May 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFATE 306985] Install necessary codecs on the first run/need
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #306985, revision 1 Title: Install necessary codecs on the first run/need openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: I would very much like to see the system propose to install multimedia codecs. It could be similar to pullin-flash-player or pullin-msfonts. Not every new user knows that they need to add packman repo so it would be a great idea to run a script at the start that would ask if that person needs: a) to play DVD's b) to play mp3's c) to play any other kind of media like Xvid, DivX etc. The script would then add temporarily vlc repo to download libdvdcss in case a is ticked and add Packman repo in any other cases. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306985

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[New: openFATE 309632] HA/Storage Server/Appliance
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

Feature added by: Ruediger Oertel (oertel) Feature #309632, revision 1 Title: HA/Storage Server/Appliance Requested by: Ruediger Oertel (oertel) Description: let's try to evaluate what it takes to create something like falconstor (RH-based) or datastor (windows-based) on a openSUSE or SLE base, basic ideas: - SLE11(SP1?) plus HA addon [HA in factory is way outdated] - failover between at least two nodes - scsi/fc target using scst - backend any array with fc and/or scsi - easy config for clients to present luns to use [any gui tool or web-frontend reusable ?] - nfs server with HA [needs to be tested with various clients back at least till sles9, several archs] - anything like netapps WAFL (snapshots presented inside filesystem) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309632

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[openFATE 307743] show summary of selected packages (download and install size, etc...)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Feature added by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Feature #307743, revision 1 Title: show summary of selected packages (download and install size, etc...) openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Description: show summary of selected packages (in Yast Online Update and Software Manager): * download size * install size * delete size * some thing else and maybe: * size of already downloaded packages (in zypper cache) I think good place for this - left-down corner when see "Installation summary" (but it's not obligatory) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307743

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[New: openFATE 309037] NetworkManager: add strongswan plugin
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Feature added by: Georg Müller (georgmueller) Feature #309037, revision 1 Title: NetworkManager: add strongswan plugin openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Georg Müller (georgmueller) Description: Strongswan has a network manager plugin for IKEv2 IPSEC. It is gnome-only, a KDE version would be nice too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309037

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[openFATE 308152] KEEP Sax2's GUI in 11.2 Final!
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

Feature added by: Tara Ikeda (TaraIkeda) Feature #308152, revision 1 Title: KEEP Sax2's GUI in 11.2 Final! openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Tara Ikeda (taraikeda) Description: Relying on KDE4's xrandr is nonsense, I never had it work right for me. The issue is that when you do change the resolution in KDE4 it does stay but only for that session, its my biggest gripe with KDE 4 right now is that its monitor detection tools default to whatever resolution the system. its stupid to rely on KDE4's screen resolution tool! If you install your system and it does not detect your best resolution it might stick you with an inferior resolution. My default resolution is 800x600 and I want my best resolution 1024x768, but with Sax2 gone I have to rely on KDE4's resolution settings tool. Sounds easy enough right? WRONG! If your system defaults to the small resolution guess what, your screwed if KDE4 does not remember your desired resolution. And for me it never did, I always needed something like Mandriva's control center or Sax2. I get stuck with 800x600, its why I cant use Kubuntu! What are we trying to make openSUSE like Kubuntu, so that when you need a higher resolution by default you have to edit xorg and crap like that? Sax2 needs to remain, it is impossible for me to rely on KDE4's buttf%$&ed resolution tool and its inability to save my desired resolution. The people who suggested it be removed need thier heads examined, we need the GUI tool for new users. If we take a useful tool like this away it will be foolish, to remove the GUI and have people use the commandline to access this useful tool boarders on stupidity. If the team wants to attract more new users you must keep Sax's GUI there, I think its screwed up that you people suggested it to be removed. And to see it actually go through is another stupid move, whoever okayed this stupid idea must be six times as stupid. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308152

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[openFATE 307510] Cron: set MAX_DAYS_IN_TEMP different from 0
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

Feature added by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #307510, revision 1 Title: Cron: set MAX_DAYS_IN_TEMP different from 0 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Description: By default, openSUSE set MAX_DAYS_IN_TMP and MAX_DAYS_IN_LONG_TMP to zero, which means /tmp and /var/tmp folders are never cleaned. New users do not know of this, and after a while their hard drives ends with a lot of “garbage”. People who need those files not to be removed for sure will know how to change this default value but many people who don't need those files will not know about them until a “disk full” warning appears. This is particularly true for netbooks and old computer with small drives. My proposal is to set cron defaults to periodically clean the /tmp and /var/tmp folders. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307510

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[New: openFATE 309307] Add mediacenter software as default for desktop install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

