September 2008 - openSUSE Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 39
by Jan-Simon Möller 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 39 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Board election * OpenOffice_org 3.0rc1 available * Call for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Beta Testers * Duncan Mac-Vicar: Extremely easy driver installation * Distribution status [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/39 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/38 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] Upcoming #opensuse-gnome Meeting 2008/09/18 16:00 UTC
by JP Rosevear 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '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: 2008/09/18 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=11&month=09&year=2… 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/Current as soon as possible. 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). Have a lot of fun .. JP Rosevear (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- 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] Less than 7 days for Nominations and Applications
by Andrew Wafaa 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

OK people listen up... please? Thanks! OK, just a reminder that you have less than 160 hours to register for the openSUSE board election if you haven't done so already. For the mathematically challenged, 160 hours is just under seven full days! Yes, that is how long you have left to get your membership[0] application in to be able to vote on the upcoming board election[1]. It is also the amount of time you have left to get your notification of intention to run for the first community elected Board[2]. You can only run for the board if you hold openSUSE Membership, you can only vote for your favourite candidates if you have openSUSE Membership. Do you see a pattern here? Good! Also it would be good if all of the current candidates could ensure that they have filled in their platforms on the as requested before then. Some have already, I appreciate that people are busy, but if you want to be on the Board (or vote for the board) you have to be prompt. Slackers will not be tolerated! ;-) Regards, Andy [0] http://en.opensuse.org/Members [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008 -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME / Marketing / Board Election. openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org awafaa(a)opensuse.org | http://www.wafaa.eu -- 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-edu Meeting 2008/09/16 17:00 (UTC/GMT)
by Lars Vogdt 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hi The next openSUSE-Education meeting will take place at the official #opensuse-edu IRC channel on freenode ( irc://irc.freenode.net/opensuse-edu ) on upcoming Tuesday, 2008/09/16 17:00 (UTC/GMT) To convert UTC/GMT to your time zone, please use this link: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx?y=2008&mo=09&d=16&h… This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around openSUSE-Education. Please review your topics on the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Current Have a lot of fun .. kl_eisbaer Lars (on behalf of the openSUSE-Education team) -- 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). -- 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] OpenOffice_org 3.0rc1 available (call for testing)
by Petr Mladek 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that OpenOffice.org 3.0.0.3.1 packages are available in the Build Service OpenOffice:org:UNSTABLE project. They are the first release candidate of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 version. We kindly ask for testing. Please, try and report bugs. Note: They might still include bugs and are not intended for data-critical usage. A good practice is to archive any important data before an use, ... 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 IMPORTANT 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 OpenOffice_org-l10n-en-US and OpenOffice_org-help-en-US. We are sorry, the 64-bit packages are not available for SLED10 and openSUSE-10.2. You could install the 32-bit (i586) packages there. We hope to solve the build problems within the following weeks. 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. Changes in this version: The GO-OO project changes are listed at http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_3_0_0_3_1/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 38
by Jan-Simon Möller 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 38 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Last Call for openSUSE Board Candidates * openSUSE KDE Bug Squashing Days (20-21 September) * Board election * openSUSE 11.0 survey * KDE in openSUSE 11.1 and beyond [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/38 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/37 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] openSUSE KDE Bug Squashing Days (20-21 September)
by Carlos Goncalves 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

The openSUSE KDE team wants to dedicate some time on KDE bugs before openSUSE 11.1 gets released, focusing on reported KDE bugs on bugzilla.novell.com inviting the community to take part of it. Let's stamp out bugs in KDE for openSUSE 11.1! The openSUSE KDE team is holding a Bug Squashing event to work the KDE bugs reported in bugzilla.novell.com. You can be a part of a bug-free KDE! The openSUSE KDE Bug Squashing event is scheduled September 20 through September 21 (right after openSUSE 11.1 Beta1 release), and the main goal is to have zero bugs! In order of priority, we have the following list: * Find duplicated bugs, and obviously close then as DUPLICATE; * Non openSUSE KDE bugs (KDE upstream bugs) should be: * Reported on bugs.kde.org (if not yet); * Added the upstream bug URL to the URL field on bugzilla.novell.com; * Closed as UPSTREAM (resolution field). * Filter KDE 4.0 bug reports and try to reproduce them on KDE 4.1: * If you can't reproduce close them as WORKSFORME and leave a comment as it was most probably fixed on KDE 4.1; * If you still can reproduce them, try to investigate why/how that happens (eg: step-by-step on how to reproduce) and state it's still reproducible; * Same as above but for KDE 4.1 - taking in consideration the quickly development of KDE4 it's really easy that those bugs reported have been fixed meanwhile. * Help providing info for bugs marked as NEEDINFO * Set priority for bugs with Priority = P5(None). * Explore KDE3 and KDE 4.1 looking for bugs. See if KDE3 ones are fixed for KDE4. Bug report them. Note: Bug squashers should start from higher severity/priority bug reports to lower ones. To successfully achieve all these tasks, the openSUSE KDE team needs as many people as possible. All you need to help is one (or more) of the following to help us with debugging: - An updated openSUSE 11.0 or openSUSE 11.1 system - KDE 3.5.10 installed from KDE:KDE3 OBS repository - KDE 4.1 installed from KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop OBS repository During the event the community will be in the #opensuse-kde channel on irc.freenode.org to help you out in whatever you might need. The openSUSE KDE mailing list is also a great way to communicate with the KDE community. See the openSUSE KDE Bug Squashing Days page for more and updated information at http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Bug_Slashing/20080920 -- Regards, Carlos Goncalves -- 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 2008/09/11 16:00 UTC
by JP Rosevear 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '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: 2008/09/11 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=11&month=09&year=2… 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/Current as soon as possible. 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). Have a lot of fun .. JP Rosevear (on behalf of the openSUSE-GNOME team) -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- 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] Last Call for openSUSE Board Candidates
by Marko Jung 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

