Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-announce] Important SUSE Linux 10.1 update

2006-06-10 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Christoph Thiel wrote: On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Kenneth Schneider wrote: Which is a redirector to dozens of mirrors, all not quite in sync ;) Which is a royal PITA. Being re-directed to a site that is either not in sync or is off line is not good. Perhaps the system

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-announce] Important SUSE Linux 10.1 update

2006-06-10 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 07:28 +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote: On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Kenneth Schneider wrote: Which is a redirector to dozens of mirrors, all not quite in sync ;) Which is a royal PITA. Being re-directed to a site that is either not in sync or is off line is not

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-announce] Important SUSE Linux 10.1 update

2006-06-10 Thread jdd
Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: Best would indeed be to decide the redirecting per-file, and redirect a single file always to the same mirror to achieve the best cache effects. I think I noted something similar with jigdo. as jigdo calls for files independantly (each file=one ftp session), it

Re: [opensuse-factory] SUSE 10.1 sources DVD

2006-06-10 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
I'v just pushed those files out to ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/cthiel/jigdo-test/ They should hit the mirrors as they sync with the master server. It looks as if mirrors have stopped mirroring the peoples' directory? Or at least the 2 or 3 I checked. Testing those would be much

[opensuse] 12,000 seat SUSE KDE desktop win

2006-06-10 Thread David Wright
Just reading ZDNet news that Novell/SUSE have picked up 12,000 new desktops, with around 300 a day currently being converted. The migration is from Solaris x86 version 8 to SUSE running under KDE at the Hannover based Lower-Saxony tax office. The deal, run by basysKom has been kept under wraps

Re: [opensuse] hypermail to mbox converter (search for help again)r

2006-06-10 Thread Thomas Hertweck
houghi wrote: On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:15:32PM +0100, Thomas Hertweck wrote: Please have a look at http://www.thomashertweck.de/hypetombox.pl - the command perl ./hypetombox.pl -d 1997-Aug -m mbox.1997Aug worked for me without problems for the archive that was provided. The original did

Re: [opensuse] Communication to the community and others

2006-06-10 Thread Thomas Hertweck
houghi wrote: [...] The issue is still, I believe, that communication is lacking and lacking seriously. OK, that's your point of view and it's a fair opinion. At the end of the day, it means that Novell employees might have more work and should change their behaviour of communicating with

Re: [opensuse] Package manager update tomorrow ...

2006-06-10 Thread Adrian Schröter
Am Friday 09 June 2006 22:12 schrieb Manfred Tremmel: Am Donnerstag, 8. Juni 2006 16:03 schrieb Adrian Schröter: Please give us any kind of feedback. We know that we are the package manager is not yet yet perfect, but this update should improve the situation a lot :) Hm, suseRegister

Re: [opensuse] Package manager update tomorrow ...

2006-06-10 Thread Manfred Tremmel
Am Samstag, 10. Juni 2006 02:46 schrieb Andreas Hanke: Hi, Manfred Tremmel schrieb: That's what I've done. OK, fine, but could you please remove the line Obsoletes: suseRegister from Kick-suseRegister.spec ASAP? The line Provides: suseRegister is more than enough.

Re: [opensuse] Package manager update tomorrow ...

2006-06-10 Thread Manfred Tremmel
Am Samstag, 10. Juni 2006 12:47 schrieb Adrian Schröter: Can you please create a bugreport to track it down ? Bug 183656 We should of course obsolete any dependencies which are really needed. Would be nice, harddisks get big and bigger, but we shouldn't waste it. -- Machs gut|

Re: [opensuse] Communication to the community and others

2006-06-10 Thread jdd
Thomas Hertweck wrote: day, it means that Novell employees might have more work and should change their behaviour of communicating with us not only them :-)... but Is there already a place where we could list the todo things discussed but not already done, like * may we have a forum *

Re: [opensuse] 12,000 seat SUSE KDE desktop win

2006-06-10 Thread Alexey Eremenko
On 6/10/06, David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just reading ZDNet news that Novell/SUSE have picked up 12,000 new desktops, with around 300 a day currently being converted. The migration is from Solaris x86 version 8 to SUSE running under KDE at the Hannover based Lower-Saxony tax office.

Re: [opensuse] I am unsubscribing

2006-06-10 Thread PatrickM
houghi wrote: As everything I write seems to be ending in a needless discussion, I am unsubscribing from opensuse. This so that I won't be tempting to defend my points of view each and every time. I know this will be a relief for most. Perhaps in a few months I get back ... Don't forget

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Rajko M
Adrian Schröter wrote: Hi, I did not really find out, if the opensuse-project mailing list suggestion was liked or not. Please protest now, if you think it does not make sense to found this list or the list name is wrong. Does it make sense to create this list ? I would think the

Re: [opensuse] Package manager update tomorrow ...

