November 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] "Abstain" an option for future votes
by Gerald Pfeifer 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed. That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice. Thank you to all who provided feedback! Gerald PS: We understand board elections allow a flexible number of choices, including choosing no candidate, so we do not see this as applicable there. -- 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] Election Committee - Call for volunteers
by Ish Sookun 28 Nov '19

28 Nov '19

Dear Community, The openSUSE Board election is knocking at our door and we need to form the next Election Committee in order to plan and oversee the smooth running of this election. As the Board election rules [1] state, the Election Committee should consist of at least two openSUSE members. Gerry Makaro, volunteered greatly and dedicated much of his time in the planning of the Board election 2018 - 2019. However, he won't be available to help this time. His meticulous planning will be greatly missed. Currently, the Election Committee has two members, Edwin Zakaria and myself. This is the strict minimum that the Board election rules specify. It also means that there is a huge amount of work to be done in a short lapse of time. Therefore, we are calling for volunteers, who wish to join the Election Committee and help with the election planning. Note that by joining the Election Committee you won't be eligible to run as Board candidate. Regards, Ish Sookun [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules -- 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] 2019-11-12 board meeting minutes
by Christian Boltz 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hello, here are the minutes of the 2019-11-12 board meeting. If you prefer a more formatted way, you can also read them on https://en.opensuse.org/Archive:Board_meeting_2019-11-12 Present: Gertjan, Simon, Axel, Gerald, Christian Absent with notice: Marina == Name vote == * the board is happy that we got a clear result * future votes will always have an abstain option (Action: Gerald will announce this on the project ML) == openSUSE trademarks == * Gerald will ask SUSE Legal to write a contract draft for the openSUSE trademarks so that the foundation can use them. * the contract should allow long-term / permanent permissions to use the trademarks * ideally, transfering the trademarks to the foundation in the future should be possible == Forum move == * we are still waiting for the forums database dump. Gerald will escalate this with MF-IT. == misc == * Gerald is invited to a EU panel discussion in Brussels, he'll send the questions to board@ to get some input * Simon reported that kangaroos enjoy having fun[tm] with cars (running into or jumping onto them), and aren't easy to cook Regards, Christian Boltz -- Bei etwas größeren Dingen mit 6stelligem Budget kommt gern mal "plötzlich" ein Onlineshop dazu. Oder ein Ticketsystem. So ganz von alleine. Gucki, ich bin eine kleine Kundenidee - ist das viel Arbeit? ;) [Ratti in suse-linux] -- 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] postmaster@suse.de and spam on opensuse.org addresses
by Mathias Homann 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

Hi, I think I've already posted about this, but I think there really needs to be done something. About 75% or even more of the spam I'm getting arrives at my opensuse.org email, and on closer inspection has been directly delivered to the secondary MX for opensuse.org. I take that spam, and feed it through spamcop.net which results in a complaint being sent to postmaster(a)suse.de, and I am getting the feeling that no one reads mails to that address, because in I don't know how many years I have gotten not a SINGLE reaction. >From the behaviour of "the system I can draw two conclusions: 1. that MX has no spam filter capabilities what so ever, not even something as simple as dns based block lists 2. no one gives a shit. I have already posted on that suse internal tracker thing that was suggested to me last time I said anything - and also no real reaction other than someone answering in a truly noncommital way, see https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/55838 so ... can I have some numbers about the mail volume on the opensuse.org domains? do we have to deal with the mail servers for opensuse.org ourselves? I mean, there is so much that *can* be done, spamassassin *with* DNS blacklists, postgrey, you name it. Cheers MH -- *Mathias Homann* Mathias.Homann@openSUSE:.org irc: [Lemmy] @ freenode, ircnet obs: lemmy04 keybase: https://keybase.io/lemmy *gpg key fingerprint: 8029 2240 F4DD 7776 E7D2 C042 6B8E 029E 13F2 C102* -- 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 - Results
by Ish Sookun 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

Dear all, The vote has ended and the results have been released. Do we change the project name? Yes 42 No 225 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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[opensuse-project] Dead project on github: openSUSE/vagrant
by Dan Cermak 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Hi list, do we have a policy how to address dead upstream projects from the openSUSE project? I have submitted a pull request to the openSUSE/vagrant project 3 months ago to replace it's current state with a set of new build recipes that I've been working on and that are now used to build the official Tumbleweed Vagrant box on Vagrant Cloud. Unfortunately, the project appears to be dead properly (afaik the main maintainer does no longer work for SUSE) and my pull request has only been reviewed by external contributors. Can we do something about this? I'd be willing to (co-)maintain this project, so that the build recipes can finally be public. Or I'd request a new project to be created and archive openSUSE/vagrant instead? Cheers, Dan -- Dan Čermák <dcermak(a)suse.com> Software Engineer Development tools SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nuremberg Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Managing Director: Felix Imendörffer

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