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[opensuse-announce] Planned downtime 2015-06-09: openSUSE Mailing Lists
by Theo Chatzimichos 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

On Tuesday 2015-06-09, from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC, the machine that hosts the openSUSE Mailing Lists http://lists.opensuse.org will be offline. During that time, sending or receiving mails to the openSUSE mailing lists, or viewing their archives will not be possible. All the mails that will be sent during the downtime will be delayed. The reason is that the old machine is on an old distribution, and running out of resources. We will migrate the service to a new virtual machine, that will integrate it to a new configuration management infrastructure. We’ll send a followup announcement with the final status as soon as we finish the migration. On behalf of the openSUSE Administration team -- Theo Chatzimichos <tampakrap(a)opensuse.org> <tchatzimichos(a)suse.com> System Administrator SUSE Operations and Services Team

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[opensuse-announce] Tumbleweed - Review of the week (2015/22)
by Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, The last week has been an interesting one: we can produly talk of Tumbleweed to be rolling smooth this week: there has been one release published per day (since 0521 so far up to 0528). This is the longest streak we had, as far as I remember. Yet, I have some trouble to find 'exciting' changes in those snapshots. They are all minor version updates, which on their own are certainly important for some users. But 'buzzing' about them is difficult. Nevertheless, let me try to give it a try, and see what we got: * Linux kernel 4.0.4: bugfix release * Timezone 2015d (mostly interesting for Egypt) * On new installs, the firewall service will be auto-enabled * Apache2: access_compat now built as shared and disabled by default. Outlook for the coming days: * hplip: Disabled build for parallel port because parallel port support was disabled by default by upstream HPLIP at least since 2011 and is deprecated by upstream HPLIP since 2013. This will be part of 0529+ * The KDE Team submitted Plasma 5.3.1 bugfixes, which will be part of 0529+ snapshots (checked in this morning). * GCC 5 is making progress: For packages up to ring2 (full DVD), we are down to 10 build failures. (gsl, java (x2) kbuild, ksh, libkolabxml, llvm, powerdevil5, python-cffi & qemu) * We have kde3 packages failing to build for 3 weeks without any reaction. If nobody steps up to maintain this, I will file delete requests (notice mails went to the maintainers already). Special things to note: * Lately we see an increased number of build jobs failing with kernel crashes on the XEN hosts. The reason for this is not yet known. -- Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar(a)opensuse.org>

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[opensuse-announce] Tumbleweed - Review of the week (2015/21)
by Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar 27 May '15

27 May '15

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, After the turmoil of last week, this week appears almost quiet (but not boring). Since the last weekly review (which only reached you guys on Monday, sorry), we published two new snapshots (with a 3rd one expected later this afternoon - openQA's report on it looking good so far). So I will include the highlights of the 'yet to be released snapshot', as I strongly believe in its quality. Those things reached Tumbleweed in the last week: * Linux kernel 4.0.3 (updated from 4.0.1, so bugfixes only) * GNOME 3.16.2, the 2nd bugfix release in the 3.16 series * The KDE Team was taking a lot of feedback in and fixed several issues. Keep the reports coming * Firefox 38.0.1 will be part of the soon to be released 20150521 snapshot What's boiling? How can you help? * There is still the topic of GCC 5 to become the default compiler. There has been some progress, and we're down to a handful of build failures. Extra eyes are welcome to look at the failures seen at [0] * The number of build failures in openSUSE:Factory is generally getting high again (non-ring packages, so things that are not on the DVDs). Feel free to have a look at [1] and pick some candidates you deem worthy for your fixes. [0] https://goo.gl/A63w3f [1] https://goo.gl/7EuFdQ Happy hacking and a great weekend to you all (and the ones fortunate enough to be celebrating pentecost, enjoy the extra day off) Dominique -- 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] Tumbleweed - Review of the week (2015/20)
by Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar 19 May '15

19 May '15

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, Week 20 has been a very busy one, and we only got you very few snapshots this week. The update comes a bit later, but it manages to include also the change that was just released on the weekend. There are two big changes that happened this week: * Ruby has been updated to version 2.2 and is now the default ruby version inside Tumbleweed. * KDE Plasma 5 is the new default, replacing KDE 4 in Tumbleweed. We understand that this is controversal to some of the users, and others very much welcome the change. Please ensure to constructively report your issues to the KDE Team (either here on list for dicscussion or by means of bug reports at https://bugzilla.opensuse.org) The currently larger change being prepared is a switch of the compiler to GCC 5.0. There are still packages failing that are part of the core set (See https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A ) Once all this has been solved, I'm sure we'll also see this change happen for Tumbleweed. -- 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] Tumbleweed - Review of the week (2015/19)
by Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger 08 May '15