The openSUSE Project is looking for a few good leaders, and voters! As already announced by AJ [1], the board founded the election committee for the first openSUSE board election. The committee is now seeking candidates and encouraging openSUSE contributors to sign up for membership. The election committee encourages all openSUSE contributors to apply for an openSUSE membership [2] to gain voting rights, and to consider running for a position in the board [3]. Being a member of the first community elected board is an unique opportunity to help the openSUSE Project mature and grow. There are only two weeks left to get this done - application deadline ends September 24th, 12:00 UTC. Find the full schedule and much more information on the election wiki pages [4]. The openSUSE board leads the overall project and provides guidance and support existing governance structures, but doesn’t direct or control development, since community mechanisms exist to accomplish the goals of the project. The board consists of five members, four elected by the openSUSE members (2 Novell and 2 non-Novell) and a Novell appointed chairman. Pascal Bleser [5] and Andreas Jaeger [6] have written some blog posts on the first year of the board and gave some interesting insight views on what should be done next. This is going to be a very important year in the growth of the openSUSE Project, and we want to start it off right. Whether you want to run for a board seat, or just vote for the candidates you trust to do the best job, don’t wait! The deadline for board candidacy and to have openSUSE membership approved in time for the election is less than two weeks away! The newly elected board members will serve for up to two years, starting first week of November. openSUSE membership is granted to those who have made continued and substantial contributions to the openSUSE Project. Members are approved by the openSUSE Board, and membership must be submitted by September 24th for members to be eligible to vote in this election. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the election committee: election-officials(a)opensuse.org [1] Announcement of the election committee http://news.opensuse.org/2008/08/24/opensuse-election-committee-founded/ [2] How to become an openSUSE member http://en.opensuse.org/Members#How_to_Become_a_Member [3] How to stand for a position in the openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Intent_… [4] openSUSE board election wiki page http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008 [5] Pascal's blog on the openSUSE board http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2008/09/about-opensuse-board-and-elections.html http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2008/09/opensuse-board-and-elections-part-2.ht… [6] Andrea's blog on the openSUSE board http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/09/06/opensuse-board-election-comments/ -- with kind regards, Marko Jung, Operations and Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) mjung(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] KDE in openSUSE 11.1 and beyond
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

After receiving a great deal of feedback on the issue of KDE 3.5 inclusion in openSUSE 11.1, the KDE team has decided to take the following course of action. * KDE 3.5 will be part of the DVD media for openSUSE 11.1, though we may need to slim the package selection for 3.5 sightly. * KDE 3.5 will not be included on the main desktop selection page, but will be included with other desktop environments and window managers like Xfce, WindowMaker, etc. * This will be the last release with KDE 3.5 packages maintained by the current KDE team. We are not opposed to continued development of KDE 3.5 by the community, however, and would be happy to work with contributors who are interested in packaging KDE 3.5.x for future releases of openSUSE. * KDE 3.5 will not be included on 11.2 "official" media or in the release repository for 11.2, but the community certainly has the option of creating KDE 3.5 packages in the build service, and creating live CDs with KDE 3.5 packages for 11.2. * The Novell KDE team will only be addressing P1 (high priority) bugs for KDE 3.5.x from this point forward. Again, this does not preclude community contributors from supporting KDE 3.5.x, and we encourage them to do so. We'd like to thank all the people who helped provide constructive feedback while we evaluated the best course for the next release of openSUSE. While we know that no solution is guaranteed to make every user happy, we think that we've reached the best compromise for openSUSE 11.1 and beyond, to ensure a smooth transition. Now that we have a clear path, we welcome any contributors who wish to help out. Please join the #opensuse-kde channel or speak up on the opensuse-factory list if you have any questions about how to get started with testing and packaging. -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ -- 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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