November 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310609] Yast2 log search
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #310609, revision 1 Title: Yast2 log search openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The system log viewer in Yast2 should allow searching and filtering the log. Use Case: My Connexant HSF (http://www.conexant.com/) modem driver is down since the latest kernel update (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00003.html) and I was asked by Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf) support to identify the previous kernel. So I opened /var/log/YaST2/y2log (file:///var/log/YaST2/y2log) in Yast2 System Log window and I tried to look for kernel , but there is too much to read there and no search or filter function. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because the system logs are long and it is tedious and time-consuming to review them in whole when you are looking for something specific. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310609

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[New: openFATE 308437] zypper search in package content
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Michal Vyskocil (mvyskocil) Feature #308437, revision 1 Title: zypper search in package content openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Vyskocil (mvyskocil) Description: Zypper search should be extended to search also in a filelist of package, which can make webpin or package pin obsolete. zypper search --search-content gpm.h Will return all packages matching 'gpm.h' string in a filelist. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308437

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[New: openFATE 309007] Add more scientific packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #309007, revision 1 Title: Add more scientific packages Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Right now, openSUSE have quite few "scientific packages". We have freemat on Education, xmgrace ... and a few more. But, for example, octave is only on Packman and SciDAVis is nowhere (for 11.2 at least). There are no packages for Scilab either, nor for PAW... Use Case: A physicist (or engineer) working on University that needs a good Linux distro for his/her work. Nowadays, even if openSUSE is more stable and reliable than fedora, the scientist will choose the later because its larger set of scientific packages. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To give openSUSE more presence on universities and research centers at "final user" level. Now openSUSE and its derivatives are found in clusters to run simulations (I've seen some of them) with ad-hoc programs, or in supercomputers, but not in the office computer for the single researcher. With its focus on stability, openSUSE could be the perfect "scy distro" but the few "heavy duty" scientific packages available is against this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309007

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[New: openFATE 309345] View lisf of files in not installed package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Adam Mizerski (etamPL) Feature #309345, revision 1 Title: View lisf of files in not installed package openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Adam Mizerski (etampl) Description: In YaST package manager it's possible to view list of files of package that is installed. But it's not possible for not installed ones. This should be possible to do without downloading all packages, because lists of files are written in ARCHIVES.gz in YaST repos and repodata/filelists.xml.gz in YUM repos. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309345

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[New: openFATE 308434] Add Ubuntu-like software center to support 1-click install/uninstall
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: 嘉樺張 (iamchiahua) Feature #308434, revision 1 Title: Add Ubuntu-like software center to support 1-click install/uninstall openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: 嘉樺張 (iamchiahua) Description: A software manager support 1-click install/uninstall is more suitable for novice. They just need to know the software, rather than the package. The original package management is reserved for advanced users. Ubuntu software center is a good idea to support the following two features. #305582: Off-Line one click install (MSI for Linux) #305305: 1-click uninstall(MS Uninstaller for Linux) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308434

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[openFATE 307942] change YaST PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT beavier from EXIT to RESTART
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Feature #307942, revision 1 Title: change YaST PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT beavier from EXIT to RESTART openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Description: YaST actually looks to crasch after an installation is end. according to /etc/sysconfig/yast2 # The summary dialog is always displayed when an installation error has occured. so set that value to summary is un-useful, since the only time i need to read a summary is when something fail. i think the best way is just to do as any other package manager i used on debian/ubuntu, mandriva, fedora. just go back to "package search/selection" screen. that means set the value PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT="restart" -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307942

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[New: openFATE 309504] Update dhcpcd to 5.2.2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: ron neilly (rjneilly) Feature #309504, revision 1 Title: Update dhcpcd to 5.2.2 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: ron neilly (rjneilly) Description: Upgrade from dhcpcd v3.2.3.x, which is in openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3-Factory, to v5.2.2. It seems that we are using a very old dhcpcd that has many issues, some that won't be fixed because they are addressed in more recent releases. So why not upgrade to a current version? v5.2.2 was released on March 31, 2010. v3.2.3 was released over two years ago on Feb 25, 2008 If this can't make it into 11.3 then put on the list for 11.4 Cheers, Ron -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309504

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[openFATE 306917] Improvements to restricted-multimedia codecs installer
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #306917, revision 1 Title: Improvements to restricted-multimedia codecs installer openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Description: At the moment the execution of opensuse-codecs-installer leads to a rather unnerving chain of events for beginners starting with the webpage. http://software.opensuse.org/codecs?client_version=10.3.1&lang=en_GB.UTF-8&… 11.1 (x86_64)&kernel=2.6.27.23-0.1-default&gstreamer=gstreamer-utils-0.10.21-3.13& The request is to either have a different implementation of codec-installer itself (for example, clicking the search for codecs button on the codec installer automatically starts a one-click-installer for installing required multimedia packages), or improve the codec-installer website to make things easy (reduce number of clicks required to just 1 or 2) and trivial (ie. no decision-making about fluendo/community, etc). Use Case: New user (openSUSE virgin ;) , i.e., any MAN or WOMAN who hasn't used openSUSE yet, possibly only has used windows till now) tries to play an mp3 file. Then the following sequence starts: 1) Codecs-installer pops up. 2) User clicks on install codecs (preferably call it restricted-multimedia support). 3) Browser opens, shows up website with version of opensuse and desktop environment detected. 4) User clicks to start one-click installer. 5) Installatin completes, user retries playing mp3 file, it works, user happy. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306917

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[New: openFATE 310228] TouchScreens support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hammed RAMDANI (hammed) Feature #310228, revision 1 Title: TouchScreens support openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Hammed RAMDANI (hammed) Description: Will be mandatory for many pcs like HP TouchSmart products -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310228

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[openFATE 308043] Use Open Video drivers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #308043, revision 1 Title: Use Open Video drivers openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: It would be very desirable if the open video drivers (nouveau, ati and intel) were used by default BUT in the presence of the closed drivers (as we know they still have a better quality and allow 3d operations) switch to them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308043

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[openFATE 308017] Show languages at first in booting from instalation DVD/CD or Live CD
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308017, revision 1 Title: Show languages at first in booting from instalation DVD/CD or Live CD openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: In booting from Ubuntu Live CD, language selection is the fist task. Can OpenSUSE do this too in Live CD or in installation DVD/CD? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308017

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[New: openFATE 310357] user settings on installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Feature #310357, revision 1 Title: user settings on installation openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Description: on during the installation process on step "create new user" is doing "Automatic Login" per default on. Even its a laptop and the laptop pattern is choosed from yast automaticly. it would be a little bit more secure for new user who not know what that means to make that not as default. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310357

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[New: openFATE 310855] Gnome Environment
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Konstantinos Koudaras (warlordfff) Feature #310855, revision 1 Title: Gnome Environment openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Konstantinos Koudaras (warlordfff) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi I often hear complains from users about the Gnome Environment,not its ability to work but the design of that,people love the 2 bar on Gnome Environment and I was thinking if we could change it on the upcoming 11.4. The currently Gnome menu is not usable enough.At list you can change that and make it more like Mint. I know its really easy for a user to make that change but those are the things that attract users,especially the new ones. Kostas 'warlordfff' Koudaras Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because it will make the openSUSE Gnome environment more desirable -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310855

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[New: openFATE 310300] Create sensible start pages for browsers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Wolfgang Rosenauer (wrosenauer) Feature #310300, revision 1 Title: Create sensible start pages for browsers openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Wolfgang Rosenauer (wrosenauer) Description: The current start page for browsers is http://www.opensuse.org/. In my opinion the current content is not useful as a startpage which is kept by people. I would find a very small page with a possibility to search the net useful like the following examples: * http://www.google.de/firefox * http://start.ubuntu.com/10.04/Google/ * http://start.fedoraproject.org/ I don't want to promote Google but it's still the most popular search engine and what people mainly use. As part of this possible change I'd like to have an offline start page which can be loaded (at least) in Firefox when the machine is offline. Can people come up with something like that? Just an index.html with some more files probably installed in a location where other browsers can pick it up as well. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310300

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[New: openFATE 310320] documentation on howto set up wireless on opensuse
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #310320, revision 1 Title: documentation on howto set up wireless on opensuse openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Add to documentation a chapter on howto set up wireless on opensuse covering - software rpm needed to be installed - setting up a wireless connection - testing your wireless connection - encryption - troubleshooting why wireless is not working - monitoring your wireless connection Thankyou Glenn. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310320

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[New: openFATE 309002] Ship openSUSE without xine
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Axel Braun (DocB) Feature #309002, revision 1 Title: Ship openSUSE without xine openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Axel Braun (docb) Description: ...instead offer the installation from packman by default. The suse-build of xine and some other multimedia stuff is crippled due to some licensing 'restrictions'. So with the standard suse installation it is fairly impossible to watch a simple .avi, as I just learned yesterday again after upgrading to KDE 4.4 As a consequence, no multimedia shuld be shipped with openSUSE. Instead, an installation from the packman repository should be offered for this, as packman stuff is known to work. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309002

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[New: openFATE 308930] Restricted Drivers Manager
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stratos Zolotas (elksi) Feature #308930, revision 1 Title: Restricted Drivers Manager openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stratos Zolotas (elksi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Restricted Drivers Manager (similar to Ubuntu's) for installing proprietary drivers especially for graphics cards. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Installation of binary graphics cards drivers should be more quick and simpler that the usual PMS approach. Also unreleased drivers (like it happens for the new version of Ubuntu) should enter the alpha and beta testing period. It will be a nice feature to provide updates for this drivers as well, through the same Restricted Drivers Manager. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308930

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[New: openFATE 308388] Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308388, revision 1 Title: Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: Ubuntu system's one nice tool: always notificates and proposes to install firmware and proprietary drive. OpenSUSE should also! Now, for example, openSUSE installs b43-fwcutter, but don’t inform, that I need to run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. Now OpenSUSE installs nv, but It would be nice to automatically notificate about possibility to install proprietary nvidia driver -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308388

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[New: openFATE 310811] Enable touchpad "tap click" by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Feature #310811, revision 1 Title: Enable touchpad "tap click" by default openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) Description: It seems in SUSE 11.3 the default setting was changed so that the touchpad no longer accepts tapping to click. At first I thought I had a driver issue or something was messed up. This is silly since everyone expects tapping the touchpad to result in a click, not to be ignored. One of the issues I think people have coming over to linux or even seasoned users such as myself is annoying or silly defaults. Right after installing SUSE I go through and change a load of settings, obviously much of which is user preference, but I have to be believe most settings I change to what people expect. Regardless enabling tapping on the touchpad is something we need. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310811

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[New: openFATE 310819] Install Grub to MBR by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Armin Herbert (armher) Feature #310819, revision 1 Title: Install Grub to MBR by default openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Armin Herbert (armher) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When installing openSUSE 11.3, right before copying the files to disk, one gets to choose where to install Grub - on a partition or in MBR. Installing on a partition is the default. This leaves users who didn't manually enable this option with a fresh installation of openSUSE and no way to boot it, short of editing a boot cd's grub command line by hand and restoring it with YaST from the running system. It's a common mistake, for unexperienced users as can be observed on FreeNode:#suse, as well as for people who install openSUSE a lot but from time to time forget this option. Installing to MBR should be the default way to install Grub. Alternatively, provide a better UI that makes choosing mandatory and explains the consequences. A third way could be to check for an existing Windows boot manager which is capable of booting Linux. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We don't want new users who took the time to install openSUSE to be left with no way to boot their freshly installed OS. We want to support their curiousness and their courage to make this step should not be disappointed at the second time they boot. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310819

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[New: openFATE 310649] Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Feature #310649, revision 1 Title: Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As described here https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 and discussed also here https://features.opensuse.org/309257 Selecting the kernel-desktop during a minimal-server-install lead to more works for admin. Can we just adjust the pattern, to select the kernel-default if 64bits install, or the kernel-pae if 32 bits. Test Case: See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Providing this smart choice to our advanced and/or admin users we show them that we understand what they want. "A minimal server text based install" Otherwise, the label is just wrong, isn't it ? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310649

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[New: openFATE 310885] Use flash-player square for x64 instead of 10.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: vincent lejeune (vlj) Feature #310885, revision 1 Title: Use flash-player square for x64 instead of 10.1 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: vincent lejeune (vlj) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Adobe released some weeks ago a new version preview version of its flash plugin codenamed "Square" (a preview of the 10.2 plugin version, that is to be released next year). Unlike stable 10.1, this plugin has a native 64 bits version. As experienced by some users, this preview version is more stable that the latest stable one on 64bits OS in some situation ; on the other hand, using a native x64 plugins would allow to get rid of every 32bits package that are installed "just for" flash player, and which waste disk place. It would be nice, as OpenSUSE 11.4 will ship in Q1 2011, to have a "package" that provides flash square (with classic EULA notification) for 64bits version of opensuse instead of flash 10.1. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310885

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[New: openFATE 308491] Open as root
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Feature #308491, revision 1 Title: Open as root openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Description: Right click on a file --> open file as root. user then enter root pasword. I really like to open files as roots without going to the terminal and typing command lines. Can you please make this happen. I saw this feature in linux mint and it is really helpfull. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308491

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[New: openFATE 308510] Reducing power consumption
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Quentin Denis (queden) Feature #308510, revision 1 Title: Reducing power consumption openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Quentin Denis (queden) Description: It is time for (SUSE) Linux to go green and to extend battery lifetime of laptops. I discovered these patches [1] some times ago, are they all implemented? Please do a lot more progress in powersaving! This is a general request for future releases of any kind (update, package, distribution upgrade, ...) kind regards, Quentin [1] http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308510

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[New: openFATE 310229] Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #310229, revision 1 Title: Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G. openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Description: My suggestion is to add write support on NTFS partitions, being a regular user (not root). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310229

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[New: openFATE 308692] support keyboard layout switching in initrd
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #308692, revision 1 Title: support keyboard layout switching in initrd openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: When using an encrypted root partition only plain ASCII characters are possible as passphrase. International users may want to also use special characters though. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547923 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308692

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[New: openFATE 309257] kernel choise during installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stefan Schäfer (flacco) Feature #309257, revision 1 Title: kernel choise during installation openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Schäfer (flacco) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since openSUSE 11.2 the special desktop-kernel is installed as default kernel during installlation. As its name says, this kernel ist optimized for desktop installations. I would prefer to choose my prefered kernel during the system installation. Alternativ the kernel choice could be combined with the choise of the desktop system. KDE,Gnome,XFCE = kernel-desktop minimal grafic, text-based server installation = kernel-default / kernel pae Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The most of my openSUSE installations are server-installation ;-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309257

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[New: openFATE 309840] Supress verbose messages after Grub
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: Anshul Jain (anshuljain) Feature #309840, revision 1 Title: Supress verbose messages after Grub openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Anshul Jain (anshuljain) Description: In the current bootsplash scenario, after we select the kernel version (or by default starts to boot with the only available kernel), it gives a brief 3-4 second verbose message on the screen.. something on the lines of "Uncompressing Kernel...<and the kernel options parameters>". It then proceeds to the bootsplash screen of openSUSE that we're all familiar with. This is elegantly supressed under Ubuntu through a patch called quiet.diff. I've added this patch to the grub SRPM and successfully built and installed it on my laptop (its available in my OBS at :- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/anshuljain/openSUSE_11.2_Up…). I'd appreciate if the official maintainer of Grub can add this patch so that the boot can be a lot more elegant than what it is right now. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309840

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[New: openFATE 310666] More modern sound theme for KDE4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: Otso Rajala (daedaluz) Feature #310666, revision 1 Title: More modern sound theme for KDE4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Otso Rajala (daedaluz) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Let's face it: the default soundscape provided by upstream KDE4 release is far from ideal. Majority of sounds in it are too long (default login/logout sounds, anyone?) and they do sound very old-fashioned (plain piano) while desktop itself is the most advanced available. I propose that we adopt some of the other, more modern sounding open licence sound schemes around to fix this issue. My personal favourite from OpenDesktop.org is Feather sound set, fail.wmv omitted completely, incoming_call.wmv cut in half with Audacity and used as login sound and finally opening.wav used as logout. http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php/Feather+Sound+Set?content=90916 I welcome every suggestion into this discussion. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It provides the whole desktop enviroment with a much more modern feel while requiring minimal amount of work to alter upstream release. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310666

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[openFATE 307769] remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID and edit Exec on YaST2 .dekstop files
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Feature #307769, revision 1 Title: remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID and edit Exec on YaST2 .dekstop files openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: All YaST .destop files in /usr/share/applications/YaST2 use the "X-KDE-SubstituteUID" to make them running as root. X-KDE-SubstituteUID is a KDE only "workaround" for that only KDE is supposed to be able to understand. Really, also GNOME as very famous DE understand that. All the others DE like XFCE, LXDE, Icewm and so on do not understand that (and they are not supposed to do that) so they run all yast2 modules as NON root user. all that Desktop files should edit their exec line and maybe remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID exactly as has been done with /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop into yast2-control-center package. /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop content: [Desktop Entry] X-SuSE-translate=true Type=Application Categories=Settings;System;SystemSetup;X-SuSE-Core-System;X-SuSE-ControlCenter-System; Name=YaST Icon=yast GenericName=Administrator Settings Exec=/usr/bin/xdg-su -c /sbin/yast2 #OnlyShowIn=KDE;GNOME; #X-KDE-SubstituteUID=true X-KDE-RootOnly=true X-KDE-System-Settings-Parent-Category=system X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KCModule Encoding=UTF-8 as you can see use /usr/bin/xdg-su -c in Exec line, made the .desktop file DE independent Test Case: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540627 Use Case: any user running a DE different that KDE/GNOME will run al yast2 modules as non root user with all the warnings/errors that came from that Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: That will increase openSUSE usability for users running a different DE like XFCE and LXDE, and will be a great step to have that feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307729 perfectly working -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307769