08 May '15

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, The openSUSE Conference was certainly a highlight this week. Yet, we managed to give you some snapshots in this time as well. The most notable updates this week were: * Linux kernel 4.0 plus update to 4.0.1 all in one week * GNOME 3.16.1 update * More work done to get AppStream Metadata in a valid shape in ALL repositories; this means GNOME Software (and other Software Centers to come) don't only profit from the metadata of the Tumbleweed main repositories, but actually also load metadata from 3rd party repos. (it seems the infrastructure is now in place - GNOME:Factory for example is publishing valid metadata already) What's coming next? * The current snapshot is being held up by some major changes: Ruby has been updated to version 2.2 (with version 2.1 remaining in the repository for the ones requiring it). There are quite some rebuilds happening and it can well be another day or two until we can release this upon you. Wish you all a good weekend, enjoy the fun and happy hacking -- Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar(a)opensuse.org>

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[opensuse-announce] Tumbleweed - Review of the week (2015/18)
by Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar 02 May '15

02 May '15

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, In good tradition I am pleased to also give you an overview of the last week on what happened in Tumbleweed. We had 'only' two snapshots released this week (0425 & 0430). The main reason was that the update of parted to version 3.2 managed to sneak through the staging area, yet had a negative impact on the full post -integration test runs (resizing partitions while installing openSUSE side-by-side of Windows is not properly handled). So, parted 3.2 is currently taken out of Tumbleweed again - but of course scheduled to reach you later: once YaST has been adjusted to handle the changes. On the side of things that DID happen: * As discussed on the -factory mailinglist, a couple packages have been converted from GStreamer 0.10 to 1.0 (banshee, gnac) * The kernel has been updated to version 4.0 What can we expect in the upcoming period? * The KDE Team is hard at work to make Plasma 5.3 the default for openSUSE. Work is still going on, but the staging areas are looking promising already. * The switch of GCC 5 as default version is also still work in progress. This is not forgotten yet. * Progress on Ruby 2.2 seems to have stalled - there hasn't been any progress in a while now. Volunteers to step up and work on the fallouts in Staging:H are welcome [0] [0] https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Factory:Staging:H -- Have a lot of fun, Dimstar / Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar(a)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] openSUSE 12.3 has reached end of SUSE support
by Benjamin Brunner 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi all, with the release of flash-player on January 29th, 2015 the SUSE sponsored maintenance of openSUSE 12.3 has ended. openSUSE 12.3 is now officially discontinued and out of support by SUSE. openSUSE 12.3 was released on March 13th 2013, making it ca. 11 months of security and bugfix support. Here are some statistics of our released updates (compared to 12.2): Total updates: 909 (+160) Security: 468 (+116) Recommended: 439 (+43) Optional: 1 (0) Feature: 1 (+1) Fixed CVE-entries: 1581 (+250) Fixed Bugs (overall): 1861 (+505) A huge thanks to our awesome packagers, community and all involved people, who made the next great release possible! Your maintenance- and security-team -- Benjamin Brunner <bbrunner(a)suse.com>, SUSE MaintenanceSecurity SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Jennifer Guild, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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 board election 2014/2015 results
by Frederic Crozat 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

