April 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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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] 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

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[opensuse-project] 2019-04-02 board meeting minutes
by Christian Boltz 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Hello, here are the meeting minutes of the 2019-04-02 board meeting. If you prefer the wiki formatting, you can also read them on https://en.opensuse.org/Archive:Board_meeting_2019-04-02 There are some items with a "feedback welcome" - if you want to comment on them (or the other things), feel free to answer here or to board@ == Foundation/Independence == * we need to decide which way (e.V., joining an umbrella foundation) makes sense - topic for the face to face meeting, feedback on opensuse-project@ is of course welcome * Simon will write up a summary of the options of umbrella foundations * in general feedback from SUSE about becoming independent is positive, but we've also heard a concern that independence could be driven by fundamental things, not practical reasons * if ever needed, we could ignore whatever SUSE does and go our own way * a foundation / independence would make legal stuff like GDPR our business * Simon will talk to Ciaran how we could handle GDPR and other legal stuff == mail hosting using mailbox.org == We have an offer from Heinlein / mailbox org to make @opensuse.org mail addresses real mailboxes. Do our members want this? (Feedback on opensuse-project and @oSC welcome) == GDPR request == openSUSE received a GDPR request which now gets handled by the responsible people. == Cloudfest in Rust == We've seen the discussion on the opensuse-project mailinglist why openSUSE wasn't at Cloudfest. * base requirement (as always) is to have volunteers * commercial booth prices are insane, we'd have to find out if they offer free community booths Regards, Christian Boltz -- Es ist halt nur nicht eine einzige zentrale Filterdatei. Vorteil ist, dass die Anwender ihre eigenen Scripte verwalten (und sich dabei in den Fuss schiessen können). Nachteil ist genau das gleiche. (^-^) [Sandy Drobic in suse-linux über Sieve] -- 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 Wiki Page for Leap 15.1
by ddemaio 01 May '19

01 May '19

Hi all, I need a little help to putting some content on the wiki page for openSUSE Leap 15.1. I have started an outline template for Leap 15.1. I'll have more time to work on it after SUSECON and the openSUSE Summit in Nashville, but will still need some help generating content for it on https://en.opensuse.org/Features_15.1 The screenshots page has also been created at https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:15.1/Screenshots The current images on it are of Leap 15. Please feel free to add screenshots of 15.1. Just upload the new image and update the text and links to the image. The portal is created and the navigation bar will be updated closer to the release. https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:15.1 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] openSUSE Board Meeting minutes 2019-04-16
by Axel Braun 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

Board meeting 16 April 2019, 2200 CEST Attendees: Richard, Gertjan, Marina, Christian, Simon, Axel Guest: Doug deMaio openSUSE Conference & sponsorships (Doug) Doug reported on the ongoing preparation of openSUSE Conference 2019 in Nürnberg. As we are not a legal entity it is difficult to collect sponsor money. Doug working on a workaround Shirts and Bags are about to be ordered Doug has raised already the point that at least a separate Account would be beneficial for the collection of donations Board should narrow down the options on an organization and have an open discussion during the public board meeting at oSC Joining organization like SPI despite the x% charge? Still the issue that there is basically nobody from openSUSE to sign a contragt with SPI - it would be SUSE management oSC 2020 Conference There is a sound proposal from a team in Albania who organized already other openSource meetings like LibreOffice conference. The community is young and motivated in Albania. Ideally we have new location decided by September. Foundation model A foundation (like the LibreOffice/Document foundation) needs at least 50k€ to start-up, e.V. does not need this amount of money. Both models require a legal registration, changes to statutes require court approval, basic settings, like being a non-profit organization may even not be changed at all LibreOffice/Document foundation started just from donations, and collected this 50k in a short amount of time. Discussion is ongoing, but looks like the e.V. is more empowering to the community. We will try to invite an insider from Document foundation for next meeting to learn about pros/cons of foundation model IRC/Discord/Telegram/Matrix/Chat structures Most services are interfaced between each other in between (e.g. project channel on discord and IRC). Different types of users are preferring different channels - in general the bridging of different chat technologies was accepted by the community Some more volunteers are needed as IRC admins. Simon to raise call on openSUSE News Proposal/decision for writing minutes Christian initiated the proposal: We should go round robin, with one exception: Those who did not send out minutes in time has to write next minutes. Accepted by all particiants Meeting ended at 2330 CEST For the minutes: Axel -- 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] Social Media Launch Plan for openSUSE Leap 15.1
by ddemaio 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Hi all, We are a little less than a month away from the release of openSUSE Leap 15.1. I've put together some posts that we can put on social media. If you would like to help translate or publish some of them, it would be highly appreciated. You can find the plan in the English section on https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Social_media_launch_plan Please post to whatever social media you might be using whether that is fosstodon, Twitter, diaspora, facebook, etc. Thank you for any help you can provide. 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] oSC19 Meeting Week 12
by ddemaio 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

