April 2021 - YaST Development - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[yast-devel] Overcommit - automatic checks via Git hooks
by Ladislav Slezak 21 Dec '22

21 Dec '22

Hi, I found a quite interesting tool called Overcommit [1]. It provides an easy way for setting up Git commit hooks and provides some basic checking plugins. The nice feature of the Git commit hooks is that you can run some checks automatically and early in the development. For example with the commit hooks you can run Rubocop check automatically whenever a commit is created. And if the check fails the commit is not created. I can see "make Rubocop happy" commits quite often (happens to me as well), with Overcommit you can easily avoid that. I have tried several Overcommit checks: - Rubocop - runs Rubocop at "commit" - Rspec - runs the tests before "push" - Branch blacklist - can forbid direct commits to configured branches, e.g. "master" (forces using pull requests, avoids commits to master my mistake) - Commit message spellcheck - warns when there is a possible typo Check my blog post [2] for the details, esp. watch the recorded screencast where I wanted to show some mistakes which it can catch. The tool looks promising, I'll try using it for some time. If you want to try it as well check the blog post for the installation steps. Enjoy! [1] https://github.com/brigade/overcommit [2] http://blog.ladslezak.cz/2016/06/06/overcommit/ -- Ladislav Slezák Appliance department / YaST Developer Lihovarská 1060/12 190 00 Prague 9 / Czech Republic tel: +420 284 028 960 lslezak(a)suse.com SUSE -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: yast-devel+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] YaST Tips&Tricks
by Ladislav Slezak 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Hi all, some time ago we discussed where and how we should share "Tips&Tricks" for YaST users and developers. IIRC there was no clear conclusion so I decided to start a wiki [1] to collect all our tricks we know or use. For now it's just a place for dumping your ideas, links, short howtos, etc... When we collect enough data we can probably split it to several categories or move it somewhere else. We just need the data first. I have added there some my tricks from my personal "knowledgebase" file. If you have better tricks or find something wrong simply change it, it's a wiki ;-) Ladislav [1] https://github.com/yast/yast.github.io/wiki/YaST-Tips-and-Tricks -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: yast-devel+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Revamping yast2-users: the UI
by David Díaz 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Hi there! In the context of revamping yast2-users[1], I spent some days looking for an alternative layout that could help to improve the current UI by reducing the number of tabs and grouping form fields to make better use of available space. However, due to our resolution constraints (UI must fit well in an 80x24 terminal) and some UI library limitations[2], looks like there is not too much room for big changes and our best bet is to keep the layout almost as it is, just making some necessary adjustments[3]. Summarizing them a lot, those changes will consist of adding a top menu bar for making easier the user navigation, moving all settings to the same dialog, improving filters by using a popup, making small changes in forms, and adding some summary views. Of course, nothing is written in stone and it would be nice to know your feedback and/or ideas too. So, please, keep reading the following links if you are interested and tell us what do you think. Is there anything we overlooked? Some other ideas we should evaluate? Remember that you can reach us by email, on IRC, or even by directly leaving a comment in those Github issues. Thanks! [1] "Revamping yast2-users" mailing list thread - https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/yast-devel@lists.opensuse.org/thre… [2] "UI library limitations" https://github.com/yast/yast-users-ng/issues/8 [3] "Revamping yast2-users UI: an initial proposal" https://github.com/yast/yast-users-ng/issues/6 -- David Díaz YaST Team at SUSE LINUX GmbH IRC: dgdavid

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[yast-devel] https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc in need of edit???
by Felix Miata 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

NameScheme=by-label on installer cmdline has had no effect I have observed for a lot longer than I can remember, several years at least, continuing in 15.3 build 117.13. Has it been removed and the linuxrc page need matching update? Is this a broken installer option? Am I not understanding why it's listed on the linuxrc page? Shouldn't it prevent me from needing to change default mount by in the expert partitioner? -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

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[yast-devel] Innovation time: A repository with AutoYaST XML profiles (PoC )
by Ladislav Slezak 03 May '21

