March 2015

[opensuse-kde] Action plans for Plasma 5 as default in openSUSE
by Luca Beltrame 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Hello openSUSE KDE users and contributors, This mail outlines our plans for moving towards Plasma 5 as a default desktop for the next openSUSE release, includinga tentative action plan and where help from you all is required. We do not believe on pushing changes on users without some sort of preparation, therefore this document describes the transition plan. See the previous mails for a rationale of this decision. ==== The plan ==== Phase 1: Gather input from the community In this … [View More]phase, we would like people from the community, if they are able to, to test the currently-available code. It's quite easy, as all the required software is already available directly in Tumbleweed. You should install Plasma 5 from there (bear in mind that its install will not coexist with the 4.x workspace) and simply try using it. We are most interested with feedback, in particular: - Testing packaging - Testing upgrades of packages - Helping with building openQA tests - Checking for missing functionality Feedback will tracked through the following connect.opensuse.org polls: - Overall experience [1] : What does fowrk for you? What doesn't? - Missing functionality [2]: What are you missing from the 4.x workspace that you deem irrepleaceable? - Upgrade experience [3]: Was the upgrade from the 4.x packages smooth? Did anything break? - Visual and hardware-related issues [4]: Is Plasma 5 running well with your hardware? Bugs in the software should be reported upstream, but any issue in the packaging should be reported to openSUSE's Bugzilla. Phase 2: OpenQA testing We will discuss with the rest of the openSUSE community on how to handle Plasma 5 on openQA. This is where we need your help the most, because openQA needles are an important part of the openSUSE testing and we need many to ensure a smooth experience (and transition from 4.x), and we need a lot of them to ensure there are no hiccups down the road. Refer to http://os-autoinst.github.io/openQA/ to see how you can contribute. This phase will go as long as we can get comparable results as the 4.x workspace on openQA. === What about applications ? === As with regards to application releases from KDE (KDE Applications xx.yyy), our plan is to use directly what KDE releases, meaning that we will switch to KF5-based applications once upstream makes stable releases of them. If there are no KF5-based releases of a particular application, the currently available 4.x version will be used. === New repository layout === As part of the migration plan, when Plasma 5 becomes the default desktop in openSUSE the following changes will take place: - KDE:Frameworks5 (already the devel project for Plasma 5 and the KF5 libraries) will take the place of KDE:Distro:Factory (slowly phased out) - Application releases will be hosted in a separate development project, KDE:Applications KDE:Current, offering 4.x based releases, will be kept for users of past openSUSE versions. === Contingency plan === In case the issues reported during the testing period are too severe, we will revert back to the 4.x workspace and await further improvements from upstream. === How can I help ? === First and foremost: testing! We've been running the KF5 based desktop for a while but the team is small, we need more eyes looking for potential issues. Secondly: openQA tests are an essential foundation of an always-stable Tumbleweed, therefore this is another eare where help is warranted. A third area is documentation: wiki pages, guides, anything that can help in the transition. The team can help providing the required information. Above all: always be constructive when reporting issues. Saying "It sucks, get back to 4.x" is not only not going to help, but it is severely demotivating and that can be a problem with a task of this size. We're all humans, don't forget that. ;) === Poll links === [1] https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/luca_b/47114/what-is-your-experi… [2] https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/luca_b/47132/what-functionality-… [3] https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/luca_b/47168/how-was-your-upgrad… [4] https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/polls/read/luca_b/47184/how-is-your-plasma-… Luca Beltrame on behalf of the openSUSE community KDE Team -- Luca Beltrame - KDE Forums team KDE Science supporter GPG key ID: 6E1A4E79 [View Less]

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[opensuse-kde] Next openSUSE KDE Team Meeting, April 1st 18.00 UTC
by Luca Beltrame 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Hello, the next openSUSE KDE Team Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1st. The following topics will be discussed: - Transition plan to switch TW to Plasma5 as default. When, how, etc. - Issues that were reported regarding Plasma5 from the community. - Changes to the default setup: Application Menu, Desktop Theme, etc - SDDM startup issue with Breeze theme. Solution, workaround, .. ? - Status KDE Applications 15.04. - OBS repositories that will be used for Frameworks, Plasma and … [View More]

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[opensuse-kde] Fwd: Breeze Places Icons (openSUSE version)
by Nenad Latinović 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Hi guys and gals, I've been checking out Plasma 5 in the past week, and I can't wait for it to hit 13.3, it looks great. Also the default KDE artwork is great, the rest of plasma has been fantastically adapted by the artwork team, so kudos. Only thing I've seen is the breeze places icons are still blue. Is there a plan to change that maybe? If not, I volunteer to recolor the folders according to our branding guidelines. I'm sending you an example of how it could look. If you have any … [View More]

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[opensuse-kde] Fwd: Breeze Places Icons (openSUSE version)
by Nenad Latinović 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Forwarding this mail to this list also. Do share your thoughts please. Kind regards, --- Nenad Latinović holden87(a)opensuse.org -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Breeze Places Icons (openSUSE version) DATE: 30.03.2015 16:24 FROM: Nenad Latinović <holden87(a)opensuse.org> TO: opensuse-artwork(a)opensuse.org Hi guys and gals, I've been checking out Plasma 5 in the past week, and I can't wait for it to hit 13.3, it looks great. Also the default … [View More]

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[opensuse-kde] WebP support in KDE
by Marcel Witte 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

Hi, today I hat my first contact with webp files. Sadly the KDE applications in openSUSE (using Tumbleweed) do not support webp images. I read on the web (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736574) that libwebp needs to be a build dependency of kde-runtime for such support. Is this missing in openSUSE? Can it be added? Regards, Marcel Witte -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] MSBA 27th, 2015
by MSBA 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

Good Afternoon. MSFC has posted the upcoming MSBA 27th event on NAIS and Fed Biz Ops (Solicitation No.: SB-12701). NAIS Posting: Please click on Mod. 1 Posting. Attached is the MSBA Agenda. Please join us for this event!

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[opensuse-kde] Are you interested in photo clipping path?
by Harry 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

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[opensuse-kde] Retailer Statement for 39940
by user 23 Mar '15

23 Mar '15

HI, document as an attachment Dale Becker Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP 1000 Myers Building Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: 217-789-0960 Fax: 217-789-2822 http://www.kebcpa.com Kerber, Eck & Braeckel, LLP CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in … [View More]

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Re: [opensuse-kde]
by Wolfgang Bauer 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

Am Samstag, 14. März 2015, 17:03:26 schrieben Sie: > The package to get FLAC playback working in Amarok on plasma5 is > gstreamer-plugins-good in case anyone was wondering. There are a few > dependencies which go along with it. That's of course totally unrelated to Plasma5, and depends on the phonon backend. (with the VLC backend, FLAC playback should work in any case) On a standard KDE4 installation gstreamer-plugins-good should be installed by default. So this probably is caused … [View More]

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[opensuse-kde]
by Sam M. 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

When KSysGuard is open nothing in the background can be clicked. Once you close KSysGuard this message comes up: KDEInit could not launch '/usr/bin/ksysguard' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner(a)opensuse.org

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