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[New: openFATE 310668] run pulseaudio server with 'flat-volumes=no'
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Feature added by: robert spitzenpfeil (robert_spitzenpfeil) Feature #310668, revision 1 Title: run pulseaudio server with 'flat-volumes=no' openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: robert spitzenpfeil (robert_spitzenpfeil) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I listen to music while writing... and every single time I change songs a hilariously loud POP is almost killing my ears. This is annoying and painful. What's also annoying is that with 'flat-volumes = yes' the master volume is changed to the loudest individual stream. If a rogue application should choose to up the volume, my ears get fried (headphones !) Personally I think the purpose of having a master volume slider is to limit the max volume to avoid this kind of crap, which is totally nullified by 'flat-volumes = yes' ! Proposal: use 'flat-volumes = no' as the default in '/etc/pulse/daemon.conf'. I think the user is clever enough to handle the volume sliders himself. And only because Vista or W7 fiddles with the master volume in this _sick_ way, we don't need that as well. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. play a song 2. increase the volume for the app. using pavucontrol or with the app. itself 3. master volume is pushed up as well Expected Results: The user should be the _only_ one messing with MASTER VOLUME. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: With 'flat-volumes=yes' it is possible to get permanent hearing damage if unexpected volume surges are forced into the user's ears! Again with this feature enabled _any_ application that uses pulseaudio can set the master volume to 100%. That might be tolerable with a stereo system with a manual volume knob, but on a laptop + headphones this is close to a criminal assault. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310668

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[New: openFATE 308401] Opensuse netbook edition
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #308401, revision 1 Title: Opensuse netbook edition openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Description: The growing demand for netbooks, has made several distributions of Linux, to create a specific version for these computers. The creation of a version with moblin, with gnome, and kde would be a big step. and also enter a specific kernel for these computers, including drivers and kernel patches to improve stability of the distribution. This would include a change in the interface in both gnome and kde, and both of these projects have packages to improve the interface little displays -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308401

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[openFATE 306896] Zypp-proxy - A proxy cache server for zypper updates
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Feature added by: Alex Tsariounov (tsariounov) Feature #306896, revision 1 Title: Zypp-proxy - A proxy cache server for zypper updates Hackweek IV: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alex Tsariounov (tsariounov) Description: This project will create zypp-proxy which is a server proxy used for caching update packages that are used by machines on the local network on a locally designated host machine that acts as a proxy to the openSUSE updates repositories. The project is similar in function and requirements to the Debian project apt-proxy, details of which can be found here: http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/ This project is useful for those who run many local (both physical and virtual) openSUSE machines and like to keep them up to date with updates; however, they do not wish to waste bandwidth for downloading the same updates over and over to all local machines whether when keeping exisiting machines up to date, or building new machines and having to re-download all updates yet again. For some people, simply mirroring the entire openSUSE updates repository is sufficient to provide local network updates; however, for most, since they do not use near as many packages as that repository provides, doing this simply wastes disk space. These people will find zypp-proxy most useful. Both server and client setup will be quite simple. The server will use the public openSUSE updates repositories to check for updates. The clients will point to the local server (the proxy) machine for updates rather than the public servers. When a client requests an update, the zypp-proxy server first checks if the public server has a more up to date package that what it has cached locally. If the public server doesn't, then zypp-proxy serves the locally cached package. If the public server does have a more up to date package, then zypp-proxy first downloads it to its local cache and then serves it to the client. How many old versions of packages to keep will be a configurable. The first implementation will support openSUSE 11.1 only, with support for other openSUSE releases following suit. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306896

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[New: openFATE 309540] Create Saxon9 Package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Feature added by: Thomas Schraitle (thomas-schraitle) Feature #309540, revision 1 Title: Create Saxon9 Package Package Wishlist: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Thomas Schraitle (thomas-schraitle) Description: Currently we have only Saxon 6.x and Saxon 8.8. It would be useful, if we could add this package as it is under Mozilla licence. The latest version brings some bug fixing and some other improvements. Relations: - The XSLT and XQuery Processor (url: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309540

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[openFATE 306234] allow to resize unformatted partitions and logical volume
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Feature #306234, revision 1, last change by Title: allow to resize unformatted partitions and logical volume openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Thomas Wouters (twouters) Description: Allow to resize unformatted partitions and logical volume with YaST. Relations: - Unable to resize unformatted logical volume (novell/bugzilla/id: 479561) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479561 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306234

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[New: openFATE 309642] Hacking NetwotkManagement plasma applet
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Feature added by: Alexander Naumov (Alexander_Naumov) Feature #309642, revision 1 Title: Hacking NetwotkManagement plasma applet Requested by: Alexander Naumov (alexander_naumov) Description: Trying to create a better support for wifi in NetworkManagement ;) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309642

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[openFATE 307884] Yafaray instead of Yafray for Blender
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Feature added by: Rene Bernhard (rebe) Feature #307884, revision 1 Title: Yafaray instead of Yafray for Blender Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Rene Bernhard (rebe) Description: Hello. As the Yafray render engine for Blender is not longer developed I apreciate if you would replace it with the Yafaray render engine in one of the next openSUSE versions. Or maybe it is possible to make a package for the repositories to download. Thank you very much for your efforts. Best regards rebe -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307884

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[New: openFATE 308839] performance: prompt early on failure ...
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

Feature added by: Michael Meeks (michael_meeks) Feature #308839, revision 1 Title: performance: prompt early on failure ... Buildservice: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Michael Meeks (michael_meeks) Description: For local builds, osc has an unfortunate habit of doing a large amount of work, before failing very late. For slow building or leaf packages this can be excessively painful - wasting an "overnight" build slot eg. Many of the checks that we currently do in the middle, should be moved to the beginning (or perhaps just duplicated there). Some examples I have fallen over: * prompt-user-to-re-build-jail - this currently happens after any new packages are downloaded - a process that can take as long as the building. We can know that a jail was dirty before we start & warn then; if we even need dirty jails [cf. fate#308837# ] * simple RPM syntax problems - could be linted ahead of time, currently done after jail construction. + we should catch in particular: missing / mis-named files + mis-applied / not-applied patches + anything else obvious that we can catch Doing this early - while the human is watching is likely to hide long pipeline stalls, and context switching overhead for packagers. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308839

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[New: openFATE 309362] Re-implement Download on Demand (DoD) feature
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309362, revision 1 Title: Re-implement Download on Demand (DoD) feature Buildservice: Done Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: The DoD features was dropped for 1.7. LinuxFoundation has re-implemented it in a cleaner way for 1.8 release. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309362

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[openFATE 305838] Integrate ReviewBoard in Buildservice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Feature added by: Klaas Freitag (kfreitag) Feature #305838, revision 1, last change by Title: Integrate ReviewBoard in Buildservice Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Klaas Freitag (kfreitag) Description: ReviewBoard is a code change review system. It should be considered to integrate it to the openSUSE Buildservice infrastructure to ease collaboration. It might be an option that submit requests to packages can be handled in the review board. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305838

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[openFATE 305914] PAC support for 'system wide proxy configuration'
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Feature added by: Dominique Leuenberger (dimstar) Feature #305914, revision 1, last change by Title: PAC support for 'system wide proxy configuration' openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dominique Leuenberger (dimstar) Description: The distribution now contains libproxy and we should try to make as much use of it as possible. A big advantage is the ability to parse PAC (Proxy AutoConfiguration) without the need for this in every application. Simply linking against libproxy with it's very simple API (3 API calls, 2 without parameters) is enugh to have the advantage of no longer needing to 'guess' what proxy to use. What is now: - You can set in yast / proxy a general proxy to be used (http://foo.proxy.com:1234) This is bascially put into http_proxy envvar. In gnome you can set user proxy configuration as: - Use System Proxy (as configured in yast) - Use proxy configuration (static, same options as in yast) - Use automatic proxy configuration script Yast lacks the option to specify a PAC script on system wide level. This is only possible in the user sessions configuration. This made sense as most applications don't know how to handle pac files anyway. But with libroxy, this hurdle can be taken away from every single application and can thus be offered. I'm glad to elaborate on questions; I'm sure there are some :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305914

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[New: openFATE 310712] Constantly usable Factory
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Feature added by: Christoph Obexer (cobexer) Feature #310712, revision 1 Title: Constantly usable Factory openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Christoph Obexer (cobexer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I recently read about the Debain CUT project, ( http://cut.debian.net/ (http://cut.debian.net/) , http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut/ (http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut/) ) looking at the current situation with openSuSE Factory i see that it is dangerous to use, unstable alpha or beta packages come into Factory all the time, while other packages become out of date. The result is a system that is pretty much unusable. Only allowing stable packages to enter Factory would make that a lot better, and if one finds bugs chances are that those bugs aren't already fixed in a newer svn/git snapshot, but are real bugs. This would save a lot of time for testers and developers in dealing with "invalid", or "temporary" bugs. I think that a robust, "stable" Factory would lead to more people using it full time and thus a better quality of the next openSuSE version. I see that this would have negative aspects as well, but i think most devel projects have unstable/testing repositories set up already and those could still contain the snapshots of upcoming versions, testers of those specific projects could use tose repositories then. Doing a release of openSuSE would be easier then too, simply snapshot Factory, and declare it as openSuSE $VERSION. The transition from the current state to a "constantly usable Factory" would be smooth too. And it's also in line with the openSuSE vision, stable rather than bleeding edge. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: More users using Factory -> better stability of Factory -> better stability of openSuSE $VERSION -> openSuSE back where it should be - the Linux for professionals. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310712

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[New: openFATE 309700] Advanced uninstall/Rollback support in package management, zypper
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Feature added by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Feature #309700, revision 1 Title: Advanced uninstall/Rollback support in package management, zypper openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Description: # Zypper install evolution This will install say 13 packages, evolution and its dependencies including evolution-data-server etc.... #zypper remove evolution This will remove only evolution. Leaving the dependencies installed. The 12 packages are left installed. Instead provide an easy way to rollback/uninstall all those packages using say a transaction-id from the history. So that, say we have foo.rpm which needs bar.rpm #zypper install foo #zypper remove foo will not leave bar installed in the system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309700

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[New: openFATE 309070] Allow auth
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309070, revision 1 Title: Allow auth Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Desirable Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Implement authentification plugin for api which allows authentification against remote http web server. This may need changes in session handling. We want to use this plugin and setup for opensuse.org and connect api.o.o and build.o.o directly to internet without iChain proxy. Discussion: #1: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) (2010-02-23 12:06:04) Tom, we need your expertise here, what is possible with rails and what makes sense. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309070

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[New: openFATE 310233] skip repo update when installing packages with zypper
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

Feature added by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Feature #310233, revision 1 Title: skip repo update when installing packages with zypper openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Description: When installing a new package with zypper etc. everytime you run zypper, repos get updated and the user has to wait. Because a general user needs several extra repos, this waiting time always seems to be too long. Why not running 'zypper ref' as a low priority task after startup/time intervall has passed and give the used immidiate access to install a software package? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310233

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[New: openFATE 310176] Switch to sssd for LDAP/Kerberos authentication
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Feature added by: Ralf Haferkamp (rhafer) Feature #310176, revision 1 Title: Switch to sssd for LDAP/Kerberos authentication openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Ralf Haferkamp (rhafer) Description: Because of the various issues we face with nss_ldap/pam_ldap (see e.g. bug#477061, bug#157078 and others) and because of the added value sssd gives us (e.g. offline support, integrated kerberos support). We should change yast2-ldap-client to configure sssd instead of nss_ldap/pam_ldap/pam_kerberos. sssd packages are already available for 11.3. We still need to add support for it in pam-config. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310176

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[openFATE 306370] Support request creating and accepting from remote packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #306370, revision 1, last change by Title: Support request creating and accepting from remote packages Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Important Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Submit requests should be supported when using a remote project/package as source. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306370

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[New: openFATE 309188] Don't require keytab file for kerberos authentication
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 May '15

26 May '15

Feature added by: Todd R (TheBlackCat) Feature #309188, revision 1 Title: Don't require keytab file for kerberos authentication openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Todd R (theblackcat) Description: In openSUSE, when using kerberos it requires that a keytab file be available for things like kerberized nfs. However, not all kerberos servers are set up to provide keytabs. Someone using openSUSE cannot access these resources using kerberos at all, as far as I have been able to find out. It would be nice if openSUSE removed this requirement, or at least made it user-configurable whether to require it or not. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309188

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[New: openFATE 310710] Integrate the functionality of "fusermount -u" into umount
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '15

18 May '15

Feature added by: Reinhard Max (rmax) Feature #310710, revision 1 Title: Integrate the functionality of "fusermount -u" into umount openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Reinhard Max (rmax) Description: It is confusing that FUSE mount points need a different command to unmount them than everything else. Historically FUSE had to bring its own command, because traditional umount refuses umounting of mounts that are not in /etc/fstab for non-privileged users. But now that FUSE has become mainstream, I think it is time to integrate it better and get rid of the need for "fusermount -u". So my proposal is to either add the implementation of the "fusermount -u" functionality to mount, or let it execute "fusermount -u" as a subprocess for FUSE mountpoints. As root can already use umount for FUSE mount points, it probably doesn't need more than skipping the /etc/fstab test when umount is called on a FUSE mountpoint that is owned by the calling user. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310710

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[New: openFATE 309320] integrate mailinglist subscription with opensuse account
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '15

18 May '15

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #309320, revision 1 Title: integrate mailinglist subscription with opensuse account Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: [I know Buildservice as product is wrong but there's no opensuse.org] With my novell/opensuse account I can use the build service, wiki, lizards, fate, hermes etc all with one login. In order to subscribe to mailinglists I have to confirm my mail address for each list individually though. It would be more user friendly to optionally allow to log into lists.opensuse.org with my account (reusing the cookie for the other services) and subscribe to lists via mouse click, without extra email verification. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309320

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[New: openFATE 310854] We fail at...
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '15

18 May '15

Feature added by: Alex Bars (alexdbars) Feature #310854, revision 1 Title: We fail at... openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alex Bars (alexdbars) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Sorry, can openSUSE throw out that message on installation about: "As required by US law, you represent and warrant that you: (...) c) will not export, re-export, or transfer openSUSE 11.3 to any prohibited destination, entity... d) will not use or transfer openSUSE 11.3 for use in any sensitive nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or missile technology end-uses... " Why must not to be used by militaries, if the license is GPL? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310854

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[New: openFATE 310872] We fail at...quality control
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '15

18 May '15

Feature added by: Verner Kjærsgaard (vernerliga) Feature #310872, revision 1 Title: We fail at...quality control openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Verner Kjærsgaard (vernerliga) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Dear Sirs, - I've been with SuSE since v7 or so. I make my living from Novell/openSuSE products. - it distrubs me everytime I sense a slight lack of quality control in the product(s). I use SLES10/11 for professional deployments - if I can... Many times SLES10/11 will lack libraries that are needed for running various common web-applications. Thus giving me no choice but to leave SLES(n) and go for a stripped down openSuSE installation that works... On the openSuSE side, it disturbs me that (using the KDE desktop) the Knetworkmanager or whatever it's calles these days is still not stable or plain just functioning. If one thows Ubunto at just about any laptop, the wireless just works. In openSuSE, not so. Or is not stable or is not quite polished. This should be corrected. In general I'm left with a feeling that in stead of more features one should concentrate on getting the present ones to work properly :-) Media is still a problem. How come that Ubuntu will show live-tv, openSuSE will not. Not so disturbing to me, I can fix it. But when I'm plugging openSUSE to friends...it becomes an issue. The YaST interface to CUPS isn't quite there yet although much improved over the last couple of versions :-) I wish I could contribute, alas, my programming skills are not goog enough. Sorry. Anyhow, I'm still with Novell/SUSE and I'm planning to stay. Best regards, Verner Kjærsgaard Denmark Novell Certified Linux Professional. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310872

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[New: openFATE 310661] better facility to search for bugs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '15

18 May '15

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #310661, revision 1 Title: better facility to search for bugs openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Description: openSUSE has really no bad bug support. However non-Suse users can never enfruit the benefits of openSUSE`s qa because there is no good way to search for bugs. This is even a problem for anyone who wants to check whether a problem is already reported before reporting it himself. I believe openSUSE could gain a lot of users by a better bug search. Bug reports do often contain solutions to common problems. If bugs are findable they will become linked and will thus be found more often by Google instead of the standard Ubuntu-threads talking around the hot pap. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310661

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[openFATE 308151] https://features.opensuse.org/ needs user friendly CSS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '15

17 May '15

Feature added by: Felix Miata (mrmazda) Feature #308151, revision 1 Title: https://features.opensuse.org/ needs user friendly CSS openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Felix Miata (mrmazda) Description: Details: 1-inadequate contrast many places. #000 on #FFF is only too contrasty for people with improperly adjusted displays. For those with correctly adjusted displays, and old displays with brightness and contrast already set to maximum anything less is easily too little. #363636 is marginal, #666666 much too light, for reading comfort with properly adjusted displays. 2-textarea and input fields reject keyboard cut & paste, and mouse operated cut & paste leaves unwanted extra newlines and unexpected focus location 3-fonts most places are too small. example: #main_content_wrapper and .medium-font should result in medium font, which is 1em, not 64% of medium, which is the usual physical result of font-size: .8em. 10pt, the size set on div.feature, is usually about 69% of the physical size of the most common browser default, not very friendly. Most knowlegeable web stylists know that sizing text in pt is a bad idea, as it and px totally disregard users' font size preferences. Font size references: http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/font-size http://tobyinkster.co.uk/article/web-fonts/ http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/fontsize.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/top-10/ http://www.cameratim.com/personal/soapbox/morons-in-webspace -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308151

