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[opensuse-announce] Reminder: openSUSE Marketing Meeting 2008-11-25 17:00 UTC
by Martin Lasarsch 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi The openSUSE Marketing team is having a meeting on Tuesday in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode at 17:00 UTC, other times here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=25&year=2… Please add topics to the agenda at: http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/Meetings/Marketing_Meeting_2008-11-25 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] Next openSUSE-GNOME Team Meeting - 2008/11/20 17:00 UTC
by Bryen 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

The next openSUSE-GNOME Team Meeting will be held at 17:00 UTC in the #openSUSE-GNOME IRC channel. Time: 17:00 UTC Date: November 20, 2008 Where: Freenode Network IRC Channel #opensuse-gnome What to bring: Yourself and gifts for everyone in the channel. Later today, a new agenda for tomrrow's meeting will be posted. Please check the /topic in the IRC channel for the link and add to it as you see fit. Thanks! -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member -- 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 project meeting - 2008/11/19 - 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '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: 2008/11/19 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT) For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=19&month=11&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_2008-11-19 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 46
by Jan-Simon Möller 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 46 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0] In this week’s issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5 Released * Updated Build Service Roadmap * KDE’s Compositing in openSUSE 11.1 * SLES Now Easy for Users of RHEL and CentOS * YaST Preview The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German (delayed) [1], Russian [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4], Portuguese (delayed) [5] and Indonesian (delayed) [6]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/46 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/46 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/46 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/46/indonesian 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 11.1 Beta5.1 for PowerPC
by Andreas Jaeger 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

The Beta5 DVD and NET ISO images for PowerPC have just been replaced by Beta5.1 ISO images. The only change is the way the ISOs are created - now they are bootable media. The new images are on their way to the mirrors now. There is also a Delta-ISO from Beta5 DVD to Beta5.1 available in case you have already downloaded Beta5. The media are available at the same place Beta5 is available: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5 Additionally new initrd and linuxrc for PowerPC have been uploaded in the PPC-HotFix directory (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5/PPC-HotFix) These files are for Pegasos and Efika PowerPC systems if you want to do a network installation. Use these files and boot with the insecure=1 kernel parameter. If you have further questions, please ask on the openSUSE PPC mailinglist, 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] Short downtime of master download server
by Peter Poeml 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

There will be a brief outage of download.opensuse.org stage.opensuse.org powerpc.opensuse.org community.opensuse.org later today at 2008-11-14 14:00 UTC / 15:00 MEZ. This is for power supply works and maintenance of core components, and the duration is expected to be 5-10 minutes. Apologies for any inconveniency this may cause. Peter -- Contact: admin(a)opensuse.org (a.k.a. ftpadmin(a)suse.com) #opensuse-mirrors on freenode.net Info: http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Infrastructure SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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[opensuse-announce] Education-Meeting: 2008-11-18, 17:00 UTC
by Lars Vogdt 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi @ll I like to invite everybody to our next Education Meeting on Tuesday, 2008/11/18, 17:00 UTC (that means: * 18:00 German local time * 18:00 Italy local time * 20:00 Russia/St.Petersburg local time * 09:00 USA/California local time * 12:00 USA/New York local time others please use: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx?y=2008&mo=11&d=18&h… ) We've an interesting agenda open on http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Meetings/Education_Meeting_2008-11-18 Feel free to add your own topics, questions - it's a wiki, you know? ;-) With kind regards, Lars -- 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] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5 Now Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Greetings, openSUSE fans! We have another development release ready for your testing pleasure. openSUSE 11.1 beta 5 is now available for immediate download and testing. You may have noticed that we were scheduled to release RC 1 today. However, as Stephan Kulow mentioned on openSUSE-Factory list [1] on Tuesday, we have several blocker bugs and 11 P1 bugs still present. While we're ready to do another release today, we decided that it wasn't ready to be called a release candidate. This shouldn't push back the final release, but it will mean that we will only plan to have one release candidate. With just a little more than a month [2] before the public release on December 18th, there's still plenty to do. So, roll up your sleeves and start downloading! Call for Testing ================ We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta releases. