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[opensuse-gnome] Notes on Beta2 install
by Calvin Gaisford 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

I just performed a Beta2 install from the Gnome CD and ended up with a mess of an install. I allowed the option in the install to pre-connect to the online repository and I think that's what caused the problem. The Factory online repository is a moving target and there were a number of packages that required different versions of libraries etc. All of that explanation so I could propose this.... Can we get online repositories that are snapshots of the Beta releases? I was so excited to have an install that was on a single install and would pull packages from online only to find it was almost useless. I understand that once we release this may not happen, but we can't even test it right now because we the default online repository is factory. One other thing I've noticed, when I am installed and connected to the online repository, the time taken to load up the "Software Management" tool in Yast is completely unacceptable. I don't know exactly what is going on there, but I see messages about a cache being cleared out, lots of xml files coming down, rebuilding RPM lists, etc. I'll file a bug about what I'm seeing but I though I would discuss it here first. -Calvin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME:STABLE/GNOME:Community
by James Ogley 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Just wondered how stable (for want of a better word) GNOME:STABLE is? Had been wondering whether it might be an idea to change the target for GNOME:Community for products < openSUSE_Factory to be GNOME:STABLE/<product> if G:S is stable enough? -- James Ogley james(a)usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org GNOME for openSUSE: http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME:/ Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/in -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] F-Spot 0.4.0 backport to openSUSE 10.2
by Ivan N. Zlatev 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

I have backported Factory of 0.4.0 to 10.2 with the cost of dropping making of documentation and %if -ing a lot of stuff. Also I have set a dependancy on hicolor-theme 0.10 due to the missing icons otherwise. You can find both in my Home Project - http://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=f-spot&project=home%3Ai-nZ. Are you okay if I update f-spot in GNOME:Community, which is a quite old version (0.2.2) ? Regards. -- Ivan N. Zlatev Web: http://www.i-nZ.net "It's all some kind of whacked out conspiracy." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] opensuse-updater-gnome packages
by Joerg Kress 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Hey everyone! As there seem to be issues with abuild which cause packages to take a little longer to get to factory, I will post all new packages build with mbuild here: http://packages.littlecornerofthe.net/opensuse/10.3/opensuse-updater-gnome/ So if anyone wants to test it (version 0.4.1 is there) go ahead and grab it from there. Issues: * Error handling far from perfect * Will crash when quitting (known bug, still researching) Positive points ;-) : * Classification of updates now works completely * Works as long as zypper works * Preferences have an immediate effect on classification (major headache, I can tell you!) * Lots of other bug fixes I can't even remember because I fixed them along the way Cheers, Josh -- Jörg Kreß <jkress(a)suse.de> YaST2 Development _________________________________________________________________ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Brasero vs gnome-baker
by JP Rosevear 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

We need to (quickly) decide on a defaultCD/DVD burning solution for 10.3. gnome-baker used to be kind of defacto, but brasero seems to be the new hotness. What to people think? Brasero: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jproseve/openSUSE_Factory/ gnome-baker: Factory -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] GNOME:Community Updates
by JP Rosevear 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

I added brasero in as agreed in an early thread. I suggest we probably kill gnome-blog in factory and either move it to G:C or let it whither and die. Drivel can almost certainly replace it. It would be great if someone could take a quick pass through the G:C repo and suggest any clean ups - for instance I'm guessing gaim-unstable* can die and we only need one version of pidgin. We should start thinking about a policy for what goes into G:C as well - I think probably thinks like abiword which end up in G:S should probably not go in. -JP -- JP Rosevear <jpr(a)novell.com> Novell, Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] XULRunner crash (bug #239911)
by Reinout van Schouwen 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hello all, This is my first post to this mailing list. As a volunteer on the Epiphany project, I hope people here can help in finding the right channels to resolve this problem; I have been trying for a while without results. As you may know, XULRunner is a version of Gecko, the Mozilla rendering core, meant for embedding. In OpenSUSE 10.2 and 10.3 alpha, the GNOME modules Epiphany and Yelp use it. The XULRunner version bundled with 10.2 and 10.3 alpha is a buggy one that crashes each time a user tries to print something. This has caused a steady stream of bug-buddy crash reports in GNOME bugzilla. A bug in Novell bugzilla was opened in January this year: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239911 Unfortunately, this bug seems to have been largely ignored by Novell. In the mean time, the problem has been fixed in XULRunner trunk a long time ago. It is my hope that the OpenSUSE community can prevent this bug from going into the 10.3 release and maybe could issue an update for 10.2. regards, -- Reinout van Schouwen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] Logout and Shutdown workarounds for Beta1 and Beta2
by Calvin Gaisford 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

In Beta1 the logout in main menu doesn't work and in Beta2 the Logout and Shutdown dialogs come up (from libssui) but they also don't work. If you go into the gnome-control-center (which is missing from main-menu in Beta2 so you can hit Alt-F2 and type in gnome-control-center) and disable the Assistive Technologies, the logout and shutdown items will work in Beta1 and Beta2. It would appear that some of the changes in the 2.19 gnome-session code is causing some problems... still being looked at but you can follow it with bug 302316 if you are interested. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302316 -Calvin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] [Testers needed] No tearing in libgnomecanvas
by Federico Mena Quintero 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hi, I just submitted a patch for libgnomecanvas in openSUSE 10.3. The patch gets rid of the ugly tearing there is while repainting. You could see this when GDM paints the greeter's background, or when Evolution scrolls its message list --- it should all be smooth like a concrete vault now. However, I've seen the patch give incorrect repainting when the canvas uses antialiased mode. I cannot find any programs that use AA mode, though --- GDM and Evolution are what I tested, mainly, but those don't use AA mode. If after getting this update to libgnomecanvas you start seeing incorrect repainting in apps, please tell me about it :) Federico -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-gnome] abiword-unstable
by James Ogley 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

I've committed the following new packages to GNOME:Community today: abiword-unstable abiword-unstable-plugins abiword-unstable-extras abiword-unstable-docs (as well as a required update to ots for the plugins packages). It's too late in our cycle (and too early in Abi's) for inclusion in 10.3 but I'd like to tentatively propose abiword-unstable* and ots for inclusion in 10.4 (or 11.0 or whatever the next version number ends up being), by which time it may be an official 2.6.0 release I suppose. The reason for dividing the packages in this way is simply that the Abi team have started producing separate tarballs and it seems to make sense to do it this way. The .specs are not based on the old abiword spec file which was a bit of a mess (because the old abi tarballs were a bit of a mess), instead I started fresh and the spec files are a lot cleaner as a result. -- James Ogley james(a)usr-local-bin.org http://usr-local-bin.org GNOME for openSUSE: http://software.opensuse.org/download/GNOME:/ Help end poverty: http://oxfam.org.uk/in -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help(a)opensuse.org

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