March 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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oSC22, OSCAL Summit and Community Meeting: Week 13
by ddemaio 10 Apr '22

10 Apr '22

Hi all, We will have Regular Community Meeting tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. At 19:00 UTC tomorrow, we will also have a quick meeting for the openSUSE Conference and openSUSE Summit at OSCAL. We will have a second Regular Community Meeting on Thursday at 19:00 UTC. This week we we have the following topics we will spend some time covering: * Getting access to following landing page (https://microos.opensuse.org/) and update to reflect current state of project to better manage user expectations and potentially request assistance/volunteers for areas of need. * Go over Social Media Plan and start coming up with points to be listed - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Social_media_launch_plan * Go over a completed lesson plan in the next Thursday meeting 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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openSUSE Finalizes New Code of Conduct
by ddemaio 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

The openSUSE Community is proud to announce its new Code of Conduct as approved by the openSUSE Board. The openSUSE Code of Conduct was written during several Community Meetings [1] as a collaborative project and reports were sent to the project mailinglists. The input from the openSUSE community members was sent the openSUSE Board and discussed at length during two public openSUSE Board meetings [2]. During the February 28, 2022, public Board Meeting, it was recognized that openSUSE did not have an adequate Code of Conduct; as such, the board asked if any attendees were willing to take the initiave to work with the community develope one. Through the regulary scheduled community meetings, one was written, and subsequently proposed to the Board. We hope that by having a clear and concise Code of Conduct for the project, the openSUSE Community can continue to grow and prosper in the years to come. The openSUSE Code of Conduct can be found at https://en.opensuse.org/Code_of_Conduct. [3] [1] - https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting [2] - https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issues [3] - https://en.opensuse.org/Code_of_Conduct

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Threat to privacy by preinstalled operating systems
by Axel Braun 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear Community, the openSUSE Board is involved in an activity to challenge the data privacy issues created by preinstalled operating systems. tl:dr We want to address a letter to all data protection officers (DPO) of the EU countries. We want to sign this as Board as well as for the openSUSE Community, seeking the community approval for the same. Long version ============ Nowadays consumers regularly face a restriction in their freedom of choice, an essential element of digital sovereignty, when it comes to buying a new computer (Laptop or PC): Software is offered pre-installed with no choice for the consumer. 100% of Apple devices are sold with MacOS pre-installed and nearly 100% of 'the rest' comes with Windows pre-installed. Manufacturers are constantly imposing pre-installed software on consumers, claiming that software and hardware are an "unit". Most of these devices work perfectly with any free/open source operating system, so this statement is not quite true. Still consumers find themselves forced to take – and buy - what they are offered, mostly without even knowing about alternatives. These pre-installed operating systems are going against not only freedom of choice and digital sovereignty, but also data protection. MacOS, Windows (and Microsoft Office, which often comes pre-installed as well) are not compliant with European GDPR legislation. An initiative was kicked off some 3 years ago to address these issues. FSFE launched their connections to a member of the european parliament, who raised the questions to the EU commission [1], and its answer was that "in the area of data protection, under the system set up by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), supervision and enforcement fall within the competence of national authorities". Having had a discussion with the EU DPO (does not feel responsible), we have prepared a letter [2] to the national DPO that we as Board (amongst others, like FSFE) want so sign, as Board as well as for the community. This mail is to ask for feedback on the letter as well as for approval to sign. To shorten the process, please stand up if you *do not* agree with signing the letter as Community Member. In this case we will ask the election officials to set-up a vote, which will delay the process at least another 2 month. If you *do not* agree, please reply by 20 Mar 2022, 23:59 UTC latest. Thanks Axel (on behalf of the openSUSE Board) [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2020-005058-ASW_EN.html [2] https://c.gmx.net/@329946484294293704/APCSs-yfQMiN4fKa-YpfEw -- Dr. Axel Braun <docb(a)opensuse.org> Member of the openSUSE Board

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openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 Beta Images are now avilable at get.opensuse.org
by Lubos Kocman 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

