February 2011 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Proposal for adapting the trademark guidelines
by Cornelius Schumacher 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

We had a couple of discussions in the past about how to improve the openSUSE trademark guidelines (see e.g. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines or https://features.opensuse.org/311039) One of the main issues with the current guidelines is that it's very strict about derivatives, and doesn't easily allow people using openSUSE as a base for their own systems, to keep a visible association with openSUSE. So attached is a proposal how to adapt the trademark guidelines and provide a better solution to this issue. It also contains a few smaller clarifications. It's based on the input I was able to gather from the Wiki, openFATE, mailing lists and some personal feedback. It's a draft, so feedback is welcome. The central change is to allow people to create variants of openSUSE and use a "Based on openSUSE" branding under more liberal conditions than now. We would provide a specific branding for that, which keeps the relation to openSUSE, but is done in a way to not be confused with the branding of the official openSUSE distribution. Technically this would be a set of branding packages, which can be used instead of the default branding of the official distribution. Please let me know, if there is additional feedback on the proposed changes, so we can incorporate that, and then move forward with getting the needed approvals to officially adopt the improved guidelines. In parallel to that we can look into doing the proposed branding packages. Attached is the proposed text for the revised guidelines, and the diff to the current official version. -- Cornelius Schumacher <cschum(a)suse.de>

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[opensuse-project] WebYaST User Guide
by Kostas Koudaras 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

I was asked by a new formed Linux Magazine to look for some great tools of the openSUSE project so that I can write some articles about them. I thought about OBS and WebYaST. I let someone else from the Greek community to make the OBS article due to his experience with that tool and I start looking for more information about it today and I found the webYaST user guide that was published today!!! I read it and it is a really great guide. Now I am thinking in making a Greek team to translate it so my question is when I will finish the translation where can I publish it? And if its possible to get informed about the changes that might become so that I can upgrade the translated guide. That's it for now Kostas -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- 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] Removing openSUSE 11.1 Packman repositories
by Pascal Bleser 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

We're going to remove the openSUSE 11.1 Packman repositories from our primary server and, hence, also our mirrors [1]. If you would like to keep a copy (for whatever reason, as they're unmaintained), make sure to pull the tree BEFORE MONDAY (2011-02-28). The reason, obviously, is that openSUSE 11.1 has gone End-Of-Life since mid-January [2], and as we're restructuring our repositories [3], we do need quite some extra space right now and don't want to put too much of a burden on our mirrors (there are a few rsync mirrors in there too). [1]Packman mirrors: http://packman.links2linux.de/MIRRORS.html [2]11.1=EOL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg… [3]http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2011/02/packman-service-interruption-and.html [4]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM XI: 5 + 6 Feb 2011, http://fosdem.org

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[opensuse-project] Packman repository switch
by Pascal Bleser 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

As I wrote about [1] a couple of days ago, the Packman team has been busy migrating to a new openSUSE Build Service instance as well as, while we were at it, changing the repository layout [1]. We've been putting quite some steam behind the effort and we finally have reached a point where everything is working great (for us as packagers) and where the most used packages have been added and re-built on our new openSUSE Build Service instance, as well as having been published in our new repositories [2], including on all our mirrors [3]. On Wednesday (2011-03-02), in CET evening, we will delete the old repositories. We will create symbolic links to make the old URLs point to the new repositories (e.g. 11.3 to openSUSE_11.3), in order to make the old URLs still work perfectly fine. But it will also mean that there are a lot of packages that were in the old repositories that are not in the new ones, as we didn't migrate everything yet, and didn't migrate everything on purpose. Indeed, it is also a good opportunity for us to get rid of old cruft which we added many years ago and isn't used by anyone any more, or even anyone in the first place. At the same time, I will change the list of repositories that show up in YaST's "community repositories" module in order to reflect the new layout, with the option of picking only some of our repositories, and not just the "big one" (for details, please refer to [1]). Of course, once performed, I will duly announce it. So if you do run into a package you were used to get from us and which doesn't show up in the Packman repository any more, please let us know by sending us an email to our mailing-list at packman(a)links2linux.de (no need to register first, just send an email to that address, in English or German). Sorry for the inconvenience that move might create, but it will definitely help us because we will hopefully have a little less packages to maintain (because no one is using them), and also make the service a bit swifter for you to use, as there will be less RPM-MD metadata to download on each refresh. [1]http://dev-loki.blogspot.com/2011/02/packman-service-interruption-and.html [2]http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4 [3]http://packman.links2linux.org/MIRRORS.html cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM XI: 5 + 6 Feb 2011, http://fosdem.org

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[opensuse-project] Packman service interruption and migration
by Pascal Bleser 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

