Re: [opensuse-factory] Releasesnotes before hardware Configuration
On Mar 09, 06 18:24:50 +0100, Azerion wrote:
> > What other place would you place it? Perhaps they could be more to the
> > beginning, just after the licence agreement.
>
> That would be a nice place.
It should be at a place where the user is idle and waiting for the computer to
finish some work. So right at the beginning would be self defying. There
the user will always click away anything that delays start of installation.
Currently the user has two choices while waiting:
a) View the slideshow, or
b) view the endless listing of packages scroll by.
I suggest to provide for two more choices to spend the time:
c) study the release-notes, or
d) play tetris.
cheers,
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Re: [opensuse-factory] Adding SBIG CCD camera support to SUSE?
On Aug 28, 06 05:58:16 -0700, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: > > > Unfortunately the Linux Developer Kit from SBIG > > does not contain > > > any hint about the license of the firmware. Though > > the included > > > example code is mentioned to be "free". > > > Note, that the camera needs a USB driver, which is > > provided by SBIG > > > as a binary only non-kernel driver also without > > any license. > > > > With such an unclear license situation, we cannot > > take these for > > openSUSE at all. > > I'll get back to the vendor and ask them for the > license details regarding the firmware. Yes please do so. Please also ask for permission to distribute the firmware with commercial SUSE Linux Products. thanks, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] CDRTools (CDDL / GPL)
On Sep 05, 06 15:35:43 +0200, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:22:16PM +0200, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> > will openSUSE replace the cdrtools (which are now under the GPL
> > incompatible CDDL license) by the new cdrkit, which is a fork of the
> > latest GPL'd cdrtools?
>
> There's at least one person on this planet who thinks that it isn't
> incompatible ;-)
Avoiding the CDDL reduces some risks from our products.
We'll look into cdrkit.
Is the packagage downloadable somewhere?
http://debburn.alioth.debian.org appears to be dead, currently.
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Re: [opensuse-factory] CDRTools (CDDL / GPL)
On Sep 05, 06 16:49:42 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > * Juergen Weigert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-05 16:41]: > > On Sep 05, 06 15:35:43 +0200, Joerg Mayer wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:22:16PM +0200, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > > > > will openSUSE replace the cdrtools (which are now under the GPL > > > > incompatible CDDL license) by the new cdrkit, which is a fork of the > > > > latest GPL'd cdrtools? > > > > > > There's at least one person on this planet who thinks that it isn't > > > incompatible ;-) > > > > Avoiding the CDDL reduces some risks from our products. > > Do you mean CDDL in general or only linking together CDDL code with > GPL code? I cannot answer that in general, but at least when we consider linking, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html educates us as follows: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL. It requires that all attribution notices be maintained, while the GPL only requires certain types of notices. Also, it terminates in retaliation for certain aggressive uses of patents. So, a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual property". = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] Pre-Beta Beta comments
On Sep 12, 06 13:14:46 +0100, Ricardo Cruz wrote: > Em Terça, 12 de Setembro de 2006 12:23, o Stanislav Visnovsky escreveu: > > D??a Po 11. September 2006 19:15 Ricardo Cruz napísal: > > > Em Segunda, 11 de Setembro de 2006 05:12, o Keith Goggin escreveu: > > > > 2.Would it be reasonable to have the CD tray open automatically when > > > > the next CD is required? > > > > > > I agree, not because of laziness to press the eject button :), but > > > because it notifies the user to insert the next CD who may be elsewhere > > > in the room doing something else. > > > I have seen other distributions automatically ejecting the CD btw. > > > > I object - the tray might need attention for opening, just imagine your CD > > medium dropping off your drive, because you have your CD vertically. > > > > Stano > > Good point. What about just making a system beep then? It is of short > duration, but if the person is somewhere next to the computer, he would hear > it. > We would just need to add a UI::Beep() method to Yast and call it from there. While reading the first CD, we have plenty of time to present the user with a choice: eject, beep, popup, explode. If he has not chosen before the CD is done, default to 'popup', and keep the choice on screen. cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] vim/gvim session and KDE
On Dec 14, 06 14:06:39 +0100, dannoritzer wrote:
> Now I know there is a way to do this by hand, saving the current session
> in gvim with :mksession and then later restore that
> session with :source . However, I know from a friend who
> uses mandrake, that there the session restores automatically under kde.
You say Mandrake has this feature. Can we see how they compiled gvim?
> So it looks like that gvim is compiled for GTK2 and according to the
> documentation then does not support the kde session manager?
>
> I am no expert here and maybe there are other ways to get it going.
Nor am I.
> I was just wondering whether anyone know whether that would be a solution
> to add session support to gvim and whether that could be an option to
> compile gvim that way in future releases?
The mandrake sources know for sure :-)
cheers,
Jw.
