openSUSE – The Project

Martin Lasarsch Michael Löffler SUSE Products GmbH Overview

• Goals • What is the openSUSE project? • What changed since last year? • What will change in the Future?

Feb. 2007 2 Goals

• distribution • open development • developers from the community • best distribution

Feb. 2007 3 What is the openSUSE project?

• Communication - Wiki - Mailinglists - IRC

• Distribution - released version - alpha/beta/rc - factory - bugzilla

• openSUSE Build Service (OBS) - web, gui, cli frontend - Builds for: 9.3-10.2, SLE, Factory Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu

Feb. 2007 - x86, x86_64 4 What changed since last year?

• Communication - Wiki - new Languages, new Layout, Splashpage - 1500 pages, 16 languages

- Mailinglists - migration from @suse.de to @.org - internal lists moved to public (dist, packager) - new webinterface for archive, new lists

- IRC - more, special purpose meetings (, community) - #opensuse, #opensuse-project

Feb. 2007 5 What changed since last year?

• Distribution

- SUSE Linux 10.1 - openSUSE 10.2 - more bugs from outside - less bugs for 10.2 - more bandwith for download peaks

Feb. 2007 6 What changed since last year?

• openSUSE Build Service

- public - 100% open source now! - new webinterface (search, monitor) - new clients, osc, richclient - more targets - link projects - Factory sync - build against updates

Feb. 2007 7 Challenges

• zmd 10.1 • M$/ deal • Money

• openSUSE office • opensource build service • more SUSE/Novell people working on the project

Feb. 2007 8 Ideas for the future?

• sponsoring (hardware, money) • guiding principles • local communities • Linux hardware database • rating system obs • distribution in buildservice • easier obs integration in distribution • integration of internal autobuild with obs • merchandising

Feb. 2007 9 Q&A

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