Repository Devel-Languages-Python is invalid

[dspaan]

We are getting this error on our vicibox 9.0.1 servers:

Repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.1-Devel-Languages-Python' is invalid.
[openSUSE-Leap-15.1-Devel-Languages-Python|http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL

I can simply disable it in yast but does anyone know which repository i should use to replace this one?

[carpenox]

15.1 is end of life and is no longer supported for updates. Try using the python repo for 15.2 perhaps? I havent trired the cross use of the repo's i have a working install on leap 15.2 that i have a writeup on my website

[dspaan]

I see OpenSUSE has a lifetime of 18 months per version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSUSE_version_history

Ubuntu has 5 year LTS versions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_support

But i suppose there is a good reason that OpenSUSE was chosen for Vicibox.

[carpenox]

yea i believe it has to do with the installer kumba uses....im sure the next release will be for leap15.2, the repo already has the files needed as related to asterisk

[mflorell]

The first two VICIbox versions were actually on Ubuntu. But then the project maintainers decided to de-prioritize everything "server", so Ubuntu "server-edition" ended up selecting binary packages that were newer than the source packages, and then the incompatibility issues piled up and it just wasn't a reliable platform anymore for server ISOs. Around the same time, OpenSuSE came out with a robust ISO builder, and we've been on the SuSE-family ever since.

[dspaan]

Hi Matt, i see. So what is the recommendation when distro is end of life like in this case? Use the repo for the next version, 15.2?

[GenXOutsourcing]

I was trying to setup 15.2 this weekend, and ran into issues with not everything being available...... including mod_ssl for 15.2

[dspaan]

Weird that they would kill a release while there is no follow up.

[mflorell]

Our plan is to build the next VICIbox version on Leap 15.3, which is in Beta right now,
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Roadmap

Leap 15.2 is scheduled to be End-of-Life in November, which is why we are not planning on building on that version.

[carpenox]

any suggestion for a python repo fix?

[dspaan]

Anyone? I can't update my 15.1 servers anymore because of this. once i do asterisk is crashing with this error:

/usr/sbin/asterisk: symbol lookup error: /usr/sbin/asterisk: undefined symbol: json_vsprintf

[dspaan]

Never mind i found the fix in the vicibox patch thread: zypper in openSUSE-Leap-15.1-ViciDial:libjansson4

It doesn't solve the repo issue but does allow me to start asterisk again.

[carpenox]

yea an upgrade to 15.2 or 15.3 will help, its pretty easy, i have a how to on my blog

[dhijrwn]

@carpenox is it ok to update the repository link from 15.1 to 15.2?

and can i upgrade it from 15.1 to 15.2 before installing vicidial?

[carpenox]

yes either way works