September 2007 - openSUSE Factory - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse] Upgrade from RC2 to final
by Hans Witvliet 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 15:44 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > "Matt Standish" <mstandish(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > I am installing a few new machines to be used in a conference and I > > would like to show off the latest version of Opensuse. Will there be > > a way to upgrade from RC2 to the final release? > > The following worked for me: > > zypper sa ftp-distribution (once it's available) > zypper update -t package > Hi Andreas, I presume that the mentioned RC2 is an internal release? Two questions about it: on RC1 i saw that perl-DBD-mysql is not included any more As we use mysql a lot from perl-scripts, its an unpleasent surprize. Will this package be available? Second one, more or less passed on the list, the python script that launches xen-guest is not capable anymore to extract the kernel/initrd from a dom-u disk-image. That's something that was perfectly working under 10.2. otoh, when i provide initrd&kernel explicitly, i'm perfectly able to run 10.1 guests on a 10.3 DOM-0 (both 64-bit) Is this solved? I presume these are "known features @suse", thus nothing for bugzilla.... Hans

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[opensuse-factory] Some 10.3 Bug Statistics
by Francis Giannaros 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Since the DVD9s are being sent off for shipping, I thought I'd interest myself again by taking a look at some Bugzilla statistics again. So why not share? :-) Without further ado (and no double-checking)... There was a total of 6708 bugs reported; a massive 5308 of these were CLOSED/RESOLVED already (~80%). 258 of these were blockers, and 567 of them were critical.[0] 3138 are RESOLVED+FIXED. With 3258 bug reports (and the top three bug reporters), the non-Novell Community makes up 49% of all bug reports in openSUSE 10.3. 918 different people reported those bugs! 423 of them reported 1 bug report; 128 of them reported 2. 773 of them reported 9 or less. The top 10 bug reporters are: andreas.hanke(a)gmx-topmail.de 350 dcb314(a)hotmail.com 180 casualprogrammer(a)yahoo.com 177 aj(a)novell.com 165 locilka(a)novell.com 149 stbinner(a)novell.com 148 olh(a)novell.com 124 dmueller(a)novell.com 117 mboman(a)novell.com 116 holgi(a)novell.com 95 Please buy them an extra beer! Or if you really want to thank them, cider ;-). ahanke hasn't reported anything for over 4 months (where are you!). 300 different people or teams had bugs assigned to them. The bug with the most duplicates[1] is Bug 240922[2], with 18. Beta 2 had the most bugs filed against it,[3] taking 873 of the total. 100% of the votes say openSUSE 10.3 is an awesome release 8). That's all for now :-) [0]For a run-down on the severity of others, see: http://tinyurl.com/3dadqw [1] http://tinyurl.com/2wa46b [2] Enable "array subscript is above array bounds" gcc warnings? [3] http://tinyurl.com/2j3rwe Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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Ad: [opensuse-factory] EVMS in 10.3
by Birger Kollstrand 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

> EVMS has caused us too much trouble and is not maintained upstream > anymore, so we disabled it for 10.3 as well, Is EVMS a dead project? We use it on SLES10.1 servers at work, it's not good news if EVMS disapears... cu / birger.... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] USB Live Images
by Stephan Binner 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Hello, from http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Status_Meeting_2007-08-01/transcript <coolo> we're currently discussing if we provide USB live images too What was the result? There seems to be interest (see news.o.o comments). Bye, Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] DVD of 10.3
by Basil Chupin 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Can someone please tell me when the DVD of GM10.3 will be made available? (GM on the other media is now already available.) Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] yast2-mail enhancement
by Miquel A. Noguera 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

It will be great yast2-mail was able to setup an imap-server + webmail access. Now, all needed packages (apache2, imap-server, squirrelmail) are provided, but there are some configuration steps yast2 can't perform: * Setup system to use Maildir format, solvable with following /etc/procmailrc: LOGFILE=/var/tmp/procmail.log MAILDIR=$HOME VERBOSE=yes DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ ORGMAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME * Configure apache2 to follow symlinks (for access www.our-server.net/webmail instead www.our-server.net/squirrelmail) Solution, edit default-server-conf and add: Options FollowSymLinks * Generate Maildir boxes for each created user + /etc/skel maildirmake Maildir (in each created home + skel) Thanks Miquel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] From factory to 10.3
by Miquel A. Noguera 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Hi, all. As 32bit Factory is actually working so fine for me, I'm thinking about to turn it my new production server. Could be right enough to switch to stable on-line repos when available or do you recommend me a 10.3 clean install instead? Thanks. Miquel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] kdar / backup software?
by David Strozzi 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Hi, I have install opensuse 10.3 RC1. I can't find kdar, in the dvd, factory, or buildservice. I'm a little surprised. dar and libdar are there. I liked the gui interface that kdar provided. Is there some 'preferred' backup tool in 10.3? Thanks, David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] VirtualBox on 64bit
by Francis Giannaros 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Can anyone verify that VirtualBox works and runs on 64bit? I spent a large amount of time trying to get it working for a user, and they seemed to be doing everything right: * kernel module was loaded * user was in the vboxusers group ...but it still produced the "not in vboxusers group or module not loaded". They tried the .run on virtualbox.org and it worked fine there. I tried to pressure him into a bug report but I don't think he'll file one (that was yesterday), so I'll ask here. :-) Similar problem perhaps to bug 309089. Kind thoughts, -- Francis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-factory] Optimizing the package manager
by Kevin Valko 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Saw this brilliant post from Marcus Meissner about speeding up the package management stack (link: http://marcusmeissner.livejournal.com/13428.html ) I tried this myself, and saw a dramatic improvement. I've used openSUSE 10.3 since Alpha 5 or so, and I guess all the refreshes of factory and KDE4 cluttered the cache files, because when I ran the steps above it pretty much cut my file sizes in half and Yast package management once again ran as fast as when I initially installed 10.3. I also posted it on suseforums.net for feedback, and it seems to be positive. I understand that factory refreshes place a non-standard "load" on the package manager, and that most users of 10.3 Final will not be placing as high a load on the package manager, but if this addresses a flaw that is intrinsic to the way zypper and rpm operate, is it worth maybe creating a standard script via cron job that "cleans" the package manager on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, whatever) ? I'm really, really impressed with the improvements to package management for 10.3, and I think the vast majority of existing users will be as well. I'm just wondering if we can cut down potential problems in the default install, without relying on pointing to a page in the wiki for de-cluttering the package manager after time ? Maybe I'm missing something and this won't wind up being an issue at all, but my own experience and the feedback I've received indicates otherwise. Is this something that will already happen, or is it worth opening a feature request for? Cheers, KV --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help(a)opensuse.org

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