Today I got bored of waiting for openSUSE 12.3 in order to get the latest release of KDE (4.9.5), so I added the KDE_49 openSUSE repository to Yast and switched system packages to that. Although the process was very easy and successful, it got me wondering about something. Why is it that the openSUSE-Updates repository doesn't offer the latest stable version of system packages, and third-party repositories are needed instead?
To take the case of KDE: From what I know, 4.9.5 is the latest stable release available for download. Yet the default openSUSE-12.2-Update repository offers 4.8.5, which is pretty old in comparison. I assume it's the same with many things, like X or the Linux kernel. But as long as we're talking about stable official releases and not buggy beta software, why not offer the latest versions?
Since the default openSUSE-Updates doesn't do that, it probably means there's a reason not to. Still, why not create an alternative repository just like openSUSE-xx.x-Update, but which offers the latest stable release of each program? That way people won't have to switch system packages to multiple third-party repositories to get the latest official version of each component.
Does such a repository exist officially for openSUSE yet? If not, does anyone believe one should be made? Would it also be safe to use, considering we are talking about stable releases only?
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