May 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 308901] move openssl libraries to /lib
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: peter czanik (czanik) Feature #308901, revision 1 Title: move openssl libraries to /lib openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: peter czanik (czanik) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Move openssl libraries from /usr/lib to /lib. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Recent versions of syslog-ng can't be compiled to run from /sbin due to having openssl libraries in /usr/lib instead of /lib. As syslog needs to be available even with /usr available, having it in /usr/sbin is not an option... Also, openssl libraries are used by wpa_supplicant, which can't be used now, if /usr is unavailable. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308901

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[New: openFATE 309022] Drop ext3 driver and use ext4 kernel and userspace tools only
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) Feature #309022, revision 1 Title: Drop ext3 driver and use ext4 kernel and userspace tools only openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) Description: Per Ted Ts'o (the ext4 maintainer: "Ext4 is format compatible with ext3, and with the proper kernel configuration options, starting with 2.6.33, it's possible to seemlessly allow people who use "mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /u1" to have /dev/sda1 mounted using the ext4 file system driver. So we even have a way that we can seemlessly upgrade existing userspace setups to using ext4 without having to make any system configuration changes (except installing a new kernel, of course)." Thus it may make sense to drop the ext3 driver from OS 11.3 I'm not sure how useful it is to do, but ext4 is where the new development is taking place for both the kernel and userspace tools, so it seems it might be useful to switch everyone to ext4 userspace tools. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309022

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[New: openFATE 309049] Support for Intel GMA 500
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Sergio Leon (sleonm) Feature #309049, revision 1 Title: Support for Intel GMA 500 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sergio Leon (sleonm) Description: With the increasing number of netbooks that use Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, it will be important add support for this in openSUSE 11.3 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309049

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[New: openFATE 309156] package ICC-profiles
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Feature #309156, revision 1 Title: package ICC-profiles openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Description: Make the ICC profiles from ECI.org available. ICC profiles are needed for printing. At moment are only the Adobe ICC profiles available. But they are nonfree. There is a organization for open standards in europe called ECI and the most printing services work with there profiles. At the moment I have to download the profiles from ther webpages, unpack and copy them to the right place in the system. On ubuntu is this easier, I install the profiles with the package icc-profiles -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309156

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[New: openFATE 309183] Localized package descriptions
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Markus K (KAMiKAZOW) Feature #309183, revision 1 Title: Localized package descriptions Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Markus K (kamikazow) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently software descriptions are only available in English, even though YaST/zypper itself is translated. Solution: Build Service should extract the translated names and descriptions from included .desktop files. YaST/zypper should display the correct description based on system language setting. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Improve the accessibility for users who don't understand English. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309183

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[New: openFATE 309369] PC tracking feature
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309369, revision 1 Title: PC tracking feature openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: My feature request is to have a PC tracking feature so users can find their PC if it gets stolen. The iPhone has a feature like this so OpenSuse should too. It could work by users going into Control Center and clicking on "Computer Tracking" and then they type in their email address and choose when they want the ip address of the internet connection sent to them, like this: Find your lost or stolen computer: Your Email Address: example(a)example.com (mailto:example@example.com) Send Location : Never Once per Hour Once per Day If the computer has a GPS or wifi connected then those co-ordinates could be sent too. It should support IPv4 and IPv6 ip addresses. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309369

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[New: openFATE 309368] PC tracking feature
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309368, revision 1 Title: PC tracking feature openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: My feature request is to have a PC tracking feature so users can find their PC if it gets stolen. The iPhone has a feature like this so OpenSuse should too. It could work by users going into Control Center and clicking on "Computer Tracking" and then they type in their email address and choose when they want the ip address of the internet connection sent to them, like this: Find your lost or stolen computer: Your Email Address: example(a)example.com (mailto:example@example.com) Send Location : Never Once per Hour Once per Day If the computer has a GPS or wifi connected then those co-ordinates could be sent too. It should support IPv4 and IPv6 ip addresses. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309368

