May 2020 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Update on petition to call for a non-confidence vote
by Ish Sookun 26 May '20

26 May '20

Dear community members, A call for the re-election of the openSUSE Board was made by openSUSE member Pierre Böckmann [1] on the 13th of March 2020. The openSUSE Board election rules [2] state the following regarding "forced re-election", « If 20 per cent or more of the openSUSE members require a new board, an election will be held for the complete elected Board seats. » Therefore, the Election Committee is setting up an electronic petition whereby openSUSE members can state whether they support a re-election of the Board by casting a vote. The procedure will follow similar rules as the previous electronic elections. openSUSE members [3] having an active membership will receive their voting link and credential on their member email alias. Once they log onto the voting platform they will be presented a question that asks: "Are you in favour of a re-election of the Board?" There will be only one answer to select and which states: "Yes, I call for a re-election of the openSUSE Board" Members who want to sign the petition to call for a non-confidence vote can do so by voting yes. The petition will allow the Election Committee to measure whether 20% of the community are in favour of a re-election. === Schedule === The petition schedule will be as follows: 25 May 2020 - Publish wiki page about the petition, its schedule & procedure - Announcement of the petition on the project mailing list & social media - Ballot is open 15 June 2020 - Ballot is closed 16 June 2020 - Result is announced on the mailing list We are hereby calling the community to comment on the above procedure & schedule. The deadline for comments is 20 May 2020 23h59 CET. Regards, Ish Sookun (on behalf of the Election Committee) [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-03/msg00091.html [2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules [3] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2020-03-31
by Marina Latini 26 May '20

26 May '20

Dear Community, the followings are the minutes from the board meeting from the board meeting: 2020-03-31 ------------------------ Attendees: Gerald Pfeifer, Axel Braun, Simon Lees, Vinzenz Vietzke, Marina Latini Guests: Douglas, Matthias G. Eckermann. Minutes keeper: Marina Latini Agenda: 1) Matthias and Douglas from SUSE: increase collaboration between openSUSE and SUSE 2) Request for election officials 3) Face to face board meeting 4) Communication channels 5) Foundation 1) Matthias and Douglas from SUSE joined the board meeting for discussing how to increase the collaboration between openSUSE and SUSE. * Lunch & Learn internal SUSE meeting ++ the topic is still under discussion at SUSE with still some ongoing clarification. ++ general support on the proposal but with some points to be clarified. NOTE: confidential topic * current challenges ++ technical +++ stage approach vs flat +++ different build and maintenance approaches +++ SLE and Leap codebase more diverse than expected ++ timing ++ community +++ buy-in from community is needed +++ the board is not the decision authority or a technical decision authority +++ several POV in the community * anyone pushing this too much likely to have an adversary effect * we want to present the idea to the community and let them decide about their goals and steps forward. A stage approach appears the approach recommended. + When the binary compatibility will be achieved the switch from openSUSE to SUSE Linux Enterprise or vice versa will be just a re-branding plus few minor packages (the 30 complex). + The developer program will take advantage from this. * MicroOS could be one of the projects developed under this new developer approach with a synergy between SUSE and openSUSE * Leap and Uyuni could be leveraged Next steps * this week ++ finish technical assessment ++ work on message for openSUSE community ++ pre-information for some presenters at virtual SUSECON (sessions about SLE and openSUSE) * next week (or shortly after Easter) +openSUSE board sends proposal to the community ++list? ++timeline? ++who decides what the result is? +Once (kind of) agreement is visible ++ publish prototype in OBS Simon: how this process could work for a non employee contributing to the packages and maintaining it Matthias: not yet interlocked internally at SUSE + reproducible builds in IBS and OBS could be an advantage for SUSE and community + few partners with NDA. + feature process should be open: still a challenge how to implement it (SUSE is on Jira) OLD approach for Leap: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2015-07/msg00796.html 1. message from SUSE offering 2. message from Board discussing about the proposal 2) Request for election officials + Gerald approached the election officials for the non-confidence topic and the board seat replacement. Even if COVID-19 is burning time and energies the election officials are on the topic. 3) Face to face board meeting: decision: deferred until the board will be fully staffed again and global travel restrictions are resolved. 4) Communication channels The document Foundation tested also BigBlueButton. AI Marina: keep updating about jitsi vs. BigBlueButton and suggest best option to select 5) Foundation: AI for all the board: revisit the ongoing discussion for drafting a proposal. ------------------------ Have a nice day, Marina -- Marina Latini openSUSE Board: deneb_alpha www.documentfoundation.org www.libreitalia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2020-05-12
by Marina Latini 26 May '20

