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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE on IBM z Systems now building Factory in Ports Project
by Berthold Gunreben 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

openSUSE Factory now builds for the IBM z Systems architecture in a special ports project called openSUSE:Factory:zSystems. == Goal == This project is targeted to improve the integration of z Systems technology into the openSUSE distribution. This is done by several means: - it allows the openSUSE community to actively work on a distribution targeted for z Systems like LinuxOne Emperor and LinuxOne Rockhopper. - build issues can be found much earlier than during SUSE Linux Enterprise release cycles. - new features can be integrated without having to wait for service packs. - allow customers to participate in the base development for future SUSE Linux Enterprise products. == Status == The project openSUSE:Factory:zSystems has been setup several weeks ago as a new project in the Open Buildservice. The packages in this project are inherited from openSUSE:Factory. Most of the packages already build without issues. This project now has been made publicly accessible. Find the current status of the project at https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Factory:zSystems == Communication == The port of openSUSE:Factory to z Systems is a new project, and thus still needs some work on documentation. A wiki page has been created to start with, and it will be expanded as needed. Find the entry point to the wiki at: https://en.opensuse.org/ZSystems For communication like status, development question etc. a mailing list has been setup. To subscribe to this mailing list, use the web interface found at: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-zsystems For more immediate communication, an IRC channel has been prepared on freenode.net: irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-zSystems Note, that there is a lot of documentation available for the openSUSE Buildservice, that is applicable for this project as well. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Berthold Gunreben OPS Services Team http://www.suse.de/ Maxfeldstr. 5 SUSE Linux GmbH, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE 13.1 has reached end of SUSE support - 13.1 Evergreen goes on
by Benjamin Brunner 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Hi all, with the release of systemd on February 3rd, 2016 the SUSE sponsored maintenance of openSUSE 13.1 has ended. openSUSE 13.1 is now officially discontinued and out of support by SUSE. openSUSE 13.1 now will be continued to be maintained by the Evergreen community team. Their wikipage is on http://en.opensuse.org/Evergreen, please check it out for more information. Here are some statistics: openSUSE 13.1 was released on November 19th 2013, making it ca. 26 months of security and bugfix support. Some statistics on the released patches (compared to 12.3): Total updates: 1242 (+331) Security: 617 (+148) 469 Recommended: 619 (+179) Optional: 5 (+4) Feature: 1 (0) Fixed CVE-entries: 2312 (+730) 1582 Fixed Bugs (overall): 3029 (+1167) 1862 A huge thanks to our awesome packagers, community and all involved people, who made the next great release possible! Also a special thanks to the Evergreen-team which keeps 13.1 alive! Your maintenance- and security-team -- Benjamin Brunner <bbrunner(a)suse.com>, SUSE MaintenanceSecurity SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE board election 2016 results
by Martin Pluskal 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Hello it is my pleasure to announce results of openSUSE board elections [1]: - we had 147 people voting - number of votes for candidates: Tomáš Chvátal 105 votes Bryan Lunduke 89 votes Gertjan Lettink 89 votes Manu Gupta 51 votes Efstathios Iosifidis 49 votes Thus new members of board are Tomáš Chvátal, Bryan Lunduke and Gertjan Lettink who will replace Andrew Wafaa, Bruno Friedman and Robert Schweikert. I would like to use this opportunity to thank all members for voting, candidates for standing for elections and last but not least Bruno, Andy and Robert for doing great job while serving in openSUSE board. Have a lot of fun Martin Pluskal 1. https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/pluskalm/49480/opensuse-board-el…

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[opensuse-announce] openSUSE board 2015/2016 election is now open for votes
by Martin Pluskal 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi since today, all members of openSUSE can vote for candidates for openSUSE Board: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/pluskalm/49480/opensuse-board-el… Canditates are following: + Bryan Lunduke * + Manu Gupta + Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht + Tomáš Chvátal, a.k.a scarabeus_iv * + Efstathios Iosifidis As allways, each openSUSE member has THREE VOTES. Candidates marked with a (*) are SUSE employees. The election period ends at 2016-02-01 and results will be announced at 2016-02-02 In case of any questions, feel free to ask at election-officials(a)opensuse.org. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal