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[New: openFATE 309390] zypper in $REPO:$PACKAGE should initiate vendor change
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Lutz Thuns (lOtz1009) Feature #309390, revision 1 Title: zypper in $REPO:$PACKAGE should initiate vendor change openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Lutz Thuns (lotz1009) Description: If a specific repo is named in "zypper in" command this should initiate a vendor change. This should also include zypper in -r $REPO $PACKAGE I think otherwise these options are quite obsolete? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309390

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[New: openFATE 309395] Handle variables in repo files similar to yum
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Anas Nashif (nashif) Feature #309395, revision 1 Title: Handle variables in repo files similar to yum openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Anas Nashif (nashif) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Yum expands a set of variables in the repo files such as * releasever (extracted from the release file) * basearch Which allows usage of the same repo files for multiple version and architectures. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Adding such support will allow better portability of repo files between yum and zypper and felxibility managing repos and repo files. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309395

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[New: openFATE 309397] add primary user to floppy and cdrom
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #309397, revision 1 Title: add primary user to floppy and cdrom openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The primary user created by the installer should belong to groups floppy and cdrom . Use Case: * The user has created a document and she wants to transfer it to a floppy disk. * The user has two CD-ROM drives and she wants to access the other one. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: it is hardly imaginable one would forbid oneself writing floppy disks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309397

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[New: openFATE 309468] improve system administration from commandline
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Kenny Verstraete (verstraete_kenny) Feature #309468, revision 1 Title: improve system administration from commandline openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kenny Verstraete (verstraete_kenny) Description: I've installed PClinuxOS out of curiousity previous week and was impressed with the strong administration tools it came with. I've always been a fan of YaST, but now that saX is deprecated, there is no (newbie)option anymore to configure graphics card from within console. Let's say x won't start after some update, or misconfiguration... We used to do some sax2- r -m 0=vesa, fix the issue and return back to what is was. Drakconf lets you configure al your hardware from within console and is linux-newbie proof. openSUSE needs something like that too! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309468

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[New: openFATE 309483] Create Spacewalk compliance
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Feature #309483, revision 1 Title: Create Spacewalk compliance openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Description: We are currently lacking some free solution to manage servers / clients. Red Hats Spacewalk ( http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/ ) provides their enterprise solution to that problem. Please make [open]SUSE compatible with Spacewalk so it will be possible to manage it together with Red Hats products so it evolves to a one stop solution to manage linux products within an enterprise enviroment regardless of the vendor. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309483

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[New: openFATE 309570] sync contacts/calendars/SMS with KdePIMs using bluetooth like Nokia PC Suite.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: double chou (MargueriteSu) Feature #309570, revision 1 Title: sync contacts/calendars/SMS with KdePIMs using bluetooth like Nokia PC Suite. openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: double chou (margueritesu) Description: It may be hard, but possible, 'coz Symbian is open source now, we do not have legal problems anymore. I know you men are developing Akonadi, after that, contacts/calendars can be sync to Google Contacts/Calendars then Kontacts/Korgnaizer. But actually it is just like 2 stationary FTP connections. The bluetooth idea is something that I can sync anything I want to every device in my room directly, not using any transition like Google, not requiring network connections. Of course I can also sync with Google, but it is another case. Actually you did it before. Kitchensync is an amazing software. And you said you will rewrite it. But the new version (not usable yet) can not sync with mobile directly, not to mention backup SMS (some places in the world, banks use SMS to send bills) . So come on, Symbian has only 4 versions, S40, S60v3, S60v5 and Symbian 3. Its protocols are easy for you. Nokia will remain top in next decade. It is not useless and can't be ignored. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309570

