def list_repo_pkgs(*args, **kwargs):
    '''
    .. versionadded:: 2017.7.5,2018.3.1

    Returns all available packages. Optionally, package names (and name globs)
    can be passed and the results will be filtered to packages matching those
    names. This is recommended as it speeds up the function considerably.

    This function can be helpful in discovering the version or repo to specify
    in a :mod:`pkg.installed <salt.states.pkg.installed>` state.

    The return data will be a dictionary mapping package names to a list of
    version numbers, ordered from newest to oldest. If ``byrepo`` is set to
    ``True``, then the return dictionary will contain repository names at the
    top level, and each repository will map packages to lists of version
    numbers. For example:

    .. code-block:: python

        # With byrepo=False (default)
        {
            'bash': ['4.3-83.3.1',
                     '4.3-82.6'],
            'vim': ['7.4.326-12.1']
        }
        {
            'OSS': {
                'bash': ['4.3-82.6'],
                'vim': ['7.4.326-12.1']
            },
            'OSS Update': {
                'bash': ['4.3-83.3.1']
            }
        }

    fromrepo : None
        Only include results from the specified repo(s). Multiple repos can be
        specified, comma-separated.

    byrepo : False
        When ``True``, the return data for each package will be organized by
        repository.

    root
        operate on a different root directory.

    CLI Examples:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs foo bar baz
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'python2-*' byrepo=True
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'python2-*' fromrepo='OSS Updates'
    '''
    byrepo = kwargs.pop('byrepo', False)
    fromrepo = kwargs.pop('fromrepo', '') or ''
    ret = {}

    targets = [
        arg if isinstance(arg, six.string_types) else six.text_type(arg)
        for arg in args
    ]

    def _is_match(pkgname):
        '''
        When package names are passed to a zypper search, they will be matched
        anywhere in the package name. This makes sure that only exact or
        fnmatch matches are identified.
        '''
        if not args:
            # No package names passed, everyone's a winner!
            return True
        for target in targets:
            if fnmatch.fnmatch(pkgname, target):
                return True
        return False

    root = kwargs.get('root') or None
    for node in __zypper__(root=root).xml.call('se', '-s', *targets).getElementsByTagName('solvable'):
        pkginfo = dict(node.attributes.items())
        try:
            if pkginfo['kind'] != 'package':
                continue
            reponame = pkginfo['repository']
            if fromrepo and reponame != fromrepo:
                continue
            pkgname = pkginfo['name']
            pkgversion = pkginfo['edition']
        except KeyError:
            continue
        else:
            if _is_match(pkgname):
                repo_dict = ret.setdefault(reponame, {})
                version_list = repo_dict.setdefault(pkgname, set())
                version_list.add(pkgversion)

    if byrepo:
        for reponame in ret:
            # Sort versions newest to oldest
            for pkgname in ret[reponame]:
                sorted_versions = sorted(
                    [LooseVersion(x) for x in ret[reponame][pkgname]],
                    reverse=True
                )
                ret[reponame][pkgname] = [x.vstring for x in sorted_versions]
        return ret
    else:
        byrepo_ret = {}
        for reponame in ret:
            for pkgname in ret[reponame]:
                byrepo_ret.setdefault(pkgname, []).extend(ret[reponame][pkgname])
        for pkgname in byrepo_ret:
            sorted_versions = sorted(
                [LooseVersion(x) for x in byrepo_ret[pkgname]],
                reverse=True
            )
            byrepo_ret[pkgname] = [x.vstring for x in sorted_versions]
        return byrepo_ret
.. versionadded:: 2017.7.5,2018.3.1

    Returns all available packages. Optionally, package names (and name globs)
    can be passed and the results will be filtered to packages matching those
    names. This is recommended as it speeds up the function considerably.

    This function can be helpful in discovering the version or repo to specify
    in a :mod:`pkg.installed <salt.states.pkg.installed>` state.

    The return data will be a dictionary mapping package names to a list of
    version numbers, ordered from newest to oldest. If ``byrepo`` is set to
    ``True``, then the return dictionary will contain repository names at the
    top level, and each repository will map packages to lists of version
    numbers. For example:

    .. code-block:: python

        # With byrepo=False (default)
        {
            'bash': ['4.3-83.3.1',
                     '4.3-82.6'],
            'vim': ['7.4.326-12.1']
        }
        {
            'OSS': {
                'bash': ['4.3-82.6'],
                'vim': ['7.4.326-12.1']
            },
            'OSS Update': {
                'bash': ['4.3-83.3.1']
            }
        }

    fromrepo : None
        Only include results from the specified repo(s). Multiple repos can be
        specified, comma-separated.

    byrepo : False
        When ``True``, the return data for each package will be organized by
        repository.

    root
        operate on a different root directory.

    CLI Examples:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs foo bar baz
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'python2-*' byrepo=True
        salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'python2-*' fromrepo='OSS Updates'