December 2009 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] openSUSE Board Meeting
by Bryen M Yunashko 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

In case you haven't noticed, openSUSE's Board now holds its meetings in public. Our bi-monthly meetings are held in the #openSUSE-project channel on Wednesdays, the same day as the regular Project meeting. This gives you a chance to not only observe our proceedings, but also to participate by asking questions and making suggestions during our Q&A's. Our next Board meeting will be Wednesday, December 16th at 19:00 UTC. http://bit.ly/92VEwt for the time in your local area. As always, the meetings are on IRC in the #opensuse-project channel on the Freenode Network. [1] So what about this week's meeting? In addition to our regularly conducted business, we will also be closing the end of the first term of the first-ever openly-elected openSUSE Board. We will express our appreciation for departing Board Member Stephen Shaw and welcome new members, Rupert Horstkötter and Pavol Rusnak. The new members will officially assume their new seats on December 22nd. Pascal Bleser (Yaloki) and Henne Vogelsang will begin the second year of their current term, Michael Loeffler will continue on as Board Chairperson and Bryen Yunashko (me) will begin his second term on the Board on December 22nd. This will be the final meeting of 2009. After tomorrow's meeting, we will determine the start date for the first meeting of the Second Board in 2010. We look forward to seeing you there to help us conclude the end of a great year for the openSUSE Project. [1] Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Alternatively, you can log into the IRC meeting via a Web-based interface at webchat.freenode.net -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member GNOME-A11y Team Member -- 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] Reminder: openSUSE Project Meeting Wednesday December 16, 2009 at 16:00 UTC
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

The next openSUSE Project meeting will take place Wednesday, December 16th, at 16:00 UTC. The meeting time in all time zones are listed on the Fixed Time World Clock[1]. Project meetings are always held in the #opensuse-project channel on Freenode. Note that this will be the last meeting of 2009. The next scheduled meeting would have fallen on December 30, which is not likely to be a convenient time for most contributors. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2009-12-16 Please add topics as soon as possible. Also, if you have questions for the meeting, but can’t attend (we know that the meeting times can’t work for everyone) please add them to the agenda as well. We also take live questions, of course. Logs of the meeting are posted to the wiki here: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Archive New to openSUSE’s IRC meetings? For more on our IRC meetings and how they’re run, see: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/About. Not familiar with IRC? A good overview can be found at irchelp.org. This site is not affiliated with openSUSE. For more information on Freenode, see http://freenode.net/. Alternatively, you can log into the IRC meeting via a Web-based interface at webchat.freenode.net[2]. As always, we meet in #opensuse-project on Freenode. Fire up your favorite IRC client and head over to #opensuse-project. Wondering what meeting times are? Check the openSUSE Meetings page[3]. All project meetings and team meetings should be listed there. If you’re interested in how the openSUSE Project is run and want to participate, please be sure to join us on Wednesday. See you there! [1]: http://bit.ly/83uGLw [2]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=opensuse-project [3]: http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Get openSUSE 11.2! http://bit.ly/EOV8a Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- 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] LXDE mailing list
by Andrea Florio 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, Some of you maybe already knows me (or at least heard about me) I actually maintain LXDE repository and i'm sending LXDE into factory to try to have it into our OSS repo there is also and openfate feautre here [1]. because of that reasons, and because i noticed more and more interesting on lxde, since openSUSE users try, test, and e-mail me about LXDE, i would like to ask if can be possible to open a new mailing list for lxde. opensuse-lxde(a)opensuse.org should be fine i think thanks for reading Regards Andrea [1] https://features.opensuse.org/307729 - -- - ------------------------------------------ Andrea Florio QSI International School of Brindisi Sys Admin openSUSE-Education Administrator openSUSE Official Member (anubisg1) Email: andrea(a)opensuse.org Packman Packaging Team Email: andrea(a)links2linux.de Web: http://packman.links2linux.org/ Cell: +39-328-7365667 - ------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkslCoUACgkQyCZT87TFPui+FwCfUvBqd7IB+R7U1QVXupKsK+JN /8IAn0Bd0iJ+f25fCnEmFBWlA8qIJ1vf =W2pY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Packman: deleting 10.3 packages
by Pascal Bleser 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 JFYI: we will be deleting our openSUSE 10.3 packages by end of this year. http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2009/12/packman-deleting-103-packages.html cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser <loki(a)fosdem.org> http://www.fosdem.org /\\ FOSDEM 2010 :: 6 + 7 February 2010 in Brussels _\_v Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLIsivr3NMWliFcXcRAufFAJ0ZGJdI998FVpw6AQti5HBvqtaUGwCeLGjH h4noZjo3lUnge7PYMs8Uz2o= =3ESk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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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Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-project] opensuse source?
by Egbert Eich 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 07:54:49PM +0100, Stefan Seyfried wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:47:43 +0100 > Peter Pöml <poeml(a)cmdline.net> wrote: > > > Which brings up the question: couldn't the source RPM be assembled on > the fly as soon as somebody wants to download it? There is (crappy ;) > version control in OBS, and you "only" need to record which revision > built the binary RPM. Then if someone wants the source RPM for this > revision, you just pack it up and send it to him. > > Should be an interesting Project to implement ;) This brings back the question why we need the source RPM at all. The only reason I could think of is that people using other distros can easily download out sources. If openSUSE users would either resourt to OSC or to the software installation tools shipped by openSUSE (zypper, YaST, ...) we didn't even need SRPMS at all. Those tools could be modified to use OSC to download the sources from the build system. This would just require meta information about the location of the packages in the build system and an anonymous read only access. Implementing this would be a more worthwhile project than tools that would generate SPRMS from the build system. Additionally the sources could be installed in saner places than /usr/src/packages/SOURCES where they are currently installed by default. Which - as Peter already stated - is a dangerous palce when installing sources for more than one package. Cheers, Egbert. -- Egbert Eich (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH X Window System Development Tel: +49 911-740 53 0 http://www.suse.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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] openSUSE project organigramm ?
by Per Jessen 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hello, where can I find an organigramm (organisational diagram) of the openSUSE project, with or without “dotted lines” to Novell (which we assume exist) ? Thanks, Per Jessen -- 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] Announcing new openSUSE Board Members
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