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[opensuse-announce] 10 days left for Board Candidates
by Andrew Wafaa 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Aloha all Geekos, This is a gentle reminder that you have only 10 days left to notify the community of your intention to run for the openSUSE Board. If you would like to run but aren't sure what's involved, please reach out to any of the existing Board members and they'll be happy to help with info. A reminder of the key details: 1/ 2015-12-07 (Phase 0) * Announcement of the openSUSE Board election for 2016. * Start of 3 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote or candidate). * Start of 3 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. 2/ 2015-12-27 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2015-12-28 (Phase 1) * Start of 4 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-18 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-01-30 [1] * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-01-31 * Announcement of the results If you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce[1] your candidacy. If you know someone who you would like to see on the board, feel free to contact the election officials team ad propose your candidate. Only openSUSE members have the right to run for a board seat, except if they are in the Election Committee. To stand for a position in the openSUSE board please send a mail to * opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org AND * election-officials(a)opensuse.org In the application candidates should write a short introduction of themselves and probably a short manifesto/platform/program that gives answers to these topics: ALL openSUSE members[2] are eligible to vote. If you are a contributor of openSUSE but you are not a member yet, apply for membership now[3] and be a part of the changes to come. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal [0] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Int… [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_officials#Process -- 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] Announcing the openSUSE Board election for 2016
by Andrew Wafaa 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

It's that time of year when we (openSUSE members) need to elect representatives for the openSUSE Board [0] This year, there will be 3 seats to be elected, all for a standard 2 year (24 months) term : - Andrew Wafaa, Bruno Friedman and Robert Schweikert seats all need filling. Due to busyschedules, it was very difficult to start the election process until today. The openSUSE Election Committee is aware that running elections during Christmas period is not the best period, with many people being away from their computer. Therefore, in agreement with openSUSE Board chairman and current board, openSUSE Election Committee is extending all current board member terms by 1 month and announce the election schedule: 1/ 2015-12-07 (Phase 0) * Announcement of the openSUSE Board election for 2016. * Start of 3 week period to apply for an openSUSE membership (in order to vote or candidate). * Start of 3 week phase to stand for a position in the openSUSE Board. 2/ 2015-12-27 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2015-12-28 (Phase 1) * Start of 4 week campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-18 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-01-30 [1] * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-01-31 * Announcement of the results If you want to participate in the openSUSE board and influence the future direction of the project please stand up and announce[1] your candidacy. If you know someone who you would like to see on the board, feel free to contact the election officials team ad propose your candidate. Only openSUSE members have the right to run for a board seat, except if they are in the Election Committee. To stand for a position in the openSUSE board please send a mail to * opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org AND * election-officials(a)opensuse.org In the application candidates should write a short introduction of themselves and probably a short manifesto/platform/program that gives answers to these topics: ALL openSUSE members[2] are eligible to vote. If you are a contributor of openSUSE but you are not a member yet, apply for membership now[3] and be a part of the changes to come. openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal [0] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Phase_0:_Notification_of_Int… [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members [3] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Membership_officials#Process -- 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] Two months Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 13.1
by Marcus Meissner 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Hi folks, With the release of openSUSE Leap 42.1 last week the SUSE contributed support for openSUSE 13.1 is coming to an end in 2 months, around January 5th 2016. However ... the Evergreen community team is planning to pick up maintenance of 13.1 after this date, so openSUSE 13.1 will be maintained for a longer time! Also for future planning: openSUSE 13.2 will be supported until 2 months after the release of Leap 42.2, which is probably in around one year. The Leap team has so far not fixed the date of this release. For openSUSE Leap we are still planning the lifetimes currently, but it will be at least 2 years (2 yearly releases + 2 months), or potentially longer. Ciao, Marcus for the openSUSE Maintenance team

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Re: [opensuse-announce] Re: [opensuse-factory] openSUSE Leap 42.1 is RELEASED
by Ken Schneider - openSUSE 08 Nov '15