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[New: openFATE 309586] Add hybrid-auth to KNetworkManager/vpnc
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Sascha Eichenauer (supertimorplusfort) Feature #309586, revision 1 Title: Add hybrid-auth to KNetworkManager/vpnc openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sascha Eichenauer (supertimorplusfort) Description: A lot of CISCO VPN's today use hybrid-authentication. Unlike gnome-NetworkManager, KNetworkManager does not support hybrid-auth. Sure, it's not a big deal to connect via cli (when you have an ssl-enabled vpnc installed) but hybrid-auth integration into KNetworkmanager would make openSUSE and KDE much more attractive to university students and staff, for example. There's a bug report in KDE's bug tracker (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219118) which seems to be worked on. The gnomes were faster, they already have a patch (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495893) . I'd really appreciate seeing hybrid-auth capability in KNetworkManager. Maybe someone with programming skills and the desire for hybrid-auth can do something. Thanks for listening! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309586

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[New: openFATE 309260] Choose between Office Suites
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: John Shand (jshand2008) Feature #309260, revision 1 Title: Choose between Office Suites openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e.g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260

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[New: openFATE 309357] Add the WHIRLPOOL login password option+PC Tracking
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309357, revision 1 Title: Add the WHIRLPOOL login password option+PC Tracking openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: My first feature request for OpenSuse 11.3 is to add the WHIRLPOOL encryption as a choice for the login password. More info can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIRLPOOL) Also the encryption options should have security ratings displayed like this: Whirlpool (Strongest) MD5 (Okay) etc etc My second feature request is to have a PC tracking feature so users can find their PC if it gets stolen. The iPhone has a feature like this so OpenSuse should too. It could work by users going into Control Center and clicking on "Computer Tracking" and then they type in their email address and choose when they want the ip address of the internet connection sent to them, like this: Find your lost or stolen computer: Your Email Address: example(a)example.com (mailto:example@example.com) Send Location : Never Once per Hour Once per Day If the computer has a GPS or wifi connected then those co-ordinates could be sent too. It should support IPv4 and IPv6 ip addresses. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309357

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[New: openFATE 309358] Less confusing installer idea
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309358, revision 1 Title: Less confusing installer idea openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: I have a feature request for the OpenSuse 11.3 installer. I found 11.2 installer to be very confusing. What I found confusing was the partition part and where it talks about sda1, sda2, etc. Most beginners won't even know what these mean. My feature request is to make the installer less confusing by first displaying all the partitions and hard drives on a user's computer and users can select 1 or more partitions to install OpenSuse too like this: Tick the drive/s | partitions you want to install OpenSuse on: C: Label 20GB D: Label 50GB E: Label 1TB After users have chosen the drives/partitions only then will the partition edit/creation options be shown, and they'll only apply to the drives/partitions a user chose before. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309358

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[openFATE 307777] Package Phoronix Test Suite
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Ted Bullock (meiqur) Feature #307777, revision 1 Title: Package Phoronix Test Suite Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ted Bullock (meiqur) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Phoronix is a moderately popular linux related website which has compiled a series of tests into a suite they call the Phoronix Test Suite. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It would be interesting for users to be able to observe the changes in the performance of their systems from release to release. Also, it would useful to actually bring some numbers to discussions in bug reports rather than just vague statements like "computer is slow" -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307777

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[New: openFATE 308963] Taskjuggler
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Feature added by: Lars Koraeus (koraeus) Feature #308963, revision 1 Title: Taskjuggler openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Lars Koraeus (koraeus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Taskjuggler is a very comprehensive and powerful project management system. This was removed in openSUSE 11.2 due to not having ported the graphical interface to KDE 4 as I understand. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Taskjuggler should be included in the 11.3 with or without KDE interface. We still run 11.1 in our company and have to do so until it is back again. Applications are more important than desktop features. Downloading and install from Taskjuggler website results in a lot of unresolved dependencies as by now. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308963

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[New: openFATE 309564] Q7Basic
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: John Shand (jshand2008) Feature #309564, revision 1 Title: Q7Basic openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: On around 23rd May Q7Basic is being released from http://q7basic.org/ It would be great to have this package available so those who can't understand c++ can write in a simple language and have it translated into c++ for them -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309564

