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Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by ddemaio 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

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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RE: Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by Patrick Fitzgerald 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

My ten-tokens worth below -- -------------------------------- Patrick Fitzgerald All Support queries to: isupport(a)i-layer.com <mailto:isupport@i-layer.com> -----Original message----- From: Richard Brown <rbrown(a)suse.de> Sent: Monday 28th November 2022 14:12 To: project(a)lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions On Sun, 2022-11-27 at 13:04 +0000, doug demaio wrote: > Absolute reform, I would like to see the project rewrite it’s > charter, make use of blockchain technologies and embrace newer ways > of doing things, so that we can replenish the project with a > succeeding/next generation of members. We are a project that has historically struggled to run single- instance, centralised infrastructure for key parts of our project operation. eg. Our members database on https://connect.opensuse.org is no more eg2. Our TSP and voting tooling have both been stories of long struggles by very few people. The voting tooling in particular would be of absolute importance for any major reforms (they'd need to be voted on by the Membership at least to be accepted) Voting in order to have a vote? Sounds like that is something to be decided by the board, actually, since they would be voted in in the first place... ;) How do you expect us, as a Project, to be able to run complicated, multi-instance, distributed blockchain tooling when we've repeatedly demonstrated we struggle with even single node systems? Who will be funding all the additional hardware that blockchain technologies would require? All the additional hardware? Actually it is simpler than you think - it could be implemented as simple app, and run on every members system. As a foundation we could seek out startups, for example, who are beginning to be engaged in this space, and collaborate with them. (Or mature startups that would want a tax break for that matter). Upsides for both parties. Just a thought. Regards, -- Richard Brown Linux Distribution Engineer - Future Technology Team SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Frankenstraße 146, D-90461 Nuremberg, Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Managing Directors/Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev, Andrew Myers, Andrew McDonald, Martje Boudien Moerman

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RE: Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions
by Patrick Fitzgerald 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

Hi All, here are my answers: 1. Why are you running for the openSUSE board? (Some of you have covered this already.) Specifically - reform and change. * Helping the move to a charitable foundation. This should open up new sources of funding. * Embracing new users, and new technologies. Start a outreach program to get both more users, and companies involved in using the product set. 2. Clearly you care a lot about openSUSE and have contributed to the project. What do you think will you be able to add as a member of the board? * A fresh point of view, with a open perspective * Commercial experience - I've run various companies over the last 35 years. And what would be the opportunity cost, i.e., what might you not be able to do, or do less of, for openSUSE in that case? * I can devote to about 4-8 hours per week to the new role. * As far as my company is concerned, it will be counted as "training" ;) 3. What would you like the board to do differently / more / less of? * As "elected officials" the board has a duty to take decisions to ensure that the project both survives and thrives. 4. What are your thoughts on an openSUSE Foundation or similar structure? If positive, how would you address that practically and what, if any, role do you see for yourself in the way there? * I am specifically interested in moving to a foundation as soon as possible, to ensure the future growth of membership, projects and community. * I've already provided an initial report and wish to expand on it to drive this forward. 5. What are you biggest worries around / for openSUSE? (And how might we tackle those?) * Lack of pro-activity will cause the the project to wither. * Running it as a commercial/charity entity will reduce the chances of this occurring. Bonus question: 6. What makes you happy about openSUSE? What do you appreciate, enjoy? * I like the community and the output of that community in terms of the software that they contribute to. * In my experience openSUSE has always been about high quality, and I would love to support the endeavour. * The beer isn't bad either. -- -------------------------------- Patrick Fitzgerald All Support queries to: isupport(a)i-layer.com <mailto:isupport@i-layer.com> -----Original message----- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gp(a)suse.com> Sent: Friday 25th November 2022 0:58 To: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org; terrorpup(a)opensuse.org; knurpht(a)opensuse.org; patrickf(a)opensuse.org; futureboy(a)opensuse.org; ngompa(a)opensuse.org; ddemaio(a)opensuse.org Subject: Re: Ask your openSUSE Board candidates questions On Mon 2022-11-07, ddemaio wrote: > 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 This is a great idea (and I meant to ask questions two weeks ago, but ... personal circumstances). This may be my most difficult choice in an election as an openSUSE member so far. (A great problem to have, of course.) Here are some aspect I am curious to learn more about: 1. Why are you running for the openSUSE board? (Some of you have covered this already.) 2. Clearly you care a lot about openSUSE and have contributed to the project. What do you think will you be able to add as a member of the board? And what would be the opportunity cost, i.e., what might you not be able to do, or do less of, for openSUSE in that case? 3. What would you like the board to do differently / more / less of? 4. What are your thoughts on an openSUSE Foundation or similar structure? If positive, how would you address that practically and what, if any, role do you see for yourself in the way there? 5. What are you biggest worries around / for openSUSE? (And how might we tackle those?) Bonus question: 6. What makes you happy about openSUSE? What do you appreciate, enjoy? Thank you, Gerald