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[New: openFATE 308338] Media Portal
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '15

17 May '15

Feature added by: Gerrit Mackor (itbgjm) Feature #308338, revision 1 Title: Media Portal Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Gerrit Mackor (itbgjm) Description: Hello, It would be nice to see a media portal add-on for openSUSE. Besides supporting pretty much every image, video and audio format, it would be handy if this application can also be a vidoe recorder, recoding directly to hard disk. The ability to play DVD, HD-DVD, BlueRay and possible future formats sould also be part of the standard package. Playing streaming video would also be a big win. For some ideas have a look here: http://www.team-mediaportal.com/about_mediaportal.html (http://www.team-mediaportal.com/about_mediaportal.html) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308338

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[New: openFATE 309964] Request for updating attribute
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 11 May '15

11 May '15

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309964, revision 1 Title: Request for updating attribute Buildservice: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Developer: (Novell) Description: Extend request mechanism to set an attribute (in a project or package). Request can get accepted by people who have write permissions for the attribute -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309964

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[New: openFATE 309289] Add opendedup
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Simon Palmer (simonpalmer123) Feature #309289, revision 1 Title: Add opendedup Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Simon Palmer (simonpalmer123) Description: Support for http://www.opendedup.org/ out of the box would be great. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309289

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[New: openFATE 309481] Add an RPM that provides the Perl module TAP::Harness.pm
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Bart Van Assche (bvassche) Feature #309481, revision 1 Title: Add an RPM that provides the Perl module TAP::Harness.pm openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Bart Van Assche (bvassche) Description: Currently there is no openSUSE RPM that provides the Perl module TAP::Harness.pm, although this module is very convenient for running unit tests. $ perl -e 'use TAP::Harness;' Can't locate TAP/Harness.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at -e line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. See also TAP::Harness (http://search.cpan.org/~andya/Test-Harness-3.21/lib/TAP/Harness.pm) for more information. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309481

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[New: openFATE 309735] Nautilus usability and look
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Olli Tuominen (otuominen) Feature #309735, revision 1 Title: Nautilus usability and look openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Olli Tuominen (otuominen) Description: Include nautilus elementary to improve usability and look. https://launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309735

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[New: openFATE 309383] php5-mssql
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Phillip R Strauss (Pstrauss) Feature #309383, revision 1 Title: php5-mssql openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Phillip R Strauss (pstrauss) Description: Please upgrade / maintain to the latest build like php5-mysql Thank you in advance -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309383

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[New: openFATE 309631] PHP5-MSSQL
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Phillip R Strauss (Pstrauss) Feature #309631, revision 1 Title: PHP5-MSSQL Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Phillip R Strauss (pstrauss) Description: It make sence to have "php5-mssql" available to match the existing factory-build version. This will ensure that anyone that want to test connectivity to MS-SQL can do so without having to go through the trouble of trying to build a package themself or waiting for months for a new update. Apache and PHP are frequently updated mainly to solve security issues but the existing PHP build still reflects 5.3.1 Other beta-distributions are including it and there for becomes more popular. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309631

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[New: openFATE 309843] tnftp
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #309843, revision 1 Title: tnftp Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Description: Please replace lukemftp with tnftp . From: Luke Mewburn <lukem(a)netbsd.org> Hi Krzysztof, This was fixed in just before I renamed lukemftp to tnftp in February 2003. Pleaes consider upgrading the OpenSUSE lukemftp package to tnftp, available from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tnftp/ Numerous improvements have occurred since lukemftp 1.5 (which was released in October 2000 -- almost 10 years ago! cheers, Luke. Test Case: say man ftp Is: SYNOPSIS [-AadefginpRtvV] ... Should be: SYNOPSIS ftp [-AadefginpRtvV] ... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309843

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[New: openFATE 309965] Provide munin
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Feature #309965, revision 1 Title: Provide munin Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Description: Currently munin (http://munin.sourceforge.net) is only available through packman and OBS (and the OBS version is old). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309965

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[New: openFATE 310742] Wing ide python
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '15

08 May '15

Feature added by: Roelof Wobben (snowman1967) Feature #310742, revision 1 Title: Wing ide python Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Roelof Wobben (snowman1967) Description: Hello, I like to have the free version of Wing IDE in Suse. This because it one goofd IDE with a debugger and so on. Roelof -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310742

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[New: openFATE 310530] Ease of install like Ubuntu
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Feature #310530, revision 1 Title: Ease of install like Ubuntu openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Description: I would like to see the same installation flexibility for SUSE as is available for Ubuntu. SUSE uses a wonderfully polished installer, however, the following features are either missing or I am not informed on how to use the following, which I think would be a great addition to SUSE distro and suse studio for the average or even small business user. 1. Install option as a Windows Application like Ubuntu; and, 2. Install easily onto a USB drive using utilities like Ubuntu and Fedora provide; 3. Create the SUSE Studio to look like the installer so that it easier to choose packages as if you were actually installing SUSE and then add the additional customizations needed. 4. Provide a backup utility like remastersys that works on SUSE providing a rebuild of a live cd for backup or distribution to friends, family, or colleagues. I think these 4 implementations would increase the flexibility of SUSE installations, customization, and distribution. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310530

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[New: openFATE 310084] fast boot - wizard
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: Michał M (mmichal_90) Feature #310084, revision 1 Title: fast boot - wizard openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Michał M (mmichal_90) Description: I think some of green-users (like me) don't know what they can turn of in run levels to make they computer boot faster. So little wizard with only a few questions then press ok and computer boot faster :D. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310084

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[New: openFATE 310891] ease amazing presentation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Feature #310891, revision 1 Title: ease amazing presentation Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: in opensuse 11.4 why not incluyed ease ? ease is a sofware for presentations the best in gnu/linux but no exist packages for opensuse. images http://www.muylinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Ease2.jpg http://www.muylinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Ease3.jpg http://www.muylinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Ease4.jpg -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310891

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[New: openFATE 310724] netsniff-ng
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: Daniel Borkmann (danborkmann) Feature #310724, revision 1 Title: netsniff-ng Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Daniel Borkmann (danborkmann) Description: netsniff-ng is is a free, performant Linux network sniffer for packet inspection. The gain of performance is reached by 'zero-copy' mechanisms, so that the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernelspace to userspace. For this purpose netsniff-ng is libpcap independent, but nevertheless supports the pcap file format for capturing, replaying and performing offline-analysis of pcap dumps. Furthermore we are focussing on building a robust, clean and secure analyzer and utilities that complete netsniff-ng as a support for penetration testing. netsniff-ng can be used for protocol analysis, reverse engineering and network debugging. http://netsniff-ng.org -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310724

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[New: openFATE 309192] Provide Bugzilla Server rpm
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: Hemant Mohan (hemantm) Feature #309192, revision 1 Title: Provide Bugzilla Server rpm Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Hemant Mohan (hemantm) Description: Please provide Bugzilla server (http://www.bugzilla.org) packaged for Opensuse. Bugzilla is a very frequently used tool for development projects. In case Opensuse is being used as a server for any development activity, then Bugzilla server i a desired tool. Thanks, Hemant -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309192

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[New: openFATE 309503] Beautiful one-click-install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 01 May '15

01 May '15

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #309503, revision 1 Title: Beautiful one-click-install Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: Garrett made a great <a href="http://ux.suse.de/~garrett/public/hackweek/oneclick/mockups/oneclick-mockup…">mockup</a> for a much more beautiful one click installer some time ago. It would be great to get this implemented. I think it could be done with a small Qt application which uses libzyppe or PackageKit or something like that as the backend to do the actual installation. I won't be able to spend much time on it, but Will said he might be interested. Maybe also one of the YaST guys could join, e.g. Michael Andres. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309503

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[openFate 305356] 802.1x authentication on wired network using YaST via wpa_supplicant
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Feature added by: Marius Tomaschewski <mt(a)novell.com> Feature #305356, revision 1, last change by Title: 802.1x authentication on wired network using YaST via wpa_supplicant openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Marius Tomaschewski <mt(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Some networks using 802.1x authentication on metallic Ethernet and I think it would be cool have a possibility, handle this connection type using YaST. The major problem to support this is that the wpa_supplicant is in /usr/sbin; it seems also to be difficult to move it to /sbin because of all the libs the wpa_supplicant is using. What would be required, is to extent the "supported_on_localfs" function to check this and start the interface in remotefs flow when 802.1x is enabled. That is, using remotefs on 802.1x authenticated interfaces would be not possible -- same as with NetworkManager. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305356

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[New: openFATE 310149] Optimize power consumption while running on battery
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Feature added by: Andreas Demmer (ademmer) Feature #310149, revision 1 Title: Optimize power consumption while running on battery openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Andreas Demmer (ademmer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently, openSUSE 11.3 does not much to preserve my battery while being unplugged. Intel's powertop came up with many good suggestions that cut the power consumption on my laptop in half! It would be quite a good idea to make the powersave profile do a little bit more than just dim the screen and throttle the CPU. Other suggestions: * turn bluetooth off, radio is always a battery eater * reduce USB polling * enlarge write cache * ...do other things that reduce wakeups to a minimum Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Mobile usage is more and more a key scenario. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310149

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[openFATE 306752] Login by fingerprint
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Feature added by: Frank Helbo (fhc) Feature #306752, revision 1 Title: Login by fingerprint openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Frank Helbo (fhc) Description: Many laptops today comes with fingerprint readers. I even got it working in openSuSE 11.0, but it was a bit complicated. Why not enable this feature by default and have et integrated in the About me dialog, soo you can scan you finger just like changing password? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306752

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[New: openFATE 310778] Project Bretzn app-store to be integrated into opensuse 11.4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Feature added by: jimbo bigcreed (Dimble_ThriceFoon) Feature #310778, revision 1 Title: Project Bretzn app-store to be integrated into opensuse 11.4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: http://news.opensuse.org/2010/10/26/from-the-developer-to-the-user-and-back… Purpose: 1) Make it easy for developers to release an application 2) Make it easy for developers to market and for users to learn about that application 3) Make it easy for users to install the application Project Bretzn consists of three parts: the building of the package, the publishing of the application, the marketing to the users and the feedback cycle back to the developer. The building part consists of plugins for IDE’s and integration with Build Services and using Lubos Lunak’s OBS Generator (http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/4177) (yes, still looking for a new name (http://michal.hrusecky.net/index.php/blog/show/kde-obs-generator-is-looking…) ) to automatically generate cross-platform build files. Publishing sends the app to a variety of App Stores and then markets it through announcing it on Facebook, Twitter, via a RSS feed and the Social Desktop (http://socialdesktop.org/) . Finally, users can provide feedback by rating the application and commenting on it, by writing bug reports and send messages to mailing lists or forums. And all of that with one click (well, maybe a few more). Status: Over 70% of the work is done already and the team is aiming to ship in December. They are working with other openSUSE developers to make a proof-of-concept App Store for openSUSE using OBS and the other integration which will hopefully ship in the upcoming openSUSE 11.4 release. This sounds like the kind of thing we want! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310778

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[openFATE 305913] support package installation by supplements in YCP
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Feature #305913, revision 1, last change by Title: support package installation by supplements in YCP openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Description: Allow installation of package by supplements in YCP. Currently yast2-storage has a list of packages required for certain filesystems. This list could be removed since filesystem packages include a supplements . Relations: - mail on yast-devel (url: http://lists.opensuse.org/yast-devel/2009-02/msg00033.html) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305913

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[openFate 305099] please have yast do a fsck before attempting to mount existing filesystems
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> Feature #305099, revision 1, last change by Title: please have yast do a fsck before attempting to mount existing filesystems openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Per Jessen <per.jessen(a)enidan.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I was doing a new install, but wanted to keep my /home filesystem (JFS). No problem, except that the filesystem wasn't clean and needed an fsck. As far as I can tell, yast didn't do this, so mounting of the /home filesystem failed, which caused the entirely installation process to abend and start over. Discussion: #1: Stefan Hundhammer <sh(a)novell.com> (2008-02-21 06:26:43) I'd really hate to have my 100+ GB ext3 partitions fscked. That takes forever. #2: Per Jessen <per.jessen(a)enidan.com> (2008-02-21 07:15:33) Even when they're clean? It's done on every bootup anyway. See /etc/init.d/boot.localfs #3: Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik(a)novell.com> (2008-02-21 08:21:41) What is your opinion Thomas? #4: Thomas Fehr <fehr(a)novell.com> (2008-02-21 08:24:13) That would need an feature request, not a bug report. #6: Stephan Kulow <coolo(a)novell.com> (2008-02-21 12:04:27) I think it's not too uncommon that people reinstall their system _because_ the old one had a problem, so dirty file systems may not be too uncommon. #7: Thomas Fehr <fehr(a)novell.com> (2008-02-25 03:00:03) What the customer described happens on JFS, this is an unsupported filesystem exactly for the reason that it behaves quite fundamentally different to most other filesystems. Filesystems like ext3 or reiser simply do their log reply when they are dirty and all is fine. So if you want such things to be added, please specify it as a feature request. Since there needs to be an interactive user interface to the filesystem check program this is in no way a simple change. Or would you prefer for example do a rebuild of reiserfs internal tree as default without asking the user first? Problem is that the questions the filesystem check tools ask the user are quite special and of course totally different for different filesystem types. #8: Duncan Mac-Vicar <dmacvicar(a)novell.com> (2008-07-17 08:13:00) I happen to suffer from this bug too once. I think the bug is not that the installation cleans the disk, but at least say that is not clean instead of crashing (in my case it was an installation where yast thought the disk was mounted but it was not) #9: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> (2008-07-17 08:22:23) No time for 11.1. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305099

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[New: openFATE 310285] don't close yast-pkg after do the actions
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Feature added by: cochise césar (cochisecesar) Feature #310285, revision 1 Title: don't close yast-pkg after do the actions openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: cochise césar (cochisecesar) Description: After install or remove packages yast closes the package manager. In my opinion, a command to execute actions is not a command for quit module. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310285

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[New: openFATE 310177] Yast Package Management - return to the search window after installing packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Feature added by: Ashwin G (ash25) Feature #310177, revision 1 Title: Yast Package Management - return to the search window after installing packages openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ashwin G (ash25) Description: Currently in the GUI based Yast's Package management tool, after you select some packages to install and you click Install, it performs the download and installation. After it is complete it closes the application and comes out. Instead it would be good if again the search box to install further packages is displayed after installing few packages, i.e. go back to the initial view in the application again. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310177

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[New: openFATE 309059] source repository cleanup mechanism
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309059, revision 1 Title: source repository cleanup mechanism Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Every ever uploaded source file is currently still part of source server. This hurts esp. when scripts upload daily new svn/git/.. snapshots as tar balls. This will more often happen when the source service mechanisms wil be more often used. We shall implement a mechanism to list and remove not anymore referenced files in any source revision files. This might be implemented in bs_admin or alike tool for the admin on the server. But it must be race free to allow working with currently running source servers. (maybe via giving the source server a signal to store .rev files on remove in an additional path. This interacts with the undelete features). We should also have a mechanism to shorten a revision log (unclear who and when should be allowed to do this). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309059

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[New: openFATE 308967] Allow Oracle Instant Packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

Feature added by: Ciro Iriarte (ciriarte) Feature #308967, revision 1 Title: Allow Oracle Instant Packages Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ciro Iriarte (ciriarte) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Include Oracle Instant Client in openSUSE or at least, allow for creation and store in Build Service. This was attempted before but all the work was lost because the files were deleted from OBS. The InstantClient can be redistributed and it doesn't require any license to be used, the only issue is that it doesn't include source code. This can be handled like Sun's Java or Adobe Acrobat. Ref: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2007-08/msg00311.html (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2007-08/msg00311.html) http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-oracle/2007-Aug/0055.html (http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-oracle/2007-Aug/0055.html) Use Case: Creation of dependent packages like php-oci, Perl DBD::Oracle or TOra Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To make easier the user's life, also this feature would be very attractive, providing Oracle connectivity from CLI, GUI, PHP and Perl out of the box, or at least really fast after adding the needed repository. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308967

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[New: openFATE 310516] YaST2 DNSSEC
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Feature added by: Peter Bowen (pzb) Feature #310516, revision 1 Title: YaST2 DNSSEC openSUSE-11.4: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Peter Bowen (pzb) Description: With the root zone now being signed, DNSSEC is finally seeing adoption. It would be really nice for YaST to be able to generate a signed zone. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310516

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[New: openFATE 309036] Add checkbox to yast2-dns-server whether to use NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" or not
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Feature added by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Feature #309036, revision 1 Title: Add checkbox to yast2-dns-server whether to use NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" or not openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Description: Currently, yast2-dns-server always enables and makes use of the netconfig NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" feature and writes the recursive forwarder name servers specified by the user to NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS (same nameserver list as in yast2-dns). This configures, that the locally running bind is used as forwarder for the system (glibc) and the bind is using the specified name servers as forwarders and allows netconfig (by default, but it depends on NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY) to update the forwarders list via netconfig with dynamic settings, e.g. from DHCP or PPP. This behavior is usually OK, and the user can disable the updates with the DHCP/PPP/... nameservers by NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY="STATIC" instead of "auto". But currently, yast2-dns-server does not allow to configure forwarders for e.g. non-recursive, (authorative only) name server serving some zones, without to act as forwarder/recursive name server for the local system (glibc, /etc/resolv.conf), that may use another forwarders (netconfig). To allow above configuraion, it would be required to add a checkbox to disable the current behavior and instead: * Set NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="resolver" * Write the forwardes list directly into the /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf * Call "netconfig update -m dns" (when it fails, ask the user whether to force and call "netconfig update -m dns -f") To enable current behavior again: * Reset/truncate the /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf ("cp /dev/null forwarders.conf") * Set NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" * Write the forwardes list to NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS * Call "netconfig update -m dns" (when it fails, ask the user whether to force and call "netconfig update -m dns -f") Relations: - Bug 576759 - yast dns vs. dns-server is poorly designed (feature/id: 576759) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309036