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[New: openFATE 309197] Update x11vnc rpm package to 0.9.9
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Lord Talantyyr (Talantyyr) Feature #309197, revision 1 Title: Update x11vnc rpm package to 0.9.9 Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Lord Talantyyr (talantyyr) Description: x11vnc rpm package should be updated since newer Versions of Gnome don't accept KillAllClients=false anymore and v0.9.9 features a workaround for this. Currently a manual installation via the provided tarball is necessary, if you wish to run VNC on startup. (which is most likely) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309197

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[New: openFATE 309204] Oxygen Firefox theme
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Manuel Ramirez (elpreto) Feature #309204, revision 1 Title: Oxygen Firefox theme openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Manuel Ramirez (elpreto) Description: The oxygen them with Firefox 3.5 in openSUSE 11.2 is no more supported in Firefox 3.6. When openSUSE switch the package to 3.6, you can change the vainilla Firefox extensions "openSUSE Firefox extensions" for this one, which is better looking/integrated and compatible, even Firefox Preferences diaglog is integrated. Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59338 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309204

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[openFATE 307491] php5-qt
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Feature #307491, revision 1 Title: php5-qt Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Description: It would be nice if php5-qt could be included with the php modules in the build service. There should be no legal issues with this now as qt now has a free licence. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307491

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[openFATE 306604] Include CodeAnalyst-gui package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Suravee Suthikulpanit (suravee) Feature #306604, revision 1 Title: Include CodeAnalyst-gui package Requested by: Suravee Suthikulpanit (suravee) Description: - CodeAnalyst is a performance analysis suite. It provids graphical utilitys for running Oprofile, and analyzing result on AMD-based systems. CodeAnalyst includes several features to aid profile analysis such as inline-function analysis, code-block analysis, and a utility for profile comparison, DiffAnalayst. - CodeAnalyst-gui package is currently in the Contrib repository. - A new version (2.8 Update1) will be available soon with IBS support. - It is compatible with OProfile-0.9.4 and OProfile-0.9.5 (required for IBS support). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306604

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[openFATE 306911] Lightscribe application
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Heribert Riesbeck (ve3fd) Feature #306911, revision 1 Title: Lightscribe application Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Heribert Riesbeck (ve3fd) Description: This will allow to label lightscribe DVD/CD with appropriate pictures, themes or descriptions as opposed to felt pen labeling. This would be a very desirable application for photographers. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306911

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[New: openFATE 308459] Include Sage open-source mathematics software
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Todd R (TheBlackCat) Feature #308459, revision 1 Title: Include Sage open-source mathematics software openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Todd R (theblackcat) Description: Sage is a python-based GPL advanced mathematics software similar to the closed-source mathematica and the open-source maxima. It seems pretty powerful, supporting many advanced mathematics operations, plotting, and other higher-level mathematics tasks. It provides a nice web interface. Further, the new Cantor advanced mathematics software that will be included with KDE 4.4 can act as a front-end for sage (as well as maxima and R for now). However, there is no Sage package for openSUSE. Considering an official KDE program now uses it I think it is a good idea to provide a package. Since Cantor is now in the main KDE education software group I think Sage should probably be in the main release for openSUSE 11.3. In the meantime there should probably be a package in KDE4 Unstable now and one in KDE 4 factory when it switches to KDE 4.4 beta 1, and probably another in the science and/or education buildservice repository. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308459

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[New: openFATE 309259] Include VLC
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #309259, revision 1 Title: Include VLC Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Considering the fact that VLC phonon back-end is finally taking shape (http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1171-Rapid-Progress-in-KDE-Multimedia.h…) , I think is important to consider the inclusion of VLC client on openSUSE, even if "diminished" in the same way in which xine is actually shipped. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: VLC is one of the best multimedia players for Linux and there will be a back-end for phonon that use it. The addition of VLC will give the user more choice and a better multimedia experience. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309259

