[packman] Leap 16.0 and switch to gitea

[Luigi Baldoni]

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
From: "Henne Vogelsang" <hvogel at hennevogel.de>
> 
> On 10/16/25 17:04, Luigi Baldoni wrote:
> 
> > the Leap 16.0 packages are now being mirrored thanks to Marc Schiffbauer, but I've noticed that the uncrippled versions of the ffmpeg libraries are missing.
> > Problem is, it's no longer possible to link to the relevant OBS package since development for Leap 16/SLFO has moved to src.opensuse.org
> 
> `osc linkpac` works without problem for openSUSE.org:openSUSE:Leap:16.0
> 
> What is it you are missing? Using branch in the PMBS UI?

If so, what am I doing wrong here?

 `$ osc -A https://pmbs-api.links2linux.de linkpac openSUSE.org:openSUSE:Leap:16.0 ffmpeg-7 home:Aloysius:branches:Essentials

 `Server returned an error: HTTP Error 404: remote error  package 'ffmpeg-7' does not exist in project 'openSUSE Leap 16.0'`
 `remote error: package 'ffmpeg-7' does not exist in project 'openSUSE Leap 16.0'`

> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
> From: "Eric Schirra" <eric at schirra.net>
>
> Please don't do that. I absolutely advise against it, unless it's absolutely necessary.
> The git story is terrible. It doesn't really work. For me as a packager, it offers absolutely no added value. It just seems to involve a lot more effort. There is no useful documentation. I tried it two or three times according to the documentation, but I kept getting error messages.

I share your frustration and I've experienced the same problems. So far I've been uploading my changes via web.
But I see no alternative if regular links can't be created. I've tried adding a <scmsync> tag to an empty package, but it's not (yet?) available on PMBS.

> I don't understand the point of it at all.

From what I've been told, it simplifies things SUSE-side.

Regards