July 2009 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFate 305345] Replace cups-autoconfig with hal-cups-utils
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Feature added by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Feature #305345, revision 1, last change by Title: Replace cups-autoconfig with hal-cups-utils openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In openSUSE, we use cups-autoconfig to automatically configure new printers detected by HAL. However, no other distro uses this, and hal-cups-utils seems to be the long-term solution. Switching to hal-cups-utils means easier maintenance for us. hal-cups-utils also ships the hal backend for cups that we have in cups-backends. I've packaged a new cups-backends package (without the hal backend) and a hal-cups-utils package (with the hal backend, patched like what we had in cups-backends) in home:vuntz:factory-playground. So it's all ready for testing. Note: yast2-printer makes it possible to edit /etc/cups-autoconfig.conf. We might want to keep the configuration option of /etc/cups-autoconfig.conf in hal-cups-utils. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305345

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[openFATE 306168] Wake the PC to run the task if it has been suspended.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Feature added by: Stephan Kulow (coolo) Feature #306168, revision 1, last change by Title: Wake the PC to run the task if it has been suspended. openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Scott Couston (zczc2311) Description: Increasingly we offer tasks to be run that are configured in Yast - Online Update- Apparmour reports, notifications from events etc etc. What we don't offer it an open to wake the PC from suspend to run the task if the user so desires it - I think its is not of much value to schedule any task or to set any type of notification if the user has no option to wake the PC from suspend Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set online update to run in 30 minutes time. 2. Suspend the PC. 3. We have lost our instructions to initiate any schedule by NOT offering a way or option to wake a PC from sleep. Actual Results: If the PC suspends itself is is told to suspend any scheduled task set during that period will never run. Expected Results: This is a problem as we are setting a task but don't provide a way for the task we have set to run if the PC is suspended at the time - This could easily mean that any scheduled task may never run if it is scheduled inside say.......23:00 - 04:00 Hours Dont like my luck with default priority ;-) But I think I have a valid point to leave default Severity and aim for 11.2 implementation. Relations: - In all Yast Application that we enable to run at a specific time we currently have no way to wake the PC to run the task if it has been suspended. (novell/bugzilla/id: 482678) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482678 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306168

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[openFATE 306733] Add KDE3 buildservice repository to community list
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Feature added by: Karsten König (remur) Feature #306733, revision 1 Title: Add KDE3 buildservice repository to community list openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Karsten König (remur) Description: As openSUSE 11.2 will drop KDE3 from main repositories we should make adding the KDE3 repository as easy as possible, adding KDE3 to the community repository list would be an easy way to do this and will point out the unsupported state of the repository. Use Case: * Elmar wants to keep using KDE3 as KDE4 still isn't ready for him, he doesn't mind using a seperate inofficial repository though. This will make it easy for him to add the repository at install time and select KDE3 * Karsten hangs around #opensuse-kde and after 11.2 release a lot of people come and ask how to get KDE3 and start bitching about the decission to drop it, he can now point out this easy way to add the repository and help restore order in the channel -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306733

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[openFate 305308] Installation into Windows Partition (Wubi-like)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Feature added by: Stephan Binner <stbinner(a)novell.com> Feature #305308, revision 1, last change by Title: Installation into Windows Partition (Wubi-like) openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stephan Binner <stbinner(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Wubi allows the installation of Ubuntu on a MS Windows System without changing the partition setup. Users can test-drive a Linux system without major performance loss like when using a Live-CD, have data persistence beyond reboot and an easy way to deinstall like any other application after trial. References: http://wubi-installer.org , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Having a Wubi-alike installer for openSUSE would be a great way to promote openSUSE to Windows users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305308

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[openFATE 306652] description field silently removes words in < angular brackets >
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

Feature added by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Feature #306652, revision 1 Title: description field silently removes words in < angular brackets > openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Description: angular brackets < and > should be escaped from the rich text validator, if taped in by the user. currently the validator silently removes them together with the words in them, thus crippling the text. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306652

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[openFATE 306995] make voting widget more prominent in openFATE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

Feature added by: Ciaran Farrell (babelworx) Feature #306995, revision 1 Title: make voting widget more prominent in openFATE openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ciaran Farrell (babelworx) Description: When viewing a feature on features.opensuse.org it is hard to see how you can vote the feature up or down. You can see a scorebar, but no indication of how to influence it. After viewing the Help page, I found out that "The voting widget is displayed on the upper right side of a feature. It shows the current score of a feature, and you can see a history of the votes on "toggle statistics". To give a vote, please login, and you will have the three options "down", "neutral" and "up" when hovering over the voting applet." The Help documentation is perfect - but would it not be better if the "vote up and vote down" buttons were: * directly visible without needing to hover over anything * accessible not just from the feature page itself but also when viewing a list of features sorted e.g. by score * from the dashboard -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306995