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Community Meeting: Week 48
by ddemaio 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

Hi all, We will have our community meetings this week at the normal times. Tomorrow's meeting will be at 15:30 UTC and Thursday's meeting will be at 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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ALP Community WG workshop next week: Consuming community content in SUSE's ALP
by Lubos Kocman 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Hello openSUSE! I'd like to invite you to a next Tuesday's (14:30 UTC) ALP Community *WG meeting where we'd like to start collecting ideas for how to consume community software in SUSE's ALP. Link to meeting minutes, lucid spark board, and meeting details including how to connect can be found here: https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/weeklymeeting We're not looking for any implementation details, but rather high-level ideas and requirements. We're in a different position than with Leap 15 as ALP is developed fully in the open, therefore we can build on top of something which is already public. All attendees should make themselves familiar with the current state of the ALP *prototype, the work of *D-Installer (standalone media that can install any openSUSE Distribution), etc. [0]https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:ALP/Workgroups/Community [1]https://news.opensuse.org/2022/10/27/call-for-testing-next-gen-installer/ and https://github.com/yast/d-installer [2]https://www.suse.com/c/the-first-prototype-of-adaptable-linux-platform-is… Best regards Lubos Kocman openSUSE Leap Release Manager

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Community Meeting/ALP WG: Week 47 (WG @ 14:30 UTC)
by ddemaio 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Hi all, There will be an ALP Work Group tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. This is an hour earlier than the normal time, but will last a little longer than the regular Tuesday time frame. This WG will look at high-level ideas and requirements in how to consume community software in SUSE's ALP. People attending this WG should join if they have run the ALP prototype. This is for those who have tried it or those who would just like to follow along. We don't want to be spending time explaining the basics of the system during this WG as we are aiming to have more focused discussions. Please note, Lubos explains some of this on the mailing list https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/thread/… The Thursday Community Meeting will be at 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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Reminder meeting : openSUSE Board meeting next Monday (13:00 Europe/Berlin)
by openSUSE Meeting Reminder 19 Nov '22

19 Nov '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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Fwd: FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation
by Luna Jernberg 18 Nov '22

