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[opensuse-project] freetype2, subpixel hinting, software patents, host it in Europe
by Pascal Bleser 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just to make sure I'm not missing something... As pointed out by James Ots [1], subpixel hinting is disabled in the SUSE freetype2 packages because it might infringe software patents owned by Microsoft (see [2] for details). As software patents are not applicable nor enforceable in Europe, I could build them with enabled subpixel hinting and host them in my repository (hosted in Germany)... right ? [1]http://jamesots.blogspot.com/2007/04/sub-pixel-antialiasing-in-opensuse-1… [2]http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2007-04/msg00126.html Thanks for any comments. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser(a)skynet.be> <guru(a)unixtech.be> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGGmg9r3NMWliFcXcRAoyhAKCA2NNcr0PhErvJhe5AZM0VfW97VACglOxv mOO6jsTmQbV202Em39sxp6Y= =22Vx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Mission statement for openSUSE
by Adam Jimerson 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is aimed more to gamers, or people who played the old game Zero Wing. openSUSE - Are your base are belong to us! Just an idea... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGE/zo9KFprNJUZxARAlZFAJ42Xfg6al0fKVWsicdPBU+VB8OXrACfSakj wSL8EdVPu3I8vdJmMRgL3KU= =RiGi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [opensuse-project] Mission statement for openSUSE
by Alberto Passalacqua 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hello, I think that openSUSE is a distributions for individual users, who want freedom of choice, a rich software repository and the possibility to actually feel free of doing what they want with their PC, even if they're not experienced users. So, I thought to: * openSUSE - Open up yourself * openSUSE - Choose to be free! I also like: * openSUSE - Linux for open minds See you, Alberto --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] download.openSUSE.org mirrors
by Christoph Thiel 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi everyone, the attached mail just went out to our mirror admins. In case you are mirroring ftp.openSUSE.org and didn't get this email, contact me off-list. Thanks, Christoph ----- Forwarded message from Christoph Thiel <cthiel(a)suse.de> ----- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:41:46 +0200 From: Christoph Thiel <cthiel(a)suse.de> Subject: [suse-mirror] download.openSUSE.org mirrors Dear mirror-admins, as you might know, we have been promoting download.openSUSE.org as our central "download redirector" for openSUSE.org. Over the last year or so, the infrastrcuture behind download.openSUSE.org has been improved significantly. With the current setup we are now able to handle hunders of mirrors from all over the world. If you are interested in a more detailed description of the download redirector and the logic behind it, refer to http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/Redirector I'm contacting you today, to help me review the list of mirrors, which are currently being used by download.openSUSE.org. Please have a look at the attached mirrors.txt [1], to figure out if your mirror is listed. In case you are mirroring ftp.openSUSE.org and can't find your mirror in mirrors.txt, contact me off-list, so I can add you to the database! Here are some addition thoughts: - Please consider offering the mirrored files through HTTP, in case you aren't doing so already. (We only redirect to HTTP mirrors!) - If large file support (>2G) doesn't work on your HTTP server, please let us know - Keep the directory structure intact, so it is identical to the structure found below ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/. Otherwise we can't redirect to it. Thanks, Christoph [1] In case you are wondering what scan_speed stands for: It's the number of files the scanner (our crawler) was able to scan per second. -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----- End forwarded message -----

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[opensuse-project] FAQ_GPLv3
by Michael Loeffler 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi all, as some asked at the IRC meeting on Wednesday about Novell's view on the latest GPLv3 draft we put together a FAQ which should provide some insight. Regards Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nuremberg SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] instlux and openSuSE10.3: report 0
