January 2016 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] Board meetings & minutes?
by Per Jessen 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Judging by https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_meeting, the board stopped meeting in March last year, and no minutes were posted from that last irc meeting. Apparently a face-to-face meeting took place on March 28 & 29, but I see no minutes nor a report from that either. In May 2015, Bruno Friedmann then quietly announced: "To be precise, the meeting on irc, is no more automatic. It's on demand when the need and the actors are there." http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2015-05/msg00470.html Really, no board meetings since March last year? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6°C) -- 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 @ FOSDEM - Chance for free travel from Nuremberg, DE
by Richard Brown 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

(Apologies for the cross-posting) Hello All, It's that time of year again! FOSDEM is at the end of the month (30 & 31 Jan) and as usual, openSUSE will be there, big, bold and as green as ever FOSDEM is one of our biggest events of the year, and is an exceptionally good opportunity to see what is going on in the big wide open source world and start conversations collaborating across our various projects. Kostas has arranged for a booth at the conference, and I believe he is still looking for volunteers to help man it. I would expect a formal Call for Volunteers in the next few days, but anyone who is keen to help can probably email him directly already - warlordfff(a)opensuse.org . Given all the changes regarding Tumbleweed and the launch of Leap lately, I'm expecting even more interest in the openSUSE booth than usual this year, so the more volunteers the better. The openSUSE Booth is the focal point of our presence at FOSDEM, always with lost of people coming up and asking questions. In between attending tracks I'd encourage all openSUSE contributors to stop by, say hello, and help out at the booth, even if it's just answering questions of passers by. We are one of the more active projects out there these days, FOSDEM is one of those chances to really show it. For those of us lucky enough to live near Nuremberg, SUSE are sponsoring a coach which will be taking as many as we can from SUSE's HQ in Nuremberg to Brussels Most of us are staying at the NH City Centre or NH Stephanie hotels, so picking a hotel near there will be most convenient - I cannot promise the bus will be able to drop everyone off at their own hotel. It will be leaving *promptly* at 10am on 29th, and returning late on 31st (it's a long drive, but a lot of fun) There are currently 14 seats available, please email Michael Haefner (mhaefner(a)suse.de) if you're interested in coming along Thanks, Richard Brown openSUSE Board Chairman -- 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] Board elections: Knurpht's platform
by Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi all, Here's my platform on openSUSE:Board https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2016_platform_Knurpht -- 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] Board platform for scarabeus
by Tomáš Chvátal 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Seems like everyone is posting out their platform. So without more ado here goes my linky to wiki: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2016_platform_scarabeus Cheers Tom

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Re: [opensuse-project] Board meetings & minutes?
by Amey Abhyankar 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

