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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-announce] Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 Now Available
by Richard (MQ) 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Christoph Thiel wrote: > The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the availability of beta 3 of the > 11.1 release. It's a few days late, but much better for the delay. Beta 3 is > now available for immediate download and testing. > Installing openSUSE 11.1 beta 3 on Mac OS X machines should work fine. > Previous openSUSE releases would not write the partition table correctly to > the MBR, but it should now be possible to install openSUSE on Macs more > easily. Great - I look forward to trying it, but not without ISOs or deltas being available - and no sign of either for PPC. I'm looking at http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta3/iso and ../delta FWIW and can see 386 / x86-64 files just not PPC Can anyone advise please? Or is this a mirror - specific problem? I can't tell where I'm being redirected to... Further, I can't get anywhere downloading the 386 / x86-64 deltas by torrent either, ktorrent reports 'invalid response' to the tracker... -- Cheers Richard (MQ) -- 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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[opensuse-project] how to send e-mails with my opensuse.org e-mail address?
by Hartmut Meyer 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, Can someone explain to me how to send e-mail with my opensuse.org e-mail address? The address itself is working fine: I can receive e-mails. But what SMTP server would I for sending? And how to authenticate? Greetings from Bremen hartmut -- hartmut meyer email: hartmut.meyer(a)web.de hermann-hesse-weg 15 mobil: 01522 9551345 28279 bremen telefon: 0421-3073650

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[opensuse-project] OBS-Webclient Survey is online
by Robert Lihm 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello! Today we started a openSUSE Build Service Webclient online survey. We want to get more informations about the OBS-Webclient users, the used hard and software and (potential) use cases. If you use, used or want to use the OBS, please participate on the survey and help us to make a solid Webclient 2. OBS-Webclient Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d4ovT179sAK_2f1gmuApBAjg_3d_3d Thank you! Best Robert --- Robert Lihm, Webdesigner - Build Service Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0 - rlihm(a)suse.de ____________________________________________________________ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ____________________________________________________________ SUSE - a Novell business

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[opensuse-project] Who are the "members of openSUSE community"?
by Satoru Matsumoto 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hi, Just now, we have two definitions for the 'members of openSUSE community'. 1) As described in the preface of 'OpenSUSE Community': http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_community 'In fact, if you think you are a member, want to be a member, ask if you are a member, then you probably are one :-).' 2) As described in the "Community Structure" section of the same page: 'openSUSE Members are specifically acknowledged contributors who have brought a continued and substantial contribution to the project (browse member list), who enjoy some perks and will elect the next openSUSE board.' Again. Who are the 'members of openSUSE community', exactly? Now I can say "I'm one of the members.", because my openSUSE membership application has been approved by the board and my name has been listed on the member list. But, how about my friends, who are using openSUSE and may be potential good contributors? Are they members or not? Andearas Jaeger mentioned in the announcement for his 'Retiring from the openSUSE Board': http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/10/08/retiring-from-the-opensuse-board/ 'openSUSE “members” (I would really love to see a better name)' I totally agree with him. We need a more suitable name for the "members" in the latter meaning. So, it's my proposal: - Basically, everyone, who wants to be a member of openSUSE community, is a member - Rename "members" in the latter meaning to a more suitable name such as fellows, supporters, etc. - For it is in the period of the Board Election just now, we'd better wait until the election ends in order to avoid the confusion posed by the change of the name for the "members". Bests, -- _/_/_/ To be Happy! _/_/_/ _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto _/_/ _/ helios_reds(a)gmx.net _/ -- 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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[opensuse-project] I propose a packagers meeting
by Stephen Shaw 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

