Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy! [LWN.net]

Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy!

Posted Jun 9, 2011 13:36 UTC (Thu) by dberkholz (guest, #23346)
Parent article: Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy!

As a Gentoo developer, I have a hard time believing OpenSUSE is the world's most flexible distribution (as the strategy says).

Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy!

Posted Jun 10, 2011 0:32 UTC (Fri) by jschrod (subscriber, #1646) [Link] (2 responses)

Could you please point me to the equivalents of Open Build Service and openSUSE Studio in Gentoo? These two services provide the flexibility that I, as an openSUSE user, value very high and haven't yet found in this combination in other Linux distributions.

Please note especially, that the Open Build Service is not just for creating openSUSE packages. I use it to create packages in native formats for several other Linux distributions, and it is one of the reasons why openSUSE is my preferred development platform. So, please, your answer should cover that "looking-beyond-a-single-distribution" aspect of OBS as well -- Gentoo-only stuff wouldn't play in the same league.

Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy!

Posted Jun 10, 2011 8:24 UTC (Fri) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link]

Exactly. The strategy makes clear (or, it should) that the openSUSE community has a wider scope than just the distribution. The tools around it, including OBS, KIWI but also our web infrastructure like connect and openFATE are an important part of our identity. We build distribution tools as much as a distribution!

Time to vote on the openSUSE Strategy!

Posted Jun 10, 2011 9:35 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

"Could you please point me to the equivalents of Open Build Service and openSUSE Studio in Gentoo?"

OBS is a fine thing and Gentoo doesn't need to duplicate that. A backend will serve the purpose however there is no such thing as "openSUSE Studio". There is SUSE Studio which is a proprietary product from Novell. I don't think anyone in the openSUSE community has a reason to be proud of it.