October 2016 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 312339] aST should warn during install if swap partition is too small for suspending
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #312339, revision 1 Title: aST should warn during install if swap partition is too small for suspending openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I made the mistake and installed just 2 GB swap on a laptop with 4 GB ram. I just forgot to think about suspending the computer will need an suitable swap partition. Now it's sometimes working an sometimes not... It would be nice and helpful if YaST would warn the user about that problem during the install process. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312339

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[New: openFATE 319631] Two-factor authentification
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Arnold Mesper (amesper) Feature #319631, revision 1 Title: Two-factor authentification openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Arnold Mesper (amesper) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When creating a new user during the installation, it should be possible to enable two-factor authentification. From a security point of view, it might be wise to have it enabled by default. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/319631

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[New: openFATE 316448] Two Factor Authentication
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Jörg Stephan (johest) Feature #316448, revision 1 Title: Two Factor Authentication Requested by: Jörg Stephan (johest) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add Two Factor Authentication, Token based for example, to openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316448

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[New: openFATE 310809] system repair from 11.2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: kamil rosinski (rysic) Feature #310809, revision 1 Title: system repair from 11.2 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: kamil rosinski (rysic) Description: In OpenSuse 11.2 was installation option Repair. It helped often repair system and (more important!) repair Grub. In 11.3 there is no repair option. It is very important for users who use for example Windows XP and Suse, because after XP installation, Suse disappears and they don't have easy sollution to repair Grub. I'm a member of Polish Suse forum and we can see how often new people are give up to learn Linux because of missing easy solution at the beginning of using/installing system. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310809

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[openFATE 306613] Krest
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #306613, revision 1 Title: Krest Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: I have worked on some infrastructure for creating C++ bindings for RESTservices in the context of the Kode project. kxml_compiler already supportscreating data model classes from XML examples. The missing piece is a tool toguide creation of these classes and associated transport bindings according tothe needs of the developer. The goal would be to implement a guided bindingcreation by example in contrast to the usual approach of taking a full formalspec of transport and format. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306613

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[openFATE 306611] Plutimikation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #306611, revision 1 Title: Plutimikation Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: My math learning application for children could need some love.It works, but it could have some more motivational features. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306611

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[openFATE 306608] Grand Unified Social Network
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #306608, revision 1 Title: Grand Unified Social Network Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: Many sites let you manage your social networkins ome way, Facebook, Xing, Linkedin, OpenDesktop. Even Twitter and sites like Gitorious provide some of these functionality. It would be great to put all thisinfo together on the desktop and integrate it in some unified scheme, which merges and connects all your different social networks you have build on theweb. This certainly would be a UI challenge, but it has quite some potential. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306608

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[openFATE 306607] Xing client lib
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Feature #306607, revision 1 Title: Xing client lib Requested by: Cornelius Schumacher (cschum) Description: Xing is said to have some API to access the data about yoursocial network. It would be great to have a client lib, which allows to get holdof this data for further usage on the desktop, e.g. putting it in youraddressbook, or connecting it to the data of other social networks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306607

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[New: openFATE 309995] libzypp: generate posix portable character set filenames
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) Feature #309995, revision 1 Title: libzypp: generate posix portable character set filenames openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ned Ulbricht (ned_ulbricht) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Background: Currently, libzypp automatically generates file names for .repo files in /etc/zypp/repos.d , and corresponding directory names in /var/cache/zypp/{packages,raw,solv}/ . From a very quick look at the source, it seems that the names are generated from the repo alias, with "/" translated to "_" , but no other translations. Desired Feature: Automatically generated file and directory names should be constructed using only the POSIX portable filename character set. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_… The repo alias should be groomed with undesirable characters stripped or translated before file and directory name generation. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Quick rationale: Spaces in filenames are EVIL!!!!!! Extended rationale: libzypp should not make assumptions about the filesystem where files and directories may be stored. Some filesystems may choke on the filenames that are currently auto-generated. Further, many tools and scripts which iterate over files and directories implicitly presume that file/directory names don't contain weird characters. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309995

