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Re: [opensuse-wiki] Transferring images
by Matthew Ehle 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Tim, How are you determining which files you want to get? If it makes life easier for you, I can just allow index view on files.opensuse.org, which I should probably do anyway. With that, you can download all the files on old-en.opensuse.org into one directory with a single wget command. That would probably make it a lot easier for you to pick and choose the files you need. I will look into getting one of these upload extensions installed as soon as I get a handle on this session error bug that is affecting imports in the first place. Since it is possible, however unlikely, that one of the new extensions that we installed is related to the problem, I am wary of installing more extensions until we at least know what is going on. In any case, I'm going to go ahead and set index views on files.o.o before I go to bed and forget all about it. -Matt >>> Christian Boltz 07/14/10 4:35 PM >>> Hello, on Mittwoch, 14. Juli 2010, Tim Mohlmann wrote: > I'm still try to work out a script for downloading multiple images at > once, to overcome the sub-directory problem. Tried earlier tips form > Rajko and Cristian, but it's not working as it should (wget is > following a little bit to much). to get the directory structure: echo 'Image:foo.jpg' | sed 's/^Image://' | md5sum - | sed 's§^$.$$.$.*§\1/\1\2§' Script to download several images (not really tested, but should work): grep ".." imglist.txt | while read file ; do img=$(echo $file | sed 's/^Image://') imgpath=$(echo "$img" | md5sum - | sed 's§^$.$$.$.*§\1/\1\2§') wget "http://old-en.opensuse.org/images/$imgpath/$img" done This will download all files listed in imglist.txt with wget. imglist could look like that: Image:Foo.jpg Bar.jpg <---- Image: is not required (will be cut away anyway) Image:Baz.jpg I assume you know what you are writing into imglist.txt - the script does not have a real protection against funny filenames etc. Most important: you have to use _ instead of spaces (or add another sed ;-) If you prefer to use commandline parameters instead of a file with the filelist, replace the first line with for file in "$@" ; do Regards, Christian Boltz PS: In case you wonder: the "grep .." is a trick to skip empty lines ;-) -- An NT server can be run by an idiot, and usually is. [Tom Holub,a.h.b-o-u] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Transferring images
by Tim Mohlmann 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi Guys, I found it particular difficult to transfer images (File:xxx.png). Now the work flow is: *Transfer article. You find missing images *Trace them down 1 by 1 on the old wiki and download them *Upload them 1 by 1 on the new wiki. This is very annoying when transferring articles with multiple screenshots, or Artwork articles (I'm busy with that). This gets also pointed out by others whom I speak on irc. At least for the uploading part I found: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiUpload There are more tastes available in: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads#Mass_uploading Is it possible to install an extension like this ASAP? I'm still try to work out a script for downloading multiple images at once, to overcome the sub-directory problem. Tried earlier tips form Rajko and Cristian, but it's not working as it should (wget is following a little bit to much). Greetings, Tim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Cleaning up the trash!
by Tim Mohlmann 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi Guys, Today I started on cleaning the trash in http://old-en.opensuse.org/Category:Checked_Articles. Most article's where double marked (Reviewed and TransferNote). I Removed {{Reviewed}} from the articles also containing {{TransferNote}}. Now I'm busy clearing the list by transferring the articles and mark them with {{TransferNote}}. I hope I get half way today and finish it tomorrow. I also found articles already transferred, but not marked with {{TransferNote}}, so this is also in the fixing progress. Can an admin for old-en.o.o have a look at http://old-en.opensuse.org/Ambassadors/List and remove the {{Reviewed}} tag. I'm not admin on old-en.o.o and it's locked. PLEASE, when you transfer anything form this Category, don't forget to mark them and remove {{Reviewed}} tag. It was (and still is) a hell of a job to clean up afterwards. Thanks in advance! Greets, Tim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Wiki Watch
by Matthew Ehle 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hello All, As some of you may know, we have hit a little snag with the wikis. One of the two primary web servers for www.opensuse.org, files.opensuse.org, and the wiki farm had a major hardware failure yesterday. After some discussion with the data center, we decided that it would be safer to keep that server out of the rotation, rather than attempt to fix and bring the server back online during the 11.3 release. Of course, this really couldn't have come at a worse time. As is expected, new releases cause much higher traffic than usual. Combine this with the fact that we have a brand new wiki out there that has generated a lot of interest and will require a learning curve (i.e. more pages per user), and I think this will probably be one of the highest traffic days that we have ever had. The silver lining here is that openSUSE invested in some really capable hardware. I did some tuning of the remaining server to prepare it for a high traffic load, and it should be able to handle quite a bit of traffic on its own. In addition, I brought the backup server online and tuned it for a higher load as well. It will be on rotation with the remaining primary server on all the sites, except for www.opensuse.org and en.opensuse.org. I left those two out so as to not overwhelm the considerably weaker backup server. With all of this together, I feel confident that the www page and wikis should run smoothly throughout the release. I have gotten some reports of sporadic slowness of the site, but I believe that was coming from iChain. Chris did some work on there, and I believe that resolved the problem. I just want you all to be aware that we not at our normal capacity going into this release. While we should be ok, please do me a favor and check out the site periodically for uptime and responsiveness. If anything seems out of the ordinary, please contact me right away. What would be especially useful is if any of you have some kind of web diagnostic tool, and send me any reports if the site is being slow. Without specific data and being unable to duplicate the problem, I will only be able to pinpoint the problem so far. Thank you, Matthew Ehle Web Engineer Application Development & Maintenance Affiliated Computer Services, Inc A Xerox Company Mobile Phone: (801) 228-8043 Office Phone: (801) 861-2722 mehle(a)novell.com

