October 2017 - 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] Could any of the openSUSE Committers add me to github openSUSE group
by Liang Yan 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Hello, My name is Liang, and I am working on virtualization team, and we have a QEMU repo under openSUSE now. Could anyone invite me to join openSUSE group, and two of my colleagues if possible, :) really appreciate it. Liang Yan: lyan(a)suse.com Lin Ma: lma(a)suse.com Fei Li: fli(a)suse.com Thanks, Liang -- 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] openSUSE merits a better home page
by Felix Miata 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

Richard Brown composed on 2017-10-26 15:39 (UTC+0200): ... > Since 2009 > - our number of monthly downloads of our distributions had steadily > declined, suggesting a constant apathy in the adoption of the > Project's main output > - our number of downloads around each release had steadily declined, > suggesting that each release was failing more than the last at > gathering significant traction with the broad "Linux of everyone" > target audience the openSUSE Project had at the time > - our number of unique users of our official download repos had > steadily increased, suggesting however that we had a steady, loyal, > and growing userbase > When taken on balance this mean that openSUSE could be argued to be > _at best_ stagnant, or at worst in a shallow decline.... Was the competence of Zypper taken into consideration here? I can't remember the last time I did an offline upgrade - 2009 it could have been. I download GM .isos for use with installation on computers not my own, but rarely use them for anything else. Zypper is just too good to waste time in single user mode do do a distribution upgrade that is virtually indistinguishable from ordinary updating, and can readily be prevented from upgrading selected packages via Zypper's intuitive locking system. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.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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Re: [opensuse-project] My feedback on 'membership' request page & 'geekos' group
by Amey Abhyankar 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

On 15 June 2017 at 16:02, Knurpht - Gertjan Lettink <knurpht(a)opensuse.org> wrote: > Op woensdag 14 juni 2017 13:54:30 CEST schreef Amey Abhyankar > <sco1984(a)gmail.com> : > >> Hello All, >> >> 'openSUSE Conference 2017 Annual Meeting With the openSUSE Board' >> session left very good impressions. >> >> Particularly 'Membership reform' slide encouraged me to apply for the >> 'membership' . >> I am referring to following recorded session = >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fatboA5q7QI&index=14&list=PL_AMhvchzBacOM0DT >> f7pn-S_duElE9yMC [Pls move over to 05:03 minutes] >> >> I logged in at connect.opensuse.org, wrote about my contribution & >> submitted the form. >> While doing this process, I was asked to join 'Geekos' group & to read >> 'Guiding Principles'. >> >> To my finding, respective 'Geekos' group is almost dead & the last >> post done in the group discussion is 214 days ago. Also, the group has >> over 5000+ members. Most seems non member. >> >> With this regards, I have suggestion to do modification/renovate to the page >> or, >> Redirect user to 'Guiding Principles' page itself to click and accept >> the 'Guiding Principles'. :-) >> & >> remove inactive users from this group if possible. >> >> >> Regards, >> Amey. > > The Board is already on this matter, please be patient for a while, it's going > to need some time. Thanks. My openSUSE membership application is approved today. Thanks Membership Officials for approving my request. Regards, Amey. > > -- > Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht > > openSUSE Board 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 > -- 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] GNOME Packager & Maintainer for openSUSE
by ddemaio 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

Hi everyone, First and foremost, on behalf of the openSUSE Project, I would like to personally thank Zaitor (Bjørn Lie) for his many years of dedication to the openSUSE Project as a GNOME packager and maintainer. Thank you Zaitor for everything you have done over the past decade for openSUSE, GNOME and open-source users worldwide. All open-source projects experience an attrition rate and the openSUSE Project is looking for a person to work closely with upstream GNOME to help maintain and package it for openSUSE releases. Packaging is a big part of the maintaining requirement. There are roughly 600 package to be maintained. Members of the openSUSE community can help with packaging to get the new GNOME maintainer fully up to date on GNOME packaging and maintaining for openSUSE releases. New maintainers, along with members of the community, also help to double check the packaging that people assist with for a release. A proficiency in packaging is necessary and volunteers will build a close relationship with upstream GNOME. If you are interested, visit the GNOME team on IRC in the #opensuse-gnome <irc://irc.freenode.org/opensuse-gnome>channel or subscribe and email opensuse-gnome(a)opensuse.org <mailto:opensuse-gnome@opensuse.org>. Respectfully, Douglas DeMaio, openSUSE Project

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-announce] Planned downtime for many openSUSE services from 2017-10-13 to 2017-10-14
by Theo Chatzimichos 13 Oct '17

13 Oct '17

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 01:55:53PM +0200, Theo Chatzimichos wrote: > Hello, > > from Friday 2017-10-13 16:00 UTC till Saturday 2017-10-14 16:00 UTC the SUSE > Nuremberg office will have a power outage, for scheduled maintenance on the > building's electricity. Due to that, a number of services will be down. The > only services that will be normally operating are: > - status.opensuse.org > - download.opensuse.org > - static.opensuse.org > - conncheck.opensuse.org > > The rest of the services will be fully online on Sunday 2017-10-15. The Heroes > team will try to keep you updated on the situation, and will also send a few > reminders (on the opensuse-announce mailing list) before the incident. > > Thanks for the understanding. > On behalf of the heroes team and the SUSE-IT team Just a reminder about this weekend's outage (sending to multiple mailing lists to reach more people, sorry for the cross-posting). Please also be aware that due to technical constraints, the above services will not be available through IPv6 during the outage. Theo

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[opensuse-project] Getting Started With Linux Magazine
by ddemaio 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

Hi all, Members of the openSUSE community have been working with Linux-Magzine.com to publish a special edition of a Getting Started With Linux magazine (cover attached). I am thrilled to inform you that this 100-page magazine featuring openSUSE Leap 42.3 will be available on newsstands throughout the globe over the coming months. The distribution of the magazines are expected to bring more openSUSE users to our community. You might see more asking questions about using openSUSE in the coming months even though the magazine does a great job of explaining the basics. The project has received 3,000 of these magazines to be used for various purposes like distributing at conferences. In addition to distributing some at conferences, we would like to also send a package to people who could distribute them to their local university, college, computer science class or Linux user group. There are 30 magazines in a pack and I can send you a package if you are willing to distribute it to one of the above mentioned target groups. If you are willing to do this, please reply with your full name, mailing address and phone number so I send you a package. I would like to thank the people in our community who helped to make the Getting Started With Linux magazine possible, and thank you to the community members who are helping to bring openSUSE to users throughout the world. Have a lot of fun! Respectfully, Doug

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[opensuse-project] add me as a group member
by Liang Yan 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

Hello, My name is Liang, and I am working on qemu for virtualization team, I am wondering if could include me a group member here? So I can join team and get write permission. Thanks, Liang -- 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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