April 2013 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Introducing myself for GSoC 2013. Idea - Discussion System for the Open Build Service
by Shayon Mukherjee 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Hello All, I am Shayon Mukherjee. I am an openSUSE member and have been contributing to openSUSE on and off mostly. I started with openSUSE when I was 16 and have been a FOSS and an opeSUSE boy for a long time now. Whether its school, college or a bar I try to spread the word as much as I can. And if I can, I try to contribute some code to openSUSE as well. My recent contributions to openSUSE has been towards the openSUSE summit and conference websites (although they are much better now from what i started :). Feel free to look up the openSUSE github repos. Moving on to GSoC 2013. I am really interested in contributing and hacking on the openSUSE's GSOC 2013 Idea - Discussion System for the Open Build Service. I share the same belief as my mentors, that having a commenting or a feedback system implemented to the roots of OBS will very much help with people working with OBS. Now a little about me- Age - 20 School - California State University Majors - B.S Computer Science Year - Junior (3rd year) Languages and Frameworks I work with but are not limited to - Ruby, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, PostgreSQL ,SQLite, Jquery, JS, Git, HTLM5 and CSS3. Also, I hold the ability and passion to learn new things. Since one of the major requirements of the GSoC idea is Ruby on Rails, thats what I will talk about now. I have been coding for a long time and have moved to Ruby and Ruby on rails recently. I have created custom content management systems from scratch with Rails, have had experience developing real time apps with rails, plus I have helped couple of startups built their MVP with rails as well. One of my recent projects on rails is http://tagport.herokuapp.com. Feel free to check it out, it helps user monitor hashtags from twitter and Instagram under one hood. On a side note, I have had experience working with MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite along side the apps I mentioned as well. As for my work experience goes, I have worked as a student technology assistant at the Learning Technology Center of University of Wisconsin Green Bay (October 2010 - December 2012). I have also interned as a Web Application Developer at the Richard Mauthe Centre, USA. That is all for my introduction if the mentors or anyone else have any questions or queries please feel free to get in touch with me. P.S This is just an introduction. Proposal, comes a little later ;). Cheers! Shayon Mukherjee -- 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] Google Summer Of Code 2013- Request From Anurag
by Anurag 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

BACKGROUND OF PROJECT I m Anurag , BE First Year Student Of CSE at Bangalore. I m currently working on an android app of mine and I m looking for some opportunity to work for open source community. I can design the UI of opens SUSE News/Planet on Android in such a way that it will be highly responsive , fluid and attractive of course. I can also do the coding for the app as I can use Intents,Services,BroadcastReceivers,Handler ,thread,Fragments,etc . IDEA (DEVELOPER CONSOLE):- I came up with an idea that this app must have a separate column for the suse developers where they can login with their username and password and post some thread or they can discuss some ideas with other developers on the go as android device is common tool of any developer. IDEA (COMMON USER LOOKOUT):- I would also like to add login support for common user of suse.They can login with their own unique username and password synced with their suse pc. After they are logged in they could be able to see all the packages installed in their system, any update available for any package or not .This android app should also show the top, most downloaded package on suse. IDEA (BRINGING NEW USERS):- There must be another column that reflects the brightness of suse to a person who haven’t used suse till now. This app will demonstrate the remarkable features of suse who are unknown to suse and it will surely attract them towards suse. MY WORKS As I mentioned above I am currently working on my own android app , I would like to show you the glimpse of my app .Since my coding is still going on ,it have some bugs and lacks some function but it is a matter of time I will make it complete. My app is a FileManager type app which is capable of taking backup of installed apps and can perform some basic file operations like deletion,etc.The whole app of mine is being coded on FragmentActivity And Fragments. My app can run on Android 1.6 to Android 4.1.2. I have also used the external library for my current project. ** For Best results Use android device having screen size 4 inch and resolution 480x800. I have included my apk link , if you wish you can see my work. http://hotfile.com/links/202179406/ab7d94e/UltimateTasker.apk BENEFIT If I get a chance to work with suse community ,definitely I am gonna to be benefited as suse is open source community and they are always ready to share knowledge with others. I will try my best even if it takes the eternity to benefit suse community with my work somehow.About 2 years back I started to work on Ubuntu and then onwards I totally migrated from windows to Linux OS. TECHNICAL DETAILS The person should have knowledge about Android API’s,Java,XML. If suse is impressed with my idea of “Developer Console” and “Common User Lookout” , then to implement them in an android app ,suse needs to provide their own API for android or any External Library , that’s what I believe. WHY ME i) If I am having a mentor guiding me throughout this course of 3 months I will surely complete this app . ii) I am great fan of open source terminology and I always wanted to work with them anyhow and I will myself make my app open to all. iii) Whatever project is proposed by your side ,it is within my limits of coding . iv) If get a chance to work with you I will gain something and again I future I will come up with more ideas and more programming skills. LONG TERM PLAN I am really excited to work on long term basis with suse of any other open source community if I get a chance. After the GSOC 2013 I would like to continue this project own my own for suse until it becomes the ace . Even though if GSOC ends I will continue working on android and if I work on an android app of suse for long term basis I will definitely get the support for your side and will boost my skill as well as I will be able to contribute more. CONTACT Email:- coolanuragdzxj(a)gmail.com Mobile No:- +918892471328 I would like to get response from your side on my project as soon as possible so that I will prepare myself, Thanking you in anticipation. -- 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] Google Summer of Code 2013-Request From Anurag