03 May '21

Hi all! I'm implementing some new AutoYaST feature and I found out that it's not easy to test the AutoYaST functionality. 1. Even for testing a trivial scenario you have to write your own XML file. If you do not have much experience with AutoYaST you have to read the documentation, search the internet, etc... Cloning your current system helps a bit but usually the cloned profile contains too many options so you still need to polish it a bit... 2. When you have your profile ready you have to host it at some HTTP/FTP/NFS/... server so AutoYaST can use it for installation. I usually run simple "ruby -run -ehttpd" command to have a web server quickly, but that's quite tricky for people not familiar with Ruby. My idea is to have some repository with example XML profiles which would be publicly available and ready for instant use. We already have some XML files in the autoyast-profiles-test Git repository but writing something like autoyast=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yast/autoyast-profiles-test/mast… on boot command line is a real pain. We could use some URL shortening service but I do not like that much. Shortened URLs do not look nice and it's not obvious where they point to (security). I'd like to have some nice URLs... So my proposal is to use the GitHub pages for building an AutoYaST profile repository. Then you could use autoyast=https://autoyast.github.io/mini/sles15.xml or autoyast=https://autoyast.github.io/mini/leap15.xml for testing a minimal SLES/Leap profile. Actually these URLs already work! :-) You can give it a try. Most likely you will need additional "netsetup=dhcp" boot option for configuring network. The profiles would be well described (what they do) and well commented (so the users can easily adapt them to their needs). The profiles could be automatically validated (via Travis) and it would be nice to use them also in openQA tests to be sure they really work. We could also link this repository from the official SUSE documentation. The proof of concept is available at https://autoyast.github.io, please check it. It is still just a concept for getting early feedback, there is a lot of work to do. See the README file in https://github.com/autoyast/autoyast.github.io What do you think about it? -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: yast-devel+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Pending Pull Requests
by yast-ci＠opensuse.org 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

This email is automatic generated from yast CI node. It lists of pull requests that have no activity more then three working days. If your module is listed, please check all pull request, why they are not merged yet. Pending requests in repository yast-installation: - Master base product logging (72 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-installation/pull/907 - Replace old splash commands with plymouth ones (96 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-installation/pull/904 Pending requests in repository yast-instserver: - Adapt Rakefile and Dockerfile for SLE-15-SP2 (163 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-instserver/pull/50 Pending requests in repository yast-metapackage-handler: - Extend unit test for existing functions (104 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-metapackage-handler/pull/23 Pending requests in repository yast-online-update: - Improved openSUSE/SLE detection (bsc#1184243) (24 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-online-update/pull/35 - Added recommends to yast2-online-update-frontend (bsc#1177997) (172 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-online-update/pull/33 Pending requests in repository yast-packager: - Adding NFS repository: Checking user input e.g. white spaces in serve… (137 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/pull/543 - Include some hints in the "Priority" label (bsc#1154693) (205 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/pull/482 Pending requests in repository yast-python-bindings: - Fix backtrace formatting in YPython::PyErrorHandler() (Merge SLE-15-SP3 into master) (24 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-python-bindings/pull/39 - Fix backtrace formatting in YPython::PyErrorHandler() (Merge SLE-15-SP2 into SLE-15-SP3) (24 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-python-bindings/pull/38 Pending requests in repository yast-registration: - Master base product logging (72 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-registration/pull/529 Pending requests in repository yast-theme: - Fix the icons' style and minify them (8 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-theme/pull/143 - Add pattern-budgie icon (boo#1176164) (66 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-theme/pull/131 Pending requests in repository yast-users: - add document with usage of users module (25 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-users/pull/241 Pending requests in repository yast-yast2: - Logging all available products information into directory /var/log/Y… (18 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-yast2/pull/1135 Pending requests in repository yast-ycp-ui-bindings: - Failing autowrap (138 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ycp-ui-bindings/pull/64 - New UI Example for ComboBox (153 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ycp-ui-bindings/pull/62 Pending requests in repository yast-ruby-bindings: - Logging all available products information into directory /var/log/Ya… (72 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ruby-bindings/pull/267 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-openSUSE: - Ntp servers (104 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-openSUSE/pull/223 Pending requests in repository yast-auth-server: - Fix an issue where pkg dependencies were not install (212 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-server/pull/63 - Fixes to make the YaST modules work (669 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-server/pull/48 Pending requests in repository yast-journal: - Use Yast::Builtins.strftime in 'Change Filter' dialog (202 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-journal/pull/45 Pending requests in repository yast-storage-ng: - Partial fix for bug#176140 (159 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/pull/1166 - Display pathnames correctly in a Right-to-Left context (bsc#1128091) (153 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/pull/873 Pending requests in repository helper_scripts: - [dependencies] Bump kramdown from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 in /jekyll (27 days) https://github.com/yast/helper_scripts/pull/25 - [dependencies] Bump nokogiri from 1.10.10 to 1.11.2 in /jekyll (40 days) https://github.com/yast/helper_scripts/pull/24 Pending requests in repository docker-yast-ruby: - drop travis (90 days) https://github.com/yast/docker-yast-ruby/pull/37 Pending requests in repository docker-yast-cpp: - drop travis (90 days) https://github.com/yast/docker-yast-cpp/pull/26 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-leanos: - Default ntp servers (104 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-leanos/pull/72 Pending requests in repository yast-rmt: - Fix tests (18 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/60 - Add metadata into packages (203 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/51 - use docker image from OBS (222 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/50 - Enforce full coverage (222 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/40 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-MicroOS: - sync with SLE (144 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-MicroOS/pull/27 - unify proposed partition sizes with openSUSE MicroOS (145 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-MicroOS/pull/26

