May 2014 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] [GSoC] [Cool Live Flash] Weekly report #3
by zsoltpeterbasak 18 May '14

18 May '14

Hello everyone! For the third report I actually managed to dissect SLAX and it's modules, and how things work. Okay, that's not some huge discovery. But it's an important step. I have also done research on filesystems, so I have a vague - but more realistic idea now how could we make this a reality. (Besides the ideas I posted in my proposal, that is.) So far I have pushed out a tutorial-like write up on these modules and everything. But it's nothing breath-taking yet. Next week I will finish all the tasks that have been given out, and start early testing with these things. I will also post a technical draft, of how things *could* look. (And I will consult my mentor about what he thinks of the plans.) So the blog link will come next week with some content to dig through. Regards, Peter -- 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] Re: [GSoC report ]Project "Add snapshot support to libvirt xenlight driver
by David kiarie 17 May '14

17 May '14

This week I was mainly playing around with the one,only and very important patch by Bamvor Ziang. The gist is the API because that is the main thing that I need to get things going in libvirt. We are somehow coming to an agreement on how the API should be and I think next week I will start doing something on the libvirt side.I will do this many times because this projects are not the kind of projects to accept my shit code so I have to write it over and over again and to get it more refined. What lays ahead is implementing the virSnapshotCreateXML function in libvirt which I will be looking into next week and the other week and also helping refine the snapshot patch in libxl more. Regards, David. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 12:04 PM, David kiarie <davidkiarie4(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This week I was mainly playing around with the one,only and very important > patch by Bamvor Ziang. > > The gist is the API because that is the main thing that I need to get things > going in libvirt. > > We are somehow coming to an agreement on how the API should be and I think > next week I will start doing something on the libvirt side.I will do this > many times because this projects are not the kind of projects to accept my > shit code so I have to write it over and over again and to get it more > refined. > > What lays ahead is implementing the virSnapshotCreateXML function in libvirt > which I will be looking into next week and the other week and also helping > refine the snapshot patch in libxl more. > > Regards, > David. > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:13 PM, David kiarie <davidkiarie4(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> All is on track, that's all I can say. >> >> Well,..my networking patch did not pan out mostly because it is >> horribly broken and I did not spend time on it this week. >> >> Instead,..I was reading the qemu QMP commands implementation. Qemu >> provides a method of communicating with a running qemu domain by >> applications.This is done through a JSON like implementation for >> sending commands. >> >> At the moment alot of discussion is going on the xen-devel mailing >> list on how the snapshot API could be implemented in libxl.Due to the >> nature of the project, this might take some time but as this goes on I >> get to dig more dipper and dipper into libvirt and the xen code base >> but I dont mind because the more conversant I am with the codebase the >> more easily I will write the code when the time comes.Infact, project >> will entail a lot of discussion because it involves two gigantic >> projects.I could strain very much and get the code written but getting >> it into xen.git and libvirt master is another this so I ditch the >> latter :) >> >> Cheers, >> David. > > -- 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][MATE][gsoc 2014] ePub support in Atril : weekly report
by avishkar gupta 16 May '14

16 May '14

hi all, this is my weekly update for the week of 11 - 17th of May ,2014 . My project is to add ePub format capabilities to Atril ,the MATE document viewer . With my exams finally over this week,i am now able to focus all my attention on the project.Our coding period will be starting next week and in the week to come i will be 1)Creating a web-view for the reader 2)Integrating the web-view with the existing code . I am currently working on writing the code to decompress an ePub container ,and will be done with this by Monday at the latest . I will be looking to get started with Mathjax features by the mid of 2nd week. Also since i'm making some design changes to the blog , this report wont be up there before Wednesday ,i apolgize for the delay. Thank you, Avishkar 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] [gsoc] Weekly status report - MATE gstreamer project
by Michal Ratajsky 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hi, this is my third weekly status report for my GSoC project. My main focus for this week was to get a better idea about the API for a library I'm going to write for my project. I figured out it's not an easy task to make larger design decisions this ahead, but I have succeeded in getting the essential ideas to hopefully avoid doing larger rewrites or reorganizations as I start writing the code. I have also started preparing the library skeleton and autotools support, with which I'm going to continue next week. I also plan to put the basic API and gobject code in place and hopefully also start with PulseAudio implementation. Thank you, Michal -- 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] [GSoC] Weekly Report - Zorp LBaaS driver for OpenStack
by Péter Vörös 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hi all, As you might remember, in the last weeks I did not have too much time for preparation because of my thesis. I'm happy to announce, that I successfully wrote and delivered it in time, so I'm now one big step closer to my MA degree. But back to the project. As I wrote before I started to use Open Build Service, to create RPM packages from Zorp and it's components. I did it for zorp-3.9.8 and libzorpll-3.9.4.1, not just for SUSE, but for Fedora, Debian, and Ubuntu as well. You can check my results there: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:VPetya:zorp/zorp-398 https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:VPetya:zorp/libzorpll3941 I've managed to create a working system, so I set up openSUSE 13.1, and installed up my shiny new RPM-s. Zorp started, not for the first try, but after a few minor packaging fixes. As for OpenStack, I've read a lot about it, installed neutron, but it does not work yet. In parallel with making it work, I will also start to implement the missing load balancer strategies to Zorp from the start time: May 19th. Regards, Peter -- 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] [GSoC 2014] Weekly Update - TSP Application
by karthik senthil 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello everyyone, As informed in last week's update, I thoroughly explored the state machines' working and implementation in the TSP application this week. I took my mentor's suggestion to make a detailed report/notes on 4 particular ruby files of the app which implement the base of the TSP application. After analysing,I reported my doubts in various parts to my mentor which were accordingly cleared accurately. I also explored a new ruby gem,state_machine which is used throughout the app. I am now analysing the 2 machines defined in the app, namely Requests and Reimbursements. These will inturn help me in building a customisation tool for the machines(which is currently fixed). Looking forward to start the coding/implementation phase from next week ! Thank You Karthik.S 2nd Year,Information Technology NITK,Surathkal -- 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] [gsoc] week 20 - MATE caja extension project - alexandervdm
by Alexander van der Meij 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hi, For my GSoC project, I will be working on caja, the file manager for the MATE desktop. My primary goal is to extend its extensions functionality to allow runtime (de-)activation of individual plugins, and to create an extension management system to allow more complex extensions. This week I've taken a closer look at the caja codebase, and I feel I understand the general structure now well enough to get started with my project. As I was looking into the code, I also fixed an open issue on the tracker. I've also investigated how extensions work in detail, and created some 'dummy' extensions to use for testing. Unfortunately I'll need to prepare for my last exams next week, but I should be able to start doing some heavy lifting after the 28th. With kind regards, Alexander van der Meij alexandervdm @ freenode -- 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] an idea to recycle : "lessWIKI to moreMentoring"??
by Françoise Wybrecht 16 May '14

