August 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 317095] Add HHVM and Hack packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Daniel Zeleny (Leinad965) Feature #317095, revision 1 Title: Add HHVM and Hack packages openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Daniel Zeleny (leinad965) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add packages for facebook HipHop VM and Hack language. http://hacklang.org/ http://hhvm.com/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317095

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[New: openFATE 314532] Installation DVD should be deactivated by default in the repositories list
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Feature added by: Pjotr K (pjotr123) Feature #314532, revision 1 Title: Installation DVD should be deactivated by default in the repositories list openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Pjotr K (pjotr123) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In the list of repositories, the installation DVD is now activated by default. This causes an irritating error when trying to install software: you always get an error report stating that the DVD is not available. Because the DVD is, of course, no longer in the drive.... This is especially confusing for beginners with openSUSE. A bad first impression. The only way to get rid of this, is by deactivating the DVD in the repositories list in YaST. It would be much better, if the DVD would be deactivated *by default*. Still in the list, but not activated. Most people will never want to use the DVD again for installing software, anyway. And if you do want to use it again (when you have no internet?), it's easy to activate it in YaST. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: - Removes an irritating useless error report; - Improves the first impression of openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314532

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[New: openFATE 317096] Add couchbase package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Daniel Zeleny (Leinad965) Feature #317096, revision 1 Title: Add couchbase package openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Daniel Zeleny (leinad965) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add packages for Couchbase NoSQL database. http://www.couchbase.com/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317096

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[New: openFATE 313325] Perform silent updates for security patches
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Feature #313325, revision 1 Title: Perform silent updates for security patches openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I care about security and I've come to appreciate the way google chrome handles updates. I think it would be nice to have an option to automatically download and install all security patches without requiring the user intervention. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It all boils down to convenience and straightforwardness. Zypper downloads and installs the security patch(es) immediately after the repository is refreshed because it already has your blessing. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313325

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[New: openFATE 314984] include LIO (linux-iscsi.org) in distro
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: V K (s_dog) Feature #314984, revision 1 Title: include LIO (linux-iscsi.org) in distro openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: V K (s_dog) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: LIO is next generation iSCSI/FC target -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314984

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[New: openFATE 313201] Jitsi
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bogomil Shopov (bogomilshopov) Feature #313201, revision 1 Title: Jitsi openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bogomil Shopov (bogomilshopov) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Jitsi is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Bonjour and many other useful features. Jitsi is Open Source / Free Software, and is available under the terms of the LGPL. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We need to push FOSS alternative to Skype and Jitsi is the bes solution so far. It supports a lot of features described here: http://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/Features Audio and video calls with perfect quality Desktop sharing and streaming -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313201

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[New: openFATE 313113] Different Splash Screen from Default Wallpaper
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Feature #313113, revision 1 Title: Different Splash Screen from Default Wallpaper openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There should be a difference between the splash screen on openSUSE and the wallpaper. Users could confuse the finished/loaded desktop with the actual splash screen. Additionally, we could create a different type of loader for the splash screen. That way we show users that the desktop is still loading and they get to "discover" the openSUSE desktop. Thank you Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I would like openSUSE to have better visual clues for new users who may not be so familiar with the booting process of our distribution. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313113

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[New: openFATE 314870] add support for booting from a software raid1 partition
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Marco Manini (jjletho) Feature #314870, revision 1 Title: add support for booting from a software raid1 partition openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marco Manini (jjletho) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Yast installer already supports the creation of software raid (md software raid i mean) partitions and correctly manages root partition on raid1, lvm or a combination of both of them, but it does not support at all booting from a /boot partition which is on a software raid1 volume. It allows you to create a redundant /boot partition, but it does not manage grub2 correctly. The result is a system which cannot boot with the first (/dev/sda1) member of the raid volume in a fail state. yast installs grub2 only on the first raid member. The feature I propose is to enhance yast installer allowing it to manage /boot raid1 partition with grub2 so that a system can boot also with raid1 /boot partition with a failing member Use Case: directly from yast installer create a partition layout like this: sda1, sdb1 -> /dev/md0 -> /boot (ext4) sda2. sdb2 -> /dev/md1 -> swap sda3, sdb3 -> /dev/md2 -> lvm volume group -> / (ext4) sda3, sdb3 -> /dev/md2 -> lvm volume group -> /home(ext4) and correctly install grub2 so that the system is able to boot also with a failing raid1 member. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314870

