October 2016 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 309676] Automatic WebYaST skin creation using an arbitrary image.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Martin Kudlvasr (mkudlvasr) Feature #309676, revision 1 Title: Automatic WebYaST skin creation using an arbitrary image. Requested by: Martin Kudlvasr (mkudlvasr) Description: 1) User uploads a new logo (or any other image) to WebYaST 2) WebYaST chooses the most interesting colors in the logo, generates proper image and css files. 3) WebYaST looks now matches the uploaded logo. User is amazed. 4) Profit!!! I plan to use netpbm to detect the dominant colors in the image. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309676

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[New: openFATE 310083] Hack
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Jonathan Torres (snoogle38) Feature #310083, revision 1 Title: Hack Hackweek V: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jonathan Torres (snoogle38) Description: Ready to hack -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310083

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[New: openFATE 310859] Rework www.o.o entry page
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) Feature #310859, revision 1 Title: Rework www.o.o entry page openSUSE Infrastructure: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We need to rework the www.o.o entry page to use the bento design, make it easier to add news, and be translateable by .po files so we can use our l10n infrastructure. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310859

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[New: openFATE 309142] Grsecurity/PaX
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Feature #309142, revision 1 Title: Grsecurity/PaX openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Description: Grsecurity and PaX, not necessarily in the default kernel, but at least as an alternative. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309142

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[New: openFATE 310059] Application to running exe and msi files.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Sławomir Lach (Lachu) Feature #310059, revision 1 Title: Application to running exe and msi files. openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sławomir Lach (lachu) Description: I don't understand why we should run Wine(if installed) once user clicks on exe/msi file. In my opionion, users keep only installers on desktop and removes it after installation. Also keeping every application installed in one prefix is not good solution. There also should winecfg been running once this case. Of course, we should have DB to store information about connection between wineprefix and exe file. We can also add other enchancement, like asking to connect PlayOnLiinux repository to download Linux installer script. Another example is asking user to select application icon and application category(probably it need to depther wine integration). Use Case: Peter would like to install Dev-C++. It only downloads it from page, click twice on desktop and select create new prefix. Once installation completes, he can remove installator from desktop. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310059

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[openFATE 308180] Development versions of packages include in openSUSE release notes
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Feature #308180, revision 1 Title: Development versions of packages include in openSUSE release notes openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Peter Gumbrell (gumb) Description: With regard to the inclusion of packages in distros that are 'not intended for end users', and the recent controversies such as the KDE 4.0 release in openSUSE 11.0 (and probable future issues with such things as KOffice 2.0 in openSUSE 11.2), I propose a way to keep 'regular users' better informed of this advice, which is sometimes not dispensed with clarity or through the right channels. I have copied this suggestion to the forums for further feedback. I suggest that all packages known to be in an alpha, beta or other development state are noted as such in some single, central place. The Release Notes might be a good place for this, as it would allow last-minute inclusions, and also ensure the majority of users would be informed during the installation process. There wouldn't need to be too much detail, just a simple list with perhaps a brief, optional summary of the state of each relevant package. The below is my example of how it might read. There might be legal or technical implications to be taken into account. == Alpha, beta and development versions of software packages openSUSE distribution releases sometimes include development versions of certain software packages. This can be due to a number of reasons, such as compatibility with other software or hardware. These programs may be lacking some features, designed for testing use, or may be unstable and not recommended for regular users. Other packages may be relatively stable, but labelled as 'beta' or 'development version' on an almost permanent basis, because of ongoing changes and improvements. Throughout the product lifecycle of openSUSE releases, updates to packages are made available through the 'Software Update' mechanism. From time to time, these may include final versions of packages previously provided as development versions in the original distribution. The following list summarizes packages contained in this release that are known to be 'development' versions. It is intended as a guide for users who might not wish to run unstable versions of software. The list is not exhaustive and there may be some omissions. Kaffeine 0.9pre2* - Latest development release. Included for better stability than alternative versions. K3B alpha3* - Latest development release. Included for better stability than alternative versions. KOffice 2.02* - Development release. Not intended for end users. Kompozer 0.8a4*** - Bugfix / development release, included for compatibility purposes. SeaMonkey 2.0RC2** - Bugfix release. Should be stable for most purposes. Thunderbird 3.0b4 - Bugfix release. Should be stable for most purposes. * Not included on GNOME Live CD ** Not included on KDE Live CD *** Included on DVD version only == Obviously, my own list is just a mock-up and probably incorrect anyway. Perhaps there would even be a way to automate the generation of this list by assessment of package names (rather hopeful I suppose). There could also be a link to a wiki page on opensuse.org, though this assumes users have an Internet connection and hence I don't see it as so practical. Is this idea practical or possible for 11.2? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308180

