November 2020 - openSUSE Project - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-project] openSUSE Board Election 2020
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 27 Nov '20

27 Nov '20

Dear openSUSE members, openSUSE Board Election 2020 [1] It's time to elect new Board members to fill empty seats on the openSUSE Board. This is a regular election as defined in our Election Rules [2] so the elected board members will serve till the end of 2022. There are three seats for election in accordance with our normal election cycle. Stasiek is opting not to continue for the next full year due to a change in his personal circumstances. The election schedule is as follows: ## Phase 0 15 November 2020 - Announcement of the openSUSE Board Election 2020 - Call for Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy Membership drive 29 November 2020 - Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy close ## Phase 1 30 November 2020 - Announcement of the final list of candidates - Campaign begins - Membership drive continues, opportunity to apply for openSUSE Membership, but members will only be eligible to vote and not run as a candidate ## Phase 2 15 December 2020 - Ballots open: Please cast your vote during this time - Campaign continues 30 December 2020 - Ballots close 31 December 2020 - Announcement of results To stand for a position in the openSUSE Board please send an email to: * opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org and * election-officials(a)opensuse.org If a member would like to nominate another member, please inform the Election Committee and the officials will contact the nominee to ask whether they would like to run as a Board candidate. Only openSUSE members are eligible to run for openSUSE Board openings in accordance with the Eligibility and Validity section of our Election Rules [2]. The Election Committee [3] are hereby calling for Nominations & Applications for the openSUSE Board. [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election [2] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_rules [3] Members: Ish Sookun, Edwin Zakaria and Ariez Vachha. -- Regards, The Election Committee election-officials(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Add Uyuni to list of projects under openSUSE umbrella?
by Mark Stopka 27 Nov '20

27 Nov '20

Hi all, on the front-page of our Wiki we have a list of projects under openSUSE umbrella, I wonder if we should add https://www.uyuni-project.org/ to the list, it is currently missing there? It is an upstream project for SUSE Manager and works with openSUSE products also, while the biggest contributor is again SUSE just like it is the case of openSUSE... Any thoughts? -- Best regards / S pozdravem, BSc. Mark Stopka, BBA Managing Partner (at) PERLUR Group mobile: +420 704 373 561 website: www.perlur.cloud

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[opensuse-project] Join GAIA-X project / Associattion?
by Mark Stopka 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

German members of the community may be well aware of European / German GAIA-X project (https://www.data-infrastructure.eu/) I think active participation in GAIA-X may help us strengthen the position of openSUSE in the newly established "big European Cloud", I wonder if we as members and board should discuss our options of becoming active participants in that effort? I am still going thru all the documents that are related to the project, but it seems as we are backed by European company there may be a very good options for us to both contribute and gain from the initiative, however it is unknown to me how / if we would be able to join without a legal entity (aka separate foundation). For now I propose to discuss the upsides and downsides, and if we agree that there are more upsides to being actively involved, we can try to approach them (the board would I suppose) and see if we can get somewhere without formalized foundation. What are your thoughts? -- Best regards / S pozdravem, BSc. Mark Stopka, BBA Managing Partner (at) PERLUR Group mobile: +420 704 373 561 website: www.perlur.cloud

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[opensuse-project] VM images of Xfce Git master for KVM and XEN now available
by Maurizio Galli (m4u9) 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

Dear Xfce Geekos, About two years ago we introduced the OBS repo X11:xfce:rat, which builds Xfce components directly from Git master branch instead of using regular release tarballs[1]. Today openSUSE Xfce Team is proud to introduce a new and simpler way to enjoy those builds by using qcow2 images for KVM & XEN , we created with the use of OBS, Kiwi and Virtualization combined. The build process is fully automated and packages get updated on a regular basis giving users qcow2 disk images with Xfce's latest builds based on openSUSE's rolling release Tumbleweed [2][3]. Currently there are two sets of qcow2 images for KVM & Xen: a) The openSUSE version provides the default experience Tumbleweed and Leap users are familiar with, which includes all the openSUSE branding, look & feel and settings. b) The "vanilla" disk image ships Xfce completely unmodified from Git sources and without any openSUSE visual tweakings. This gives Xfce devs (and testers alike) who want to build and test software inside a complete Xfce environment the most convenient way to do so. Downloads: openSUSE version: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce:/rat:/images/images/ Upstream version: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce:/rat:/images:/upstream… Usage: The most convenient way to use openSUSE's Xfce RAT disk images is virt-manager. The simplified steps are: 1. Download either of the qcow2 images linked above 2. Import the downloaded qcow2 image in virt-manager 3. Boot the imported image and follow the "first-time boot" wizard until the setup is complete 4. Have a lot of fun! You can find more detailed information on how to use these images in the dedicated wiki page at https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Xfce/Images Feel free to reach out to to us at xfce(a)lists.opensuse.org Have a lot of fun! [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/xfce@lists.opensuse.org/message/KJ… [2] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:xfce:rat:images/tumbleweed-xfce… [3] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:xfce:rat:images:upstream/tumble… -- Maurizio Galli (m4u9) Xfce Team https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Xfce

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[opensuse-project] Board Election 2020 Platform Knurpht
by Knurpht-openSUSE 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

Hi all, Please find my platform page ( mostly a rewrite of the 2018 page, but I've grown older ) for the upcoming Board Elections: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_Knurpht -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Forums Team

