April 2021 - 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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lifecycle wiki page
by ddemaio 16 Aug '21

16 Aug '21

Hi all, There was a recent post on reddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/m1xl56/is_opensuse_leap_ready_to_be…) that made us take a look at how to present our lifecycle page (https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime) and info to be added to the marketing of Leap 15.3. There were several comments on reddit that can be summarized as there is a lack of clear information on how long the lifecycle of Leap 15.x will be going forward. When the info on https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime was originally written, there was some clarity on major versions lasting a minimum of 36 months. We know Leap 42 and 15 exceeded that lifecycle. It looks like we're at a point where we evolved and need to provide a bit more clarity for people based on the reddit comments I propose we change the lifecycle page to include the following sentences and include the info in the marketing of Leap 15.3 and beyond (for the foreseeable future): Leap *Major Release* (15.x) extends maintenance and support until a successor. At present, a successor has not been declared; Leap 15's lifecycle fully aligns with SUSE Linux Enterprise. There is a projection as of March 2021 that Leap 15 will extend to Leap 15.5. Both major versions of Leap 42 and 15 were supported more than 36 months. Any thoughts, changes, removals or additions to the above sentences. v/r Doug

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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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A note on principles (by the board)
by Gerald Pfeifer 14 May '21

14 May '21

We, the members of the openSUSE Board, strongly value the openSUSE Code of Conduct and Guiding Principles: https://en.opensuse.org/Code_of_Conduct https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles Inclusion is a fundamental pillar of our community and the broader free software and open source communities that we are part of, are connected with, and value. We firmly stand against sexism, racism,... and strive to keep our communities open, welcoming, and safe for everyone to join. As a board, we also believe that these principles that apply to our openSUSE communities shall also apply to the events and groups that we partner with and sponsor. We are reassessing our sponsorships in that light. Axel, Gerald, Gertjan, Neal, Simon, Syds, Vinz

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Leap 15.3 Translations and Marketing Meeting
by ddemaio 05 May '21

05 May '21

Hi all, We will have a marketing meeting tonight (April 28) at 18:00 UTC on https://meet.opensuse.org/153marketing The meeting later today will focus on a few things like screenshots, timeline for release and an open discussion on other things we can do to help promote the release. We've been working on the release announcement for a while and have finally completed it. The release announcement for openSUSE Leap 15.3 is ready for translation. We have about 5 weeks until the release. It would be highly appreciated if you could help to translate the release announcement to your native language and help promote the news of that release. Currently the release is only in English. Please link your translated version to the top and include your ISO 639-1 Code language code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) or the language for those contributing to https://news.opensuse.org/2021/03/10/a-message-to-the-opensuse-community/ I have placed the release announcement on the openSUSE wiki at https://en.opensuse.org/Release_announcement_15.3. This is the single point from where I will take all the links of the translated versions. Please remember to link your translated version to your ISO 639-1 Code on https://en.opensuse.org/Release_announcement_15.3 We have social posts that can be translated at https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Social_media_launch_plan. For people running an openSUSE social media page who would like to post the content, please mark down the name for the person who will be responsible for posting the content on the wiki. v/r Doug

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GSoC Student Engagement
by Nick Vidal 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

Hello, This is Nick Vidal from Rocket.Chat We’ve been part of GSoC for 5 years now, and as a way to celebrate and give back to the open source community, this year we are reaching out to other GSoC organizations to provide assistance on setting up Rocket.Chat to engage with students (pro bono). Rocket.Chat is a leading open source chat platform, and we’ve been using the platform itself to engage with our own GSoC students. With Rocket.Chat, it’s possible to create private/public channels for each student/project so that mentors and students can communicate, share ideas, and keep track of progress both asynchronously and in real time. It’s also possible to create integrations to display pull requests, mergers, and issues directly on these channels. Please let me know if you would be interested in trying Rocket.Chat to engage with your GSoC students. Myself and the Community Engagement team are at your full disposal to help. Our mission is to serve the open source community! Kind regards, Nick -- Rocket.Chat https://rocket.chat

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Marketing Meeting Minutes from April 28
by ddemaio 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Hi all, I want to give a bit of feedback from out marketing meeting we had tonight. We worked on the flyer and updated the counter to reflect the countdown. We could use help from the community on the updating screenshots for openSUSE Leap 15.3 for the various desktop environments and open source tools. Please upload your screenshots to https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:15.3/Screenshots We are also kicking around an idea about how we can have some sort of social media badge, image or overlay,so that people can change their profile picture to help raise awareness about the release of openSUSE Leap 15.3. Ideas are welcome, so please reply to this if you have any thoughts. Please use hashtags#openSUSE #Leap153 when posting social media so we can do some follow-up statistics on the hashtags. Music lovers. The topic of a podcast has been brought up over the years. Some people might want to do a local podcast as it has more reach in the language. We think it would be a good idea to have the sounds of the podcasts be similar to that the intro and outro music is branded. If you are interested in this, please let us know. If people would be interested in coming together as a team to develop this idea or a podcast, please reply to this email. Our next marketing meeting will be May 12 at 18:00 UTC in the bar at meet.opensuse.org/bar v/r Doug

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openSUSE Conference Meeting Minutes: April 27
by ddemaio 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Hi all, Here is an update on the topics from last nights meeting for the openSUSE Conference. Things are coming along nicely. We have room for more talks to be submitted, but there is only a week left to do it. v/r Doug #topic Status #info The CfP ends May 4 #info Registration 85, Submissions 35, 22 hours #topic Recording and/or Live Stream #info meeting for the video team scheduled for April 30 at 18:00 UTC in meet.opensuse.org/bar #topic T-Shirts #info Link is ready and will send out to registered participants to get their t-shirt #info Hold off on sending the link until May 11 #link <https://www.freewear.org/oSVC/>Talked with vendor about restrictions for shipment of t-shirt to some countries. Those with problems can contact ddemaio #topic Keynote #info Keynote speaker 1 Sheng Liang, SUSE E&I #info Keynote speaker 2 Alex Lee, CEO of shells.com #info Collaboration panel with speakers from different projects (NG, MM, BC, OK, AS) #action ddemaio contacted DC and AW to join the panel. DC agreed, waiting on AW. #topic Venue #Info opensuse.venueless.events/ #action ddemaio Add sentence about oSVC21 on events.o.o. about writing openSUSE Discord/Telegram channels for those that lose their email registration. #action ddemaio to send out invite token after May 11 #action ddemaio contact venuelss about not updating our instance before the conference #topic speaker guidelines #link https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_speaker_guidelines #topics for next meeting Review submitted talks, update status of Video Team, test platform as participants, speaker and other roles

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oSC21 Meeting: April 27
by ddemaio 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Hi all, Tomorrow, we will have a planning meeting for the openSUSE Conference at Tuesday at 18:00 UTC. The meetings will take place later in https://meet.opensuse.org/bar. There will be a brief update and we will focus mostly on video discussions. The topics will be added to the #project chat on openSUSE Discord. The CfP is only open about another week, so please submit your proposals and register at https://events.opensuse.org/. You have to be logged in to register and submit a proposal. v/r Doug

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