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[opensuse-project] 2019-04-02 board meeting minutes
by Patryk Zera 22 Apr '19

22 Apr '19

Hello, == Foundation/Independence == * I would say to focus on resolving current issues with SUSE and do not look for changing this relationship dramatically. If there is problem with funds going to Project through SUSE - set up backup way to do this. Analogicaly with hardware donations. For other problems there could be other solutions. If joining some umbrella foundation solves current problems without generating pack of new then why not. == mail hosting using mailbox.org == I do not want this, but I'm not against it. I'm very lucky (as it seems) person to have no problems with spam filtering (as my e-mail provider does it) and sending from alias (as my provider allows it). thank you very much and regards, Patryk „Sanchez” Zera -------------------------------------------- 17.4.19 (Śr), Christian Boltz <opensuse(a)cboltz.de> napisał(a): Temat: [opensuse-project] 2019-04-02 board meeting minutes Do: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org Data: 17 Kwiecień 2019 (Środa), 22:13 Hello, here are the meeting minutes of the 2019-04-02 board meeting. If you prefer the wiki formatting, you can also read them on https://en.opensuse.org/Archive:Board_meeting_2019-04-02 There are some items with a "feedback welcome" - if you want to comment on them (or the other things), feel free to answer here or to board@ == Foundation/Independence == * we need to decide which way (e.V., joining an umbrella foundation) makes sense - topic for the face to face meeting, feedback on opensuse-project@ is of course welcome * Simon will write up a summary of the options of umbrella foundations * in general feedback from SUSE about becoming independent is positive, but we've also heard a concern that independence could be driven by fundamental things, not practical reasons * if ever needed, we could ignore whatever SUSE does and go our own way * a foundation / independence would make legal stuff like GDPR our business * Simon will talk to Ciaran how we could handle GDPR and other legal stuff == mail hosting using mailbox.org == We have an offer from Heinlein / mailbox org to make @opensuse.org mail addresses real mailboxes. Do our members want this? (Feedback on opensuse-project and @oSC welcome) == GDPR request == openSUSE received a GDPR request which now gets handled by the responsible people. == Cloudfest in Rust == We've seen the discussion on the opensuse-project mailinglist why openSUSE wasn't at Cloudfest. * base requirement (as always) is to have volunteers * commercial booth prices are insane, we'd have to find out if they offer free community booths Regards, Christian Boltz -- 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] tigerfoots' SEGV and some pets to adopt
by Bruno Friedmann 12 Apr '19

12 Apr '19

Dear Geeko's fellows. Last saturday's night April 6th, tigerfoot's main program had a serious segv that brought down my whole system. To make it short, I've been extremely lucky about the fact that it happen at home, the swiss health care emergency team, the rega ( https//rega.ch ) and all people during that night were all involved at a such great level. Now a few day has passed, and even if the path will not be that short, I'm mainly out of danger. Of course, some "details" have to change, and also rework about priorities in life. First, I need to drastically minimize the in flow and as such I will unsubscribe most of the mailing list. I also have to retire for an unknown time as maintainer of some packages, and of course my involvment in some repository will decrease to zero. So if someone want to take the maintainer's role of one of my package, don't hesitate, try, ask for help to other mentors, send the SR If it's not me directly, I trust my fellow repository maintainer to allow you to pick the role. ( You can find most of them here https://build.opensuse.org/user/show/bruno_friedmann ) I wish you all a perfect funny OSC19, a damn good Leap 15.1 release and all the best. cu -- Bruno Friedmann (tigerfoot) Send from my mobile. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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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