March 2014 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFATE 306193] Provide download statistics in OBS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Feature added by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Feature #306193, revision 1, last change by Title: Provide download statistics in OBS Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carsten Hoeger (choeger) Description: It would be great to see how popular the packages are. That's an important feature especially for management people. Use Case: Manager John would like to see whether the investment in providing packages for the community did show any results. Is the community interested at all? Did the last press announcement result in increased download numbers? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306193

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[New: openFATE 316639] view the number of pacakge downloads
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #316639, revision 1 Title: view the number of pacakge downloads Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It should be possible to view the number of package downloads for each obs project/package. That would be a great encouragement and would allow to measure the degree of acceptance for anyones work having been done via the obs. Sourceforge already offers such a possibility. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316639

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[New: openFATE 314970] Reset selections to default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Feature added by: Sharque uddin Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) Feature #314970, revision 1 Title: Reset selections to default SUSE Studio: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sharque uddin Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There should be an option to reset everything like package selection, settings customization, so we can start a fresh. Use Case: 1. I have added/removed plenty of packages and it just got messed up, so the only option is delete appliance and recreate it. I've published my application so I can't do this. 2. I upgraded to 12.3 from 12.2, there are some older packages which are still there because of upgrade, which are removed in default. So I have to create new appliance and than compare which packages are removed and remove those packages one by one from existing appliance. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314970

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[New: openFATE 311043] switch to a UEFI-ready bootloader by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Feature added by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Feature #311043, revision 1 Title: switch to a UEFI-ready bootloader by default openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: While reading a review of a Sandy Bridge motherboard in Anandtech it was pointed that upcoming intel motherboards will ship with a UEFI firmware instead of a BIOS. While reading the documentation for UEFI firmware I noticed that the bootloader has to be a UEFI application. In order to support this new hardware we need a bootloader that supports UEFI booting, GRUB legacy as far as I know doesn't support this. I think it's time to retire GRUB legacy and use GRUB2, elilo or rEFIt (though this one is a long shot). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311043

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[New: openFATE 314693] Make PXE-bootable openSUSE live system available
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Feature added by: Joschi Brauchle (endzone) Feature #314693, revision 1 Title: Make PXE-bootable openSUSE live system available openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Joschi Brauchle (endzone) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many people seem to have tried to make an PXE-bootable openSUSE Live CD/System (not PXE installation), but there seem to be no *easy, step-by-step* instructions on how to get this working. There seems to be a way to get this done via a) KiWi oder b) SUSE Studio, but a) seems pretty complicated and b) is not free. See the following links: 1) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log… 2) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet… 3) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet… 4) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log… Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: In our corporate environment, all machines are currently running openSUSE 11.4 or 12.2. Thus, it would be great to have an openSUSE-based PXE-bootable live-system, in case there are problems with a machine. Currently, we have to use other distributions, which provide PXE-bootable images, to do rescue operations. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314693

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[New: openFATE 314975] Enhanced YaST--> Boot Loader Tool
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '14

18 May '14

Feature added by: Dustin Falgout (falgout) Feature #314975, 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/314975

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[openFATE 306322] Accessing PDFs from within the help centers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 May '14

15 May '14

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #306322, revision 1, last change by Title: Accessing PDFs from within the help centers openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Make PDFs available from within the help centers. For yelp something along these lines works: /usr/share/help/opensuse-startup-pdf_en.document : [Document] DocPath=file:///usr/share/doc/manual/opensuse-startup_en-pdf/opensuse-startup_en.pdf DocType=text/pdf DocLang=en Icon=document2 Categories=System;Core;Translation;Documentation Name=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) Name[en]=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) DocIdentifier=com.novell.opensuse-startupen DocWeight=0 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: User will find documentation... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306322

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[New: openFATE 312365] Enable Mirror Admins to administrate their database entries
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 May '14

15 May '14

Feature added by: Lars Vogdt (lrupp) Feature #312365, revision 1 Title: Enable Mirror Admins to administrate their database entries openSUSE Infrastructure: Implementation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Important Requested by: Lars Vogdt (lrupp) Project Manager: (Novell) Engineering Manager: (Novell) Developer: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The current process for Mirror Administrators of the openSUSE Distribution (download.opensuse.org) always needs interaction between the openSUSE Administrators and the Mirror Admins. Even if there's just something like changing the Email or Name - or adapting the score to their needs. This should be changed, so Mirror Admins can change the settings of their own entries in the Mirror Database. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312365

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[New: openFATE 314857] initrd/LUKS: support allow-discards
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Feature added by: Tilman Vogel (tivo) Feature #314857, revision 1 Title: initrd/LUKS: support allow-discards openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Tilman Vogel (tivo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be great if the mkinitrd scripts at http://gitorious.org/opensuse/boot_crypto could support the "allow-discards" options in /etc/crypttab. That would allow to use TRIM on SSDs with LUKS (and maybe LVM) on the root partition. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314857

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[openFATE 306637] Test
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Feature added by: Stephen Shaw (decriptor) Feature #306637, revision 1 Title: Test openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephen Shaw (decriptor) Description: Test -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306637

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