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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME 2.24 on openSUSE 11.0 - "Progress report"
by Magnus Boman 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hello, I've been working on the weekend to get as many packages as possible to build. Had as many as 280 (out of ~360) packages building successfully. What I've currently have done is this; gtk2 =================== Add "Requires: pcre-devel" to the -devel package if suse_version <= 1100 Don't run "rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/*.la" unless suse_version > 1100 glib2 =================== Add "Requires: pcre-devel" to the -devel package if suse_version <= 1100 Don't run "rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la" unless suse_version > 1100 glitz2 =================== Don't run "rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la" unless suse_version > 1100 gdm (Have not actually looked to closely on this one yet) =================== Don't require selinux unless suse_version > 1100 When it comes to pixman... xorg-x11-libs-devel is installed for every package we build. AFAIK, we can't "Obsolete" files in .spec, only packages, so building a separate pixman package will not work (unless you have some clever tricks up your sleeve). ATM, I copied xorg-x11-libs and only updated pixman in there. I also filed a bug (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439019) to split out pixman from that package. Still plenty of issues to sort out, but it's looking better and better... :-) Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Interesting space saving trick for our packages...
by Magnus Boman 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hello, I was spying on Fedoras GDM package and came across something interesting: ======== # strip unneeded translations from .mo files # ideally intltool (ha!) would do that for us # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474987 cd po grep -v ".*[.]desktop[.]in.*\|.*[.]server[.]in[.]in$\|.*[.]schemas[.]in$" POTFILES.in > POTFILES.keep mv POTFILES.keep POTFILES.in intltool-update --pot for p in *.po; do msgmerge $p %{name}.pot > $p.out msgfmt -o `basename $p .po`.gmo $p.out done ======== The bug mentions that for Evolution, the package shrinks by ~10%. If we're doing translations etc the same way as RH, it'd be worth looking at, since we could potentially fit more goodies on the LiveCD :-) Any takers? Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME repo tidy up
by Andrew Wafaa 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Is it worth removing the 10.2 repos from G:* now or wait until the official EOL in a week or two? Personally I think it'd be easier if it was done now, and helps with the maintenance/tidiness of the repos. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME / Marketing. openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org awafaa(a)opensuse.org | http://www.wafaa.eu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] gDesklets
by Dominique Leuenberger 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi everybody, I was just stumbling over gDesklets and wanted to give them a try. Installed them using zypper on my Factory notebook. starting gdesklets seems to try to start the gdesklet-daemon, but this fails. Is anyone of you using them and they work? Otherwise I just run to BNC :-) Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Contrib and G:C
by Bryen 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

In today's meeting, we tried to clarify the distinction between the new Contrib repository project and GNOME:Community. In a nutshell, we feel that Contrib is the community version of OSS/Non-OSS, in that packages are stable and released with the distro, and likely will only issue security updates and such during the lifetime of that distro version. Whereas, GNOME:Community (or G:C) is considered to be more bleeding edge. Likely, some things from OSS/Non-OSS might also get moved over to Contrib if enough community members can maintain it, thus relieving Novell of some of the packaging work and freeing up its devs. So it was decided that it is evident that we need to appoint a volunteer to monitor G:C/Contrib/OSS/Non-OSS and coordinate what packages need to be copied over to Contrib. But before we do that, we felt it was important to first determine what guidelines we as a group agree upon for how to determine the criteria for submitting to Contrib. And we're discussing that here and now. Note: No possible criteria was brought up during the meeting itself. Clean slate here. An example package we used in today's meeting was Pidgin. At what point do we feel that Pidgin in G:C is ready to be copied over to Contrib for the next distro release? Let the discussion begin! :-) Bryen Yunashko Proud 2008 openSUSE Board Candidate -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] BuildRequire improvements
by Magnus Boman 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

Hello, While trying to get GNOME 2.24 build on openSUSE 11.0, I found that with our BuildRequires, a lot of packages will build against old versions in 11.0. Reason for this is that we, in most cases, don't use something like: BuildRequires: xyz-devel >= x.y.z This causes the repo to be rebuilt frequently against old/new packages. So, my question is, should we try to fix this up (obviously not against all packages at once)? I think it'd be quite good to have in the future (think, building GNOME 2.26 for openSUSE 11.1 if we get that far.. :-) Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] List of Package in G:C that are potential candidate for Contrib
by Magnus Boman 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hello world! Here's a list of package that exists in G:C, but not in G:F. These are candidates to be moved to Contrib as long as they don't depend on packager newer than what's in the distro. Cheers, Magnus Nautilus Photoprint abiword-extras agave asio bakery balsa banshee billreminder byzanz comix computertemp dopi drivel evolution-python extra-rpm-macros fslint galeon gconf2-rpm-macros geany genius gimmie gimp-branding-openSUSE glipper glom gnome-menu-file-browser-applet gnome-themes-extras09 gnome-vfs-obexftp grisbi gtk2-engine-cleanice gtk2-engine-murrine gtk2-metatheme-spheres-and-crystals gtk2-theme-nimbus gyachi hamachi-gui hamster-applet last-exit libgdamm libotr librep link-grammar mail-notification meanwhile meld midori mitter muine nautilus-image-converter ndesk-dbus ndesk-dbus-glib ots pidgin-guifications pidgin-lastfm pidgin-libnotify pidgin-otr purple-plugin_pack python-gtk python-libgmail python-nautilus pywebkitgtk rep-gtk sawfish sensors-applet silc-toolkit tangerine tapioca-sharp telepathy-sharp totem-xine tracker unique vmx-manager webkit-sharp wv -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] openSUSE GNOME meeting (2008/10/23)
by Rodrigo Moya 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Contrib and GNOME:Community update * Last night we had a meeting about this, but seems not everyone is on the same page captain_magnus created a list of apps not appearing in G:F, candidates to Contrib * One idea is to have home repo->G:C->contrib * Sometimes though, newest versions of packages in Contrib would be in G:C 1-Click install for GNOME 2.24 * G:F is still largely unbuilt because of slow factory rebuild * 11.0 build (only build, not publishing yet) will be enabled to start seeing problems in packages low in the stack ASAP Dropping/adding packages * vuntz working on dropping gnome-volume-manager Next meeting's agenda * Remember: in 2 weeks, timeshifted meeting * Will try having meetings every 2 weeks instead of weekly until 11.1 comes out * People should send status mails to the mailing list, for more discussions -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Package for G:C
by Andrew Wafaa 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Chaps and Chapesses, I'd like to move Gwibber from home:FunkyPenguin:gwibber to G:C. Before I do I'd like to make sure that A)it's OK, B)adding the required deps that aren't present is also OK. They are python-egenix-mx-base and python-simplejson. For those that don't know Gwibber, it is a microblogging client for Social Networks, it can talk to Twitter/Identi.ca/Jaiku/Facebook/Digg/Flickr/Pownce. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME / Marketing / Board Election. openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org awafaa(a)opensuse.org | http://www.wafaa.eu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Enable G:F for 11.0 (or Factory - 1)
by Magnus Boman 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hello, At the moment, we do all this work to get the latest GNOME into GNOME:Factory. At the same time, we don't have a "Latest GNOME" for poeple that run the currently released version of openSUSE. I'd like to think that one way of serving our users would be to simply enable it to build for Factory - 1 version (11.0 as of today) as well. This would require a couple of people that watch out for build failures due to version dependencies that exists in Factory, but not in the released product, and add/link them to G:F, but make sure they are disabled for Factory. Packages such as hal and d-bus springs to mind. Would this be something that we could do? I'd be interested in helping out to make sure stuff builds... Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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