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Re: [opensuse-factory] vim/gvim session and KDE
On Dec 14, 06 21:19:13 +0100, Günter Dannoritzer wrote: > I found the spec file from the current vim build: > http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/SPECS/vim/vim.spec?view=markup > > For the gui this seems to be the options they use: > > %if %buildgui > # First build: gvim > LOCALEDIR=%localedir CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" > ./configure --prefix=%_prefix \ > --enable-pythoninterp \ > --enable-perlinterp \ > --enable-rubyinterp \ > --enable-tclinterp \ > --with-features=huge \ > --enable-acl --with-x=yes --enable-gui=gnome2 --exec-prefix=%_prefix/X11R6 \ > --enable-gtk2-check \ perhaps it's this --enable-gui=gnome2 --enable-gtk2-check > Does that help? I'll give it a try at: http://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=vim&project=home:jnweiger Check out the binaries found at http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html Wow, if this works, then Buildservice rocks. cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] jboss4 package is missing in the opensuse10.2 repository
On Dec 18, 06 09:55:10 +0100, Daniel Bornkessel wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2006 15:01, Luc Willems wrote: > > hello all , > > The jboss4-ejb3 package is missing the jboss4 rpm (includes the > > jboss-common depandancy). > > I downloaded the src rpm , build it and it produced following rpms : > > > > Wrote: /usr/src/packages/SRPMS/jboss4-4.0.4.GA-19.src.rpm > > Wrote: /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/jboss4-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch.rpm > > Wrote: > > /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/jboss4-debuginfo-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch.rpm > > Wrote: /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/jboss4-ejb-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch.rpm > > Wrote: /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/jboss4-ejb3-4.0.4.GA-19.noarch.rpm > > > > the jboss4 rpm is missing from the online repository and factory. Haven't > > checked any DVD because i use the online repository. > > > > is this rpm included in the DVD release our should i create a bugzilla for > > this > > > > Mmmm ... unfortunately you are right :( > Will check what I can do about it, sorry. > Regards, > Daniel Luc, please create a bugzilla for this, assigned to myself and CCed Daniel. We should have either all of jboss or nothing (if there is a valid reason). thanks, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] vim/gvim session and KDE
On Dec 15, 06 23:16:19 +0100, Christoph Thiel wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:40:46PM +0100, Günter Dannoritzer wrote: > > Juergen Weigert wrote: > > > > > > Check out the binaries found at > > > http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html > ^^ > The URL is broken -- it should read: > > > http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/repoview/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html My bad. E_URL_NOT_LONG_ENOUGH Thanks Christoph. Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] vim/gvim session and KDE
On Dec 18, 06 14:49:37 +0100, Günter Dannoritzer wrote: > Juergen Weigert wrote: > > On Dec 15, 06 23:16:19 +0100, Christoph Thiel wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:40:46PM +0100, Günter Dannoritzer wrote: > >>> Juergen Weigert wrote: > >>>> Check out the binaries found at > >>>> http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html > >> ^^ > >> The URL is broken -- it should read: > >> > >> > >> http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Factory/repodata/repoview/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html > > Juergen, Thanks for providing the binaries. > > I did not update to 10.2 yet and was not able to install gvim. Vim > worked just fine, just gvim had some dependencies on my 10.1 > installation that did not get meat. Already done: http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/jnweiger/SUSE_Linux_10.1/repodata/repoview/Productivity.Editors.Vi.group.html (I'd love to have an alternative URL with package name first, then targets and versions below that.) cheers, Jw. -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] no cdrecord
On Mar 08, 07 19:57:33 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Thursday 08 March 2007 19:43, Donn Washburn wrote: > > Hey Group; > > > > In SuSE10.3 there is no cdrecord. I guest the author of cdrecords > > message to Linux hit home. Anyway, while downloading/updating or > > just lucky I saw a note the cdrecord was being replaced. Problem is > > my memory has not locked on the new substitute. It may have been in > > the SuSE Yast Install notes > > > > A "which cdrecord", "locate cdrecord" fails to answer the question. > > Naturally. Those commands find existing files. > > > > What is the binary replacements file name? > > Are you thinking of "wodim"? > And there used to be a a symlink named cdrecord pointing to wodim. No more? cheers, Jw -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _===.===_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wide open suse_/_---|\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 (tm)__/ (//\ (/) | __/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse-factory] ntfs-3g.
On May 03, 07 23:54:22 +0200, M9. wrote:
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> http://www.ntfs-3g.org/index.html
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> Is this also something for 10.3?
was a candidate, did not see a decision.
It is already in
http://software.opensuse.org/download/filesystems/
cheers,
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Re: [opensuse-factory] some remarks on beta1 install
On Aug 10, 07 22:37:52 +0200, jdd wrote:
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> but the new disk sheme come on... and the kernel didn't recognise the
> hda6 (in fact (hd0.5) from grub). It kindly ask if it could go on and
> use the 6th partition of the new sheme, a very good and smart
> question... but the question was masked by the blue screen. It didn't
> seem to be waiting time. Something is to be done to be even more
> smart, not anybody likes to hit esc to see the boot detail...
This is a general problem with the blue boot screen.
Suggested feature improvement:
As soon as any process does a read() call on /dev/tty0
the blue screen should go away. A read() means there is some problem.
Normal boot does not read().
cheers,
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