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Bumping (almost) all YaST packages to version 4.4.x (15.4.x)
by Ladislav Slezak 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Version Bump ------------ https://yastgithubio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/versioning/#new-schema-versio… TLDR: For next Leap 15.4/SLE 15-SP4 we need to bump all package versions to 4.4.x. Unfortunately we forgot to do that in 15.3/SP3 so not all YaST packages have version 4.3.x there. :-( So to avoid this situation again we did the version bump right now. **All YaST packages have been updated to 4.4.0 unless they already use a 4.4.x version.** Exceptions ---------- The skelcd-control-* and system-role-* packages use the product version so I updated them to version 15.4.0. Skipped Packages ---------------- skelcd-control-suse-manager-proxy, skelcd-control-suse-manager-server - these packages use the SUSE Manager version yast-rake - this is a Ruby gem, not an YaST module, it uses usual semantic versioning patterns-yast-20201210 - it uses date as the version These packages do not use 4.x version so I kept them untouched, they are maintained by other teams and I do not know their versioning schema: yast-hana-firewall-2.0.4 yast-hana-update-1.2.1 yast-rmt-1.3.2 yast-samba-provision-1.0.4 yast-sap-ha-1.0.9 yast2-aduc-2.2 yast2-gpmc-1.5.1 If you do not have any particular reason for that versioning it would be nice if you unified the package versions to 4.4.x. Then next time the version bump would happen globally with the other YaST packages. If you have any questions, just ping me. -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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YaST: highlights of latest development sprints
by Ancor Gonzalez Sosa 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

After Hack Week and some irregular sprints, the YaST Team is ready to restore the traditional cadence of one report every two weeks. Let's take a look to the topics we have been working lately. - Reduction of the memory consumption during installation. - New option to enable installation in systems with small RAM. - Improvements in the NetworkManager support. - Polishing of the upcoming releases, AutoYaST and hardware enablement. - A new extend parameter in linuxrc to help openQA. - More consistent and polished LibYUI development. - Research and open discussion about the current state and future of: * YaST Firstboot, * YaST Users, * the installation workflow. Check the whole report at: https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2021-04-20/sprints-119-120-121 Cheers. -- Ancor González Sosa YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH

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AMD GPU problem with Kernel 5.11.x
by Not So Sordid 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

For more than a month I'm having a crash problem with the kernel 5.11. It boots up, but when loadaded the display manager (tried SDDM and GDM), the system freezes. It occurs in a Dell Inspiron laptop with AMD GPU Radeon R7. Well, I finally found a solution in the Bugzilla of kernel [https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212133]. The solution is add the 'modprobe.blacklist=amdgpu 3' parameter to the GRUB kernel line. It works! The only problem is having to start the graphical server manually. I opened this thread to make developers aware of the problem, if they are not already. I am hopeful for a better and definitive solution soon.