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[New: openFATE 308902] Configure SSSD via Yast
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Feature added by: David Alston (dalston) Feature #308902, revision 1 Title: Configure SSSD via Yast openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: David Alston (dalston) Description: It would be great if we could configure the SSSD package (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SSSD) for local user/password sync with either LDAP or Kerberos for offline authentication with Yast. This is related to https://features.opensuse.org/308900 This is important if OpenSUSE is interested in being a significant presence in Enterprise environments. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308902

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[New: openFATE 308523] Firefox address bar should respect ctrl+backspace
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Feature added by: Alex Richardson (alerich) Feature #308523, revision 1 Title: Firefox address bar should respect ctrl+backspace openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alex Richardson (alerich) Description: To achieve consistency with the rest of the desktop (KDE or GNOME, don't know about XFCE), layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation in about:config should be set to true by default. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308523

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[openFATE 307255] Less scary yast conflict dialogs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Feature added by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Feature #307255, revision 1 Title: Less scary yast conflict dialogs openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Description: The YaST2 sw_single dialog for conflicts, vendor change, architecture change etc. is very scary for many users. The dialog asks the user to select one of usually three offered solutions for each problem without giving much help. This is a cause for many complaints, and contributes to myths of RPM dependency hell still existing today. Zypper on the other hand, does things differently. Zypper will select an action for the user, then informs the user of the changes that will be made, and asks a Yes or No question whether the user wishes to proceed or not. I suggest to implement behaviour similar to zypper in the YaST dialog. However, the old functionality of letting the user select a solution manually for each individual problem should probably be kept, as a "hidden" expert/advanced option in the dialog. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307255

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[openFate 305249] Remove agfa-fonts from openSUSE 11.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Feature added by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Feature #305249, revision 1, last change by Title: Remove agfa-fonts from openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE-11.1: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As Liberation fonts looking really good meanwhile I propose to replace the proprietary agfa-fonts with the open source fonts for openSUSE 11.1 and future versions. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305249

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[New: openFATE 308528] Yast options to replicate Ldap server
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Feature added by: Eduardo Sotomayor (Easgs) Feature #308528, revision 1 Title: Yast options to replicate Ldap server openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Eduardo Sotomayor (easgs) Description: In opensuse 11.x it is possible to setup an ldap server easily, but it would be nice to have the option to setup the server in graphical mode as an ldap provider or ldap costumer, in case you need redundancy in your environment, this is especially useful when creating a samba BDC that is possible to setup using yast. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308528

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[New: openFATE 309058] Support patterns a build dependencies
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309058, revision 1 Title: Support patterns a build dependencies Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Esp. for kiwi image builds we need to support also patterns as build dependencies. This may be done together with fate #309057 (Generate patterns out of product descriptions), but we could also already support it with current pattern support of OBS. That would mean we need to generate the patterns from past products also as OBS pattern. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309058

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[openFATE 306193] Provide download statistics in OBS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Feature added by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Feature #306193, revision 1, last change by Title: Provide download statistics in OBS Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Description: It would be great to see how popular the packages are. That's an important feature especially for management people. Use Case: Manager John would like to see whether the investment in providing packages for the community did show any results. Is the community interested at all? Did the last press announcement result in increased download numbers? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306193

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[openFATE 306322] Accessing PDFs from within the help centers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 May '14

15 May '14

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #306322, revision 1, last change by Title: Accessing PDFs from within the help centers openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Make PDFs available from within the help centers. For yelp something along these lines works: /usr/share/help/opensuse-startup-pdf_en.document : [Document] DocPath=file:///usr/share/doc/manual/opensuse-startup_en-pdf/opensuse-startup_en.pdf DocType=text/pdf DocLang=en Icon=document2 Categories=System;Core;Translation;Documentation Name=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) Name[en]=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) DocIdentifier=com.novell.opensuse-startupen DocWeight=0 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: User will find documentation... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306322

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[openFATE 306637] Test
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Feature added by: Stephen Shaw (decriptor) Feature #306637, revision 1 Title: Test openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephen Shaw (decriptor) Description: Test -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306637

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[New: openFATE 308735] request for packaging GDL - GNU Data Language
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Feature added by: Sylwester Arabas (slayoo) Feature #308735, revision 1 Title: request for packaging GDL - GNU Data Language Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sylwester Arabas (slayoo) Description: GDL (GNU Data Language) is a free and open-source clone of the IDL language (ittvis.com). It's used for data analysis and visualisation, primarily in astronomy, geophysics, and medicine. GDL is available as a package in Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, FreeBSD, OS X (via Macports or Fink), and Gentoo - why not to join this team! :) Best regards, Sylwester -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308735

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[New: openFATE 308386] Update PyGreSQL package from 3.8.1 to 4.0
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Feature added by: Christoph Zwerschke (czwersch) Feature #308386, revision 1 Title: Update PyGreSQL package from 3.8.1 to 4.0 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christoph Zwerschke (czwersch) Description: The PyGreSQL (http://www.pygresql.org) version shipped with openSUSE 11.2 is 3.8.1 which has been superseded by PyGreSQL 4.0 already 11 months ago. The new version has several important improvements (http://www.pygresql.org/changelog.html) , so it would be highly desirable to update the package in openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308386

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[New: openFATE 309331] Interconnect full mirror option
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309331, revision 1 Title: Interconnect full mirror option Buildservice: New Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Allow to specify projects of a remote instance, which should be always full mirrored actively, independend if they are needed for a build atm or not. This is intended to make builds work even when the interconnected host is down. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309331

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[New: openFATE 308489] Source Code Distribution
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #308489, revision 1 Title: Source Code Distribution Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Make it easy to download source packages of milestone and final releases, e.g. with a specific web page with input of package name and release version. Btw. we should also document in the wiki properly how we distribute source code for milestone and final releases - and how for build service packages. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Source code availability is a requirement of the various Open Source licenses, this feature will help us to do this properly and in a documented way. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308489

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[New: openFATE 308539] Import/Export of YaST installation settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Feature added by: Klaus Kämpf (kwk) Feature #308539, revision 1 Title: Import/Export of YaST installation settings openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Klaus Kämpf (kwk) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Configuring the installation settings in YaST (timezone, partitioning, packages) takes some time. When you then hit a bug in the installer (i.e. partitioning failure) forcing you to restart, things get annoying. This request is asking for an import/export option in YaSTs 'installation settings' overview. (Actually, the 'import' is needed much earlier ...) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Usability. Disaster recovery. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308539

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[New: openFATE 309930] Link GDM and KDM to their respective manual chapters
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Feature added by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Feature #309930, revision 1 Title: Link GDM and KDM to their respective manual chapters Requested by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Chapters from the opensuse userguide often directly map to specific software or procedures on the desktop. A user who wants help for GDM should have a simple way how to access chapter 1.1 "Logging In" of the gnome user guide. Same for KDE. A universal implementation would not be specific to GDM/KDM. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: GDM sometimes shows menues at the bottom, sometimes not. A user needs these menus to e.g. switch between KDE and GNOME. The logic, when these menues appear is well documented in GNOME user guide. Having the relevant chapter handy, helps logging in and generally improves usability of the system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309930

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[New: openFATE 310780] Provide python 3 bindings when supported
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Feature added by: Todd R (TheBlackCat) Feature #310780, revision 1 Title: Provide python 3 bindings when supported openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Todd R (theblackcat) Description: The new version of python, python 3, has been out for several years now. A lot of python bindings now support python 3. However, although openSUSE has provided python 3 for a while, it provides few, if any, python 3 versions of packages. My suggestion is that python 2 be kept the default, but for python packages and bindings that support it, python 3 versions should be made available as well. I think the python in the name would be replaced by python3, so in additiona to python-numpy there would be python3-numpy, for example. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310780

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[New: openFATE 310003] ArchLinux support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Jan '14

10 Jan '14

Feature added by: Martin Sandsmark (martinsandsmark) Feature #310003, revision 1 Title: ArchLinux support Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Martin Sandsmark (martinsandsmark) Description: Support for making ArchLinux packages from PKGBUILDs would be nice. Is there any documentation for how to extend OBS to other build systems anywhere? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310003

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[New: openFATE 310623] Please bring SCPM back to Suse
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Dec '13

15 Dec '13

Feature added by: Hawke Robinson (kmleon) Feature #310623, revision 1 Title: Please bring SCPM back to Suse openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hawke Robinson (kmleon) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: SCPM is one of the major components (among others) for why I prefer to use Suse over other distros. I use SCPM for changing many configuration values for hardware and software cleanly, through one tool, instead of dozens, between when plugged into very different docking stations between work and home, when at home undocked, when roaming at coffee shops, when locked down for work or client sites, when broadcasting live shows at various locations, or when setting up different hardware profiles with different components connected and keeping the configuration consistent for that profile, printers, firewall rules, etc. Networkmanager only handles the networking aspect (and poorly at that, especially for devices that require using if-up mode, and not network manager (driver bugs)). Other tools only handle the configuration values for their own domains of responsibilty, and do not keep a single profile with all the many variables, easily in one place, and easily switched either on the fly or at boot time. This tool has been a huge boon to being far more productive over other distros. Please consider adding this back to 11.3, and keeping it for future releases. I am even willing to become a maintainer for this package if no one more qualified steps up to do so. I will try the information for the 11.2 repo kludge, but please advise on how the suse decision makers can be encouraged to bring scpm back. Thanks! Use Case: Mobile user (laptop, portable device, or full PC that is moved to different locations) with one kind of docking station or port replicator at home, and a completely different docking-station or port replicator at work, beign able to easily switch all the hardware, network, firewall, monitor(s), printers, and other software and hardware values at boot time between home and work. Mobile user that has very different security settings and hardware settings between home setup, work setup, and different clients when on-site. variables include network, firewall, antivirus, fileshares, sound cards, external video cards, monitor(s), printers, virtual machine configurations, DNS, hosts files, email server settings, sshd settings, ftpd settings, the list of variables served through one profile tool is extremely extensive. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The wonderful flexibility of so many variables being able to be easily tracked on the fly from one utility is extremely valuable for mobile use. Networkmanager only handles the networking aspect (and poorly at that, especially for devices that require using if-up mode, and not network manager (driver bugs)). Other tools only handle the configuration values for their own domains of responsibilty, and do not keep a single profile with all the many variables, easily in one place, and easily switched either on the fly or at boot time. This tool has been a huge boon to being far more productive over other distros. Without SCPM support, Suse becomes that much more "just another same/similiar Linux distro", and looses another distinctive benefit over other distros for me, and for all my clients. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310623

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[New: openFATE 310151] YAST Software Manager-Search also in openSUSE Build Service
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Feature added by: m s (miki100) Feature #310151, revision 1 Title: YAST Software Manager-Search also in openSUSE Build Service openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: m s (miki100) Description: It would be really helpful if Software Manager could find packages that aren't in any repo added. For example: a new user wants to install VLC Media Player. He search for it, but he doesn't have any repos added. Instead of an empty list Software Manager could search for it in openSUSE Build Service. After selecting an app to install and clicking "Apply" a question could appear with choice to keep or not that repository after install. It would be much easier for new users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310151

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[openFATE 307846] Kolab groupware server support by openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Feature added by: Richard Bos (rbos) Feature #307846, revision 1 Title: Kolab groupware server support by openSUSE openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Richard Bos (rbos) Description: Kolab (http://kolab.org) is a free and open software groupware solution. It allows seamless support of mixed clients environments (Outlook/KDE/Web). The following functionality is provided by kolab; groupware (free/busy information), email, spam and virus filtering, a webinterface for the system administrator and end user. The web interface can be used to add, modify and remove users, domains, distributions list, shared folders, among other things. Kolab is build from only open source software, and the data it stores is freely available by the end user. This means that if the end user is not satisfied with the provided service delivered by the service provider, the end user can retrieve his or her data and move it to somewhere else. The Kolab groupware server is assembled with postfix, cyrus, amavis, openldap, apache among other open source projects. Due to its design the kolab server supports multiple domains and thousands of end users. Clients that can be used with Kolab groupware server are for example KDE's kontact, horde, MS Outlook in combination with a connector. Kolab for openSUSE has been available for a long time already, but it was always necessary to patch multiple projects to provide all (groupware) functionality. Since September 2009, it is only necessary to extend cyrus with some patches to get the required functionality. Hence in order to have Kolab working on openSUSE cyrus must be patched. The patched cyrus version can be retrieved from the build service. Kolab is it worth to be supported by openSUSE as it is composed of only open source software, it supports thousands of end users, and very unique end users have full control over all their data including their groupware information! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307846

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[New: openFATE 310147] Single login setup for Evolution and Goggle
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Feature added by: Drew Kwashnak (dragonbite) Feature #310147, revision 1 Title: Single login setup for Evolution and Goggle Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Drew Kwashnak (dragonbite) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Evolution handles connecting to Google mail, calendar and contacts but each piece has to be set up seperately. Have Evolution, when connecting to a Gmail account, offer the option to also connect the users' calendars (providing a list of calendars they can choose from) as well as sync their contacts. If Google tasks are likewise available, offer to include those as well. This would supply the closest equivalent to the ease of setting up Outlook and Exchange. Use Case: Bob is a developer doing some work on his own and wants something similar to work's Exchange server/Outlook setup. He has a Google account and uses multiple calendars for different activities (personal, school, work, events, club, etc.). He wants to quickly set up his Google account as his "Exchange" (mail, calendar, contacts). Months later, he gets a Netbook to travel to client's sites with for demonstration purposes. He wants to have the same Evolution setup on the netbook but doesn't want to have to set each piece again by hand. The following year he decides to get a more powerful and updated laptop, and wants to set up his Evolution again without having to set up each piece all over again. The next version of openSUSE is released and he decides to do a clean install rather than an update. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: 1. Provides the easiest "Exchange-like" situation for Linux. 2. Provides an easy way to connect Evolution to Google for multiple machines, new machines and after upgrades. 3. Provides a framework that could be used for other Services if there is a need. 4. Help less-technical users get up-and-running quickly and easily. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310147

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[New: openFATE 310695] boot with gag or similar by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Feature added by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Feature #310695, revision 1 Title: boot with gag or similar by default openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Description: dear developers, I'm a user, simple user, not advanced or power, only simple, one of the problem of a user like me is the bootloader, as simple wannabe better users usually do I have a double or triple boot pc, the first is windows becouse my fear to have a pc which cannot use some software, the second is suse linux with stable repository becouse I would like to learn and work with it and the third is suse linux factory updated becouse my curiosity to try new software is big but the fear to have a system crapped exist. Sometimes happen that I have to reinstall some operative system or I would like to try another distribution, this turn me in a dark tunnel about bootloader, where to install it, which install, does windows and suse restart again? in the past happened the mess :-). Why don't adopt by default a software like this or similar or the idea? GAG, the Graphical Boot Manager (http://gag.sourceforge.net/) it could be improved and installed in a its own separate little partition, it will eliminate the doubt and the choice on where and which bootloader to install, installing the grub or lilo or other in the partition where the new installation is performed and gag in his own dedicated partition. thanks of any attention Pier -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310695

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[openFATE 306960] support update of systems with encrypted physical volumes
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Feature #306960, revision 1 Title: support update of systems with encrypted physical volumes openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Description: Since openSUSE 11.2 can install systems with encrypted physical volumes (see fate #305633) openSUSE 11.3 must be able to update such systems. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306960

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[openFATE 307745] Let the admin ("root") download and install untrusted third-party RPMs from known URLs guided via YaST
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

Feature added by: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) Feature #307745, revision 1 Title: Let the admin ("root") download and install untrusted third-party RPMs from known URLs guided via YaST openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) Description: I would like to have it evaluated whether or not it is allowed to implement a dialog in YaST which lets the system admin (i.e. "root") download and install untrusted third-party RPMs from known URLs. In any case "root" can download and install any software manually. This reques is about to provide a guided and restricted way for some particular cases. My current use-case are the printer driver packages which are available via OpenPrinting at the Linux Foundation: http://www.openprinting.org/driver_list.cgi where LSB compliant driver RPM packages are available. >From my point of view those packages are on the one hand untrusted third-party RPMs but on the other hand their download location is "well known" which makes those packages "well known third-party packages". I assume that from a strict security point of view any kind of third party software is "strictly forbidden" but I like to propose a more useful way here: The system adminj (i.e. "root") can in any case download and install whatever software he likes. This man invalidate e.g. whatever support contract but it is up to the admin to know what he does. Currently we have no idea at all which third-party printer drivers an admin may download an install on his own. When he has a printer for which there is no driver provided by us, the admin may download whatever driver software from any totally unknown location and install it with any unknown consequences. (E.g. some time ago there was a printer driver from a printer manufacturer where its installation script set setuid root bits on various user application programs to mak it "just work".) Currently we even do not tell the admin about the well known printer driver locations at OpenPrinting. >From my point of view it would be a big improvement when I could implement a dialog in the YaST printer module which shows a very explicite text that this is about untrusted unsupported third-party software. This text would require explicite confirmation by the admin. Then it downloads RPMs only from hardcoded URLs from OpenPrinting and inspects the downloaded RPM whether it overwrites already installed files on the system and if not, it installs it without running any RPM scripts because normal printer drivers do not need to run RPM scripts during installation. If the above conditions are not fulfilled it shows a very explicite warning text and does not install anything. In contrast to now where we leave the admin totally on its own how to get a driver for a printer for which we do not provide a driver, the above described guided and restricted way to download and install drivers via YaST would help both the admin and us because in many cases we could make sure this way that we know at least which third-party driver the admin has installed. Please do not confuse this request with the different request how a third-party (e.g. OpenPrinting or a printer manufacturer) could provide software packages in a way which is in full compliance to our package installation and management tools (i.e. via a repository which provides also updates and so on). This request is meant for third-party RPMs "as is" where the vendor/provider simply does not want (because of whatever reason which is beyond our control) to provide his RPMs in compliance to our package installation and management tools. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307745