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or beta release for day-to-day work we want to stress that it's entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See openSUSE.org/Testing for more information on testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. What's changed since beta 4? ============================ Major changes in this release include: * More 11.1 branding is now in place. * Upgrade to PackageKit 0.3.9. * KDE4: NetworkManager and power management Plasmoids now available * Integration of Smolt finished * More translations! [3] * Linux kernel updated to 2.6.27.5 * KDE 4.1.3 * Xfce 4.4.3 * Many updated packages, including: Amarok, Banshee, Blender, Digikam, Bazaar, Frozen Bubble, The GIMP, LyX, and Wine. See the Factory News page for changes in the Factory distribution between release announcements. [4] DistroWatch also carries an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. [5] OpenOffice.org 3.0 is shaping up nicely for 11.1. Petr Mladek has sent in the following new and remaining bugs for OpenOffice.org: + OOo does not start in KDE when OpenOffice_org-gnome is installed (bnc#442678) + Pyuno components are still not registered + Mono integration is not correctly installed + Localized strings are not updated from extra sources + The user configuration includes symlinks to /usr/share/ooo3 instead of real files. This may be a feature, but it might also cause problems in the future + Missing OOo-sdk compat stuff (bnc#428403) + Suse-puzzler.xls works only partly; e.h. "Sneaky Peak" or "About" works but the "Shuffle" does nothing. Also, you can't move the puzzle pieces with a mouse. These bugs are being worked on for RC1. Media and Download ================== 11.1 beta 5 can be found at http://software.opensuse.org/developer. You can find mirrors that have beta 5 images here: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5/iso/ This release does include PPC media, so users with PowerPC machines have the opportunity to test beta 5 on those as well. Most Annoying Bugs ================== While many bugs have been eliminated since the last beta, we still have a few remaining (and new) bugs that testers should be aware of: Selecting KDE 3.5 also installs KDE4 workspace and defaults to KDE4. Workaround: Choose KDE3 desktop at login manager. Installation via network on Pegasos2 and Efika is not possible since the initial image does not contain the network drivers (they are available after installation) Bug #439126: Hibernation does not work with 32-bit PAE kernels. Bug #432980: On some Intel chipsets (945GM) display can't wake from sleep. Bug #444127: kupdateapplet shows error when license is requested Bug #437735: printers are not installed Bug #444519: the i586 DVD does not contain any i686 glibc Future Release Announcements ============================ Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to call out for future release announcements, please send an email to Zonker (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release. [1] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2008-11/msg00402.html [2] http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap [3] http://i18n.opensuse.org/stats/trunk/toplist.php [4] http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News [5] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse Have a lot of fun! -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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 Team Meeting - November 12th, 17:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is tomorrow, November 12th at 17:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * "Introduction to KDE4" start page * calls for testing * Amarok 2 * NetworkManager-kde4 * Q&A Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=12&year=2… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You are welcome to join and participate! -- 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 45
by Jan-Simon Möller 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 45 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0] In this week’s issue: * Lukas Ocilka: YaST-Mascot Contest-How to submit your ideas * openSUSE News: OpenOffice.org Fix for openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4 * The openSUSE Board * Jan Weber: Announcing Easy-KIWI-GUI * Stephan Binner: openSUSE 11.1-Plasma-Desktop-Toolbox The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in: German [1], Russian (delayed) [2], Japanese [3], Spanish [4], Portuguese (delayed) [5] and Indonesian [6]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/45 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/45 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45 [5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/45 [6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/45/indonesian 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] Call for feature testing 11.1
by Martin Lasarsch 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi Beta4 is released, and we would like to have an in deep feature testing of it. You can find on overview of the features that should work on the wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 general information: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing This is also a great overview of new features for openSUSE 11.1 If you want you can of course start right now, but we also offer support for that on the irc on Thursday 05.11 between 11:00 and 19:00 CET. Sorry, we can't cover all timezones. Some items in the featurelist are quite obvious, some not. We try to help figure it out in the irc, so ask if you are not sure what to do exactly. We will meet in the channel #opensuse-testing. We are aware that the wiki is not the best tool for it, but due the lack of something else which is also accessible externally we have to use it. Short workflow: - look at the topic of the channel, all ongoing tests are there ... - look on the wiki for a feature that's not tested: Status: ready to test Test Result: idle - announce the number on the irc so everbody knows that somebody is working on it - the number will be in the topic - announce if the test are failed or worked, number will be removed from topic - the SUSE/Novell staff will enter it in the wiki and our internal feature database -- 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] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/11/05 - 17:00 GMT
by Martin Lasarsch 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '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: 2008/11/05 17:00 GMT For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=05&month=11&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_2008-11-05 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] Short downtime of master download server
by Peter Poeml 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

