1 if we can go with
> > > SP2 ?
> 
> > SP1 seems to be the oldest supported version. Building against it
> > warranties it will work with all the supported versions of SLE-11
> > (those being SP1 and SP2, but no GA).
> 
> > > I mean, this compatibility thing is only half true: e.g. SP2
> > > ships with Qt >= 4.8, while "SP0" doesn't.
> 
> > Which means a binary build against SP2 perhaps will not work in SP0.
> > But a binary build in SP0 will work in SP2 (if you trust Qt ABI is
> > 100% stable).
> 
> Yes, but there are things we can build on SP2 which we can't
> build on SP1 (e.g. vlc 2.x).
> 
> I guess that the ideal setup then would be to build Essentials
> against SP1, and then only build against SP2 when we can't build
> against SP1.
> 
> The trouble though is that users of SP2 need to add both the
> (Packman) repo for SP1 and the (Packman) repo for SP2, at least
> if they want to use those additional packages (such as vlc 2.x).
> Still sounds like a viable option, but IMHO experience shows
> that this kind of information is very difficult to get across to
> users.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> cheers
Hi
Correct, they need to add both SP1 and SP2 just like the default
repositories added (as indicated in the TID), the structure should
follow the same concept.

SP1 == SP1.
SP2 = SP1 & SP2.

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