October 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 310205] using slocate instead of locate
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: matthias propst (l1zard) Feature #310205, revision 1 Title: using slocate instead of locate openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: matthias propst (l1zard) Description: maybe it would be a good idea to use slocate as default in findutils-locate package. it may called findutils-slocate. here are the reasons why i think we should use this: first its faster. i dont know how they do this but it really is faster. second it is more secure than locate because Secure Locate provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system. It uses incremental encoding just like GNU locate to compress its database to make searching faster, but it will also store file permissions and ownership so that users will not see files they do not have access to. updatedb could than be a simple script or even an alias pointing to slocate -u / i just compiled it in my system and it works. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310205

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[New: openFATE 310433] Support for apt-url
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Jiri Masek (masekj) Feature #310433, revision 1 Title: Support for apt-url openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Jiri Masek (masekj) Description: In the fact there are many webpages and articles (not only ubuntu tutorials) using apt-url feature to install software, would be nice if openSUSE implements own solution for this feature. My idea is following: - There is a webpage containing this: <a href="apt:thunderbird">Install Thunderbird</a> - User click on "Install Thunderbird" button, and then YaST (or other zypper/libzypp gui) is called. - openSUSE search all added repositories for linked package (in this case thunderbird) and install it (or shows a dialog "Package was not found, please add repository containing this package" or "Software is already installed on your computer"). Think that this is very simple and it can help a little bit to starting users. Also it is a little more comfortable for any user :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310433

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[New: openFATE 310271] FreeRDP
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Vladan Laxa (koulinek) Feature #310271, revision 1 Title: FreeRDP openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vladan Laxa (koulinek) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: FreeRDP is a fork of the rdesktop project that intends to rapidly start moving forward and implement features that rdesktop lacks the most. www.freerdp.com (http://www.freerdp.com/) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Implemented features that not working in current rdesktop release. For example support for windows 2008 session broaker load balancing. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310271

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[New: openFATE 310845] Develop script to setup cacti with default settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #310845, revision 1 Title: Develop script to setup cacti with default settings openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Hello can a script be developed to install the cacti package using default values [1] . Thanks Glenn [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Cacti -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310845

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[New: openFATE 310099] Server GUI option
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Ney walens de Mesquita (nwm) Feature #310099, revision 1 Title: Server GUI option openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ney walens de Mesquita (nwm) Description: I Think that openSUSE is suitable for use in a server envoroment, we just have to remove some packages like multimedia, games and so one... Why not implement a small set of packages with one interface like KDE or GNOME named sever GUI? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310099

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[New: openFATE 310758] Multitouch input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 for opensuse 11.4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: jimbo bigcreed (Dimble_ThriceFoon) Feature #310758, revision 1 Title: Multitouch input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 for opensuse 11.4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jimbo bigcreed (dimble_thricefoon) Description: A request for the multi-touch support to be included in opensuse 11.4 via Multi-Pointer-X, due to be rolled into X.org Server 1.10 in mid February 2011. Ubuntu are also trying to include this but are concerned, as I imagine the opensuse devs will be, by the scheduled release date being so close to distro deadlines for their spring release. However, if it is not possible to include 1.10 would it be possible to do what Ubuntu have discussed, and back-port the entire input layer from X.Org Server 1.10 into their 1.9 build so they can have the latest multi (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODcyMg#) -touch work. * Thu, Jan 20 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 6 release * Thu, Feb 10 2011, openSUSE 11.4 RC 1 release * Fri, Feb 25 2011, openSUSE 11.4 RC 2 release * Thu, Mar 03 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Goldmaster * Thu, Mar 10 2011, openSUSE 11.4 Public Release -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310758

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[New: openFATE 309360] Bootloader cleanup idea
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Feature #309360, revision 1 Title: Bootloader cleanup idea openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: ryan smith (ryan1414) Description: I have a feature request for OpenSuse 11.3's bootloader. Currently if a user install's a new linux kernel the bootloader displays multiple installations like this: OpenSuse 11.2 -2.6.31 etc etc (default) Failsafe OpenSuse 11.2 -2.6.3 etc etc (default) Desktop OpenSuse 11.2 -2.6.31 etc etc Failsafe OpenSuse 11.2 -2.6.3 etc etc (desktop) Alot of beginners won't even know what this is or which one to choose. You should only display one OpenSuse 11.2 and hide the other options with a "see more" button that users can push Enter on to make them visible. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309360

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[New: openFATE 310025] Set Repository priority at install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Andreas Tumbas (BuddelBob) Feature #310025, revision 1 Title: Set Repository priority at install openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Andreas Tumbas (buddelbob) Description: A higher priority setting for the main repositories. With the settings as they are now, we have the main repositories all set at priority 99, new added repositories at 99 and one-click-install added repositories at 99. This, for sure will lead into troubles as users begin to use the package management and the vast number of repositories out there. When updating through "zypper dup", the system will always update to the latest version package out of all repositories, because all of them have the same priority. When installing new software, yast and zypper would always choose the latest package as well. This will break the system sooner or later with many repositories added and especially the meant to be easy to use one-click-install will speed that up, when users use them. When we would change the default priority of the main repositories to, for example, 80 for update and 90 for the other main repositories (oss, non-oss, source...), while 99 is still the priority of newly added repositories, repositories added by one-click-install or manually will not break the system while the user still get the updates that are provided by the repositories, unlike with the suggestion usually found in the forums community to disable every repository besides the main ones (plus packman). Use Case: Add many repositories by one-click-installing or manually without manually changing priority or disabling them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310025

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[New: openFATE 308765] software repositories: provide import/export of repositories list
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Maciej Pilichowski (truemacias) Feature #308765, revision 1 Title: software repositories: provide import/export of repositories list openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Maciej Pilichowski (truemacias) Description: software repositories: provide import/export of repositories list ...so user could export all his/her repositories, save the the list on the disk, and on the other computer after simple import she/he could get exact copy of repo list. Original report: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466480 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308765

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[New: openFATE 310406] Make /sbin and /usr/sbin accessible by sudo out-of-the-box
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Feature added by: Jan Matejek (matejcik) Feature #310406, revision 1 Title: Make /sbin and /usr/sbin accessible by sudo out-of-the-box openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jan Matejek (matejcik) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In current situation, /sbin and /usr/sbin are excluded from user path. If the user wants to use 'sudo' to run superuser tools located in sbin, the command fails. Example: matejcik@ws-pool1:~> yast2 Absolute path to 'yast2' is '/sbin/yast2', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root). matejcik@ws-pool1:~> sudo yast2 sudo: yast2: command not found Sudo should be configured out-of-the-box to be able to find commands located in /sbin and /usr/sbin - either by modifying secure_path in /etc/sudoers, or putting sbin's back into default user paths. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: One of the common scenarios for administering a Linux system is never logging in as root and using sudo to execute all superuser commands. This approach fails miserably in openSUSE, making it less comfortable for some power users, and much less accessible for users coming from other distributions (most notably Ubuntu, where the sudo approach is the officially sanctioned way of doing things) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310406

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