08 Nov '15

On 11/08/2015 07:12 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 06/11/15 00:02, Marcus Meissner wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 03:36:39PM +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: >>> On 05/11/15 03:29, Richard Brown wrote: >>>> The wait is over and a new era begins for openSUSE releases. >>>> Contributors, friends and fans can now download the first Linux hybrid >>>> distro openSUSE Leap 42.1. Since the last release, exactly one year >>>> ago, openSUSE transformed its development process to create an >>>> entirely new type of hybrid Linux distribution called openSUSE Leap. >>>> >>>> Version 42.1 is the first version of openSUSE Leap that uses source >>> >from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) providing a level of stability that >>>> will prove to be unmatched by other Linux distributions. >>> [rest pruned] >>> >>> >>> Right, so it has now been released into the wilds of the IT jungle. >>> >>> But I do note that the announcement wasn't even sent to the 'main' >>> openSUSE list called opensuse(a)opensuse.org where every man and his >>> dog go to find information. >>> >>> There is also mention of Tumbleweed - which raises another good >>> question: will Tumbelweed ever come out of the closet and be given >>> the proper respect it deserves or will it be still only be whispered >>> about in the mystic land called FACTORY and the only time 'we' will >>> hear about TW is when an announcement is made that a new "snapshot" >>> - worth 4.4GB of data - has been released? (Mention Tumbleweed in >>> HELP and you will get a clip behind the ear from Patrick - or will >>> this now change? :-) .) >> Tumbleweed is a rolling release and so ... there will not be >> huge leaps for Tumbleweed, just continuous rolling ;) > > Just like that great song, "Ol' Man River, He just keeps on rollin' > alon' .....". Only a fool would continue to download the entire DVD for every release, are you the fool BC? That's what zypper dup is for! > > >> And it is not 4GB of data every snapshot, its way less. Exactly. Just this morning I upgraded TW and only needed to download 142 packages included a couple dozen from packman. Far, far less then the 4.4G you suggest. >> >> Ciao, Marcus >> > > BC > > Please Basil, stop all of the negativity you are spouting on the lists, I believe many on the lists are getting very tired of it. With all of the problems you are reporting the main problem is starting to look like it lies somewhere between the chair and the keyboard. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- 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 Leap 42.1 is RELEASED
by Richard Brown 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

The wait is over and a new era begins for openSUSE releases. Contributors, friends and fans can now download the first Linux hybrid distro openSUSE Leap 42.1. Since the last release, exactly one year ago, openSUSE transformed its development process to create an entirely new type of hybrid Linux distribution called openSUSE Leap. Version 42.1 is the first version of openSUSE Leap that uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) providing a level of stability that will prove to be unmatched by other Linux distributions. Bonding community development and enterprise reliability provides more cohesion for the project and its contributor’s maintenance updates. openSUSE Leap will benefit from the enterprise maintenance effort and will have some of the same packages and updates as SLE, which is different from previous openSUSE versions that created separate maintenance streams. Community developers provide an equal level of contribution to Leap and upstream projects to the release, which bridges a gap between matured packages and newer packages found in openSUSE’s other distribution Tumbleweed. Since the move was such a shift from previous versions, a new version number and version naming strategy was adapted to reflect the change. The SLE sources come from SUSE’s soon to be released SLE 12 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The naming strategy is SLE 12 SP1 or 12.1 + 30 = openSUSE Leap 42.1. Many have asked why 42, but SUSE and openSUSE have a tradition of starting big ideas with a four and two, a reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Every minor version of openSUSE Leap users can expect a new KDE and GNOME, but today is all about openSUSE Leap 42.1, so if you are tired of a brown desktop, try a green one. Thank You to everyone who helped make this big Leap a success Have a lot of fun, and get thinking about how we can make Leap 42.2 even better :) Regards, Richard Brown openSUSE Board Chairman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-announce+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-announce+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-announce] Leap Freeze Point
by Douglas DeMaio 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Hi all, this story was published yesterday - https://news.opensuse.org/2015/08/05/the-weekly-review-tumbleweed-and-leap/… A few takeaway items you might all be interested in regarding Leap. 61 upgraded packages were in the last snapshot and about a handful were fixes made for Leap. The roadmap for Leap will likely be published next week. It looks like the release of Leap will be on Nov. 4 at 14:00 UTC, but some other things need to happen before we confirm Nov. 4 officially as the release date. An important date that can be mentioned about Leap right now is Sept. 20. This is the tentatively the freeze point for items to be included in the Leap Beta. Artwork for Leap like Grub, Plymouth or other items can be submitted through github by cloning the Leap-42.1 branch in openSUSE branding and submit a pull request to @sysrich. A branch was also started for Tumbleweed, so anyone wanting to advance the visual appearance of both openSUSE distributions is welcome (links in the article). All the best Doug -- 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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