December 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310942] include BCache (cache on SSD) in kernel
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Vadims Korsaks (truckk) Feature #310942, revision 1 Title: include BCache (cache on SSD) in kernel openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vadims Korsaks (truckk) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Bcache is a patch to use SSDs to transparently cache arbitrary block devices. Its main claim to fame is that it's designed for the performance characteristics of SSDs - it avoids random writes and extraneous IO at all costs, instead allocating buckets sized to your erase blocks and filling them up seqentially. It uses a hybrid btree/log, instead of a hash table as some other caches. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: SSD devices can help improve rotation disks performance, this will give better overal performance and allow to use big rotation disks capacity. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310942

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[New: openFATE 310975] Video Driver Pre-Install Script for ATI Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Helen South (helen-au) Feature #310975, revision 1 Title: Video Driver Pre-Install Script for ATI Installation openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Helen South (helen-au) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Installing ATI Catalyst is problematic, possibly due to pre-existing FGLRX drivers which need to be removed before installation of the ATI drivers. It's remarkably easy for a non technical user to come up with a botched installation. Doubly so for the 64 bit version which has 32 bit dependencies. openSUSE needs some sort of easy-install process, which will find and remove any conflicting FGLRX drivers, and if possible download and install the right ATI driver for the current kernel. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because the current instructions on a selection of forums and wikis are confusing, and the latest release of the ATI driver seems to conflict with the 11.3 kernel, and this type of frustration with installation is a dealbreaker for many users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310975

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[New: openFATE 311024] add pyudev, the python bindings for libudev, as a package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Axel Theilmann (honx) Feature #311024, revision 1 Title: add pyudev, the python bindings for libudev, as a package openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Axel Theilmann (honx) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: it would be nice to have the python-bindings for libudev as a package in the opensuse distribution. http://packages.python.org/pyudev/ they work very well and are under quite active development. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311024

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[New: openFATE 310567] DEB/RPM Integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Feature #310567, revision 1 Title: DEB/RPM Integration openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Description: Of course we all know that linux is great and a reliable system but the latest focus is trying to get new users to adopt it. Is it possible from a developer standpoint to integrate a system including packages like alien for deb etc, that would allow SUSE to user either deb or rpm packages or better yet introduce a brand new file type say .lnx for linux (easier since the intro for SUSE build service) to begin a movement that would allow packages to be cross compatible between linux systems so long as the kernel version is suppported? This would bring a unifying and innovative solution to a common issue for linux systems. Just an idea, I would like to see comments on its possibility. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310567

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[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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