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[New: openFATE 319523] Yast on the System Tray
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: hehe br (hehe_br) Feature #319523, revision 1 Title: Yast on the System Tray openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: hehe br (hehe_br) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Add the possibility to have Yast on the System Tray. Use Case: Where: Left click > Opens Yast main window. Right Click > Opens the list with the individual modules to select the desired one. As Yast is a configuration tool, this feature should not be set as standard. An option could be inserted in the "Miscellaneous" section on Yast where it can be enabled. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Justification: This would give a faster access to Yast modules to people who use Yast very often. Thanks for your help and attention! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/319523

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[openFATE 306599] Web App for Cert Bulletins
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Kurt Garloff (garloff) Feature #306599, revision 1 Title: Web App for Cert Bulletins Requested by: Kurt Garloff (garloff) Description: Build a prototype for handling the certification database and bulletins using a modern Web Application framework. Current choice would be django as it's rather powerful and uses a language I'm very much in favor of. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306599

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[New: openFATE 312308] make yast gtk gui more complete
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #312308, revision 1 Title: make yast gtk gui more complete openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The yast2 qt interface have (at least) one very usefull function that is not found in the gtk interface: when there is a problem in an install, being able to force reinstall of all the already installed packages is very handy. In qt, it's enough to clic right and select update all the selected. so I would be fine to have the same in gtk (I just had a corrupted kde4 install and could only run gnome) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312308

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[New: openFATE 313039] openSUSE Kids Edition/Mode
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Antwan Ibraheem (antwankakki) Feature #313039, revision 1 Title: openSUSE Kids Edition/Mode openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Antwan Ibraheem (antwankakki) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: OpenSUSE kids edition is an idea of creating a distribution or mode for kids. This should include (but not limit to):- *Wallpapers, Icons, themes... that would appeal to kids. *an internet or programs filter to block harmful things *games, programs related to education and fun(programs like tuxpaint, google chrome, and many games). Use Case: a parent who cares about what his kids see in the virtual world. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: this would appeal to parents because they would probably want a safe and fun environment for their kids to play with and learn from at the same time. it will create an openSUSE army for the future :). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313039

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[New: openFATE 312272] Move /sbin/lsinitrd, /sbin/lsmod, /sbin/lspci, /sbin/lspcmcia to %_bindir
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Feature #312272, revision 1 Title: Move /sbin/lsinitrd, /sbin/lsmod, /sbin/lspci, /sbin/lspcmcia to %_bindir openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Johannes Obermayr (jobermayr) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: lsinitrd, lsmod, lspci, lspcmcia are located in /sbin and so only root can access them. The 'ls' prefix indicates that these programs only list some information which should be accessible by all users. lsusb is in %_bindir (=/usr/bin). If you were consequently lsusb also would have to be in /sbin or /usr/sbin ... Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: There absolutely is not any sense for having programs just providing information in /sbin. How do you want to help people if you need for example lspci's output and then people complain: "Absolute path to 'lspci' is '/sbin/lspci', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root)." Can you give me root's password? (security, security, security, ...) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312272

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[New: openFATE 312307] Add usb_modeswitch and splix packages to live CD`s
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Vasil Yakauleu (vasilbelarus) Feature #312307, revision 1 Title: Add usb_modeswitch and splix packages to live CD`s openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vasil Yakauleu (vasilbelarus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: My point of view is that CD`s(not DVD`s) should contain all packages required to install the system, to setup internet connection (then users can download all they need) and to support as maximum hardware as possible. Therefore, I think that packages 1)usb_modeswitch (usb_modeswitch-data and tcl as dependencies)= about 5,5Mb to provide a possibility connect to the internet for people with UMTS/3G wireless WAN devices. 2)splix= 3,4Mb to provide better support for SPL printers should be added to live CD`s. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312307