26 May '20

Dear Community, the followings are the minutes from the board meeting from 2020-05-12 ---------------------- Attendees: Gerald Pfeifer, Axel Braun, Simon Lees, Vinzenz Vietzke, Marina Latini Minutes keeper: Marina Latini Meeting starts at: 22:08 Agenda: 1 openSUSE Jitsi instance for Board calls 2 Extra topic - Missing public minutes 3 Community platform domain 4. Extra topic - Foundation 5 Extra topic - Follow-up on Factory 6 Extra topic - New SSO issue between Heroes and SUSE IT. 1 openSUSE Jitsi instance for Board calls First attempt was not working properly. we tested the instance but for some the audio and/or video was not working. For this meeting the board used the old platform. Outcome: Inform mstrigl and test again the instance and see if the issues are solved. + https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/66173?issue_count=124&issue_position=4… 2 Extra topic - Missing public minutes. Gerald: checked the published minutes and some are still missing and not published. Marina: she has two pending minutes to send out. She will circulate the draft for a final review. Proposal from Gerald: for speeding up the publishing, just wait for the feedback from two board members and then send out the final minutes to the list. 3 Community platform domain The board got a request from marketing community people for using opensu.se domain + Vinz asked for more info like goal and scope. + Marketing people compared what Fedora is using now for community services like for example URL shortner. Issue: the proposed URL is owned by an individual community member. + Simon told that about 2 years ago the owner was in favour to transfer the domain to the project. + Gerald suggests to try to ask first informally, not directly as board, and try to ask what the owner is willing to do now. AI: Vinz will try to contact the owner. The discussion was moved to a generic level, trying to understand if there are other domains to possibly register and if they are tracked somewhere. NOTEs: * https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/64652 * https://progress.opensuse.org/projects/opensuse-admin-wiki/wiki/Domains ++ Geographical domains should only be used for localized community topics. ++ Owner should be the owner of the openSUSE trademark or a group of trusted people. ++ In case of conflicts the board will resolve the conflict. AI All: List and document the existing domains AI: Gerald replies to Ish for sharing what we discussed about geographical domains and solicit feedback. 4 Extra topic - Foundation: follow-up and status from https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/foundation_extra_resource + as openSUSE we should clarify what we want to achieve. AI: Simon will try to recollect the document shared with SUSE internal. 5 Extra topic - Follow-up on Factory A maintainers is willing to abandon the packages maintained. Subject: "[opensuse-factory] Why am I no longer a maintainer of graphics/OpenShadingLanguage" Subject: "[opensuse-factory] Blender, openCOLLADA and OpenImageIO need a maintainer" AI: Simon will try to contact Dave. 6 Extra topic - New SSO issue between Heroes and SUSE IT. + miss-communication between SUSE-IT and Heroes Team + both the groups worked in parallel without coordinating. + There is an agreement for now and the communication issue seems to be solved for the moment. + Next steps will be discussed when the current IT migration will end. + the topic can be also considered important and valuable for the foundation. Meeting ends at: 22.56 ---------------------- Have a nice day, Marina -- Marina Latini openSUSE Board: deneb_alpha www.documentfoundation.org www.libreitalia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] RT Kernel paragraph in release announcement
by ddemaio 19 May '20

19 May '20

Hi all, I thought it might be a good idea to start a new thread for this since it might be overlooked in the original thread for translating the release announcement. Last week there was a decision to have a real-time kernel available in Leap 15.2. Since this is something embedded developers will find highly useful, it makes sense to include a few words about it in the release announcement. Could you please translate and add the following additional sentence and quote to the bottom of the What's New section on https://en.opensuse.org/Release_announcement_15.2 : ; a Real-Time Kernel for managing the timing of microprocessors to ensure time-critical events are processed as efficiently as possible is available in this release. "The addition of a real time kernel to openSUSE Leap unlocks new possibilities," said Gerald Pfeifer, chair of the project's board. "Think edge computing, embedded devices, data capturing, all of which are seeing immense growth. Historically many of these have been the domain of proprietary approaches; openSUSE now opens the floodgates for developers, researchers and companies that are interested in testing real time capabilities or maybe even in contributing. Another domain open source helps open up!" v/r Doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Your openSUSE account requires a new password
by Per Jessen 18 May '20

18 May '20

Dear Community On Monday 18 May 2020 at 07:00 UTC, we will switch over all remaining openSUSE services to the new authentication system. At the same time, the openSUSE forums will also move to the new setup in Nürnberg. Important: The change of our authentication system will require you go to set a new password for your user account. For more details about the changes to the authentication system, its migration status and the re-registration verification, please go to https://idp-portal-info.suse.com. Have a lot fun! -- Per Jessen, Zürich on behalf of openSUSE Heroes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Update on petition to call for a non-confidence vote
by Gerald Pfeifer 15 May '20