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[New: openFATE 313130] Support btrfs RAID1 mirrored partitions
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bat Pul (batpul) Feature #313130, revision 1 Title: Support btrfs RAID1 mirrored partitions openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Bat Pul (batpul) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In release 12.1 openSUSE adds support for btrfs. The btrfs filesystem supports several RAID configurations on the filesystem level. This is great since now it is no longer necessary to use Multiple Devices or other mechanisms to support RAID filesystems. Mirrored filesystems are a means to increase data reliability and read speed. However, btrfs mirrored filesystems are currently not supported during installation nor in yast2. Since it is not trivial to add such a filesystem to a openSUSE 12.1 system this is a useful addition. In addition there should be integrated support in openSUSE to detect and recover from situations where one partition fails which is part of a btrfs RAID1 filesystem. Use Case: It is far from trivial to accomplish integration of a RAID1 btrfs mirrored filesystem in the system. Such a filesystem can be created with: mkfs.btrfs -L mylabel -m raid1 -d raid1 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb4 This filesystem can then be mounted with: mount /dev/sda4 /mnt However, after reboot openSUSE 12.1 fails to mount this again with the identical command. As a response it gives the following two unclear messages in dmesg: btrfs: failed to read the system array on sda4 btrfs: open_ctree failed The trick is to specify both devices as: mount -o device=/dev/sda4,device=/dev/sdb4 /dev/sda4 /mnt The fstab entry should then become: /dev/sda4 /mnt btrfs device=/dev/sda4,device=/dev/sdb4 1 2 Then after reboot the filesystem is mounted. Knowledge of these facts and integration of btrfs RAID options during installation and in yast2 would help. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313130

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[New: openFATE 311037] let partitioner create faster RAID
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Feature #311037, revision 1 Title: let partitioner create faster RAID openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bernhard Wiedemann (bmwiedemann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Both mkfs.ext[234] and mkfs.xfs have options to tune the filesystem for striped RAID (i.e. RAID0/RAID10), so it would be nice if yast2/disk could make use of it. The options are -E stride=x -E stripe-width=y and -d sunit=x,swidth=y notice that units of above sizes may vary. There are several sites out there describing how to choose the proper values for x and y, e.g. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Optimizing_Performance -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311037

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[New: openFATE 312412] get rid of $HWCLOCK setting
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #312412, revision 1 Title: get rid of $HWCLOCK setting openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The $HWCLOCK variable in /etc/sysconfig/clock stores information that is redundant with /etc/adjtime's third line. There should be only one place to store that information. Programs reading /etc/sysconfig/clock: * warpclock from mkinitrd * /etc/init.d/boot.clock from aaa_base * yast2-country Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: consistency -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312412

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[New: openFATE 312792] Volume Control
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ben Williams (BenQ23) Feature #312792, revision 1 Title: Volume Control openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ben Williams (benq23) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Volume Control: if possible, please make volume go up my 1's instead of in a random order. Music, sound, and sound effects are either to loud or to soft. Thank you!! :) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312792