The openSUSE board election 2014/2015 ended last night. In this election we had 3 seats to be elected, all for a standard 2 year (24 months) term : - Robert Schweikert and Kosta Koudaras' terms were coming to expiration. - Peter Linnell's seat was up for election as he got appointed in the board as a replacement for Richard Brown. Election results: We had 148 people voting. Robert Schweikert, 101 votes (68%) Michal Hrusecky, 96 votes (65%) Kostas Koudaras, 81 votes (55%) Peter Linnell, 63 votes (43%) Craig Gardner, 60 votes (41%) Are elected to openSUSE Board, for a 2 years (24 months) term: - Robert Schweikert - Michal Hrusecky - Kostas Koudaras Thanks for all candidates who stepped up and all members who casted their votes! openSUSE 2014/2015 Election Committee (election-officials(a)opensuse.org) Frederic "fcrozat" Crozat Marcus "darix" Rueckert [1] https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/RBrownSUSE/46342/opensuse-board-… -- 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 update for shim requires confirmation on reboot
by Johannes Segitz 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Hello, we will release a security update for shim next week that fixes three security issues, tracked in bnc#889332: - OOB read access when parsing DHCPv6 packets (remote DoS) (CVE-2014-3675). - Heap overflow when parsing IPv6 addresses provided by tftp:// DHCPv6 boot option (RCE) (CVE-2014-3676). - Memory corruption when processing user provided MOK lists (CVE-2014-3677). Because of those issues we update shim to version 0.7.318.81ee561d. This version includes a patch that requires the user to confirm a dialog once on the first boot after the update is installed. You will need to be able to confirm this dialog, which appears before the bootloader, or your system will not boot. This only affects users that are still on openSUSE 13.1 and use a secure boot setup. You can check with 'bootctl' if you're using a secure boot configuration if you're not sure. Best regards, Johannes Segitz -- GPG Key E7C81FA0 EE16 6BCE AD56 E034 BFB3 3ADD 7BF7 29D5 E7C8 1FA0 Subkey fingerprint: 250F 43F5 F7CE 6F1E 9C59 4F95 BC27 DD9D 2CC4 FD66 SUSE LINUX GmbH Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Jennifer Guild, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE Board election for 2014/2015 : you can vote now
by Frederic Crozat 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hi all, The openSUSE board election just started! Please go to: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/RBrownSUSE/46342/opensuse-board-… and cast your vote for this election. All openSUSE members[1] are eligible to vote. The board consist of one appointed chairperson and 5 elected members who may serve up to 2 consecutive terms on the board. In this election we will have 3 seats to be elected, all for a standard 2 year (24 months) term : - Robert Schweikert and Kosta Koudaras' terms are coming to expiration. - Peter Linnell's seat is up for election as he got appointed in the board as a replacement for Richard Brown. All of them would be allowed to stand up for candidacy again, as it was their first term in the board. Each openSUSE member has THREE VOTES they can use for this election ! The candidates running for an openSUSE board seat are (by alphabetical order): - Craig Gardner (*) - Kostas Koudaras - Michal Hrusecky - Peter Linnell (*) - Robert Schweikert (*) Candidates marked with a (*) are SUSE employees. Note that no single organization or company can control more than 40 percent of the electable board seats (more than 2 seats). For this election, this means that at max two SUSE employees can be elected. Rules for the election process are available at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules . The election period ends at January 26th 2015 (23:00 UTC). All candidates have put their agenda on the wiki[2], linked as "Platform" after the candidates' name. If you have any questions, please contact the election officials (election-officials(a)opensuse.org) [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Members [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election openSUSE 2014/2015 Election Committee Frederic "fcrozat" Crozat Marcus "darix" Rueckert -- 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] New GPG key for SUSE Security
by Marcus Meissner 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hi folks, We have created a new security(a)suse.de GPG key which obsoletes our old one. It is also attached to this e-mail. Fingerprint of the new key: pub 4096R/317CD502 2014-10-02 Key fingerprint = E502 243D F6B7 E939 EA1B 4A0E 58FC 58B1 317C D502 uid [ unknown] SUSE Security Team <security(a)suse.de> sub 4096R/0DE80E03 2014-10-02 This key can be used to send us encrypted emails and we will use it to sign security specific documents and emails. We will not use this key for code (RPM/Repository) signing. Please use this new key from now onwards. Ciao, Marcus

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[opensuse-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 12.3
by Marcus Meissner 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Dear opensuse-(security-)announce subscribers and openSUSE users, The openSUSE maintenance team announces that the openSUSE maintenance Team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 12.3 soon. Having provided bug and security fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after Jan 4th 2015. This announcement holds true for openSUSE 12.3 only. As usual, the openSUSE project will continue to provide updated packages for the following releases: openSUSE 13.1 openSUSE 13.2 for the next two openSUSE releases plus a two months overlap period. As the schedule of the next releases is not clear, we currently cannot estimate the EOL dates. These will be around 18 - 24 months after release. Please note that the maintenance cycles of SUSE Linux Enterprise products and products based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system are not affected by this announcement and have longer life cycles. Our openSUSE lifetimes are tracked on http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime . If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact the openSUSE maintenance team at <maintenance(a)opensuse.org>.

