Create official saltstack repo for openSUSE 15.2 & 15.3

[jetojedno]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The most recent official repo you have for openSUSE is 15.1, which is now end of life.
https://repo.saltstack.com/opensuse/

openSUSE 15.2 is the current stable release and 15.3 is announced.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add official repos for openSUSE 15.2 & 15.3

Describe alternatives you've considered
There are community builds for 15.2 so it must be simply possible. I prefer the official builds for provenance.

Additional context
I believe SUSE have been working actively to support saltstack so I'm surprised at the absence of an official repo.

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[ScriptAutomate]

In the case of openSUSE packages, SUSE is the official source. Historically, we have setup a mirror of the packages maintained created by SUSE.

From https://repo.saltproject.io/#suse, we say:

Installs the latest version currently available from SUSE. (These packages are only a mirror from SUSE)

We initially we're mirroring packages from here:

• https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=salt&project=systemsmanagement%3Asaltstack%3Aproducts

The latest official builds, for openSUSE Leap 15.2 and openSUSE Tumbleweed can be found here:

• https://software.opensuse.org/package/salt
  • Leap 15.2: Seems to have v3000 as current stable release, with v3000.3 or v3002.2 as an Experimental latest build available.
  • Tumbleweed: Seems to be most up-to-date (as Tumbleweed is meant to be as a rolling release) with v3002.2

It looks like the latest, v3002.2, can be pulled down from systemsmanagement:saltstack, which is not a community managed repo, but looks to be SUSE managed. Note that these releases are labeled as Experimental, such as in the case for Leap 15.2:

• https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=salt&project=systemsmanagement%3Asaltstack

Their official releases don't currently seem to include openSUSE Leap 15.3. This is likely because it is an Alpha release at the moment, and won't be officially released until July 2021.

Our mirror is out-of-sync with what SUSE is currently building for supported targets, by the looks of it. I believe we will be meeting with SUSE in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, the above openSUSE Leap/Tumbleweed targets would be best since Salt Project is likely going to change our https://repo.saltproject.io directions to install via SUSE official repos.

[ScriptAutomate]

Also, potentially related repos:

• https://github.com/openSUSE?q=salt&type=&language=

[sagetherage]

@saltstack/team-suse

[sagetherage]

we will update our documentation on OpenSUSE, and we will point to their repo since they are a distribution

[bryceml]

they have been moved (added to archive.repo.saltstack.com), they will be removed from repo.saltstack.com at our next archive date in May 2021, probably the 18th or 19th.

[ScriptAutomate]

The repo installation directions at https://repo.saltproject.io/#suse have been updated. The latest, patched versions of salt should be available via default zypper installation, sometime after a CVE release occurs.

After further research, it looks like SUSE "backports" CVE fixes and point-releases into the latest official release versions. This may cause confusion for people auditing environments, as 3002.2 in Tumbleweed is likely 3002.5 at the moment, per the revisions/changelog:

• Tumbleweed / 3002.2: https://build.opensuse.org/package/revisions/openSUSE:Factory/salt

But I think 3000 on OpenSuSE Leap 15.2 is something more like 3000.3 at the moment, when it needs to be patched to 3000.8.

• Leap 15.2 / 3000: https://build.opensuse.org/package/revisions/openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update/patchinfo.14360