February 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

22 38

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

23 70

[opensuse-project] dis-Connect
by Fraser_Bell 19 Jul '19

19 Jul '19

Hi, Christian: > <Fraser_Bell> Thanks. BTW: I would join Heroes and work on the Connect.o.o replacements, if I had any idea what I was doing. But, not till elections are over. > <cboltz> :-) > <cboltz> the important part of connect.o.o is handling the membership and maybe being a "phonebook" for openSUSE > <cboltz> the other parts (groups, polls etc.) are more or less useless and can easily be dropped <snip> > <cboltz> Fraser_Bell: I also like the https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/$USERNAME pages so if you work on a replacement and keep them, I'll be more than happy ;-) > <Fraser_Bell> Yes. <snip> > cboltz> oh, I'm quite sure someone will happily upgrade you if you promise to do the work ;-) > <Fraser_Bell> cboltz: Wait until after the Elections, please, I am now down to 20 pounds soaking wet and red, bleary eyes!!!! Elections are over. Let's get started. -- -Gerry Makaro openSUSE Member openSUSE Global Moderator openSUSE Contributor YaST Contributor aka Fraser_Bell on the Forums, OBS, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org Fraser-Bell on Github -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

8 10

[opensuse-project] huge amount of SPAM on opensuse-connect
by Alex Christoph Bihlmaier 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

Hello dear fellow opensuse-enthusiasts! I am wondering about openSUSE connect - there is a huge amount of spam on it and it really is not a shiny & bright representation of the openSUSE project. Who is in charge of it? I think we should deal with it. cheers Alex -- ** Jabber thalunil(a)kallisti.at **

19 59

[opensuse-project] Membership Management Project: What is your progress???
by Fraser_Bell 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

Some updates are requested to what is happening. <url>https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_talk:Membership_officials#Updates_to_Progr…</url> Also, any offers to help Maintain the system once up and running? <url>https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_talk:Membership_officials#openSUSE_Infra_r…</url> Thanks, -- -Gerry Makaro openSUSE Member openSUSE Global Moderator openSUSE Contributor YaST Contributor aka Fraser_Bell on the Forums, OBS, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org Fraser-Bell on Github -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

7 17

[opensuse-project] openSUSE Lizards is dead
by hellcp＠opensuse.org 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hi, Due to upcoming closure of openSUSE Lizards personal blogs, we are sending you your backup copy of submitted data. It's up to you to decide what to do with it, but we hope it will still be up for everyone to see, because it's an important piece of openSUSE and your history! We were however unable to find working email addresses for people with following usernames: aorlovskyy, flucifredi, froh, gogga, hobbsc, holden87, idulk, kdupuy9, michl19, nikanth, rhorstkoetter, sjayaraman, UngaMan, visnov Also if you haven't been sent an archive with data and you submitted any posts, please let us know! Lizards blogs will soon turn into read only archived version of the site, and one day will stop being accessible overall, so please update your links wherever you can. We also recommend you to use https://planet.opensuse.org with your personal blogs, because we would really like to still see what you are up to in regards to the openSUSE project. You can submit your site to this repository: https://github.com/openSUSE/planet.opensuse.org Have a lot of fun! 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

1 0

[opensuse-project] oSC19 Meeting Week 8
by ddemaio 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hi all, We will have the Week 8 meeting for the openSUSE Conference 2019 tomorrow on Feb. 26 at 18:00 UTC on the opensuse-project channel on freenode IRC. We are in Phase 1 of accepting talks. Speakers have been notified of their accepted talks. Most talks have been confirmed. However, there are currently 6 speakers who have not confirmed their talks. If by March 1, these talks are not confirmed, we will move into Phase 2 for accepting talks. This means that the talks that are not confirmed (currently 6) by March 1 will be withdrawn and the next highest rated talks will be accepted. I have sent each person that has not confirmed their talk a personal email reminding them to confirm their talk by March 1 or that is will be withdrawn. Reminders: There is an event in Nuremberg happening at the same time as oSC19 that will be highly attended by opticians. The optician event was organized after we already had the contracted dates for the location of oSC19. The amount of opticians attending their event may cause the price of the hotel to increase. Please consider booking your hotel for oSC19 ASAP. The prices of hotels in Furth and Erlangen (cities nearby) don't appear to have an increase in price; same with airbnb prices. Below are the meeting notes from previous weeks. v/r Doug Links: Trello board - https://trello.com/b/xhSviOKO Week 1 - https://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2018/opensuse-proj… Week 2 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2018/opensuse-proje… Week 3 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2018/opensuse-proje… Week 4 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2018/opensuse-proje… Week 5 - https://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2019/opensuse-proj… Week 6 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2019/opensuse-proje… Week 7 - http://community.opensuse.org/meetings/opensuse-project/2019/opensuse-proje… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

1 1

[opensuse-project] Access to a connect platform to test delete spam
by Carlos E. R. 26 Feb '19

26 Feb '19

Hello, Heroes team You may know (or not), that opensuse-project mailing list is heavily discussing the shutdown of connect and the replacement by something else. As temporary measure, some of us want to try remove the spam on the <https://connect.opensuse.org/>, while others discuss and try a replacement. We would need some kind of access to the platform. any hint appreciated -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)

3 2

[opensuse-project] Membership Management Project
by Fraser_Bell 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi: Please see, started by jdd: The Membership Management Project planning and implementation page: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_talk:Membership_officials All those who are taking part, please look here, check that your information is up to date and correct. You can either edit your information yourself, add details about what you are working on, or you can send that information directly to me or to jdd and we will post it for you. -- -Gerry Makaro openSUSE Member openSUSE Global Moderator openSUSE Contributor YaST Contributor aka Fraser_Bell on the Forums, OBS, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org Fraser-Bell on Github -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

1 0

[opensuse-project] Membership Interface
by Fraser_Bell 25 Feb '19

25 Feb '19

Hi, LCP: How is your project for the Membership / Connect issue coming along? I believe you said you were planning tests Monday? -- -Gerry Makaro openSUSE Member openSUSE Global Moderator openSUSE Contributor YaST Contributor aka Fraser_Bell on the Forums, OBS, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org Fraser-Bell on Github -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner(a)opensuse.org

4 3