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[New: openFATE 312927] Use AppArmor or SELinux for every (suse) package
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: ich mich (yetanothernoob) Feature #312927, revision 1 Title: Use AppArmor or SELinux for every (suse) package openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: ich mich (yetanothernoob) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be nice to add apparmor or selinux profiles to every rpm package and , of course, use them! It would let suse become one of the most secure linux systems out there. And the best: the user just installs a package and hasen't to care about anything ;) But it would also need a secure (GUI) "Permission Asker", like windows and of course an easy to use frontend for editing profiles (just easier than the current yast one) Sorry for my bad english, hope anyone got what i mean :D Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because suse should be REALLY secure without getting in the users way -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312927

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[New: openFATE 308846] Option to "download only" rpm files in cache
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Eduardo Sotomayor (Easgs) Feature #308846, revision 1 Title: Option to "download only" rpm files in cache openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Eduardo Sotomayor (easgs) Description: In yast, there is the option when setting up software repositories to keep rpm files in cache after a software installation, it would be good to have too an option "Download only", with this option you will be able to get a program with all its dependencies ready to install later in a computer without internet without affecting the current system. This option is available in ubuntu apt-get with the option -d -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308846

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[New: openFATE 310024] have a "primary monitor" option on gnome "monitor preferences"
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Thiago Sayao (sayao) Feature #310024, revision 1 Title: have a "primary monitor" option on gnome "monitor preferences" openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Thiago Sayao (sayao) Description: Currently i am not able to set which is the primary monitor on gnome monitor preferences. I can set the position which is very nice, but i am not able to inform which one is the primary. The primary monitor is the monitor that the gnome panel appears, as well as any application when opened the first time. This option can be set on xrandr, so i think it would be easily implemented. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310024

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[New: openFATE 310779] gtk2: cups printbackend does not provide a commandline
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Michael Krapp (mkrapp) Feature #310779, revision 1 Title: gtk2: cups printbackend does not provide a commandline openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Krapp (mkrapp) Description: gtk2's lpr printerbackend provides a commandline useful for testing, using uncommon options or printing to available but unconfigured printers. e.g. user configured printers close to his office, but needs to print once to a printer in a different building. lpr -PFar_away_printer could do this, but this is not available in e.g. Firefox printing dialog when the cups printbackend is active. The cups printerbackend lacks this functionality and the lpr backend is said to go away. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310779

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[New: openFATE 310377] Make Python 3 the default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Matt Williams (Milliams) Feature #310377, revision 1 Title: Make Python 3 the default openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Matt Williams (milliams) Description: Python 3.0 was released nearly 2 years ago now and has been included in the last two releases of openSUSE. Currently in openSUSE we have a python package which installs Python 2.6 and a python3 package which installs Python 3.1. To date there has been much reservation about Python 3, mainly due to the larger 3rd-party modules not having been ported but by now most of them have been (notable NumPy and SciPy) and will have had stable releases by openSUSE 11.4. Also by then, Python 3.2 will have been released. I propose that the python 2 package and its subpackages are renamed to python2 and python2-* and that the python3 package (and its sub-packages) is renamed to python-* and/or the /usr/bin/python symlink points to python3 rather than python2 for the next version of openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310377

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[New: openFATE 311267] Two tier option to Community repository list
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Feature #311267, revision 1 Title: Two tier option to Community repository list openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: In brief: Working in Yast > Software Repositories Add > Community Repositories Make a default community repo list Eg: OSS, NON-OSS, UPDATES, PACKMAN, NVIDIA, ATI, LIBDVDCSS And offer an advanced option available with a toggle (That should include a warning that it is for advanced users) Like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/SUSE%20Misc/community_list_edit.png Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Reason: Typically many users who are installing openSUSE, perhaps for the first time are visiting the community repo list and just switching them all on. The result is not good and is giving users a bad experience. We obviously don't want to remove the option for using the complete list, but it would be better giving at least some indication that a degree of knowledge is required for their use. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311267

