March 2011 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] GSoC "beautiful one-click install"
by Radim Hopp 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hello, I'm 4th grade student at Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. I have some skills in C++(Qt/KDE), java(SE, EE) and PHP development. I've already developed a Qt app (or better to say rafactorized, edited, rewrited, ...) kiosktool as part of my bachelor thesis (Kiosk framework in KDE4). During the work on bachelor thesis i've met a lot of technologies - KDE, Qt, D-Bus and so on and I want to continue with exploring the world of linux, KDE, openSUSE, etc and GSoC is the ideal opportunity for me. Especially in cooperation with SUSE as openSUSE is my one and only distro for few years. I want now to participate in its development... I want to do something, that others will be using (same motivation as i have choosen the bachelor thesis with cooperation with Red Hat). I think, that the "Beautiful one-click-install" has ideal ratio "knowledge I have"/"knowledge i want to have" and it would be a great opportunity to fit into open-source community. The next step is writing an application to GSoC (ASAP), where some help would be appreciated. As I have mentioned before, I have some minor skill in Qt development. Now I have to read something more about packaging systems, zypper (libzypper), package kit, etc. The mockup shown in openFATE (https://features.opensuse.org/309503) is a great pice of work and I'd love to realize it. Thanks for all responses. Radim Hopp irc: Rax101 jabber: rax(a)jabbim.cz -- 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] Co-Speaker need to present a paper on Linux Tug
by Buddhika Chandradeepa Kurera 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hello Friends, I am Buddhika Kurerea from Sri Lanka en.opensuse.org/User:Bckurera I submitted a paper for Linux Tug and it was approved to present on the conference. By considering the location and cost imposed to present at the place I have to find a co-speaker as I am not possible to present in the location physically. So please contact me off list if any one is interested in joining with me a co-speaker. The job is to read my talk to the audience with proper knowledge on what paper said. I ll help my best and send all the necessary details. Therefore it is not a hard thing. The paper is about "Community based FOSS business model", please let me know seen as I have to nominate one before tomorrow[29th March]. -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera The Editor in Chief - FOSS User Magazine openSUSE Ambassador - Sri Lanka "FOSS User Magazine (ISSN 2012-7650) is the first magazine for Free and Open Source Software in Sri Lanka published by the FOSS User Society - Sri Lanka. FOSS User Academia and FOSS User Research are the main projects carried out by the society besides the magazine. FOSS User Society is an equal opportunity entity having more than 200 members all over the Sri Lanka as per 31.01.2011. We provide total solution for undergraduates who follow IT degrees and higher studies, if you are not a member yet please try it out, visit www.fossuser.lk" -- 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 idea <Creating a browser-based user interface testsuite>
by Stoyan Dimkov 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi, I'm eager to work on <Creating a browser-based user interface testsuite> idea and I have lots of relevant experience. The information about this task doesn't seem enough to write a detailed proposal. So where can I find some more info? Thanks a lot! Stoyan Dimkov -- 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 Selected for GSoC 2011
by Manu Gupta 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi All I am too excited and am righting in a lot of joy. Congrats to all openSUSE is selected for GSoC more to come later :D let me enjoy now -- Regards Manu Gupta -- 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 2011
by Bojan Ilievski 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hello openSUSE community, I've finally managed to find the problem I've been having with the list denying my messages. Gmail had my default settings set to rich formatting (HTML messages) which triggered the automated deny... So let me introduce myself. My name is Bojan Ilievski, and I am a student in fourth year on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - Informatics and Computer Engineering, in Skopje, Macedonia. I have used openSUSE for a while now, starting with SUSE 6 or 7, long time ago, in my faculty labs, and later openSUSE 10, 11.0, 11.2 (home - Desktop PC), now I think I will update to openSUSE 11.4 soon, and I would like to join the community. I'm interested in programming, especially mobile application programming, and currently I'm attending a course in J2ME MIDP, and Android, and I would like to continue working in that field. Up until now, I've had experience in bash script programming, even device driver programming (beginner level). I am also a recent full time GNU/Linux user with some administrative knowledge. On the other side, I have published only one Android application on github (http://github.com/Drakuwa/aBusTripMK) under GPLv3, but, it is in Macedonian, and I soon plan to translate it in English. I could publish a couple more applications, but currently I am studying for exams. I think GSoC is a great opportunity for students like me, to learn and earn :)) Well, I have to be honest, I need the money, because our financial situation is quite bad, and I could use the money to pay for master studies. I have seen the ideas you proposed, and I think http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GSOC_2011_Ideas#Cross_Platform_Bug_Tracker_… is the one I would like to work on, especially the Android part. I could do some work on the application interface, and, I don't know, you name it. Why me? Well, first of all, I like to learn new things, I like to work hard, and I do not give up easily. I hope you will consider me, even though I'm with beginner, maybe at some point to intermediate knowledge in the field, but that's the required skill for the idea, and I really would like to get better. Could you please tell me what should I do next, and please ask for any other information you require. Thank you in advance, Bojan Ilievski -- 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 Live access
by Manu Gupta 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi http://live.opensuse.org/ This does not seem to work for a long time.. Can it be live again -- Regards Manu Gupta -- 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] How to name our releases?
