December 2010 - openSUSE Invis - openSUSE Mailing Lists

PHP PTY Support
by Klaas Freitag 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Hi, thanks to Christian Rodriguez, our problem with the factory PHP is solved. Christian enabled PTY support in proc_open for Factory. The new version should be available in openSUSE:Factory and devel:languages:php. Thanks Christian! regards, Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-invis+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-invis+help(a)opensuse.org

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Invis Server Packages
by Klaas Freitag 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Hi all, this has been silent recently, too silent ;-) Lets try to get some concrete action items we can work on. First step should be to have an overview over all packages the Invis server needs. In a perfect world, these should all be part of the openSUSE:Factory project as that garantees the best integration with the distribution. For packages that do absolutely not fit into Factory for what reason ever, I suggest to create the server:invis project in OBS and put them there. Later on, we can put the Kiwi-Image file, which is used to create the iso image of the openSUSE Invis Server, into the server:invis repo and let OBS create the image. In the ideal world we only would have the product kiwi file in server:invis. Is everybody agreeing on that? As a first action item, we should go through the list of packages installed through the Invis setup script and check if they are in Factory. If not, we should move them to Factory, or, as a second possibility, to server:invis. I created a list of packages some time ago which get directly installed by the Invis setup script (attached again). The list of packages which are not yet in Factory is comparably short: afio -> home:flacco ipcalc -> home:flacco smbldap-tools -> home:flacco php5-APC -> server:php:extensions php5-pear-mail -> server:php:applications phpMyAdmin -> server:php:applications We should try to push these to Factory. Anybody volunteering? A good read how that works is http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory Stefan, are there other packages needed? regards, Klaas

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Backup on Blu-Ray BD-R/RE discs
by Terje J. Hanssen 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

My homeserver won't be equipped with a tape streamer device, but with a Blu-Ray burner capable to use 50GB BD-R/RE (Blu-Ray Recordable/REwriteable) Discs. I wonder if standard Linux backup tools as tar and dump have support for CD/DVD/BD devices? And what about using UDF file system here for portability (udftools)? Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-invis+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-invis+help(a)opensuse.org

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Group-e and PHP
by Klaas Freitag 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hi, as said I asked Christian Rodriguez, the SUSE PHP5 maintainer, about the issue with group-e. <technical> The issue is that group-e uses pipes which need support of pseudoterminals in php5. We do not have that and I guess in upstream it is also disabled, because there are problems with that. The group-e code that causes the problem can be seen here: http://paste.opensuse.org/82557957 </technical> Christian suggests to try to solve the problem in group-e's code. I investigated a bit, but did not find a solution yet, maybe Christian can help here, I am waiting on his answer. Is somebody in touch with group-e upstream? It does not seem they're seeking out for much devleoper community :( Maybe they have a solution already? OTOH they mention in their FAQ another solution for this problem which is to use "Samba mount" instead of smbclient, see http://wiki.group-e.info/index.php/FAQ and http://wiki.group- e.info/index.php/Administratorenhilfe:Konfiguration_Samba_Dateimanager It would be the easiest solution to go for that by default. Is that acceptable? regards, Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-invis+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-invis+help(a)opensuse.org

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Project spins:invis is there!
by Klaas Freitag 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hi, today I created the openSUSE Invis Server project in the OBS. It should be used as a devel project for our packages that should go into Factory. Basically all of the packages needed for invis should go to Factory. Please refer to http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory how we should move the packages to Factory. For to be able to work in the spins:invis, you must be maintainer in the project. Currently only kfreitag is maintainer, please let me know your account name and I happily add you. It is now time to do work. Please all pick packages from the list we discussed here and work on them to move them to Factory. regards & have fun, Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-invis+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-invis+help(a)opensuse.org

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openSUSE Invis Server
by Klaas Freitag 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hi, some of you might have realised in [1] that there formed a (still) little team of people that works to make the connection between the Invis Server [2] and openSUSE more tight and finally release an openSUSE Invis Server as an openSUSE derivate with own isos etc. The Invis Server is an already existing solution, running in productive environments in the world on top of openSUSE. The core developer, Stefan Schäfer, is part and initiator of the openSUSE Invis Team. Our current plan is to first identify the packages that are needed for Invis Server and push them to Factory as they fit. For others, we'd like to create a repo in OBS to maintain these there. I have two concrete calls for help: 1. Mighty people of the server project in the OBS, please create a subproject server server:Invis where we can put packages. I guess thats the right place? 2. we would appreciate help, especially of packagers. If you are interested to make openSUSE Invis Server happen, please join the opensuse-invis(a)opensuse.org mailinglist. thanks, Klaas [1] http://lizards.opensuse.org/2010/10/28/a-new-flavor-opensuse-invis-server/ [2] http://www.invis-server.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-invis+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-invis+help(a)opensuse.org

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