2026-01-30T15:19:18  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> hm. do we allow repacking of binary blobs in home repos on OBS? I looked into this one, and the source is actually available, so I don't really understand why they're just repackaging the upstream RPM
2026-01-30T15:19:48  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> other than it makes it available through a repo that zypper knows how to do things.
2026-01-30T15:20:13  <matrix-o-o> <malcolmlewis> SFaulken: I flag them if I find them...
2026-01-30T15:20:22  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> no, that part is fine, thanks for the report.
2026-01-30T15:21:17  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> I know this wouldn't be allowed if the user tried to push it into a devel repo or into Factory, but I don't actually know if this is disallowed in a home repo
2026-01-30T15:28:06  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> I know that there is stuff that repackages .deb archives, and electron is basically shipping binary blobs in some cases, I can't find anywhere where this is specifically disallowed, but I think I'll shoot a message to the user encouraging them to build from source.
2026-01-30T15:59:46  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> malcolmlewis: got a basically polite and positive response from the repo owner
2026-01-30T16:03:21  <mdogg> "Mind your own business." ?
2026-01-30T16:03:22  <mdogg> =p
2026-01-30T16:41:35  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> no, actually a "oh, you're right, I'll have a look at just doing it from source"
2026-01-30T16:51:25  <matrix-o-o> <malcolmlewis> SFaulken: good deal. Probably easier to use the flatpak....
2026-01-30T18:42:50  <matrix-o-o> <Rachel> Anyone know whats up with the major outage on software.opensuse.org? Just curious.
2026-01-30T21:26:14  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> last I checked, it's intentionally disabled, due to getting hammered by scrapers?
2026-01-30T21:26:23  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> it's been half-dead and broken for ages in the first place.
2026-01-30T21:27:07  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> cboltz (I think) can probably shed more accurate light on it, when he's around.
2026-01-30T21:29:07  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> tl;dr, if you're seeing people whining about it, just let them know that it's probably not coming back soon.
2026-01-30T21:42:10  <matrix-o-o> <malcolmlewis> Rachel: or point the users to the build service search engine (or use osc)...
2026-01-30T21:44:20  * matrix-o-o malcolmlewis maybe not osc, it's that retro command line thing... aside from the fact I can search for any package from any distribution on the build service and download the binary direct...
2026-01-30T21:44:34  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> no, it's osc, you're correct.
2026-01-30T21:44:46  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> "osc search"
2026-01-30T21:45:20  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> although most users don't _actually_ want to be using stuff from devel/home repos in the first place, even if they think they do.
2026-01-30T21:45:29  <matrix-o-o> <Rachel> Ahh interesting. Curious if we can put a note on the status page to say that.
2026-01-30T21:46:30  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> Rachel: we've pretty much only been begging for like a decade now, for people that care to get involved in updating, fixing, and maintaining software.o.o
2026-01-30T21:46:40  <matrix-o-o> <SFaulken> so meh.