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[opensuse-gnome] New package: extra-rpm-macros
by James Ogley 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

I've added a new package to G:C, extra-rpm-macros. It is for backporting new macros to older products and currently provides the %lang_package macro used in Factory although more can of course be added in future. -- James Ogley james(a)usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org GNOME for openSUSE: http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME:/ Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/in -- 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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Re: [opensuse-gnome] Brasero in Beta 3
by Aaron Bockover 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

After some discussion on the #opensuse-gnome channel, I would like to followup and clarify some things regarding this decision. 1) Nautilus is still the default for burning data CDs and copying ISO images. Banshee is still the default for burning audio CDs. Brasero is available as an application that can be used to accomplish these tasks as well, if a user so desires. We will not change the defaults for 10.3, but may evaluate different defaults for the next release. 2) I have tested Brasero on five different sets of hardware, alongside GnomeBaker. On each set of hardware I tested audio CD burning, data CD burning, ISO burning, and CD duplication. Brasero was successful in all 20 operations. GnomeBaker on the other hand failed each time with the same result (regarding the cdrecord compatibility layer for wodim). 3) For any issues that may arise with Brasero, we will be able to actually work with the active maintainer of the application, benefit the upstream project, and can expect faster turnaround time for the issues due to the activity level of the project. With GnomeBaker all issues will have to be resolved and maintained at the distribution level with no upstream support, because there is no longer an upstream for GnomeBaker - it is a dead project. 4) If you have used Brasero on 10.2 and ran into negative results, please try the Brasero that will ship in 10.3 Beta 3 before casting doubt. A lot has gone into Brasero and the underlying wodim stack since 10.2. Please do not hesitate to respond with further concerns or issues! We all want the best for GNOME in 10.3. Cheers, Aaron On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 10:19 -0600, Aaron Bockover wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > We have replaced GnomeBaker with Brasero [1] for 10.3 Beta 3. Here are a > few of the most significant reasons for the sudden switch: > > 1) Brasero is maintained and actively developed; while it is still > young, this is very important. > > 2) GnomeBaker is deprecated, unmaintained, and hasn't seen a commit in > seven months [2] and a release in nearly a year [3]. > > 3) Brasero, while slightly rough around the edges and could benefit from > a little polish (but the same can be argued for GnomeBaker) works with > the new wodim and related tools, which means it's actually possible to > burn discs in Brasero. > > 4) Brasero has decent desktop integration, including support for Beagle, > Totem playlists, libnotify, and solid GStreamer support. > > We are urging anyone interested to give Brasero a thorough testing and > report bugs on it ASAP for Beta 3 and beyond. > > Thanks, > Aaron > > [1] http://gnome.org/projects/brasero > [2] > http://gnomebaker.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnomebaker/gnomebaker/ChangeLog?revis… > [3] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=127397 > > > > Novell, Inc. > Software for the Open Enterprise™ > http://www.novell.com Novell, Inc. Software for the Open Enterprise™ http://www.novell.com -- 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] Brasero in Beta 3
by Aaron Bockover 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Hello Everyone, We have replaced GnomeBaker with Brasero [1] for 10.3 Beta 3. Here are a few of the most significant reasons for the sudden switch: 1) Brasero is maintained and actively developed; while it is still young, this is very important. 2) GnomeBaker is deprecated, unmaintained, and hasn't seen a commit in seven months [2] and a release in nearly a year [3]. 3) Brasero, while slightly rough around the edges and could benefit from a little polish (but the same can be argued for GnomeBaker) works with the new wodim and related tools, which means it's actually possible to burn discs in Brasero. 4) Brasero has decent desktop integration, including support for Beagle, Totem playlists, libnotify, and solid GStreamer support. We are urging anyone interested to give Brasero a thorough testing and report bugs on it ASAP for Beta 3 and beyond. Thanks, Aaron [1] http://gnome.org/projects/brasero [2] http://gnomebaker.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnomebaker/gnomebaker/ChangeLog?revis… [3] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=127397 Novell, Inc. Software for the Open Enterprise™ http://www.novell.com -- 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] Announce: Vala and python-krbV
by Michel Salim 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

