May 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 308360] use lockdev
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '11

25 Nov '11

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #308360, revision 1 Title: use lockdev openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: Ever since resmgr was dropped there is no way for unprivileged users to lock a device file such as /dev/ttyS0 even if the user has access to the device. A similar problem exists for usb devices in /dev/bus/usb. RedHat uses lockdev to solve the problem. It's a setgid 'lock' binary that manages the lock files. /var/lock is writeable by group 'lock' only. To be really useful the lockdev code needs to be cleaned up so a library is used to call the 'lockdev' helper binary. That way rpm would automatically catch the dependency. Any program accessing serial ports or usb devices as user could make use of lockdev, e.g. libgphoto2 minicom ppp sane-backends screen uucp ... References: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/devel/lockdev/ http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/lockdev http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLOCKLOCKFILES -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308360

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[openFATE 306188] request for RAID metadata version specification option in Partitioner's install interface
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell (aschnell) Feature #306188, revision 1, last change by Title: request for RAID metadata version specification option in Partitioner's install interface openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: pgnet _ (pgnet) Description: Allow setting of software raid superblock version in YaST. Relations: - request for RAID metadata version specification option in Partitioner's install interface (novell/bugzilla/id: 483973) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483973 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306188

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[New: openFATE 309016] Request to be added as maintainer
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #309016, revision 1 Title: Request to be added as maintainer Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Description: There's no way to ask to get added as maintainer/bugowner to a package. This could be also an implicit request when you create a new package and push it via submitreq from one project to another. Relations: - submitreq creates packages with no maintainers/bugowners (novell/bugzilla/id: 580104) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580104 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309016

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[New: openFATE 308357] Replacement for Sax2 in 11.3
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Feature added by: Tara Ikeda (TaraIkeda) Feature #308357, revision 1 Title: Replacement for Sax2 in 11.3 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Tara Ikeda (taraikeda) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We need a replacement for sax2 in 11.3, as a safety measure for when auto configuration fails to detect certain monitors/keyboards/mice. Relying on the Desktop Environment for this is not the best idea, as some DE's or window managers dont provide config tools for what you might need to work. So I propose instead of relying on xrandr, Hal, devicekit or whatever there should be a GUI to configure graphics cards, mice, and keyboards without depending on the DE or a WM to provide a tool for the end user. I mention this as I have had KDE 4 fail to detect my resolutions and sometimes keyboard, luckily SAX2 is there to aid me but if its going the way of the dodo then I propose a relacement tool so that the end user wont have to make a xorg.conf and spend some time setting it up. It takes skill to make edits to a xorg.conf file and one can easily mess it up So having a helpful GUI tool is needed sometimes. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because of new users mainly, because we dont want them to install openSUSE and have it fail to detect their proper monitor resolution and default to a much smaller one. The goal here is ease of use, but also to have a a safety net just in case. With openSUSE being more geared toward KDE a tool like Sax2 becomes even more needed. KDE4's monitor detection tool sucks, its always given me headaches in Ubuntu, in Mandriva, in many other KDE4 distros. It has no feature to remember monitor settings, nor does it do a good job with enabling my resolution. But i am not doing this just for me, many others have issues with KDE4's monitor tool -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308357

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[openFATE 306578] Zypper integration with BuildService
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Feature added by: Brent McConnell (everettemcconnell) Feature #306578, revision 1 Title: Zypper integration with BuildService Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Brent McConnell (everettemcconnell) Description: Integrate zypper with Buildservice so that users can install packages from BuildService directly from zypper without having to leave the commandline. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306578

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[New: openFATE 309205] Remove old kernel package only after the new one successfully booted
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Feature added by: Michal Marek (michal-m) Feature #309205, revision 1 Title: Remove old kernel package only after the new one successfully booted openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Barry (supine) Description: When the kernel package is upgraded the old one is immediately removed leaving the currently running kernel with no modules. This breaks anything that requires modules until the user has an opportunity to reboot. The removal of the old package should be delayed till the system is rebooted into the new kernel. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Kernel package is upgraded 2. Try to run tcpdump Actual Results: 3. Get error about "interface not supported" and "unknown address family" 4. Reboot into new kernel 5. Try again to run tcpdump with identical arguements 6. tcpdump works as expected Expected Results: 3. tcpdump works as expected even before system is booted into new kernel Relations: - Kernel upgrade removes modules of running kernel subtly breaking the system until rebooted into new kernel (novell/bugzilla/id: 590496) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590496 Discussion: #1: unknown user (2010-03-23 14:38:59) This is another symptom of needing the ability to clean up an old kernel after a successful boot. #2: (michal-m) (2010-03-23 16:02:38) (reply to #1) Let alone defining "successful boot" would be tough, but let's say if the user has logged in, there is at least some success (but e.g. the network might still not be working though). This would be the kernel packaging part. Then there would need to be some way to tell the package manager "now it's time to remove packages x,y and z, ask the user for confirmation either via the update applet, or as soon as the package manager is started". IMO it would be a nice feature, but I have no idea how difficult the zypp/yast/updater applet part would be. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309205

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[New: openFATE 309553] Ereseva
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #309553, revision 1 Title: Ereseva Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: http://tapioca-voip.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ereseva Ereséva is an Instant Messenger and VoIP application written to fit well with the GNOME Desktop Environment. It is written in Python and it uses the Tapioca framework which is based on Telepathy specification. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309553

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[New: openFATE 309555] GCstar
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #309555, revision 1 Title: GCstar Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: http://www.gcstar.org/ GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309555

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[New: openFATE 308976] Color management in GNOME
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

Feature added by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Feature #308976, revision 1 Title: Color management in GNOME openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Description: We should make color management just work on the desktop, so that people can enjoy color accuracy when looking at their pictures, or when printing. gnome-color-manager and recent gnome-settings-daemon would bring us a great step forward. See http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-color-manager/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308976

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[openFATE 307220] Make YaST Software Management settings persistant
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Feature added by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Feature #307220, revision 1 Title: Make YaST Software Management settings persistant openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Description: One thing I would really like to see in 11.2 is having YaST's Software Management module retain the view selections of whether or not to show the devel and / or the debug packages. In 11.1 you have to set it upon every load up of the module. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307220

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