October 2019 - 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] Can one manually become a "Member Emeritus"
by Stefan Seyfried 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Hi all, after reading https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members, I understand that I can cancel my membership status with immediate effect and forever. To become a "Member Emeritus", with a "way back" into the community in case things might turn good again, I have to wait for the status request and just not respond to it. But the last such request was almost 3 years ago. IIUC I need to stop all actions on the mailing lists (might be a good idea ;-)) and packaging (not so good) for the bot to pick me up. So is there a manual procedure to follow to become "Member Emeritus"? Best regards, Stefan -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- 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] huge amount of SPAM on opensuse-connect
by christian.imhorst＠posteo.de 02 Jun '21

02 Jun '21

Hi, Am Do., 21. Feb. 2019 um 15:32 Uhr schrieb Lars Vogdt <Lars.Vogdt(a)suse.com>: As such, maintaining 447 [1] openSUSE members should not depend on a single tool. Especially not if the used tool has open, well known security issues since years[2]. On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:41:19 +0100 Richard Brown wrote: > This isn't the first time I've asked this question on a public stage, > but in the hope that this time I get an answer; > Who volunteers to tackle the problem with connect.o.o and drive > forward a solution? I made my proposal already and I stand the point: shut down an insecure system! what does "drive forward a solution" mean? Can we integrate the functions of connect.o.o into other services at openSUSE which are allready maintained like the openSUSE wiki? A form for travel support for example? An application for membership could be done by e-mail to an e-mail address of the membership officials. Elections could be done with an eVote software like https://github.com/mdipierro/evote for example, but probably there are better tools. What did I miss? I think Lars is right an we should shutdown this insecure system as soon as possible. Regards Christian Imhorst -- 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] NNTP gateway to forums.o@o.o
by Knurpht-openSUSE 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi all, Since the current NNTP gateway by MicoFocus is being shutdown from Wed 19th of June, there will temporarily be none. Meanwhile some of our community members are working on replacing it, announcements about this will follow a.s.a.p. -- 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

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[opensuse-project] Project name and logo discussion
by Stasiek Michalski 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