by Jordi Massaguer 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hello, during the Fosdem2007, Andreas J (OpenSuSE project manager) and me (instlux project manager) talked about and agreed on including instlux into the OpenSuSE10.3. Adrian Schroeter and me talked about including it into the OpenBuildService. However, it looks like we are not ready for this yet. One of the things we've talked about is about reporting and discussing about it here, at the opensuse-project mailing list. So, this is the first report. A subversion repository has been created so anyone can access to the latest code: http://instlux.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/instlux/ The "goodbye-microsoft"[1] project has been studied so that instlux can be improved by using some of the code on: - detecting the language - detecting the architecture - detecting the windows root device "openTrends Solucions i Sistemes, S.L." an open source company in Barcelona (Catalonia - Spain) has given a computer for testing purposes to the instlux project. This computer is going to be used in order to fix the bug "It does not install on SATA discs" that has been reported to the project. Finally, as OpenSuSE10.3 Alpha2 has been released, work will start in order to suport this version. regards, jordi ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 @ LinuxTag 2007, Berlin -- Call for papers
by Christoph Thiel 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi everyone, the openSUSE project is participating in LinuxTag 2007 again this time. Besides the usual booth, we will also have an "openSUSE Day", featuring around 7 talks/presentation. The openSUSE Day will most likely take place on May 30th 2007 (Linuxtag lasts from May 30th - June 2nd.) While we already have some potential talks on the list, we would like to ask YOU to propose talks! Please post them to the list or contact me off-list until April 6th. Thanks, Christoph -- Christoph Thiel, Tech. Project Management, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] Building 10.3Alpha2 from 10.2GM via Alpha1 fails
by Richard (MQ) 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Had to rebuild my 10.3 Alpha images from deltas after a disk change (I don't bother to back-up the alpha and beta ISOs as I can always download again... can't I !?). I have the 10.2 GM ISOs from 23 December and deltas from 14 February / 13 March respectively. Making i386 Alpha1 from 10.2GM completes OK with "iso sucessfully re-created, md5sum: b893bd861efb8de66cbecc42cfc9e01e", however, making Alpha2 from Alpha1 fails with "payload uncompress error". Both deltas pass MD5 check (ran it again today to check) but I can't find an MD5 sum of the original 10.2GM to check it, only one from 15 March when it was changed but not up-issued (quick aside here: are Novell / openSuSE not ISO 9001 registered? Such actions are not permitted by the standard IFAIUI!) Also I can't find the Alpha1 ISO MD5 sum to check this, I'm looking under http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3-Alpha1/iso/ There are sums for deltas, CDs and torrent files but not for DVDs. Running md5sum on the ISO created as above gives 2efb75bc4fc4e5752089ab60de1212dc which is different from the output of applydeltaiso.... Please can anyone advise MD5 sums for the ISO images of 10.2 GM original version (23 December 2006) 10.3 alpha-1 Architectures i386 & (ideally) x86-64 too Any further suggestions very welcome! -- 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] Changes in Bugzilla
by Andreas Jaeger 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I'd like to inform you about the following two changes to bugzilla: openSUSE 10.3 ============= We have created a new product and opened it. Some of the bugs that will not be fixed for 10.2 are moved over to that product. SUSE Linux 10.0 =============== Our policy is to only fix security bugs for released products and we fix the occasional critical bugs. Security bugs are reported by the security team and with 10.1 out and 10.2 nearly finished, we're not fixing critical bugs anymore so we do not really need a public bugzilla here. We do see some misuse especially with 10.0 where people report bugs against different products or ask for general help and have therefore decided to make it non-public tomorrow. SUSE Linux 10.1 will stay open for now - and openSUSE 10.2 is the product we're working on, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-project] Re: [opensuse-announce] Slightly changed openSUSE 10.2 ISOs released
by Benji Weber 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

On 3/16/07, Christoph Thiel <cthiel(a)suse.de> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > today we are releasing slightly changed openSUSE 10.2 ISO images. The reason > for putting out those updated ISOs is a license issue, which had to be > addressed. The following ISOs have be replaced on the mirrors: Could you please explain what has changed. "We have released new isos because of a licence issue" doesn't give any useful information. - Which packages have been added/removed - Which functionalities have been added/removed _ Benjamin Weber --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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