Hello openSUSE! Beta images of our new host-os distribution *Leap Micro 5.2 are finally available at (get.opensuse.org for download and further testing. Users are advised to use "transactional-update dup" during the Beta phase of Leap Micro 5.2 (same for SLE Micro). Leap Micro is a community rebuild of SLE Micro in a similar fashion to how we build Leap nowadays. The big difference is that Leap micro is intended to be strictly a small and ultra-reliable host os, for container and VM workloads. Distribution is very interesting from a schedule perspective. Leap Micro has two releases a year (Spring/Autumn) and support is until the next-next release is out. SLE Micro takes this even further and allows you to stay on a given release (e.g. 5.1) for up to 4 years and then e.g. migrate to 5.8 Please expect a very short Beta phase for 5.2 as we're a bit behind on delivery with Beta (SLE Micro had its RC already out). Once we address all *P1/P2 issues we will transition to RC as well. SLE Micro is targeting GA in mid-April 2022. Mid-May 2022 would be a realistic target for Leap Micro. [1] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&named… [0] https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:LeapMicro [1] https://www.suse.com/products/micro/ ps. Big big thanks to Ludwig, Max, Adrian for the build side, Jose, Andrii, and cloud-qa team for work on the openQA side and publishing, and also lcp for all the help on the get-o-o side. -- Best regards Lubos Kocman openSUSE Leap Release Manager

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Board Meeting Minutes 2022-03-28 1330CEST
by Axel Braun 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

Board Meeting Minutes 2022-03-28, 1330 CEST Attendees: Gertjan, Syds, Mau, Axel, Attila, Emily, Doug, Neal, Gerald, Bill Excused: Minutes: Axel == General Topics == ===Starting time=== As we regularly need more than an hour for our call, and Axel has a hard stop at 1430h, the start time of the meeting should be moved back to 1300 CE(S)T (Which is 1100UTC during summer time period) All Board members are OK in moving the start time back to 1300 CE(S)T (Neal considers moving to a different timezone) AI: Axel to change invitation mail ===Vote on OpenLetter=== The Board intents to co-sign a letter to DPO in Europe (see https:// lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/thread/ YFK4JWMJDRDHUFVOGDNDA45IZ6SMVUAK/) If this should happen 'on behalf of the project', a poll is required according to discussion in the ML. Q: Do we go that way (which is time consuming), do we sign as board or do we sign individually? Gertjan, Neal: Go with whatever is faster Mau: for me signing as board is the same as on behalf of the project Gerald: It's a task of every member, including board, to promote openSUSE. Once u are in a specific role, one needs to be a bit more careful Agreement that we sign this as individuals. Each community member who want to sign this as well should drop a mail by Fri 08 Apr to board(a)l.o.o ===Role of the Board=== In the context of the above thread, the role of the board as such was discussed, as 'signing a letter' is not listed in the wiki as part of the role. 'Advocating openSUSE Linux' neither Gerald: Current 'setup' does not allow to respond to inquiries / actions in less than 4 weeks Bill: If I vote for the Board, do I not trust the board in that way? Board understanding is that Board actions are by default not limited to the points listed in the wiki. That would limit the board more than a normal community member. Neal: Fedora could make it to Laptops because Fedora council was able to pick this up. If oS needs a poll for everything, it will fail Neal: Need to rephrase the board duties and give this to community approval Fedora Council equivalent: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/ Syds: the election rule states: <br>Members of the openSUSE board shall act on behalf of all openSUSE contributors in the best interest of the openSUSE project. Although board members may be affiliated with companies or organizations that have an interest in the success of openSUSE, they will not be considered representatives of the companies or organizations with which they are affiliated. Emily: Board scope comes from guiding principles, so we would need to change the guiding principles https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles (needs some update, as very old) Current situation is bad for the community as a whole, as we are somehow in a deadlock Participants agreed to change this, as this would improve community Proposal: Workshop during oSC22 for this (volunteer to submit workshop needed!) This list was found at https://old-en.opensuse.org/Board_election/2009 on role of the board with link http://zonker.opensuse.org/2009/11/18/what-does-the-opensuse-board-do/ available via https://web.archive.org/web/20091124235937/http://zonker.opensuse.org/ 2009/11/18/what-does-the-opensuse-board-do/ ===Code of Conduct=== The Code of Conduct was reviewed with a few edits submitted and agreed apon by Gerald. A submission to the project mailing list will be made during the next community meeting. Neal updated the Code of Conduct.

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oSC22, OSCAL Summit and Community Meeting: Week 12
by ddemaio 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Hi all, We will have Regular Community Meeting tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. At 19:00 UTC tomorrow, we will also have a quick meeting for the openSUSE Conference and openSUSE Summit at OSCAL. We will have a second Regular Community 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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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:30 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 26 Mar '22

26 Mar '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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Panel at Fedora Mentor Summit
by ddemaio 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

Hi all, I was asked if anyone from openSUSE is willing to take part in a panel session on April 2nd at 15:00 UTC during the Fedora Mentor Summit (April 1st & 2nd). We will discuss this in today's community meeting (https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting) but if you are interested and won't make the meeting today, please send me an email and I'll connect you with the organizers. You can register for the event at https://hopin.com/events/fedora-mentor-summit-2022 v/r Doug

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