2006-06-10 Thread Andreas Hanke
Hi, Manfred Tremmel schrieb: I don't see any technical difference, but ok, yast asks befor removing, wihtout Obsoletes. Manfred, the technical difference is _huge_. Really. Try apt or smart or yum, they all evaluate Obsoletes as being newer and want to perform an upgrade as if

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread jdd
Rajko M wrote: BTW, I'm evaluating present status of suse-linux-e. With 100 mails every day, where informational noise is majority of total posts, it is difficult to find and follow topics/treads of interest. couldn't we think about _one_ moderated list? I know I would work as a moderator

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Rajko M
jdd wrote: Rajko M wrote: BTW, I'm evaluating present status of suse-linux-e. With 100 mails every day, where informational noise is majority of total posts, it is difficult to find and follow topics/treads of interest. couldn't we think about _one_ moderated list? I know I would work as

Re: [opensuse] Communication to the community and others

2006-06-10 Thread Stephan Binner
On Saturday 10 June 2006 14:13, jdd wrote: Is there already a place where we could list the todo things discussed but not already done, like The action items filed to Bugzilla? Bye, Steve - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

[opensuse] I want to wipe Linspire from a box and install Suse

2006-06-10 Thread jim tate
I purchased a Linspire5.0 box from Fry's for a $150.00 and I don't care for Linspires ploy of charging a fee for downloading Open Source software. I want to install Suse-10.1, for a new Linux user in my family, but is 10.1 stable enough? Or is 10.0 a better Ideal? I'am mainly a Fedora user but

Re: [opensuse] I want to wipe Linspire from a box and install Suse

2006-06-10 Thread BandiPat
On Saturday 10 June 2006 17:04, jim tate wrote: I purchased a Linspire5.0 box from Fry's for a $150.00 and I don't care for Linspires ploy of charging a fee for downloading Open Source software. I want to install Suse-10.1, for a new Linux user in my family, but is 10.1 stable enough? Or is

Re: [opensuse] I want to wipe Linspire from a box and install Suse

2006-06-10 Thread jim tate
BandiPat wrote: On Saturday 10 June 2006 17:04, jim tate wrote: I purchased a Linspire5.0 box from Fry's for a $150.00 and I don't care for Linspires ploy of charging a fee for downloading Open Source software. I want to install Suse-10.1, for a new Linux user in my family, but is 10.1

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Adrian Schröter
Am Saturday 10 June 2006 18:48 schrieb jdd: Rajko M wrote: BTW, I'm evaluating present status of suse-linux-e. With 100 mails every day, where informational noise is majority of total posts, it is difficult to find and follow topics/treads of interest. couldn't we think about _one_

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Rajko M
Adrian Schröter wrote: Am Saturday 10 June 2006 18:48 schrieb jdd: Rajko M wrote: BTW, I'm evaluating present status of suse-linux-e. With 100 mails every day, where informational noise is majority of total posts, it is difficult to find and follow topics/treads of interest. couldn't we think

[opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread jim tate
Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service Name: ? Using the below Server: http://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64 What do I enter in for; Service URI: Service Name No matter what I enter it won't

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Andreas Hanke
Hi, Rajko M schrieb: But I could imagine a list only for approved subscribers, for example opensuse-core or something like this. Probably the only way to keep things on topic :-) Why? Where the hell are all these off-topic posts everyone seems to talk about? Seriously: I don't remember an

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Peter Flodin
On 6/11/06, Adrian Schröter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I could imagine a list only for approved subscribers, for example opensuse-core or something like this. I see the following conditions, that would probably satisfy most SUSE community members 1. Clear requirements for what is required

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service Name: ? Using the below Server: http://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64 What do I enter in for; Service URI: Service

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Peter Flodin
On 6/10/06, Adrian Schröter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I did not really find out, if the opensuse-project mailing list suggestion was liked or not. Yes I think the list is liked, we just need to make sure that the name is the most descriptive. As the openSUSE Project creates a

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service Name: ? Using the below Server:

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread jim tate
Peter Flodin wrote: On 6/11/06, jim tate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service Name: ? Using the below

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread jim tate
Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service Name: ? Using the below Server:

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, jim tate wrote: Right clicking on Suse UpdaterConfigureServicesAddServices The headings: Server Type: Yum Service URI: ? Service

Re: [opensuse] opensuse-project ?

2006-06-10 Thread Rajko M
Andreas Hanke wrote: Hi, Rajko M schrieb: But I could imagine a list only for approved subscribers, for example opensuse-core or something like this. Probably the only way to keep things on topic :-) Why? Where the hell are all these off-topic posts everyone seems to talk about? Seriously:

Re: [opensuse] yum update service in Suse-10.1 Updater

2006-06-10 Thread Peter Flodin
On 6/11/06, jim tate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In yast2 you have the ServerName and Directory on Server and what ever you put in it won't accept. http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.1 There has got to be a better way. Thanks for your help guys. Yes instead of adding HTTP or FTP, select the