October 2015 - 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] Google Summer of Code 2016
by Henne Vogelsang 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Hey, let's go. Henne -------- Forwarded Message -------- Hi GSoC mentors and org admins, We've announced <http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/10/dozen-of-one-half-dozen-of-ot…> that we're holding Google Summer of Code 2016 <http://g.co/gsoc>. The GSoC calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gsummerofcode@gmail.com&ctz=Ameri…>, FAQ <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq>, and events timeline <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline> have all been updated with next year's important dates, so please refer to those for the milestones for the program. Please consider applying to participate as an organization again next year or maybe joining as a mentor for your favorite organization if they are selected to participate. We rely on you for your help for the success of this program, so thank you in advance for all the work you do! Cheers, -- 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] "What Can I Do For OpenSUSE?"
by Uzair Shamim 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi, I attended an interesting presentation today regarding how to get new contributors involved in open source projects. One link that I thought was really interesting was this site run by mozilla: http://whatcanidoformozilla.org/ To summarize, this site asks the user a bunch of questions and tries to help them find an area of the project where they could have an immediate impact. Would anyone be interested in starting a similar webpage for openSUSE? Does something like this already exist for the project? I don’t think it would be that difficult to setup, we would just need to make/improve wiki pages for sections that don’t already have a well documented process. I will try and have a POC on github sometimes next week if possible as I am pretty swamped right now. Please let me know what you think, I feel like this would be really useful but I would like feedback from the community :) -- Regards, Uzair Shamim -- 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] Call for adoption and/or erase warning Bacula related package in Archiving:Backup
by Bruno Friedmann 07 Nov '15

07 Nov '15

Since sometimes, bacula project has released two main major version. (7.0 and 7.2). Nobody has taken care of the packages available on obs Archiving:Backup [1] Those packages have never been submitted to Factory, and from the last upstream announcement the project will deliver directly prebuild package for major distribution. Moreover, since at least 3 years I'm using another tool called Bareos, and have no more interest nor time to maintain the software. So if you're interested to take ownership of those, raise your hands now. I will let a grace period of one or two months before sending a delete request. [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Archiving:Backup/bacula https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Archiving:Backup/bacula-docs https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Archiving:Backup/bacula-regress -- Bruno Friedmann Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch openSUSE Member & Board, fsfe fellowship GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 irc: tigerfoot -- 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] Alternate desktops in Leap 42.1 RC1 (Current repo) still show OS 13.2 artwork
by B Pesavento 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

This is to alert interested people that as of October 25 the Enlightement DE in Leap 42.1 RC1 still shows OpenSUSE 13.2 artwork and wallpaper. Scanning files in the Current repo it seems that Mate has the same problem (although I didn't actually install it so far). LXQt has no OpenSUSE branding at all: is this intentional? Apparently LXDE and XFCE reference standard openSUSE-branding images, so they should be OK, but I didn't actually test these either. The main KDE and Gnome DEs I actually tested seem OK to me. Please let me know if I may be of further help. Regards, Bruno Pesavento (OrsoBruno on forums.opensuse.org) -- 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] scanning the openSUSE members
by jdd 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Hello, We discussed this already before summer, but the moment (holidays) was not nice for this work, and I hoped to have some script help, but it do not seems possible (or I couldn't manage it). So I will begin the work now, by hand. If any body want to help, it would be a good thing as there are around 500 members to test. To help, you need to be already a member officially. the work flow is the following: do *not* try to contact the members right now, the goal is to make the work with the less disturbance possible. * open the connect member page (https://connect.opensuse.org//pg/groups/memberlist/111) (ask here to ask for a page number to work on) * open on our computer or on any *private* page a text document where you will write your search results (we will later share your documents) * clic on the name of the member you want to track. * write down for each member the name, the openSUSE email and any relevant information. Be warned that most infos of these page are out of date * try searching google to find the later date this member gives sign of activity. For example, Pavol Rusnak is listed as the first member, but his listed web site is non existent. His wiki page list him as member of the openSUSE board, which was true, but obsolete. He is listed as developer for 13.2... but I couldn't find more recent openSUSE activity (but many pages do not have any date), so I will write on his line theses clues to be made better later. you see why it's long :-) any help of any kind welcome :-) sincerely jdd -- 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] Who has decided to migrate translations to Weblate on openSUSE?
by Carlos E. R. 11 Oct '15

