June 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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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