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[New: openFATE 313363] Mad Wifi repositories requested to be included with DVD install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Amy Swanson (freespiritamy) Feature #313363, revision 1 Title: Mad Wifi repositories requested to be included with DVD install Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Amy Swanson (freespiritamy) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be good to include the mad wifi repositories as part of the yast system on the DVD install that you download from the site. In addition to the repository already being included.. have the mad wifi drivers be present as part of the start up install program so that in the event of an atheros card, or other card that uses the madwifi, being detected, these drivers are automatically installed upon detection... then no ethernet cable would even be needed. Use Case: I have had a couple crashes and every time I have to find an ethernet cable (something I don't normally use AT ALL) for my laptop, google and look for the wiki page that talks about the mad wifi repositories (so glad they have one) copy the URL and paste into my repositories, then look for everything related to my atheros card (mad wifi is the only think that will make it work). This process would be so much simpler if it would just be included from the start.. I'm sure that if I have this problem there are others that do also. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Would be much more efficient especially in this day when so many of us use laptops and only laptops. Ethernet cables are very inconvenient to have to use and look for just so you can get your wifi working... if the drivers are already there then this need is eliminated and the whole process is much more streamlined and trouble free, even enjoyable... then it should work out of the box for most folks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313363

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[New: openFATE 312364] Qualcomm Gobi Wizard, making mobile broadband simple.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Roger Luedecke (Shadowolf7) Feature #312364, revision 1 Title: Qualcomm Gobi Wizard, making mobile broadband simple. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roger Luedecke (shadowolf7) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: My HP un2400 Gobi device is supported and should work. Whether it is due to USB mode switching or that the gobi_loader does not work correctly I do not know. There should be a simple wizard like that which ships under Windows (VZW connection manager) to allow me and other users in the same situation to easily make us of the Mobile Broadband we pay for. This is the final thing keeping me from wiping Windows off my netbook entirely. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Use of Mobile Broadband is not likely to decline, but rather increase with the proliferation of affordable increasingly powerful Netbooks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312364

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[New: openFATE 314944] hamradio: freedv now compiles on openSUSE 12.3
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Feature #314944, revision 1 Title: hamradio: freedv now compiles on openSUSE 12.3 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Corbin (mike021361) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: fredv r1231 will compile with openSUSE 12.3.The necessary libraries are not yet available in most distros, but all are open source. See freedv.org for details and the link to svn. Thank you. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Let us keep linux 'on the cutting edge' of new ham radio technology and openSUSE there too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314944

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[New: openFATE 313851] Add NetworkManager to laptop pattern
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Michal Vyskocil (mvyskocil) Feature #313851, revision 1 Title: Add NetworkManager to laptop pattern openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Vyskocil (mvyskocil) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: During an installation NetworkManager should be preferred instead of traditional /etc/init.d/network at least for laptops. It seems that NM runs faster than traditional ifup things and in overall it fits the standard laptop usage more, than static network configuration. Optimizing a boot time, aka 2 second boot (http://lizards.opensuse.org/2012/07/26/optimizing-a-boot-time-aka-2-second-…) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313851

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[New: openFATE 313510] Wipe all vt's leaving just graphical one...
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Nelson Marques (ketheriel) Feature #313510, revision 1 Title: Wipe all vt's leaving just graphical one... openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Nelson Marques (ketheriel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Free your mind from your own personal usage and think on the vast majority of Desktop users with openSUSE; Do we need so many tty's? Honestly, many people don't use, so lets just ditch them and leave the system only using 1 single graphical vt. One step closer to a real desktop... and yeah, everyone does it for years... So YOU might actually bring innovation amongst linux vendors... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313510

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[New: openFATE 312972] zypper update license handling
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Eduard Avetisyan (dich) Feature #312972, revision 1 Title: zypper update license handling openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Eduard Avetisyan (dich) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: With every flashplayer or java update "zypper up" asks to confirm the license agreement over and over again. It would be nice if the license needs confirmation ONLY if it has changed since the last "Agreed" action. Making the "-l" option default is not a very good idea since sometimes the license may change in an unpredictable way, but if it's unchanged it gets really annoying. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312972

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[New: openFATE 312974] Add Ext4 LVM snapshot support to Snapper.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Roger Luedecke (Shadowolf7) Feature #312974, revision 1 Title: Add Ext4 LVM snapshot support to Snapper. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Roger Luedecke (shadowolf7) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Very simple. The way Snapper can work on Btrfs, enable it to work that way with the backup snapshots of Ext4 filesystems using Logical Volume Management. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312974

