May 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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Description: The PyGreSQL (http://www.pygresql.org) version shipped with openSUSE 11.2 is 3.8.1 which has been superseded by PyGreSQL 4.0 already 11 months ago.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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[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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[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 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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[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 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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[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 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 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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