December 2020 - 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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How was it? Community of friendly equal gekkos?
by Mark Stopka 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

$SUBJECT, someone should share the memo with Stefan... - https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/856976 - https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/856971 He apparently feels a sole gatekeeper of a project that has 74 packages in total, 9 failing, 7 unresolvable including 2 years old verilator that is linked to Factory... Good luck taking on CentOS with this attitude, EDA space is not where openSUSE can shine if community members act like they need to protect their tiny projects, I have requested a separate OBS project for ASIC and FPGA EDA effort, and was told to use electronics, so make up your mind... The facepalm is intended for a person on a BCC... 🤦‍♂️ Question: What can SUSE help you with to grow the community? Not to place roadblocks in my way... I'd Stefan is such a roadblock, so perhaps board@ can start removing community roadblocks also, I am not facing any roadblocks from SUSE at this point. He rejected a valid version update of a package which is not even linked to Factory or any upstream, yet provided 0 specific issues with the request... -- 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 Board Election 2020 Results
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Fellow openSUSE Members, The results of the 2020 openSUSE Board Election are in. Total eligible voters: 518 Voters who cast ballots: 229 Vote Count by candidate: Axel Braun 142 Gertjan Lettink 134 Maurizio Galli 103 Nathan Wolf 59 Neal Gompa 131 None of the above 5 The newly elected Board members are: 1. Axel Braun 142 2. Gertjan Lettink 134 3. Neal Gompa 131 On behalf of the election officials, A huge thank you to all the candidates for stepping up for election and congratulations to our new board members! Wishing all "Geekos" a very Happy New Year and fruitful and successful 2021! -- Ariez Vachha ajv(a)opensuse.org

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openSUSE Board Elections 2020 Platform
by Neal Gompa 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

My fellow members of the openSUSE community, I have published my platform as a candidate for one of the seats in the upcoming election: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election_2020_platform_-_Neal_Gompa I welcome your questions and feedback. Thanks in advance and best regards, -- Neal Gompa (ID: Pharaoh_Atem)

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Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2020-12-22
by Gerald Pfeifer 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

Present: Axel, Gerald, Marina, Simon, Vinz (after 40') Minutes: Gerald == New (and Ongoing) Complaints == * Influx of complaints * Processing as thoroughly and quickly as possible == Logo use by web shop for shirts,... == * Agreed on specific use of logo by web shop for shirts,... * Stasiek not present, but indicated support by mail * Should be online and announced early next year == Outstanding minutes == * Axel and Gerald volunteered to help complete/send one or two each of the outstanding minutes

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Re: Tumbleweed snapshot 20201218 - installing sof firmware fails
by Per Jessen 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

Axel Braun wrote: > Hello Simon > > Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2020, 22:30:59 CET schrieb Simon Lees: >> On 12/22/20 8:50 PM, Axel Braun wrote: > > .... > >> >> This will have to be handled in the package itself. >> > >> > Shall I open a bug report for this? >> >> Opening a bug would have been preferable to posting to this list. > > I disagree. I was stuck during update and needed an advice quickly. > Ismail responded within 6 minutes, and solved my problem. Speed of resolution is not really a good argument. One of the reasons the support list was created (a Board initiative btw) was to move support questions away from the factory list. I personally doubt if it has worked, and you also seem to prefer seeking support on the factory list? > This is a brilliant example that TW users do get help on factory@ > (answers to this to the respective thread on project@, please) Done :-) (well, a new thread, sorry) > At the same time its a heads-up for other TW users that issues might > arise (another TW machine of mine did not have the problem). I think the idea is good, but because TW is a main openSUSE distro, I would not expect the majority of TW users to be hanging out on the factory list. > Bugzilla is simply not responsive enough in these emergency cases. I'm sure we can all agree on that, but does that make it alright to go off-topic on the factory list which is specifically not for support? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-0.6°C) Just another openSUSE user in favour of merging the support list back into the users list.

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User Profile
by Chuck Payne 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

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Board election ends tomorrow
by Ish Sookun 29 Dec '20

29 Dec '20

Hello, Members who have not yet cast their vote in the openSUSE Board Election, please note that the election [1] ends tomorrow. Regards, Ish Sookun [1] https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election

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