March 2007 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Feedback for openSUSE 10.2 and preparing for 10.3
by Andreas Jaeger 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

We've briefly discussed during the last IRC meeting about what went bad in 10.2 and how we can do this better for future products, especially 10.3. I'm mainly interested in process feedback - and not on feedback that package x is broken (unless that shows a process problem). So, let's discuss what we can do better for our next distro, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-project] Scattered use of domains for openSUSE
by Francis Giannaros 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

I unfortunately forgot about raising this item at the status meeting, so I'm raising it here. The current setup with use of domains for openSUSE things seems pretty curious to me, and it seems to me like things are all over the place. A quick run-down: * openSUSE.org is the main openSUSE site with the wiki and Build Service, but: * novell.com used for the bugtracker, a lot of SVNs (artwork, various documentation, etc) * suse.de used for openSUSE email addresses and random other hosting Now, I understand that YaST and Zypp are moving to a public svn, which is awesome, and it'd be nice if other things followed too, like artwork svn (which I'll raise on the -artwork list once it's up too). So, I'm just wondering if there couldn't be more centralisation on openSUSE.org for some of the above items. Any comments? Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros Website: http://francis.giannaros.org IRC: apokryphos on irc.freenode.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] FAQ_GPLv3
by Michael Loeffler 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi all, as some asked at the IRC meeting on Wednesday about Novell's view on the latest GPLv3 draft we put together a FAQ which should provide some insight. Regards Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nuremberg SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] instlux and openSuSE10.3: report 0
by Jordi Massaguer 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hello, during the Fosdem2007, Andreas J (OpenSuSE project manager) and me (instlux project manager) talked about and agreed on including instlux into the OpenSuSE10.3. Adrian Schroeter and me talked about including it into the OpenBuildService. However, it looks like we are not ready for this yet. One of the things we've talked about is about reporting and discussing about it here, at the opensuse-project mailing list. So, this is the first report. A subversion repository has been created so anyone can access to the latest code: http://instlux.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/instlux/ The "goodbye-microsoft"[1] project has been studied so that instlux can be improved by using some of the code on: - detecting the language - detecting the architecture - detecting the windows root device "openTrends Solucions i Sistemes, S.L." an open source company in Barcelona (Catalonia - Spain) has given a computer for testing purposes to the instlux project. This computer is going to be used in order to fix the bug "It does not install on SATA discs" that has been reported to the project. Finally, as OpenSuSE10.3 Alpha2 has been released, work will start in order to suport this version. regards, jordi ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE @ LinuxTag 2007, Berlin -- Call for papers
by Christoph Thiel 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi everyone, the openSUSE project is participating in LinuxTag 2007 again this time. Besides the usual booth, we will also have an "openSUSE Day", featuring around 7 talks/presentation. The openSUSE Day will most likely take place on May 30th 2007 (Linuxtag lasts from May 30th - June 2nd.) While we already have some potential talks on the list, we would like to ask YOU to propose talks! Please post them to the list or contact me off-list until April 6th. Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Building 10.3Alpha2 from 10.2GM via Alpha1 fails
by Richard (MQ) 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Had to rebuild my 10.3 Alpha images from deltas after a disk change (I don't bother to back-up the alpha and beta ISOs as I can always download again... can't I !?). I have the 10.2 GM ISOs from 23 December and deltas from 14 February / 13 March respectively. Making i386 Alpha1 from 10.2GM completes OK with "iso sucessfully re-created, md5sum: b893bd861efb8de66cbecc42cfc9e01e", however, making Alpha2 from Alpha1 fails with "payload uncompress error". Both deltas pass MD5 check (ran it again today to check) but I can't find an MD5 sum of the original 10.2GM to check it, only one from 15 March when it was changed but not up-issued (quick aside here: are Novell / openSuSE not ISO 9001 registered? Such actions are not permitted by the standard IFAIUI!) Also I can't find the Alpha1 ISO MD5 sum to check this, I'm looking under http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3-Alpha1/iso/ There are sums for deltas, CDs and torrent files but not for DVDs. Running md5sum on the ISO created as above gives 2efb75bc4fc4e5752089ab60de1212dc which is different from the output of applydeltaiso.... Please can anyone advise MD5 sums for the ISO images of 10.2 GM original version (23 December 2006) 10.3 alpha-1 Architectures i386 & (ideally) x86-64 too Any further suggestions very welcome! -- Cheers Richard (MQ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Changes in Bugzilla
by Andreas Jaeger 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I'd like to inform you about the following two changes to bugzilla: openSUSE 10.3 ============= We have created a new product and opened it. Some of the bugs that will not be fixed for 10.2 are moved over to that product. SUSE Linux 10.0 =============== Our policy is to only fix security bugs for released products and we fix the occasional critical bugs. Security bugs are reported by the security team and with 10.1 out and 10.2 nearly finished, we're not fixing critical bugs anymore so we do not really need a public bugzilla here. We do see some misuse especially with 10.0 where people report bugs against different products or ask for general help and have therefore decided to make it non-public tomorrow. SUSE Linux 10.1 will stay open for now - and openSUSE 10.2 is the product we're working on, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-announce] Slightly changed openSUSE 10.2 ISOs released
by Benji Weber 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

On 3/16/07, Christoph Thiel <cthiel(a)suse.de> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > today we are releasing slightly changed openSUSE 10.2 ISO images. The reason > for putting out those updated ISOs is a license issue, which had to be > addressed. The following ISOs have be replaced on the mirrors: Could you please explain what has changed. "We have released new isos because of a licence issue" doesn't give any useful information. - Which packages have been added/removed - Which functionalities have been added/removed _ Benjamin Weber --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE @ Google Summer of Code 2007
by Christoph Thiel 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi everyone, [sorry for cross-posting.] We just submitted our Google Summer of Code application for being a mentoring org in this years program. Therefore we are now looking for your project proposals and ideas, that could be turned into potential Summer of Code projects. Please share your thoughts with us on the mailing lists and/or add them to http://en.opensuse.org/Summer_of_Code_2007 Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-announce] openSUSE 10.3 Alpha2 Release
by Richard (MQ) 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Andreas Jaeger wrote: > I'm glad to announce the second public alpha release of openSUSE 10.3. > We have created Delta ISOs from openSUSE 10.3 Alpha1. Please use them > for download. > The DVDs and the source media are only available via bittorrent. Will the DVD deltas also be available by HTTP / FTP? I consistently find bit-torrent takes way too long. PS - I tried http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3-Alpha2/iso/delta/openSUSE-10… but it doesn't work :-( -- Regards, Richard (MQ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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