September 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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[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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[opensuse-project] SLE(15) maintainer train issue
by Jan Engelhardt 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Not so much a Freight Train[1] than a "Passenger Train" issue.. In the past few days -- we know SLE15 is in the process of getting rounded up -- I have had two occurrences where SLE maintainers incorrectly believed they were actually full maintainers. Names known but withheld, the words were User with @suse.de address 1 / package 1: >I removed you from this package because I don't know why you >were marked as maintainer. User with @suse.com address 2 / package 2: >note that I'm the maintainer of this package >both in openSUSE [sic] and SLE For the benefit of the doubt, let's just say that both statements were made because people.. could not figure out why the maintainer list is as it is, and what the point of each userid in the <person> list, including their own, was. Part - or even root - of the problem, as I see it, is the OBS XML data forbids specifying any kind of additional fields and also silently truncates  on save, so there is no way to record the purpose of a given userid. In light of this, I think the SLE lead should talk to the OBS developers right away, some of which are in the same building I understand, gift them with cake and beer to have a solution drawn up in due time. Because, that argument works the same way for me: I don't know why they were marked as maintainer, and I'd rather do without the angry-bull-in-a-porcelain-shop package editing that was caused. [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Freight_Train -- 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] FYI Re: Jon maddog Hall
by PatrickD Garvey 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

I find this interesting from someone I follow: Subutai: Peer-to-peer, private, secure, stable cloud software that gives you control http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Paw-Prints-Writings-of-the-mad… -- 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 supports FSFE's new "Public Money, Public Code" Campaign
by Richard Brown 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hi all, openSUSE rarely involves itself in political or broad advocacy campaigns, but the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) have today launched a campaign which the openSUSE Board collectively feel very passionately about, and so we have pledged our support to their "Public Money, Public Code" campaign. The premise is nice & simple, that software developed and purchased using tax payers money should be "Public Code", as in covered under an Open Source license. If such a premise were to become policy of governments within Europe, this would bring clear benefits not only in the technical terms of accelerating the pace of innovation & simplifying discovery of security problems, but also in the financial aspect of saving taxpayers money. If you feel the same way I'd like to encourage you to sign the open letter at https://publiccode.eu Anything you can do to help spread the word and encourage support for this campaign would be greatly appreciated. The website also serves as a good source of additional information; There is also this press release: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01 Spiegel Online also have an article (German only): http://spon.de/ae3Rs The campaign was also mentioned at oSC 17 earlier this year: https://youtu.be/jMdYxmjq0Vk?t=31m20s Thanks, Richard Brown openSUSE Chairman 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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[opensuse-project] openSUSE supports FSFE's new "Public Money, Public Code" Campaign
by Richard Brown 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Hi all, openSUSE rarely involves itself in political or broad advocacy campaigns, but the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) have today launched a campaign which the openSUSE Board collectively feel very passionately about, and so we have pledged our support to their "Public Money, Public Code" campaign. The premise is nice & simple, that software developed and purchased using tax payers money should be "Public Code", as in covered under an Open Source license. If such a premise were to become policy of governments within Europe, this would bring clear benefits not only in the technical terms of accelerating the pace of innovation & simplifying discovery of security problems, but also in the financial aspect of saving taxpayers money. If you feel the same way I'd like to encourage you to sign the open letter at https://publiccode.eu Anything you can do to help spread the word and encourage support for this campaign would be greatly appreciated. The website also serves as a good source of additional information; There is also this press release: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01 Spiegel Online also have an article (German only): http://spon.de/ae3Rs The campaign was also mentioned at oSC 17 earlier this year: https://youtu.be/jMdYxmjq0Vk?t=31m20s Thanks, Richard Brown openSUSE Chairman 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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[opensuse-project] opensuse.org server
by Matthias Brugger 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Hi, Just in case you didn't realized yet. At least: build.opensuse.org openqa.opensuse.org are not reachable. Regards, Matthias -- 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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