by Anurag 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

BACKGROUND OF PROJECT I m Anurag , BE First Year Student Of CSE at Bangalore. I m currently working on an android app of mine and I m looking for some opportunity to work for open source community. I can design the UI of opens SUSE News/Planet on Android in such a way that it will be highly responsive , fluid and attractive of course. I can also do the coding for the app as I can use Intents,Services,BroadcastReceivers,Handler ,thread,Fragments,etc . IDEA (DEVELOPER CONSOLE):- I came up with an idea that this app must have a separate column for the suse developers where they can login with their username and password and post some thread or they can discuss some ideas with other developers on the go as android device is common tool of any developer. IDEA (COMMON USER LOOKOUT):- I would also like to add login support for common user of suse.They can login with their own unique username and password synced with their suse pc. After they are logged in they could be able to see all the packages installed in their system, any update available for any package or not .This android app should also show the top, most downloaded package on suse. IDEA (BRINGING NEW USERS):- There must be another column that reflects the brightness of suse to a person who haven't used suse till now. This app will demonstrate the remarkable features of suse who are unknown to suse and it will surely attract them towards suse. MY WORKS As I mentioned above I am currently working on my own android app , I would like to show you the glimpse of my app .Since my coding is still going on ,it have some bugs and lacks some function but it is a matter of time I will make it complete. My app is a FileManager type app which is capable of taking backup of installed apps and can perform some basic file operations like deletion,etc.The whole app of mine is being coded on FragmentActivity And Fragments. My app can run on Android 1.6 to Android 4.1.2. I have also used the external library for my current project. ** For Best results Use android device having screen size 4 inch and resolution 480x800. I have included my apk link , if you wish you can see my work. http://hotfile.com/links/202179406/ab7d94e/UltimateTasker.apk BENEFIT If I get a chance to work with suse community ,definitely I am gonna to be benefited as suse is open source community and they are always ready to share knowledge with others. I will try my best even if it takes the eternity to benefit suse community with my work somehow.About 2 years back I started to work on Ubuntu and then onwards I totally migrated from windows to Linux OS. TECHNICAL DETAILS The person should have knowledge about Android API's,Java,XML. If suse is impressed with my idea of "Developer Console" and "Common User Lookout" , then to implement them in an android app ,suse needs to provide their own API for android or any External Library , that's what I believe. WHY ME i) If I am having a mentor guiding me throughout this course of 3 months I will surely complete this app . ii) I am great fan of open source terminology and I always wanted to work with them anyhow and I will myself make my app open to all. iii) Whatever project is proposed by your side ,it is within my limits of coding . iv) If get a chance to work with you I will gain something and again I future I will come up with more ideas and more programming skills. LONG TERM PLAN I am really excited to work on long term basis with suse of any other open source community if I get a chance. After the GSOC 2013 I would like to continue this project own my own for suse until it becomes the ace . Even though if GSOC ends I will continue working on android and if I work on an android app of suse for long term basis I will definitely get the support for your side and will boost my skill as well as I will be able to contribute more. CONTACT Email:- coolanuragdzxj(a)gmail.com Mobile No:- +918892471328 I would like to get response from your side on my project as soon as possible so that I will prepare myself, Thanking you in anticipation. -- 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] Maintainer got lost for bash-completion
by Dr. Werner Fink 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi, somehow the maintainer for baswh-completion got lost, that is the package is now abandoned. Is there any taker around, just to win some bash/shell programming experience 8) Werner -- "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr -- 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] openSUSE Team at SUSE update
by Agustin Benito Bethencourt 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi, 12.3 is out! For most of the people out there this is "just another Release". For us in the openSUSE Team it has been an extraordinary one for several reasons. What we understand as Release is fact formed by two different phases: * Development phase (integration) * Release phase During 12.2, openSUSE Team at SUSE documented and executed the last few milestones of the Release process[1]. This effort allowed us, together with the work done in the Development phase done by coolo and the one done by the formed Release Team (coolo + ismail) and your continuous effort, get a Release with good acceptance. Even though 12.3 was a shorter Release, we were better prepared for assuming the responsibility. we improved and extended the documentation of the Release process[2], we reinforced the management effort, lead by Ludwig, we introduced the Hackathons in the process, we introduced the content/communication tasks earlier in the process and we added a significant amount of effort in designing and introducing QA as a relevant action of the Release process. These actions allowed us to improve the engagement with community members in several areas, increase the impact and the quality of our communication, include complex features like Secure Boot in the distribution, increase our efficiency significantly despite we have integrated new members in the team, improve several new features introduced in 12.2 (translations, social media campaign) and correct several