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[openFATE 306909] Implement kio_sftp with libssh
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Feature added by: Andreas Schneider (gladiac) Feature #306909, revision 1 Title: Implement kio_sftp with libssh Hackweek IV: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Andreas Schneider (gladiac) Description: The current kio_sftp implementation calls the openssh ssh binary for sftp. This is ugly and slow. It is time to replace kio_sftp with libssh's sftp implementation. This is a POSIX like API for IO. Andreas Schneider and Dirk Müller will work on this. Test Case: Whatever ... :) Use Case: Better, faster, cleaner! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306909

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[openFate 305320] Show accessed mirror(s)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Feature added by: Peter Poeml <poeml(a)novell.com> Feature #305320, revision 1, last change by Title: Show accessed mirror(s) openSUSE-11.1: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Peter Poeml <poeml(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: This concerns both YaST and zypper. It would help a lot if they would show the mirror which is accessed when downloading a package. (Technically, the download client is following redirects and the actually URL needs to be shown, not just the first URL that was contacted but that redirected to another URL) It is a long-standing problem that this information is lacking and it makes debugging and optimizing much harder than necessary, because this information is only available deeply buried in some logfile. We need this information for two reasons: 1) Debugging - to see which URL was accessed when something goes wrong, like a mirror timing out. For example, Whenever a mirror returns garbage, it takes a lot of additional time to find out which one, because all reports are lacking the critical detail, and it is usually hard to find it out later. 2) Optimizing the load sharing between different mirrors - to distinguish slow mirrors from fast ones. For example, I am very much in need of information about the situation in the US, but even though people in the US run installations for me and are willing to send me logs, I can't get this information. In reply to a question from Stano: > Do you want the information in the log or to be shown in e.g. zypper -vvv ? Shown, in normal output. It is already in some log I believe, I don't know which one exactly anymore though. Thing is, users won't be able to tell us anything useful if they weren't shown the information. And later it is not reproducible. At least in a failure situation the URLs must be shown. That alone wouldn't give us the chance to find out about slow mirrors, but at least it would allow to debug problems. Real life example #1: If a mirror is behind a firewall that lets every 10th connection stall (so the transfer hangs or the connection is reset), it usually takes weeks (!) to find out about it. But it hits virtually every user from mirrors country during the time. We have had this 4 times during the last 18 months. Real life example #2: I got feedback from someone who did a network install of openSUSE 11.0 from download.opensuse.org, located in the US. He had to let it running overnight because it took a long time. Next morning, the install hadn't even completed. YaST was hanging and waiting for somebody to hit retry. Problem is, it took us a lot of work to find out which mirror was at fault. We actually had to repeat the install, I had to follow the log and live watching his machine accessing download.opensuse.org, to see where it was redirected, and where it spent most time (while downloading some package). We found a mirror which was really slow, and I could disable it. I have a suspicion though, that we have more such mirrors, because I have got some similar reports from recently. But how to find out? People only complain about slowness, without the ability to give any useful detail. See http://news.opensuse.org/2008/09/23/upcoming-factory-changes/#comments (http://news.opensuse.org/2008/09/23/upcoming-factory-changes/#comments) for examples of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305320

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[openFate 305694] Separate Desktop / Server Kernels
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Feature added by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Feature #305694, revision 1, last change by Title: Separate Desktop / Server Kernels openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It seems to me that the current default kernels are somewhat hurting openSUSE's performance perception. Current kernel configs are OK but are not very well suited for desktop usage. In the future I would like to see a kernel package that is optimized for desktop usage. Current timer settings and no preemption really (sometimes drastically) hurts openGL performance and applications such as wine and causes alot of issues such as audio studdering. It would be nice to see a separate desktop performance kernel package with options such as Preemption model set to Preemptable Kenel (low-latency Desktop) and Timer Frequency Set to 1000 Hz, HPET support, Tickless System, disable optimize for size, disable Control Group support and disable Group CPU scheduler. You could also disable items and modules that are extremely rare in a desktop environment such as ATM support, Infiniband etc etc as these are not typically used in a desktop scenario which would be a large majority of openSUSE users. Further performance enhancements would also be done through out the system aimed at desktop use as well such as disabling barriers (even making it a simple checkmark option in the partitioner). Such optimizations for desktop usage can overcome openSUSE's reputation as being slower then the other mainstream distro's. The kernel settings alone can make up to a 30-40% increase in framerates in wine games for example and can cure alot of hiccups in multimedia apps. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305694

