May 2013 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 315091] support of opensc based smartcards (cryptostick) via Kleopatra with GnuPG2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 30 May '13

30 May '13

Feature added by: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) Feature #315091, revision 1 Title: support of opensc based smartcards (cryptostick) via Kleopatra with GnuPG2 openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: currently there is no working integration of Kleopatra with GnuPG and opensc based smart cards. In my case: https://www.crypto-stick.com/ This seems to be just a lack of implementation in openSUSE. If one imports a udev rule from the producer and uses gpA (installing opensc and psclite) then the stick is (in gpA!) recognized. In Kleopatra the smartcard remains unrecognized. It would be nice if security orientated tools like the aforementioned card (which is by the way all opensouce hardware) would be supported better in Kleopatra under openSUSE. Furthermore, GpA is currently not delivered in the official repos but has to be taken from packman (provided the user knows). Use Case: Use of opensc cards for system authentication, ssh authentication, secure storage of gpg-keys, maybe even LUKS encrypted partitions. Possibility of users to maintain good crypto-practice also when not having an openSUSE system under hand (because the key and the encryption can take place in the hardware). Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because fraud, password vocabulary attacks and the need of confidential conversation do matter, be it in our societal structure (fraud, spam) as well as in settings with less assuring environment (in some countries it can be literally life saving having a good cryptographic infrastructure). The typical user may not be a "crack" when using this material, so out of the box support will be a real promoting factor for save practice, keeping the barriers to this technique low. Secondly, as this is opensource-hardware it would be also a good step if one wants to "walk the talk" and support openhardware efforts. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315091

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[New: openFATE 315088] Make pam-config access.conf aware
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 29 May '13

29 May '13

Feature added by: Klaus Slott (Mr_Manor) Feature #315088, revision 1 Title: Make pam-config access.conf aware openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Klaus Slott (mr_manor) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Would be nice if pam-config would include pam_access.so somewhere in pam.d/ either in default cofiguration or as module This would allow the use of /etc/security/access.conf without sacrificing the possibility to use pam-config. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315088

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[New: openFATE 308496] Include OpenShot Video Editor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 May '13

23 May '13

Feature added by: Karl Fischer (karlfischer) Feature #308496, revision 1 Title: Include OpenShot Video Editor openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Karl Fischer (karlfischer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: OpenShot is a Open source, Non Linear video editor, I believe that openSUSE 11.3 will benefit greatly to a such a Video Editor. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Making openSUSE a better MultiMedia desktop, having Gimp, Inkscape and Banshee this would be a very complementary. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308496

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[New: openFATE 310831] Bépo keyboard layout - «first class citizen»
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 May '13

23 May '13

Feature added by: Pierre Ducroquet (Pinaraf) Feature #310831, revision 1 Title: Bépo keyboard layout - «first class citizen» openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Pierre Ducroquet (pinaraf) Description: Hi The usual qwerty keyboard layout (and similar layouts like qwertz, azerty...) are known for being suboptimal. Better layouts are available, like dvorak. These layouts are often tied to a language : dvorak is better for english, while french users will prefer bépo. On my system, I only use a bépo keyboard, that is not supported at all in the OpenSUSE installer, making it really painful to use. It would be a simple but nice addition to have bépo support in Yast. OpenSUSE would then be probably the only distribution providing that feature, and I don't think it costs much to include a new keyboard layout on the CD/DVD. Thanks -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310831

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[openFATE 302905] Improve YaST TV Module
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '13

17 May '13

Feature changed by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #302905, revision 19 Title: Improve YaST TV Module openSUSE-11.0: Rejected by Michael Löffler (michl19) reject date: 2008-04-11 15:29:58 reject reason: See #2 Priority Requester: Desirable Projectmanager: Important openSUSE-11.1: Rejected Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Stephan Kulow (coolo) reject date: 2009-08-12 10:44:25 reject reason: No resources Priority Requester: Desirable Projectmanager: Desirable - openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation by engineering manager + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) + reject reason: Obviously didn't happen. Cleaning out my featurelist... Priority Requester: Desirable Projectmanager: Desirable Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The YaST2 TV module needs to be adapted to work with DVB cards as analogue terrestrial TV is on the verge of inexistence. The TV setup part should be pretty straight forward as DVB cards "only" need a driver and dvbscan to be run, no need to fiddle with the soundcard for instance. Also the LIRC part could be improved as well to detect recivers and remotes. Both steps otherwise require manual setup because the automatic detection with udev/hal is not setup at all for TV cards. Discussion: #1: Stephan Kulow (coolo) (2007-11-26 09:43:38) I never needed yast to watch TV with my DVD-T USB stick, but perhaps I was just lucky :) #2: Jiri Srain (jsrain) (2008-03-19 14:23:50) Please, postpone to 11.1, we will need more time to enhance the TV card module. As coolo wrote, there are cases when no configuration is needed at all (however I don't know how common they are). #3: Stanislav Visnovsky (visnov) (2008-03-26 16:05:48) AFAIK DVB-T support exists in the YaST TV module since 9.x. What is missing there? #4: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) (2008-04-07 15:21:26) (reply to #3) system wide channel configuration. better lirc integration (read autodetection) #5: Christoph Thiel (cthiel1) (2009-04-21 15:29:02) How about a community project? #6: Stephan Kulow (coolo) (2009-08-12 10:45:16) (reply to #5) good idea for 11.3, for 11.2 the feature should have opened to make that work :) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/302905

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[openFATE 303678] New yast module - LIRC configuration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '13

