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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?

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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.

any suggestion for a python repo fix?

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

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.

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

@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?

yes either way works