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[opensuse-wiki] Landing page for 11.3
by Atri Bhattacharya 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hi! There is no landing page for 11.3, there is only Portal:11.3. Is this intended, or is it okay to create a page for 11.3 at http://en.opensuse.org/11.3 similar to what we have for GNOME and KDE [1]? [1] http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME http://en.opensuse.org/KDE Bye -- Atri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Allow me to introduce myself
by Tim Mohlmann 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Hello wiki team! As in the LTSP topic, Rajko has accepted my appliance for membership to the wiki team, it seems proper to me to introduce myself! My name is Tim Möhlmann, nick Muhlemmer on the wiki. Userpage: http://en.opensuse.org/User:Muhlemmer Although my last name is an old German name and my nick is German for trashcan (am I correct?), don't be tempted to assume I am German. I come from the Netherlands and life in a nice coastal village called Middelburg. My occupation is Marine Service Engineer and I'm specialised in nuts, bolts, pipes, pumps and electrics. I have a very strong interest in Marine automation, as this touches one off my hobby's: Computers. Throughout the years this became discovering and using linux, openSUSE being my favourite distro. It's a quite similar story like the most off us, seeing to much of window's BSOD, I started looking for alternatives and found Linux. The rest speaks for itself. My biggest frustration in my field of work: more and more automation companies in the marine sector are using Windows as a base OS. Taking in example Norcontroll, the biggest (and it was the most reliable) made a switch from Unix to Windows. Basically as excuse: The "specialists" find it easier to develop Windows based apps. Now I have to tell my costumers: It's not the automation that hangs, it just windows. The only thing I can suggest, reboot every week. As some people may know, rebooting an automation system is a small suicide attempt, there are always some thing not working or properly addressed when the system is back up. Pray it's not our electrical plant or propulsion systems. My big vision, one day build a professional and stable opensource based automation plant for the marine sector. Making it affordable and less binding for service. (If you need norcontroll service, you might have to wait a month or so). Anyway, I'm getting of track here.. back on again: What I do with openSUSE and the wiki * I'm not a wiki expert, neither a linux geek. Although I would like to be, I simply don't have time to be one. * Playing around with Linux is a hobby, which is done in my spare time. * I use the wiki to wright down, or correct what is written, according my own experience. * Doing this I find more to learn and try in Linux, giving me another opportunity to above etc. What can you expect of me in the Wiki-team *Because of my work I'm mostly abroad (last year 210 days), most of the times I work alone. *Although I totally like going to bars and clubs, it's not something I want to be doing every night to kill time. *I use this time for my "hobby" openSUSE and the wiki. *Sometimes I'm on projects that don't have spare time, in this case you will see less to nothing from me. *My days at home are sparse and I've got a girl and house to maintain, also don't expect to much from me in this case. *When I do have time, I'm busy all evening and the long sundays, making up for my downtime. Finally a nice quote, that describes my relation with openSUSE and the wiki: "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." Conficius (around 500 BC) Hope to have a nice coöperation with you guys! Tim Möhlmann -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] kernel / Linux Kernel
by pistazienfresser 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2010-07/msg00368.html Hello Wiki-List, I think it would be grate if there would be an article about the kernel and especially the varieties in openSUSE and some (external) links to further information. I may be able to deliver something like a stub or be used as a dummy to test if a real article is easy to understand but I do think it would be a good idea if someone else/some other people would do the real work - some people how do really now how the kernel works and how making the kernel (technically and socially) works... Greetings pistazienfresser -- - openSUSE 11.2 with GNOME 2.28.2 (or KDE 4.3.5) and Kernel Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-default (or pae, Ubuntu 10.4 LTS 'lucid' 2.6.33-22-genetic, MS Win XP) - Samsung X20 (SX20S) with Pentium M 740 (1730 MHz), Intel graphic 915GM, 1400x1050 - openSUSE profile: https://users.opensuse.org/show/pistazienfresser -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Import/Export For All Groups
by Matthew Ehle 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hello All, In response to "New wiki, what now?" article on news.opensuse.org, someone commented on the fact that the import/export functionality is not available to most users. I wanted to point this out to the wiki team so that you can decide among yourselves whether you wish to keep it this way. There is obviously a lot of potential for abuse and quality issues if this function is available to all users. On the other hand, a lot of people might care about preserving the history of the articles and will not be happy if they have no way of doing it. Perhaps the best route might be to do something in between. I could delegate the Import/Export functions to a group such as "Editors", and let them decide on which pages to import into the new wiki. Then we can let the average user know whom they can contact to request an import. This is what I would personally suggest. In addition, it was pointed out that there is an open bug to add an extension for protecting user pages. I'm going to try this out on stage, and if no one has any objections, commit it to the repository and deploy it to production. Now if I can just remember my Berlios credentials... :D -Matt

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[opensuse-wiki] http://wiki.opensuse.org/ still onine and editable !?
by Michael Loeffler 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Moin, it looks like http://wiki.opensuse.org/ still is online and editable. I guess this shouldn't be the case, right? I almost edited stuff there as my browser of course remembered the pages I used over the last weeks. Best Michael -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Galleries in the new wiki
by Atri Bhattacharya 13 Jul '10

13 Jul '10

Hi! I have noticed that the galleries in the new wiki set-up don't look pretty if they are followed by multiple lines of captions. For example, here http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots#GNOME you can see how the galleries adjust and move up and down to accommodate for varying lines of caption. In my opinion, the gallery image should be top aligned, and not adjust itself to accommodate its captions. For example of how it would perhaps better look, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gallery_tag Bye. -- Atri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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