16 May '14

subject : "WIKI to Mentoring" ??, alone to together, or "less doc-more humans ? hi again to the marketing ppl, As we did start a brainstorming meeting at Dubrovnik, I am still exploring a way to go from : go and do it (alone) to "how we can have fun together while doing marketing (attractiv, welcoming...) for openSUSE?" - As a starting point, you can find a mentoring brainstorming (mindmap attached or text/ pictures => see Morgane Marquis on google+) ok it's not 5 lines, but if you give me a piece of fee back, it'll be great-ty in advance xx - Then now ... I hope to find the courage to go and explore the wiki (as I heard many times you have to be superman to find the way, I think my chances to win are closed to null) If any of you have some interesting wiki link (this subject => here is a great actual page about it), thanks too, - And if you don't hear me anymore ... for sure I'll be somewhere in the wiki tunnel (labyrinth), drinking a beer with others geekos who lost themselves there. thanks again for all help and have a great week end ;-) Françoise

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[opensuse-project] A few questions about You, OSC & contributions - ty if you do a reply
by Françoise Wybrecht 16 May '14

16 May '14

1-2-3 : Facts, ideas, actions ... 1. Facts = last week some of us did a small brainstorming about openSUSE marketing (animated by Izabel and Kosta, about 10 of us including Richard & Bruno) 2. Ideas = I'm sure that You have all creativ answers for the future, each of you have a point of vue 3. Actions = when I asked Izabel "who is the marketing team ? She answered me :-)) : YOU, US, ME so I try an exploration : if you can take 4 minutes (ok perhaps 6) to send me your point of vue, it would be a starting point for a marketing "guideline" (Izabel said strategy, but it seems that strategy is not a right word for staying free to ...) Suggestion : you can answer as you wish (on the list or just to me), I'll wait around 14 days to send a feed back ... or nothing if no answer lol) Questions (simple & fast, not quick & dirty) : 1. did you go to OSC12-13-14 ? => Option : why 2. When yes, where you volonteers, talkers ? did you ask for tsp ? 3. Will you go to osc15 ? => when no, why => when perhaps : what makes your decision ? 4. Have you any ideas on how to increase ppl at OSC ? (hoe to be VISIBLE, how to be more attractive .. héhé) 5. What kinda talks would interest you (did interest you), yes YOU ? (examples) 6. Have you any idea of WHO could be a great keynote speaker for next year (and it would be better for openSUSE TSP when living in Europe ) 7. Would you have time to contribuate more ? => when yes, what do you need to do it ? 8. Last & option : for you, what is the best way to increase openSUSE contributors ? 9. free and open others ideas ? Thanks tc Françoise -- 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] [GSoC] Git-Review Weekly Upate
by Xystushi 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hi, This week I have continued to investigate the BitBucket REST APIs, as well as the few existing ruby clients. As I mentioned in the previous update, none of them seems satisfactory for this project. Therefore, I decided to create a separate gem Bucketkit for BitBucket REST APIs. For starters, I’m taking a lot of inspiration from Octokit, Github’s official ruby client. Octokit is one of the most important gems Git-Review is built upon. My goal is to make Bucketkit’s APIs and internal mechanisms similar to Octokit’s. Hopefully this gem will also benefit projects other than Git-Review. For the following few weeks, I think I will be working on Bucketkit first, to get all the functionality needed by Git-Review. After that, I will release the gem and integrate it into Git-Review. Cheers, Xu -- 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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