There will be a brief outage of download.opensuse.org and stage.opensuse.org in about half an hour (2008-11-04 12:00 UTC). The duration is expected to be a few minutes. Apologies for any inconveniency this may cause. Peter -- Contact: admin(a)opensuse.org (a.k.a. ftpadmin(a)suse.com) #opensuse-mirrors on freenode.net Info: http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Infrastructure SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development

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[opensuse-announce] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4 Now Available
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hot on the heels of openSUSE 11.1 beta 3, the openSUSE Project is happy to announce the availability of openSUSE 11.1 beta 4. This release includes a number of important bugfixes since the last beta, as well as a few new bugs that need to be squashed before the final release. Read on for details about this release and how to get involved with testing. Screenshots ========= If you're curious about what openSUSE 11.1 will look like, have a look at the rest of the screenshots on the openSUSE wiki. Thanks to Kevin Dupuy and Martin Schlander for taking the time to put up the screenshots! The screenshots can be found here: http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/openSUSE_11.1_Beta4 Important: Call for Testing =========================== We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta release. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. We have a page of new features specific to openSUSE 11.1 here: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 This is a definitive list of new features added into 11.1 that need testing. Please use this page to identify and test new features -- and then mark them complete when you've finished testing. See openSUSE.org/Testing for more information on Testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. What's changed since beta 3? ============================ Major changes in this release include: Inclusion of Nomad, a set of components that provide an unmatchable remote desktop experience to openSUSE. See more at: http://en.opensuse.org/Nomad Timo Hoenig reports that fingerprint reader support is now feature complete, and he's accepting bugs. The most common fingerprint readers on the market should "just work," and users can register their fingerprint using the YaST module. Once registered, users can log in using their fingerprint. Console, GDM, 'su - $USER', gnome-screensaver, and gnomsu should all work with fingerprint support. KDE status is unknown. * Linux 2.6.27.4 kernel * Mono 2.0.1 * GNOME 2.24.1 * VirtualBox 2.0.4 * Evolution 2.24.1 * Banshee 1.3.3 See DistroWatch [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse] for an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. Webcam Support Re-enabled ========================= Some Webcam and framegrabber drivers had been removed from the kernel, but are now re-enabled in beta 4. The list of supported drivers includes: Mediavision Pro Movie Studio Quickcam BW QuickCam Colour W9966CF Webcam (FlyCam Supra and others) CPiA CPiA2 Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 Zoran ZR36057/36067 Sony Vaio Picturebook Motion Eye Siemens-Nixdorf 'Multimedia eXtension Board' Conexant cx23416/cx23415 MPEG encoder/decoder (aka ivtv) USB 3com HomeConnect (aka vicam) USB IBM (Xirlink) C-it Camera USB Konica Webcam USB Logitech Quickcam Messenger OmniVision Camera Chip USB W996[87]CF JPEG Dual Mode Camera USB OV511 Camera USB SE401 Camera USB STV680 (Pencam) Camera USB Philips Cameras ForteMedia FM801 + TEA5757 tuner Thanks to Jean Delvare for the report. Media and Download ================== 11.1 beta 4 is just one of the releases that will lead to the final 11.1 release. You can find the entire roadmap on the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap. Downloads are available here: http://software.opensuse.org/developer See http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror list if you want or need to select a mirror manually. Most Annoying Bugs ================== * Bug #440816: OpenOffice.org 3.0 cannot be started * GNOME branding is broken with DVD installs, looks correct on live cds * GNOME updater will ask for registration, this is broken. Just ignore the question * KDE updater will not ask for smolt integration (which the GNOME updater should ask for too). Future Release Announcements ============================ Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to call out for future release announcements, please send an email to Zonker (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release. Thanks, and have a lot of fun! -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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] Update on openSUSE 11.1 beta 4 release
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hi all, A quick update on the 11.1 beta 4 release. After work on the remaining show-stopper bugs we found this week, we have solved the blocker bugs, but were unable to generate all the necessary media and have it propagated to the mirrors in time for a Friday release per our release policy. [1] We are confident that we will be able to release on Monday, however, so please check back Monday for the release announcement. [1] Please see Andreas Jaeger's post on the release policy here: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/10/22/why-do-we-release-opensuse-on-thursd… Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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 3.0 final available
by Petr Mladek 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, I’m happy to announce that the build 3.0.0.3.5 passed testing and OpenOffice.org 3.0 final packages are available in the Build Service OpenOffice:org:STABLE project. Note that OOo is very complex application. We are sure that some annoying bugs will be found within the following weeks. Please report bugs into bugzilla. See also known bugs below. I would like to update the package once again within next two weeks with some important fixes that will be available in the meantime. Note that openSUSE-11.1-betaX and FACTORY include totally reworked packages where the build is split into many source packages. It is a bit broken right now. We would like to put it into the Build Service as soon as possible but it will take some time to fix the build on older distributions again. Please be patient. 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. 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: ----------- * TOC with hyperlinks is corrupted when exporting to MS Word file format (bnc#438525) * can’t change text size in merged cells (bnc#437137) 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_5/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: * 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 KDE Team Meeting - October 29th, 16:00 UTC
by Will Stephenson 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

[This time with correct subject ;)] The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is tomorrow, October 29th at 16:00 UTC. Since the clocks went back, this is 17:00 Central European Time - if you don't read this mail, we'll see you arriving at the end of the meeting ;) The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * calls for testing * default desktop setup * Q&A Further items for discussion are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=29&month=10&year=2… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You are welcome to join in and participate! -- 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 Team Meeting - October 15th, 16:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is tomorrow, October 15th at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * calls for testing * default desktop setup * Q&A Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10&day=15&year=2… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You are welcome to join and participate! -- 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] Results of the 1st openSUSE Board Election
by Marko Jung 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

