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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