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Pending Pull Requests
by yast-ci＠opensuse.org 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

This email is automatic generated from yast CI node. It lists of pull requests that have no activity more then three working days. If your module is listed, please check all pull request, why they are not merged yet. Pending requests in repository yast-installation: - Master base product logging (65 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-installation/pull/907 - Replace old splash commands with plymouth ones (89 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-installation/pull/904 Pending requests in repository yast-instserver: - Adapt Rakefile and Dockerfile for SLE-15-SP2 (156 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-instserver/pull/50 Pending requests in repository yast-metapackage-handler: - Extend unit test for existing functions (97 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-metapackage-handler/pull/23 Pending requests in repository yast-online-update: - Improved openSUSE/SLE detection (bsc#1184243) (17 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-online-update/pull/35 - Added recommends to yast2-online-update-frontend (bsc#1177997) (165 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-online-update/pull/33 Pending requests in repository yast-packager: - Adding NFS repository: Checking user input e.g. white spaces in serve… (130 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/pull/543 - Include some hints in the "Priority" label (bsc#1154693) (198 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-packager/pull/482 Pending requests in repository yast-python-bindings: - Fix backtrace formatting in YPython::PyErrorHandler() (Merge SLE-15-SP3 into master) (17 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-python-bindings/pull/39 - Fix backtrace formatting in YPython::PyErrorHandler() (Merge SLE-15-SP2 into SLE-15-SP3) (17 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-python-bindings/pull/38 Pending requests in repository yast-registration: - Master base product logging (65 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-registration/pull/529 Pending requests in repository yast-theme: - Add pattern-budgie icon (boo#1176164) (59 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-theme/pull/131 Pending requests in repository yast-users: - add document with usage of users module (18 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-users/pull/241 Pending requests in repository yast-yast2: - Logging all available products information into directory /var/log/Y… (11 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-yast2/pull/1135 Pending requests in repository yast-ycp-ui-bindings: - Failing autowrap (131 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ycp-ui-bindings/pull/64 - New UI Example for ComboBox (146 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ycp-ui-bindings/pull/62 Pending requests in repository yast-ruby-bindings: - Logging all available products information into directory /var/log/Ya… (65 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-ruby-bindings/pull/267 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-openSUSE: - Ntp servers (97 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-openSUSE/pull/223 Pending requests in repository yast-auth-client: - Fix help (13 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-client/pull/99 - Fix reading of LDAP TLS setting (bsc#1181927) and help (bsc#1172340) (13 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-client/pull/98 Pending requests in repository yast-auth-server: - Fix an issue where pkg dependencies were not install (205 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-server/pull/63 - Fixes to make the YaST modules work (662 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-auth-server/pull/48 Pending requests in repository yast.github.io: - blog post UCMT (14 days) https://github.com/yast/yast.github.io/pull/283 Pending requests in repository yast-journal: - Use Yast::Builtins.strftime in 'Change Filter' dialog (195 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-journal/pull/45 Pending requests in repository yast-storage-ng: - Partial fix for bug#176140 (152 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/pull/1166 - Display pathnames correctly in a Right-to-Left context (bsc#1128091) (146 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/pull/873 Pending requests in repository helper_scripts: - [dependencies] Bump kramdown from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 in /jekyll (20 days) https://github.com/yast/helper_scripts/pull/25 - [dependencies] Bump nokogiri from 1.10.10 to 1.11.2 in /jekyll (33 days) https://github.com/yast/helper_scripts/pull/24 Pending requests in repository docker-yast-ruby: - drop travis (83 days) https://github.com/yast/docker-yast-ruby/pull/37 Pending requests in repository docker-yast-cpp: - drop travis (83 days) https://github.com/yast/docker-yast-cpp/pull/26 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-leanos: - Default ntp servers (97 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-leanos/pull/72 Pending requests in repository yast-rmt: - Fix tests (11 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/60 - Add metadata into packages (196 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/51 - use docker image from OBS (215 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/50 - Enforce full coverage (215 days) https://github.com/yast/yast-rmt/pull/40 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-MicroOS: - sync with SLE (137 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-MicroOS/pull/27 - unify proposed partition sizes with openSUSE MicroOS (138 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-MicroOS/pull/26 Pending requests in repository skelcd-control-SMO: - install the microos-selinux pattern by default (69 days) https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-SMO/pull/6

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