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Hacktoberfest
by ddemaio 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '21

Hi all, Last year we participated in Hacktoberfest, which is an event run by Digital Ocean and DEV that encourages people to make their first contributions to open source projects. The event is a month away and it would be ideal to have a few projects within openSUSE host an event. Whether it is an event to teach people about a project, teach someone how to maintain a package or just a class abou improving documentation, any contribution will help. There is a page about Hacktoberfest on https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/hacktoberfest2021 where you can list your ideas. I'll put the topic on the list for our community meetings so we can discuss it later today and next week. Get more info about Hacktoberfest at, https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com. v/r Doug

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openSUSE Sprint on Thursday, Sept. 5
by ddemaio 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hi all, We've been doing our sprints every first Thursday of the Month at 18:30 UTC. The community meetings conflict with that timeframe. I recommend we participate in the community meetings as some of the topics listed are similar to what we had been focusing on in our monthly meetings. Does that sound good? What do you all think? v/r Doug -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Regular Community Meeting Week 35 Date: 2021-08-31 10:35 From: Douglas DeMaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de> To: "opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org" <opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org> Hi all, I just wanted to send a reminder that we have two regular community meetings you can attend this week. Anyway can attend or come Meeting 1: Tuesdays at 11:00 UTC Meeting 2: Meeting is on Thursday at 18:00 UTC Meeting Details for today Date: Tuesday, August 31 Time: Meeting at 11:00 UTC Location: https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting Etherpad: https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20210831 [1] v/r Doug Links: ------ [1] https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20210826

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Re: lifecycle wiki page
by Gerald Pfeifer 16 Aug '21

16 Aug '21

On Thu 2021-08-05, Lubos Kocman wrote: >> Who can adjust the Lifecycle wiki accordingly? > All set, on Monday. Super, thank you, Lubos! It may sound like details, but in communicating what we offer (to users) as openSUSE, this can make a huge difference. Gerald

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Re: lifecycle wiki page
by Gerald Pfeifer 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

On Mon 2021-08-02, Lubos Kocman wrote: >> My understanding is that we're going to have 15.5, so that makes it >> 7.5 years, no? > There will be 15.5. What we don't know is if there will be 15.6 and if > so, will it be in parallel with something "else". > > I think the commitment to have Leap 15.5 is certain. Well, that makes it even stronger of a message than I had initially wondered about. :-) Who can adjust the Lifecycle wiki accordingly? Thanks, Gerald

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lifecycle wiki page
by ddemaio 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Hi all, There was a recent post on reddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/m1xl56/is_opensuse_leap_ready_to_be…) that made us take a look at how to present our lifecycle page (https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime) and info to be added to the marketing of Leap 15.3. There were several comments on reddit that can be summarized as there is a lack of clear information on how long the lifecycle of Leap 15.x will be going forward. When the info on https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime was originally written, there was some clarity on major versions lasting a minimum of 36 months. We know Leap 42 and 15 exceeded that lifecycle. It looks like we're at a point where we evolved and need to provide a bit more clarity for people based on the reddit comments I propose we change the lifecycle page to include the following sentences and include the info in the marketing of Leap 15.3 and beyond (for the foreseeable future): Leap *Major Release* (15.x) extends maintenance and support until a successor. At present, a successor has not been declared; Leap 15's lifecycle fully aligns with SUSE Linux Enterprise. There is a projection as of March 2021 that Leap 15 will extend to Leap 15.5. Both major versions of Leap 42 and 15 were supported more than 36 months. Any thoughts, changes, removals or additions to the above sentences. v/r Doug

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openSUSE Sprint on Thursday, August 5
by ddemaio 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

Hi all, Our monthly Thursday sprint is scheduled for August 5 at 18:30 UTC. If you plan on attending, let me know. Otherwise I will cancel this months meeting since I'll be on holiday. I will only attend the meeting if I know people will attend. I recommend we move the meeting location to https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting if w do have a meeting. v/r Doug

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Need a hand, geekos?
by Nenad Latinović 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

Hi there, geekos, It's been a while. I used to be a part of the openSUSE marketing team some 7 or 8 years ago, mostly writing about the project for the openSUSE news, and yes, also the Commandline Tuesdays https://en.opensuse.org/Command_Line_Tuesdays series. I was known as holden87 back then. Many years have passed, and nowadays I am a father, and professionally doing SEO in a digital agency after a longer stint in tourism marketing. I am also learning how to code, just sent out my first Hello world a couple of days ago :) I returned to Linux a couple of months ago, as I was finally in a state where all my tools were working on it. And yes, my only true love, the geeko :) Aynway, if there's anyone doing any marketing-related work and you need a hand, count me in. What I can do: - offer a little time daily or couple of times a week - do search engine friendly-copy (truly user friendly copy is usually friendly for search engines) - participate in the community discussions - help around with docs and such - SEO-related stuff, should you need it/want it What I want to gain from this: - help the project thrive, as I like it - gain knowledge in developer-relations - gain experience in evangelizing to a technical crowd as a sort of tech-liaison - grow the geeko If there's a strategy you guys have built, please let me know, so I can see how to help out. If not, I can help build one as that is my forte. As we used to say - have a lot of fun :) -- Nenad Latinović nenad(a)latinovic.si

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openSUSE Sprint on Thursday, July 1
by ddemaio 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

Hi all, Our monthly Thursday sprint is scheduled for July 1 at 18:30 UTC. We have moved the meetings to in https://meet.opensuse.org/bar. The plan is to go over the various topics listed on https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/websprints and revisit topics we've gone over in the past months. Feel free to add a topic. v/r Doug

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openSUSE Sprint Thursday June 10
by ddemaio 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hi all, Our monthly Thursday sprint that was scheduled for June 3 at 18:30 UTC has been moved to tomorrow, June 10, at the same time. We have moved the meetings to in https://meet.opensuse.org/bar. You can view the topics on https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/websprints v/r Doug

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openSUSE Sprint Thursday May 6
by ddemaio 31 May '21

31 May '21

Hi all, Our monthly Thursday sprint was scheduled for June 3 at 18:30 UTC. For some, that day is a holiday. I am uncertain of whether to cancel the meeting this month because of this. If only have the people might show up, it might make sense to postpone or cancel it. Let me know what you all think. Should we cancel, postpone or go on with the meeting? The meetings will now take place later in https://meet.opensuse.org/bar. v/r Doug

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