March 2013

[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 … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] opensuse-user not on gmane any more?
by Jim Henderson 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

I just noticed today that the gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.user group is missing from gmane.org - did the project request the list be removed from gmane? Just wondering if it was intentional or if something went wrong somewhere. Thanks, Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- 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] 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:… [View More]

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[opensuse-project] Board meeting minutes - Board call 2013-03-25
by Robert Schweikert 29 Mar '13

29 Mar '13

Hi, Here are the meeting minutes from the board call this past Monday. As always you can find the minutes in the wiki (https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_meeting#Meeting_2013-03-25) and if you have questions, or concerns you may raise them on this list or contact the board directly on the board list. Regrads, Your openSUSE Board Board Meeting 2013-25-03 Present: Richard, Andrew, Robert Excused: Raymond - Company Meeting Vincent - Customer call Will - MIA 1.) … [View More]Review Action Items - No board report :( - CLT issues followed up 2.) Face to Face Meeting Agenda - Items collected, ready to post first draft of the agenda to the wiki 3.) Accessibility issue - The proposal raised on the board list is to add a new category to our Bugzilla to clearly mark accessibility issues as such. There are two main concerns, one is that this is a technical issue and thus the board should keep its fingers out of this issue. The second concern is that creating a specific category may make it easier for people to "pass the buck" by expecting someone in the non existent accessibility team to fix the problem. Having a separate category for accessibility (a11y) on the other hand will send a clear message that we as the openSUSE community care about people with disabilities. While we have no specific resources to address a11y issues it is important to acknowledge that an a11y issues can easily make the system unusable for a handicapped person. While adding to the bug category list is definitely a technical issue, the a11y topic has a very large community component and thus the board thinks it is appropriate to act in this area. We can certainly not dictate any action, however a message will be sent to the -factory mailing list asking for consideration of the topic by the developers. The argument was made that a11y bugs should fit into the categories we already have and that we might easier fall into a "pass the buck" situation with a new category. It is the consensus that we should be able to address the "pass the buck" issue with a policy/procedure. As far as using existing categories is concerned the problem might be that we get into a priority flip flop situation if we do not have a separate category. A person with a disability might mark a bug as Critical, but a developer not fully understanding the consequences might relabel it as category 2 or 3. Having an a11y category would address such priority flip/flop issues. The board will, after additional discussion on the board list, send a proposal to the -factory list for consideration by the developer community. The proposal will recommend the addition of an a11y category to Bugzilla and a proposal on how to handle the bugs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org [View Less]

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[opensuse-project] GSoC Application Submitted
by Manu Gupta 29 Mar '13

29 Mar '13

Hey all Thanks to Saurabh, we have submitted our application for GSoC 2013 . -- 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] LinuxTag - Call for Volenteers
by Richard Brown 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Hi all, Thanks to the response of my urgent call for volunteers, we've been able to go ahead and arrange a booth for LinuxTag, which this year is happening May 22-25. We could still do with more volunteers to help with the booth. Anyone who volunteers to commit a significant amount of their time helping at our booth is eligible for a FREE pass to the conference (a saving of €50 for a 4 day ticket) I have to be the one to book the Exhibitor pass for you, so please *email me* if you're able to … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] Re: MOSSCon in Louisville in May! Submit your proposal this week!
by Bryen M Yunashko 27 Mar '13

27 Mar '13

Anybody in the Louisville, Kentucky area? I won't be able to make it, but I was in Louisville last year. A fun city to visit, and since this is a new event, a great opportunity to evangelize openSUSE awesomeness to a new audience. Bryen M Yunashko On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 04:21 -0400, John List wrote: > You are invited to be a speaker/presenter at MOSSCon. > > Preparations are in full swing for the very first Midwest Open Source > Software Conference (MOSSCon), to be held in … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] GSoC projects on Ideas page
by Saurabh Sood 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Hi, We are close to the deadline for submitting our applications for GSoC. We have till March 29th. We have prepared our application, and will be submitting it day after. Also, we have many projects on the Ideas page which dont have a mentor, but have interested students. Those who are willing to mentor these projects, please add your name to the list by tomorrow, as we would be cleaning up the wiki, and removing the unmentored projects by 27th March. -- Regards,. Saurabh Sood Have a lot of … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] was: XBMC Tutorial - Kiosk Mode + openSUSE 12.3
by Nelson Marques 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

A few things: 1) I've put effort in using Portuguese that would be easy to translate; if you pass through Google translate you will notice that it's easily translated to english in a clear way, except in one sentence. Sure some minor fixes are needed, but for the most, it works fairly nice. Do the same with other pages and see the differences. Now I understand why I had to learn the language for 12 years. 2) I have also a few scripts that I use for some tasks (ex: scanning directories for … [View More]

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[opensuse-project] XBMC Tutorial - Kiosk Mode + openSUSE 12.3
by Nelson Marques 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

In recent discussions on a foreign forum I participate there were some references for running XBMC in Kiosk Mode; I've written a tutorial (very minimalist) to run XBMC in Kiosk mode using openSUSE 12.3 in an old laptop (as discussed in the original thread in the foreign forum). The tutorial is here: https://pt.opensuse.org/SDB:Tutorial_XBMC Any translators willing to translate it to other languages, feel free to do it; it's currently written in European Portuguese (the language spoken in … [View More]

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