December 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] Intention to run for Board
by Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Dear all, Yesterday I was asked to consider, today I decided to take the leap, and run for a position in the openSUSE Board. A short personal introduction, overview of past and current activities can be found here: https://en.opensuse.org/User:Knurpht More data on https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/Knurpht Kind regards, -- Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht Official openSUSE Member openSUSE Forums Team -- 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] Running up for Board
by Tomáš Chvátal 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hello everybody, After checking the progress of the board aplications I've decided to join the fun and try to get in the race. Now people might ask quite obvious questions: Q: Why the heck would you do this? A: As the board is non-technical leading body I want to join to help and make our community nice place to make everyone enjoy, at least a bit ;-), being part of it. Q: And what are your plans? A: World domination! But seriously to keep up the good work current board did and try to improve where possible. Apart from this I will try to check up and help on the board projects, like beat up Miska with dead trout until he provides the scripts to detect inactivity... :) Cheers Tom -- 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 Board election for 2016
by Martin Pluskal 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

Hi Due to busy schedules of all involved, combined with holidays, we have decided to adjust schedule a bit, so the schedule is now following: 2/ 2016-01-01 * Notification of intent to run, and application for an openSUSE membership close (end of phase 0). 3/ 2016-01-02 (Phase 1) * Start of campaign for the candidates before the ballots open (campaign might be done until ballots close). 4/ 2016-01-21 (Phase 2) * Ballots open: Please cast your vote here! 5/ 2016-02-01 * Ballots close (end of phase 2) 6/ 2016-02-02 * Announcement of the results Thank you for your support and have a lot of fun! openSUSE 2016 Election Committee Andrew Wafaa Martin Pluskal

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[opensuse-project] Standing up for the board elections
by Manu Gupta 27 Dec '15

27 Dec '15

Hi I hope I am not late (I was travelling and had limited access). I will like to stand up for the openSUSE Board elections this year. I will post my platform later. Thank you so much for accepting my candidacy. -- 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] Many thanks for SuseStudio!
by S. 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

Hi everyone, I'd just like to give a shout out to the openSUSE team to thank and congratulate them for providing SuseStudio. I've gotten to know it quite well during the course of the creation of my custom openSUSE Leap appliance for myself and many other new Linux users I support. SuseStudio really is an incredibly powerful and generous offering, allowing even dolts like myself to put together a really slick custom distribution that is still backed by the maturity of the fantastic openSUSE infrastructure. I'd also like to express my thanks to the SuseStudio team for continuing to offer the creation of **live** images on SuseStudio, together with the live installer. I know that openSUSE is now more concentrated on the net installer and the DVD installer images, but for me and **many others** a live installable ISO continues to be the preferred option. Please continue to support this option via SuseStudio. Thanks again! -- 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] FOSSETCON REPORT
by Chuck Payne 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Guys, I am sorry this is a week late but we did have that holiday last weekend. I first want to thank Douglas for getting me Shirts and other swag way head of time. I was ready. The only down side was I didn't have any printed media, but I did buy two hundred blank dvd's and burnt them with openSUSE Leap 42.1. I would like to thank Ricard Brown/Douglas for letting know they wanted me to go and letting me. Beside the local user group that I help with, this was the first event in over four years for me to go as for openSUSE. So I was very please when I was asked to go. FOSSETCON was small, rumor has it been two hundred to three people. I rented a car so that I could carry down the two Dell Optiplex 755 Small forum pc I bought just of this. I also took a Raspberry Pi2 with the latest image running on it. My work Performance Matters donated a monitor to me for these events. I came a day early to see if I could help out. Which I did, I helped set up projectors, sound systems and other things the events needed. Thursday, was classes so expo hall so again I helped the event as much as I could. Because, I was able to help out in that matter they asked if I would help check in Richard Stallman into the hotel, he was the key speaker this year. I told that not a problem. I did. I also made sure that RSM got lunch and was at the speaker Dinner. I was nice to meet him. Friday and Saturday was the expo hall, I had the table set up Thursday, after which I again helped the event setup up. We were near the front door behind us was Red Hat. There were only three Distro there, Fedora/Red Hat, Ubuntu, and us. I have to say this event was awesome. I don't mean that because it been while, but the fact that I had people hangout the both asking questions. I have about 5 people stay about two hours, since I had the two computers, I had came with Tumbleweed on it, but I reinstall Leap on with the Gnome Desk so that people can see both in action. I burnt only 150 DVD all were taking away. I only put a few shirts out at time gave them to people that were really asking question about the bistro or would let me example why were are an awesome distro to use. The most popular thing we were giving way were the books ( by the way awesome job ) and the geeko windows replacement sticker. I only came home with a hand few of stickers. I did have someone ask if I would install Leap for them. I did, with the understanding that if anything happen it was ok not openSUSE or the events. I also created a few USB sticks for people while I was there too. One very cool thing there was a voip company there what builds there app on top of SUSE, I seem to misplace their card. Again, thank you for letting do the whole Ambassador/Advocate stuff again. I was a blast. I am as always willing to go where need, who knows maybe one day I will make it across the pond. Your Truly your humble Ambassador/Advocate for openSUSE. -- Terror PUP a.k.a Chuck "PUP" Payne ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. -- 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 13.1 - Preparation for Evergreen
by Axel Braun 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Dear community members, we have some 4 weeks to go until openSUSE 13.1 will run out of support. Already now repositories start to disappear! 13.1 should go to Evergreen, and I feel it will be the most important release ever in Evergreen: It will be the last stable 32bit openSUSE Version! Dont get me wrong, TW is considered as stable, but there are reasons why one running a 32bit environment will not switch to TW..... 13.1 as Evergreen will only be half way useable if only the Basis-Distribution is maintained: Many software is in other repositories, which now start to disappear. In previous version (11.4) users have found worarounds (e.g. local copies with rsync) to overcome this limitation. I dont feel this is the way to go, esp. if you plan to keep some 13.1 Appliances alive in SUSE Studio. The idea to have a build-target openSUSE:Evergreen in OBS, against which repos can build, sounds more like a reliable answer to the problem. This was discussed in the Evergreen-list, but the discussion came to a stop w/o conclusion/agreement. Thats why I would like to bring it into the project list. How can we get this process started? At least I would be happy to build against openSUSE:Evergreen for the repos and packages I maintain. Looking forward for your opinions Axel

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[opensuse-project] How to control builds in OBS?
by Larry Finger 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

I am the relatively new maintainer for VirtualBox with limited knowledge of the RPM build process. My predecessors had made the decision to keep the version of VB in openSUSE 13.2 to VB 4.3.x and that 13.1 be kept to VB 4.2.x. I support that decision, thus the builds for 5.0.x are never submitted to the openSUSE:13.y:Update branches. Despite that, I just received a build failure notice from OBS with the subject "Build failure of Virtualization/virtualbox in openSUSE_13.1/x86_64". The detailed log shows that a build of VB 5.0.10 that ran out of disk space. As far as I am concerned, attempting that build was a waste of OBS resources. What changes should I make in the .spec file to prevent these useless builds for 13.1 and 13.2? In case a build that is important runs out of space, what is the default disk space assigned to builds. Thanks, Larry -- 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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