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[New: openFATE 310455] list packages that trigger build
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Feature added by: William Brenneman (eocrates) Feature #310455, revision 1 Title: list packages that trigger build Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: William Brenneman (eocrates) Description: I have packages that use the openSUSE_Factory repo, and periodically a required package will be updated in the repository that triggers my packages to be rebuilt. Suggection: list what package (and version # => version #) in Commit History of my package that triggered my package to rebuild. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310455

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[New: openFATE 309679] YaSTroid
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Feature added by: Jared Allen (jpallen) Feature #309679, revision 1 Title: YaSTroid Requested by: Jared Allen (jpallen) Description: YaSTroid - An Android phone application to manage your SLES server using the WebYaST back-end. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309679

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[New: openFATE 309768] Blobec: Git with GPG on FTP
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Feature added by: Martin Vidner (mvidner) Feature #309768, revision 1 Title: Blobec: Git with GPG on FTP Requested by: Martin Vidner (mvidner) Description: Blobec is a tool to store my private information (diary, calendar) on the Net to increase its availability and redundance. * To preserve privacy it needs to be encrypted → GPG. * I want it to be versioned, with easy merging of diverged copies → Git. * The publishing part works with what my current ISP provides → FTP (with SSL). I am implementing it in Ruby, with cURL. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309768

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[New: openFATE 308958] Reduce size of the Minimal Install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Sep '13

22 Sep '13

Feature added by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Feature #308958, revision 1 Title: Reduce size of the Minimal Install openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: IMHO, the text-mode minimal install without X and anything still comes with "too many" packages. I use the minimal selection whenever I need to set up a new, clean, system, as installing onto a Minimal is faster than cherry-picking every single package for deletion from a Medium or Maximum selection. This includes, but is not limited to: * documentation to magic things happening in the background: PolicyKit-doc, readline-doc * other documentation that I've probably read already; bash-doc, perl-doc * archaic systems: yp-tools ypbind yast2-nis-client * packages serving no purpose: perl-Business-ISBN (heck, not even yast needs that), perl-GD * things that make my command line slow: command-not-found scout * it so happens that eventually I can throw out the entire python stack, and the remaining Xorg libs * printing, sound, bootsplash I have here a dump file between the initial minimal install and a tailored system - some things have been removed that I would leave on the minimal install list however (e.g. yast2-sudo). So the raw contents of the diff file is [mh, FATE has no attachments - see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577791 ] Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Everytime a new system is bootstrapped, I have to (="want to") remove these first because they will never be needed -- if they will, I can reinstall them later, or pick a larger "non-minimal" text mode from yast. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308958

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[openFATE 306974] Additional columns in software management
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Feature added by: Todd R (TheBlackCat) Feature #306974, revision 1 Title: Additional columns in software management openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Todd R (theblackcat) Description: It would be nice if there were a few additional columns in the software management interface. One specific column I am interested in would be an architecture column, to show you the architecture of an installed package or the architecture the package would have if you were to install it. The other column would show the repository of the package, either the repository of an installed package or the repository the package would be downloaded from if you were to install it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306974

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[New: openFATE 310410] Evaluate switching to libjpeg-turbo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Feature added by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Feature #310410, revision 1 Title: Evaluate switching to libjpeg-turbo openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Description: Quoting http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/libjpeg-turbo: ==== libjpeg-turbo is fork of the original libjpeg project. It contains numerous performance related enhancements and is at least twice faster in JPEG compression/decompression than original libjpeg on platforms with MMX/SSE instruction set. It has same API/ABI like original libjpeg and also runs on non-SSE platforms where is around 25% faster. http://sourceforge.net/projects/libjpeg-turbo ==== We should evaluate this library and see if we can replace libjpeg with it for improved performance. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310410

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[openFATE 306598] Sync Tomboy/Tasque with Evernote
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Feature added by: Joe Brockmeier (jbrockmeier) Feature #306598, revision 1 Title: Sync Tomboy/Tasque with Evernote Requested by: Joe Brockmeier (jbrockmeier) Description: Evernote is a pretty cool service, but it doesn't have a Linux client. I'd like to be able to sync my Tomboy notes with Evernote and retrieve them from another machine. Same with Tasque -- I'd like to be able to save a to-do list to Evernote from tasque so I could use a mobile Evernote client to look up my to-dos. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306598

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[openFATE 306588] improve on software search
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Feature added by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Feature #306588, revision 1 Title: improve on software search Requested by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Description: software.o.o/search is always a case insensitive substring search. I'd like to hack into the system and add - optional case sensitivity,- exact package name search- regexp search This is an opportunity to learn ruby on rails for me. Any takers, who want to coach me, especially with Rails welcome. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306588

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[openFate 305705] Types of installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #305705, revision 1, last change by Title: Types of installation openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: would be good, that at the time of installation opensuse, ask what you want to install, like a template, without having to go to edit to add software. An example for that will be: Multimedia install Full install server install developer install -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305705

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[New: openFATE 309614] Activator application for SUSE Studio created appliances
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Christian Hueller (chuller) Feature #309614, revision 1 Title: Activator application for SUSE Studio created appliances Requested by: Christian Hueller (chuller) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Basically the idea is simple: Create an application (GUI would be nice) that can 'activate' a previously SUSE Studio built appliance. 'Activate' stands here for things like o register appliance with Novell or ISV o create users and set passwords o do other security relevant things like creating keys or add own proprietary material After the activation it would be awesome to also integrate some deployment functionality to burn isos directly to CD after activation or copy disk images to a usb stick How it might work: Basically the appliance filesystem needs to be accessed in order to modify the appliance accordingly. This could be done through either loop mounting the image or by booting it inside some hypervisor. Loop mounting requires root access, so booting might be the better solution, we only need to take care the kiwi firstboot processes do net get triggered in this activation boot. Possible features: o interaction with studio itself using its API (no manual download of the appliance e.g.) Use Case: The use case is pretty clear as this would cover the gap between the simple creation of an appliance and the frist booting of it on your hardware: The user downloads a SLES11 appliance with the 'activator', then sets the root password and enters the SLES11 registration key. Now the update repositories get added to the appliance and the password is changed without being accessible on the online server. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This would be a great usability improvement to the whole stusio experienc -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309614

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[New: openFATE 310898] integrate BuildService and SUSE Studio better
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Jos Poortvliet (jospoortvliet) Feature #310898, revision 1 Title: integrate BuildService and SUSE Studio better Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jos Poortvliet (jospoortvliet) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: SUSE Studio and BuildService have very limited integration right now, still making them separate worlds. Howver there is a lot of room for doing better. Which could bring users from the one to the other - there seems rather little overlap between the two userbases, and SUSE Studio could thus profit from the OBS users AND bring new users to OBS/openSUSE. An example of integration would be to have a one-click-make-an-appliance-of-this-package. Or in SUSE Studio - offer the user to build a package in OBS out of a tarball he/she uploads. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because it can bring new users to OBS/openSUSE/SUSE Studio. And it offers additional value for both STUDIO and OBS users as well. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310898

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[New: openFATE 309958] SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Feature #309958, revision 1 Title: SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image" Requested by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Description: SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image" so, if SUSE Studio is frontend for kiwi, and kiwi can create LTSP Images - why SUSE Studio can't do it? also: it can generate rpm package(and repo) for simplest installation Images -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309958

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[New: openFATE 309733] Graphical client for SUSE Studio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #309733, revision 1 Title: Graphical client for SUSE Studio Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: SUSE Studio is great as web app for creating appliances in the browser, but there are a couple of tasks which can only be performed locally. To facilitate that I'm going to write a graphical client for SUSE Studio focusing on the tasks which can not be done in the web interface, such as managing downloads, running and deploying appliances locally, natively connecting to testdrive, etc. The client will use the SUSE Studio API to talk to the server. Implementation will be done in C++ using the KDE development platform. There are probably many more ideas what the client could do. Add your ideas here, if you like. If somebody wants to join the fun and participate in hacking let me know. You are more than welcome :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309733

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[New: openFATE 309314] Add Factory Snapshots to SUSE Studio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: James Mason (bear454) Feature #309314, revision 1 Title: Add Factory Snapshots to SUSE Studio openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: James Mason (bear454) Description: SUSE Studio has base images of the current openSUSE release to use as a basis for construction custom versions or specialized appliances. It would benefit the products of those appliances to have early access to Factory snapshots (Milestones, Release Candidates) in order to be able to have updates ready at the time of release. This would also allow beta testers the opportunity to create more robust test cases based on specific configuration choices, potentially resulting in more rapid, fine grained testing of the snapshots. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309314

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[openFATE 306606] GUI client for SUSE Studio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #306606, revision 1 Title: GUI client for SUSE Studio Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: SUSE Studio is a fantastic web app, but sometimes it would still be more convenient to have a native client, for example when dealing with lots of overlay files, or to manage writing downloaded appliances to physical media or running and controlling them in a virtual machine. The Studio API makes it possible to write a native client. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306606

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[openFate 305633] Support installation with encrypted root file system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> Feature #305633, revision 1, last change by Title: Support installation with encrypted root file system openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Requested by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: One thing openSUSE is really missing, compared with other popular distributions, is the ability to install into an encrypted root file system so _everything_ is encrypted. While the manual installation / setup like described at http://en.opensuse.org/Encrypted_Root_File_System_with_SUSE_HOWTO works, it is still cumbersome and error-prone to setup - especially on systems with small hard disks like e.g. laptops. IMHO this subject gets more and more important not only for laptops but also for normal workstations with respect to the global decline of privacy protection. Since all the necessary software is in place and Yast already has the option (including the GUI) to encrypt /home this shouldn't be that hard to do and would be a great feature for 11.1 (especially if you keep in mind that this will be the base for the next SLE version and corporations love security functionality provided out of the box as an option). Important points are: 1. it should work with LVMs as well 2. it should be possible to automatically generate a key on startup to encrypt the swap partition (given, this would disable suspend) 3. one should be able to use the same password for several partitions so one has to enter it just one time instead of once for every partition. Related reports: * Bug #397411 - Hibernation won't work with encrypted swap * Bug #399298 - encrypt swap partions by default on every boot using a random key * Bug #166067 - sysinfo:/ does not list encrypted /home partition Relations: - Easy to use Full Disk Encryption (feature/id: 304470) - Support installation with encrypted root file system (novell/bugzilla/id: 415479) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415479 Discussion: #1: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) (2008-08-08 11:39:11) Full disk encryption is already under discussion in fate #304470. Sorry, but it's not public. #2: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) (2008-12-17 09:49:10) Reopened because the whole installer was rewritten but still no one cared to add this. I'm sorry, but this feature request is about adding root file system encryption to openSUSE. When, or if at all, you add it to SLE, I couldn't care less about it, but I surely don't want to wait till SLE 12 ;) Also I understand that you don't want to track and update 2 different locations but, since that feature is asked for quite often, IMHO there should be a location for openSUSE users to express their need (as in vote) for it and to CC themself to get notified on updates / when it finally is implemented. Making the fate entry public at https://features.opensuse.org/ would be nice to have as well (since it isn't actual rocket science and suse is one of the last distributions to add this feature there shouldn't be a reason to track this behind closed doors) but I can happily live without it as long as you leave this request open so people can vote for it & cc themself. Thanks a lot. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305633

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[New: openFATE 310899] Bring back boot option 'repair installed system'
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Feature #310899, revision 1 Title: Bring back boot option 'repair installed system' openSUSE-11.4: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Product Manager: (Novell) Project Manager: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: yast2-repair was dropped due to fate#308679, bnc#541793. I suggest we take the effort and recreate similar functionality in a maintainable way. Even if incomplete, this would be a good signal moving forward. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The repair feature was an unique selling point for openSUSE and SUSE based products. It gave users a feeling of reliability and confidence. It is absent in 11.3 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310899

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[openFATE 307422] New application, glc
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Zombie Ryushu (zombie_ryushu) Feature #307422, revision 1 Title: New application, glc Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Zombie Ryushu (zombie_ryushu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I wish for the video campturing package glc to be added to the Build Service. GLC captures OpenGL output from OpenGL applications. http://nullkey.ath.cx/projects/glc/wiki/HowtoInstall Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: recordMyDesktop will capture non-accellerated applications, but not Accellerated ones. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307422

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[openFATE 307408] Package request: Amaya
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Feature #307408, revision 1 Title: Package request: Amaya Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Description: Copied from old wishlist: Amaya (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/) : W3C's own all-in-one web editor / browser. Maintained for over 12 years. Features support for HTML, XHTML, XML, MathML, CSS, SVG and other emerging web technologies. Updated regularly and fully cross-platform. Provided under the W3C Software License (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231) (open source). Wanted by: Website developers, especially standards-compliant ones. Amaya is a very capable web design tool. It helps users to create perfect, standards-compliant code, featuring collaboration tools and all regular formatting with both WYSIWYG and source views, and it also doubles up as a web browser. The only current alternative that provides this sort of functionality is Kompozer, but that's still in an alpha/beta state and is prone to modifying your HTML formatting and producing imperfect results, being aimed more at the WYSIWYG user. The packages provided by the Amaya project often fail to work and nothing happens when I try to run the program on openSUSE 11.1. Any chance somebody could look at this and provide it via the Build Service, or consider its inclusion in future releases? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307408

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[openFATE 306988] Pythonxy
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Claude Gouedard (cgoued) Feature #306988, revision 1 Title: Pythonxy Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Claude Gouedard (cgoued) Description: Tring to build a General Linux Package from an already existing one for Ubuntu, somehow conterpart of Windows Pythonxy Distribution at www_pythonxy_com. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306988

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[openFATE 307372] iChain Interface for Blogging Software
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Sascha Manns (saigkill) Feature #307372, revision 1 Title: iChain Interface for Blogging Software Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sascha Manns (saigkill) Description: ATM i must me login via iChain to post in lizards. But i would like to have an option to use my Bilbo Blogger with iChain. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307372

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[openFATE 306725] DVB Streaming Application
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Romolo Manfredini (romoloman) Feature #306725, revision 1 Title: DVB Streaming Application Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Romolo Manfredini (romoloman) Description: There area already several application to stream DVB signals on a network but none of those actually provided by opensuse are as lightweight as getstream getstream can stream single channels from a whole trasponder using http, multicast, unicast and using a modified version of live555 also in RTSP. Is actually under test support for CA support either for DVB-S and DVB-T Getstream is hosted at: http://silicon-verl.de/home/flo/projects/streaming/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306725

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[openFATE 306717] Channel scan utility for DVBT
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Romolo Manfredini (romoloman) Feature #306717, revision 1 Title: Channel scan utility for DVBT Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Romolo Manfredini (romoloman) Description: The scan utility or dvbscan utility are useful for DVB-S channels but limited for DVB-T Digital terrestrial TV in europe is evolving fast with MUX appearing day after day, the scan utility provided suppose that you already know DVB-T frequencies of your city and relays on files in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ for frequency scanning. There is a nice utility called w_scan: http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html which performs a raw scan of all frequencies supported by the DVB adapter looking for valid digital mux. This utility generates as output various formats that can be used directly by DVB programs or as initial tuning data for (dvb)scan utility. This utility supports DVB-S/S2/T/C adapters and related frequencies. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306717

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[openFATE 306626] Security/Pentesting/Tools
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Gabriel Nigro (gnigro) Feature #306626, revision 1 Title: Security/Pentesting/Tools openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Gabriel Nigro (gnigro) Description: Hello, I would like to see one group of tools seemed to Backtrack4 in order educational in OS 11.2.Could is it possible ? Thanks a lot. Use Case: http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=Tools -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306626

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[New: openFATE 310454] Warn when disabling publish when dependent repositories exist
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Will Stephenson (wstephenson) Feature #310454, revision 1 Title: Warn when disabling publish when dependent repositories exist Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Will Stephenson (wstephenson) Description: eg disabling publish in KDE:Distro:Factory should warn that the dependent repositories in KDE:Unstable:Playground that build using the results of KDE:Distro:Factory will continue to publish. This can lead to subtle runtime incompatibilities when users install packages built vs a newer version of kdelibs than they have installed, or unresolvable packages in the published dependent repos at best. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310454

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[New: openFATE 310301] Add 'one click add' to repositories index-page
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Bart Otten (BartOtten) Feature #310301, revision 1 Title: Add 'one click add' to repositories index-page Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bart Otten (bartotten) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: A link in the OBS indexpages to add an repository to zypper/yast or Recognise the .repo filetype in Yast so the meta-file handler can add the repo Use Case: - browse the OBS-repos - view folder http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/georg298/openSUSE_11.3/ - click at home:georg298.repo (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/georg298/openSUSE_11.3/home…) - One click installer/ One click repo-add starts and shows some info - Click finish (with option to start packagemanagement) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: At this moment users have to set up all information manual which could be so much easier. We have the One click install, but what if I just want to add the whole repo and there is no One click install-button? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310301