The election committee announces the three new members of the openSUSE board: * Bryen Yunashko (non-Novell seat) * Pavol Rusnak (Novell seat) * Rupert Horstkötter (non-Novell seat) These three will serve two-year terms beginning on December 22nd. Stephen Shaw and Bryen Yunashko have completed their terms on the Board. In addition to those seats, a new seat has been added to the Board effective with the inauguration of the new Board. The full Board will consist of: * Bryen Yunashko * Henne Vogelsang * Michael Löffler (chair) * Pascal Bleser * Pavol Rusnak * Rupert Horstkötter The election committee wants to thank Stephen Shaw for his tenure on the board and the new board members Bryen, Rupert and Pavol for stepping up and volunteering to serve on the openSUSE board. To get in touch with the board send an email to board(a)opensuse.org. The next board election will be starting October 2010. Andreas Jaeger Member of the openSUSE Election Committee -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-project] opensuse source?
by Egbert Eich 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 10:45:42PM +0000, Peter Nikolic wrote: > On Sunday 06 Dec 2009 21:26:21 Egbert Eich wrote: > > > > > This brings back the question why we need the source RPM at all. > > The only reason I could think of is that people using other distros > > can easily download out sources. > > If openSUSE users would either resourt to OSC or to the software > > installation tools shipped by openSUSE (zypper, YaST, ...) we > > didn't even need SRPMS at all. > > It may surprise you to find out that there are people that still have Dialup > internet connections and things like build services that rely on an internet > connection are a big no no , Hrm, you are talking about something entirely different, aren't you? Indeed when the source disk had been done away with (years ago!) I regretted this decision because I was no longer able to carry everything with me. But this is an entirely different matter. Neither I nor a number of previous posts touched on this issue. Cheers, Egbert. -- Egbert Eich (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH X Window System Development Tel: +49 911-740 53 0 http://www.suse.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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] opensuse source?
by Matt Taggart 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

(please cc me as I am not on the list, thanks) Hi opensuse-project, (note: I am sending this here because I'm not sure where else to send it. I registered in bugzilla, but there doesn't seem to be a good place to file this bug. Also there doesn't appear to be a mailing list that's a better fit either so...) I was looking on the website and I had problems finding the source for 11.2. I looked on http://software.opensuse.org/112/en http://en.opensuse.org/Download_Help http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/iso/ On http://mirrors.opensuse.org/ there is a column for 11.2 source, but none of the mirrors in the US have it? And very few mirrors in the world do? Eventually I found it at http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/src/ but it was pretty non-intuitive and buried. I was also expecting to find a source ISO, but I guess there aren't any? Providing a source ISO would, * make it a lot easier to download (and verify) the full source for a release * make it easier for mirrors to provide the source. As noted above hardly any do right now, I suspect if source ISOs were available nearly all would. * allow people distributing binary CDs/DVDs to distribute source as well I think this would help them fulfil the requirements of the GPLv2, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#UnchangedJustBinary http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DistributeWithSourceOnInternet * make opensuse as cool and Debian and Fedora :) Could you please consider making source ISOs and making it easy to find on the website? Thanks, -- Matt Taggart taggart(a)fossology.org P.S. it was difficult for me to participate, I had to create a novell account (which wanted to send me things by default) in order to use bugzilla, and I had to subscribe to opensuse-project in order to send this mail. Had I known it was going to be this much trouble I might not have bothered... -- 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 weekly News #100 out! and is ready to be Promoted !
by Shayon Mukherjee 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

Hey folks , As you all know that the openSUSE weekly News #100 is out! and from its very first release it has been serving great to the openSUSE community.This all possible because of its core team representing the strength and determination of openSUSE Community as a whole giving out there best at each and every step. "/Hats off to you guys"/ .And now being a part of the openSUSE community one should reach the maximum audience it can to let everyone know what openSUSE actually is and what it is capable of . Well the best and easiest ways could be :- 1)Tweets . Users can sign-up and look for the list of openSUSE contributers/users and groups associated over http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Twitter_user_list 2)Blog - Get your personal blogs on it . With tags like openSUSE and similar ones. 3)Facebook updates - Users can sign-up and look for the list of openSUSE contributers/users and groups associated over http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Facebook_user_list 4)Identi.ca - Users can sign-up and look for the list of openSUSE contributers/users and/or groups associated over http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/Identica_user_list 5)GoogleWave - Users can sign-up and look for the list of openSUSE contributers/users and/or groups associated over http://en.opensuse.org/SocNet/GoogleWave_user_list 6) Diggs - Well this is just not everything as we dont have much innovative ideas like you :) .So if at all you are having something related to this and apart from above ,then you are very much welcome to present views and thoughts. /Zonker any leads for possible media interviews with the editors would be much appreciated :) Possible links you can use - 1) http://bit.ly/7CpsjQ - o/penSUSE weekly News #100 2)http://bit.ly/926L9D - News directory . Thank you all for your kind support and contribution to the openSUSE community , We expect to have the same enthusiasm and same spirit to work at the openSUSE community and look forward to many, many more editions to come out. ;) / / Regards Shayon Mukherjee openSUSE Wiki Team http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Email: hkwarlock(a)gmail.com Twitter: ShayonM -- 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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