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[openFATE 306323] Zimbra Mail Server Support for openSUSE 11.x
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Masim Sugianto (vavai) Feature #306323, revision 1, last change by Title: Zimbra Mail Server Support for openSUSE 11.x Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Masim Sugianto (vavai) Description: Zimbra Mail Server is a popular mail server & collaboration suite. Zimbra team has decided to leave openSUSE as unsupported platform due to minimal download for their product (which should be wrong because they said Zimbra for openSUSE only 41 times downloaded comparing thousand for Ubuntu or Fedora). openSUSE is one of the best choice and strong distro for server. It would be sad to see openSUSE fans migrate to another distro only for one reason : Zimbra could not be installed on openSUSE 11.x and there is no binary package for openSUSE 11.x The best way to make openSUSE as best Distro for server area are providing Zimbra package (community builds). There is a project called Zimbra Community builds (see related article) but the author seems to hold the project. If it's possible to be build on build service or with another technique (manual build ?), I will help as much as I can for testing and implementing the binary package and providing the documentation. Related article : 1. http://vavai.net/2009/01/01/zimbra-and-opensuse-thread-on-zimbra-forum/ 2. http://sourceforge.net/projects/zimbracommunity/ 3. http://varlogmessages.vroomvroom.org/documentation/opensuse-port -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306323

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[openFATE 307392] Disable logging as root by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #307392, revision 1 Title: Disable logging as root by default openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: As some people may not understand the linux operating system principles they often log in as root which in some cases may be disastrous. I propose to disable logging as root by default, the user can always obtain root privileges by invoking su or su -. If there would be some advanced users that really need to log in as root then they will know how to "unlock" that. If i'm correct it's just a matter of adjusting some scripts right? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307392

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[New: openFATE 308324] location-based ornting
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Feature added by: Anar Taori (anartaori) Feature #308324, revision 1 Title: location-based ornting openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Anar Taori (anartaori) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: ability to print to nearest printer based on client device connecting in from Test Case: xyz Use Case: healthcare - doctor enters patient room .... Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: benefit - hipaa compliance -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308324

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[openFATE 308045] Switch to native printer config
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Feature added by: Markus K (KAMiKAZOW) Feature #308045, revision 1 Title: Switch to native printer config openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Markus K (kamikazow) Description: openSUSE 11.2 already ditched a few YaST modules that have native (GNOME/KDE) counterparts. One of the next steps sould be printer configuration. system-config-printer-kde is a port of GNOME's system-config-printer. The latter one is already available for openSUSE. To package scp-KDE, a similar approach to the (K)Ubuntu one makes sense: Bundle the Python files used by both into a separate package (system-config-printer-common) and then make system-config-printer-gnome and system-config-printer-kde available. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308045

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[New: openFATE 308372] lib→lib32; lib64→lib
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Feature added by: Matt Williams (Milliams) Feature #308372, revision 1 Title: lib→lib32; lib64→lib openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Matt Williams (milliams) Description: Now that 64 bit machines are almost ubiquitous, how about we make openSUSE treat 64 bit libraries as the default. This is already seen in the fact that in the buld service we have default packages and then 32 bitt packages are explicitly labeled as so. I propose: * Place all 32 bit libraries in directories called lib32 (e.g. /usr/lib32 ) * Place all 64 bit libraries in directories called lib (e.g. /usr/lib ) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308372

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[New: openFATE 309584] Zippl Presentation Tool (Qt, C++)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Feature added by: Klaas Freitag (kfreitag) Feature #309584, revision 1 Title: Zippl Presentation Tool (Qt, C++) Requested by: Klaas Freitag (kfreitag) Description: The idea of a new presentation tool called Zippl is of course inspired by the new and breathtaking tool Prezi [1] which is available online. The idea of Zippl is to implement something similar as Prezi, but as a desktop tool based on the Qt toolkit which brings the perfect modules with it. A presentation in Zippl will not be one page after the other, but a huge canvas on which spots of information lie around. These spots are the actual presentation portions and can contain (for the first attempt) out of text, geometrical items such as boxes and pixmaps. During a presentation, Zippl moves from one spot to the next, of course in a very cool animated way. Another concept of Zippl will be the "more details" idea. If the presentation goes to show more details on a spot, it dives through the spot to another one. A Zippl-Presentation will be written up in a XML file specifying the spots with its content such as text, graphics and stuff. Spots can be nested to reflect the detail thin g. Zippl XML files should be of easy structure and can be written manually, later GUI editing functionality could be added easily. There is no code yet for Zippl. The project is happy about any help from everybody who is interested in programming Qt and C++ or giving input on this stuff. [1] http://www.prezi.com -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309584