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[New: openFATE 310688] Unity Web Player
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: John Newton (john_poiema) Feature #310688, revision 1 Title: Unity Web Player Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: John Newton (john_poiema) Description: Please consider working with Google's Native Client and Chrome Browser to bring the Unity Web Player and access to games and resources developed using Unity to OpenSuse and Linux quicker. http://www.unity3d.com/ http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/13806/what-can-i-do-for-linux-support (http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/13806/what-can-i-do-for-linux-support) And then consider working with the Unity team to bring a native port to OpenSuse in the future. Thank you, Poiema -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310688

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[openFATE 306391] Add migration assistant to the installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Michal Smrž (ilfirin) Feature #306391, revision 1, last change by Title: Add migration assistant to the installation openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Smrž (ilfirin) Description: Ubuntu have great Migration assistan. With it you can migrate your data and some configuration from other Linux distributions and from Windows. Michael Larabel article (http://www.michaellarabel.com/?k=blog&i=83) Ubuntu wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance) source (http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/migration-assistant/migrati…) It would be great, if openSUSE (Yast) has similar feature. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306391

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[New: openFATE 308607] change kickoff menu for most smouth menu
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Feature #308607, revision 1 Title: change kickoff menu for most smouth menu openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Description: hange kickoff menu for most smouth menu -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308607

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[openFATE 306737] improve displaying of the release notes
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #306737, revision 1 Title: improve displaying of the release notes Hackweek IV: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Description: I think we'd need additonal navigation links. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306737

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[openFATE 306732] review existing opensuse enhancement requests
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Feature #306732, revision 1 Title: review existing opensuse enhancement requests Hackweek IV: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Juergen Weigert (jnweiger) Description: go through the list of enhancement bugzilla items and fate request against opensuse.org / buildservice / package wishlist, grab some, and implement them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306732

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[New: openFATE 308269] kde4 on netbook
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Feature #308269, revision 1 Title: kde4 on netbook openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Agustin Chavarria (dj_ubun_1) Description: it should create a version of opensuse with kde version netbook, to how ubuntu is doing. with plasma netbook -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308269

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[New: openFATE 309237] Bigger default panel
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: Mircea Kitsune (MirceaKitsune) Feature #309237, revision 1 Title: Bigger default panel openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mircea Kitsune (mirceakitsune) Description: This is a minor change introduced in 11.2 which I believe Opensuse might have been better without. I find the default panel in 11.2 / 11.3 milestone 3 (KDE 4) a bit too small. It's closer to the Windows Taskbar's size, but for Linux I think the previous size was better (I like the default one in 11.1 personally). In my opinion, the current size is not only a bit uglier (the panel's too small compared to everything else) but also makes it harder to click on some buttons, like desktops which are vertically half the size of the pointer. Here are a few screenshots showing the default panel I'm addressing: http://www.linuxforu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/04-KDE4-Desktop.png -- http://jjtcomputing.co.uk/images/opensuse11.2-desktop.png I believe 35-40 would be a nice default size, the current default apparently being 30 (measured in units shown when clicking Panel Options and dragging the Height slider in 11.2). Of course everyone resizes it to their own like after installing Opensuse, so this hardly has any importance. Just a suggestion for what I believe would be a better default if anyone else agrees. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309237

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[New: openFATE 308610] create interactive dialog for firewall
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Feature added by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Feature #308610, revision 1 Title: create interactive dialog for firewall openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Description: create interactive dialog for firewalls for aplications ej p2p apps -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308610