I think it would be useful to gather all packagers together and have a meeting. I think this would help maximize our efforts and help out new comers to opensuse packaging. Maybe once a week on Wednesday. With community/contrib repos and being able to contribute to openSUSE factory, more organization among the packagers in the community could help develop a great set of repositories and help share the work load that the current packages have. Last night made me think about this. I packaged up the new gimp 2.6 for factory and submitted it (which took some time to get everything together). It was rejected because someone else already had done it. If I had known that someone else was working on it, I could have put all of that effort into another package. Thanks, Stephen Shaw Proud 2008 openSUSE Board Candidate -- 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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[opensuse-project] Last Day For Granting Franchise Votes
by Andrew Wafaa 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Phase1 of the Board Election process[0] comes to a close at 1200 UTC on 09 October 2008. That means after that time there will be no additional people eligible to vote for candidates. Franchise votes are possibly the least understood aspect of the election process, this is even after the best efforts of the Election Committee and Candidates. No one is to blame, it's just fact. So let me try once more to explain what the Franchise voting is all about. In a nutshell an openSUSE Member has the ability to grant a registered user, but not member, the privilege to vote in the upcoming Board Election. Why? Simplisticly it's to get more voters/users/contributors involved in influencing how the openSUSE project progresses. There are 2831 registered users now, but only 212 Members - so according to my bad maths that makes about 7.5% eligible to vote. That to me isn't entirely representative of the community, so in comes the Franchise vote, we members have the ability to increase that voting percentage to 15%. The catch is that the users have to have registered prior to 01 September 2008. So how do users get the franchise? Simplist way is ask a member :) Members will not be able to grant users a franchise if they have not registered prior to 01Sept08 so dont try and bluff, the system knows ;) How do you find out who is a member? Simple, go to users.opensuse.org[1] and "Browse Members[2]". From there you can get contact details for IRC nicks, etc and try and convince them that you are worthy. So please if you haven't done so, go and get your franchise and help influence openSUSE. For members that haven't given out their franchise you can "Browse Users[3]" and find someone you recognise and ask them if they would like a franchise vote. People this is *YOUR* Board that is being voted in, if you don't speak up now then you'll loose your voice until the next election! [0] - http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008#Phase_1:_Nomination_of_second_vo… [1] - https://users.opensuse.org/ [2] - https://users.opensuse.org/membership/list [3] - https://users.opensuse.org/users/browse -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: GNOME / Marketing / Board Election. openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org -- 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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[opensuse-project] FYI I'm retiring from the board...
by Andreas Jaeger 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

FYI, I published yesterday at: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/10/08/retiring-from-the-opensuse-board/ I have served as chairperson of the openSUSE board the last year and would like to announce that I decided to pass the honours on for the next election period. I’ve made this decision out of personal plans for the next year that will not allow me to devote as much time to the board as it deserves since I’ll be some time on paternity leave. In my professional role I will stay involved with the openSUSE project and I will support the new chairperson fully to make a smooth transition. The new chairperson will be announced at the same time as the new board members, at the end of this election. I enjoyed being openSUSE chairperson - working together with excellent board members (thanks Coolo, Federico, Francis, and Pascal), internal and external community members to move openSUSE forward in areas like openSUSE “members” (I would really love to see a better name), forums, the distribution, marketing (getting Zonker onboard was part of it) and also getting these elections setup. Btw. I have given some comments (like here) on the board previously. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Re: [opensuse-project] I propose a packagers meeting
by tuukka.pasanen＠ilmi.fi 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:05:33 -0500, Bryen <suserocks(a)bryen.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:50 -0600, Stephen Shaw wrote: >> I think it would be useful to gather all packagers together and have a >> meeting. I think this would help maximize our efforts and help out new >> comers to opensuse packaging. Maybe once a week on Wednesday. >> >> With community/contrib repos and being able to contribute to openSUSE >> factory, more organization among the packagers in the community could >> help develop a great set of repositories and help share the work load >> that the current packages have. >> >> Last night made me think about this. I packaged up the new gimp 2.6 for >> factory and submitted it (which took some time to get everything >> together). It was rejected because someone else already had done it. >> If I had known that someone else was working on it, I could have put all >> of that effort into another package. >> >> Thanks, >> Stephen Shaw >> Proud 2008 openSUSE Board Candidate > > I think that's a great idea. I also observed when several people worked > together trying to package a component for mouseTrap, only to discover > that after all their work, they realized someone else already did that > component. > > There needs to be a better awareness thus reducing duplication of > efforts. > > -- > Bryen Yunashko > Proud 2008 Candidate for openSUSE Board > I Also think this is great idea that would help to coordinate at least contrib. If packager doesn't appear in IRC or some other (Mailing list) he could not commit packages to contrib. Then there should be 'Official' marked contrib packages (Those should be endorsed in search) and there should be normal packages that are mentioned with warning that this ain't anyhow supported by openSUSE community (or they are not tested). Support is provided only by packager (Same like horrible SSL marker as Firefox 3.x has). Duplication is not bad as we think is just stupid in this case. First we need Wiki page and times there when appear in place (Then I think little advertisiment) and some to keep IRC minutes up as secretary. Tuukka Currently very drunk candidate of openSUSE Board :P -- 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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[opensuse-project] openSUSE GNOME meeting (2008/10/02)
by Rodrigo Moya 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