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[New: openFATE 312690] YaST Software Management -- Install from cache
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Feature added by: Brian Sherson (shersonb) Feature #312690, revision 1 Title: YaST Software Management -- Install from cache openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Brian Sherson (shersonb) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since Software Management allows users the option to save downloaded packages, it would be nice to also give the option of installing a saved RPM. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Suppose a user, by intent or otherwise, installs a new version of a particular package that has become available in one of the repositories. If the user decides revert to the previous version that was saved from before, it may be convenient to select the old version from Software Management, provided the package exists in the cache. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312690

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[New: openFATE 314845] Tool to write to I2C EEPROM
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean Delvare (jdelvare) Feature #314845, revision 1 Title: Tool to write to I2C EEPROM openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jean Delvare (jdelvare) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There is currently no tool to write to I2C EEPROM. Such tools exist in the upstream i2c-tools package, but the code quality is not good enough for these to be included now. The following steps are needed before we can include an EEPROM writing tool from i2c-tools: * Check the features and code quality of the 3 tools which are available upstream. * Pick the most promising one and delete the rest. My first impression is that eeprog is the best, except for hardware access which should be rewritten. * If the selected tool lacks features implemented by the deleted tools, implement them. * Integrate the new tool in i2c-tools's build system. Then we can include it into openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314845

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[New: openFATE 313386] Support of par2 package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Winfrid Tschiedel (WinfridT) Feature #313386, revision 1 Title: Support of par2 package openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Winfrid Tschiedel (winfridt) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: openSUSE supports the par package, which is outdated. Posts on the USENET contain very often additional files, so you can repair corrupted posts using the par2 cmdline command. par2 is available on other Linux distributions like ubuntu, fedora, ... You can already find par2 rpm on https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=par2&project=home%3Adavjam7… So, please integrate par2 package into the netx openSUSE distribution. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313386

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[New: openFATE 314471] Distribution of GRUB2 emulator by a package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Markus Elfring (elfring) Feature #314471, revision 1 Title: Distribution of GRUB2 emulator by a package openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Markus Elfring (elfring) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I would appreciate if the software "GRUB2 emulator" will also become available for openSUSE directly by a package. Can anything be reused from an Ubuntu installation source (http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/grub-emu) ? See also my initial bug report ' Distribution of "grub2-emu" by a package? (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780638) '. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314471

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[New: openFATE 309007] Add more scientific packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #309007, revision 1 Title: Add more scientific packages Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Right now, openSUSE have quite few "scientific packages". We have freemat on Education, xmgrace ... and a few more. But, for example, octave is only on Packman and SciDAVis is nowhere (for 11.2 at least). There are no packages for Scilab either, nor for PAW... Use Case: A physicist (or engineer) working on University that needs a good Linux distro for his/her work. Nowadays, even if openSUSE is more stable and reliable than fedora, the scientist will choose the later because its larger set of scientific packages. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To give openSUSE more presence on universities and research centers at "final user" level. Now openSUSE and its derivatives are found in clusters to run simulations (I've seen some of them) with ad-hoc programs, or in supercomputers, but not in the office computer for the single researcher. With its focus on stability, openSUSE could be the perfect "scy distro" but the few "heavy duty" scientific packages available is against this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309007

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[New: openFATE 311397] uniconvertor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311397, revision 1 Title: uniconvertor openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool uniconvertor is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311397

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[New: openFATE 311389] RADIANCE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311389, revision 1 Title: RADIANCE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: RADIANCE is a highly accurate ray-tracing software system for UNIX computers that is licensed at no cost in source form. Radiance was developed with primary support from the U.S. Department Of Energy and additional support from the Swiss Federal Government. Copyright is held by the Regents of the University of California. <URL: http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html > Test Case: { type ra_pfm; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: ra_pfm is a subsidiary application used by ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311389