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 13.2: green light to freedom!
by Henne Vogelsang 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Dear contributors, friends and fans openSUSE 13.2 is out! After one year of continuous improvement in the tools and procedures and many hours of developing, packaging, testing and fixing issues a new stable release is here, providing the best that Free and Open Source has to offer with our special green touch: stable, innovative and fun! This is the first release after the change in the openSUSE development mode, with a much shorter stabilization phase thanks to the extensive testing done in a daily basis in the rolling distribution used now as a base for openSUSE stable releases. The perfect balance between innovation and stability with the great level of freedom of choice that openSUSE users are used to. openSUSE 13.2 is ################ Innovative ---------- Built around the most innovative technologies Linux has to offer: Snapper to take the most from snapshots capability of the powerful Btrfs filesystem offered as default option, Wicked to bring light to network configuration, Dracut to ensure shorter boot times… For users asking for even more innovation Plasma 5.1, the next generation workspace by KDE, is also available as a technical preview. Polished -------- This version presents the first step to adopt the new openSUSE design guidelines system-wide. The graphical revamp is noticeable everywhere: the installer, the bootloader, the boot sequence and all of the (seven!) supported desktops (KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, Enlightenment 19, Mate and Awesome). Even the experimental Plasma 5.1 is adapted to the overall experience. Easy ---- The new openSUSE 13.2 installer comes with several changes targeted to make the installation process easier and more welcoming to new users. Those changes include a new and more straightforward installation work flow, better and smarter automatic proposals, less cluttered configuration options and a brand new layout for the user interface. In addition, several tools are included to easy the administration of any system like the Profile Management Tools for AppArmor or the YaST module for Snapper, just to name a few. "With a vastly improved and streamlined installation process, and all the latest technologies from across the open source ecosystem, openSUSE 13.2 is a perfect choice for people who want an operating system that’s modern, stable, and gets the work done." said Richard Brown, Chairman of openSUSE board. Read the full news article for all the details! https://news.opensuse.org/2014/11/04/opensuse-13-2-green-light-to-freedom/ and remember to have a lot of fun... -- 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] Tumbleweed, Factory rolling releases to merge
by Richard Brown 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

With the release of openSUSE 13.2 in November, two of openSUSE’s open-source projects, the ‘Tumbleweed’ and ‘Factory’ rolling releases will be merging, and offered as a single openSUSE rolling release under the name ‘Tumbleweed’ Factory will remain the name of the development process where openSUSE’s new developments are integrated, with the tested, user-ready rolling release assuming the name Tumbleweed from Nov. 4. “With the release of openSUSE 13.2 due in November, we realised this was a perfect opportunity to merge our two openSUSE rolling-releases together so users of Tumbleweed can benefit from the developments to our Factory development process over the last few years,” said Richard Brown, Chairman of openSUSE board. “The combined feedback and contributions from our combined Tumbleweed and Factory users should help keep openSUSE rolling forward even faster, while offering our users the latest and greatest applications on a stable rolling release.” Technical details for existing Factory and Tumbleweed users will be published closer to Nov. 4 to explain what steps need to be carried out to smoothly migrate to the new ‘combined’ Tumbleweed rolling release. “The changes to the Factory release model have changed it from being an unstable development codebase into the type of rolling release I set out to create when starting openSUSE Tumbleweed,” said Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux Kernel Developer and creator of openSUSE Tumbleweed. “I’m very happy to see these two rolling releases coming together under the name Tumbleweed, and am looking forward to watching how it develops in the future.” Establishing Factory as the clear ‘development project’ for the ‘ready-to-use’ Tumbleweed rolling release clarifies Factory’s role as a development codebase for openSUSE software, alongside Tumbleweed as user-ready distribution with rolling, tested updates, Brown said. -- Richard Brown openSUSE Chairman -- 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 11.4 has reached end of Evergreen support
by Wolfgang Rosenauer 27 Sep '14

