Czech Packagers Team meeting minutes 2008-06-19 =============================================== Present: anicka, anosek, jmatejek, lmichnovic, mkudlvasr, mmarek, mvyskocil, nadvornik, prusnak, puzel, sbrabec Minutes: anosek Topics: (1) Scout released (2) Spec file wizard (3) Opera 9.5 (4) RPMs E-shop (1) Scout released ================== The first public version of Scout was released. It is a simple tool which allows user to look for (not yet installed) packages using simple queries. For example, which autoconf macros does the package contain, which Java classes are present inside or what binaries does the package provide. Scout packages are available in openSUSE BuildService in home:prusnak:scout project. Look at the introduction[1], installation instructions[2] and demonstration video[3] to get the idea. The next step is to add support for ZYPP repositories (sat-solver files), so user could use query for binaries (even in the BuildService repositories) without installing any index data and to link this feature with bash so it will suggest installing packages automatically when command is not found. This is not going to happen before ZYPP bindings for Python (python-zypp) are fixed[4], unfortunately. [1] http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/?p=10 [2] http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/?p=15 [3] http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/?p=20 [4] http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391831 (2) Spec file wizard ==================== Mmarek improved the buildservice spec file wizard to generate better spec files for perl and python modules. He's discussing some technical difficulties (e.g. how to implement unpacking uploaded tarballs on the API) on the mailing list (3) Opera 9.5 ============= Lmichnovic has done security update of Opera web browser to the latest 9.50 release. Updated packages will be available through online update also for older openSUSE versions. This Opera release fixes in addition to security fixes also non-working flash plug-in and introduces native 64-bit build. (4) RPMs E-shop =============== We discussed an idea of having a web based E-shop which would offer RPM packages. These would have a short description and could be put in various categories. "Customers" would also become a suggestion what other packages users usually download with selected one. The implementation could reuse some opensource e-shop engine. It could be a nice project for Hackweek. Any volunteers? Status reports: mmarek - improving the bs wizard, discussing further steps on the ml - minicom bug #398370: turned out to be a kernel issue puzel - gpg: closed [bnc#147400] - fetchmail: enabled kerberos support - closed [bnc#353817] - gpg: investigating how system-wide ulimits are set - needed by [bnc#329675] - no succes yet, mailed to ulimit maintainer - kopete cryptography plugin: tested [bnc#337988], works for me, probably INVALID - waiting for feedback from reporter - osc: reported [bnc#401288] - parted: testing [bnc#397210], need info from reporter sbrabec Created tool to extract brand comments. Created OBS project branding:artwork:example and first packages there. Discussion of RPM problems. Comparing openSUSE and Fedora scriptlets. inkscape: Splitting package in a smart way instead of large dependencies, Recommends and runtime error (bnc#394748, bnc#271758, bnc#370334). Installing openSUSE 11.0, testing and reporting bugs. Re-consolidation of GNOME:STABLE in OBS from openSUSE 11.0. Branding: gnome-menus: Working on branding-ability. branding of gnome-scrensaver, xscreensaver, xlockmore: Research on Fate #301475, implementing for xscreensaver prusnak - scout released - http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/?p=15 - started to rewrite command-not-found to use scout as its backend * cannot be done until python-zypp is fixed - Xfce stuff: * ristretto: updated to 0.20.0 * thunar-svn-plugin: updated to 0.0.2 * xfce4-dict: created package for 0.4.0 * xfce4-mount-plugin: updated to 0.5.5 * xfce4-places-plugin: updated to 1.1.0 * xfce4-radio-plugin: updated to 0.3.1 * xfce4-screenshooter-plugin: updated to 1.1.0 * xfce4-task-manager: updated to 0.4.0 anicka - openssh: investigating #398250 - updating perl modules - puppet: investigating how this software works - reading sources of AJ's hackweek project for generating stats for openSUSE anosek - patched and submitted openVAS packages into abuild - built audacity from cvs - fixed cscope #398268 - extended memory of my computer mvyskocil - return from vacation and reading e-mails - continue of work on Java:test (a jtreg and jtharness packages for openSUSE) - work on scout (get a latest copy, investigate source code, talk with prusnak about usefull functionality and wrote a support for Perl/Python modules) lmichnovic Installed openSUSE 11 final. Reported some bugs. Doing some translations of openSUSE to Slovak. Updated hdparm to version 8.9 in my Build Service home repo. Update of hunspell in Factory. Solving some compilation problems with upstream. Update of Opera to version 9.50 for maintained distributions, because it fixes some security issues. Fixes bnc#400367, bnc#204729, bnc#336213 Investigating failing flash plugin in Opera 9.50 on my machine. _______________________________________________ Pack mailing list Pack@suse.cz http://mailman.suse.cz/mailman/listinfo/pack --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org