[packman] Packmann OpenSuSE Leap repository still down

[packman at howorth.org.uk]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:02:44 +0100
Manfred Hollstein <manfred.h at gmx.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, 20:27:41 +0100, Luigi Baldoni wrote:
>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 7:37 PM
>> From: "Manfred Hollstein" <manfred.h at gmx.net>  
>> >
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, 18:58:03 +0100, Giacomo Comes wrote:  
>> > > Hi,
>> > > in order to make a service to everybody, I checked the current
>> > > status of the packman mirrors listed in
>> > > http://packman.links2linux.org/mirrors
>> > >
>> > > 				http	ftp	rsync
>> > > packman.inode.at		down	down	down
>> > > mirrors.hust.edu.cn		up	NA	down
>> > > mirror.karneval.cz		up	up	up
>> > > packman.jacobs-university.de	up	up	up
>> > > ftp.fau.de			up	up	NA
>> > > ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de	up	up	up
>> > > ftp.gwdg.de			up	up	up
>> > > ftp.twaren.net			up	up	NA
>> > > ftp.yzu.edu.tw			down	down
>> > > down
>> > >
>> > > Being packman.inode.at the first in the list, it is probably
>> > > common for people to select that one.  
>> >
>> > yes, you're right, that's really not good. I think, though, that
>> > it is a common understanding atm that packman.inode.at is not
>> > usable at all - just search the archives of this mailing list for
>> > packman.inode.at... 
>> > > And the fact that it is down (I think since a couple of months)
>> > > it is causing several complains.  
>> >
>> > Again, ignore packman.inode.at for now! I'm really not sure who can
>> > control the page at <http://packman.links2linux.org/mirrors>, but I
>> > always tried the various servers myself, before I used them in the
>> > URL for zypper!
>> >  
>> > > Actually packman.inode.at is not down, is the access to the
>> > > packman area that does not work.  
>> >
>> > Yeah, but what is it worth it then? Ignore it - full stop!
>> >
>> > FWIW, I use mirror.karneval.cz since quite some time, and since it
>> > recovered from the mirroring issue caused by the expired
>> > Multimedia key, it is as stable and reliable as it can be!  
>> 
>> An additional trouble is that packman.repo on every working mirror
>> points at packman.inode.at.
>> 
>> Now, I don't know how feasible it would be to have each mirror with
>> its own custom .repo file, but at least it shouldn't point at a dead
>> one.  
>
>Yep, but it's really this easy for everyone to resolve on herself:

Sorry but surely this should be something that is resolved once by the
release team and not something that every user has to be expert and
knowledgeable enough to solve for themselves?

>  zypper ar
> https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/{Essentials,Multimedia}
> packman-{essentials,multimedia}

I don't know what this does, for example. I'm sure I could look it up,
but it's only the fact that I happen to be subscribed to this list that
means I've even seen it. It's not self-evident.

Does it help me set up YaST somehow? So YaST behaves as it used to, and
stops telling me repositories can't be refreshed?

>BTW, gwdg even carries the Leap 15.3 packages in the meantime - so no
>reason for reading between the lines etc. ;)
>
>If you need it for a different distribution version, please look at
><https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/> and pick your target.
>
>> Regards  
>
>HTH, cheers.
>
>l8er
>manfred