weak points detected during the previous release. In general, from our point of view, we improved as a team and we improved the Release process. It will take time before this internal improvements have a clear impact in the quality of the distribution but those of you who are close to this effort might confirm or not this internal conclusion. Now that the Release is over, the team goes back to other tasks and the Release Team focus on factory. As you know Ismail is no longer in the team and we expect during this year many SUSE employees helping us in the openSUSE development so we are now studying new approaches to the Release Team. we expect to have a solution soon so factory goes back to a normal state. A consequence of our new approach related with QA has been the detection of several limitations in the main tool we use, openQA. Together with upstream developers, we are currently dedicating most of team resources to this tasks[3]. There are some other tasks that we are currently working on (April): * Event organization: openSUSE Board Meeting, Joint Desktop Meeting, Plasma Frameworks 5 Sprint. Now that the Release is over, we will also put energy in openSUSE Conference. * Travel Support Program Management application[4]: as you know, the involvement of SUSE in the TSP program committee is now zero, which means that is the community who now run the program. Our support is focused on the administrative, financial area. In order to increase the relevance of the Program, we have detected a need for a tool that allow the TSP, the Board and SUSE to coordinate better to become more efficient. * At SUSE, we have been preparing several proposals for the Board that we are presenting this weekend to better coordinate the following areas: ** Event/Merchandising area ** Infrastructure ** Financial * SUSE strategy and Action plan in openSUSE. we are currently discussing what are we going to do in openSUSE the following years as part of the community. In a few weeks we expect to count with a new artist for the team and, during summer, a new hacker will join the team. As you know, we are also looking for a senior KDE developer since Will Stephenson has moved to another department (thanks Will for your work in openSUSE, see you around). In order to follow our activity please check our management tool[4]. I think it kind provide a good overview of the complexity of the Release process. [1] 12.2 release process documentation published: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Public_Release_Action_Plan [2] 12.3 release process management tool: http://board.opensuse.org/projects/opensuse-12-3-release/issues/gantt [3] openQA development sprint: http://board.opensuse.org/projects/openqa-improvement/activity?set_filter=1… [4] Management tool: http://board.opensuse.org/projects 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] providing packages issues
by Alin M Elena 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear All, this week two projects dear to me and I hope a lot of other users and devs got releases out: kde 4.10.2 and kde telepathy. both provided in community maintained repos KDE:Release:410 and KDE:Extra. Unfortunately if some curious, tester or old time user wants to try the packages he/she will not find them... why? simple.. obs was not really usable. I see two issues with the situation... 1. Users get frustrated cause they cannot find the latest announced versions... We fail to capitalise on the wave of interests that usually gets created when a new version is released. 2. packagers/testers get frustrated... The community did the work for these packages to be ready on time for the release... just to discover we did not have enough steam to build the official tar balls. Shall we understand that the community work is not really important for opensuse? To make things ever more annoying... my home projects build and published faster that packages in KDE:Extra... so I can conclude it is simple an issue of policies and priorities on obs... Can we have a discussion on this please? Let us try, as a community, to establish and implement a set of rules on using obs build power in such a way that gives the community repos some advantage over home and branch projects in order to make opensuse shine. Alin -- Without Questions there are no Answers! ______________________________________________________________________ Alin Marin ELENA Advanced Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory School of Physics, University College Dublin ---- Ardionsamblú Móilíneach Saotharlann Taighde Scoil na Fisice, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ______________________________________________________________________

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[opensuse-project] Today's meeting minutes
by Robert Schweikert 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Meeting ended Wed Apr 3 15:34:21 2013 UTC. The log and minutes are available from: (v 0.1.4) (11:34:21 AM) bugbot: Minutes: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2013/opensuse-proje… (11:34:21 AM) bugbot: Minutes (text): http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2013/opensuse-proje… (11:34:21 AM) bugbot: Log: http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2013/opensuse-proje… -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei(a)suse.com rschweik(a)ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- 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] Pro-tips
by Jos Poortvliet 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Heya, A while ago we published an article about 'openSUSE for non-geekos' with tips for those transitioning from other distro's to Green: https://news.opensuse.org/2013/03/22/opensuse-for-new-geekos/ Again, thanks to all who contributed to it and spread it around! This was a rather popular article but some people commented to me that current users are left out a bit. So, how about doing an article with some 'pro' geeko tips? I'd need tips for that, however. Anyone having ideas can dump them in this piratepad: http://piratepad.net/opensuse-for-ubuntu-refugees Thanks, Jos

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[opensuse-project] [reminder] openSUSE Project Meeting tomorrow at 15:00 UTC
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hello all, The biweekly project meeting will be held tomorrow at 15:00 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=3&month=4&year=2013&ho… 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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