So the polls are closed now and all votes have been accounted for and confirmed valid, and we are now proud to announce the election results! The openSUSE project would like to welcome the first community elected board, and would like to thank all voters for taking the time to use their vote. The new board members are, from the Non-Novell side of the community Pascal Bleser and Bryen Yunashko and from the Novell side we have Henne Vogelsang and Federico Mena-Quintero. We are proud to announce that Michael Loeffler has been appointed by Novell as chairman of the new board. Being the candidates with the most votes in their category, Pascal and Henne already agreed to serve the board for the next two years. Bryen and Federico have been elected for one next year, hence the next election will take place about the same time next year. The election committee would like to congratulate them on their election and wish them all the best in steering our fine community and project. We would also like to thank all of the candidates for their interest in serving on the board, and we're proud to have so many excellent candidates to choose from for the board. For those that like numbers, the spread of votes is as follows: ==Non-Novell== Bleser, Pascal 148 45.96 % Yunashko, Bryen 69 21.43 % Linnell, Petee 42 13.04 % Rodriguez, Alex 30 9.32 % Pasanen, Tuukka 18 5.59 % Rusinek, Jakub 15 4.66 % Total: 322 ==Novell== Vogelsang, Henne 126 38.18 % Mena-Quintero, Federico 86 26.06 % Shaw, Stephen 71 21.52 % Michna, Marco 47 14.24 % Total: 330 A total of 75.11% (178 of 237) voters participated in the poll. Voters had the option of casting two votes for each category, for a possible total of 356 votes per category for the election. Some voters, however, choose not to use both of their votes for each category. The final count does not convey how close the election was in some parts, but it does show that the openSUSE community is committed to ensuring that they take a stake in their own project and that the understand that to make the project prosper they need to be active. The election committee wants to thank the first openSUSE Board, Marcus 'darix' Rückert and Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier for their ongoing support. In addition to this we want to thank again all openSUSE members for their participation. The official results including some nice graphs can be found at https://users.opensuse.org/elections/2/result Best regards, Marko Jung (on behalf of the election committee) -- 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 43
by Jan-Simon Möller 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 43 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE Build Service Webclient Survey Started * Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 Now Available * We want YOU - for openSUSE Weekly Newsletter * People of openSUSE: Henne Vogelsang The openSUSE Weekly News is not only translated to German [1], but now also available in Russian [2] and Japanese [3]. [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/43 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/43 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/43 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/43 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/42 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 2008/10/23 16:00 UTC
by JP Rosevear 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '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: 2008/10/23 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=23&month=10&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] Reminder: G:C to Contrib Meeting today
by Bryen 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Just a quick reminder to everyone that there is a meeting today in the #opensuse-gnome IRC channel to discuss the migration of packages from GNOME:Community repository to Contrib repository and to get volunteers to participate in this great project. The meeting is today at 22:00 UTC in #opensuse-gnome channel. See you all there, the more the merrier! -- Bryen Yunashko Proud 2008 Candidate for 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] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 Now Available
by Christoph Thiel 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the availability of beta 3 of the 11.1 release. It's a few days late, but much better for the delay. Beta 3 is now available for immediate download and testing. As mentioned on news.opensuse.org, this release was delayed significantly by the power outage in Nuremberg over the weekend of October 11th. Important: Call for Testing =========================== We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta release. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. We have a page of new features specific to openSUSE 11.1 here: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 This is a definitive list of new features added into 11.1 that need testing. Please use this page to identify and test new features -- and then mark them complete when you've finished testing. See openSUSE.org/Testing for more information on Testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the openSUSE-Factory channel #on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. What's changed since beta 1? ============================ Major changes in this release include: * Live CDs for x86 and x86_64 GNOME and KDE * OpenOffice.org 3.0 * Mono 2.0 Final * Linux 2.6.27.1 (fixes e1000e issue) * CUPS 1.3.9 * Parts of 11.1 branding are now in place * Amarok 2.0 beta 2 * Banshee 1.3.2 * GNOME 2.24 Installing openSUSE 11.1 beta 3 on Mac OS X machines should work fine. Previous openSUSE releases would not write the partition table correctly to the MBR, but it should now be possible to install openSUSE on Macs more easily. KVM is broken in this release due to a kernel configuration change before beta 3. It should be working in the next release. OpenOffice.org 3.0 integration continues and should be much better in this release. The most annoying bugs with missing icons, broken dialogs, Java registration, and others should be fixed. However, a few bugs remain, and new ones have been reported. Current issues include: + KDE and GNOME integration is ignored (bnc#433076) + GNOME quickstarter does not work (bnc#434778) + localized strings are not updated from extra sources + optional packages are not really optional because the registry files are not spread correctly + the user configuration includes symlinks to /usr/share/ooo3 instead of that real files; it might be a feature but it might also cause problems in the future. + pyuno components are still not registered + Suse-puzzler.xls works only partly; e.h. "Sneaky Peak" or "About" works but the "Shuffle" does nohing. Also, pieces can't be moved by mouse. + some missing hacks from ooo-build/bin/package-ooo and older OOo.spec + missing OOo-sdk compat stuff (to build voiko..., bnc#428403) See DistroWatch [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse] for an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. Media and Download ================== The 11.1 beta is just one of the releases that will lead to the final 11.1 release. You can find the entire roadmap on the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap. Downloads are available here: http://software.opensuse.org/developer See http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror list if you want or need to select a mirror manually. Most Annoying Bugs ================== * no x86_64 LiveCDs available * no PPC ISOs available (due to Bug #431945) * Bug #432732: yast2-x11: Broken xorg.conf written during installation (GeForce 6200TC/7300LE/7300SE/Go 7300, Intel 965G/965GM, Radeon <something>, vmware). Workaround: Use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to console, login as root, init 3, sax2 -r, init 5. * Bug #436949: screensaver crashes gdm * Bug #437411: su and console login do not work. Workaround: sudo vi /etc/pam.d/common-auth and remove the pam_fp line. We will release a test update. * Bug #428963: dbus-1 session bus connection policy bug / was gnomesu. We will release a test update. * Bug #436835: sbl installed and running by default * Bug #436524: GDM autologin - somewhat broken ... * XEN does not work [a huge number of bug reports] Future Release Announcements ============================ Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to call out for future release announcements, please send an email to Zonker (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release. Thanks, and have a lot of fun! -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (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] Reminder: openSUSE project meeting - 2008/10/22 - 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '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: 2008/10/22 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=22&month=10&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_2008-10-22 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] G:C to Contrib Packagers Special Meeting
by Bryen 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

A special meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 22nd at 22:00 UTC to discuss the migration of packages from GNOME:Community repository to the new Contrib repository. Of primary focus in this meeting will be determining at what point a package in G:C will be considered ready for copying into the Contrib repository. This is an excellent opportunity for you to participate and take over maintainership of a package as it enters into Contrib. G:C will still be maintained as the "latest/bleeding edge" repository, but we need to start determining what packages are stable enough to be added to Contrib to be released with the release of the next version of openSUSE> Current Contrib maintainers, we invite you to participate in this meetinga s well to give us your feedback on the process of maintenance in Contrib. See you all there! -- Bryen Yunashko, openSUSE-GNOME Team Member Proud 2008 Candidate for 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 42
by Jan-Simon Möller 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 42 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Power Outage of most openSUSE servers * Retiring from the openSUSE Board * Status openSUSE distribution * Pascal Bleser: Packman: removing openSUSE 10.0 and 10.1 packages * Bernhard Walle: Automatic reboot with kexec NEW: The openSUSE Weekly News is not only translated to German [1], but now also available in Russian [2] and Japanese [3] language. Big thanks to all translators - let’s spread the news around the world ! [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/42 [1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/42 [2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/42 [3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/42 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/41 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 11.1 Beta3 Delayed
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hi all, openSUSE 11.1 beta 3 will be delayed by several days. We originally scheduled the release for today (October 16) but the power outage last Friday left us unable to check in packages temporarily, and pushed the schedule back by several days. We had a first build this morning and have checked in more than 20 packages to fix the most serious problems. We expect to release the third beta on Monday (October 20), or later, depending on the status of the builds on Friday. We'll give an update Friday as to the status of the next beta release. Thanks for your patience, and we look forward to your help in testing and working on openSUSE 11.1 when we release beta 3! Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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] Hack Week III winners
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