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[New: openFATE 310563] Dashboard Install GUI
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Feature #310563, revision 1 Title: Dashboard Install GUI openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Create a dashboard install on the DVD at the installation screen to help new users better understand the install options available to them. By this I mean where the selections come up to install Gnome, KDE, etc. that a dashboard listing replace it showing the Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XCFE, JeOS, Server, and Server/Server GUI as separate icons rather than a drop down list to select. Additionally, as the user scrolls across the icon it would give them a a summary description of the type of system it will install and possibly a screenshot or two to see if they will like it visually. Then as the install proceeds the user can customize the package selection later as is currently part of the system. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users for the most part naturally take the path of least resistance so dashboard will provide both choice and GUI ease of use for the user while offering something innovative to the installer that to date Ubuntu has not implement but is possibly on the verge especially with the intro of Meerkat. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310563

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[New: openFATE 308892] Replace scim with IBUS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Mingxi Wu (Mingxi_Wu) Feature #308892, revision 1 Title: Replace scim with IBUS openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mingxi Wu (mingxi_wu) Description: SCIM upstream is almost dead. We should not keep an unmaintained software in openSUSE. IBUS (http://code.google.com/p/ibus/) a new developed input method is very active and full functionality, and other distributions like Ubuntu (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/desktop-karmic-input-methods) and Fedora already had done this. We have some contributors done the IBUS packaging at OBS https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home:swyear:ibus . Everything is OK on my openSUSE 11.2 box except fail to enable it in a gnomesu window, but this is not a problem as other distributions don't have this bug. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308892

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[New: openFATE 310837] Enhance grub configuration for multiboot systems
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Martin Pröfrock (MartinProefrock) Feature #310837, revision 1 Title: Enhance grub configuration for multiboot systems openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Martin Pröfrock (martinproefrock) Description: When installing Windows (version 7 with me), then openSUSE 11.3, and no partition is marked "active", then hibernating (suspend to disk) in Windows 7 does not work anymore after installing linux. When activating the "activate" checkbox in the Windows section of the grub configuration, it works. Could you change the intial(?) grub configuration or display a hint (flashing, big, ...)? I could imagine quite some people spending a lot of time with their favorite search engine to find out that solution. I did... As usual, Windows does not give any error messages besides a meaningless "file not found (2)" when starting the action from a cmd line. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310837

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[New: openFATE 309221] Simplify adding OBS repos
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) Feature #309221, revision 1 Title: Simplify adding OBS repos openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Majewsky (majewsky) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When I want to add a build service repository, I have to find a quite cryptic URL, such as http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openS…. Much of the information in this URL is redundant and error-prone, such as the domain and the distribution version. It would be much nicer if Zypper and YaST knew about the repo structure of the OBS, so I could type something like obs://KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop, and have Zypper/YaST figure out the rest. Extra points if browsers could figure out that "obs://" URLs should be handled by YaST. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This reduces error sources. For example, if I provided some repository that provides some closed-source drivers, I would currently have to provide a gigantic list of repository URLs for all supported openSUSE versions. With the proposed change, the description for how to use such a repository would boil down to: 1. Add the repository "obs://home:foobar:importantdrivers". 2. Do a system upgrade. With the browser integration, we could even have something like a one-click installation for repositories. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309221

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[New: openFATE 308424] Please port Light style revision 2 theme to KDE4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Ilya Chernykh (Ansus) Feature #308424, revision 1 Title: Please port Light style revision 2 theme to KDE4 openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ilya Chernykh (ansus) Description: Please port Light style revision 2 theme from KDE3 to KDE4. This is the best-looking widget theme ever in my opinion. This makes transition to KDE4 much easier and allows for better coexistence of KDE3 and KDE4 applications. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308424

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[New: openFATE 310987] Add Intel Atom as a specific architecture
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Jiri Dluhos (jdluhos) Feature #310987, revision 1 Title: Add Intel Atom as a specific architecture openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jiri Dluhos (jdluhos) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Atom processors, currently very popular in lightweight devices, behave very differently from common Intel/AMD processors; although they can execute code optimized for common x86 or x86-64, they don't run it much efficiently. Because they are not that fast, every cycle counts. I believe it would be useful to consider them a separate sub-architecture that deserves its own set of compilation options. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310987

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[New: openFATE 311038] Update to Eclipse 3.6.1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: F S (fs92) Feature #311038, revision 1 Title: Update to Eclipse 3.6.1 openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: F S (fs92) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Update from Eclipse 3.4 from OpenSuse 11.3 to Eclipse 3.6.1 is desirable. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311038