18 Nov '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 5:22 PM Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation To: Douglas DeMaio <Douglas.DeMaio(a)suse.com>, ddemaio <ddemaio(a)opensuse.org>, Douglas DeMaio <ddemaio(a)suse.com>, ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de>, bittin <bittin(a)opensuse.org>, Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com>, Luna Jernberg <bittin(a)fedoraproject.org> Will make sure to stop by the booth and say hi and buy some openSUSE beer when i am not working in the Fedora booth or the Devroom On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 5:10 PM Douglas DeMaio <Douglas.DeMaio(a)suse.com> wrote: > > Hi Luna, > Unfortunately, I won't be able to since I have to make sure the booth is always attended and want to make sure people at the booth can also attend the talks and devrooms. I appreciate your email. > v/r > Doug > ________________________________ > From: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2022 5:05 PM > To: ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de>; bittin <bittin(a)opensuse.org>; Luna Jernberg <droidbittin(a)gmail.com>; Luna Jernberg <bittin(a)fedoraproject.org>; ddemaio <ddemaio(a)opensuse.org>; Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>; Justin W. Flory (he/him) <jwf(a)redhat.com>; Vipul Siddharth <siddharthvipul1(a)gmail.com>; Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)fedoraproject.org>; Justin W. Flory <foss(a)jwf.io>; siddharthvipul(a)pm.me <siddharthvipul(a)pm.me>; Shaun McCance <shaunm(a)redhat.com>; devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org <devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>; announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org <announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Cc: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org <opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org> > Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation > > Hey! > > Will help out in the room next year > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:18 PM ddemaio <ddemaio(a)suse.de> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I'm forwarding this info for the project. > > > > *# **FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation* > > > > We're excited to announce that the Distributions Devroom is returning to > > FOSDEM 2023, in-person in Brussels for the full day on Sunday, February > > 5. > > The call for proposals is now open. > > > > > > *## About the Distributions Devroom* > > > > The Distributions Devroom is run by and for the people who build, > > package, > > and contribute to distributions of Linux and other software. > > Distributions > > remain a critical part of modern IT infrastructure, whether running on > > bare > > metal or in containers, from supercomputers to edge deployments. The > > Distributions Devroom provides a forum to share best practices on the > > entire distribution lifecycle, from building and integration to > > long-term > > support and security fixes. > > > > > > *## Call for Proposals* > > > > We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in issues > > unique > > to distributions, especially in the following topics: > > > > * Growing, participating, and working with communities around > > distributions > > * Automating building and testing to minimize human involvement > > * Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues > > * Distribution construction, installation, deployment, packaging, and > > content management > > * Balancing new code and active upstreams versus security updates and > > minimization of breaking changes > > * Delivering architecture-independent software > > * Working with vendors and including them in the community > > * The future of distributions and emerging trends > > * Non-engineering topics inside of distribution communities (e.g. > > documentation, marketing, internationalization, design, community > > operations, etc.) > > * Creating a secure supply chain by evaluating upstream components and > > providing a secure source for downstreams > > > > > > *## Important Dates* > > > > * Submission Deadline: Dec 20th 2022 > > * Acceptance notifications: Dec 31th 2022 > > * Final schedule announcement: Jan 14th 2022 > > > > > > *## Process* > > > > 1. Register a FOSDEM Pentabarf account[1] and sign in. > > 2. Visit the FOSDEM CFP[2] and click "Create Event". > > 3. Make sure "Track" is set to "Distributions devroom" for wranglers to > > receive your submission! > > 4. Complete the form with your presentation details. > > > > Make sure your submission has the following details: > > > > * Title > > * One-paragraph abstract > > * Longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target > > audience, including a definition of your target audience. > > * Approximate length / type of submission (talk, BoF, …) > > * Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any) > > > > [1] https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account > > [2] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23 > > > > > > *## About FOSDEM* > > > > FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and > > collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source > > software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. FOSDEM > > hosts dozens of developer rooms, where community members run tracks on > > various topics.

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FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation
by ddemaio 17 Nov '22

17 Nov '22

Hi all, I'm forwarding this info for the project. *# **FOSDEM 2023 Distributions Devroom - Call for Participation* We're excited to announce that the Distributions Devroom is returning to FOSDEM 2023, in-person in Brussels for the full day on Sunday, February 5. The call for proposals is now open. *## About the Distributions Devroom* The Distributions Devroom is run by and for the people who build, package, and contribute to distributions of Linux and other software. Distributions remain a critical part of modern IT infrastructure, whether running on bare metal or in containers, from supercomputers to edge deployments. The Distributions Devroom provides a forum to share best practices on the entire distribution lifecycle, from building and integration to long-term support and security fixes. *## Call for Proposals* We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in issues unique to distributions, especially in the following topics: * Growing, participating, and working with communities around distributions * Automating building and testing to minimize human involvement * Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues * Distribution construction, installation, deployment, packaging, and content management * Balancing new code and active upstreams versus security updates and minimization of breaking changes * Delivering architecture-independent software * Working with vendors and including them in the community * The future of distributions and emerging trends * Non-engineering topics inside of distribution communities (e.g. documentation, marketing, internationalization, design, community operations, etc.) * Creating a secure supply chain by evaluating upstream components and providing a secure source for downstreams *## Important Dates* * Submission Deadline: Dec 20th 2022 * Acceptance notifications: Dec 31th 2022 * Final schedule announcement: Jan 14th 2022 *## Process* 1. Register a FOSDEM Pentabarf account[1] and sign in. 2. Visit the FOSDEM CFP[2] and click "Create Event". 3. Make sure "Track" is set to "Distributions devroom" for wranglers to receive your submission! 4. Complete the form with your presentation details. Make sure your submission has the following details: * Title * One-paragraph abstract * Longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target audience, including a definition of your target audience. * Approximate length / type of submission (talk, BoF, …) * Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any) [1] https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account [2] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23 *## About FOSDEM* FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. FOSDEM hosts dozens of developer rooms, where community members run tracks on various topics.

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Google Summer of Code Org Applications
by ddemaio 15 Nov '22

15 Nov '22

Hi all, It looks like Google Summer of Code Org Applications are open from January 23 - Feb 7, 2023. If you are interested in mentoring please add or update your project on https://101.opensuse.org/ Also, please let me know if you're interested in mentoring next year so I can track if we have enough projects to apply. v/r Doug

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