Portal:Build Service/Topics
For Users
- openSUSE releases are transparently built in the openSUSE:Factory project, including automatic image creation.
- Users can find the latest software packages for their distribution. A good availability for everyone is achieved through mirrors around the globe.
For Packagers
- Automatic resolving of dependencies to other packages. If a package depends on another package, this package will be triggered for a rebuild automatically if the depending package changes.
- Linking to other projects: Patches can be tested against current packages from other projects.
- An open API allows different clients (e.g. osc) and external services (e.g. github,com, kde-apps.org) to interface with the Open Build Service and to use its resources.
For Software Projects
- For developers it is an efficient place to build up groups and work together through its project model.
- No "compiler farms" of different hardware needed to build packages for different architectures and multiple Linux distributions like Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, and more.
- KIWI integration for automatic product and image creation.
For Independent Software Vendors
- The Open Build Service is licensed under GPL and can be installed on any piece of hardware.
- The easiest way to run your own instance is to use the OBS appliances. The appliances can be used to run an instance directly or to install an instance on your server.
- A manual installation is also possible but is more complicated.
Who is using it?
- Besides the openSUSE project, a number of Open Source projects like the Moblin/Maemo/MeeGo project, VideoLAN project, companies like Dell, Cray, United States Postal Service and universities are running their own instances of the Open Build Service. Some of these are available in our list of Open Build Service installations.