Feature added by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Feature #309307, revision 1 Title: Add mediacenter software as default for desktop install openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Denny Beyer (lumnis) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be a "nice to have" would a mediacenter software be running out of the box with any desktop installation, similar to what you find on Mac's. While I don't really have a good overview on what is available, I hope many people share their ideas and experience with various packages here. What I would like to see is an out of the box working audio/video/images/tv application running exclusively on my screen controllable with a remote. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To give desktop users some "cool stuff" with a "wow factor" - and not just a workhorse desktop OS -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309307

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[New: openFATE 308274] Repository administration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

Feature added by: Michael Schulze (SOUI) Feature #308274, revision 1 Title: Repository administration openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Schulze (soui) Description: Hello, i think it were nice, if anybody can save his repositories like the favorites in mozilla. Firefox. The advantages lies on anybodies hand. Thank you.... Greetings from Berlin... SOUI -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308274

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[openFATE 307490] No black screen on start up or shutdown
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Feature added by: Michael Doris (dorism) Feature #307490, revision 1 Title: No black screen on start up or shutdown openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Michael Doris (dorism) Description: Whn you bot up suse I wish it would stay graphical all the way thoriugh and not kick out to a terminal for brief moments. Makes suse lok unpolished. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307490

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[openFATE 306954] flicker free boot up
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Feature added by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #306954, revision 1 Title: flicker free boot up openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Description: I would like to see a flicker free boot up - similar to what RedHat has inplemented in Fedora 11 but better. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306954

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[openFATE 306622] A cool graphical look when entering encryption key at boot
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Feature added by: Thomas Sundell (thsundel) Feature #306622, revision 1 Title: A cool graphical look when entering encryption key at boot openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Thomas Sundell (thsundel) Description: Would it be possible to make a beatiful graphical input when entering password for encrypted partitions @ the boot screen? Fedora 11 already has this very cool looking feature. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306622

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[openFATE 306774] Speed up openSUSE!
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Feature added by: Nikola Milosavljevic (Nikola191994) Feature #306774, revision 1 Title: Speed up openSUSE! openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Nikola Milosavljevic (nikola191994) Description: This should be really nice. It needs to have speed. Fast boot time like in Ubuntu or Fedora would REALLY be nice. Also, speed up most of the applications including YaST and Update manager. On Distrowatch.com, they put up that openSUSE is slow and bloated sometimes(resource heavy YaST or other openSUSE-Specific apps.) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306774

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[openFATE 306522] start 10 seconds
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #306522, revision 1 Title: start 10 seconds openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Description: The start up on 10 seconds, is very important, some distribution of linux has work on that, and would be good opensuse 11.2 start 10 seconds. 1. Loading the kernel and initramfs: 2 seconds 2. Charging drivers, mounting file systems and one thing more: 2 seconds 3. Launch of X. Org: 2 seconds 4. Launching the desktop environment and other services of the session: 4 seconds. that would be one of the best features of opensuse 11.2 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306522

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[New: openFATE 308593] Update "gimp-help"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Feature added by: Stephan Hegel (steve09224) Feature #308593, revision 1 Title: Update "gimp-help" openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Hegel (steve09224) Description: Please udpate the "gimp-help" package to version 2.6 to match the current Gimp version 2.6.x. OpenSUSE 11.2 just provides gimp-help-2.4.x in the OSS repository. Sources can be found at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308593

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[openFATE 308185] rpmorphan
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Feature added by: John Shand (jshand2008) Feature #308185, revision 1 Title: rpmorphan openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: There has been a wave of interest over the net in regards to rpmorphan. would it be possible to include in the next version of linux the ability to remove orphaned rpms from the system safely without causing other problems in the rpm database like having to reinstall those dependencies it removed?? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308185

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[New: openFATE 309334] Dolphin ask for root password on file drop
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Feature added by: Christian Giorgio galeffi (gallochri) Feature #309334, revision 1 Title: Dolphin ask for root password on file drop openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christian Giorgio galeffi (gallochri) Description: I would like that dolphin (or nautilus) ask for password when I try to drag and drop file into a directory where I don't have write permission and no only "you do not have write permission". -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309334

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[New: openFATE 308427] OpenReduce
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Feature added by: Ilya Chernykh (Ansus) Feature #308427, revision 1 Title: OpenReduce Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ilya Chernykh (ansus) Description: OpenReduce is a professional Computer Algebra System. It is capable of advanced matrix and vector operations as well as integration, solving differential and algebraic equations. It is a perfect GUI application and has extensive documentation. It has been recently included in Alt Linux repository. The packages taken from Alt Linux work well under OpenSUSE. The SourceForge page is here: http://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.net/ Screenshot: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36262187/Reduce.png (http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36262187/Reduce.png) ALT Linux packages: http://sisyphus.ru/ru/srpm/Sisyphus/reduce/get -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308427