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[New: openFATE 310030] detect user specs for software downloads
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Kristan Wifler (k_wifler) Feature #310030, revision 1 Title: detect user specs for software downloads Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Kristan Wifler (k_wifler) Description: You can read info from the web browser in order to determine the most likely file the user wants for his/her computer system, Operating system, etc. This is for software.opensuse.org download of openSUSE mostly. I have seen several sites that do this, it makes it more convenient for default settings. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310030

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[New: openFATE 309738] include dependency kind in _builddepinfo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #309738, revision 1 Title: include dependency kind in _builddepinfo Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: _builddepinfo of a repo lists the recursively expanded dependencies of a package. For analyzing dependency graphs it would be helpful to include information about whether a dependency is explicitly listed in the .spec file or got added due to dependency resolution. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309738

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[New: openFATE 308618] smart online package search
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #308618, revision 1 Title: smart online package search Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Description: A smart online package search as it can be found at debtags.alioth.debian.org (http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ssearch.html) would be highly desirable for openSUSE, too. If I do f.i. enter 'web browser' at the YaST package module it will not find konqueror, arora, epiphany, lynx, pinfo, p3m and many others though these packages are available; i.e. at first the package tagging needs to be improved. Then we need to improve the software search at packages.opensuse-community.org (http://packages.opensuse-community.org) . It currently seems to search for package names only though optionally searching for keywords, summary, description, provides, filenames and requires fields across all known repos would be highly desirable. I do also wonder why my own buildservice packages can not be found there. A factory search in the same place would be handy too although we do not have third party repositories for factory (mere buildservice search). For openSUSE 11.3 I would wish the community search to be available from RC1 on; for os 11.2 I had to wait even weeks after the final release. A comprehensive package search utility is one of the features a good distro should comprise. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308618

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[New: openFATE 309717] make osc to remember http authentication header
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: JF Ding (jfding) Feature #309717, revision 1 Title: make osc to remember http authentication header Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: JF Ding (jfding) Description: In current implementation, osc use 'urllib2' to access api server for http transactions. The problem is, osc need to send out a pair of request for each access: 1st request without authentication header, and the response will be a 401 with Basic authentication challenge. 2nd request with dynamically generated authorization header (Authorization: Basic <base64 encoded string>\r\n) But we can make osc to remember the header at the first authentication challenge of each osc running. Then the http request number and network loading can be lowered a lot. Python's urllib2 module is flexible enough to add this feature. I have implemented it in my personal gitorious branch: http://gitorious.org/~jfding/opensuse/jfdings-osc/commit/62d705c29999856ec6… (http://gitorious.org/~jfding/opensuse/jfdings-osc/commit/62d705c29999856ec6…) Any advice? Thanks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309717

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[New: openFATE 309611] Add a "ignore" file
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Feature #309611, revision 1 Title: Add a "ignore" file Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Each time the build hosts become initialized new for providing a fresh build system. After that the defined "BuildRequires:" become copied together with all dependencies from another host and installed on the build system. Finally the build system is initialized and the actual build process can start. There are often packages installed which are not really needed for the build process but for a working system. They become installed because of a "Requires:" tag in the actual depended package (especially -branding-{upstream,opensuse}, .noarch [data] or very far depend packages). With a "ignore" file you can say to OBS that e.g. package xy-data is not needed and should not / must not be installed. It is an addition to the "Ignore:"s defined in buildconfig. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: 1. Reduce data transfer to the build hosts 2. Improve speed of initialization the build hosts 3. It could be a workaround for bug #510360 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309611

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[New: openFATE 308617] provide FreeBSD, Solaris and OSX build targets
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #308617, revision 1 Title: provide FreeBSD, Solaris and OSX build targets Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Description: The provision of build targets for the most important Unix derivates like FreeBSD, Solaris and OSX would greatly enhance the capabilities of the build service. While rebuilding packages for different distributions and Linux versions is often a rather cosmetic issue this could really leverage the future use of the build service and constitute a major advancement. The build service infrastructure could then also be sold to proffesional closed source application developers. This should not be undoable since there are also plans for a Windows build target. However the support of the program environment will be much better met on a Unix based system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308617

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[New: openFATE 308569] exclude certain subpackages from publishing
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Wolfgang Rosenauer (wrosenauer) Feature #308569, revision 1 Title: exclude certain subpackages from publishing Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Wolfgang Rosenauer (wrosenauer) Description: I would like to exclude certain subpackages from being published to repositories. In this example it's a package having data which is not needed but for special purposes and it's quite big (around 100MB RPM size) so it's probably a good idea not to distribute and publish it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308569

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[openFATE 306996] "out-of-date" package flag
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Artyom Aleksuk (h31) Feature #306996, revision 1 Title: "out-of-date" package flag Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Artyom Aleksuk (h31) Description: There is a very good feature in Archlinux's package list. Anybody (not only registered users) can mark packages as out-of-date. E-mail notification will be sent to a package builder and the package will be marked as out-of-dated on the site until the package would be refreshed. You can see this function, for example, here (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/flashplugin/) and here (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/flag/29883/) . It will be very good to make marking at a package search ( here (http://software.opensuse.org/search) ). For example, this feature may be situated below "Go to OBS Project". It should be useful both for Factory and home projects. Sorry for my language. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306996

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[openFATE 306948] Estimation on waiting time on a package on obs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #306948, revision 1 Title: Estimation on waiting time on a package on obs Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Hello, When your project is blocked in the queue because it is waiting for something to build e.g(binutils) can a time estimate be given as to how long to wait before it may start processing - put that estimation on the 'Package AAA (Project BBB home:CCC)' page when you view the page. Example: (Packages waiting queue * Average Job time) + (Your package Nth position in the Packages blocked queue * Average Job time ) = value Put that value in the package page. Some details used from https://build.opensuse.org/monitor It would be nice to know when your package may start to process. Cheers Glenn Responses so far sourced from http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2009-07/msg00235.html > One could implement something, but it will not be very reliable, because the state and order can change with any further submission. > Adrian and > I suggest to file a feature request using features.opensuse.org. But first:What to others think? Do you consider such an estimate ok? Or should we not publish anything since it might change too often? > Andreas -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306948

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[openFATE 306472] Another view of build service repositories
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Jigish Gohil (cyberorg) Feature #306472, revision 1, last change by Title: Another view of build service repositories Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jigish Gohil (cyberorg) Description: Apart from the current structure another view of oBS repositories that can greatly improve navigation of oBS repositores could be like this: download.opensuse.org/distro1/project1 /project2 /project3 /distro2/project1 /project2 /project3 /Medias/project1/iso /other /project2/iso /other /project3/iso /other This can probably be done by keeping current structure and creating symlinks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306472

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[openFATE 306469] "Publish Current State" Button
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Stephan Binner (Beineri) Feature #306469, revision 1, last change by Title: "Publish Current State" Button Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Description: Building packages can take quite some time (and publishing too). While upgrading a whole chain of interdepending packages some can fail to build and leave the repository in an inconsistent and non-installable state => not good to leave the repository in "Publish" state (over night/week-end). Switching from "Not Publish" to "Publish" state AFAIK doesn't trigger immediate publishing but only when some package build finished. It would be very nice to have a "Publish Current State" button which allows one to publish the current package state without having to manually switch publishing state, triggering a fake/unnecessary package rebuild and having to wait/remember to switch back to "Not Publish" state in time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306469

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[openFATE 305874] Enable peer to peer downloading of patches/software
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Feature added by: Johan Kotze (gogga) Feature #305874, revision 1, last change by Title: Enable peer to peer downloading of patches/software Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Johan Kotze (gogga) Description: It would be great if we could somehow include a peer to peer functionality for the download of patches/packages. This would greatly reduce the number of mirrors required and would increase the performance for many users in countries with limited international bandwidt. I was thinking that we host a torrent tracker on opensuse.org and build a torrent client into zypper/libzypp and allow the user to allocate a portion of disk space for downloaded packages. Most modern systems have ample disk space and should be able to spare around 4GB for downloaded packages. This is also in line with the spirit of community where we help each other out. If it works well, it could also be used to distribute patched internally inside an organization when they deploy SLE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305874

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[New: openFATE 310310] Installer partition layout to allow "Whole Disk Usage"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Feature added by: Darryl Miles (dlmiles) Feature #310310, revision 1 Title: Installer partition layout to allow "Whole Disk Usage" openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Darryl Miles (dlmiles) Description: Currently the installer doesn't provide any option for Whole Disk Usage for a single purpose (such as rootfs or swap or /home etc...). Whole disk usage means there is no partition table and that file-system or swap is formatted directly. This has use-cases for virtulization where it is easier for the hypervisor to provision two block devices to the guest, one for rootfs and one for swap. These may come from LVM, SAN, etc... it is easier to manage because resizing either is a straight forward event due to the single purpose of each block device. One possible option to shoe-horn it into the UI would be under the Expert.../Advanced... buttons when either a partition or a disk device is selected. More ideas suggested in the bugzilla link further down this comment. Other possible considerations go with the bootloader options for installing GRUB. It would need to be adjusted to disallow/auto-disable MBR when no partition table is present. But the option still remains to install in the rootfs. Also submitted as ENH in Buzilla please read => https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628056 "installer doesn't support whole-disk usage", since this contain other comments not found here. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310310

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[New: openFATE 310103] wireless bridge configuration support in sysconfig
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Feature added by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Feature #310103, revision 1 Title: wireless bridge configuration support in sysconfig openSUSE-11.4: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Casual J. Programmer (casualprogrammer) Developer: (Novell) Developer: (Novell) Description: Wireless interfaces currently can not be bridged. In Windows XP it is quite easy to create and operate a bridge, saving one to setup and maintain all sorts of route information. It would make sense to support the bridged configuration in sysconfig when hostap implements 802.11c. Relations: - network bridge fails to integrate wlan (ipw3945) with WPA (novell/bugzilla/id: 541817) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541817 - Bridge FAQ: I still don't understand!! (url: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge#I_s…) - Bridge FAQ: It doesn't work with my Wireless card! (url: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge#It_…) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310103

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[New: openFATE 310491] Add dracut to openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Feature added by: Luis Medinas (lmedinas) Feature #310491, revision 1 Title: Add dracut to openSUSE openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Luis Medinas (lmedinas) Description: Dracut is suppose to be a replacement for the old initrd tools like mkinitrd. >From the project description, dracut is an initramfs infrastructure. Unlike previous initramfs systems, Dracut aims to have as little as possible hard-coded into the initramfs. It contains specific configuration files for init drivers and includes plymouth support. Dracut advantage seems to be a modern replacement to generate initrd and it's suppose to be easy to use/manage. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310491

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[New: openFATE 309148] boot-process: starting network / dbus with ldap authentification
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Feature added by: Alexander Fleischer (afleischer) Feature #309148, revision 1 Title: boot-process: starting network / dbus with ldap authentification openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alexander Fleischer (afleischer) Description: I asked to file this bug report as feature request: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569953 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569953) After configuring LDAP authentification via yast the system needs about 20 minutes to start the dbus-daemon on boot. I got a lot of ldap messages in /var/log/messages like these: Jan 12 12:01:44 w2 dbus-daemon: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldaps://10.0.0.10: Can't contact LDAP server Jan 12 12:01:44 w2 dbus-daemon: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 8 seconds)... Of course, because network is started after dbus, dbus can't connect to the ldap server, and waits several times until the timeout is reached. Network has dbus as "required-start", so i can't change the startup order and add $network to required-start in the dbus script. My temporary solution is to replace the /etc/nsswitch.conf file with a one without ldap access in /etc/init.d/boot.local and restoring the original one after the network is up. But this is not a clean solution, maybe an extra startup script can solve the problem. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309148

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[New: openFATE 308824] Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Jul '13

09 Jul '13

Feature added by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Feature #308824, revision 1 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824

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[openFATE 307765] Debuginfo file system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Feature added by: Ruchir Brahmbhatt (Ruchir) Feature #307765, revision 1 Title: Debuginfo file system openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ruchir Brahmbhatt (ruchir) Description: It would be nice to have internet mountable debuginfo file system just like fedora. This will allow users to get traces from gdb without installing lots of debuginfo packages. This way we can have access to all debuginfo packages without installing them. This will encourage more users to report bugs. Some users may not be willing to install additional debuginfo packages due to lack of enough disk space or willingness to report bugs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307765

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[New: openFATE 308496] Include OpenShot Video Editor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 May '13

23 May '13

Feature added by: Karl Fischer (karlfischer) Feature #308496, revision 1 Title: Include OpenShot Video Editor openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Karl Fischer (karlfischer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: OpenShot is a Open source, Non Linear video editor, I believe that openSUSE 11.3 will benefit greatly to a such a Video Editor. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Making openSUSE a better MultiMedia desktop, having Gimp, Inkscape and Banshee this would be a very complementary. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308496

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[New: openFATE 310831] Bépo keyboard layout - «first class citizen»
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 May '13

23 May '13

Feature added by: Pierre Ducroquet (Pinaraf) Feature #310831, revision 1 Title: Bépo keyboard layout - «first class citizen» openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Pierre Ducroquet (pinaraf) Description: Hi The usual qwerty keyboard layout (and similar layouts like qwertz, azerty...) are known for being suboptimal. Better layouts are available, like dvorak. These layouts are often tied to a language : dvorak is better for english, while french users will prefer bépo. On my system, I only use a bépo keyboard, that is not supported at all in the OpenSUSE installer, making it really painful to use. It would be a simple but nice addition to have bépo support in Yast. OpenSUSE would then be probably the only distribution providing that feature, and I don't think it costs much to include a new keyboard layout on the CD/DVD. Thanks -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310831

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[New: openFATE 308320] YMP YaST Workflow
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '13

17 May '13

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #308320, revision 1 Title: YMP YaST Workflow openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: If you click on a YMP link firefox opens a window[1] asking you what you want to do with that link, suggesting to let the meta package handler handle it. You click okay from which another window[2] opens, the download manager of firefox. After it is finished an new window[3] pops up asking you the initial questions about the YMP handling. Which repos to subscribe to and which package to install. If you okay twice yet another window[4] opens asking me for the root password to start the package manager. Which is another window[5]. If there is a new repo in the YMP that you did not have before it will open a window[6] asking you to import the signing key. Somehow i doubt that this many windows are neccessarry. For a workflow that is desinged for the stupid user this should be improved imho. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308320

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[New: openFATE 310041] HP 3D GuardDrive
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Feature added by: Dimitar Popov (dimitar_popov) Feature #310041, revision 1 Title: HP 3D GuardDrive openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Dimitar Popov (dimitar_popov) Description: I wish openSUSE to supply a daemon, which uses the /dev/freefall to provide hard disk head crash protection. There is an example application in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/hwmon/hpfall.c which might be used as a base for such a daemon and the needed modules (hp_accel and lis3lv02d) are present in kernel 2.6.31. I think this is an important feature for HP laptop users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310041

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[New: openFATE 308557] Easier Network configration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Feature added by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Feature #308557, revision 1 Title: Easier Network configration openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Description: There are lots of confusing settings when setting up a network and they are in diffrent location to edit (smb.conf, netbios name, host name, domain name, workgroup name, ports, allowed services ... etc) It is really frustrating when you cant access shared files, especially for home users. I suggest that there should be an easier way to configure a network , perhaps a wizard. something that maybe look like M$ wizard when setting up a network. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308557

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[New: openFATE 310311] Unify default PATH
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #310311, revision 1 Title: Unify default PATH openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: The default PATH settings for root and normal users are inconsistent at various places in the distribution: glibc - /usr/include/paths.h: #define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/bin:/bin" #define _PATH_STDPATH "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" coreutils - /etc/default/su: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin SUPATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin coreutils - /bin/su: #define DEFAULT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" #define DEFAULT_ROOT_LOGIN_PATH "/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin" pwdutils - /etc/login.defs: ENV_PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin ENV_ROOTPATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin aaa_base - /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH sudo: --with-secure-path=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin ... and probably many more ... The default PATH setting should be made consistent across all tools. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310311

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[New: openFATE 308285] Easy way to switch from 11.2 to Factory Repositories - and to 11.3
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #308285, revision 1 Title: Easy way to switch from 11.2 to Factory Repositories - and to 11.3 openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Description: Right now, I have to manually change the repositories when upgrading from 11.2 to Factory - or from Factory to 11.3. I'd like to have an easy way, e.g. 1-Click-Install or a script that does this automatically for my system. This might not change external repositories, e.g. on the Build Service, but it should change the official distribution repositories. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308285

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[openFATE 308181] Yast Install - textbox to test the keyboard
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Kayo Hamid (kayohf) Feature #308181, revision 1 Title: Yast Install - textbox to test the keyboard openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kayo Hamid (kayohf) Description: Hi, i see that the Yast Install (11.2 M8) do not have a textbox to test the keymap that i have selected. My idea is to put one textbox to test the keyboard after the choose of keymap. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308181