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[New: openFATE 308936] Install defaults to Allow_Kernel_Updates=NO
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Feature added by: Wilson Phillips (Wilson_Phillips) Feature #308936, revision 1 Title: Install defaults to Allow_Kernel_Updates=NO openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Wilson Phillips (wilson_phillips) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Make the install default with kernel updates off. Create a config file with a flag that can be turned on or off, that must be edited. Inside the file could be all the information needed for a newbie to do his/her own kernel update without hosing thier system. Instructions, links to forums, links to video card drivers, etc. Advanced users could easily edit the file and turn on kernel updates after the install, but new users would not be blind-sided with a kernel update that leaves them in panic mode staring at the command prompt login, and wondering why they had a desktop one minute and a reboot leaves their system broken. If a new user needs a kernel update, they can do a little research and find how to edit the file, by the time they do it, they should have all the information they need to make an informed decision and be prepared with the tools they need to bring their system back online properly. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We have lost too many new openSUSE users over the years because they did their updates and did not know that a kernel update would break their modules. Nothing causes more panic for a newbie than a reboot that leaves them stuck at the command line interface and wondering why their system is broken. Too many just do a format and reinstall of Windows and the last we hear of them is when they post on the forums that SUSE sucks. For us old techs, this is a small problem and we know how to fix it, but for the newbie, this is a deal breaker. We must change our way of looking at these small problems and how they affect the new inexperienced users. We can not overlook these issues. We have to make them a priority. How many new users could we keep, if they never had this problem? Food for thought. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308936

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[openFATE 307624] Build all noarch subpackages as noarch
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Feature added by: Pavol Rusnak (prusnak) Feature #307624, revision 1 Title: Build all noarch subpackages as noarch openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Pavol Rusnak (prusnak) Description: The new RPM brought a feature which allows to build subpackages as noarch even when the main package is architecture dependent. By using this we could save lots of space on mirrors and media. See http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-09/msg00170.html for reference. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307624

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[openFATE 307872] CAcert root certificate as a part of openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Feature added by: Jaromír Červenka (Cervajz) Feature #307872, revision 1 Title: CAcert root certificate as a part of openSUSE openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jaromír Červenka (cervajz) Description: CAcert (http://www.cacert.org/) is organisation issuing free certificates for everyone. It could be useful, when root certificate (http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3) will be a standard part of openSUSE distro. A lot of people and companies (http://www.cacert.org/stats.php) using their certificates. Some other Linux/*nix distributions has CAcert root certificate also included (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacert#Inclusion_status) . -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307872

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[openFATE 307172] Remove unneeded packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Feature added by: Martin Marx (nitro424) Feature #307172, revision 1 Title: Remove unneeded packages openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Marx (nitro424) Description: I need a possibility to remove unneeded, automaticly installed software (orphans). Ubuntu example: apt-get autoremove Mandriva example: urpme packagename (Invoke it simply with urpme packagename to remove a package and any packages that depend on it.) Arch Linux example: pacman -Rsn; pacman -Rsnc; pacman -Qdt; this is my favorite I like to install and try different software. After trying it, I often want to remove it completely. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307172