Hi, I am myself afraid of this email, because this is about the basis of the community, distributions, plans for foundation etc... Any change in regards to all things outlined here will be controversial and will have huge influence on the future of openSUSE as a whole. Take this very seriously, but also don't take it too seriously because it doesn't change the way community operates, but instead how it ends up being represented. As mentioned in my talk week ago, I would like to change the openSUSE logo to break it off of SUSE branding, however as Richard rightfully pointed out, the suggestion should also mention changing the name of community and distributions, to remove the `SUSE` part of `openSUSE`, on top of a few other issues that are unrelated to foundation talks. [1,2] We do need to tackle this now, considering we are going through vital parts of the talks of the Foundation, and both trademarks are planned to be transferred at some point, but it might be best to start off the foundation with the name and logo that isn't necessarily tied to SUSE brand for easier legal proceedings between SUSE and the project, depending on the community outlook on the ideas. openSUSE logo issues: * older version of SUSE logo, which is similar enough to be confusing, also will require agreement between future openSUSE Foundation and SUSE to use the logo * colour is too bright and light to stand out well on light backgrounds [3] * button variant looks the same as SUSE logo buttons, with the only exception being colour (and SUSE tends to use similar green for buttons they haven't updated in a long time) For current proposals, and to propose more visit: https://github.com/openSUSE/branding/issues/93 openSUSE name issues: * contains `SUSE`, which will require agreement between future openSUSE Foundation and SUSE to use the name (we will need this anyway, because we will support older releases, but at least there would be some exit strategy when everything goes south built into the name of the foundation) * we are endlessly complaining about wrong capitalization (and will for the rest of time), even SUSE has it easier with "only" SuSE, SuSe and Suse [4] * FSF complains about `open`, although that works with openness of the collaboration, more than `free` or `libre` would (not to mention that we do have non-free repos) [5] There has obviously been a lot of suggestions here, from various contributors, stuff like `Viridian Foundation` works quite well for the purposes of the naming, because it references SUSE, while not being directly tied to SUSE name (although it might be too generic and hard to type). More important than the name itself however is to decide if we want to change the logo and/or the name at all, or we want to leave everything as is. If we do decide for a change there we will be able to choose the name and the logo through a vote, I or some other designer will just have to design and fix up logos proposed by the community for the vote (like it was previously done with the YaST mascot/logo, which looked crude before the redesign, but was a great community idea). [6] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgkMlCZiP4 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZmc4CXzFQ [3] https://contrast-ratio.com/#%2373ba25-on-white [4] https://i.imgur.com/ySr4JAA.png [5] https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#openSUSE [6] https://github.com/yast/yast-theme/commit/1cdb9e9c2545ba1604f8bdf88864e9ae9… LCP [Stasiek] https://lcp.world -- 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 Project Name Change Vote
by Ish Sookun 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Dear openSUSE Members, There have been long discussions on the openSUSE Project mailing list about the pros and cons of a the project name change. The discussions contain a lot of arguments in favor or against such a change. The community appears divided over this matter and under such circumstances it is not easy to draw consensus by just looking at the mailing list discussions. The board asked for a project name change vote to obtain a clearer picture of the community's decision. The vote will open on 10 October 2019 and end on 31 October 2019. Members will receive their vote link and credential in an email sent to their openSUSE email alias. Three weeks ago an email [1] was sent to the project mailing list to inform members of this vote and thus giving everyone enough time to check whether their openSUSE email alias is redirecting emails properly. A second reminder [2] was sent about a week ago. If you haven't had time to update your member email alias, you can still do so by sending an email to admin(a)opensuse.org. Please reach out to the Election Officials through election-officials(a)opensuse.org if you are having any trouble receiving your vote link. The vote page asks whether we change the project name and the answer option is either "yes" or "no". The result of the vote will be announced on 1 November 2019. Regards, Ish Sookun (from the Election Committee) [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2019-09/msg00005.html [2] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2019-09/msg00062.html -- 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] Project name change vote extended
by Ish Sookun 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Dear openSUSE members, The Board and the Election Committee have put together a wiki page [1] with a summary of arguments in relation to the project name change vote and extended the deadline. You can vote or update your choice until 23h59 UTC on 7 Nov 2019. Only the last vote counts. All eligible voters must have received an update on their member email alias. If you haven't receive your voting link and credential please let us know on election-officials(a)opensuse.org. Regards, Ish Sookun [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Project_name_change_vote -- 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] Getting Started With Linux Magazines Leap 15.1
by ddemaio 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hi all, If any of you are interested in me shipping you some Getting Started With Linux Magazines of Leap 15.1, please let me know. You can find the magazine at http://www.linux-magazine.com/Resources/Special-Editions/36-Getting-Started… These are great to have at a booth for a community conference or to interact with a local university or Linux for a Linux Users group. If you are interested, I can send you some. One bundle has 30 magazines. Just let me know how many bundles you would need and send me your address. v/r Doug -- 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] [netiquette] efficient quoting of replies
by Adam Spiers 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

Someone (not relevant who) wrote: [snipped gigantic block of quoted text] >Logo vote is coming as soon as we figure out the name. Please can *everyone*[1] trim unnecessary quoted text from their replies? It's tiring to have to scroll through pages of old text just to reach a one-line reply at the bottom. Thanks in advance! [1] Sorry $sender, not meaning to pick on you - I have seen this happen a lot from many people recently; this was just the straw on the camel's back ... -- 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] Forwarder not working
by Ish Sookun 16 Oct '19

16 Oct '19

Hi Jim, I sent you the below email and cc'ed the Election Committee on Saturday. There was no reply until today when you mentioned that you didn't receive my email. Could you have a look whether some of the emails are being marked as spam? Regards, Ish Sookun -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse-project] Re: openSUSE Project Name Change Vote Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:18 +0400 From: Ish Sookun <ish.sookun(a)lasentinelle.mu> Organization: La Sentinelle Ltd To: Jim Henderson <hendersj(a)gmail.com> CC: openSUSE Election Officials <election-officials(a)opensuse.org> Hi Jim, On 10/11/19 11:43 PM, Jim Henderson wrote: > I haven't, but my forwarder is working. I tested it with the first > notification that this would be used for sending this notification out. Can you please send your openSUSE member name, email alias and target email? I will check whether we have obtained the correct information. Regards, Ish Sookun -- 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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