November 2012 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] How we will use the GSoC money
by Vincent Untz 18 Jul '24

18 Jul '24

Hi, (let's see how a public discussion about money goes :-)) The Google Summer of Code brings us great students, but also means that the openSUSE project will get $8000 (if I'm not mistaken) at the end of the summer. That's $500 per student. A while ago, I requested comments on my blog about what to do with the money, but didn't get any feedback. So I take this as "do what you feel is best", and this mail is about the plan. As a reminder, the main issue is that we will likely not have the openSUSE Foundation created in time for this. For instance, Google would like us to get some form filled before the end of June; this is not a mandatory timeline, but I think it shows that we won't be ready with the Foundation for that. The current plan is to give that money to another organization we feel close to, and I have two candidates in mind: - the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://sfconservancy.org/) it's a really nice org that provides a home for various cool projects (see http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/) and those projects help make openSUSE a great project. - the Desktop Summit (https://www.desktopsummit.org/) it's one of the biggest event this year, and this would help us have some more visibility (since we'd be sponsors, I guess). I'm sure they would welcome this to secure their budget. Note that an alternative solution would be to leave the money to Google for a future GSoC or similar program, but I feel it's better to use the money where it can make a difference today. Now, it's not too late to change the plan. If you have a better suggestion, please tell us. There's no need to argue forever about it, just explain why you think it's good. Keep in mind that if we cannot receive the money ourselves, this also means that we cannot use it to buy stuff for openSUSE. Pavol and I will take the final decision since we are the GSoC admins for openSUSE. Thanks, 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] download.opensuse.org IPV6 address breaks updates
by Gerald Pfeifer 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

I am seeing this with an openSUSE 12.1 system at home, and also a Factory system at work: % host download.opensuse.org download.opensuse.org has address 195.135.221.134 download.opensuse.org has IPv6 address 2001:67c:2178:8::13 And then, when running zypper patch or zypper up, I see Retrieving: repomd.xml [error] Download (curl) error for 'http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/repodata/repomd.xml': Error code: Connection failed Error message: Failed to connect to 2001:67c:2178:8::13: Network is unreachable Alas, my provider nor that network at work support IPv6. Still, my system has IPv6 enabled since roaming around on different networks, IPv6 may be present, or even necessary there. (This does not happen all the time, sometimes if I retry a bit later the system uses IPv4 and everything works.) Now, is this just a setup problem and I should simply and unconditionally disable IPv6? Or are some parts of our update or network stack in need of some adjustments? For the time being, unless this is just me running into this, should we disable IPv6 on download.opensuse.org? Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer <gp(a)suse.com> || SUSE || Director Product Management -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] SCaLE 11x announcement
by Drew Adams 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Hey everyone, The 11th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 11x), is just around the corner. I have already been in contact with the fine people at SCaLE and secured our booth. They will be getting us our Exhibitor=92s Kit soon enough. I would like to put some feelers out in the community for interested community members that would like to help work the booth. I have informally spoken to a few local people who have expressed a desire to help, but I would like to formalize those discussions by bringing them on-list. Also, I know there has been some ideas tossed about... Ideas like, getting a custom "openSUSE Project" banner, and having some videos looping showing off the different desktops running on 12.2. If we are serious about doing ideas like these, we need to start planning and, more importantly, acting in preparation for SCaLE. SCaLE is going to be on February 22-24, 2013 at the Hilton Los Angeles International Airport Hotel. I am looking forward to working the booth again... I hope we get some new faces working the booth this year too. Join us, we always have a lot of fun! -- Drew Adams Member & Ambassador, openSUSE Project -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Standing up for the Board
by Manu Gupta 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Hi All I would like to stand up for the board elections this year. My Primary Goals during this time : 1. Organizing Programs like GSoC and other programs that encourage new contributors to come-in 2. Knowing where all the funds come from and into. Pretty much all that comes to us is from SUSE. But there are donations from the community during oSC's which are totally unaccounted for. I believe before a foundation comes into place, the Board should be able to keep a track of whatever little funds that come from other sources should be accountable to the community. 3. Correspondence - The Board should have good correspondence with the community. So if the community asks something, the board should respond to it -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-project] Meet the openSUSE Board Candidates
by Richard Brown 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