The Packman website and repositories are going to be broken and in the works for several days (possibly up to a week) starting tonight at 20:00 CET, during which the following services will not be available, or only sporadically: * the Packman website itself: http://packman.links2linux.org * the Packman repositories, except "Essentials" (see "new repository layout" below) The reason is that we are performing a major migration of our services to * the latest version of the openSUSE Build Service (we were still using an old version) * a new layout of our repositories, to enable a more fine- grained control over what parts of Packman should be used (see below) In order to try to keep a minimum service going during that time, you may use and point people to our new repositories, that already contain the "Essentials" part, which are almost complete with the bare minimum everyone needs (mplayer, vlc, libraries, ...). The URLs for the new repositories are as follows: * http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.3/ * http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.2/ * http://packman.inode.at/suse/Factory/ * http://packman.inode.at/suse/SLE_11/ There are no .repo files there yet, so adding one of these is done as follows: zypper ar -n packman http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.3/ packman (obviously adapt the URL to your openSUSE version) You may also use one of our mirror sites, as they already have our new repositories: ftp://packman.links2linux.de/pub/packman/MIRRORS New repository layout --------------------- As has been announced (including here), we have had a discussion back in December about whether and how we should reorganize the layout of our repositories. Up to now, and for many years, it has always been "one big repository", which had pros and cons: * good: easy to use, just add onr repository and be done with it * good: easy for us to manage * bad: you get everything and the kitchen sink, including packages that are duplications of stuff from other repositories, specifically from build.opensuse.org (which didn't exist when Packman was created), and potential conflicts with those * bad: large metadata files to synchronise (although zypper has become pretty fast at that) We came up with a solution to this, as more and more people requested having split repositories, in order to control what they want to use from Packman: * we will have four repositories instead of one: Essentials, Multimedia, Games and Extras * Essentials will be the bare minimum to get your multimedia experience on openSUSE going (libraries, MPlayer, vlc, ffmpeg, ...) * Multimedia will contain additional applications that are not available for openSUSE or only in a crippled build, such as avidemux, etc... * Games are, well, games, although we will try to move most of what may be hosted on build.opensuse.org to the games project there * Extras is all the rest In order to provide the best of both worlds or, rather, still provide you with the old option of adding everything, we are using a little trick and are running "createrepo" on the top-level directory, which results in having repository metadata that contains all the packages from all the above mentioned repositories without having to duplicate the RPM files on our server. Hence, to make it short and less technical, you can still also use the "old way" too. As an example of what needs to be added to zypper, once the migration is complete and .repo files are available too: * add the Essentials repository: zypper ar -r \ http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.3/Essentials/Essentials.repo * add the "everything" repository: zypper ar -r \ http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.3/packman.repo I will announce our progress on my blog at http://dev-loki.blogspot.com -- which is also aggregated on http://planet.opensuse.org -- and will obviously post another announcement here once our migration is complete. In advance, sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding. We are convinced that our move will not only provide us with a better infrastructure, but also improve your experience with Packman and openSUSE. cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM XI: 5 + 6 Feb 2011, http://fosdem.org

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[opensuse-project] GSOC Ideas
by Manu Gupta 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hi All Mentor Organization Registration starts tomorrow, so if you think you need to add more details to your idea, do so. If you have a wonderful idea then add it to the idea wiki page. Also add yourself as a mentor. If its a fate feature, add a link to it Heres the link http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2011_Ideas Thanks a lot Regards Manu -- 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] Ideas from openFATE for GSOC that are looking for mentors
by Kostas Koudaras 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Hi all, We have copied some ideas we found interesting on openFATE to the openSUSE GSOC 2011 ideas page and we are looking for people to mentor for those. Take a look at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2011_Ideas and if you are able to mentor something add your name for it. Remember, if you'd like some fresh blood in your project or have some task to be done for which you don't have time, GSOC is a great opportunity! Our deadline is next Monday already so hurry! Cheers, Kostas -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- 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-kde] KDE meeting on 2nd March 15UTC
by Karsten König 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Am Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011, 16:49:59 schrieben Sie: > On Wednesday 23 February 2011 09:14:03 Karsten König wrote: > > The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held on Wednesday, > > 3rd March at 15:00 UTC. > > According to my calendar March 3 is a Thursday -- care to > ammend the above? > > sc Oh right, yes the meeting is on 2nd of march, Wednesday! Sorry for the confusion =( Karsten -- 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] [GSoC] Custom Distro ideas
by Vincent Untz 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hey, I think we shouldn't have ideas about custom distros listed for GSoC: the ideas themselves are cool, but they're not appropriate for GSoC projects. A GSoC project implies development of code and most of the custom distros ideas are about integrating different components together, in the right way; but not about code. I'm afraid that listing those ideas when we apply might lower our chances of being accepted... Opinions? Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- 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] Board and Project Meetings are now merged
by Bryen M Yunashko 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

In an effort to consolidate our meeting times and encourage more community participation in discussions relating to the growth and future of our beloved openSUSE Project, the openSUSE Board has begun a new era of merging both the openSUSE Project and openSUSE Board meetings. We will now, henceforth, conduct both meetings simultaneously at 19:00 UTC We encourage everyone to come out and join our meetings because without you, there is no Project. :-) Your feedback is important and your ideas and involvement is the backbone of our community. Our next merged meeting will be on March 9 and will continue every two weeks as usual. We look forward to your participation! The openSUSE Board -- 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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