jzb

Greetings, openSUSE fans! We have another development release ready for your testing pleasure. openSUSE 11.1 beta 5 is now available for immediate download and testing. 

You may have noticed that we were scheduled to release RC 1 today. However, as Stephan Kulow mentioned on openSUSE-Factory list [1] on Tuesday, we have several blocker bugs and 11 P1 bugs still present. While we're ready to do another release today, we decided that it wasn't ready to be called a release candidate. This shouldn't push back the final release, but it will mean that we will only plan to have one public release candidate.

With just a little more than a month [2] before the public release on December 18th, there's still plenty to do. So, roll up your sleeves and start downloading! 

Call for Testing
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We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta releases. 

jzb

[08:03] *** notlocalhorst sets the channel topic to "Welcome to the openSUSE project meeting - http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-11-19".
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> Welcome to the openSUSE project meeting!
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> Agenda:
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> -Old Action Items
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> -Status Questions
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> -Introducing the new openSUSE board
[08:03] <notlocalhorst> -Q & A
[08:04] <notlocalhorst> let's start with old AIs ... they are all blocked
[08:04] <notlocalhorst> if there are no questions on this, i will move on to Status questions ....
[08:05] <Beineri> when will they unblock? :-)

jzb

[12:01] <-> notlocalhorst> ready?
[12:02] <notlocalhorst> ready to rock?
[12:02] <notlocalhorst> can someone change the topic please?
[12:02] <jbrockmeier> notlocalhorst: aren't you supposed to say "hello Cleveland" or something first?
[12:02] <notlocalhorst> hehe
[12:03] <notlocalhorst> ok, let's start
[12:03] <jbrockmeier> who do we have attending for the marketing meeting/
[12:03] <notlocalhorst> Welcome to the openSUSE marketing team meeting.
[12:03] <notlocalhorst> I scanned through the list, here are some topics which are not really resolved or with unknown status (and are not older than a month), so here is the agenda:
[12:03] <notlocalhorst> - about this meeting

jzb

The openSUSE Project is happy to announce that openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 is now available. If all goes well, this will be the last testing release before the final 11.1 public release on December 18th. 

This release includes a number of bugfixes and changes since 11.1 beta 5, as well as a new license. [1]

Call for Testing
================
 
We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and we're encouraging everyone to download and test the beta releases. Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know about any bugs or other issues that you find. 

Remember that this is a beta release, and is not suitable for use on production systems, however. Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution and/or beta release for day-to-day work we want to stress that it's entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs.

jzb

openSUSE 11.1 is Out - Get it Now! 

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1! The 11.1 release includes a ton of new features and improvements, an improved desktop experience with GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0, YaST improvements, updated Linux kernel, and much more. Learn more about the release over on <a href="http://news.opensuse.org/?p=1123">openSUSE News</a>, take a peek at the <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Screenshots/11.1">screenshots</a>, and then <a href="http://software.opensuse.org/">head over to the download page to grab openSUSE 11.1</a> and have a lot of fun!

jzb

Gist and Vim: Two great tastes that go great together

<p>A few weeks ago, I asked for recommendations for using Gist and Vim together. My appeal to Lazyweb went unanswered, but I happened to stumble onto a Gist plugin for Vim today, and so I'm putting out the procedure for anyone who wants to merge these two powerful forces.</p>

<p>So, first things first, grab yourself a copy of the gist.vim plugin over here on <a href="http://github.com/mattn/gist-vim/tree/master">github</a>. You will need a few things:</p>

<ul>
<li>Vim (of course...)</li>
<li>Git</li>
<li>Curl</li>

jzb

Gist and Vim: Two great tastes that go great together

<p>A few weeks ago, I asked for recommendations for using Gist and Vim together. My appeal to Lazyweb went unanswered, but I happened to stumble onto a Gist plugin for Vim today, and so I'm putting out the procedure for anyone who wants to merge these two powerful forces.</p>

<p>So, first things first, grab yourself a copy of the gist.vim plugin over here on <a href="http://github.com/mattn/gist-vim/tree/master">github</a>. You will need a few things:</p>

<ul>
<li>Vim (of course...)</li>
<li>Git</li>
<li>Curl</li>

jzb

3ddiag
ConsoleKit
ConsoleKit-x11
DirectFB
IlmBase
ImageMagick
LibVNCServer
Mesa
ModemManager
MozillaFirefox

jzb

Unofficial KDE 3.5 Live CD for openSUSE 11.1 

<p>Want classic KDE on openSUSE, without the full DVD download? Carlos Goncalves has you covered. openSUSE 11.1 Live CDs and USB images featuring KDE 3.5 are now available for download.</p>

<p>Created by openSUSE community member Carlos Goncalves, the KDE 3.5 Live CD and USB images contain openSUSE 11.1 plus several key updates.</p>

<p>In addition to KDE 3.5, the Live CD offers OpenOffice.org 3.0, Smolt, Amarok 1.4.10, KDEPIM3, Firefox 3.0.4, K3b, and many other useful applications. You can see the entire package list here: FIXME</p>

<p>And, of course, openSUSE has the current KDE releases covered as well. You can download the official openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Live CDs based on KDE 4.1.3, or if you want to follow KDE development, Stephan Binner has created a KDE Four Live CD featuring KDE 4.2 Beta 2.</p>  

jzb

Update on download.opensuse.org

We've restored user services to download.opensuse.org and are working to restore all services and add redundancy to the system. 

A few services have not been restored yet. Specifically, Publishing new Factory snapshots is disabled right now, and build server publishing is stopped. These services will be restored when the new system is fully integrated - which we expect to happen by tomorrow. We are copying content to the new system now, which will take about 12 hours.

When the restore is complete, we will also have added redundancy, so the problem of having a backup will be solved. This will also add mirror stage serving to the services offered by download.opensuse.org. 

In addition, we're re-examining the openSUSE.org infrastructure to ensure that we reduce the amount of overall downtime. This will be an ongoing process, and we will notify the community of progress here.