May 2024 - 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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Resigning my membership
by Jan Ritzerfeld 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

To the openSUSE community, Almost 20 years ago, I subscribed to the project's German mailing list. Unfortunately, in recent years, I've witnessed numerous discussions here ending poorly. While each incident could be attributed to misunderstandings or assumptions, the repeated assumption of bad faith and the subsequent aggressive enforcement of the Code of Conduct, including personal attacks, harassment, or violent language, contradicts the guiding principle of "working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner". So I've decided to resign my membership today, fondly recalling all the positive moments shared within the community. I've already unsubscribed from all of the project's mailing lists, with the obvious exception of this one. Have a lot of fun... Jan

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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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Minutes of openSUSE Board Meeting 2024-04-25
by Gerald Pfeifer 27 May '24

27 May '24

= Board Meeting Monday 2024-04-25 17:00 CEST = * Present: Doug, Gerald, Patrick, Simon * Missed: Neal * Guests: Attila, Knurpht, MarcelR, JohnM == Moderation == * Looking into establishing process together with moderators, which might be along the following lines: * All reports should go to the respective moderators first and foremost (or the respective moderation team where this may not be clear and they dispatch appropriately). * The board will redirect reports accordingly. * Appeals to an individual moderator's request will be handled by the moderators team. * The moderators team will reach out to the board as needed, for example if they want to recommend removing someone's membership, carrying out a formal process. * As a option of last resort an issue maybe appealed to the board, as they are accountable to the community through election. * Knurpht states that the Board should leave the entire moderation up to the moderators/admins and only act on certain requests for measures that moderators cannot effect themselves. == GDPR == * No update yet == Bugzilla contact == * No response on Escalate * Gerald escalating? * Update after the meeting: Doug escalated via his management. == Next Meeting == * Return to normal schedule == private part of meeting == * Filling open board seat

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[project] https://ciq.com/whitepaper/vendor-kernels-bugs-stability/
by Felix Miata 21 May '24

21 May '24

https://ciq.com/whitepaper/vendor-kernels-bugs-stability/ [quote] A vendor kernel is an insecure kernel. A late cycle stabilized vendor kernel is doubly so. [/quote] If I understand this, it means Leap's default kernels are among the least secure available. :( -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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openSUSE Membership Officials - looking for volunteers
by Gerald Pfeifer 21 May '24

21 May '24

Hi folks, as you may know, at openSUSE we have three bodies helping with the governance of the project: · the board, · the election officals (who run board elections and the occasional other membership vote), and · the membership officials (who vet and approve membership applications). After conversations between membership officials and the board, we now plan to expand the group of membership officials and are looking for some volunteers. If you are intestered to serve in that capacity and an openSUSE member yourself already, please reach out to me or board(a)opensuse.org. Don't be shy, effort is moderate (though it can come in bursts); no hacking skills required! Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer <gp(a)suse.com>, CTO @SUSE + chair @openSUSE

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Board meeting minutes: 2024-05-08 13:00 CEST
by ddemaio openSUSE 21 May '24

21 May '24

* Present: Doug, Gerald, Neal, Simon * Excused: Patrick * Minutes by: Doug * Guests: Gertjan == Past minutes == [10'] * 2024-04-08 * 2024-04-22 * Should we announce the new membership officials, outside of the minutes? AI: Gerald to ask the membership officials how this should be announced, will leave it out of the minutes. AI: Simon wrap up minutes from 2024-04-08 AI: Gerald Wrap up minutes from 2024-04-22 == Logistics Board Meeting around openSUSE Conference == [10'] * Aiming for Monday afternoon, informal dinner, Tuesday morning and (early) afternoon == Board Issues/Tickets on code.opensuse.org.== * Neal added a note on getting added to existing tickets to `https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_best_practices#Joining_the_Board * Domain transfer for kalpa ** https://code.opensuse.org/board/tickets/issue/73 ** Agreement to wait until after openSUSE Conference ** AI Gerald to update ticket == private: Conflict Resolution ==

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Shawn W Dunn to join the openSUSE Board (fwd)
by Gerald Pfeifer 21 May '24

21 May '24

Hi folks, it's my pleasure to welcome Shawn W Dunn to the openSUSE Board. As you may recall there is one vacant seat we are filling thusly. Shawn has been the runner up in our recent election, generally is very engaged around openSUSE (including diverse aspects such as the Kalpa project and moderation), and - to add some personal experience - when we recently talked impressed me with his balanced viewpoints and thoughtfulness. We had our first board meeting together just a few hours ago; Shawn's term is going to run for the rest of this year and the following. Please join me in welcoming and supporting Shawn! Gerald (on behalf of the board) -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer <gp(a)suse.com>, CTO @SUSE + chair @openSUSE

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Board meeting minutes: 2024-04-08 13:00 CEST
by Simon Lees 20 May '24

20 May '24

* Present: Doug, Gerald, Gertjan, Simon, Neal * Missed: Patrick * Minutes by: Simon * Guests: Bernhard Wiedemann, Georg P. == Moderation == * IRC bridged to matrix, but not discord * Simon has been monitoring ... and found not need for moderation for the time being. (More Information and the establishment of some processes let to revisiting the topic and ultimately escalated to moderations & banning) == GDPR == * Email thread involving board@ on a specific request re "desire to be forgotten" * Doug has asked for a general solution to involve a suse.com account (instead of a third party) * AI: Doug is going * Multiple IDP tickets not receiving action currently. * AI: Gerald escalating with SUSE IT * Update after meeting: Initial ticket resolved, following up. == Bugzilla contact == * Consensus yet to be reached. * SD Ticket still has no movement. * AI: Doug to Escalate * Discussion around long term plan for the broader issue. == Foundation infra to support? == * Look to move AWS donated resources to the Foundation * Maybe setup a VM Host Server so Heroes have the option of moving some VM's if they wish to. == Governance model discussion == * Slowly moving, will be the focus of the upcoming Face to Face. == Conference presentation == == Next Meeting == * Probably Thursday in two weeks, time to be confirmed and sent to Lists. == private part of meeting == * Status membership officials -- Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek SUSE Linux Adelaide Australia, UTC+10:30 GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B

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Fwd: Weblate Outage
by Lubos Kocman 10 May '24

10 May '24

(on behalf of Padraig Dillion) Planning Disruption for Weblate Migration The [openSUSE](https://www.opensuse.org/) will undergo a critical update with the migration of [Weblate](https://l10n.opensuse.org/) to a hosted solution. Shifting to a hosted solution for the web-based localization tool in order to keep up with the increasing demands of projects’ development. The migration is slated for May 14 and it is anticipated that the service will be down for approximately one day. This is a planned short-term inconvenience for a long-term benefit and will allow for our translation contributors to pick up right where they left off. People wanting to contribute to the openSUSE Project by helping to translate using [Weblate](https://weblate.org/en/) can register on https://l10n.opensuse.org and connect with other translators through translation(a)lists.opensuse.org and project(a)lists.opensuse.org mailing lists. Any attempt to connect to Weblate during the migration will trigger a notification informing the user of the ongoing maintenance. Others will be informed of the outage through https://status.opensuse.org. -- Best regards Luboš Kocman openSUSE Leap Release Manager

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