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[opensuse-project] Notice of intent to run for the openSUSE Board
by Neal Gompa 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

My fellow members of the openSUSE community, I wish to declare my intent to run for one of the available openSUSE Board seats in the upcoming election. I have had the wonderful pleasure of being involved in openSUSE as a contributor for the past five years, and I believe openSUSE is an amazing project offering a Linux distribution platform with great potential! My hope is that I can help get openSUSE to realize its potential as a member of the Board. In the coming weeks, I intend to more fully describe my ideals and goals for openSUSE. Meanwhile, feel free to reach out to me and ask about myself, my thoughts on openSUSE, and/or my candidacy for the Board. Thanks in advance and best regards, -- Neal Gompa (ID: Pharaoh_Atem)

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[opensuse-project] Re: openSUSE Board Election 2020
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

Dear Nathan, On behalf of the Election Committee, I confirm your candidacy has been well received. We look forward to hearing more about your election platform and we wish you well in the upcoming election. If you have any questions regarding the process please reach out to us at election-officials(a)lists.opensuse.org Best of luck, Ariez ajv(a)opensuse.org On 22/11/2020 05:31, Nathan Wolf wrote: > Greetings, > > I would like to throw my name in the hat for a position on the openSUSE board. > After all, this is my favorite Linux and open source project! > > Cheers! >

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[opensuse-project] Notice of intent to candidate for openSUSE Board elections
by Mark Stopka 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Dear fellow members of openSUSE community, I hereby notify you of my intent to run for openSUSE board seat, I have been a member of this community since approximately 2006, till 2009 I have been very active in the Czech openSUSE community. My career path prevented me from being as active community member as I would like to be, however that has changed in 2018 when I gained more free time and resumed an active role in the community, focusing primarily on packaging efforts. Currently my focus is dedicated to making openSUSE the number 1 Linux platform for Haskell development, as well as to provide as much as possible support that we as software project can provide to the emerging industry of open-source hardware such as RISC-V. With a seat duration of two years, I would like to achieve two goals beyond ordinary duties of a openSUSE board member, first goal would be to make openSUSE the number 1 platform for Haskell development, and the second would be to make RISC-V open instruction set architecture a Tier 1 platform for openSUSE project alongside x86_64 platform. I will elaborate more on these strategic goals during Phase I which, I believe is the appropriate time to present individual vision for this project on a timescale of 2 - 5 years, in the meantime, please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions you may have regarding myself, my vision, or my candidacy. -- Best regards / S pozdravem, BSc. Mark Stopka, BBA Managing Partner (at) PERLUR Group mobile: +420 704 373 561 website: www.perlur.cloud

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[opensuse-project] Zypper with MirrorCache pilot project
by Andrii Nikitin 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

Hi all, As part of improvements to download.opensuse.org experience, currently new pilot service is available for using with zypper. https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org Its primary task is to redirect zypper requests to a mirror in client's country, similar to what MirrorBrain project does. You can try to replace in /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo http://download.opensuse.org with http://mirrorcache.opensuse.org or https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org Since it is still a pilot, the service comes without any guarantee or obligations. Reasons when you may want to try it: - you want to stick to https connection (mirrorcache will try to find a mirror in your country, which supports https, if available). - you are on ipv4-only or ipv6-only connection (mirrorcache will try to find a mirror which supports ipv4 or ipv6, depending on the request's connection); - in case when download.opensuse.org (d.o.o) is temporary unavailable; - redirection from d.o.o leads to a mirror, which actually doesn't have the requested file (it is rare, but can happen); - you want to try hosting own mirrorcache instance at your physical location and enjoy fast and reliable redirection. (with very modest disk space / HW requirements). Additional reasons: - you want to help with improving d.o.o experience and provide feedback; - you are interested in mirror management, for which admin's UI is available, and non-admin UI is planned (so a user can add and manage own mirror without global admin rights); https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org/app/server (login using UI menu and ask me for admin rights if you want to use it or see more advanced controls, like job details). - you need some related functionality: it is possible that it can be easily achievable with mirrorcache. Further read about differences from MirrorBrain: https://github.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache/blob/master/doc/mb_compare.md How caching works: - caching happens on folder level, so e.g., when zypper tries to access file, unknown for mirrorcache - it will be redirected to d.o.o, then a background job will collect info about mirrors. Thereafter further requests to the same folder will be properly redirected to a mirror in the client's country, honoring http/https scheme and ipv4/ipv6 connection used: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache/master/doc/flow.s… - requests to remodata/repomd.xml is not cached, so zypper always gets the latest version of packages. If you are interested in current source code (most of architecture is stolen from OpenQA): https://github.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache In case of questions or any feedback do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, -- Andrii Nikitin <andrii.nikitin(a)suse.com> DevOPS Automation and Build Service Engineer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nuremberg Germany (HRB 247165, AG München) Managing Director: Felix Imendörffer

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[opensuse-project] Running for Board
by Knurpht-openSUSE 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

Hi all, I hereby announce my candidacy for the coming Board Elections. Please find some info here: https://en.opensuse.org/User:Knurpht[1] , I'll come up with a platform wiki page later this week. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Forums Team -------- [1] https://en.opensuse.org/User:Knurpht

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