After very careful deliberation, we've chosen the winners from Hack Week III. The categories were: Best Cross-Pollination Team, First Penguin Awards, and the Best Overall Projects. The Best Cross-Pollination Team: Awards the project that connects different teams, and raises awareness of each other's work. First Penguin Award: Awards the project that goes out on a limb to try something difficult and risky… and probably fails. Named in honor of the first penguin to jump into the water when there may be predators swimming below. Best Overall Projects: Goes to the projects that the panelists thought were "best" for one reason or other. Surprisingly enough, we had a tie for first place on this one! And the winners are: * Best Cross-Pollination Team: Andrew Wafaa, for his videos of openSUSE Staff and Members * First Penguin Award: Lynn Bendixsen and Jason Douglas, for their work enabling driver upgrades for installing Windows para-virtualized drivers * Best Overall Projects: 3rd Place: Cornelius Schumacher, Frank Karlitschek, Sebastian Trueg, and Dirk Mueller for Social Desktop 1st Place Tie: Jakub Steiner, for designing a replacement for the openSUSE "headline" font, Cholla 1st Place Tie: Robert Lihm and Andreas Demmer, for their work improving the openSUSE landing page. The judges for Hack Week III were: Brady Anderson, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier, Olaf Kirch, Lars Marowsky-Brée, Hendrik Vogelsang, and Andrew Wafaa. Thanks for their time and effort judging the entries. Thanks also to everyone who participated in Hack Week. We had a lot of great ideas and work come out of Hack Week and we learned a lot about getting the openSUSE community outside of Novell involved in Hack Week. At this time, we're planning another Hack Week in the spring 2009 time frame. More details will be announced then. Have suggestions for future Hack Weeks? Please let us know! -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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] Power Outage of most openSUSE servers
by Andreas Jaeger 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Yesterday morning we had a power outage in the city area where the Nuernberg office and data center are. Power was only restored early in the morning and now our admins take extra hours to get everything running again. We're now assessing whether any damage happened and hope to have soon everything up again, I'll send another email once this is done. Affected systems include: * lists.opensuse.org - and therefore all mails * download.opensuse.org - and therefore all repositories * software.opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org - the build service * users.opensuse.org - especially for voting For details, please check also http://news.opensuse.org I'm sorry for the trouble this has caused to all of us and I'd like to thank the admins and developers that are working extra today to get everything running again! 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 -- 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 Day For Granting Franchise Votes
by Andrew Wafaa 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Phase1 of the Board Election process[0] comes to a close at 1200 UTC on 09 October 2008. That means after that time there will be no additional people eligible to vote for candidates. Franchise votes are possibly the least understood aspect of the election process, this is even after the best efforts of the Election Committee and Candidates. No one is to blame, it's just fact. So let me try once more to explain what the Franchise voting is all about. In a nutshell an openSUSE Member has the ability to grant a registered user, but not member, the privilege to vote in the upcoming Board Election. Why? Simplisticly it's to get more voters/users/contributors involved in influencing how the openSUSE project progresses. There are 2831 registered users now, but only 212 Members - so according to my bad maths that makes about 7.5% eligible to vote. That to me isn't entirely representative of the community, so in comes the Franchise vote, we members have the ability to increase that voting percentage to 15%. The catch is that the users have to have registered prior to 01 September 2008. So how do users get the franchise? Simplist way is ask a member :) Members will not be able to grant users a franchise if they have not registered prior to 01Sept08 so dont try and bluff, the system knows ;) How do you find out who is a member? Simple, go to users.opensuse.org[1] and "Browse Members[2]". From there you can get contact details for IRC nicks, etc and try and convince them that you are worthy. So please if you haven't done so, go and get your franchise and help influence openSUSE. For members that haven't given out their franchise you can "Browse Users[3]" and find someone you recognise and ask them if they would like a franchise vote. People this is *YOUR* Board that is being voted in, if you don't speak up now then you'll loose your voice until the next election! [0] - http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008#Phase_1:_Nomination_of_second_vo… [1] - https://users.opensuse.org/ [2] - https://users.opensuse.org/membership/list [3] - https://users.opensuse.org/users/browse -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME / Marketing / Board Election. openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at 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] openSUSE Weekly News, Issue 41
by Jan-Simon Möller 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 41 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * Advance notice of discontinuation of openSUSE 10.2 * openSUSE-Education 1.0 for 11.0 is Ready * openSUSE 11.1 Beta 2 Now Available * Board Election - Phase 1: Nomination of second voters * openSUSE News: Status of the e1000e Issue [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/41 Last weeks issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/40 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] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 2 Now Available
by Christoph Thiel 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