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[openFATE 306941] Live Per-process I/O graph similar to iotop
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Feature added by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Feature #306941, revision 1 Title: Live Per-process I/O graph similar to iotop Hackweek IV: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Description: iotop has a similar interface to top but dislays I/O data. But I/O could be spiky and it is easy to miss I/O events. Watching a real-time graph of it, would be more interesting. Also most of the time I write only C code. So I would use this oppurtunity to keep abreast modern languages like python, Java,... The iotop code which I need to refer is in python, and I would write this application in Java!!! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306941

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[openFATE 306365] iFolder support for Mobile platform
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Feature added by: Biswajeet Mahapatra (mbiswajeet) Feature #306365, revision 1, last change by Title: iFolder support for Mobile platform Requested by: Biswajeet Mahapatra (mbiswajeet) Description: iFolder for mobile -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306365

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[openFate 305680] access table contents in YaST in more ways than just by push buttons
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Feature added by: Martin Schmidkunz (mschmidkunz) Feature #305680, revision 1, last change by Title: access table contents in YaST in more ways than just by push buttons openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Schmidkunz (mschmidkunz) Interested: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) Interested: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Interested: Lukas Ocilka (locilka) Interested: Martin Vidner (mvidner) Interested: Ricardo Cruz (rpmcruz) Description: There is feedback (e.g. http://mvidner.blogspot.com/2009/01/yast-ui-table-usability.html) that users might get confused with the fact that table actions (performed on the table items) are accesible only as push buttons below the table. What users are used to from other GUI applications and what they miss in YaST UI is: a) context menu activated by right click on table item (e.g. edit/delete this item) b) more function key bindings (e.g. 'Delete' key will do the same what would pushing delete button do) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305680

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[openFATE 306913] zypper lu should show installed version of package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #306913, revision 1 Title: zypper lu should show installed version of package openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Description: It is very necessary for zypper lu to show the version of the installed packages for which updates/upgrades have been detected. This way, one will be able to see if a package has a major or minor upgrade and accordingly decide whether he wants to update it. Currently it only shows the available version, and this is insufficient information for a user to decide whether he wants the update or not. Use Case: 1) zypper lu -a from terminal 2) Upgrades for package foo detected. Installed version: 1.0.x Available version: 1.0.y User chooses not to install this minor update. 3) Upgrades for package foo2 detected. Installed version: 1.0.x Available version: 1.1.y User decides this is a big upgrade, goes for it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306913

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[openFATE 306657] Core technologies we wish to see
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: jimbo bigcreed (Dimble_ThriceFoon) Feature #306657, revision 1 Title: Core technologies we wish to see openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: This request revolves around the desire for 11.2 to implement some core technologies due out in Q3 2009 that will ensure the distribution is not obscelesent long before it is replaced by 11.3 in Q3 2010. These core technologies include: 1. Kernel 2.6.31 (due: end august/ start september). By the time 11.2 arrives in mid november the 2.6.31 kernel will already be ten weeks old, and 2.6.30 will be over six months old. 2. Xorg 7.5 / x-server 1.7 (due: mid august) By the time 11.2 arrives in mid november the x-server 1.6 will already be over six months old, and X.org 7.4 itself will be over a year old. The inclusion of X.org 7.5 and kernel 2.6.31 will keep 11.2 fresh and relevant throughout its nine month life, and prevent the perception of staleness among suse enthusiasts in 2010. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306657

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[openFATE 306654] List versions of packages in zypper displays
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Luc de Louw (delouw) Feature #306654, revision 1 Title: List versions of packages in zypper displays openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Luc de Louw (delouw) Description: It would be quite useful when having information on package versions being installed/updated etc. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306654

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[openFATE 306644] The browser link in the desktop panel should point to Firefox
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Hugo Palma (hpalma) Feature #306644, revision 1 Title: The browser link in the desktop panel should point to Firefox openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Hugo Palma (hpalma) Description: Firefox is the shown as the default browser everywhere except in the desktop panel where the link to the browser points to Konqueror. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306644

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[openFATE 306643] Include Midnight Commander on the LiveCDs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Rastislav Krupansky (ra100) Feature #306643, revision 1 Title: Include Midnight Commander on the LiveCDs openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Rastislav Krupansky (ra100) Description: According to requests on factory and kde mailing lists it would be useful for many people to include Midnight Commander on the LiveCDs by default. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-07/msg00049.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-kde/2009-07/msg00004.html -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306643