27 Sep '14

Hi, as you probably know our initial commitment to support 11.4 within Evergreen was until July 2014. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen While I was hoping that we can keep 11.4 alive for some time longer this is currently not possible from what I would call the "core team" which is Stefan and myself. We are too busy nowadays to be able to scan and patch every issue we get aware of. Thanks to you all who contributed to the success of Evergreen/11.4! The important message is: openSUSE 11.4 Evergreen is not actively maintained anymore! So if you can, we recommend to switch to openSUSE 13.1 as soon as possible which is still planned to be an Evergreen release. Some more details below: The repository already got and will most likely get more updates from package maintainers who care about 11.4 and/or their packages though. You noticed that with recent releases of patches for the bash and NSS issues already, BUT this is _no_ guarantee that every security issue will be fixed. We will accept contributions from anyone though and I will try to take care about "my" packages. Some numbers from 11.4 Evergreen (as far as I was able to get them easily): Evergreen lifetime: 21 months 11.4 overall lifetime (incl. Evergreen): 41 months / 3 years 5 months Evergreen lifetime numbers (w/o official maintenance period): Released update source packages: 804 Unique touched source packages: 177 rough number of patches (based on incident counter): 320 Let me also quote Marcus' numbers from official maintenance lifetime: Total updates: 723 Security: 416 Recommended: 306 Optional: 1 Thanks, Wolfgang -- 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 13.2 Beta is Out, Help Test It!
by Jos Poortvliet 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Our newest Geeko is due in November and it will be awesome. We promise. But it doesn’t come for free: you will have to help! We've published an extensive overview of new features. Might there be something missing? You bet! Even with the combined power of all Geekos we can't make a list of all the great things coming in this release! All the more reason to find out what is new and needs testing. So, get your ovens and laptops fired up for that Beta Pizza Party! https://news.opensuse.org/?p=18556 Don't forget to have a lot of fun, The Thundering herd of Geekos from https://news.opensuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/geekos.jpg -- 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] Statement on the recent Merger announcement
by Richard Brown 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear openSUSE Community, As you might be aware, SUSE's parent entity, the Attachmate Group has entered into an agreement to merge with Micro Focus, a UK-based enterprise software company. As the primary sponsor of the openSUSE Project, SUSE's President and General Manager, Nils Brauckmann has contacted the openSUSE Board to share the following key points " * Business as Usual: There are no changes planned for the SUSE business structure and leadership. There is no need for any action by the openSUSE Project as a result of this announcement. * Commitment to Open Source: SUSE remains passionately committed to innovation through Open Source. This has always been the foundation of our business and that will continue as we grow and innovate in new areas. * Commitment to openSUSE: SUSE is also fully committed to being a sponsor and supporter of an open, highly independent and dynamic openSUSE community and project. We are proud of openSUSE and greatly value the collaborative relationship between SUSE and the openSUSE community. The combination of the Attachmate Group and Micro Focus creates a larger, global enterprise software entity, operating at a greater global scale. This provides an even stronger foundation for the continued investment in SUSE and our continued innovation through Open Source." The openSUSE Board would like to thank Nils and SUSE for this reassuring statement. The Board is enthusiastic about the benefits of the merger may bring to SUSE and ultimately also to our openSUSE Project. If anyone has any questions, there will be an opportunity to raise them at tomorrow (Wednesdays) regular openSUSE Project Meeting at 15:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on the Freenode IRC network. Regards, The openSUSE Board -- 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] Reminder - Last day for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2014 Travel support application and Call for Paper
by Max 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

openSUSE.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline today!! Deadline 18th, Aug 2014. Submit your paper now!! * Detail: please see http://summit.opensuse.org/#cfp * conference submission tool https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia14/proposal/new -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travel Support Program apply deadline is 18th, Aug 2014. Today ------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLY FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT First the applicant needs to read: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program Then please send the request through: https://connect.opensuse.org/travel-support You are required to send application during Aug 1st to Aug 18th. We will review and confirm from Sep 1st to 15th. If you have any questions, please contact opensuse-summit(a)opensuse.org. openSUSE.Asia Summit 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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[opensuse-announce] Official openSUSE 13.1 Docker Containers Released
by Henne Vogelsang 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