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[openFATE 307842] Update eclipse to latest version
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #307842, revision 1 Title: Update eclipse to latest version openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Description: Update eclipse to latest version as found in http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Thanks Glenn -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307842

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[New: openFATE 311322] Add button to change color depth on Display Monitor
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #311322, revision 1 Title: Add button to change color depth on Display Monitor openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I'm proposing that we add an extra button to the Display and Monitor settings to change the color depth. Since sax2 was deprecated. We have been missing a way to dynamically change the color depth. Sax2 used to have a button to allow users to change the color depth. For example: * 8-bit * 15-bit * 16-bit * 24-bit * 32-bit Let's vote to add this feature to the Display and Monitor in KDE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311322

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[New: openFATE 311365] Include biosdevname to rename network interfaces based on chassis labels
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Narendra K - (narendra_k) Feature #311365, revision 1 Title: Include biosdevname to rename network interfaces based on chassis labels openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Narendra K - (narendra_k) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: On a Dell PowerEdge server with multiple add-in cards, the naming of the network interfaces is non-deterministic. This results in 'eth0' not mapping to "Embedded NIC 1" as labeled on the server chassis. This issue is seen on Dell PowerEdge 10G above. This feature addresses this issue by renaming network interfaces based on their location on the system motherboard. The naming policy it suggests are as follows: Embedded devices: em<port> Add-in PCI cards: pci<slot>p<port>_<virtual function instance> Please refer to "Consistent Network device naming-Name network interfaces to match chassis labels" (https://features.opensuse.org/310896) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This allows system administrators to refer to the network interfaces by names based on their location on the motherboard. The naming becomes deterministic and there is no state such as HWADDR embedded into the configuration files. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311365

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[New: openFATE 310560] Future Download Options for 11.4<
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Feature #310560, revision 1 Title: Future Download Options for 11.4< Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jeremy Thornton (leebrad) Description: I am sure this may have been proposed before, but just in case I think it is a good move if the SUSE project would consider the following... #Proposal Break 11.4+ distributions into the following downloadable images from the opensuse.org site... I know 1,2,5 are already options, but the others should also be considered. 1. Gnome Desktop Live CD (<700mb) 2. KDE Desktop Live CD (<700mb) 3. LXDE Desktop Live CD (<700mb) 4. Server and Virtualization CD (<700mb) 5. Complete DVD (4gb) 6. Meego/Netbook Live Image (for future netbook installs) Important:Options to install inside as Windows applications (like Ubuntu) Important:Options to install onto USB drive (with GUI application like Ubuntu/Fedora) #Benefits 1.More accessible download options 2.Less frustrating if download fails 3.Less bandwidth requirements to support the project 4.More flexibile installation capabilities 5.These can be built easier and maintained with the project since the intro of SUSE Studio. #Additional Considerations 1.Besides possible acquisition of the SUSE project by some company the community must remain innovative and competitive against Fedora and Ubuntu. 2.Ubuntu and Fedora already offer these download and convenience options. 3.I have read comments from users who either don't realize a server option is built in or hate the idea of download the DVD just for a light server install. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310560

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[openFate 305664] Server CD
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Feature #305664, revision 1, last change by Title: Server CD openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Description: Providing an official openSUSE server cd - with some often used server software - and perhaps a lightweight window manager like icewm or similar - would be a great thing for a number of reasons. - openSUSE is generally considered a desktop centric distribution, providing a server cd would do a heck of a lot to highligt the excellent (home-)server qualities of openSUSE. - The few people that realize that the openSUSE DVD/netinstall actually offers text mode/server installation, are often discouraged by needing to download a full DVD, or do troublesome and slow http/ftp installation. - Server users are generally more technical people, it would be beneficial to attract more of these to the openSUSE project. - More people using openSUSE on home servers would likely have spill-over effects on SLES sales. - An openSUSE server cd, would be an excellent response to Ubuntu server edition and Microsoft Home Server. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305664

