[packman] 25 Jahre Packman – und nun? // Packman at 25 – where do we go from here?

[Jon Cosby]

On Thursday, August 27th, 2026 at 2:58 PM, Marc Schiffbauer <marc at links2linux.de> wrote:

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>
> Dear Packman community,
>
> After 25 years, the time has come for us to hand over the Packman
> project. If no one is found who wishes to continue Packman, we will
> discontinue the project on 31/12/2026.
>
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> Packman mailing list
> Packman at links2linux.de
> https://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman

Wow, this is a surprise! I've been using openSUSE with zypper and Packman for decades. I have confidence in this system and it's never failed me. I've been reluctant to migrate to Flatpak. It's a new learning curve, and I don't quite trust it yet. Maybe I'll have to get over that.

Jon Cosby
seattlebluesblog.com