This document discusses the openSUSE KDE repositories and maintenance model. It describes the different KDE repositories including core packages, extra packages, and unstable packages. It provides instructions for applying repository updates and details the workflows for package maintenance, including processes for new package submissions and releases. Contact information is given for getting involved through tasks like testing, translation, and bug triage.

1. openSUSE KDE Repositories
& Maintenance Model
Max Lin
openSUSE Team
mlin@suse.com

2. openSUSE KDE Repos. – Classified
• Updated KDE Software Compilation release as core packages
• KDE UpdatedApps
• KDE Extra
• KDE Unstable Playground
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3. openSUSE KDE Repos. - Core Packages
• Upstream KDE 4.9 release (aka. KR49)
• Upstream KDE 4.8 release (aka. KR48)
• Previous upstream 4.7 release (aka. KR47)
• Previous upstream 4.6 release (aka. KR46)
• Unstable KDE SC (aka. KUSC)
• openSUSE KDE Stable (aka. KDS)*
• openSUSE KDE Factory (aka. KDF)*
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4. openSUSE KDE Repos. - Ex. 12.1 with KR49
• Version: 12.1
Core packages:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/49/openSUSE_12.1/
Extra:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_49_openSU
SE_12.1/
Unstable:Playground:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/Playground/KDE_Rele
ase_49_openSUSE_12.1/
Unstable:Playground:Telepathy:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/Playground:/Telepathy
/KDE_Release_49_openSUSE_12.1/
Reference: http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories
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5. How To Apply?
• YaST
1) open YaST → Software Repositories
2) add the repositores what you would like use
• Apper
1) open Apper → Settings → Software Origins → Edit Origins
2) follow YaST section 2)
• zypper
1) sudo zypper ar -c <repository path> <repository alias>
2) sudo zypper ref
3) sudo zypper dup --from <repository alias>
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6. When New KDE SC Ready To Release
1) Create new repository KR{x.y} in OBS
2) Add/Enable repositores what would for build packages
3) Add all sources (RPM format!)
4) OBS started packaging them
5) Fixing packaging issue and make sure all are build succeeded
after upstream announced release news...
6) Publish packages
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7. Maintenance Workflow
openSUSE:12.1:Update KDE:Distro:Stable
Submit to Update project
Package.ID Package
Package link
Project link
Submit to KDE Stable project
openSUSE:12.1 home:user:branches:KDE:Distro:Stable
Specify reason
Package Package
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8. Development Workflow
openSUSE:Factory KDE:Distro:Factory
Forward to openSUSE Factory project
Package Package
Submit to KDE Factory project
home:user:branches:KDE:Distro:Factory
Package
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9. Submit a new package
• Decided this package is belong to which project
Qt application? KDE application?
KDF? KDE Extra? KUP?
• If you already submit the package to wrong place?
No worries! Maintainer will tell you that this package go to wrong project
and will point you where it should go :)
• Ask on IRC or mailing list before you submit the package!
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10. How To Involve?
• Translate wiki pages to Chinese
• Fixing packaging issue or update package to new version
OBS Web Interface
or osc(Open Build Service client)
1) osc branch <repository name> <package name>
2) do something...
3) filled up ChangeLog
4) make sure packages build succeeded in your branch
5) osc submit request -m “what information to maintainer” <package name>
• Testing packages and file bug report
• Bug triage
• Ask on IRC or mailing list!
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11. Contact Us
• IRC
#openSUSE-kde on FreeNode
• Mailing list
opensuse-kde@opensuse.org
• openSUSE Bugzilla
https://bugzilla.novell.com/ and specifies it belongs to KDE
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12. Q&A

13. Join us on:
www.opensuse.org
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