Enhancing SUSE Linux Enterprise - SUSE® Package Hub uncovering hidden gems Scott Bahling [email protected] Topics • openSUSE Build Service • openSUSE Packaging Community • Hidden Gems • Users of SUSE Linux Enterprise • Mining for Gems • SUSE Package Hub 2 The story begins here... openSUSE Build Service 3 openSUSE Build Service Community of Packagers 4 Packaging for SUSE Linux Enterprise 5 Built for SUSE Linux Enterprise ~25,000 Source Packages 1 statistic from May 2014 for SLES 11 builds excluding home projects 6 Hidden Gems Could they be valuable to SUSE Enterprise customers? 7 Extra Batteries not included 8 Extra Open Source Packages What are the options? 9 Option 1 Feature Request 10 Business Case ↗ Volume vs. ↘ Margin 11 Option 2 Build it yourself 12 Do you feel lucky? ● Find community portal 13 Do you feel lucky? ● Find community portal ● Download Source 14 Do you feel lucky? ● Find community portal ● Download Source ● Read Installation Instructions 15 Do you feel lucky? ● Find community portal ● Download Source ● Read Installation Instructions ● Build 16 Your Lucky Day! ● Find community portal ● Download Source ● Read Installation Instructions ● Build ● Install & Use 17 Not your lucky day! ● Find community portal ● Download Source ● Read Installation Instructions ● Build Build Failures 18 DIY Isolation 19 Not alone Package Community 20 Hidden Gems Could they be valuable to SUSE Enterprise customers? 21 Finding Hidden Gems How can customers find them? 22 Finding Hidden Gems How can customers find out about them? 23 Uncovering Hidden Gems 24 Uncovering Hidden Gems 25 Uncovering Hidden Gems 26 Perils of Uncovering Hidden Gems 27 Uncovering Hidden Gems 28 Wha? 29 This Sucks! There Must Be A Better Way! 30 A Better Way SUSE Package Hub • OBS Project to Coordinate and Consolidate Useful Packages for SLE customers. • Policies and Checks to Protect Customer's Investment in SUSE Support Services. • Community Maintained | Community Supported • Easy Access For Customers 31 A Better Way SUSE Package Hub • OBS Project to Coordinate and Consolidate Useful Packages for SLE customers. • Policies and Checks to Protect Customer's Investment in SUSE Support Services. • Community Maintained | Community Supported • Damn-Easy Access For Customers 32 SCC 33 OBS Project openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12 34 Protect Packaging Policies • Follow openSUSE Policies • Packages must be derived from Factory • No conflicts with SUSE Linux Enterprise packages • Version updates up to maintainers • Veto rights of involved teams • Security issues https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Backports_Packaging_Policy 35 Contribute! Packager's Workflow • Add openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12/standard/x86_64 • Submit to openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12 • Source Revisions must be... … checked into Factory … contained in an SR to Factory https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Backports_Package_Submission_Process 36 Please feed! Current Status • chromium • protobuf • irssi • scite • mosh • sshfs • mumble • tmux • ninja • znc • perl-switch pwgen (coming soon!) 37 Benefits What's in it for me? 38 Perks phpMyAdmin 39 Perks phpMyAdmin pwgen 40 Perks phpMyAdmin pwgen SLE 41 Perks _link 42 Perks What if pwgen was in openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12? 43 Replace SUSE:SLE-12:GA 44 …with this openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12 45 …clean house _link 46 Perks Shared Resources 47 Perks Community vs DIY 48 Change! SUSE:SLE-12:GA openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12 49 Call to Action! Submit to Factory! Submit to Backports! 50 Questions? Thank you. 51 SUSE Package Hub Please contribute! Submit your packages! 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