March 2023 - YaST Development - openSUSE Mailing Lists

D-Installer is now Agama
by Imobach Gonzalez Sosa 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Hi all, It is not a secret that "D-Installer" was not the most loved name for the project. So after some discussions (and a previous failed attempt to find a better name), we have decided to rename the project to "Agama"[1]. As a consequence, D-Installer 0.8[2] was the last release with the old name. Yesterday, we released Agama 1 which is, basically, D-Installer 0.8 with small changes (and potential bugs) introduced by the renaming. Here you are some relevant links: * Repository: https://github.com/openSUSE/agama * RPM packages: https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/YaST:Head:Agama * Live ISO: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/YaST:Head:Agama/agama-live We will keep the D-Installer packages for some time, but expect them to be dropped sooner than later. Regards, Imo [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama_%28lizard%29 [2] https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2023-03-30/d-installer-0-8 -- Imobach González Sosa SUSE Linux LLC

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D-Installer 0.8 is out!
by Ancor Gonzalez Sosa 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

D-Installer will be renamed soon due to popular demand. But before that happens, we want to raise awareness of the new prototype 0.8 with many cool features like: - Preliminary support for unattended installation - Configuration of iSCSI - s390x support including management of DASDs - A brand new command-line interface - Improvements in the web interface, including an embedded terminal Check the full announcement at https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2023-03-30/d-installer-0-8 Cheers. -- Ancor González Sosa YaST Team at SUSE Linux GmbH

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Playwright v1.32: Now with UI Mode
by Imobach Gonzalez Sosa 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

Hi all, Just in case it is relevant for us: UI mode for Playwright: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.32.0 Regards, Imo -- Imobach González Sosa SUSE Linux LLC

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Removed images from Docker Hub, no CI for SLE12
by Ladislav Slezák 25 Mar '23

25 Mar '23

Hi all, Docker hub is removing the "Free Team" plan, they will only have paid team subscriptions (the lowest is $25 for 5 users/month, = $300/year), see [1]. Because we now build the CI images in OBS we do not need it anymore. So I completely removed the "yastdevel" and "libyui" organizations including all images. They would delete them in a month anyway. The only drawback is that those images were used in the SLE-12 and SLE15-GA + SLE15-SP1 builds. But we still use Travis CI in those branches which also become a paid service (uh, oh...) se we actually do not run any CI there. (There seems to be an option to have "free credits" for OSS projects, but you still need a paid account for that [2].) In theory we could also switch those old branches to use GitHub Actions and build the container images in OBS, just like we do for the latest branches. But that is not trivial and we do maintenance fixes for SLE12 rarely so I think it would not pay off. And we still run the unit tests as a part of the RPM build process which is also included in the package submission ("rake osc:sr") done either manually or in Jenkins. So those old branches still have protection against regressions. Ladislav [1] https://www.docker.com/pricing/ [2] https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/billing-faq/#what-if-i-am-building-open-sou… -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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New development server configuration for the D-Installer web frontend
by Ladislav Slezák 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

Hi all, I finally merged my PR [1] which improves the development server for the D-Installer frontend. It completely changed how it works. Now the dev server serves the D-Installer Cockpit plugin and the Hot Module Replacement end point. It redirects all Cockpit requests to another server, it works like a proxy. To start the dev server use this command: COCKPIT_TARGET=<IP_or_HOSTNAME> npm run server Where COCKPIT_TARGET is the IP address or hostname of the running D-Installer instance. If you do not set that variable it will by default connect to the local server (at https://localhost:9090) Then open https://localhost:8080 in your browser or use "npm run server -- --open" to open it automatically. It generates a self-signed SSL certificate, you have to accept it in the first connection in the browser. The generated certificate is saved to a cache and is used next time so you have to accept it just once. See more details in the documentation [2]. What are the advantages? - You do not need to run the web frontend on the same machine as the backend - I'm running Leap 15.4 on my workstation, Cockpit is not available for this release so I cannot run it against the local Cockpit instance. That makes the development very difficult. - I can run the D-Installer backend using the Live ISO in a VM, that makes the development more safe, I cannot delete my disks accidentally when starting the installation :) - I can use my Visual Studio Code installed locally, you can use your preferred editor as well ;-) - Actually you could even use a different distro, you just need nodejs + npm and some editor for developing the frontend. - The hot module replacement [3] now fully works, you will see your changes in the browser immediately after saving a file without reloading the page. - The previous approach used some hacks and did not integrate well (mixed different protocols (https vs http), used different hosts and ports on the same page - browsers do not like that and block that because of security). That has been removed. Enjoy :-) Ladislav [1] https://github.com/yast/d-installer/pull/439 [2] https://github.com/yast/d-installer/tree/master/web#using-a-development-ser… [3] https://webpack.js.org/concepts/hot-module-replacement/ -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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The Documentation for Creating a new Maintenance Branch in Git
by Ladislav Slezák 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Hi, recently I have created the SLE-15-SP5 branch in all relevant YaST repositories. The process is not trivial, it needs quite a lot of manual steps to prepare the infrastructure (OBS/IBS/Jenkins/GitHub Actions). Then you need to fine tune a script which does the actual branching in 100+ Git repositories. This time I carefully recorded my steps and created a documentation. And I also uploaded my branching script to GitHub. See https://github.com/yast/helper_scripts/tree/master/github/maintenance_branch Ladislav P.S.: That means the next branching will be done by someone else to prove that it is documented properly. :-) -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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GitHub starts requiring 2FA
by Ladislav Slezák 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

Hi, this is JFYI: today GitHub starts requiring two-factor authentication (2FA) for the developer accounts. The developer's accounts are quite often used for attacks, with this move they want to make GitHub more safe and reliable. The requirement will be gradual, they will add the requirement is groups. The target date is end of 2023, when 2FA will be mandatory for all developers. That means there is no specific date when your account will be migrated to 2FA, just be prepared for that. Of course, you do not need to wait for the invitation, you can enable 2FA anytime. The sooner the better. If you already use 2FA (I already do that for several years) then nothing changes for you. See more details in this blog post: https://github.blog/2023-03-09-raising-the-bar-for-software-security-github… -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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Comparing Using D-Bus Client Calls from Rust and Ruby
by josef Reidinger 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Hi everyone, we published new blog post where we try to use and measure D-Bus calling from ruby and from rust and do some measurements and a bit of explanations there. https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2023-03-07/ruby-rust-dbus-speed Josef

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SLE15-SP5 branching on Friday March 3
by Ladislav Slezák 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Hi all! We will create the SLE-15-SP5 maintenance branch from the master branch for all YaST packages on Friday March 3. I'll start around 15:00 CET (14:00 UTC). Because there are so many packages it will take some time, I'll let you know when it's done. So if you still have some open pull requests for the current SP5 then merge them ASAP or change the target branch in the PR after the SP5 branch is created and possibly also merge the change to master as well. -- Ladislav Slezák YaST Developer SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. Corso IIa Křižíkova 148/34 18600 Praha 8

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Github CI, Podman and Container Running Systemd
by josef Reidinger 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Hi everyone, We just published a new blog post about running podman and containers with systemd on github CI. We find it useful for our full stack testing. You might find it interesting as well. Have fun https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2023-02-28/systemd-podman-github-ci Josef

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