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[New: openFATE 311398] GhostXPS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311398, revision 1 Title: GhostXPS openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: GhostXPS is Artifex Software's implementation of the Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS) page description language. It is currently under development. Test Case: { type gxps; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool gxps is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311398

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[New: openFATE 311386] RALCGM
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311386, revision 1 Title: RALCGM openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: RAL-CGM [1] is a program to interpret Computer Graphics Metafiles. It can: * Translate them to a different encoding (Binary, Character or Clear Text) * Display CGM's on screen using X-Windows * Send CGM's to a printer or plotter (PostScript or HPGL) It runs on Unix machines (X11 needed for display). ___ [1] <URL: http://www.agocg.ac.uk/train/cgm/ralcgm.htm > Test Case: http://www.agocg.ac.uk/train/cgm/examples/allbezcg.gz Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It is a subsidiary component to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311386

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[New: openFATE 311394] GhostPCL
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311394, revision 1 Title: GhostPCL openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: GhostPCL is Artifex Software's implementation of the PCL-5â¢ and PCL-XLâ¢ family of page description languages. Test Case: { type pcl6; } Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: pcl6 is a subsidiary external tool used by ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311394

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[New: openFATE 311396] rawtorle
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Feature #311396, revision 1 Title: rawtorle openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Christopher Yeleighton (yecril71pl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Converts the kitchen sink to RLE format. Test Case: == Examples: == * 512x512 greyscale image: rawtorle -w 512 -h 512 -n 1 * 640x512 raw RGB file : rawtorle -w 640 -h 512 -n 3 * picture.[rgb] : cat picture.* | rawtorle -w 640 -h 512 -n 3 -N -r * JPLs ODL voyager pics : rawtorle -w 800 -h 800 -f 2508 -t 1672 -n 1 -p 36 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The tool rawtorle is subsidiary to ImageMagick. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311396

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[New: openFATE 313146] Replace KDE NM plasmoid with wicd-KDE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Dan MacDonald (danboid) Feature #313146, revision 1 Title: Replace KDE NM plasmoid with wicd-KDE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dan MacDonald (danboid) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Overall I have been greatly impressed with the KDE version of OS 12.1 and I feel this distro is 98% of the way to being the perfect desktop Linux distribution. There is just one dodgy app letting the side down and that is the KDE Networkmanager plasmoid. I'm sure the KDE NMP is fine for people who only use ethernet but it seems to suffer multiple problems dealing with wifi such as: * I seem to be to be able to connect to wifi networks OK if its the first time. After that it seems unwilling to connect to a network that has already been used - after a reboot for exanmple - even if 'Connect automatically' has been chosen. * Switching between access points/networks in unintuitive, in fact I still don't know how to do this using the NM plasmoid. Its usability stinks and I find its GUI overly busy, cluttered and confusing. * Will someone please just kill KDE wallet and related tech now please? I have never and likely will never want a password to access my passwords!! The whole idea seems dumb to me and unfortunately the KNMP has bought into this way of doing things. Thankfully, wicd stores wifi keys without any extra hassle of putting a password on your passwords passwords! :) I know that if I had not been a long-time Linux user who was not aware of the possibility of installing wicd-kde as a hassle-free, working and user-friendly replacement I would've very likely gave up hope on using opensuse. Like most other desktop users I need wifi to work in a easy and reliable fashion and this fundamental requirement is not fulfilled by the KDE Networkmanager plasmoid which should be replaced in the standard OS KDE distro by wicd-kde. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313146

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[New: openFATE 318313] Add a Live CD creation script/program
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: A Butter Powered Penguin (tamag9) Feature #318313, revision 1 Title: Add a Live CD creation script/program openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: A Butter Powered Penguin (tamag9) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be great if openSUSE had something like remastersys (Debian/Ubuntu) or mylivecd (PCLinuxOS) to make a Live CD backup of the current running system with an installer. Use Case: Have a backup of a working installation before doing anything dangerous (Upgrading the system, major package vendor changes.) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318313