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[New: openFATE 314589] Bandwidth limiter for updates
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Francesco Noacco (FireLink) Feature #314589, revision 1 Title: Bandwidth limiter for updates openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Francesco Noacco (firelink) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Settings similar to a download manager with max number of simultaneous files, bandwidth etc. (for example type DownThemAll). Use Case: If there is low bandwidth and / or to share with other people. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Is a good idea to make the system more "educated" than a bully use of the full bandwidth connection (especially if limited or poor). - Much more useful would be a program that saves the packages separately in an orderly way and divided into categories (similar to apup for win). This is perhaps best if I insert it in another form? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314589

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[New: openFATE 312120] Make default KDE theme greenish, to match whole system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Dino E (D_E) Feature #312120, revision 1 Title: Make default KDE theme greenish, to match whole system openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Dino E (d_e) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We really need to make default KDE theme green, to match whole system greenish appearance. It's involves just to steps: make default green icon set (like http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen-Refit+2+-+Green+Version?conte…) and make default green colours (like http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Ordinary+Green?content=107944) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It's kinda ugly when you have blue icons and colours in otherwise green system. Also blue is highly overused nowadays - remember default themes in windows xp-7, mac os x, and kde itself. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312120

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[New: openFATE 320251] Create ramdisk for rescue
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Sławomir Lach (Lachu) Feature #320251, revision 1 Title: Create ramdisk for rescue openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sławomir Lach (lachu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Create ramdisk for rescue filesystems. This ramdisk could been placed in /boot, other separate partition or root filesystem. There also should exist option for run system from this ramdisk. This could been integrated with systemd in future. When systemd fail load system, it should create ramdisk, copy rescue tools onto it, chroot and unmount old root filesystem(if possible, I'm not kernel developer). Use Case: On laptops without CDrom, there's should exist way to rescue system. Sometimes filesystem must be repaired, because badblocks were created. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/320251

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[New: openFATE 308314] better wine integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Sharque uddin Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) Feature #308314, revision 1 Title: better wine integration openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sharque uddin Ahmed Farooqui (safknw) Description: There are times we need to use windows applications. Wine applications does not integrate well with with rest of desktop. There is no menu entry for wine settings. Also there should be menu for reboot wine. I use wine for Heidisql (Mysql admin tool) and some time for games. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308314

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[New: openFATE 320677] Include D language (dmd, ldc, gdc) in standard repos
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Drew Adams (Druonysus) Feature #320677, revision 1 Title: Include D language (dmd, ldc, gdc) in standard repos openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Drew Adams (druonysus) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The D programming language is a very interesting and very fun programming language. It would be very nice if at least one but preferably all of the major compilers for this really great language were readily available in our standard repos (Tumblweed). http://dlang.org/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/320677

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[New: openFATE 321103] Sort kernels by timestamp in grub.cfg
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Michal Marek (michal-m) Feature #321103, revision 1 Title: Sort kernels by timestamp in grub.cfg openSUSE Distribution: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Michal Marek (michal-m) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently, grub2 sorts the linux boot entries by version numbers. This has two drawbacks: 1) It does not work if a different version scheme is used than what the sorting algorithm expects, 2) It does not do the right thing when the user deliberately installs an older kernel for testing. With the old grub, the latest installed kernel has always been listed first. Such behavior serves both regular users, who keep updating the kernel packages to newer versions, as well as developers who build test kernels with non-standard release strings or boot older kernels for test purposes. A simple patch to enable timestamp sorting is in comment 10 of bug 827531. Relations: - Grub2 version 2.00 Sorts kernel version 3.10-rc7 as a higher release than kernel 3.10 (bugzilla/id: 827531) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: More predictable sorting of boot entries. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/321103