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[openFATE 307628] give client a way to indicate preferred country for mirror choice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Duncan Mac-Vicar (dmacvicar) Feature #307628, revision 1 Title: give client a way to indicate preferred country for mirror choice openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Peter Poeml (poeml) Description: Hi, the mirror selection is based on precise, but relatively narrow network topology knowledge, as well as the "mostly" precise and sometimes lacking GeoIP information. For the cases where the IP cannot resolved, or cannot be resolved correctly, to a country, we can give the client a way to specify the country it is located in, to influence the mirror choice into the right direction. There are several groups of users that are affected by this: * users connected through satellite links can often be resolved only as country=A2, which is not a real country, it only indicates that this is a satellite link. * AOL users outside the US are not resolved (pseudo country A1). * IPs unknown to the GeoIP database, and not in one of the AS's which contain a mirror either * clients connected through a VPN that uses address space that's allocated in another country (e.g. clients in the Netherlands, whose employer is based in the US and runs a VPN that uses IP addresses that geolocate to the US) * Ipv6 clients (no GeoIP for that yet) Thus, it is desirable to give clients a way to indicate their location. CentOS uses something like that to influence or override mirror choice: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=118 In 11.2 libzypp, this could be implemented relatively easily (I believe) by adding a configuration directive "download-preferred-country" to /etc/zypp/zypp.conf, taking an ISO3166-1 two-letter code, and adding an HTTP request header (X-Preferred-Country) _if_ something is configured there. On another hand, since we intend to mainly use metalinks in the future, we could just use another aria2c option that makes this configurable: --metalink-location=LOCATION[,...] The location of the preferred server. A comma-delimited list of locations is acceptable, for example, JP,US. On the server side, the latter doesn't require anything to do. The former would be easy to implement. Something similar already exists, through ?country=xy request parameter, so one only needs to pick up the new header, which is a few lines of code. It could be used to deal with libcurl downloads, but in the light of metalink usage we should be able to neglect them. Relations: - give client a way to indicate preferred country for mirror choice (novell/bugzilla/id: 482894) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482894 Discussion: #1: Peter Poeml (poeml) (2009-03-06 10:20:33) Duncan, can I assign this to you? I look into the git repository, tried to update but I stupidly failed with a file conflict and resolving it, else I would have given it a go... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307628

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[openFATE 306966] No Shutdown/Suspend During Package Update
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #306966, revision 1 Title: No Shutdown/Suspend During Package Update openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: During a package update, it should not be possible to shutdown or suspend the system. Such requests should be delayed until the package update is finished. You do not want to bring the system in an inconsistent state. I consider this a desktop feature, so if somebody runs halt/shutdown on the console, this might not need to work - but if the GNOME/KDE shutdown/suspend options are used, it should finish the update first. Note: Windows does not allow shutdown during an update. What happened and let me to report this as feature: A user installed a kernel update and thought the update was finished. But only one out of the three kernel packages was updated and therefore after a reboot, the system did not came up completely. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: If this feature is not implemented, people can get broken systems - which might result in support calls. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306966

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[openFATE 306767] Yast2 package manager: add more filters
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Vincent Petry (PVince81) Feature #306767, revision 1 Title: Yast2 package manager: add more filters openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vincent Petry (pvince81) Description: It would be nice to have the following additional filters, maybe in the "view" menu: 1) Only show the packages that have a major version update 2) Same as 1) with minor version 3) Only show packages that appeared since the last refresh (see https://features.opensuse.org/306766) 4) Only show packages which version has changed since the last refresh (see https://features.opensuse.org/306766) 5) Only show installed packages 6) Only show non-installed packages The filters should be toggles/checkboxes, so that it's possible to combine them. Such filters are already available in the smart package manager. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306767

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[openFATE 306520] Redesign "Format and Mount Dialog" in YaST Expert Partitioner
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Feature #306520, revision 1 Title: Redesign "Format and Mount Dialog" in YaST Expert Partitioner openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Description: The "Format and Mount Dialog" in the YaST Expert Partitioner has several technical mistakes and limitations. * The mount-by method is in the fstab options dialog. This is wrong since volumes are also addressed in crypttab when they are not mounted. The same applies to the "Do Not Mount at System Start-up" setting. So these settings cannot be modified for e.g. encrypted volumes that are not mounted. * The filesystem label is in the fstab options. Thus it is not possible to set a filesystem label when not mounting the filesystem. This field should be moved from the mount options to the filesystem options. * Some filesystem options, e.g. "Disable regular checks", cannot be changed without formatting the filesystem although the filesystem tools support this. There should be a differentiation between filesystem options that can only be set during formatting and those that can be changed afterwards. One trouble is that this differentiation depends on the filesystem used. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306520

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[openFATE 306437] yast2 disk: easy way to mount all ntfs partitions rw
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Stefan Behlert (sbehlert) Feature #306437, revision 1, last change by Title: yast2 disk: easy way to mount all ntfs partitions rw openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jigish Gohil (cyberorg) Description: Taken from Bugzilla: Please provide a check box that says something like this: "Detect and mount all NTFS partitions Read-Write for all users" I do over 100 installations of openSUSE every month, all on PC that have windows installed, and manually changing it in /etc/fstab is bit tedious. Reproducible: Always Relations: - yast2 disk: easy way to mount all ntfs partitions rw (novell/bugzilla/id: 487126) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487126 Discussion: #1: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) (2009-03-23 11:53:17) Stefan, please make a feature request if you want this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306437

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[openFATE 306383] Browsing available repositories from YaST level
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #306383, revision 1, last change by Title: Browsing available repositories from YaST level openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: After test driving mandriva i found one idea there really great, you can browse repositories from the tool used for managing software. It would be great to have such thing in openSUSE (the community repositories isn't enough i think). So instead of browsing for repositories from web browser level we could browse it from YaST level (include something like novice and advanced level, the difference would be repositories shown for the end user). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306383

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[openFate 305716] [openSUSE 11.1] Disk partitioning under installation (Disk)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) Feature #305716, revision 1, last change by Title: [openSUSE 11.1] Disk partitioning under installation (Disk) openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sebastian Furdal (resus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We all know, that openSUSE as a default wants use on its own entire disk. This is VERRY BAD setting. On this website exist a pool: http://suse.ehelp.pl/modules/xoopspoll/pollresults.php?poll_id=24 POLISH: Czy os11 powinien miec przy instalacji mozliwosc wyboru, na ktorej partycji zainstalować system? ENGLISH: Should os11 installation program have make a choice on what partition install the system? 94% users sad YES (tak) Try my proposal... "See the attachments" Relations: - [openSUSE 11.1] Disk partitioning under installation (Disk) (novell/bugzilla/id: 383886) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383886 Discussion: #1: Sebastian Furdal (resus) (2008-04-25 12:36:23) Created an attachment (id=210574) Disk (GIMP) #2: Sebastian Furdal (resus) (2008-04-25 12:37:01) Created an attachment (id=210575) Button "create" #3: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) (2008-04-28 03:44:40) Something for PM to decide. #4: Stephan Kulow (coolo) (2008-04-28 04:10:30) Actually this fits the feedback I got during fosdem - the _HUGE_ majority of (power) users has to change the proposal. But the "Create" and "Edit" buttons are already more prominently as they were in previous releases. This was on the behalf of this feedback. #5: Sebastian Furdal (resus) (2008-04-28 07:47:26) Created an attachment (id=210885) Version 2 #6: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) (2008-04-29 04:06:15) I do not completly understand the request, I fear:-( Is it (1) about leaving space for windows or other OSes? (2) or about _how_ the Linux partitioning should look like? (3) or about both? I personally have a rather "sophisticated" partitioning (people say: "crazy"), thus I am planning to propose a LVM based partitioning as one(!) option (and default for our Enterprise Server product) with roughly(!) this layout. /dev/sda1 /boot /dev/sda2 /swap /dev/sda3 # system VG / /usr /opt /var /dev/sda4 # data VG /tmp /home /srv This more or less resembles the defaults of Unix/BSD systems. As said: it is the "extended" variant of what I can imagine for systems, where Linux is allowed to control the whole harddisk. For systems with shared windows partitions the layout should be different. And suggestions? Comments? Ideas? Proposals? Thanks in advance - so long - MgE #8: Sebastian Furdal (resus) (2008-05-01 02:19:50) (1)(1)does the idea of „automatic partitioning” is to make monopoly in one OS on one computer? [sarcasm] (2)(2)Yes, its only a proposal, more details I can make in some free time. (3)(3)Yap (4)(4)but openSUSE is mostly installed by less advanced users, who mostly do not know anything about Servers (5)(5)Most people on the world have a Windows and they install GNU/Linux with curiosity, and GNU/Linux should not propose to delete their favorite system and all precious data that where collected for years. This is something that makes openSUSE behind almost all major GNU/Linux distributions. And even I do not use Windows, but GNU/Linux (doesn't matter if its not openSUSE/SUSE) but I want check this distro [...] (6)(6)Propose: 1. After detecting disks and partitions Yast2 should propose mount points for all existed partitions. 2. When it finds completely free partition (doesn't matter with what file system - sometimes users prepare before installation free partition under different OS for a new system) OR/AND unallocated space with more size than installation required it should mark it with a green color – that on this partition/space You can install openSUSE with options /boot, /swap, /, /usr, ... etc. 3. When it doesn't find good partition then it should ask “Create automatic disk partitioning?”. a) YES - Automatically create partition setup for home users (example only with “/” and “/home” and ”/boot” - boot is very important for grub, because for example when a user delete under windows Linux partition grub is still in the MBR but it cant find config files - “OH MY GOD, LOOK LINUX DESTROYED MY SYSTEM – I WILL NEVER USE LINIX AGAIN” and most people do not know anything about windows installation “fixmbr”) - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST [red color] - Automatically create partition setup for server - ALL DATA WILL BE LOST [red color] b) NO - Edit partition setup (all proposed mount points in step 1. should remain even without “/” but whit red warning “To install openSUSE You have to create partition with minimal size $MINIMAL_INSTALLATION_SIZE GB”). #9: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) (2008-05-06 20:56:51) Hello and thanks for the answers. Please see my comments below.? (In reply to comment #8 from Sebastian Furdal) > > (1) about leaving space for windows or other OSes? > (1)(1)does the idea of „automatic partitioning” is to make monopoly in one > OS on one computer? [sarcasm] I agree: I have at least 3 openSUSE/SLES systems on my systems, and every fresh installation tries to kill my "vg_data". This is just annoying and will be fixed. > > (2) or about _how_ the Linux partitioning should look like? > (2)(2)Yes, its only a proposal, more details I can make in some free time. I also have some ideas there, ... > (4)(4)but openSUSE is mostly installed by less advanced users, > who mostly do not know anything about Servers Well, that does not necessarily be true according to other requests I see:-) But I agree that the "less advanced users" have to be covered in the most save way. > [...] This is something that makes openSUSE behind almost all major > GNU/Linux distributions. [...] Well, you might simply avoid those type of comments, please, as it weakens your very valid points above and below ( because people might become angry ). > (6)(6)Propose: > [...] Instead of your proposal let me post a proposal I wrote roughly 2 years ago here in bugzilla (closed bug); in meta-programming-language (and covering also datacenter use e.g. of SLES product): if( SAN-storage-found ) { expert-partitioning(); } else if( num-of-harddisks > 1 ) { expert-partitioning(); } else if( only-one-windows-partition_on( first_harddisk ) ) { # case 2 below partitioning-with-shrink( first_harddisk ) | expert-partitioning(); } else if( some-partitions-but-free-space_on( first_harddisk ) ){ # case 3 below partitioning-without-shrink-or-delete_on (first_harddisk ) | expert-partitioning(); } else if( some-partitions-but-no-free-space_on( first_harddisk ) ) { expert-partitioning(); } else if( multiple-existing-OSes-found ){ expert-partitioning(); } else { # empty harddisk, case 1 below default-partitioning(); } I would like to see that a little bit less complex, but I hope it could be a good start; I also hope we can agree that there are only three relatively "safe" & easy cases: 1. one empty harddisk 2. one harddisk full with another OS (most probably windows) 3. (at least) one (bigger) empty primary partition on first harddisk Everything else needs "knowledge" by the person in front of the computer, i.e. an "expert partitioner" YaST module to support this person, HTH - MgE #10: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) (2008-05-26 06:19:13) What do you think? #11: Sebastian Furdal (resus) (2008-07-20 03:40:24) I think advanced partitioning should be rewritten, sometimes it is to complicated ... Your proposal is good but openSUSE should automatically propose simple and automatic solutions ... such as: - propose partitions where oS could be installed - propose automatic mount points - propose some profiles of partitioning etc. What You think? #12: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2008-10-24 05:24:05) Information was provided. #13: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) (2009-01-21 11:57:03) Moved to openFATE from bugzilla. Let's proceed for openSUSE 11.2 based on what we have in openSUSE 11.1. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305716

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[New: openFATE 309445] Make yast proxy work with Microsoft ISA
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Feature added by: francesco nigro (frappa_nigro) Feature #309445, revision 1 Title: Make yast proxy work with Microsoft ISA openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: francesco nigro (frappa_nigro) Description: The yast proxy module doesn't work with Microsoft ISA proxy, the ntlm authentication is not managed correctly and fails. The only viable solution at the moment (the only one I found at least) is to install cntlm on every machines... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309445

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[New: openFATE 310759] job dispatching based on capabilities
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #310759, revision 1 Title: job dispatching based on capabilities Buildservice: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: We will need to have more detail configuration options during job assignment to build instances based on the capabilities of the build hosts. Possible usecases are: * packager wants to specify the needed amount of hard disc space, memory, kernel version or any other hardware requirement like CPU features. * OBS admin wants to enforce the usage of a build enviroment (like chroot, XEN or KVM) for certain packages or projects. These requirements must stay when doing a branch, link or copy operation to another place. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310759

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[New: openFATE 310070] openSUSE support for ARM
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Feature added by: peter czanik (czanik) Feature #310070, revision 1 Title: openSUSE support for ARM openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: peter czanik (czanik) Description: As indicated by this [1] thread, and many earlier, there is demand for openSUSE ARM support. As discussed on the mailing list: - the build infrastructure is already there - there is a number of cheap and easily available existing ARM based devices (EFIKA MX [2], Sheeva Plug [3], Beagle Board [4], etc.) and many more are expected to arrive in the coming months - we need developers This last point is the most important, as creating an ARM port is more than just enabling ARM in the build service. Without enough developers this port can't be started, as there is a lot of work to do: - sometimes it is enough just to fix packaging errors (where only x86 is considered in the spec file) - often compiling on ARM needs some patching (either to find existing patches from other distributions or develop new ones) - the openSUSE (YaST, etc.) tools need to be made aware of ARM - testing on different target machines Please add your comment, if you are interested in the ARM port and also that how you could help this initiative! 1. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2010-06/msg00293.html 2. http://www.genesi-usa.com/products/efika 3. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit-us.aspx 4. http://beagleboard.org/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310070

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[New: openFATE 310075] Rss Owl
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Feature added by: matthias propst (l1zard) Feature #310075, revision 1 Title: Rss Owl Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: matthias propst (l1zard) Description: Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators." RSSOwl is such an application. RSSOwl lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. It's easy to configure and the best of all: It's platform-independent . http://www.rssowl.org/overview -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310075

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[openFATE 308186] ruby1.9
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Feature added by: Dirk Herzhauser (dherzhau2) Feature #308186, revision 1 Title: ruby1.9 Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dirk Herzhauser (dherzhau2) Description: I would be nice to have a ruby1.9 package as well as wn precompile wxruby gem -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308186

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[New: openFATE 308377] Importing MS Windows user's settings, data as Ubuntu and Mandriva do
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308377, revision 1 Title: Importing MS Windows user's settings, data as Ubuntu and Mandriva do openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: Importing MS Windows user's settings, data as Ubuntu and Mandriva do. This may be useful for new users in Linux – it would help to fell less stress. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308377

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[openFate 305472] Support transaction triggers for rpms
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Feature added by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Feature #305472, revision 1, last change by Title: Support transaction triggers for rpms openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It's important to be able to run once after all packages have been installed a command (instead of running the command after each of x packages getting installed, which would make the process much slower). That's basically a post-transaction trigger. For background, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=365649 and especially comment #14 from Stanislav. (note that this is work that should be done in upstream rpm, not as patches) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305472

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[New: openFATE 308705] Show Grub boot menu when resuming from hibernate (suspend to disk)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Feature added by: Rafael Belmonte (EagleScreen) Feature #308705, revision 1 Title: Show Grub boot menu when resuming from hibernate (suspend to disk) openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen) Description: When I resume my computer after hibernate (suspend to disk) with OpenSuse, Grub boot menu is not displayed, so I am forced to boot into OpenSuse in the case of a dual boot system. Other GNU/Linux distributions like Debian/Ubuntu display the Grub boot menu when you power on the computer after hibernate with GNU/Linux, and booting into MS Windows (or other) is offered. The next time you boot again into GNU/Linux it resumes the last hibernated session. I think OpenSuse should follow this line too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308705

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[New: openFATE 309190] include FFADO (upgrade from freebob)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

Feature added by: Steffen Klein (sklein7) Feature #309190, revision 1 Title: include FFADO (upgrade from freebob) openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Steffen Klein (sklein7) Description: FFADO v2 is released since December 2009. It is the successor of the freebob firewire audio driver. The FFADO-release supports more hardware than freebob. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309190

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[New: openFATE 308243] Add Koha to opensuse Education Distro please. open-source ILS. http://koha.org/
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 28 Dec '12

28 Dec '12

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #308243, revision 1 Title: Add Koha to opensuse Education Distro please. open-source ILS. http://koha.org/ Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Add Koha to opensuse Education Distro please. Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. http://koha.org/ Thanks -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308243

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[New: openFATE 308497] Update to GRUB v2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