11.0 updates Mozilla updates coming soon MozillaFirefox, mozilla-xulrunner*, MozillaThunderbird, and seamonkey were all updated over the last week, all in Mozilla repo Contrib and GNOME:Community http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-gnome/2008-09/msg00087.html Need to decide the list of packages to move, a meeting will be held next Wednesday (15th Oct) at 22:00 UTC. People willing to help packaging existing packages in GNOME:Factory or add new GNOME software, please attend Promotion of GNOME within openSUSE 11.1 Promotion of the above mentioned meeting to be done by suseROCKS Wiki work http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Wiki_Layout Packagers meeting There will be regular packagers meetings to find ways to better coordinate activities openSUSE-wide (http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2008-10/msg00005.html) osc-gnome plugin being changed to work with any repository, which should help distro-wide to better organize work and submissions by contributors osc-gnome Docs on the wiki now (http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/OscGnome) Now works with X11:Compiz and soon with X11:common:Factory Feature update • Compiz ∘ Upgraded to 0.7.8, now in Factory (or X11:Compiz) ∘ Some problems reported on x86_64, please test and report • Mortadelo for 11.1 Agenda for next meeting We've been bad last weeks for keeping agenda and logs up-to-date, hobbsc and chalcedonny volunteered to keep them updated -- 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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[opensuse-project] openSUSE election status update
by Marko Jung 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

A bit longer than four weeks ago the board announced the first openSUSE board election. With the beginning of the next phase of the election process, I would like to give you a short status update. Since the initial announcement we raised the openSUSE member count by 50% to now 212 approved openSUSE members. I am impressed by the enormous interest in participating in our project. And we have a total of ten candidates running for a seat in the next openSUSE board: Non-Novell * Pascal Bleser * Peter Linnell * Tuukka Pasanen * Alex Rodriguez * Jakub Rusinek * Bryen Yunashko Novell * Marco Michna * Stephen Shaw * Henne Vogelsang * Federico Mena-Quintero Find platforms and contact details for all candidates in the openSUSE wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Board_Election/2008#Candidates = What is next? = During the next two weeks, each of the 212 openSUSE members is able to give voting privileges for this election to another user (which is not an openSUSE member). This person should be an active contributor of the openSUSE community and needs an account at users.openSUSE.org which has been created before September, 1st 2008. The possibility to give franchise to another person is for you the perfect chance to get a friend or colleague more involved in the openSUSE project. Do not miss this opportunity and help us to get as much people as possible participating on the election! Unfortunately I used a wrong variable in the mail template for the first notification mail, the appointment of additional voters ends October 9th, 2008 at 12:00 UTC. Until ballots will open on October, 9th 2008 (12:00 UTC) we have now two weeks of campaigning, which should be mainly driven by the candidates themselves. Potentially there will be a public IRC debate with all candidates, but this is not set yet. If you are interested and have time to support us organizing it, please get in touch now! Concluding I would like to thank all candidates for standing, the openSUSE board for checking more than hundret membership requests, my colleagues from the election committee and Zonker for their great support. -- 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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