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[New: openFATE 310112] Desktop files with debuging feature
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Sławomir Lach (Lachu) Feature #310112, revision 1 Title: Desktop files with debuging feature openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Sławomir Lach (lachu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Often users don't know how track problems and there's no simple sollutions for begginiers. I think, that adding additional fields to .desktop files will helps a lot. Thease fileds should been named DEBUG_MODE_ON and DEBUG_MODE_RUNNER. Once DEBUG_MODE_RUNNER is not present, there's should exist mechanism to debug(ex. running konsole and application on it ; or better redirecting stderr and stdout onto file and asks user to display it/send/etc. after application quits). Test Case: Test that dialog with question about displaying log file don't show before application quits. Use Case: Better can't run some application, because some libraries isn't present on the system. It will only right click on application runner and select debug mode. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: * Developers of application could add custom debug mode with full featured information gathering and sending log file to vendor. It could make support better. * Better forums support. * A way to create automated tools, which reads logs and perform some tasks(if user accept) * Many user don't know how solving problems on Ubuntu. Running application in terminal don't always be pragmatic, because xterm have limited buffer for text. Also, running terminal isn't very simple. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310112

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[openFate 305582] Off-Line one click install (MSI for Linux)
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Duncan Mac-Vicar <dmacvicar(a)novell.com> Feature #305582, revision 1, last change by Title: Off-Line one click install (MSI for Linux) openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Duncan Mac-Vicar <dmacvicar(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Idea from community member Raul Romero. Same concept as MSI packages for Windows but exploiting the One Click Install concept of openSUSE (and therefore inheriting the simplicity, code and security. Basically a compressed file which includes a repository inside, plus one click install information, and a script to trigger the oneclickinstall handler with the data as payload in the script. Therefore is a collection of rpms that can be installed detailed description is here http://en.opensuse.org/OSI There is already a prototype working. Example script: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/363315/MozillaFirefox.osi This requires some extra features in one click install and other pieces * ability to force OneClick to add the repo (the one inside the compressed file) Additionally I see other features: * ability to suggest an update repo for the installed bundle * support from build service to generate bundles * easy way to generate them locally Out of scope but interesting: * Ablity to trigger a YaST workflow (its own control.xml?) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This solves the business case of distributing service packs, applications, codecs bundles by just downloading a big file, 100% offline, supporting dependencies and repo signatures. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305582

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[openFATE 306907] Add support for Ksplice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Feature #306907, revision 1 Title: Add support for Ksplice openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Kleine (bitshuffler) Description: KSplice allows it currently to apply most but not all kernel updates without the need to reboot which is especially great for servers. It's backed by a newly founded corporation that continually tries to improve it so hopefully sometime in the future a reboot wont be necessary for any kernel update. Fedora as well as Ubuntu already support it so openSUSE shouldn't stay behind. URL: http://www.ksplice.com/ -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306907

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[New: openFATE 310164] Choose Better Wallpapers for SUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Feature #310164, revision 1 Title: Choose Better Wallpapers for SUSE openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Description: I made a list of Wallpapers that could potentially be on the next version of KDE. http://anditosan.blogspot.com/2010/07/from-land-of-reptiles.html -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310164

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[New: openFATE 310163] Remove Welcome Screen on OpenSUSE KDE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Feature #310163, revision 1 Title: Remove Welcome Screen on OpenSUSE KDE openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Description: Hey you all. I would first like to thank all of you who have visited this website and looked at the ideas I have posted. I am deeply honored that many of you too have considered these ideas worthwhile and would like to see them implemented. Well, here comes a good one I think. As I was talking to some people on the KDE IRC channel yesterday, there was a comment made about a possible way to orient new KDE users on how to use the desktop. However, I believe that users should be left clues to discover their desktop on their own. There should not be an intro popup or anything like that. Ponder about this for a moment. What can you say, for example, about paintings. Paintings are not "explained" to anyone. You look at it and you get it in your own particular way. That is enough for you and you know what it means. The clues left by the artist are clear enough to your mind that you find meaning in the painting. You intuitively "know" what the purpose of the painting is. Reflect for a moment on this Cezanne and know what it means... REMOVE KDE WELCOME POPUP SCREEN anditosan.blogspot.com -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310163