11 Oct '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Suddenly, without telling us, the translators, we noticed that some translations have migrated to weblate. https://svn.opensuse.org/svn/opensuse-i18n/trunk/lcn/50-pot/snapper.pot.mig… https://l10n.opensuse.org/ Nobody told or asked the current translators. :-// Me, I say here and now that this means I stop contributing to translations. I will not use a web tool and that's not open to discussion. Some of the translators are now talking about this, and so far all think similarly. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlYZHK8ACgkQja8UbcUWM1yOLgD+JLPxwx32QYfoodc0x/o8eBNm iJ0urZdSKzRYiu5M5loA/36LefiEq7nAh78SCSarMG4VPoJhpBsOshbHtNr2OuDX =QWU+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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] Election time approaching
by Robert Schweikert 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hi, As the end of the year is quickly approaching it is once again time for openSUSE Board elections. In an effort to get things going we need to form an election committee. Generally 2-3 people are sufficient for this task. The election committee is responsible for setting the timeline of the elections, determining the seats that are up for election, setting up the election and announcing the results when it is all over. Please reply to this thread or send a message to the board mailing list (board at o.o) if you are interested to help out and be part of the election committee. For those that might be interested in being part of the openSUSE board now is the time to give this more serious thought. The guidance from previous elections applies. There is a bi-weekly board call and board members are expected to participate in the majority of meetings. The amount of things to do is not overwhelming but there is stuff that needs to get done. We generally have a face to face meeting early in the year in Nuremberg and all board members are expected to attend. If there are any specific questions you can reply to this thread or send a message to the board mailing list (board at o.o) It would be great if we could have some volunteers for the committee relatively soon such that the process can get started. Thanks, Your openSUSE Board -- 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] scanning the openSUSE members
by Cornelius Schumacher 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

On Monday 05 October 2015 18:26:07 Home wrote: > > So you do feel that the community should choose the people who are part of > the board although the board is not really an entity that leads the > community. Is that right? I think it's fine that the community chooses the people on the board. The process could be simpler, but that's not a big issue. The board has an important task. The task is much more about communication than about leading the community, but for that it's still very helpful to have legitimation by the community, e.g. when advocating openSUSE's interests towards SUSE. -- Cornelius Schumacher <cschum(a)suse.de> -- 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] scanning the openSUSE members
by Amey Abhyankar 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

On 4 October 2015 at 15:44, jdd <jdd(a)dodin.org> wrote: > > and we badly need non developers members to promote openSUSE +1 Just FYI: Above '+1' is from a non 'openSUSE member' i.e. non developer without 'those' perks i.e. openSUSE e-mail address. ^_^ I inquired about 'how to' get those perks with fellow Geeko's from India but seems like I need to be a developer for that. Would be nice to get openSUSE.org e-mail address at oSC's in person. [Of course after verification of identity of a non developer contributor to openSUSE.] Now the obvious question = Why a non developer need's a openSUSE e-mail address? Answer: i) I can correlate it to key signing party which happens at many of our openSUSE conf's. ii) 2ndly I believe it's a trusted platform to communicate directly with openSUSE contributors iii) It gives more fine impression of openSUSE when I am/we are promoting it in respective regions worldwide via e-mail. iv) Promotional e-mail from public domains are filtered by readers easily inc auto e-mail sorting facility by GMAIL for example. May be we can restrict non developer members from voting at initial stage but at same time can accommodate them in 'openSUSE Members' club? :-) I hope I am not distracting the subject line. Thanks & Regards, Amey. > > jdd > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org > To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org > -- 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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