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[openFATE 306438] yast2 sw_single should provide a view of packages where no other packages depends on
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Feature added by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Feature #306438, revision 1, last change by Title: yast2 sw_single should provide a view of packages where no other packages depends on openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Description: If I want to cleanup a workstation and remove packages which I do not need anymore I be able to know some package names which I have really selected for installation. But such packages pullin some dependencies which I am not aware of and so the number of packages growth and growth. A view, which shows me all packages where no other package depends on would help me to find packages I can remove without breaking dependencies. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306438

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[openFATE 306627] depencency tracking for uninstalling
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Feature added by: Jacques Boulet (oneinch) Feature #306627, revision 1 Title: depencency tracking for uninstalling openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jacques Boulet (oneinch) Description: The openSuSE package management is virtually unbeatable in the dependency tracking for installing department. But when it comes to uninstalling it really leaves little to be desired. It would be great if YAST and zypper kept track of the dependencies that were installed for a specific package during its install and checked the dependencies during the uninstall to see if they are in use by something else or not. And if not then give the ability to remove the unused dependencies. For example I install package "Foo" the requires library "Bar." Library "Bar" is not installed so it gets installed when I install "Foo." Later I realize the package "Foo" wasn't exactly what I needed and wish to remove it. But uninstalling just removes the package "Foo" and leaves the library "Bar" sitting around unused and taking up space. So if I want to remove the library "Bar" i must do so manually. It would be great if I wish to uninstall "Foo" that the package manager would have the ability to check any dependencies that were needed and installed for package "Foo" and see if they are still needed by another package or lib and if so, keep it, and if not remove it. Also, it would be awesome if one could remove an entire package group such as uninstalling gnome or KDE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306627

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[openFATE 305992] Easier removal of packages installed due dependencies and not manually by user
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Feature added by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Feature #305992, revision 1, last change by Title: Easier removal of packages installed due dependencies and not manually by user openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Nikanth K (nikanth) Description: If one tries to install a package say "bzflag-debugsource", then due to dependency "bzflag-debuginfo" also gets installed. But later the user may not remember it and will uninstall only "bzflag-debugsource". So installing and uninstalling, "bzflag-debugsource", does not leave the system in the same state as before. It would be nice if yast2/zypper can remember the automatic package selections and prompt user when the actual packages are being uninstalled and there are no other package that is still dependent on them. Atleast a way to know the list of packages installed due to dependencies and the no of packages still dependent on them would make it easier for the user. And this list should not include packages manually installed by the user. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305992

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[openFATE 307603] Migrate x86_32 architecture to i686
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Feature added by: Refilwe Seete (ReferenceSeete) Feature #307603, revision 1 Title: Migrate x86_32 architecture to i686 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Refilwe Seete (referenceseete) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: openSUSE currently builds i586 binaries with a couple exceptions. As it currently stands openSUSE 11.1 permits a Pentium 1 but requires at least 256MB of RAM with 512MB recommended [1]. The likelihood of a person having a system with an original Pentium and 256MB (esp. 512MB) of RAM is quite low. Since the i686 architecture was introduced in 1995...2010 or 2011 is a suitable time to migrate the x86_32 target architecture without adversely affecting the majority of users. The Fedora Project is making this same transition for Fedora 12 [2]. Any growing pains they experience can be used as guidance for the transition in openSUSE 11.3 or 12.0. [1] http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/sysreqs.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/F12X86Support Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: By moving to i686, openSUSE should receive a slight performance increase while maintaining support for an incredibly broad range of x86 chips. Any boost is helpful on systems with less processing power, such as netbooks/nettops or older systems (Pentium 2, original Athlon etc.). Moving to i686 is a way to boost performance the performance of openSUSE at the margins without having to delve into experimental or otherwise under-tested methods. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307603

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[New: openFATE 308423] CA Management Proposal: change alternative name
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Feature #308423, revision 1 Title: CA Management Proposal: change alternative name openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Description: Currently the CA Management proposal detects a lot of alternative names which are added to the server certificate. These autodetected values cannot be changed. You need to remove the certificate and crerate a new one using the ca-management module, if something is wrong or not wanted. It would be good to have the possibility to change them at this time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308423