The first beta release for 11.1 was so popular, we've decided to do it again! The openSUSE Project is happy to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1 beta 2, available for immediate download and testing. Please note: * LiveCDs are being regenerated and released on Monday (Oct 6th). * Also, the x86_64 Beta1-Beta2 delta.iso is currently broken -- to be released on Monday as well. * software.opensuse.org/developer is being updated later today, for the time being browse to http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta2/iso/ * the new factory tree is available from http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/. What's changed since beta 1? ============================ Major changes in this release include: * Live CDs for GNOME and KDE [currently to big, see bnc#431900] * VirtualBox 2.0.2 * Intel e1000e status (See below) * OpenOffice.org 3.0RC2 * GNOME 2.24.0 * KDE 4.1.2 * Mono 2.0 RC 3 * Compiz 0.7.8 Please also see the 11.1 beta 1 release announcement: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/09/20/development-release-opensuse-111-beta-1… See DistroWatch [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse] for an expanded list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution. Status of the e1000e issue ========================== Our beta1 release contained a bug that would cause the non-volatile memory (NVM) of the e1000e controller to be corrupted in certain hardware combinations. This NVM is shared with other components of the system. We are still working on root-causing the issue, in close cooperation with developers from Intel and the general Linux community. In this release, the e1000e driver has been augmented with several kernel patches that prevent all of the plausible scenarios where the NVM would be overwritten. This includes a patch that enables write-protection of the NVM. In order to corrupt the NVM with this patch in place, an application or kernel module would have to undo this write protection explicitly before being able to erase the NVM. Most of these protective measures have been implemented within the e1000e driver. All tests performed so far have shown that with these protections in place, we are unable to reproduce the NVM corruption that could be seen with beta1. On some machines that were tested, a beta1 installation could lead to NVM corruption within 10-30 reboots, whereas a beta2 installation would perform 270 reboots without corrupting the NVM. Therefore, we have made a conscious decision to leave the e1000e driver enabled by default. We think with the additional safeguards in place (most of which are part of the e1000e driver), the NVM is better protected than without loading the driver. This is based on the assumption that the e1000e driver shares the NVM with other parts of the system. Nevertheless, users have the option to install beta2 with the e1000e driver disabled, by adding the following to the kernel command line when booting from the installation CD/DVD: broken_modules=e1000e This will prevent the driver from being loaded during installation, and will also add it to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, which will prevent it from being loaded automatically in the future. OpenOffice.org Packages ======================= As with the beta 1 release, the OpenOffice.org packages are still in a state of flux. Known bugs with OpenOffice.org in this release include: + the dialog to change macro security level is empty; many other dialogs are affected similar way + "help" and "from template" and many other dialogs do not have icons + the initial wizard (to select document type) is not showed + macro editor does not highlight the lines with breakpoints + macro editor does not mark the line where the code is stopped (arrow) + Suse-puzzler.xls works only partly; e.g. "Sneaky Peak" or "About" works but the "Shuffle" does nothing. Also, the pieces cannot be moved with a mouse. + some missing hacks from ooo-build/bin/package-ooo and older OOo.spec + missing OOo-sdk compat stuff (to build voiko..., bnc#428403) + parallel build problem (basic module) Call for Testing ================ We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta release. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. If you want to help testing using the standard test cases, look at openSUSE.org/Testing, and in particular see the new features specific to openSUSE 11.1: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 This is a definitive list of new features added into 11.1 that need testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. Media and Download ================== The 11.1 beta is just one of the releases that will lead to the final 11.1 release. You can find the entire roadmap on the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap. Downloads are available here: http://software.opensuse.org/developer See http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror list if you want or need to select a mirror manually. Most Annoying Bugs ================== - Bug 431900 - LiveCDs to big - Bug 431895 - http and ftp installation broken on x86_64 and ppc - Bug 431861 - beta2 PPC DVD is broken - Bug 431905 - installation over ssh does not work - Bug 431491 - openSUSE 11.1 Beta2 doesn't boot in a VirtualBox - Bug 431880 - nfs broken on beta2 - Bug 431879 - update configuration doesn't work - Bug 427102 - OpenOffice.org split is work in progress. - Bug 427923 - Distro uses openSUSE 11.0 branding. - Bug 431865 - unable to install web development pattern. Future Release Announcements ============================ Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to call out for future release announcements, please send an email to Zonker (zonker(a)opensuse.org) with any information that should be in that announcement. (Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release.) Thanks, and have a lot of fun! -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (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] Advance notice of discontinuation of openSUSE 10.2
by Marcus Meissner 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Dear opensuse-announce subscribers and openSUSE users, SUSE Security announces that openSUSE 10.2 will be discontinued soon. Having provided security-relevant fixes for more than two years, we will stop releasing updates after November 30th 2008. As a consequence, the openSUSE 10.2 distribution directory on our ftp server ftp.suse.com will be moved from /pub/suse/*/10.2/ to the /pub/suse/discontinued/ directory tree structure to free space on our mirror sites. The 10.2 directory in the update tree /pub/suse/update/10.2 will follow, as soon as all updates have been published. The discontinuation of openSUSE 10.2 enables us to focus on the openSUSE distributions of a newer release dates to ensure that our users can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with openSUSE products. This announcement holds true for openSUSE 10.2 only. As usual, SUSE will continue to provide update packages for the following products: openSUSE 10.3 (supported until October 31st 2009) openSUSE 11.0 (supported until June 30th 2010) and openSUSE 11.1 (currently in development, to be released December 2008) for a two-year period after the release of the respective distribution. 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. To learn more about SUSE Linux business products, please visit http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ . For a detailed list of the life cycles of our Enterprise Products please visit http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ and http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact SUSE Security at <security(a)suse.de>. -- Working, but not speaking, for the following german company: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- 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 Timeshift Meeting for openSUSE-GNOME this Thursday
by Bryen 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Heads up, GNOMEies, there's a new TimeShift in town! The openSUSE-GNOME Team is experimenting with a new timeshift meeting time. We regularly host our timeshifted meetings at 11:00 UTC for the first Thursday of the month. This ended up in very low attendance when we wanted to reach out to as many people globally as possible. The new timeshift will be 22:00 UTC beginning this Thursday, October 2nd. To find out what 22:00 UTC means in your area, check out the http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=02&month=10&year=2… link. Be there! -- Bryen Yunashko Proud 2008 Candidate for 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] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - October 1st, 16:00 UTC
by Stephan Binner 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is tomorrow, October 1st at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * old action items * general status report * KDE Bug Squashing Days review/planning * NetworkManager-kde4 status report and request for testing * Q&A Further items are welcome; please add them to http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10&day=1&year=20… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting happens in #opensuse-kde on irc.freenode.net. You're welcome to join and participate! -- 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 40
by Stephan Binner 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