On 6 January 2016 at 19:43, Richard Brown <RBrownCCB(a)opensuse.org> wrote: > > On 6 January 2016 at 14:35, Christian Boltz <opensuse(a)cboltz.de> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Am Mittwoch, 6. Januar 2016 schrieb Richard Brown: > >> Board meetings are typically where non-urgent 'day to day' type stuff > >> is discussed (eg. openSUSE conference planning and preparation, > > > > Good point - are there any news about the openSUSE Conference 2016? ;-) > > > > I only know that it will probably be in Nürnberg (that's what was said > > at oSC15), but I didn't hear much since then - except some rumors that > > it doesn't seem to be easy to find a good place in Nürnberg. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Christian Boltz > > Please do not consider what I am about to share as final > > But, it will be in Nuremberg :woot: > A venue has been found and selected :woot: :woot: Amazing! oSC is the only opportunity every year [for me] to meet maximum fellow Geeko's face to face. I am attending oSC's since 2012 consecutively & still have preserved conference badges [& some goodies] from those oSC's as a memory. [Thanks to openSUSE travel support program/team of course.] Thanks for your comment Richard. ^_^ Regards, Amey. > > And I believe the current estimated dates are going to be in the > latter part of June > -- > 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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[opensuse-project] My campaign for the openSUSE Board
by Manu Gupta 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi Everyone ( I have a very weak Internet connection until Sunday, so please bear with me, with this email only for a while). My general consensus would be to improve communication between everyone (the board, the developers, the non-developers and SUSE). Thanks to the previous efforts from the community and the Board (I do not agree with all that the board does however, they have worked hard over the past two years and have bought noticeable changes to the community), we have are at talking to each other better and more. However, as much as it is necessary, I believe we should have some kind of rules to guide how these communication will work. For example, if a new project has to be incorporated how does that happen, specially for our non-technical contributors, how do we involve them early testing so that they can give feedback?) What I am good at is really keep deadlines in the context of the project, and that has been demonstrated with my contributions to GSoC and openSUSE.Asia Summit. If something cannot be done, I won't drag it longer than required. -- 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] Board Elections 2016 - Stathis Iosifidis Platform
by Efstathios Iosifidis 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hello lizards, As you probably know, I am candidate. I used older templates for platform and created my own here: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2016_platform_diamond_gr You can find my contributions there. I'll try to answer as many questions as possible during that period. January until mid February are hard months for me regarding my personal-professional life. So I'll try to answer as soon as I can. More blogposts to come. Bring the fun back. #vote4stathis -- http://www.iosifidis.gr http://linkedin.iosifidis.gr Great leaders don't tell you what to do...They show you how it's done. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts...absolutely. -- 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] Was: Re: [opensuse-factory] New Tumbleweed snapshot 20151229 released!
by Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Op woensdag 6 januari 2016 23:17:56 schreef Basil Chupin: > On 04/01/16 20:02, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > > On Monday 04 January 2016 17.51:58 Basil Chupin wrote: > >> On 02/01/16 03:58, Ludwig Nussel wrote: > >>> Please note that this mail was generated by a script. > >>> The described changes are computed based on the x86_64 DVD. > >>> The full online repo contains too many changes to be listed here. > >> > >> [pruned] > >> > >> > >> A question, Ludwig: why are these announcements about the release of new > >> snapshots of Tumbleweed still being posted in this Factory list -- a > >> list which most people probably do not read -- instead of being posted > >> for all to see in the opensuse [help] list? > >> > >> The current incumbent to the role of the Chairman of the OpenSUSE Board > >> pronounced his dictum that the Factory list was for developer matters > >> and that user support/matters are to be dealt with in the opensuse list > >> -- reference: > >> > >> > >> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2015-12/msg00646.html > >> > >> > >> (Do I hear a dissenting voice in the form of Patrick Shanahan? :-) ) > >> > >> > >> BC > > > > Hey Basil, you're suscribed to both list right? > > Yes, I am subscribed to both lists. You're point being? > > > Then it would be nice contribution for those end users, to simply forward > > the mail to the users list until factory/tumbleweed team find a way to > > auto-push to it. > > Ah, that's your point. Well, you see, I am not the author of those > messages and I do not have the authority to FWD them. > > Besides, it doesn't take much effort to add a 'CC:' in the HEADER to > also send a copy of a message to 'opensuse' list. > > > The Chairman, as any board member, as any contributor, do what he can, > > with the free time, we can all allow to openSUSE contribution. > > > > You've plenty of time to write, nice. Use that to drive the community to a > > be a nice place to play with others. > > You know what I think? I think that you have been taking lessons from > your 'Fearless Leader' in how to reply to people's posts and therefore > "how to make friends and influence people". > > I ask a legitimate question from Ludwig and you, who is not Ludwig, come > out with your response. > > I didn't ask you the question -- and your response did not even come > close in providing a sensible answer. > > And, therefore, I await the sensible answer from Ludwig. > > > ps : You know, you can still apply to become Board Member, so you will be > > able to share the slaps some of you have kindly throw to our Board staff. > > Bruno, you wrote this message at 2002 hours on 4 January 2015. > > As a board member who has been active on the board for the past 2 years > and taking a keen interest in all things openSUSE-Community-Board and > openSUSE-Community itself you would know that nominations for vacancies > on the board closed on 1 January 2015[#]. Apart from missing the closing > date for nominating I have no intention of nominating for anything -- I > have had my share of being on boards et al. > > > [#] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2015-12/msg00083.html > > > BC A second reply: some googling and going through the archives shows you have a long history of questioning and ridiculing board decisions, mostly wrapped up in personal attacks. IMHO that's not what these lists ( nor the forums, nor the social media pages ) are for. -- 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] Board Elections - New Blog URL
by Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi all, Here's the new URL for my blog posts: http://blog.knurpht.nl -- 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] Board Elections
by Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi all, As promised, coming back with a blog post / manifesto https://forums.opensuse.org/entry.php/168-Here-we-go -- 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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