April 2013 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 312942] Clone 32bit image to 64 bits
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Richard Bos (rbos) Feature #312942, revision 1 Title: Clone 32bit image to 64 bits SUSE Studio: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Richard Bos (rbos) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Although it is possible to clone an appliance, it does not seem possible to clone or perhaps better brance a 32bit appliance and alter the artchitecture to 64 bit. Right the same appliance has to made and configured for the 64 bit architecture. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Sometimes an appliance is available is 32bit version, but a 64bit is desired so it can run natively on a 64bit system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312942

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[New: openFATE 312642] Timeframe for building
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Kim Leyendecker (openLHAG) Feature #312642, revision 1 Title: Timeframe for building SUSE Studio: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: IÂ´m currently maintain openSUSE remastered 11.1. ItÂ´s build for keeping an openSUSE 11.1 image up to date using the evergreen repos. IÂ´m doing Service Packs in a fix schedule. Upgrading the packages and rebuild the system is kinda pain for me. So, a feature which you can use to give Studio a time schedule for updating the appliance would be nice. *How it works?* Well, the best way would be to choose a GUI where the following is included: Automatic build all: * 6 weeks * every month * every week * 6 months * (type in your desired timeframe) New build if: * an package get updated in the repository * just do it on time, donÂ´t care about packages Which number should be counted higher: * the major number * the minor number * the release number Using Hermes, the maintainer would get the latest build information in a changelog: Appliance name: xxx Based on: openSUSE /SUSE Linux Enterprise Current version: mm.ii.rr new packages: Firefox 3.6.19 -> Firefox 5.0.1 Thunderbird 3.1.0 -> Thunderbird 5.0 Linux 2.6.32 -> Linux 3.0rc7 ... comments: -- Use Case: doing releases on time, like I do. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because so we can automatically create releases on a time based model. This becomes important when we want to ship Service Packs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312642

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[New: openFATE 312082] Updating SUSE images on Studio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Shashank Sondhi (dreamtrip) Feature #312082, revision 1 Title: Updating SUSE images on Studio SUSE Studio: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Shashank Sondhi (dreamtrip) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: So as to ensure that SUSE studio images do not face trouble regarding upgrades it would be great if the images could be updated if the option is selected for the image or version. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312082

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[New: openFATE 311013] Adding Beta and RC status
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Kim Leyendecker (openLHAG) Feature #311013, revision 1 Title: Adding Beta and RC status SUSE Studio: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: A nice feature in SUSE Studio is to add a Beta or RC status on your own appliance. If you build a Server and you know it's unstable but you want to publish it to get feedback, you can add a status, so that it's on the iso Image too. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because the user can see how far the developing status is. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311013

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[New: openFATE 310898] integrate BuildService and SUSE Studio better
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Jos Poortvliet (jospoortvliet) Feature #310898, revision 1 Title: integrate BuildService and SUSE Studio better Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jos Poortvliet (jospoortvliet) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: SUSE Studio and BuildService have very limited integration right now, still making them separate worlds. Howver there is a lot of room for doing better. Which could bring users from the one to the other - there seems rather little overlap between the two userbases, and SUSE Studio could thus profit from the OBS users AND bring new users to OBS/openSUSE. An example of integration would be to have a one-click-make-an-appliance-of-this-package. Or in SUSE Studio - offer the user to build a package in OBS out of a tarball he/she uploads. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because it can bring new users to OBS/openSUSE/SUSE Studio. And it offers additional value for both STUDIO and OBS users as well. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310898

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[New: openFATE 309958] SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Feature #309958, revision 1 Title: SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image" Requested by: Alex Savin (alexqwesa) Description: SUSE Studio: add build format "LTSP Image" so, if SUSE Studio is frontend for kiwi, and kiwi can create LTSP Images - why SUSE Studio can't do it? also: it can generate rpm package(and repo) for simplest installation Images -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309958

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[New: openFATE 309733] Graphical client for SUSE Studio
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #309733, revision 1 Title: Graphical client for SUSE Studio Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: SUSE Studio is great as web app for creating appliances in the browser, but there are a couple of tasks which can only be performed locally. To facilitate that I'm going to write a graphical client for SUSE Studio focusing on the tasks which can not be done in the web interface, such as managing downloads, running and deploying appliances locally, natively connecting to testdrive, etc. The client will use the SUSE Studio API to talk to the server. Implementation will be done in C++ using the KDE development platform. There are probably many more ideas what the client could do. Add your ideas here, if you like. If somebody wants to join the fun and participate in hacking let me know. You are more than welcome :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309733

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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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