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[New: openFATE 318199] add detox to factory or obs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #318199, revision 1 Title: add detox to factory or obs openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: http://sourceforge.net/projects/detox/?source=typ_redirect detox, is an utility to make file names readable everywhere. It's very easy to compile, but not anybody knows how to compile :-( I'm able to compile it but not to cdreate a rpm with it (can't write spec file :-(), so if anybody could add this, it would be nice, thanks jdd Use Case: I use it all the time for my photo collection. My photo gallery (piwigo), do not accept such things as accent, spaces in name... and detox is much more effective, fast and complkete than any script replacement I know of :-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318199

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[New: openFATE 317856] UEFI bootloader support in YaST-bootloader
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stanislav Baiduzhyi (baiduzhyi) Feature #317856, revision 1 Title: UEFI bootloader support in YaST-bootloader openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stanislav Baiduzhyi (baiduzhyi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: After installing with Grub2 on top of UEFI, it was a matter of 2 files and single command to boot kernel directly from UEFI, without grub2. Saves about 4-5 seconds during the initial start of laptop. cp /boot/vmlinuz-3.15.8-2.g258e3b0-desktop /boot/efi/EFI/opensuse/vmlinuz-3.15.8.efi cp /boot/initrd-3.15.8-2.g258e3b0-desktop /boot/efi/EFI/opensuse/initrd-3.15.8 ## here you have to read through grub2 config files to find some options for the next line efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -L "openSUSE 13.1, kernel 3.15.8" -l '\EFI\opensuse\vmlinuz-3.15.8.efi' -u 'root=UUID=084ad222-2062-48b8-9b44-2fed2b8897de resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST500LM021-1KJ152_W6209FYT-part3 splash=silent quiet showopts initrd=EFI/opensuse/initrd-3.15.8' So, OpenSUSE support for UEFI is awesome, if you're a geek, but still would like not to repeat the procedure after every kernel update, would like YaST to take care of it. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because it is extremely convenient for people, who have only openSUSE on their laptop/desktop, so CSM, grub and all steps in between is just waste of startup time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317856

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[New: openFATE 309345] View lisf of files in not installed package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Adam Mizerski (etamPL) Feature #309345, revision 1 Title: View lisf of files in not installed package openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Adam Mizerski (etampl) Description: In YaST package manager it's possible to view list of files of package that is installed. But it's not possible for not installed ones. This should be possible to do without downloading all packages, because lists of files are written in ARCHIVES.gz in YaST repos and repodata/filelists.xml.gz in YUM repos. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309345

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[New: openFATE 308434] Add Ubuntu-like software center to support 1-click install/uninstall
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: 嘉樺張 (iamchiahua) Feature #308434, revision 1 Title: Add Ubuntu-like software center to support 1-click install/uninstall openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: 嘉樺張 (iamchiahua) Description: A software manager support 1-click install/uninstall is more suitable for novice. They just need to know the software, rather than the package. The original package management is reserved for advanced users. Ubuntu software center is a good idea to support the following two features. #305582: Off-Line one click install (MSI for Linux) #305305: 1-click uninstall(MS Uninstaller for Linux) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308434

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[openFATE 307942] change YaST PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT beavier from EXIT to RESTART
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Feature #307942, revision 1 Title: change YaST PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT beavier from EXIT to RESTART openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Description: YaST actually looks to crasch after an installation is end. according to /etc/sysconfig/yast2 # The summary dialog is always displayed when an installation error has occured. so set that value to summary is un-useful, since the only time i need to read a summary is when something fail. i think the best way is just to do as any other package manager i used on debian/ubuntu, mandriva, fedora. just go back to "package search/selection" screen. that means set the value PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT="restart" -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307942

