March 2011 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[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 310154] Add all the programs and features also the maintenance of Parted Magic.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #310154, revision 1 Title: Add all the programs and features also the maintenance of Parted Magic. openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Description: Add all the programs and also the features and maintenance characteristics of Parted Magic: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/looking-something-other-th… (http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/looking-something-other-th…) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310154

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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 311698] Add urfkill daemon to provide DBus API for control killswitch after HAL removed
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Joey Lee (joeyli) Feature #311698, revision 1 Title: Add urfkill daemon to provide DBus API for control killswitch after HAL removed openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Joey Lee (joeyli) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Face to HAL removed, we develop a daemon the name is urfkill, it provide DBus method to userland application for control killswtich. Please reference the features from the following wiki page: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/urfkill In the future, Our plan is use urfkill daemon to replace the rfkill-input kernel module for provide more flexibility wifi hotkey control. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311698

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[New: openFATE 311579] Petition to release opensuse 12.0 in late October 2011
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Jedi Beeftrix (Jedibeeftrix) Feature #311579, revision 1 Title: Petition to release opensuse 12.0 in late October 2011 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jedi Beeftrix (jedibeeftrix) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: basically as soon as is possible and still include Gnome 3.1 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311579

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[New: openFATE 311361] usermod
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: David Clarke (davidwilsonclarke) Feature #311361, revision 1 Title: usermod openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: David Clarke (davidwilsonclarke) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The version of usermod included with SUSE 11.3 does not have the -a option that is included with most other versions of this command, on other distros. Although an -A option was introduced with 11.3, which is a neater way of adding a user to a group, it would be nice to also have the -a option, to make it compatible with versions in other distros. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311361

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[New: openFATE 311287] Yast
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Feature #311287, revision 1 Title: Yast openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Yast must go. It works, but it's goodness ends there. Look at Ubuntu's software center, for instance... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311287

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[New: openFATE 311285] Version with codecs pre-installed
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Feature #311285, revision 1 Title: Version with codecs pre-installed openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Banga (nomadewolf) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The says it all. Any major distro must have this, or at least, allow the users to install at setup like ubuntu. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311285

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[New: openFATE 311249] Squid-2.7
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Feature added by: taufik Suryawan (handz106) Feature #311249, revision 1 Title: Squid-2.7 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: taufik Suryawan (handz106) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I want the old and stable squid 2.7 for the next opensuse release. It would be better to have a stable software than the bleeding edge ones. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311249

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