17 May '13

Feature changed by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #303678, revision 42 Title: New yast module - LIRC configuration openSUSE-11.1: Rejected by Stanislav Visnovsky (visnov) reject date: 2008-06-24 15:31:30 reject reason: More urgent stuff to cover. Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Stanislav Visnovsky (visnov) reject date: 2009-02-02 13:29:45 reject reason: Out of scope. Postponing. Priority Requester: Desirable - openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation by engineering manager + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) + reject reason: Obviously it didn't happen. Cleaning out my + faturelist... Priority Requester: Desirable Projectmanager: Desirable Requested by: Ladislav Slezak (lslezak) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Create a new Yast module for configuring IR receivers and remote controls. * irrecord support * ir-kbd-i2c, ir-kbd-gpio support as in tv module already * reading users' config to find out what buttons were defined (only if /home partition left from last installation) * support for lirc's options in /etc/sysconfig See bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=381641 Discussion: #4: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) (2009-11-04 06:28:29) I really hope this accepted with 11.3. It just took me a couple of hours to realize that my old lirc config wouldn't work in 11.2 that I used in 11.1. The device was now /dev/lirc0 instead of /dev/lirc like it was in 11.1. #5: Todd R (theblackcat) (2009-12-03 04:57:52) I think this is pretty important. LiRC is one of the last classes of common hardware that cannot be configured using a GUI in openSUSE. #7: Ladislav Slezak (lslezak) (2010-03-02 17:10:13) Configuring LIRC is quite complex and a simple YaST module cannot cover all possibilities. So we should focus on the basic functionality here. Here is my proposal: Basic functionlity: - read/write /etc/sysconfig/lirc settings - set lircd driver, module, device... - select a remote controller model from lirc-remote package or start irrecord and create a new config for the user's controller - enable/disable lirc system service Editing user's config is very complex because ~/.lircrc (or /etc/lircrc) can contain e.g. include ~/.lircd/mplayer Is that sufficient for most users? Please, comment. #8: Jakub Rusinek (liviopl) (2010-03-02 17:36:54) You don't have to add all the features at once. For 11.3/12.0 you could give the most basic features, present in /etc/sysconfig already and then you could add more complex feature one by another. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/303678

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[New: openFATE 308320] YMP YaST Workflow
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '13

17 May '13

Feature added by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Feature #308320, revision 1 Title: YMP YaST Workflow openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hendrik Vogelsang (hennevogel) Description: If you click on a YMP link firefox opens a window[1] asking you what you want to do with that link, suggesting to let the meta package handler handle it. You click okay from which another window[2] opens, the download manager of firefox. After it is finished an new window[3] pops up asking you the initial questions about the YMP handling. Which repos to subscribe to and which package to install. If you okay twice yet another window[4] opens asking me for the root password to start the package manager. Which is another window[5]. If there is a new repo in the YMP that you did not have before it will open a window[6] asking you to import the signing key. Somehow i doubt that this many windows are neccessarry. For a workflow that is desinged for the stupid user this should be improved imho. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308320

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[New: openFATE 314977] Enhanced YaST--> Boot Loader Tool
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 May '13

12 May '13

Feature added by: Dustin Falgout (falgout) Feature #314977, revision 1 Title: Enhanced YaST--> Boot Loader Tool openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dustin Falgout (falgout) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The current boot loader configuration tool provides only the minimum amount of grub2 customization options. This seems to be a pattern among most distros and I think openSUSE could get ahead of the game in this area by providing a tool that allows you to customize your entire grub2 menu including backgrounds and themes. An example would be grub-customizer but written to "just work". Also related to this, currently the YaST boot loader tool either ignores your other installed distros (Windows always works) or it names all the entries openSUSE with the incorrect kernel boot perimeters. This should be improved so the user does not have to manually configure it, especially a new user. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To stay ahead of the pack and continue to be the best distro for new users and experienced users alike. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314977

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[New: openFATE 314942] CUDA toolkit 5.0
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '13

08 May '13

Feature added by: Michal Kvasnicka (michalq) Feature #314942, revision 1 Title: CUDA toolkit 5.0 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Kvasnicka (michalq) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The NVIDIA CUDA is so important for many of us, that should be very demanding to put complete cuda toolkit 5.0 to standard openSUSE repozitories. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314942

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[New: openFATE 315012] OpenSUSE News Android Application
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '13

08 May '13

Feature added by: Alexander Fragotsis (gallaki) Feature #315012, revision 1 Title: OpenSUSE News Android Application openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alexander Fragotsis (gallaki) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: OpenSUSE news app When the application starts for the first time the user passes a small startup setup where he can modify the several aspects of the app (Fonts, Font Size, Notifications intervals, Page Transitions, Reading theme, Page Layout etc) this settings will be available also at the settings section of the app. There will be 4 sections -News -Planet -Social -Settings The whole app will have the action bar of Android ice cream sandwich with the colors, logo of openSUSE and an info/about button. Then in the list there will be: -The news section will have the news from the openSUSE news. -The Plane section will have the news form the openSUSE planet. -The Social will have the latest updates from twitter / facebook /google+ etc.. the Settings section will contain all the settings for downloading and displaying the news and all about the notifications, intervals, sounds , logging in with facebook , log in with the openSUSE api etc. The news and the planet will have the same layout, every post would be an item in a list with an icon and the preview from the text, when you click it you can see the whole article and have buttons like âfacebook likeâ, âshareâ , âcommentâ , âgoogle +1â, âemail to a friendâ etc... Also we can add a special button to bookmark the favorite articles and a button âread later offlineâ which will download the article and give the ability to read it offline when you don't have access to the internet. Also there can be a reply button where it can leave a comment below the article just as the news website. There would be a refresh button on every section which would download the latest news manually and maybe later we can eliminate the button and implement a way of refreshing like facebook when you can drag the list down and if you are on the top it will update. In the info section you can find out more about the app and the openSUSE community , communicate, support, local community etc.. Also there can be locale translation for each button / text in the app which will be shown to the users depending from where they are. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315012

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