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[New: openFATE 314624] Re-implement the Section Management tab in YAST - Boot Loader for grub2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Mircea Kitsune (MirceaKitsune) Feature #314624, revision 1 Title: Re-implement the Section Management tab in YAST - Boot Loader for grub2 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mircea Kitsune (mirceakitsune) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since grub2 became default for openSUSE, I upgraded to it from grub. Everything works well, but there's one inconvenience: The fields to modify and sort entries are gone from Yast -> System -> Boot Loader. It would be nice if this section could implement the same menu for grub2, so users with less experience don't need to hack configuration files to modify entries. For grub, there was a "Section Management" tab and a "Boot Loader Installation" tab in the Boot Loader window. When grub2 is installed, the first tab is gone, and only the second one exists. Here is a screenshot (not mine) showing the tab that existed for grub and is gone in grub2: http://i45.tinypic.com/lfpyq.png Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It would be nice if this section could implement the same menu for grub2, so users with less experience don't need to hack configuration files to modify entries. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314624

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[New: openFATE 316956] Device Driver Manager for openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: giuseppe rossi (hawake) Feature #316956, revision 1 Title: Device Driver Manager for openSUSE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: giuseppe rossi (hawake) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi, i think that it could be useful to allow users to switch between OpenSource/Proprietary drivers in use (if both are available obviously) using a simple GUI created ad-hoc for the desktop in use (KDE -> Qt , GNOME/Xfce/Lxde -> GTK). In this way, if there is any kind of problem with a driver a not-expert user can disable it or switch to another one. Therefore i suggest to develop a device driver manager for openSUSE that could be included in YaST, or as a desktop application accessible by a non-root user (like Apper for updates). In certain Debian (Mint, Ubuntu...) derivatives are using something like this: [0] http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=113559&f=47 [1] https://github.com/SolydXK/device-driver-manager Thanks for reading, Bye hawake Use Case: For instance, think to the video card drivers. Recently nVidia, AMD and Intel are improving their drivers but not always are the best choice (especially AMD...). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316956

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[New: openFATE 316758] Zypper update with date option
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Curtis Rubel (crubel) Feature #316758, revision 1 Title: Zypper update with date option openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Curtis Rubel (crubel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be great to be able to run the zypper update or YOU so that you can update using a date/time argument. This way you can specify that you want to update everything up to the specified date/time and leave the newer updates still on the update server. THank you for your consideration. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: If I run around work updating all my dev systems and then finally my customers systems even though I do them one after the other, I cannot reliably ensure they are all on exactly the same updates/releases. This has caused us some time consuming problems in the past, trying to figure out what and why something is working on one system and not another. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316758

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[New: openFATE 313119] provide a BD/ Blue Ray download image for openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #313119, revision 1 Title: provide a BD/ Blue Ray download image for openSUSE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: A ready-to-download blue ray image of openSUSE would be a pleasure for anyone who has to work offline from time to time since it will allow you to do and install everything without an internet conncetion. Currently we only have a netinstall CD for backbone internet and a DVD as install medium for average internet connections. However a blue ray image to install and work completely offline - as this was initially possible just within the size of a DVD in the early days of linux (openSUSE 9.3) - would be of much greater value than a DVD providing not much more than a package cache for a minimized first-place install system. Such a blue ray could not only contain the full rpm-set of the core distribution but also important 2nd party repos like those provided by ATI, Nvidia and Packman as well as the most important repos from the BuildService like the SELinux repo for instance. Debian does already provide a fully-downloadable distribution image; however in the form of 8 DVDs + Update DVDs which may for sure be less practical than a single BD. However this seems to be considered much more a security feature in Debian. Mandatory for the Requester as certain working scenarios require a full system image for external or optical media. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313119

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[New: openFATE 321752] *working* bluetooth (audio) support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Michal Suchanek (michals) Feature #321752, revision 1 Title: *working* bluetooth (audio) support openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Suchanek (michals) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: ok, so I tried to connect bluetooth headphones to a Leap 42.2 box. I had bluez to start with just in case You also need the bluez pulseaudio plugin for sound because there is no other way to get sound out of bluetooth. 1) installing bluez-firmware does not give me firmware for bluetooth dongle. The firmware is in bcm20702a1-firmware. Maybe bluez-firmware should depend on that? 2) after installed the dongle is not brought up and diagnostic tools fail. Is it so difficult to add an udev script that does "hciconfig hci<n> up" for every chi device? 3) gnome-control-center tells me I have no dongles after doing all this 4) Using bluetoothctl I can now connect devices -- unless I attempted connecting them with hcitool which puts them in some broken state. 5) when my headphones are connected pulseaudio shows them as sink but built-in sound card remains default sink. You can STFW for some script that forces sink switch for running applications as well. Totally awesome. I can expect everyone to use bluetooth audio on Linux. So simple. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/321752