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[New: openFATE 312876] Deny individual users' access to screen-saver settings
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Feature #312876, revision 1 Title: Deny individual users' access to screen-saver settings openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: This is an extension of feature#312871, but because it's a little more involved than changing a simple default, I thought it would be better to have a separate feature request. The screen-saver settings for time-out and "require password" are security settings that really should not be freely available to the individual user. I propose that we 1) set a reasonable default (60sec, 15sec, always require passwd) (see feature#312871) and 2) only let these settings be modified by someone with root-access. To a regular user, the timeout and "require password" settings should appear "greyed out", clearly indicating "not available". Use Case: Office user - the user is able to select a screen-saver, but the other settings cannot be accessed, accidentally or otherwise. The install or admin person need not change anything to get a sane security setup for the desktop. SOHO or home users - same as above, but the default screen-saver settings may be changed by switching to root access. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This is simply a reasonable security measure, fitting nicely into the overall security-conscious profile of openSUSE. Security measures (firewall, apparmor, encryption etc) are typically accessible only with root-access; it's only sensible that we apply this principle to the screen-saver settings too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312876

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[New: openFATE 312337] clear /tmp-dir at bootup
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 May '17

25 May '17

Feature added by: M K (tux93) Feature #312337, revision 1 Title: clear /tmp-dir at bootup openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: M K (tux93) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please clear the /tmp-dir at boot-up per default. At the moment this has to be activated manually with every new installation, is there a reason for not doing this out of the box? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312337

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[New: openFATE 309487] Clean out X11 keyboard configuration in YaST
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 May '17

24 May '17

Feature added by: Jiří Suchomel (jsuchome) Feature #309487, revision 1 Title: Clean out X11 keyboard configuration in YaST Requested by: Jiří Suchomel (jsuchome) Developer: (Novell) Developer: (Novell) Description: Currently, 'yast2 keyboard' is using kind of strange way of determining which X11 keyboard layout to use. There's a map of internal YaST keyboard names, to which the list of kbd console maps is mapped (like, us.map.gz). Such console map is taken as a parameter for calling /usr/sbin/xkbctrl script, which returns the informations about corresponding X11 keyboard layout (usable for setxkbmap). One problem is that not for all languages, there's a sense to have console map, and because of this situation in YaST, we are using files like ar.map.gz, which are only links to us.map.gz. Other part is that the list of X11 keyboard layouts is part of sax2-tools package which we probably want to drop. New solution would mean that YaST has all the information currently provided by xkbctrl: either by building its own data structure (if there's no other application using it), or using a better way to get the data YaST needs to know. References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603950 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601587 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309487

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[New: openFATE 320834] Create a /var/cache subvolume
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 17 May '17

17 May '17

Feature added by: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk) Feature #320834, revision 1 Title: Create a /var/cache subvolume Requested by: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: On the openSUSE Factory list, somebody found a valid bug in our current setup for snapshots: /var/cache is part of the snapshot. This means: all RPMs used for an update are part of the snapshot and will be deleted only afterwards. This is a big problem if you regular update online, it will eat up your diskspace very fast. We need to add /var/cache to the list of directories, for which we create a subvolume with btrfs. And (that's why I created a FATE and no bug) we need to add something to the release notes, so that customers are aware of this and can create the subvolume at their own for existing installations. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Save disk space by excluding irrelvant/outdated cached data from snapshots. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/320834

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[New: openFATE 320819] DHCPv6-PD - wicked
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 11 May '17

11 May '17

Feature added by: James Knott (james_knott) Feature #320819, revision 1 Title: DHCPv6-PD - wicked openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: James Knott (james_knott) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: With more & more ISPs providing IPv6 via DHCPv6, DHCPv6-PD support is essential. This is how a router determines the assigned prefix via DHCP. Later versions of dhcpc support DHCPv6-PD, but wicked apparently doesn't. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3633 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/320819

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[New: openFATE 319119] drop not functional yast2-ca-management
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 08 May '17

08 May '17

Feature added by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Feature #319119, revision 1 Title: drop not functional yast2-ca-management Requested by: Michael Calmer (mcalmer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: yast2 ca-management cannot be maintained anymore. No resources. So let's drop it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/319119

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