We are pleased to announce: Issue 40 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this week's issue: * openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 Now Available * Serious e1000e Driver Issue in SLE 11 Beta 1 and openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 * openSUSE Build Service Did It! * Board Election Phase 1 Started * openSUSE Homepage Redesigned [0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/40 Last week's issue: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/39 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] openSUSE election status update
by Marko Jung 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

A bit longer than four weeks ago the board announced the first openSUSE board election. With the beginning of the next phase of the election process, I would like to give you a short status update. Since the initial announcement we raised the openSUSE member count by 50% to now 212 approved openSUSE members. I am impressed by the enormous interest in participating in our project. And we have a total of ten candidates running for a seat in the next openSUSE board: Non-Novell * Pascal Bleser * Peter Linnell * Tuukka Pasanen * Alex Rodriguez * Jakub Rusinek * Bryen Yunashko Novell * Marco Michna * Stephen Shaw * Henne Vogelsang * Federico Mena-Quintero Find platforms and contact details for all candidates in the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008#Candidates = What is next? = During the next two weeks, each of the 212 openSUSE members is able to give voting privileges for this election to another user (which is not an openSUSE member). This person should be an active contributor of the openSUSE community and needs an account at users.openSUSE.org which has been created before September, 1st 2008. The possibility to give franchise to another person is for you the perfect chance to get a friend or colleague more involved in the openSUSE project. Do not miss this opportunity and help us to get as much people as possible participating on the election! Unfortunately I used a wrong variable in the mail template for the first notification mail, the appointment of additional voters ends October 9th, 2008 at 12:00 UTC. Until ballots will open on October, 9th 2008 (12:00 UTC) we have now two weeks of campaigning, which should be mainly driven by the candidates themselves. Potentially there will be a public IRC debate with all candidates, but this is not set yet. If you are interested and have time to support us organizing it, please get in touch now! Concluding I would like to thank all candidates for standing, the openSUSE board for checking more than hundret membership requests, my colleagues from the election committee and Zonker for their great support. -- 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 2008/09/24 16:00 UTC
by JP Rosevear 25 Sep '08

25 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: 2008/09/24 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=24&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 reminder: Deadline for membership and candidates for openSUSE board election
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

Hi all, A quick, and final, reminder -- the deadline for declaring candidacy for the openSUSE board, and the deadline for requesting openSUSE membership, is Sept. 24 at 12:00 UTC. Please see the announcement on openSUSE News for the full details: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/09/17/reminder-call-for-opensuse-board-candid… Thanks, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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 project meeting - 2008/09/24 - 14:00 CEST (12:00 GMT)
by Martin Lasarsch 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '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: 2008/09/24 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=24&month=09&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_2008-09-24 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 -- 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] Serious e1000e Driver Issue in SLE 11 Beta 1 and openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

We have an important announcement regarding openSUSE 11.1 beta 1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 beta 1: The Intel e1000e driver on openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Beta 1 might have a serious issue with the potential to damage the network card in a way that it cannot be used any longer. Intel and Novell are currently working to analyze and solve the issue. For the time being: Please do NOT USE: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Beta 1 on systems with Intel e1000e hardware. Any other hardware, including systems with Intel e1000 (without -e) network cards, is not affected by this issue. We will keep you posted. Please watch news.opensuse.org and the opensuse-announce mailing list for more information. -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb(a)zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- 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 Build Service did it!
by Adrian Schröter 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