>>> Bryen M Yunashko 11/28/12 6:34 PM >> >To further clarify, the rule is for 40% of ANY company. So, SUSE >technically shouldn't be singled out here. If say, for example, we >have three candidates who are employed by the ABC Company, then only two >of them could be on the Board if all three won an election. > >And that 40% is ONLY for elected members of the Board. The chairman of >the board is not beholden to that rule. He or she is appointed by SUSE. >So you could have two (40%) elected board members PLUS 1 appointed board >member from SUSE. >So, it would be meaningless to set up a voting procedure where you vote >for one employee and one non-employee because theoretically everybody is >employed somewhere. >As a voter, you may vote for as many candidates from the same company as >you wish (up to the number of votes you are allowed.) What matters is >the overall count of votes from the entire electorate. > >Hope that helps, >Bryen M Yunashko As we're discussing this, I realise that the current Election page doesn't mention anyone's employer besides Roberts Should us candidates go ahead and list our employers on this page to properly reflect the policy, rather than just highlighting the SUSE candidates? (which I think we've got wrong on the current list anyhow, isn't Matt also working for SUSE?) Regards Richard ilmehtar on IRC -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Interesting times are ahead of you, as Board member.
by Agustin Benito Bethencourt 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Hi, today, as it has been announced, is the last day for presenting your candidacy for the openSUSE Board. After closing the 2012 summer/autumn agenda (12.2 Release, openSUSE Summit and openSUSE Conference), the openSUSE Team is able to concentrate on the future. We are beginning to plan our future actions in openSUSE. This is a process in which obviously you will have a lot to say. In any possible scenario we are thinking of, the Board will play a key role. It is not that it hasn't played it until now, don't get me wrong, it is just that we will need it more than ever. For SUSE, it will be simpler to help openSUSE if we have a strong Board. It is up to the community to decide what "strong Board" means, but at least, it might be: * Fully supported by the community. * Representative of what the community is and want. Having a voting system to select the Board members helps to achieve the above, but is not enough. It needs help from every community member, from the Board members itself and from SUSE, of course. At SUSE, we have the commitment to help the Board to achieve their goals, the community goals. Please think carefully about presenting your candidacy for the Board. Interesting times are ahead of you. I also like to encourage you to have a vibrant debate about what the Board should do, how to support it, what it should look like in a couple of years, what needs improvements, how SUSE should help the Board.... This is the right time for such a debate. Saludos -- Agustin Benito Bethencourt openSUSE Team Lead at SUSE abebe(a)suse.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Board candidates - get your platform pages written up.
by Per Jessen 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Only half the candidates have written up their platform page: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election#Candidates -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Clarifying my Stand
by Manu Gupta 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hey All In my stand for the board "2. Knowing where all the funds come from and into. Pretty much all that comes to us is from SUSE. But there are donations from the community during oSC's which are totally unaccounted for. I believe before a foundation comes into place, the Board should be able to keep a track of whatever little funds that come from other sources should be accountable to the community. " Henne asked me "I believe when you throw around an accusation like this you should back them up with facts. So please, would you go into details? " When I said, WE as in the board in my reply. And I agree, its my fault entirely, that I had not taken this up with the board immediately, but I have tried to push Alan's proposal to it and so far I have not received any positive response to it. Alan's proposal was a way to account for funds both incoming and outgoing while working along with the SUSE finance department. Vincent's proposal for sfconservancy is undergoing discussions and I applaud the board for taking such positive steps. I had also asked Izabel, for a link of the talk that she gave at oSC so that I could prepare the report I promised to do so long ago, but this I got a reply today only. Agustin had recently mailed the board that he is coming up with a report on openSUSE Conference 2013 and I am waiting for it, but I believe them to come up with the report. Recently, I have mailed the board again, the mail that was sent by Izabel to the board after I was selected. I would like one of the Board members to clarify it. There are no accusations here, what I am trying to say here WE as in the community is looking for a foundation but we are not entirely prepared for it. One large part of creating a foundation means administrative overhead, and the board along with the community should be forthcoming to take these administrative responsibilities. A community should ask questions but also help to answer those. WE as in the community as has so far neglected important questions like 1. Where is the GSoC Money going? 2. What about the donations that are taken during oSC? Because of our huge dependence on SUSE. But as we move towards a foundation, we will also be moving towards a more independent entity. The result of a more independent entity would give us a lot of opportunities like 1. more sponsors 2. more control over our infrastructure 3. A legal entity But with such a lot of things coming up, we will have more work too, like 1. Taxation 2. Copyright protection 3. A transparent accounting system etc etc These all tasks are difficult for a highly developer community like ours and nobody likes to do the accounting work too. I am not entirely sure whether we will have a foundation or not, but I do believe it is the time to ask the right questions to the board and ourselves as a community. I will be really happy to answer any questions the community has. I have still a lot to learn I believe and apologies again if anyone felt insulted during my stand. -- Regards Manu Gupta -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Meet the openSUSE Board Candidates
by Bryen M Yunashko 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

The openSUSE Election Officials committee is proud to announce this year's official list of candidates for the openSUSE 2013 Board. They are: - Matt Baringer - Richard Brown - Carl Fletcher - Manu Gupta - Chuck Payne - Robert Schweikertz - Stefan Seyfried - Raymond Woonick The official announcement and relevant links can be read in today's published news.opensuse.org article at: [1] Please use the time this week prior to the election to engage with the candidates and ask them questions about their positions and goals. Voting begins next week and we want you all to be well-informed voters. :-) Sincerely, The openSUSE Election Officials committee [1] https://news.opensuse.org/2012/11/28/meet-the-opensuse-board-candidates/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] [reminder] openSUSE Project Meeting tomorrow at 17:00 UTC
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Hello all, The biweekly project meeting will be held tomorrow at 17:00 UTC in #opensuse-project on freenode. Everybody is invited to join and participate! Find out what time the meeting will be in your timezone: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=28&month=11&year=2012&… Agenda of the meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Agenda_for_the_next_meeting If you cannot participate and want a specific question to be answered during the meeting, please add your question to: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_meeting#Questions_Section Minutes and logs of previous meetings can be found at: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/ Thanks, -- openSUSE Meeting Reminder -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

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