June 2014 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 314945] No ABI extension in glibc
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #314945, revision 1 Title: No ABI extension in glibc openSUSE Distribution: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently we have the crypt-blowfish patches in glibc that add new symbol versions to it. I consider that addition wrong and propose to find a solution (might be getting the support in upstream, or using a separate library,...) that does not extend the ABI at all. The goal should be that our glibc exports exactly the same symbols as upstream glibc does. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314945

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[New: openFATE 315589] Deprecate bind-mount configuration with NFSv4 export
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Feature added by: Neil Brown (neilbrown) Feature #315589, revision 1 Title: Deprecate bind-mount configuration with NFSv4 export Requested by: Neil Brown (neilbrown) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When NFSv4 was introduced it was not possible to export filesystems to NFSv4 the same way as for NFSv3. The "bind=" syntax was added to /etc/exports to help bridge the gaps. With current kernel and nfs-utils this is no longer an issue. By default any filesystem that is exported is exported equally to NFSv2, v3, and v4. So we should deprecate the "bind=" syntax and eventually remove it. This means: 1) yasts nfs-server module should remove knowledge of "Bindmount targets". The "bind=..." option should just be treated like any other option. 2) yasts nfs-server module should not encourage the "fsid=0" export option. Like "bind=" it must still be permitted, but it should be considered and exception rather than normal. 3) Yasts nfs-server help screens should remove mention of "bind=" and "fsid=0". 4) Any documentation that mentioned nfs export, such as http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-reference/cha.… should be changed to remove mention of bind= and fsid=, and should not make any distinciton between NFSv4 and NFSv3. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Simplifies administration, reduces possible confusion, remove unnecessary difference between SUSE and other distros. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/315589

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[New: openFATE 309036] Add checkbox to yast2-dns-server whether to use NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" or not
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Feature added by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Feature #309036, revision 1 Title: Add checkbox to yast2-dns-server whether to use NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" or not openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Description: Currently, yast2-dns-server always enables and makes use of the netconfig NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" feature and writes the recursive forwarder name servers specified by the user to NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS (same nameserver list as in yast2-dns). This configures, that the locally running bind is used as forwarder for the system (glibc) and the bind is using the specified name servers as forwarders and allows netconfig (by default, but it depends on NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY) to update the forwarders list via netconfig with dynamic settings, e.g. from DHCP or PPP. This behavior is usually OK, and the user can disable the updates with the DHCP/PPP/... nameservers by NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY="STATIC" instead of "auto". But currently, yast2-dns-server does not allow to configure forwarders for e.g. non-recursive, (authorative only) name server serving some zones, without to act as forwarder/recursive name server for the local system (glibc, /etc/resolv.conf), that may use another forwarders (netconfig). To allow above configuraion, it would be required to add a checkbox to disable the current behavior and instead: * Set NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="resolver" * Write the forwardes list directly into the /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf * Call "netconfig update -m dns" (when it fails, ask the user whether to force and call "netconfig update -m dns -f") To enable current behavior again: * Reset/truncate the /etc/named.d/forwarders.conf ("cp /dev/null forwarders.conf") * Set NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER="bind" * Write the forwardes list to NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS * Call "netconfig update -m dns" (when it fails, ask the user whether to force and call "netconfig update -m dns -f") Relations: - Bug 576759 - yast dns vs. dns-server is poorly designed (feature/id: 576759) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309036

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[New: openFATE 308902] Configure SSSD via Yast
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Feature added by: David Alston (dalston) Feature #308902, revision 1 Title: Configure SSSD via Yast openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: David Alston (dalston) Description: It would be great if we could configure the SSSD package (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SSSD) for local user/password sync with either LDAP or Kerberos for offline authentication with Yast. This is related to https://features.opensuse.org/308900 This is important if OpenSUSE is interested in being a significant presence in Enterprise environments. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308902

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[New: openFATE 308523] Firefox address bar should respect ctrl+backspace
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Feature added by: Alex Richardson (alerich) Feature #308523, revision 1 Title: Firefox address bar should respect ctrl+backspace openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Alex Richardson (alerich) Description: To achieve consistency with the rest of the desktop (KDE or GNOME, don't know about XFCE), layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation in about:config should be set to true by default. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308523

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[openFATE 307255] Less scary yast conflict dialogs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Feature added by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Feature #307255, revision 1 Title: Less scary yast conflict dialogs openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Description: The YaST2 sw_single dialog for conflicts, vendor change, architecture change etc. is very scary for many users. The dialog asks the user to select one of usually three offered solutions for each problem without giving much help. This is a cause for many complaints, and contributes to myths of RPM dependency hell still existing today. Zypper on the other hand, does things differently. Zypper will select an action for the user, then informs the user of the changes that will be made, and asks a Yes or No question whether the user wishes to proceed or not. I suggest to implement behaviour similar to zypper in the YaST dialog. However, the old functionality of letting the user select a solution manually for each individual problem should probably be kept, as a "hidden" expert/advanced option in the dialog. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307255

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[openFate 305249] Remove agfa-fonts from openSUSE 11.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Feature added by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Feature #305249, revision 1, last change by Title: Remove agfa-fonts from openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE-11.1: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Loeffler <michl(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As Liberation fonts looking really good meanwhile I propose to replace the proprietary agfa-fonts with the open source fonts for openSUSE 11.1 and future versions. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305249

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[New: openFATE 308528] Yast options to replicate Ldap server
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Feature added by: Eduardo Sotomayor (Easgs) Feature #308528, revision 1 Title: Yast options to replicate Ldap server openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Eduardo Sotomayor (easgs) Description: In opensuse 11.x it is possible to setup an ldap server easily, but it would be nice to have the option to setup the server in graphical mode as an ldap provider or ldap costumer, in case you need redundancy in your environment, this is especially useful when creating a samba BDC that is possible to setup using yast. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308528

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[New: openFATE 309058] Support patterns a build dependencies
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #309058, revision 1 Title: Support patterns a build dependencies Buildservice: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: Adrian Schröter (adriansuse) Description: Esp. for kiwi image builds we need to support also patterns as build dependencies. This may be done together with fate #309057 (Generate patterns out of product descriptions), but we could also already support it with current pattern support of OBS. That would mean we need to generate the patterns from past products also as OBS pattern. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309058

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[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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