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[opensuse-project] [gsoc] ICC profiles repository, week 5
by Sebastian Oliva 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello, I posted my third update on this year's GSOC project, an ICC Profiles Repository. Feel free to check http://www.sebastianoliva.com/en/2011/06/gsoc-week-5/ and to post your feedback or direct it to my e-mail. Greetings, Sebastian -- 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] Strategy voting reminder!
by Jos Poortvliet 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi all! In 3 days, the voting for the openSUSE strategy has to be done. We've had only about 1/5th of our members vote and that's not a lot. Now I know we don't have any way to check if members are still very active so maybe most are not. But if you are, please, vote! Find the last article from news.o.o here: http://bit.ly/iB2Dzh And a direct link to voting: http://bit.ly/kZaAC2 You just have to log in with your connect account and VOTE! For 2 years people have been asking 'what does openSUSE want'. We tried to put that in the strategy. Ok, it is not perfect, but that is because we didn't appoint someone to tell us what we want but because we *asked*. And then, yes, you get compromise. Anything bad in there is there either because you didn't speak up (tssss bad bad) or the majority disagreed with you. And that is how it SHOULD work. It is what sets us apart from the other major distributions - we have no dictator or 'steering group'. But democracy also comes with responsibilities - voting! Now, enact your democratic duty, here: http://bit.ly/kZaAC2 Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-project] [gsoc] osc code cleanup - summary of week 5
by Marcus Hüwe 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Hi, here's a small summary of the 5th (coding) week. I've spent most of the time with the url-like argument parser (more information can be found here [1] and here [2]). Additionally I cleaned up/reworked the remote file classes (now we have: RORemoteFile and RWRemoteFile). I also added an AbstractHTTPResponse and HTTPError class to the httprequest module (the main purpose of the AbstractHTTPResponse is to encapsulate a "concrete" http response (for instance it can be used as a wrapper around urllib(2)'s addinfourl class)). TODO for this week: * write a search module in order to find packages, projects, requests etc. * maybe we also need something like a source module (mainly to access the /source route) * think about working copy code cleanup/internal restructuring Marcus [1] oscargs module: http://gitorious.org/osc2/osc2/blobs/master/osc/oscargs.py [2] example usage/testcases: http://gitorious.org/osc2/osc2/blobs/master/test/test_oscargs.py -- 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] Entomologist UI changes Weekly Report #4
by David Williams 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

Hi everyone, You can find the blog post with my weekly report at [0] and a plaintext version is posted below. This week has taught me the true value of committing work as often as humanly possible!. -----Weekly Report Text----- This week has been a bad one for getting work done as I managed to lose a lot of my work mid week. I’ve spent the rest of the week trying to get back to where I was and finishing up the New Comments Dialog. I also repeated the mantra “commit often” to remind myself to do it so much more often than I do to ensure I can’t lose work when QT Creator decides to delete things. The New Comments Dialog is at its first iteration and I am going to spend the next 2 – 3 days fixing any bugs and resolving some issues with the tabbed interface. Then on Monday I will start the TODO lists in earnest and get back to being on track with my timeline. Luckily time is something I do have and I think I gave myself plenty of breathing space in the timeline I submitted with my GSoC application. I’d rather take my time and get things done properly with breathing room than cram in as much functionality as possible into the 12 weeks and then end it with a massive chunk of badly written and probably broken code. This breathing room helped me this week. [0] - http://redache.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/entomologist-ui-changes-weekly-repo… Thanks, David Williams Entomologist UI Enhancements.-- 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 report] Suse bug reporter
by Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Hello everyone! I've completed the module that gathers info from an rpm and then uses it to get (via OSC) the bugowner/maintainer's email(s) in order to fill the assignee box and so improve the speed of bug resolution. It supports globbing and lets the user choose which package to send the bug report to. You can find some sample test output here[0]. The code is here[1]. Now I just have to write a „wrapper” over all the modules written so far which will actually represent the CLI tool. After that is done, on to the GUI version! Have a nice weekend! Mihnea DB [0] http://pastebin.com/EfYThjW3 [1] https://github.com/mihneadb/Suse-Bug-Reporter/blob/master/util/getMaintaine… -- 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] Fwd: openSUSE
by Peter Linnell 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, Nice to have some kind words for our efforts :) Thanks for the mail Jack! Cheers, Peter -------- Original Message -------- Subject: openSUSE Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:28:53 +1000 From: Jack Todaro <jackmtodaro(a)gmail.com> To: admin(a)opensuse.org To admin, I just wanted to express to you just how much I value the openSUSE project. After being an Ubuntu user since version 8.10, a Fedora user since version 13 and an on-and-off Mint user, I eventually became tired of these distributions. Firstly, Ubuntu natty seemed to me to be a total failure. I can see it accommodates for beginners, but it just didn't work for me with that Unity shell. Even worse was Fedora 15 with GNOME shell - after using it for days in an attempt to get past initial distaste, I only became more disgruntled with it. Linux Mint had the cleanest desktop of the two, however it still wasn't enough to accommodate for my needs. It was then that I decided I needed something new. I tried out openSUSE 11.4 through virtualisation and I must say, it was possibly the greatest linux experience I've ever had. From the stability to the ease of use (without compromising on functionality) and the beautiful KDE Plasma Desktop, I felt that this was a distribution I could not turn down. In the end, I've replaced my workstation with openSUSE 11.4. Not only this; I've also been recommending it to many of my friends, and they have all been quite impressed. It really is the best distro I have ever come across, however it would be nothing without the great, hard working open-source community. So, a big thank you for such a great system! Yours Kindly, Jack Todaro -- 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 Summer Camp Greece 2011
by Kostas Koudaras 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Summer in Greece! Is the weather too hot for you to code or contribute to your favorite FOSS project? Do you need some motivation and a refreshing swim? Come to our Summer Camp! The Greek openSUSE community is organizing its first openSUSE Summer Camp, in central Greece at Grand Platon Hotel at Olympiaki akti. This is is the beach of the city of Katerini. The doors will be open from the 15th to the 17th of July 2011, at the Heart of Summer! Sounds awesome, I’ll book my tickets. So, you’ll be there. What can you expect? Our goal is to bring FOSS communities closer and encourage people to contribute to their favorite projects. A lot of people, with little to a lot of experience can benefit from the workshops included in our program, during which we will work on things like translation, wiki usage, coding, packaging and much more, showing how to work inside a community and how to collaborate with others! Hmmm. But I could go swimming… There will be relaxing and swimming of course! But hey, we have a common passion, don’t we? We love what we do, we are having fun contributing to FOSS and we hate doing it alone in our rooms during Summer time. Besides coding, translating and all other ‘working stuff’ there will also be plenty of sun and beach, a large swimming pool and plenty of beers – all paid by you since we only sponsor the sun, the fun and all the other free stuff… We are looking forward to seeing you at the openSUSE Summer Camp Greece! -- 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] Regarding Bugzilla's XMLRPC webservice.
by Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Hello, I'm practicing searching on the Novell Bugzilla for my GSoC project and I've stumbled upon a.. problem, I would say. According to the official documentation[0], I can pass the key 'limit' with an int value to limit the returned search results. I've tried doing this but the results I've came across are at least weird (to me). [...] >>> a = bz.query({'summary': 'kde'}) >>> len(a) 3635 >>> a = bz.query({'summary': 'kde', 'limit': 5}) >>> a [<Bug #489 on https://bugzilla.novell.com/xmlrpc.cgi at 0xe011d0>] >>> a = bz.query({'summary': 'kde', 'limit': 100}) >>> a [<Bug #489 on https://bugzilla.novell.com/xmlrpc.cgi at 0xb4c050>, <Bug #5200 on https://bugzilla.novell.com/xmlrpc.cgi at 0xb4c410>] >>> a = bz.query({'summary': 'kde', 'limit': 10, 'offset': 10}) >>> a [] >>> a = bz.query({'summary': 'kde', 'limit': 100, 'offset': 10}) >>> a [] I am using the python-bugzilla module[1], as my mentor has suggested. You can find some sample code for the usage here[2]. Basically, my question is: how can I limit the number of returned search results? Thanks! Mihnea DB [0] http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/3.4/en/html/api/Bugzilla/WebService/Bug.html -- Search section (or just ctrl+f for limit) [1] http://gitorious.org/+opensuse-developers/opensuse/python-bugzilla -- when cloning add " -b suse " or it won't work. [2] https://github.com/mihneadb/Suse-Bug-Reporter/blob/master/interact.py -- 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 road to systemd for openSUSE 12.1
by Frederic Crozat 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Hi all, systemd is coming for next openSUSE (12.1) scheduled next fall. I'll help for systemd integration in openSUSE Factory[1] and will act as an interface between you (openSUSE testers, packagers, developers) and systemd upstream. As you might guess, switching boot manager is not a trivial task and issues will be found. So, we want to have as much feedback and testing as possible, to try to tackle as much (if not all) issues in time for 12.1. Here is our action plan, in several phases: * phase 1: detecting current issues with systemd. Install systemd package and "manually" boot with it, by adding "init=/bin/systemd" at you kernel boot command line. In this setup, we want to find ALL the issues caused by switching to systemd, so please, check systemd on Factory status page[2] and follow the instructions there to fill bug reports. We also want to ensure there is no regression, when using legacy sysvinit initscripts with systemd as boot manager. * phase 2: systemd-sysvinit package installed by default and replace sysvinit. * phase 3: providing systemd unit files to replace legacy sysvinit initscripts: this is a huge task which won't be completed before openSUSE 12.1, but it can be parallelized among a lot of people (ideally, each packager should be able to create unit systemd file). And we should also split this effort in manageable milestones : * phase 3.1: GNOME and KDE live CDs should only use "native" systemd, without any sysvinit involved * phase 3.2: installed system using GNOME and KDE live CDs be a "native" systemd (this involves testing additional paths in live installer) * phase 3.3: install from DVD for GNOME and KDE should be "native" systemd Of course, providing systemd unit file should not be a pure "openSUSE" task, because the ultimate goal for those files is to be cross-distribution and merged in relevant upstream projects. And we also don't want to duplicate effort which is starting in other distributions like Fedora, so, collaboration is key. I strongly recommend reading systemd for Administrators, Part III[3] post about the conversion (and also all other posts : systemd for Administrators #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7,#8 they are highly instructive[4]). For discussing / helping with systemd integration for Factory, please use opensuse-factory mailing list or go to #opensuse-factory IRC channel on Freenode. We need your help to make sure openSUSE 12.1 will use systemd at 200% ;) [1]http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Systemd [2]http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Systemd_status [3]http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html [4]http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-1.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-2.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-4.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/three-levels-of-off http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/changing-roots.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/blame-game.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-new-configuration-files -- Frederic Crozat <fcrozat(a)suse.com> SUSE -- 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] ICC profiles repository, week 4
by Sebastian Oliva 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Hello, I posted my second update on this year's GSOC project, an ICC Profiles Repository. I was unable to work on my project for the last two weeks, so I'm getting up to date for this upcoming weeks. Feel free to check http://www.sebastianoliva.com/en/2011/05/gsoc-week-4/ and to post your feedback or direct it to my e-mail. Greetings, Sebastian -- 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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