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[New: openFATE 309504] Update dhcpcd to 5.2.2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: ron neilly (rjneilly) Feature #309504, revision 1 Title: Update dhcpcd to 5.2.2 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: ron neilly (rjneilly) Description: Upgrade from dhcpcd v3.2.3.x, which is in openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3-Factory, to v5.2.2. It seems that we are using a very old dhcpcd that has many issues, some that won't be fixed because they are addressed in more recent releases. So why not upgrade to a current version? v5.2.2 was released on March 31, 2010. v3.2.3 was released over two years ago on Feb 25, 2008 If this can't make it into 11.3 then put on the list for 11.4 Cheers, Ron -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309504

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[openFATE 306917] Improvements to restricted-multimedia codecs installer
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #306917, revision 1 Title: Improvements to restricted-multimedia codecs installer openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Description: At the moment the execution of opensuse-codecs-installer leads to a rather unnerving chain of events for beginners starting with the webpage. http://software.opensuse.org/codecs?client_version=10.3.1&lang=en_GB.UTF-8&… 11.1 (x86_64)&kernel=2.6.27.23-0.1-default&gstreamer=gstreamer-utils-0.10.21-3.13& The request is to either have a different implementation of codec-installer itself (for example, clicking the search for codecs button on the codec installer automatically starts a one-click-installer for installing required multimedia packages), or improve the codec-installer website to make things easy (reduce number of clicks required to just 1 or 2) and trivial (ie. no decision-making about fluendo/community, etc). Use Case: New user (openSUSE virgin ;) , i.e., any MAN or WOMAN who hasn't used openSUSE yet, possibly only has used windows till now) tries to play an mp3 file. Then the following sequence starts: 1) Codecs-installer pops up. 2) User clicks on install codecs (preferably call it restricted-multimedia support). 3) Browser opens, shows up website with version of opensuse and desktop environment detected. 4) User clicks to start one-click installer. 5) Installatin completes, user retries playing mp3 file, it works, user happy. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306917

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[New: openFATE 310228] TouchScreens support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hammed RAMDANI (hammed) Feature #310228, revision 1 Title: TouchScreens support openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Hammed RAMDANI (hammed) Description: Will be mandatory for many pcs like HP TouchSmart products -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310228

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[New: openFATE 316533] NTP server from DHCP request should be considered at Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Marco Roose (mroose) Feature #316533, revision 1 Title: NTP server from DHCP request should be considered at Installation Requested by: Marco Roose (mroose) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I always get into an timeout when installing OpenSuSE before the timezone settings have to get applied. Now I'm implemented Option 42 in our DHCP server hoping the installation routine will ask there for a timeserver. But it's not the case :-( Maybe it's possible to implement this for enterprise environements where no external NTP server is allowed? Test Case: Activate Option 42 in DHCP: installation should use the DHCP timeserver Disable Option 43 in DHCP: installation should use an pool ntp server Use Case: When I install OpenSuSe and have implemented Option 42 in my DHCP server the installation routine should take the timeserver given by DHCP insteed of the "hard coded" ones. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: In environements where access to external time servers is denied the installations get's into a timeout problem before setting the timezone related things. Combining DHCP option 42 and auto reconization of the time server from that would be convinient. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316533

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[New: openFATE 311176] add pypy - a faster python implementation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Di Pe (dipe) Feature #311176, revision 1 Title: add pypy - a faster python implementation openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Di Pe (dipe) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: pypy is (almost) fully compatible to python 2.5 but it can execute your unmodified 5-15 times faster than the standard cPython. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311176

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[New: openFATE 316858] Add Package for RapidXml !!!!
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hanka Bielicka (paul424) Feature #316858, revision 1 Title: Add Package for RapidXml !!!! openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hanka Bielicka (paul424) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As in title , spend several minutes searching for RapidXml package. I know now that it is the header only library. We want the zypper/rpm to be the solely install/unisntall tool for OS , right ? So when I miss lib I start to look for it in your repos . So please be so nice and add RapidXml package ( devel version only ) to your system . -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316858

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[openFATE 308043] Use Open Video drivers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Piotrek Juzwiak (BenderBendingRodriguez) Feature #308043, revision 1 Title: Use Open Video drivers openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez) Description: It would be very desirable if the open video drivers (nouveau, ati and intel) were used by default BUT in the presence of the closed drivers (as we know they still have a better quality and allow 3d operations) switch to them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308043