People, We are proud to announce official Docker containers for our latest openSUSE release, 13.1. Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers. With the official openSUSE Docker containers it’s now easy for developers to leverage the power of our Linux distribution and it’s free software Eco-system as base for their applications. openSUSE + Docker == Awesome ############################ The Docker project was released in March last year. Until now, during this short amount of time, more than 450 people contributed with patches and 14,000 containers have been published on its central index. Docker recently released version 1.0, the first one declared enterprise-ready. The container technology has been around since quite some time, think about FreeBSD jails, Solaris zones, OpenVZ, LXC. However none of these tools has ever attracted as much attention as Docker. Docker has been so successful because it makes easy to harness the power of containers and at the same time it provides two important features: a developer oriented work flow to manage containers’ life cycle and a set of collaborative functionalities. openSUSE at Docker Hub ###################### Managing Docker images shares analogies with version control systems used to track the evolution of source code. Containers are stored on a central repository called Docker Hub. Users can download them using the “pull” command. They can “diff” a running container to see which changes have been made. They can fork containers and “push” their derived work back to the Docker Hub. The creation of new containers starting from the existing ones is achieved using Docker’s integrated build system. The feature is based on a special file called “Dockerfile”, a text file containing a list of Docker build directives. These commands can do several operations like: select the image to extend, execute a command inside of the container at build time, expose a service running inside of the container to the outside world and more. Starting today the Docker Hub provides official openSUSE containers for our stable releases. This container can be used as a foundation block to create new awesome containers based on our beloved Linux distribution. Let’s Collaborate! ################## If you find something about our containers that can be improved, please collaborate with us. We have created the docker containers with KIWI, openSUSEs Operating System Image and Appliance builder which is the basis of SUSE Studio and the imaging functionality of the Open Build Service. The files used to create these images are available in our Github repository. They are free software, released under the MIT license. You can run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve them. Thank you ######### We have to thank Flavio Castelli, maintainer of the Docker package, for the creation of these containers, the KIWI developers for adding the docker build format and finally the Docker team for marking these containers as official on the Docker Hub. About openSUSE ############## The openSUSE Project is a worldwide community that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. It creates one of the world’s best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. Learn more about it on opensuse.org About Docker ############ Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows. Docker enables apps to be quickly assembled from components and eliminates the friction between development, QA, and production environments. As a result, IT can ship faster and run the same app, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and any cloud. Learn more about it on docker.com -- 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] Reminder - openSUSE.Asia Summit Travel Support Program apply deadline 18th, Aug
by Max 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Dear ALL: Just reminder Travel Support Program apply deadline is 18th, Aug 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLY FOR TRAVEL SUPPORT First the applicant needs to read: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Travel_Support_Program Then please send the request through: https://connect.opensuse.org/travel-support You are required to send application during Aug 1st to Aug 18th. We will review and confirm from Sep 1st to 15th. If you have any questions, please contact opensuse-summit(a)opensuse.org. openSUSE.Asia Summit 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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[opensuse-announce] Reminder- openSUSE.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline 18th, Aug
by Max 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

openSUSE.Asia Summit Call for Paper deadline count down. Deadline 18th, Aug 2014. Submit your paper now!! * Detail: please see http://summit.opensuse.org/#cfp * conference submission tool https://events.opensuse.org/conference/summitasia14/proposal/new --------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPER The first openSUSE Asia Summit Program Committee is ready to accept your proposals for sessions! We're also ready to register visitors interested in joining us. Your talk and workshop submissions should be fit for one of the four main tracks: End Users, Business, Community and Project, Technology and Development. You can submit your abstracts in our conference submission tool. The submission period begins today, and closes Aug 18. Note that the first bunch of accepted proposal acceptance emails will be sent on Sep 1, allowing you to start planning your trip already. And of course, first come, first served! So, be in time! The Four Tracks This is the first openSUSE Asia Summit. The theme is: openSUSE - Bring you to the free world! End User Track The end user track provides the opportunity for the power users of any application to share their knowledge and share tricks they apply to get the most out of the applications they use. Know of a non-obvious but very useful feature, present it's usage to fellow Geekos and users in this track. Topics include, but not limited to, applications, desktop environments, multimedia solutions and games. Business Track The business track provides the opportunity for those that use openSUSE and/or FOSS in their business to describe the unique challenges they face. This includes, but not limited to, issues and solutions of interfacing with regulatory institutions, other business, staff training, and changing technology course. Community & Project Track Sessions in this area should focus on project and community activities, including, but not limited to, project governance, marketing, artwork and advocate reports. In many cases, this sessions bring a strong sense of unity to the project as a whole as we discuss some of the unique challenges that an Open Source Community confronts. If you have ideas that can help a community be stronger, join this track. Technology & Development Track Sessions in this area should focus on system technology and distribution development. Including, but not limited to, software packaging, development/testing/debugging tools/practices/methods. Infrastructure software, deployment strategies and monitoring. These sessions will help a few of our members gain understanding of the many tools they can use when working in development for the distribution and other exciting projects. The Events We will have four types of events: Lightning Talk (10 mins) Short Talk (30 mins) Long Talk (60 mins) Workshop (2 hours) If it is possible that your audience can practise what you share in a meeting room, you would better do a workshop. You can send in proposals until Aug 18, but the sooner the better. We will start accepting submissions on Sep 1. -- 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] Factory moves to Rolling Release Development Model
by Henne Vogelsang 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