Feature added by: Jeff Mahoney (jeff_mahoney) Feature #308497, revision 1 Title: Update to GRUB v2 openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeff Mahoney (jeff_mahoney) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Every single bug or feature that anyone has developed for GRUB 0.97 has been rejected by the upstream project in favor of using GRUB 2. There has been resisitence in the distribution community to switching boot loaders, but this stalemate isn't going to go away. The code itself isn't well written or well maintained. Adding a new feature involves jumping through a lot of hoops that may or may not work even if you manage to work around all the runtime limitations. For example, a fs implementation has a static buffer it can use for memory management. It's only 32k. For complex file systems, or even a simple journaled file system, we run into problems (like the reiserfs taking forever to load bug) because we don't have enough memory to do block mapping for the journal so it needs to scan it for every metadata read. (Yeah, really.) GRUB v2 has a cleaner design, is modular, and it has support for multiple architectures including i386, x86-64, and powerpc. Support for ia64 is said to be forthcoming. EFI support is already there. More importantly, it supports far more file systems and has native MD RAID and LVM support. Adding support for a new file system is much easier, cleaner, and has fewer limitations than with GRUB 0.97. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: * Supportability - upstream bug fixes and development community * Features - better fs support, native RAID and LVM support -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308497

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[New: openFATE 308955] Thunderbird KDE integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Feature added by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Feature #308955, revision 1 Title: Thunderbird KDE integration openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Would be great if the same sort of KDE integration could be applied to Thunderbird as with Firefox and OpenOffice. The interface in general with TB3 on openSUSE 11.2 actually looks fine using the default theme, but KDE file and helper application dialogs would be a big improvement. Even better if this could be included with the 4.3.5 online update or the possible openSUSE 11.2 KDE4.4 respin that I've heard rumours of. Use Case: Take my parents, using a KDE setup but with Firefox and Thunderbird as the two main non-KDE apps installed, for whom the existing GTK file dialogs completely throw them every time they need to pick a file attachment, or to open/save attachments sent to them. It is the only place on their system where they encounter non-KDE dialogs and they are confused. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I see Thunderbird and GIMP as the two other popular, key apps having a large cross-desktop userbase that could do with better KDE integration. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308955

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[openFATE 307393] Webcam
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Feature added by: Adrian Perezlindo (cybersabalero) Feature #307393, revision 1 Title: Webcam openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Adrian Perezlindo (cybersabalero) Description: Why don't add a control to configure webcams in de yast module? It would be great in the part of "Hardware" 'cause is pretty dificult to set a webcam. I'm currently trying to set an Encore webcam and I'm tired to try a fail. Thanks a lot. Adrian (Argentina) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307393

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[openFate 305112] Add webcam configuration module for yast
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Feature added by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Feature #305112, revision 1, last change by Title: Add webcam configuration module for yast openSUSE-11.1: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Webcam is configured automatically. But for users having trouble with configuration a webcam configuration module would be useful. See also bug #359729 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users in trouble with webcam configuration need a webcam configuration possibility in YaST. As the usage of webcams is rising, eg. through instant messanger this feature request adresses more and more users -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305112

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[New: openFATE 308383] use other icon theme than DMZ
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Feature added by: matthias propst (l1zard) Feature #308383, revision 1 Title: use other icon theme than DMZ openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: matthias propst (l1zard) Description: i was packagin the Obsidian iconthem http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Obsidian+Cursors?content=73135 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/l1zard/openSUSE_11.2/noarch/ which i find looks better with the new suse theme. So maybe we can make this the default icon theme for 11.3 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308383

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[New: openFATE 308248] OBS Admin Setup Tool
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #308248, revision 1 Title: OBS Admin Setup Tool Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Important Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: The OBS admins need a tool for initial setup and later configurations of operations, which can't be done via the API. This setup tool may be implemented as CLI or as (WEB) YaST module. The setup needs to setup the frontend and web part, and the backend part. The parts may run on different systems. Tasks which should be offered are: webclient/software: * Used api server * run services api (aka frontend) server: Basically the steps as documented in README.SETUP and README.UPDATE of the packages, this includes: * Database setup and initialisation * rails migration (also on update) * configure backend interfaces (may be announced via SLP) * Admin password settings * run services backend setup: * sign daemon setup (gpg key generation) * run services ( and show their state ) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308248

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[openFATE 307378] YaST2 Partitioner should detect external partition type changes and update fstab
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Feature added by: Alexander shaduri (alex_sh) Feature #307378, revision 1 Title: YaST2 Partitioner should detect external partition type changes and update fstab openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alexander shaduri (alex_sh) Description: If partition was changed from fat32 to ntfs externally, there's no way to specify that in YaST Partitioner. Initial partition layout: sda1: fat32 (empty), sda2: ext3 linux /, etc... The first thing I did was install openSUSE 11.1. YaST correctly identified fat32 partition and wrote the respective line to fstab. Then, I installed Vista on sda1. The problem with Vista is that it won't install to fat32, it needs ntfs. So, it converted sda1 to ntfs and installed ok. Now, the problem is that fstab in openSUSE still contained "vfat" as filesystem type. KDE4 wouldn't open in from Konqueror, etc... I tried to make YaST re-learn the type of sda1, so it would write the correct line to fstab, since I didn't remember what are the openSUSE-default options for ntfs-3g. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. I think this will affect lots of people who, for example, had XP and decided to switch to Vista. Also, since openSUSE doesn't allow formatting to ntfs, this will also affect all the people who install Linux on a clean disk (reserving a space for Windows with fat32 partition), and then install XP or Vista, converting the filesystem to ntfs in the process. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install openSUSE on a clean disk, making the first partition fat32. 2. Convert the first partition to ntfs via third-party tool. 3. Try to use the drive from openSUSE as an average "joe the user". I filed it as a bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524784 and was told that this was a feature request - "The partitioner does assume that the enties in fstab are correct and does not try to fix them. Changing this behaviour requires a feature request." So, here it is. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307378

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[New: openFATE 309234] Make expert partitioner more intuitive
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Feature added by: Marco Poletti (poletti_marco) Feature #309234, revision 1 Title: Make expert partitioner more intuitive openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marco Poletti (poletti_marco) Description: I propose to restructure the expert partitioner, my suggestions are these: 1) I think the "Overview" and "Used devices" tabs associated with each drive are out of place, I think they should become the property window of the drive, that can be accessed by right-clicking the drive and selecting the new item "Properties" or by selecting it and clicking the new button "Properties" in the "Hard disk" view, or by right-clicking an empty space in the drive's own view and selecting Properties, or by clicking the new button "Drive properties" in the drive's own view. 2) About partitions, I'd completely remove them from the tree and move those informations to the partition's Properties window, accessible from right-clicking the partition and selecting the new item "Properties" or selecting the partition and clicking the new "Properties" button, both in the drive view and in the "Hard disks" view. 3) In computers with not too many HDs, say max 6, I'd show all the graphical bars in the "Hard disk" view. Test Case: Use Case: -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309234

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[New: openFATE 308940] zypper: provide ways to show reason for install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

Feature added by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Feature #308940, revision 1 Title: zypper: provide ways to show reason for install openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The smart package manager had a --explain option with which one could have the pm dump reasons for a package being installed. The same would be desirable to have for zypper, as there are sometimes strange updates. Use Case: # zypper up The following NEW packages are going to be installed: bundle-lang-gnome-ar glib2-lang gnome-keyring-lang gnome-vfs2-lang gtk2-lang With an --explain switch, there could be: glib2-lang (required by updated glib2-2.22.4-0.1.1) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576623 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308940

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[New: openFATE 310044] Validating DNSSEC support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

Feature added by: Tobias Burnus (burnus) Feature #310044, revision 1 Title: Validating DNSSEC support openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Tobias Burnus (burnus) Description: DNSSEC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSSEC) (Domain Name System Security) is mechanism which provides integrity and authenticity of DNS data. It became more important after new Kaminsky DNS poisoning attacks were found in early 2008. The domain-name organizations start to support them for regular usage. Especially: ROOT (.) (http://www.root-dnssec.org/) will be signed starting from July 15, 2010. ARPA is offers signing since 17 March 2010. And several country TLD already use or have test-bed DNSSEC implementations (e.g. .cz, .se, .ch, .de, .pm, .us, (soon:) .eu, .fr, etc.). It should be thus possible to enable a validating DNSSEC lookup (cf. also Fedora's DNSSEC implementation (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DNSSEC) , which pre-dates the DNS-ROOT signing and thus is a bit arkward). As DNSSEC is not widely implemented and since issues like key rollover or lost interest occur, the checking should be easily dis-/enable - and probably not be enabled by default, yet. Another reason for not enabling it by default is that some internet home gateways have caching PROXI DNS servers which cannot handle UDP DNS for packages larger than 512 Bytes (cf. change from RFC 1035 to RFC 2671). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310044

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[openFATE 306927] GLOM
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Feature added by: Marcus Wild (Affrostralian) Feature #306927, revision 1 Title: GLOM Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marcus Wild (affrostralian) Description: Database Frontend - easy to use GUI What you need, without the nonsense! With Glom you can design database systems - the database and the user interface. * Glom has high-level features such as relationships, lookups, related fields, related records, calculated fields, drop-down choices, searching, reports, users and groups. * Glom keeps things simple. It has Numeric, Text, Date, Time, Boolean, and Image field types. * Glom systems require almost no programming, but you may use Python for calculated fields or buttons. * Each Glom system can be translated for multiple languages and countries. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306927

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[openFate 305148] Automatic Compiling of Kernel Modules
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> Feature #305148, revision 1, last change by Title: Automatic Compiling of Kernel Modules openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The Standard Linux-Kernel provides a lot of hardware drivers/kernel modules. Nevertheless there are still devices not supported by the kernel. If a user compiles a kernel module by himself, he has to redo this step after each kernel update (if he is aware at all, that this step is needed). My idea was to install kernel-source, kernel-syms, gcc and make with each standard installation and to define a standard directory for the source code of kernel modules, e.g /usr/src/updates. When a Kernel Update is done, the system looks on boot in /usr/src/updates for directories and does there a 'make' and 'make install'. (build a kmp-package ?) If this could become a standard for other distributions (LSB) as well and corresponding init scripts would exist, third party kernel modules could be installed automagically after extracting code to /usr/src/update, so there would be some kind of standard for installing external kernel modules. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305148

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[New: openFATE 309034] Complete move to PolicyKit 1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Feature added by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Feature #309034, revision 1 Title: Complete move to PolicyKit 1 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Description: PoliycKit < 1 is old, non-maintained. For 11.3, we should make sure to move everything to the new polkit. Looking at the packages that still require PolicyKit-devel to build (ie, the old PolicyKit stack), we only have a few packages to fix. * cups-pk-helper: will be fixed when I released 0.1.0 upstream (soon) * hal: kay has a fixed package in home:kay_sievers:branches:Base:System * PolicyKit-gnome: only needed for GNOME integration of old PolicyKit * polkit-qt: no idea * ruby-polkit: no idea * smpppd: patch submitted (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580719) * yast2-dbus-server: no idea -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309034

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[openFate 305493] Look at plymouth for splash during boot
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Feature added by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Feature #305493, revision 1, last change by Title: Look at plymouth for splash during boot openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I wanted to open a fate feature about this when I first heard of plymouth, but reading http://fedoramagazine.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/interview-fedora-10s-better-… really makes me think we should go this way. Ray's comment starting with "Every flicker and mode change in the boot process takes away from the whole experience." is especially interesting. Is it okay to track the "don't show grub by default" here? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305493

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[openFATE 307461] SFLphone SIP Client
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Feature added by: René Krell (renekrell) Feature #307461, revision 1 Title: SFLphone SIP Client Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: René Krell (renekrell) Description: it is a 'must' for a good distribution to include a few really working SIP clients for internet telephony. I suggest to introduce SFLphone (http://www.sflphone.org) into the distribution. It works well with the latest stable version 0.9.6 and provides a GNOME and a KDE/Qt4 client. What do you want more. Futhermore this fills the space in timeline for a missing KDE4 SIP client (kcall isn't really usable and Twinkle stucks on Qt3). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307461

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[New: openFATE 309558] ProFont
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Feature added by: Thomas Dziedzic (gostrc) Feature #309558, revision 1 Title: ProFont Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Thomas Dziedzic (gostrc) Description: This is one of the best programming fonts I have used. http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/ Direct Download: http://www.tobiasjung.net/download.php?file=profont-x11.tar.gz -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309558

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[New: openFATE 310161] Make Bento and www.opensuse.org translatable via PO files
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Feature added by: Vojtech Zeisek (vojtaeus) Feature #310161, revision 1 Title: Make Bento and www.opensuse.org translatable via PO files openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vojtech Zeisek (vojtaeus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It is possible to translate software.opensuse.org via PO file software-opensuse-org.XX.po i LCN i SVN. But more sites are using Bento theme. I did not find any way how to translate navigation bar, content of boxes in panels and so on of Bento theme. I'm not sure if content of the navigation line is same on all webs, but it is important to have translated ALL occurrences of Bento theme and translation has to be consistent - same for every site. Second similar problem is translation of content of www.opensuse.org/XX/ For example for Czech version I see mix of Czech and English version. Sometimes someone send HTML file and say "Please, translate it and we will include it to www.o.o", but it is not good way how to manage it. There is, for example, no way how to translate news or add language specific news. I'm not sure if PO files are best for translations of the web and Bento, but it is common and IMHO good way how to manage it. So, please, make ASAP Bento and content of www.o.o translatable and accessible for language specific edits. And keep translations of Bento easily consistent on all sites. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: For localized, consistent and easily translatable openSUSE sites. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310161

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[openFATE 307254] Use POSIX capabilities instead of suid
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

Feature added by: Pascal Bleser (pbleser) Feature #307254, revision 1 Title: Use POSIX capabilities instead of suid openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Pascal Bleser (pbleser) Description: Use POSIX file capabilities instead of suid processes and running e.g. Apache as root: * http://www.nuxified.org/blog/dear-distributors (http://www.nuxified.org/blog/dear-distributors) * http://www.friedhoff.org/posixfilecaps.html (http://www.friedhoff.org/posixfilecaps.html) * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-July/msg01568.html (https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-July/msg01568.html) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307254

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[New: openFATE 310886] "expire" configuration in Pastebin, a plasmoid using Plasma's new share engine.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

Feature added by: double chou (MargueriteSu) Feature #310886, revision 1 Title: "expire" configuration in Pastebin, a plasmoid using Plasma's new share engine. openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: double chou (margueritesu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: On paste.opensuse.org, you can choose the expire time like 1 week for your paste. After that period of time, you paste will be unrecoverablely deleted from server. This design liberates the server. But nowadays every paste from the pastebin plasmoid will host on opensuse.org forever. I hope the code can be modified by changing "never" delete to "1 week" delete, or just give the user a self configuration button. 'coz there is no login mechanism in pastebin currently, we can't manage our pastes. It means most of our pastes will be surely useless after a certain period. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310886

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[New: openFATE 309055] get rid of SuSEconfig.postfix
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #309055, revision 1 Title: get rid of SuSEconfig.postfix openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: /etc/sysconfig/postfix and SuSEconfig.postfix are a mess. They cause trouble on updates and one never knows whether the settings are actually applied or a "xy.SuSEconfig" file gets created. Instead of translating sysconfig values to postconf calls, yast should just read and modify postfix' files directly if needed. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559235 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580124 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580485 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309055

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[New: openFATE 309370] Get ride of SuSEconfig.gtk2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Feature added by: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk) Feature #309370, revision 1 Title: Get ride of SuSEconfig.gtk2 openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There are a few packages which needs a SuSEconfig.gtk2 run afterwards. Currently they touch "run-gtk" and the next SuSEconfig run will execute the script. But the problem is, that only YaST2 calls SuSEconfig afterwards, zypper and rpm do not. As result, if you install gtk based applications the first time with zypper or rpm, this ones are often broken and don't work. The workaround is, that all this applications get a %run_suseconfig macro. This is very error prone, and makes the installation slower than doing it right from the beginning and let the post install of this packages, which really installs a plugin, register it correct. As all the bug reports with SLE11 SP1 shows, the current solution is not maintainable in any ways. We need to get ride of this hack. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Make gtk applications work out of the box again and not depending on a special Novell hack not supported by most of our own RPMs and 3rd party RPMs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309370

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[New: openFATE 309554] Exaile
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #309554, revision 1 Title: Exaile Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: http://www.exaile.org/ Exaile is a music player aiming to be similar to KDE's Amarok, but for GTK+ and written in Python. It incorporates many of the cool things from Amarok (and other media players) like automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm submission support, and optional iPod support via a plugin. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309554

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[New: openFATE 308599] add Picasa to non-oss repo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Feature added by: Christian Widmer (f33l) Feature #308599, revision 1 Title: add Picasa to non-oss repo Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christian Widmer (f33l) Description: It would be nice to have google's photo management tool picasa available in opensuse's standard repositories (non-oss). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308599

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[New: openFATE 308419] FPC & Lazarus
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Feature added by: Matthias Klumpp (lintns) Feature #308419, revision 1 Title: FPC & Lazarus Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Matthias Klumpp (lintns) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please create a FPC and a Lazarus package for openSUSE so that applications programmed using Free Pascal can be compiled on openSUSE without troubles. You can take the Fedora package as starting point. http://freepascal.org http://lazarus.freepascal.org Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Some applications like WinFF, easyMP3Gain or Listaller need the Pascal development environment to be compiled. Pascal is also an ideal language for education and for writing powerful cross platform applications. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308419

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[New: openFATE 308280] wqy font integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Feature added by: Mingxi Wu (Mingxi_Wu) Feature #308280, revision 1 Title: wqy font integration Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mingxi Wu (mingxi_wu) Description: Current fonts used in openSuSE for chinese users uming is somehow out of date. Most other distros like Ubuntu now use wqy as a replacement, and give a use better look&feel. wqy font is already existing in BuildService now, so there is no techinal problem for the integration. So I recommend wqy as a default font for Chinese users in openSuSE 11.3 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308280

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