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[New: openFATE 311244] install time enhancement for partitionner
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #311244, revision 1 Title: install time enhancement for partitionner openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: NB: too late for 11.4, to be seen for next (12?) one. when somebody have to install openSUSE, the moment he have to partition his drive is the key moment. Any error could make him lose his favorite (previous) system. The install system makes it's best to guess the better way to do this, but unless the disk is brand new, the result is random. For anybody not familiar with the partitionner, the two options (create partition/modify partitions) are unsignificant: that is they meaning have nothing obvious, the two of them keep the initial proposal. We should have a third option: guided partitionning, with something like this: * if windows install was found: ask: do you want to remove your windows install or keep it? If the answer is to remove, no problem. If the answer is to keep, an other question have to be asked: "you have to reduce the size of a windows partition". This one looks like a data partition (show some files on the partition) do you want openSUSE to use it (if yes, go to th reduce partition module). etc. we could discuss to have a fully, optional dialog -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311244

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[New: openFATE 314639] Add PeaZip to the openSUSE software repositories
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mircea Kitsune (MirceaKitsune) Feature #314639, revision 1 Title: Add PeaZip to the openSUSE software repositories openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mircea Kitsune (mirceakitsune) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: PeaZip is an open-source archive manager which works with various formats and has many useful options as well as a nice interface. I used to have it in Windows, but have been using Ark since I moved to openSUSE with KDE. Since Ark is very limited I tried looking PeaZip up in my repositories, but neither openSUSE's nor Packman have it. If there are no reasons why this program can't be added to openSUSE by default, could you please make this application part of the distribution? http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: PeaZip is a very useful and complete archive manager, and it might help many users to have an easy way of installing it like everything else. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314639

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[New: openFATE 312858] Transion to MariaDB as the default SQL server
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stanley Miller (stan_qaz) Feature #312858, revision 1 Title: Transion to MariaDB as the default SQL server openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stanley Miller (stan_qaz) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Building on this feature from 11.3: Include MariaDB https://features.opensuse.org/308937 Given the Oracle ownership of MySQL and their move to an OpenCore development model it is time OpenSUSE transitions away from MySQL as the default database to the MariaDB. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312858

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[New: openFATE 313289] Configuration of common options during installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Christian Spaan (Gyges88) Feature #313289, revision 1 Title: Configuration of common options during installation openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christian Spaan (gyges88) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When installing openSUSE there is usually little to do once you've set up basic options like time zone and keyboard layout - apart from waiting and watching the slide show. While this is nice for newbies, it might be sort of a waste of time for experienced users. So why not add the possibility to configure common options that had to be set after installation at many different places otherwise? So here is an initial list of potential things to configure during installation: 1. Wallpaper 2. KDE theme 3. KDE Menu Style 4. Additional time zone 5. Numlock activated/deactivated at startup 6. Install proprietary stuff: drivers, codecs, fonts 7. Network: ifup vs. network manager 8. NTFS rw for any user 9. Bootloader configuration (especially startup order for dual boot/multi boot setups) This feature might be useful for every user who wants to customize or configure the system according to his needs. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313289

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[openFATE 308017] Show languages at first in booting from instalation DVD/CD or Live CD
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308017, revision 1 Title: Show languages at first in booting from instalation DVD/CD or Live CD openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: In booting from Ubuntu Live CD, language selection is the fist task. Can OpenSUSE do this too in Live CD or in installation DVD/CD? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308017

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[New: openFATE 310357] user settings on installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Feature #310357, revision 1 Title: user settings on installation openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sirko Kemter (gnokii) Description: on during the installation process on step "create new user" is doing "Automatic Login" per default on. Even its a laptop and the laptop pattern is choosed from yast automaticly. it would be a little bit more secure for new user who not know what that means to make that not as default. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310357

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