15 May '20

On Fri 2020-05-15, Chase Crum wrote: > That is a very clear explanation. For those of us who have not received > the petition signing information- do we know when those are expected to > be completely delivered? I’d rather not waste anyone’s time asking if > they haven’t all been sent out yet. https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-05/msg00020.html has a timeline which among others indicates 25 May 2020 - Publish wiki page about the petition, its schedule & procedure - Announcement of the petition on the project mailing list & social media - Ballot is open Gerald

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[opensuse-project] Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2020-04-14
by Gerald Pfeifer 12 May '20

12 May '20

[ Apologies, I had those done and failed to send. ] Present: Axel, Gerald, Simon, Vinz Excused: Marina == Election Officials == * We have not seen/heard from the Election Officals on the current items for a bit after the latest update. * Axel and Gerald (independently) reached out to inquire. * AI Gerald: ask election officials to update opensuse-project@. Done. == Status Foundation == * Things have hardly been moving on either end, due to many other things going on (IT carve out from MF, Forums migration, Bugzilla migration, COVID-19, Closing the Leap Gap,...) * Gerald to see to revive things on the SUSE side. WIP. * AI board members: review a note Simon has written. == Logo Design == * Expect further proposals for a potentially new openSUSE logo. * Ultimately likely to see vote all openSUSE members. * Cf. https://github.com/openSUSE/branding/issues/93 == Closing the Leap Gap == * Appears to be proceeding well in terms of engagement and constructive discussions. Lots of good work happening, but will need to see follow through (opening up things,...) and viability of the technical concept. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Status on no-confidence vote
by Ish Sookun 12 May '20

12 May '20

Dear community members, The Election Committee is working on the procedure & schedule to hold a no-confidence vote that was called for [1] on this mailing list. We will provide details in the next few days. Stay safe & healthy. Regards, Ish Sookun (on behalf of the Election Committee) [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-03/msg00091.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Accounts, accounts, accounts
by Gerald Pfeifer 08 May '20

08 May '20

Hi folks, as I mentioned in an e-mail earlier this week ( https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2020-05/msg00008.html ) SUSE and openSUSE are carving out remaining IT assets from Micro Focus this spring. This includes identity management (= user accounts). The existing system that you likely have been using is split into two distinct systems (and hence accounts): (1) One for openSUSE infrastructure and SUSE's development tools, think Bugzilla, Build Service (OBS), openSUSE Wiki,... (2) And one for SUSE's customers and partners, think SUSE Customer Center (SCC), Partner Portal,... Ad (1): Details on the transition for Bugzilla and other openSUSE systems are available at https://idp-portal-info.suse.com. That page is going to be updated regularly -> a good bookmark. Different services migrate one by one over the coming weeks, so be prepared to still use your "old" account in some places during that transition. Ad (2): If you have received an e-mail with the subject "New SUSE User Accounts - partners and customers" and all you care is openSUSE or the tools mentioned above, you probably can ignore that (unless you also are a SUSE customer or are interested in some of SUSE's other programs such as the SUSE Developer Program). https://xkcd.com/730/ :-> Gerald PS: Don't shoot the messenger; merely trying to jump in and share. Thanks to Simon, Adrian, Marcus, and Daniel for caring and input! -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer <gp(a)suse.com>, CTO @SUSE + chair @openSUSE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Wanted: New hosting for opensuse-community.org
by Martin Schlander 08 May '20

08 May '20

Dear community We need new hosting for the opensuse-community.org website as Bruno "tigerfoot" Friedmann can't host it anymore for personal reasons. If you're not familiar with the site, it's just a basic place for hosting information and one-click installers for multimedia codecs, the YaST Community Repositories "feed" and similar things. For legal reasons it's better to have these things at arm's length outside the official openSUSE infrastructure. However outside the United States I'm pretty sure there should be no legal concerns about hosting this content (note: IANAL). It's been hosted by different individuals in a couple of different European countries for a decade or more now with zero issues. The technical requirements are next to none. Maybe a few megabytes of storage required for static html/css and a few xml files. I assume there's a substantial number of hits/visits, but I don't have statistics. However the files are very small, so the amount of data traffic shouldn't be overwhelming. I'm willing to continue to maintain the content, if I can get access to the new hosting via ftp or whatever. So if you're interested in taking over the hosting, don't hesitate to step up, and Bruno will assist with transferring the domain and any other formalities. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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