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[New: openFATE 309484] update digikam
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Roger Larsson (RogerJL) Feature #309484, revision 1 Title: update digikam Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roger Larsson (rogerjl) Description: Digikam 0.10.0 is no longer recomended nor community supported. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237163 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309484

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[New: openFATE 308613] package Free Pascal
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: serge muscat (serge-muscat) Feature #308613, revision 1 Title: package Free Pascal openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: serge muscat (serge-muscat) Description: I like the package that Free Pascal works correctly. For now it does not work. And this is the only language Pascal available at the moment with Suse. Serge M. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308613

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[New: openFATE 308530] Include cacti in 11.3x
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #308530, revision 1 Title: Include cacti in 11.3x Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Include cacti in 11.3x http://docs.cacti.net/ cacti rpm's available on http://software.opensuse.org/search About Info: Web Front-End to Monitor System Data via RRDtool Cacti is a complete front-end to RRDtool: it stores all necessary information for creating graphs and populates them with data from a MySQL database. The front-end is completely PHP driven. Along with being ableto maintain graphs, data sources, and round robin archives in a database, Cacti also handles data gathering. There exists an SNMP support for those accustomed to creating traffic graphs with MRTG as well. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308530

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[New: openFATE 308271] GDM Customizable
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Raul Libório (Rauhmaru) Feature #308271, revision 1 Title: GDM Customizable openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Raul Libório (rauhmaru) Description: I propose the return of GDM customizable, where you can do whatever it was before. change icons, background, change the position of the items ... If something I did not like the openSUSE was this change. In my opinion, this was a terrible decision by the developers. GDM was formerly one customizable tool, but, today, but today it is ugly and inflexible. You can not change their themes. There are millions of themes for GDM ... They were killed. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308271

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[New: openFATE 308254] radvd
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Feature #308254, revision 1 Title: radvd Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: IPv6 router advertisement daemon. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The IPv6 router advertisement daemon is quite useful for automatic configuration of routes in an IPv6 network. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308254

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[openFATE 308155] armadillo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Stefan Gerlach (gerlachst) Feature #308155, revision 1 Title: armadillo Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Gerlach (gerlachst) Description: armadillo[1] is a C++ linear algebra library. It should be installed with blas, lapack and atlas for performance reasons. [1] http://arma.sourceforge.net/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308155

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[openFATE 308139] Calibre
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Herbert Rangsak (Herbert_Rangsak) Feature #308139, revision 1 Title: Calibre Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Herbert Rangsak (herbert_rangsak) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Calibre is an ebook library management application. It features library management, format conversion (all major formats are supported), syncing ebook reader devices with the desktop computer, fetch news from the internet and convert it into ebooks, gives you access to your library over the internet with a browser/email client. Calibre is based on Python >2.6, Qt 4.5.1and PyQt 4.5.1License: GPL v3 Homepage: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net FAQ (Supported formats, supported mobile devices, library management, fetch content from the web): http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/faq.html Use Case: Fetch your favourite newpage from the internet, create an ebook and tranfer it to your smartphone for offline reading. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Calibre is for ebook readers, what amarok is for audio listeners. 'Plucker' miss some features of calibre (i.e. content server) and calibre fits in my opinion better into modern desktops like KDE or Gnome. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308139

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[openFATE 308137] Logitech QuickCam Messenger
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Gerhard Müller (Muhammad1995) Feature #308137, revision 1 Title: Logitech QuickCam Messenger Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Gerhard Müller (muhammad1995) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Driver for Logitech Webcam (Description: Since OpenSuse 11.1 there are not the Webcam Driver Package "gspcav1-kmp-default" in Webcam-Repository for OpenSuse 11.1. But I remember there was a Package for OpenSuse 11.0 for the adapted Kernel!!!). Use Case: I am from germany but i hope that you understand me Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I want this, because this package was in the last OpenSuse version 11.0 and i find it pity, that this package with the new OpenSuSE version is it not in the Repository available. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308137

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