by Andreas Jaeger 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

We had this week a discussion on IRC on how to name the next release and I took the action item to do a poll on connect.opensuse.org now to help us solve the naming of openSUSE distribution releases. openSUSE does not have a major and minor numbering, even if it seems so. There is right now no difference in any way between what we would do for openSUSE 11.4 or 12.0 - and no sense to speak about openSUSE 11 or openSUSE 11 family. We also have no process on how to name the next release (when to increase which parts of the number). Here are some options, if I miss some, please tell me and I will then soon setup a poll. I'm listening the next version we would use as well as how the following would be called as an example. Remember we have releases every 8 months, so the next releases are: November 2011, July 2012, March 2013, November 2013, July 2014, March 2015. Options: 1. "old school": The same we do right now but let's decide when to change the right number: we count it always until 3. Next release is 12.0. Following releases: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.0 2. "Fedora style": Just integers. Next release is: 12 Following release: 13, 14, 15 3. "Mandriva style": YYYY.counter (4 digit year, counter starts a 0) Next release is: 2011.1 Following releases: 2012.0, 2013.0, 2013.1, 2014.0, 2015.1 4. "Ubuntu style": YY.MM (2 digit year, 2 digit month) Next release is: 11.11 Following releases: 12.07, 13.03, 13.11, 14.07, 15.03 5. "Ubuntu style variation": YYYY-MM (4 digit year, 2 digit month) Next release is: 2011-11 Following releases are: 2012-07, 2013-03, 2013-11, 2014-07, 2015-03 6. "octal": Coolo came up with calling the next release "o 12" and then proposed to go octal (so 012). We decided to start with 012 even if that 10 in decimal. Next release is: 012 Following releases: 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 020 7. "Seasons": "Season YYYY" since March is in spring, July in summer, and November is in autumn. Next release is: Autumn 2011 Following releases: Summer 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Summer 2014 Anything else I should add to the list above? Andreas -- 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 -- 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] The DOs and DON’Ts of Google Summer of Code: Student Edition
by İsmail Dönmez 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hey all; Students who want to apply for GSOC 2011 should take a moment and read http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/03/dos-and-donts-of-google-summe… . It is worth the time. ismail -- 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] Prospective GSoC Applicant
by Priyanka Menghani 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hi, My name is Priyanka. I am a B.Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) student at Banasthali University, India. I like Open Source technologies, and am particularly fond of PHP & Ruby-on-Rails. Though I have not took part in an open source code sprint like this before, but I have been trying to get my hands dirty at openhatch. I am aware and comfortable with the basic etiquettes of coding, committing, etc. I am an eager to take part in GSoC with OpenSUSE. Today, I pointed out a bug in the openSUSE Build Service (OBS) [0] (which was eventually resolved by Sascha Peilicke). I like to illustrate with examples, and hence am currently trying to build a prototype for the ideas chosen by me. Hoping to learn and help the community this summer! Cheers, Priyanka Menghani [0] http://paste.opensuse.org/94134996 -- 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] Proposed changes to EULA for next release
by Andreas Jaeger 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Our legal folks send me an update of the openSUSE "EULA" which makes it even smaller ;) Here's the explanation: "I've attached the openSUSE 11.4 license in redline format. The proposed changes are explained by my comments on the right. The changes makes a few clarifications and remove an unnecessary reporting burden that no longer applies to openSUSE." I like the changes, so if nobody sees any problems with them, I'll go ahead and change the EULA. I have attached a LibreOffice document with the proposal, Andreas -- 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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