The openSUSE 11.1 beta 1 release marks a significant change for openSUSE. For the first time in 11 years, a SUSE release was not built in the SUSE internal AutoBuild service ? openSUSE 11.1 beta 1 was built using the openSUSE Build Service! AutoBuild was the first full automated system on this planet which built Linux distributions. It served us well, with reliable building of the SUSE distributions. It guaranteed that depending packages got rebuild to avoid unexpected incompatibilities, and guaranteed that a build is reproducible by setting up a complete system for each package build. (This happens around 3,500 times per full distribution build and per architecture. This results in more than 10 thousand system installations for building a openSUSE distribution once!) However, 11 years is a long time in the IT industry. New requirements are appearing and the openSUSE project in particular needed an open system, not limited to SUSE/Novell employees. The openSUSE Build Service is designed with all good ideas from AutoBuild, but as a more transparent and distributable system. We invented for example the Product Definition lately, which describes all needed information describing all openSUSE medias. The Build Service automatically creates needed packages and KIWI image build descriptions, and will create the openSUSE product flavors, like the ISO images, or installation source trees. This functionality makes it easy to rebuild the entire distribution. Together with the functionality of Build Service interconnect it makes it even possible that you can rebuild the openSUSE distribution at home. Either by recompiling it completely, replacing only a few packages, or just adding one. Projects like the Education project can use this to create their derived distribution more easily. The current status is that some of this functionality needs still manual work. We will release a new version of the Build Service as soon as we have automated it fully and integrated it well. It is now really transparent to see what state things are in, just by visiting the openSUSE:Factory project in Build Service. Everybody can also join in to fix stuff using the collaboration features. All this new transparency, flexibility, and reliability of the OBS lead to the situation that we currently switch also internally from AutoBuild to Build Service for building SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. This proves that this system is good enough for Novell as well to rely on it. Even though we need to add some more functionality and fix some more bugs. References are listed at: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/09/22/obs-did-it/ PS: Greetings to SUSE founder Burchard Steinbild, who implemented the first version of AutoBuild, which was the reason of the success of SUSE :) -- Adrian Schroeter SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG N?rnberg) email: adrian(a)suse.de -- 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 Beta 1 now available
by Christoph Thiel 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

The openSUSE Project is happy to announce the first beta release of openSUSE 11.1. openSUSE 11.1 includes quite a few improvements and new features over the 11.0 release, including new versions of KDE, GNOME, the Linux kernel, improved YaST modules, and much more! The ISOs for this release have been created using KIWI and RPMs created in the openSUSE Build Service. This caused some delay in the release of beta 1, but is part of the transition to using the openSUSE Build Service for all development of openSUSE. What's in openSUSE 11.1 beta 1? =============================== There are plenty of changes in 11.1, here are some of the most notable improvements, upgrades, and new features. GNOME 2.24 * PulseAudio improvements (PulseAudio 0.9.12) * Ekiga 3.0 * Empathy Instant Messenger based on Telepathy framework * File manager improvements, including tab support and "compact" view in Nautilus * New deskbar plugins * New screen resolution controls * Accessibility improvements * Power Manager improvement: Tab added to configure time to automatically wake from suspend/hibernate * Banshee 1.3 KDE 3.5.10 * openSUSE 11.1 will include KDE 3.5.10 on the DVD media, but moved to the "other window managers" selection. KDE 4.1.x * KWin has compositing enabled by default, testing welcome! * Amarok 2.0 beta 1 * Autohiding panels * KWin cube effect * Accessibility support * SVG support "almost everywhere" * Basic SELinux enablement: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/08/20/opensuse-to-add-selinux-basic-enablemen… New YaST Modules * Re-written YaST Printer module: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Development/Printer_Enhancement#Under_construct… * Re-written YaST Partitioner module: Testing wanted! * Re-written YaST Security module: Checks the security of your system configuration. * Cluster stack features significant usability changes and has adopted OpenAIS, an industry standard also supported by leading vendors, for its core infrastructure. See http://openais.org/ for more info. * Support for Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) -- using KIWI, users can easily create an EC2 cloud based on openSUSE 11.1. (Documented here: http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/kiwi/kiwi-head/doc/kiwi.pdf?op=file&rev=0&sc=0) * Improvements in OCFS2: Full integration with userspace cluster stack, POSIX file locking, extended attributes, and file system sizes up to four Petabytes (4PiB). * IPv6 improvements: openSUSE can be installed in an IPv6 environment and run an IPv6 Web server. * New BlueTooth features with BlueZ 4.6. Also: * Samba 3.2.3 * Python 2.6beta3 and 3.0beta3 * Linux kernel 2.6.27rc5 * Xen 3.3.1 RC * PackageKit 0.3.2 * GCC 4.3.2 * X.org 7.4 * OpenOffice.org 3.0 RC See http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse for a full list of packages and versions being shipped in the Factory distribution. Most Annoying Bugs ================== * Bug #427678: Build key ring of openSUSE-build-key missing in initrd. Workaround: hit "Import" on Public GnuPG Key error message, to import openSUSE:Factory OBS Project key. * Bug #427664: openSUSE-images missing from install media. Note: Installation will be slower. Images will be added for Beta2 * Bug #427692: Desktop selection still offers KDE3. This option will go away in Beta2, and KDE3 will be moved to "other window managers." * Bug #418585: Error: Failed to detect print queues. Workaround: Just hit OK. * OpenOffice.org has been split into new packages for 11.1beta1. OpenOffice.org should be usable, but there are a number of known bugs: + Optional packages are not really optional, because the registry files are not correctly spread over the subpackages. + Java and Python components are not registered, so wizards do not work. + Dialog to change macro security level is empty (other dialogs may be affected as well). + Macro editor does not highlight lines with breakpoints. + Macro editor does not mark the line where the code is stopped (arrow). + "Help" and "From Template" dialogs do not have icons. + Wizard to select document type is not shown. The most annoying problems should be fixed before beta2 and beta3. See the wiki for the latest on annoying bugs: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.1_dev Call for Testing ================= Please remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems. However, this release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta release. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. If you want to help testing using the standard test cases, look at openSUSE.org/Testing, and in particular see the new features specific to openSUSE 11.1: http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.1 This is a definitive list of new features added into 11.1 that need testing. To follow the testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development. Media and Download =================== The 11.1 beta is just one of the releases that will lead to the final 11.1 release. You can find the entire roadmap on the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap. Downloads are available here: http://software.opensuse.org/developer See http://en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror list if you want or need to select a mirror manually. Thanks, and have a lot of fun! -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (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 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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