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[New: openFATE 318022] evolution tnef integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: David Hodgson (jetojedno) Feature #318022, revision 1 Title: evolution tnef integration openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: David Hodgson (jetojedno) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: the tnef plugin for evolution seems to have disappeared from all available repositories. A better solution is for evolution to recognise tnef plugins and unpack them automagically rather than present a winmail.dat file for separate processing. Use Case: Contact sends an email with attachments from outlook or exchange. Attachments are packed as winmail.dat files. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: windows outlook & exchange persist and contacts are unable to easily prevent it from sending these nasty attachments. Opening these attachments is difficult in evolution - the file must be saved somewhere, unpacked using tnef then the attachments found and viewed. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318022

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[New: openFATE 310964] Add YAST module to set up an OpenVPN server
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Jan Krings (liquidsky89) Feature #310964, revision 1 Title: Add YAST module to set up an OpenVPN server openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Jan Krings (liquidsky89) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many people today use an OpenVPN server to access their personal networks or networks at work. The set up of an OpenVPN server is complex also, as several adjustments must be made at various points in the system. e.g. OpenVPN Configfile, SUSEFirewall, /etc/sysconfig Files. A module would make it easier to set up a OpenVPNserver. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310964

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[New: openFATE 313030] AppSet instead of Apper
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Simone Dedo (Templare) Feature #313030, revision 1 Title: AppSet instead of Apper openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Simone Dedo (templare) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: AppSet http://appset.altervista.org/joomla/en can be the default package manager on openSUSE cause, is written in QT and other distribution such Archlinux and Chakra Linux (know for his addiction with KDE desktop). 1)Automatical generation of applications sections (games, office, multimedia, internet etc.) 2)An embedded web browser that shows selected applications homepages 3)An embedded feed reader that shows news from configured distribution 4)A Tray Icon that periodically shows available upgrades 5)The possibility to choose a touchscreen suitable and animated view 6)Administrator packages management (Upgrades, installs, removes applications) 7)Periodical packages database update 8)Checks dependencies contraints 9)Authentication structure that uses what is already installed to get administrative privileges (only when needed), searching from {kdesu, gksu, beesu, xdg-su or at least an xterm where it executes a sudo command} 10)Cache cleaner tool (to free disk space) 11)Can use ad-hoc libraries for a specific distribution or, like in default, it uses an already existing package manager CLI frontend 11)Requires only Qt libs as installation dependency What about? Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I believe AppSet can be a better package manager instead of KpackageKit or Apper (a new on openSUSE 12.1). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313030

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[New: openFATE 314661] tcptunnel
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Harri T. (haba713) Feature #314661, revision 1 Title: tcptunnel openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Harri T. (haba713) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi! I suggest adding tcptunnel package to openSUSE distribution. As stated on a page http://www.vakuumverpackt.de/tcptunnel/ "Tcptunnel is a simple TCP port forwarder. This tool listens to a local TCP port and all the received data is sent to a remote host. It can be used to redirect TCP based protocols like HTTP, IRC, NNTP, SSH or SMTP." The source code is here: https://github.com/vakuum/tcptunnel It's a great piece of code! I've used it now for a couple of months in SLES 11 SP2 for SSH and MS Remote Desktop tunnels with no anomalities. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314661

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[New: openFATE 310887] gimp and openoffice are friends
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Feature #310887, revision 1 Title: gimp and openoffice are friends openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: first of all sorry for my English, I do not speak English and use google to translate. I wish we had opensuse 11.4 on an extension for the default Office suite (open office or openoffice) that give us a graphic editor for Image example: to put an image that gave us the possibility to use gimp, but without leaving openoffice. in order is not proved necessary but I would like that included in openSUSE 11.4. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310887

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[New: openFATE 313000] select the graphic driver at boot
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Feature #313000, revision 1 Title: select the graphic driver at boot openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: To have the possibility to select the graphic driver at boot in my opinion is a good idea, if you have nvidia or ati graphic cards, and you want to try the new propietary driver and it doesn't satisfy you, or if you want to try the new nouveau driver, if you have the possibility to select the driver (for example nouveau, nvidia, ati or whatever), you can have easyly a working graphic desktop. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313000

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