I have ported my Fedora packaging of Vala for openSUSE, and in order to be able to use both the openSUSE Build Service and Fedora's koji from my openSUSE machine, have also ported Fedora's python-krbV (as well as koji itself). Vala, which is a compiler for a C#-style language that compiles down to GObject C code (or optionally straight to native code), might be of interest; with permission I'd like to add it to GNOME:Community. Is anyone interested in making use of python-krbV? There's a Python repository in the OBS, what are the criteria for adding packages there? Thanks, -- Michel -- 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-updater-gnome packages
by Joerg Kress 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Hey everyone! As there seem to be issues with abuild which cause packages to take a little longer to get to factory, I will post all new packages build with mbuild here: http://packages.littlecornerofthe.net/opensuse/10.3/opensuse-updater-gnome/ So if anyone wants to test it (version 0.4.1 is there) go ahead and grab it from there. Issues: * Error handling far from perfect * Will crash when quitting (known bug, still researching) Positive points ;-) : * Classification of updates now works completely * Works as long as zypper works * Preferences have an immediate effect on classification (major headache, I can tell you!) * Lots of other bug fixes I can't even remember because I fixed them along the way Cheers, Josh -- Jörg Kreß <jkress(a)suse.de> YaST2 Development _________________________________________________________________ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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] Brasero vs gnome-baker
by JP Rosevear 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

We need to (quickly) decide on a defaultCD/DVD burning solution for 10.3. gnome-baker used to be kind of defacto, but brasero seems to be the new hotness. What to people think? Brasero: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jproseve/openSUSE_Factory/ gnome-baker: Factory -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- 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:Community Updates
by JP Rosevear 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

I added brasero in as agreed in an early thread. I suggest we probably kill gnome-blog in factory and either move it to G:C or let it whither and die. Drivel can almost certainly replace it. It would be great if someone could take a quick pass through the G:C repo and suggest any clean ups - for instance I'm guessing gaim-unstable* can die and we only need one version of pidgin. We should start thinking about a policy for what goes into G:C as well - I think probably thinks like abiword which end up in G:S should probably not go in. -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- 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] XULRunner crash (bug #239911)
by Reinout van Schouwen 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hello all, This is my first post to this mailing list. As a volunteer on the Epiphany project, I hope people here can help in finding the right channels to resolve this problem; I have been trying for a while without results. As you may know, XULRunner is a version of Gecko, the Mozilla rendering core, meant for embedding. In OpenSUSE 10.2 and 10.3 alpha, the GNOME modules Epiphany and Yelp use it. The XULRunner version bundled with 10.2 and 10.3 alpha is a buggy one that crashes each time a user tries to print something. This has caused a steady stream of bug-buddy crash reports in GNOME bugzilla. A bug in Novell bugzilla was opened in January this year: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239911 Unfortunately, this bug seems to have been largely ignored by Novell. In the mean time, the problem has been fixed in XULRunner trunk a long time ago. It is my hope that the OpenSUSE community can prevent this bug from going into the 10.3 release and maybe could issue an update for 10.2. regards, -- Reinout van Schouwen -- 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] Logout and Shutdown workarounds for Beta1 and Beta2
by Calvin Gaisford 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

In Beta1 the logout in main menu doesn't work and in Beta2 the Logout and Shutdown dialogs come up (from libssui) but they also don't work. If you go into the gnome-control-center (which is missing from main-menu in Beta2 so you can hit Alt-F2 and type in gnome-control-center) and disable the Assistive Technologies, the logout and shutdown items will work in Beta1 and Beta2. It would appear that some of the changes in the 2.19 gnome-session code is causing some problems... still being looked at but you can follow it with bug 302316 if you are interested. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302316 -Calvin -- 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] [Testers needed] No tearing in libgnomecanvas
by Federico Mena Quintero 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hi, I just submitted a patch for libgnomecanvas in openSUSE 10.3. The patch gets rid of the ugly tearing there is while repainting. You could see this when GDM paints the greeter's background, or when Evolution scrolls its message list --- it should all be smooth like a concrete vault now. However, I've seen the patch give incorrect repainting when the canvas uses antialiased mode. I cannot find any programs that use AA mode, though --- GDM and Evolution are what I tested, mainly, but those don't use AA mode. If after getting this update to libgnomecanvas you start seeing incorrect repainting in apps, please tell me about it :) Federico -- 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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