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[opensuse-announce] OpenOffice_org 3.0-alpha available
by Petr Mladek 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that the first OpenOffice.org 3.0 alpha packages are available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:UNSTABLE project. Unfortunately, the build has succeeded only on openSUSE 10.3, 11.0 and Factory-i586. You might expect the build for openSUSE-10.2, SLED10 and Factory-x86_64 with the next alpha (within 2-3 weeks). The package version is 2.99.21. It is based on the upstream dev300-m21 milestone. IMPORTANT: It is an alpha version and might include even serious bugs. It is intended for enthusiasts and beta testers. We will be happy if you could try it and report bugs. See below for the known bugs. The packages with localizations are renamed from OpenOffice_org-<lang> to OpenOffice_org-l10n-<lang>. Also the localized help content is split into the optional OpenOffice_org-help-<lang> packages. Finally, the American localization is split into extra packages. Where to get it: The list of installation repositories can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#OpenOffice.org_… Installation problems: There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You might need to select the right version by hand, see http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update Bug reports: Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo. Known bugs: + dictionaries are not found + help content is in found + the openSUSE branding is not available + mono extensions does not work Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_2_99_21/NEWS General information about the build: The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build: * better startup performance * improved VBA interoperability * improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect) * additional import filters (SVG, WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...) * native KDE Open/Save dialog * WebDAV locking * new 3D slide transitions * multimedia in Impress via GStreamer * multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1) * ... , see also http://go-oo.org/discover/ -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: pmladek(a)suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 29
by Jan-Simon Möller 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 29 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Roadmap * Novell Client for Linux Public Beta for openSUSE 10.3 * People of openSUSE: Jan-Simon Möller * John Anderson: Find duplicate files by content not name * Lukas Ocilka: Package Search and One Click Install in YaST * Miguel de Icaza: Moonlight 0.7 is now Available [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/29 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/28 Have a lot of fun! -- Jan-Simon Möller -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Deadline to submit 11.1 GNOME Ideas
by Bryen 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Ideas/11.1 The openSUSE-GNOME Team needs your ideas. In preparation for starting work on 11.1, the GNOME Team would like you to submit your ideas for what you would like to see in openSUSE 11.1. We have a deadline to accept ideas and assign them to appropriate team members by July 7th. Any ideas submitted after July 7th may or may not be included in 11.1 depending on available resources. Thanks and we look forward to your great ideas, Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 11.1 Roadmap
by Andreas Jaeger 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

With openSUSE 11.0 out the door, it's time to start thinking about openSUSE 11.1. The public release of openSUSE 11.1 is scheduled for December 18, 2008, six months after the release of openSUSE 11.0. The full schedule for the release cycle is as follows: Thu, Jul 24 openSUSE 11.1 Alpha1 Thu, Aug 21 openSUSE 11.1 Alpha2 Thu, Sep 18 openSUSE 11.1 Beta1 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 02 openSUSE 11.1 Beta2 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 16 openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 - snapshot release Thu, Oct 30 openSUSE 11.1 Beta4 - snapshot release Thu, Nov 13 openSUSE 11.1 RC1 - snapshot release Thu, Nov 27 openSUSE 11.1 RC2 - snapshot release Thu, Dec 4 openSUSE 11.1 GM - final release Thu, Dec 18 openSUSE 11.1 public release This is, of course, a tentative schedule. Any critical or show-stopping bugs may delay betas and release candidates. Note that all release dates are on Thursdays. Check-in deadlines for base/core packages, or those that have a long list of dependencies, are on Fridays at 15:00 CET. The check-in deadlines for "leaf" packages are on Mondays preceding the release at 17:00 CET. Major areas of interest in this release include: * KDE: KDE 4.1 (TBD: KDE 3.5.x) * Continued improvement in the software update stack * GNOME 2.24 * Linux kernel 2.6.27+ Want to get involved? The start of a release cycle is a great time to get involved in openSUSE development. See the How to Participate page on the openSUSE wiki [http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_Participate] for details. See the full 11.1 roadmap on the openSUSE wiki here: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap/11.1 Note that Coolo and Michl are on vacation until the end of next week, so let's start the discussion on features once they are back, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-announce] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/07/02 - 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) tomorrow: 2008/07/02 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=02&month=07&year=2… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-07-02 as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki page as well. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ ;(not affiliated with openSUSE either). -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch(a)suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/07/03 14:00 UTC ( please check times for your location thoroughly )
by Casual J. Programmer 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi all GNOME addicts, The next openSUSE-GNOME project meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-gnome IRC channel on freenode (irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-gnome) on upcoming Thursday: 2008/07/03 14:00 UTC (16:00 CEST) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=03&month=07&year=20 08&hour=14&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-GNOME. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/20080703 as soon as possible. For general info about our IRC meetings read: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About <http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About> For a general technical introduction to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) see http://www.irchelp.org/ <http://www.irchelp.org/> ;(not affiliated with openSUSE) or enter "IRC help" into your preferred search engine. The network we use is freenode - for more information on this, including how to find a server, visit http://freenode.net/ <http://freenode.net/> ; ( not affiliated with openSUSE either). Have a lot of fun .. Casual J. Programmer (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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