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[openFATE 307489] Combine repositories!
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Feature added by: Jason Fergus (jfergus) Feature #307489, revision 1 Title: Combine repositories! openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jason Fergus (jfergus) Description: openSUSE would be at least 50x easier to install / maintain if they took a different approach to the repositories. Look at Fedora. They dropped Core and Extras and made it one big distribution, then all the dag, livna and freshrpms combined into rpmfusion.org. This is what should / needs to happen with openSUSE. For someone who is used to doing it, this is probably not that big of a deal. To someone who is used to installing Windows and having to scour the Internet for drivers, it's not that big of deal. To someone coming from using mostly Fedora, Ubuntu or Debian, this is HUGE. Fedora is simple, add rpmfusion.org and probably the adobe yum repository and you have access to everything from drivers to flash. In Debian, just enable non-free and contrib, then the debian-multimedia (for mplayer, mythtv etc) and you're all set. Ubuntu really only needs medibuntu repositories and you can get everything you need for a decent setup. openSUSE has a ton that need to be enabled. Emulators, Pacman, nvidia, etc. While it is nice and simple that you have a 'one click' install for most things, it still would be easier / simpler to just run 'zypper install atari800' without having to add the Emulator repository. This and the menus are the only thing that really throws me off of running openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307489

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[New: openFATE 309227] Limit entries (10 or 20) in *.changes
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Feature added by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Feature #309227, revision 1 Title: Limit entries (10 or 20) in *.changes Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: *.changes are artificially blown and should been truncated to max. 10 or 20 entries. Test Case: kernel-{flavor}.changes in factory: 764.22 KB mkinitrd.changes: 107.22 KB Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Normal computer users do not care about something that Konrad Zuse did in 1938 (Z1). They only want to know what happened recently to the packages. Use Yast packager, select kernel-{flavor} package and click on "Changelog". Then you can go drinking a coffee ... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309227

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[New: openFATE 309286] madwimax in network manager
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #309286, revision 1 Title: madwimax in network manager openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Description: Hi It will be good, you add madwimax driver to the base system in opensuse 11.3, in russia and Nicaragua, we have YOTA like wimax provider, and yota modem(samsung) only work via comand line, and it sucks! It will be good, it's works with network manager like default in 11.3 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309286

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[New: openFATE 309291] Add kstart packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Christoph Bartoschek (pontobart) Feature #309291, revision 1 Title: Add kstart packages openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christoph Bartoschek (pontobart) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add the kstart package into opensuse. http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/ Use Case: kstart allows users to have long running jobs in a kerberized system. Normally long running jobs get into trouble as soon as their tickets expire. The tools in the kstart package allow users to start long running jobs and be sure that the jobs will always have access to the filesystem. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We do not want to extend the normal kerberos ticket lifetime for security reasons. However we have some jobs that run for weeks and that need access to the AFS filesystem. The tools from the kstart package provide the jobs with a valid ticket for the whole runtime. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309291

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[New: openFATE 309472] pidgin: enable iChat/Bonjour/presence account by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #309472, revision 1 Title: pidgin: enable iChat/Bonjour/presence account by default openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: Me filing this request probably is an indication that I'm losing my mind ... ;-) Anyways, pidgin supports the iChat/Bonjour/presence protocol to support zeroconf instant messaging in the local network. For that to work it listens on a tcp port and uses avahi for discovery of others. The Bonjour account isn't enabled by default though. Users have to manually add it which means barely anyone actually does that. Kind of defeats the 'zeroconf' idea. So what about automatically creating a Bonjour account on first start of pidgin? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309472

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[openFATE 306915] zypper lu should show scutiry updates in red/bold
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #306915, revision 1 Title: zypper lu should show scutiry updates in red/bold openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Description: It would be useful for zypper lu to show security updates in red/bold fonts, to make them prominent, especially as colors are already in zypper version 1.2.0 according to http://jniq.blogspot.com/2009/06/colors-in-zypper.html -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306915

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[New: openFATE 308690] Blueray support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #308690, revision 1 Title: Blueray support openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Description: opensuse 11.3 would be great to have support for BlueRay discs, there is no linux client that support for this type of format, and would be a great way for users to have this support, so you can burn your movies in this format, see videos in BlueRay either VLC, Totem, Kaffeine, Bangarang, etc etc -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308690

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[openFATE 307719] hplip-hpcups and assoicated packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Feature added by: Kirk Kimmel (omf) Feature #307719, revision 1 Title: hplip-hpcups and assoicated packages openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Kirk Kimmel (omf) Description: One thing I have never understood is this hplip-hpcups package. If I uninstall this package, hplip-hpijs is automatically marked for install. If I uncheck that package as well and Accept the changes via YaST2 Software Management these packages are removed. However the next time I start Software Management hplip-hpijs is checked to be installed again. The only way to stop this behavior is to mark both packages as Taboo. Shouldn't I be able to remove packages that are not needed without having to jump through hoops to make sure they do not get installed again. Currently running OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 6. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307719

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