The Internet. July 29th, 2014. We are proud to announce that we have just switched our beloved development distribution, openSUSE Factory, to be an independent distribution using the “rolling release” development model. openSUSE Factory is now a tested, reliable and bleeding edge Linux distribution! This change will shorten the stabilization process for our major releases (next up: 13.2) and eliminate the need for pre-releases and milestones. https://news.opensuse.org/2014/07/29/factory-rolling-release/ A more distributed development process for openSUSE ################################################### In the old development model, an army of packagers would shoot new packages and updates to Factory, with a relatively small team of Factory Maintainers taking care of the integration process of all those packages. This often took a long time to stabilize for a release. In the new “rolling release” development model, package submissions cannot go to Factory directly. First they have to prove to be functional and trustworthy in a staging project. Staging projects are projects in our Open Build Service where groups of submissions are collected, reviewed, compiled and tested with openQA. But even after the packages survived the staging project, they don’t directly end up in Factory. First all Factory media (e.g. DVDs etc.) are being built and put again through more tests in openQA. The Factory maintainers then decide on the basis of the Factory-To-Test overview if the new packages should be published to the users. This new Factory development model balances responsibility among packagers, testers and end users while putting more emphasis on automated quality assurance. As a result, openSUSE Factory becomes a reliable, always-ready working distribution. “With this new openSUSE development model, users get the latest free software packages without waiting for the next release” said Richard Brown, openSUSE board chair. He continues “With a daily fresh Factory distribution making it easier for those who want to preview and test, we hope to see more users and contributors, leading to faster fixes and even higher quality. Factory is critical as it provides the base technology for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise, which is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the world.” Get it while is hot! #################### So there is no excuse to give Factory a try and provide feedback or, if you are not so interested in living on the edge, to help spreading the word: there is a new (old) kid on the Linux Distributions block: openSUSE Factory! Thanks ###### This major change in how we develop our distribution would have not been possible without the tireless work of the openSUSE Team from SUSE who drove this process, the openQA developers who integrated all the features and certainly not without our most awesome package maintainers who provided feedback along the way. Thank you guys for another astonishing job completed! About the openSUSE Project -------------------------- The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world’s best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and ambassadors or developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds. About the openSUSE Distribution ------------------------------- The openSUSE distribution is a stable, easy to use and complete multi-purpose distribution. It is aimed towards users and developers working on the desktop or server. It is great for beginners, experienced users and ultra geeks alike, in short, it is perfect for everybody! The latest release, openSUSE 13.1, features new and massively improved versions of all useful server and desktop applications. It comes with more than 1,000 open source applications. openSUSE is also the base for SUSE’s award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products. About openQA ------------ openQA is the only comprehensive, fully automated Linux distribution testing framework which can run tests on every level of the OS, from core functionality like the kernel up to testing applications like Firefox or LibreOffice. It shows the results in a convenient web interface and allows testers to see screenshots and even videos of the issues found. -- 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] download.opensuse.org migration on 2014-04-15
by Marcus Rückert 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

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[opensuse-announce] download.opensuse.org migration on 2014-04-15
by Marcus Rückert 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

Hi on Tuesday 2014-04-15 we will migrate download.opensuse.org to a new machine. The downtime will start at 11:00 and we hope to be done until 13:00. We actually expect it to go faster and we will announce when this is the case. Thank you for your understanding, Your openSUSE admin team -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you 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] Open Build Service version 2.5 released
by Henne Vogelsang 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

People, Friends, Packagers, are you ready for another set of great features for your free software packaging needs? We are with version 2.5. of the Open Build Service(OBS)! With this release you can plug OBS into your continuous integration/delivery chain thanks to the new token API that let's you trigger builds from revision control systems like github. 2.5 further merges the Web UI and API into one single Ruby on Rails app, so it is easier for you to maintain, easier for us to extend and most important way snappier to use for your packagers. This release also begins to unify the various places where you can configure things into the OBS API, introduces an integrated comment and notification system and saves your OBS servers some cycles by automatically cleaning up left over branches. As you can see our team never tires to be awesome! Read on for more, in depth, information about OBS version 2.5. http://openbuildservice.org/2014/03/31/version-2.5/ The Open Build Service Team -- http://openbuildservice.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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