November 2008 - YaST Development - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[yast-devel] Czech YaST2 team (Prague) meeting 2008-11-13
by Jiri Srain 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Czech YaST2 team (Prague) meeting 2008-11-13 ============================================ Present: jkupec, jsrain, jsuchome, juhliarik, kmachalkova, lslezak, mzugec Absent: jreidinger, locilka, mvidner Minutes: jsrain Internal - objective reviews (1:1) next week - remember to take vacation by the end of year - work on bugs according to priority openSUSE 11.1/SLE11 - everybody is working on bugs, fixes in all aread we work on Weird setxkbmap behavior - it seems that setxkbmap resets autorepeat (bnc#371756) yast2-repair - allows again to add detected partitions to fstab (bnc#431418) yast2-users - do not move LDAP objects in the tree when not needed (bnc#434324) Patterns sorting - sorting of patterns in NCurses package selector is now the same as in Qt Secure download from installation media - all the missing pieces are now in, all files YaST downloads are now cryptographically checked (checksum or signature) (bnc#409927) Bootable media creation - PPC uses different way to create initrd for installation media (bnc#443859) - YaST adapted to create the media correctly URL.ycp - added functions URL::HidePassword() and URL::HidePasswordToken() (bnc#441944) - announcement about how to use it to yast-devel will follow -- Regards, Jiri Srain YaST Team Leader --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. e-mail: jsrain(a)suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 959 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz

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[yast-devel] inst-sys testing
by Steffen Winterfeldt 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, starting with the upcoming beta6/rc1 it will be even easier to try changes to the install system: you can pass your updated packages directly as driverupdate; e.g.: dud=ftp://foo/bar/yast2-xxx.rpm replaces (or adds) yast2-xxx in the install system. You can also pass cpio archives or fs images instead of rpms, if you like. If you need to update several packages, use an info file: info=ftp://foo/bar/dud_list # cat dud_list dud=ftp://foo/bar/yast2-xxx.rpm dud=ftp://foo/bar/yast2-yyy.rpm dud=ftp://foo/bar/yast2-zzz.rpm *** Note *** Currently works only via ftp and http. Steffen P.S. Works with rescue system, too. -- Der frühe Wirt holt sich den Wurm. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Blinking Abort Button
by Arvin Schnell 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi, does anybody have an idea what is going on here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441512#c6 I thought the label of the abort button might be set to "Abort Installation" (Label::AbortInstallationButton) but that label is only used in Wizard::BackAbortInstallationNextButtonBox and Wizard::AbortInstallationAcceptButtonBox and those functions are never used. Any ideas before I have to insert milestones at random places and run the live installation? ciao Arvin -- Arvin Schnell, <aschnell(a)suse.de> Software Engineer, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [yast-devel] Minutes of Prague YaST Team Meeting: 2008-11-06
by Dominique Leuenberger 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 14:58 +0100, Jan Kupec wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > jsuchome: option to *boot from existing partition* (re-)added > to yast2 repair on request of NTS (bnc#441188) > (but hidden well from common users :O) Why having this option so well hidden? I remember myself using it in some occasions and it can server a very good job. Unfortunately, even if the solution would be stated in bnc441188, I could not get the info... it's a non-public bug. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Minutes of Prague YaST Team Meeting: 2008-11-06
by Jan Kupec 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Minutes of Prague YaST Team Meeting: 2008-11-06 =============================================== http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Team Present: jkupec, jreidinger, jsrain, jsuchome, juhliarik, kmachalkova, locilka, lslezak, Absent: mvidner Minutes: jkupec Next Minutes: jreidinger General ======= Everyone is fixing bugs. *Restarting DBus issue*: jsuchome proposed a solution of restarting scheduled services at the end of the installation (bnc#395402). *Libzypp*: we should think about how to cope with changing repositories during one libzypp session (esp. commit). These things can eventually happen, and can cause problems e.g. during migration from SLES11 to SP1. The problem will be solved after commit refactoring, of course, but that will happen after 11.1. Miscellaneous ============= jsuchome: option to *boot from existing partition* (re-)added to yast2 repair on request of NTS (bnc#441188) (but hidden well from common users :O) kmachalkova: fixed *missing DNS search domain* entries in installation - domain name is preset as default value (bug #438167) kmachalkova: In the installed system, summary of changes in partitioning is now shown in full-screen mode, with consistent button set (bug #385315) locilka: *yast mascot* contest ends on Sunday (9.11.) http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/YaST_Contest lslezak: tested Duncan's new Fetcher for secure downloading of files (e.g. signed slideshow files). - -- cheers, jano Ján Kupec YaST team ---------------------------------------------------------(PGP)--- Key ID: 637EE901 Fingerprint: 93B9 C79B 2D20 51C3 800B E09B 8048 46A6 637E E901 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkUSYsACgkQgEhGpmN+6QFrmACcCIWpZL0uoWjvOpCLrlO/w7hy AVcAn1wb7qoSclyGttjfEUATTikfrJ4n =CxFr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] requires in yast packages
by J. Daniel Schmidt 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, This is a question to the old YaST hackers: I heard the rumor that there once was a policy that YaST packages should not require other (non-YaST) packages directy but rather do a check at runtime if everything is there and ask to install packages if missing. There are valid use cases for this where I can see that this makes sense, eg. you configure the user authentication method LDAP and pam_ldap is missing. It does not make sense to include pam_ldap then in some YaST package because it is required due to a configuration setting. My question relates to yast2-x11 where the first action of the module is, to check if its required packages are there. IMHO these packages should be required by the package directly. Btw. packages that do not exist at all are filtered out of this list. If these packages for some reason are not available for the current architecture or system then this very YaST module should not have been installed in the first place. So my question (finally) is: Are there any technical reasons (and what exactly) why we used to do it this way over the years or will it hurt anybody if I require the needed packages directly?? Thanks for your comments. (even if it reads: Why do you ask, just fix it!) Ciao, Daniel -- J. Daniel Schmidt <jdsn(a)suse.de> SUSE Linux Products GmbH Research & Development Maxfeldstr. 5 GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) D-90409 Nürnberg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] YaST Mascot Contest - How to submit your ideas
by Lukas Ocilka 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi, I've just extended the possibilities how to submit your ideas: You can currently do it via e-mail too, the easiest way I can imagine... Read the full (but quite short) story at: http://kobliha-suse.blogspot.com/2008/11/yast-mascot-contest-how-to-submit-… Or directly at: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/YaST_Contest#Submitting_Your_Ideas Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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