February 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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[Notice] - openSUSE Regular Board election 2021
by Ariez Vachha - openSUSE 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear openSUSE members, openSUSE Board Election 2021 [1] It's time to elect new Board members to fill empty seats on the openSUSE Board. There are two seats for election in accordance per our normal election cycle. This is a regular election as defined in our Election Rules [2] ## Phase 0 01 November 2021 - Announcement of the Board Election 2021 - Call for Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy - Membership drive 22 November 2020 - Nominations and Applications for Board candidacy close ## Phase 1 22 November 2021 - 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 13 December 2021 - Ballots open: Please cast your vote during this time - Campaign continues 30 December 2021 - Ballots close 31 December 2021 - Announcement of results To stand for a position in the openSUSE Board please send an email to: * project(a)lists.opensuse.org and * election-officials(a)lists.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)lists.opensuse.org

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Week 9 Community Meeting
by ddemaio 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Hi all, We will have Regular Community Meeting tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. Please join us if you are interested. We will be discussing the enhancement/refinement of a code of conduct. There will be a second meeting on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. View the meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting The meetings will take place on https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting v/r Doug

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Local Material Production Reimbursement
by Jim Henderson 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

Had a question come to me regarding this: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Local_Material_Production_Reimbursement The system used to use connect.opensuse.org, which is no longer functional - but does the project still provide this? I haven't seen a request for this in years - had forgotten I was even involved in this way back when - not sure what our current process is or if we even have one any more. Who can help out? Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits

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Minutes Board meeting 14 February 2022
by Syds Bearda 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

MINUTES BOARD MEETING 14 FEBRUARY 2022 Present: Gerald, Neal, Gertjan, Maurizio, Attila, Axel, Syds, Douglas, Lubos, taj (Emily) and Max Date: 14 February 2022 Time: 13.30 - 14.30 CET #1 Cardano (https://code.opensuse.org/leap/features/issue/59) Lubos: 2 weeks ago Lubos received an email from Mark about openSUSE meets Cardano, with 3 different requests. 1. Cardano OS, build on top of oS Leap Micro to run on mobile devices or routers (e.g Turris devices) 2. There is a treasury available with funds for different projects distributed by Project Catalyst (https://projectcatalyst.org/resources/what-is-project-catalyst) Funding can't go via oS, but if Cardano wants to fund people they can do it themselves to work on OBS or other 3. OBS and Github integration which has to be checked with OBS developers directly There is a fund involved (not an option for openSUSE, maybe for SUSE) Cardano OS, build on top of openSUSE Leap Micro (what does this mean?) running on a small router? and on top of openshift? Project Catalyst (https://projectcatalyst.org/resources/what-is-project-catalyst) OBS and Github integration Cardano is creating a decentralist cloud (like StackOS?) Mark also contacted Doug about some numbers from openSUSE project Gerald: we already have powerpc, arm, etc teams. So in general there is not a `contract` necessary with openSUSE. Why would we object if people volunteer to do the work Mau: There is no need for the Board to stop/approve this nor we can tell our developers what to do. Let Cardano reach out to the openSUSE community, and individuals can decide if they are interested in such project. funding can't go via openSUSE, but if Cardano wants to fund people they can do it themselves to work on OBS or other things. Items for openSUSE: Step 0 Lubos to contact Mark (Cardano) Step 1 Cardano to make announcement in Project/Factory ML to see if there is interest Step 2 Give Cardano a ML in list-o-o Step 3 Hardware enablement (not sure what this means) Step 4 Give Cardano a devel project repository in OBS #2 TSP Need to discuss the amount available for TSP. It's about 20k per year. Doug and Syds will go over the outstanding requests together for the oSC Board travel goes through SUSE (Monika Bach) #3 Trademark request https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines Using openSUSE logo with a tutorial is not mentioned in the guidelines. Axel will update the guidelines to include tutorials. Someone asked if they can use the logo in a tutorial on YouTube. We agree that that is possible. #4 membership officials. Emily requested to join the membership officials. Last meeting we discussed the procedure to appoint new members. Gerald sent an email to memberships officials and board to discuss it. everybody needs to look at it and sent remarks. Emily's request was brought to a vote and she will be appointed to the membership officials. /Syds -- Syds Bearda Treasurer openSUSE Project opensuse(a)syds.eu

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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:30 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

Hello all, The biweekly board conf call will be held in two days at 13:30 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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Call for Papers opens for Summit in Albania
by ddemaio 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

The openSUSE community has opened the call for papers for a summit that will be held in conjunction with Open Source Conference Albania (OSCAL) 2022. People can submit a talk for the openSUSE Summit at OSCAL 2022 from now until April 26 on events.opensuse.org. You can read more about it at https://news.opensuse.org/2022/02/23/cfp-opens-summit-in-albania/ Additionally, the CfP for the openSUSE Conference is open until April 14. Please submit a talk and join us in Nuremberg in June. v/r Doug

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oSC22 Hotels, Meeting & Week 8 Community Meeting
by ddemaio 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

Hi all, We found out last week that Rock im Park will be happening at the same time as the openSUSE Conference 2022. Many who attend this event tend to camp, but like any big concert, people will travel and stay at hotels. Rock im Park also happened at the same time as oSC16 and there wasn't a noticeable disruption. There are a list of hotels on https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSC22. We recommend you make a reservation at a hotel ASAP. There are also many airbnb places that look pretty inexpensive. We will have Regular Community Meeting tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. At 19:00 UTC tomorrow, we will also have a planning meeting for the openSUSE Conference and openSUSE Summit at OSCAL. Please join us if you are interested. We will discuss the keynote speakers. The call for papers for oSC22 is open until April 14 at https://events.opensuse.org/ There will be a second meeting on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. View the meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting The meetings will take place on https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can find the meeting notes for the conference planning at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/osc22 v/r Doug

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oS Leap 15.4 Kernel difference between install and OBS
by Syds Bearda 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Hi, The last few days I've been trying to install a broadcom-wl package from 2 different home repos for my newly installed Macbook Air 2015. However I keep getting the same error while installing, as the kernel version from the broadcom-wl package does not match the installed kernel. Leap 15.4 Alpha: 5.14.21-150400.3.3.x86_64 OBS and PBS: 5.14.21-150400.6.2.x86_64 Why is there a difference between these kernels? Also can we expect an update for the kernel to version xx6.2? BR, Syds -- Syds Bearda Treasurer openSUSE Project opensuse(a)syds.eu

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Regular Community Meeting Week 7 & oSC22 Planning
by ddemaio 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

Hi all, We will have Regular Community Meeting tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. At 19:00 UTC tomorrow, we will also have a planning meeting for the openSUSE Conference and openSUSE Summit at OSCAL. Please join us if you are interested. We will discuss the keynote speakers. The call for papers for oSC22 is open until April 14 at https://events.opensuse.org/ There will be a second meeting on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. View the meeting notes at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting The meetings will take place on https://meet.opensuse.org/meeting You can find the meeting notes for the conference planning at https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/osc22 v/r Doug

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