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[openFATE 306629] Install from ISO
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: jp redpos (jpredpos) Feature #306629, revision 1 Title: Install from ISO openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: jp redpos (jpredpos) Description: I could be nice to install opensuse from the .iso in other disk or partition. And boot to install with other very small iso, that could burn in a pen-usb. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306629

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[openFATE 306526] Pull needed dependencies when installing from a local file
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #306526, revision 1 Title: Pull needed dependencies when installing from a local file openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: It would be great if it would be possible for YaST? to install any necessary packages when installing something from a local file. For example: VirtualBox rpm package needs pam-devel which would have to be installed by invoking YaST first (not everyone knows what to do when they encounter a message saying that they're missing a dependency). So it would be great for YaST to pull the needed dependency or say that they are not available. This would simplify installation of many packages for new users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306526

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[openFATE 306450] Recent NetworkManager >= 0.7.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Feature #306450, revision 1, last change by Title: Recent NetworkManager >= 0.7.1 openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Description: Recent Networkmanager versions support more mobile broadband devices. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306450

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[openFATE 306230] Auto-Reset the screen settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Marcel Müller (open_assistant) Feature #306230, revision 1, last change by Title: Auto-Reset the screen settings openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Marcel Müller (open_assistant) Description: The "Bildschirmeinstellungen"(~screen settings, don't know the name in the english version, the little Monitor in the Gnome panel, where you can set the screen solution and the frequenzy) should reset the solution after 30 or 15 seconds automatically, if you don't press save. Like in Windows or SaX2. It would avoid much trouble if you choose the wrong settings. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306230

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[openFATE 305803] improve command_not_found_helper speed
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Susanne Oberhauser (froh) Feature #305803, revision 1, last change by Title: improve command_not_found_helper speed openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Susanne Oberhauser (froh) Description: In the discussion on opensuse-factory [opensuse-factory] issues with command-not-found speed (Message-ID: <20081210084607.GA2988@taygeta>), I've suggested a different approach: I'd very much prefer bash to tell me without any delay: Command not found. If this is not a typo, type "man make-it-work" for help. And then the make-it-work man page will tell you right away to run "make-it-work commandname' to locate and install the package providing fancytool. with a little practice you will go one back in history, prefix your last command with 'make-it-work ' and have fun... imho the current solution is solving a problem that doesn't really exist (pretend all software is preinstalled) and creates a new one (lag). Michal Vyskocil pointed out that such magic should at least look in /sbin and /usr/sbin and give a usefull message if the command is found there: command found in /sbin or /usr/sbin. Maybe retry as root, e.g. with 'sudo $command' -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305803

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[openFate 305658] Official USB stick images
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Stephan Binner <stbinner(a)novell.com> Feature #305658, revision 1, last change by Title: Official USB stick images openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Description: It would like to see openSUSE releases with official USB images (one with KDE, one with GNOME) next to the Live-CDs. As alternative the Live-CD images could be mastered in a way that they also can boot from USB (afaik they are not able atm) together with a small app/script to install them to USB - other distributions offer that. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305658

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[openFate 305318] Move gconf schemas to /usr
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Feature #305318, revision 1, last change by Title: Move gconf schemas to /usr openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We store gconf schemas in /etc/gconf. However, the schemas are not configuration files, but simply data. Therefore, we should move the schemas to /usr. Simply changing a line in /etc/gconf/2/path should make gconf work with the new location. Note that Debian already implements this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305318

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[openFate 305149] [Feature-request] Yast Expert Partitioner: should not require mounting "/" root partition
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> Feature #305149, revision 1, last change by Title: [Feature-request] Yast Expert Partitioner: should not require mounting "/" root partition openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Alexey Eremenko <al4321(a)gmail.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi All ! Since openSUSE 11.1 will have brand new expert partitioner, I would like to request the ability to use SUSE's partitioner for partition hard disks for other operating systems. Currently it is not possible, because SUSE requires mounting "/" root partition. In some cases I need to install third-party OSes before I install openSUSE, so I want to use SUSE flexible partitioner to partition and format the hard disk, then install the other OSes and only in the end I want to install openSUSE. -Alexey Discussion: #1: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> (2008-08-04 08:41:18) So in a nutshell you want to use the partitioner as a separate program (started from the DVD) without the other installation features like package managment. Right? #2: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> (2008-08-05 12:11:02) Not mounting "/" during installation will certainly lead to a failure so I hesitate to remove the check. But we could add a special mode with disabled checks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305149

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