December 2022 - 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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Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by ddemaio 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Hi all, Per a conversation some of us had at the community meeting last Thursday, we wanted to get discussions for the project started regarding this year's openSUSE Board elections. We listed a few questions in the minutes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting20221103 You can find some of those questions in the 1103 meeting minutes between lines 48 and line 54. Please ask your questions (Ask us Anything) in this thread so we can keep the conversations focused and centralized for all the candidates and members who want to ask questions of the candidates. All the candidates are in cc and you can find their profiles at the board election wiki. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election v/r Doug

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 31 Dec '22

31 Dec '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time (CET = UTC+1) Meeting will be in the regular Board Meeting Room https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoard Current Topics: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting Board Members: If you cannot participate, please advise by replying to this mail.

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Board Meeting Monday 2022-12-19 13:00 CET
by Axel Braun 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

Dear community, these meeting minutes are my last activity as Board member. See it as an advantage or a threat, I will stay active in the community! ;-) Have a good christmas and a happy new year, Axel = Board Meeting Monday 2022-12-19 13:00 CET = * Present: Syds, Axel, Gerald, Maurizio, Neal, Gertjan, Douglas (as handover) * Guests: Marcel R * Excused: * Missed: == Handover to new Board == * Board Election results have been published: Doug is following Axel, who could not run again after 2 terms. Gert and Neal confirmed as Board members. * Handover was conducted == Freewear donation == https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issue/52 * As we still can't take donations, idea would be to pay this to one of the oSC23 sponsor, or donate to other projects, or to receive some additional shirts from Freewear. * Decision is for Doug to ask for a couple of additional shirts to give away. == Proprietary software on OBS == * Recent discussion on buildservice list (https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/buildservice@lists.opensuse.org/th… https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/buildservice@lists.opensuse.org/th… ) about Oracle client created more confusion than clarification * Board should drive clarification, we need help from SUSE Legal * Questions...Why are we as a project tied to US export regulations? Servers are in Europe, no legal form. We accept that our sponsors may be, but not openSUSE as a project. Servers are also in the United States (e.g. provo for parts of the mirror/download infrastructure) * Doug to forward question to Cirian - no reply so far; Gerald will also follow up. * Update: Simon provided an interesting link for the same: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/publications/understanding-us-exp… Under this light, we need to rewrite EULA https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issue/51 opened - Gerald to follow. == Lazy Project maintainer == * While we are discussing how to make openSUSE more attractive to new contributors, reality is that new submissions are not processed by project maintainers for weeks or even longer. Quoting from a mail to Axel privately: "Die drei Requests sind sozusagen eine Angebot meinerseits an die Community bzw. openSUSE. Wenn das nicht gewollt ist oder offensichtlich nicht wichtig genug, sorry, aber dann halt nicht. Hinterherrennen werde ich nicht. Und ja, Motivation, nochmal einen Paketrequest zu stellen, geht definitiv anders." Translation: The three requests are an offer from me to the community and openSUSE. If that is not wanted or obviously not important enough, sorry, but then just not. I will not run after them. And yes, motivation to make another package request is definitely different. During last RelEng meeting this was already discussed. Next step: Early Enablement (Dominique's) team writes procedure, define it (maintain wiki, or perhaps create an attritubte). Factory maintainers would be still the last resort. Is nothing is happening after e.g. a month of reminders, Factory maintainers should receive a reminder as well. Doug to propose this in the next RelEng meeting. Update after the meeting: The originator of the above mail has withdrawn the SRs in between, after 4 weeks of no response. == Budget == Discussions about budget were able to produce some additional funds, which will allow for supportive funding along with TSP funds (albeit, at a reduced amount per quarter with the exception of Q2 for oSC). Meeting closed at 13:45 CET -- Dr. Axel Braun <docb(a)opensuse.org> Member of the openSUSE Board

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Community Meeting: Week 51
by ddemaio 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Hi all, We will have our community meeting today starting at 15:45 UTC. I will not be able to attend this week's Thursday meeting, which is slotted for 20:00 UTC. Meetings take place in https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can see the overview of meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting v/r Doug

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(8) Incoming mails are pending
by opensuse.org 18 Dec '22

18 Dec '22

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 17 Dec '22

17 Dec '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time (CET = UTC+1) Meeting will be in the regular Board Meeting Room https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoard Current Topics: https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting Board Members: If you cannot participate, please advise by replying to this mail.

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openSUSE Board Election 2022 Results
by Ish Sookun 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

Fellow openSUSE Members, The results of the 2022 openSUSE Board Election are in. Total eligible voters: 544 Voters who cast ballots: 218 Vote Count detail by candidate: Gertjan Lettink 135 Douglas Demaio 130 Neal Gompa 115 Patrick Fitzgerald 97 Chuck Payne 50 Nathan Wolf 46 None of the above 4 The elected Board members are: 1. Gertjan Lettink 2. Douglas Demaio 3. Neal Gompa On behalf of the election officials, a huge thank you to the candidates for stepping up for election and congratulations to our new and re-elected board members! Wishing all "Geekos" a very Happy New Year and a successful 2023! Cheers, Ish Sookun // on behalf of the Election Committee

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openSUSE Board Election 2022 Results
by Ish Sookun 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

Fellow openSUSE Members, The results of the 2022 openSUSE Board Election are in. Total eligible voters: 544 Voters who cast ballots: 218 Vote Count detail by candidate: Gertjan Lettink 135 Douglas Demaio 130 Neal Gompa 115 Patrick Fitzgerald 97 Chuck Payne 50 Nathan Wolf 46 None of the above 4 The elected Board members are: 1. Gertjan Lettink 2. Douglas Demaio 3. Neal Gompa On behalf of the election officials, a huge thank you to the candidates for stepping up for election and congratulations to our new and re-elected board members! Wishing all "Geekos" a very Happy New Year and a successful 2023! Cheers, Ish Sookun // on behalf of the Election Committee

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Mentorship Workshop For Google Summer of Code 2023
by ddemaio 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Hi all, I would like to bring you attention to a mentorship workshop we are planning on Jan. 10 to kickstart some ideas for GSoC mentors and mentees. Or if you want to be a mentor, just join. Email me or follow the instructions of how to list a project on https://101.opensuse.org/#mentor Mentoring will help to build the next generation of contributors and it can help with expanding contribution. A calendar reminder is attached. https://news.opensuse.org/2022/12/14/project-plans-workshop-to-grow-mentors… The openSUSE Project will have a workshop on Jan. 10 at 15:30 UTC at meet.opensuse.org/meeting that will focus on increasing mentorship for this year’s Google Summer of Code. v/r Doug

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