Question about priority inclusions for 11.2?

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Hi all,

This post is a request for any information you might have regarding the features considered a priority for inclusion in 11.2.

These are what i consider priorities, so if you have any info on them (or any others), then please sing out:

  1. X.org 7.5 (release scheduled for early august)
  2. Kernel 2.6.31 (probably released between mid-Sept to mid-Oct)
  3. KDE 4.3.1 (nice to get the first point release - due end-Aug)
  4. Gnome 2.28 (due October i believe)

Any input appreciated. :slight_smile:

Dimble

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https://features.opensuse.org/

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There are periodic discussions on that subject @ openSUSE Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory such as “[opensuse-factory] RFC: What should be on the DVD and what’s fine online only?” ([opensuse-factory] RFC: What should be on the DVD and what’s fine online](http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-factory/2009-05/msg00146.html)). openSUSE Mailinglist Archives: opensuse-factory - by thread will display the thread & participants. That thread also runs into June and is quite lengthy… The neat thing is that we can join in and have an impact. But, you have to do it early on;)

A quick reference for general info is “distrowatch” like DistroWatch.com: openSUSE and look at the “Factory” column in the table at the bottom. They keep it pretty much up to date.

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cheers, more after a set of stated goals that drive this round of development, targets that are desired to be achieved for 11.2 to be considered ‘complete’.

core system components such as kernel 2.6.31, and x.org 7.5, etc, rather than applications.

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I think you would want to get in with and influence the developers and their decisions as to the projects re: Build Service. New plan for factory - openSUSE Forums talks to a new plan.

Be assured that Novell/SuSE engineer teams and suser developers worldwide are working projects like “The Kernel”, etc. Project maturity and distro release timing has everything to do with what is/isn’t included and is usually well discussed on the mailing lists (one just has to pick the right one; start with openSUSE Mailinglist Archives).

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thank you again.

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It’s clear that a kernel update always brings more hardware compatibility, file systems, etc. So I’m for that, as my internal microphone (snd-hda-intel) still doesn’t work out of the box with 2.6.30.

The feature that I really feel is missing and have no idea why it hasn’t been incorporated as of yet is full-disk encryption at install time. This has kept me from sticking with suse before, and if it isn’t present in 11.2, will probably keep me from installing it.

A cool feature for those of us who dual-boot would be a program that integrates truecrypt’s encryption of xp/vista/7 with opensuse at boot time (recognizing a pre-encrypted windows system drive from the truecrypt mbr). Just to point out, I’ve got no programming experience and have no idea of the practical aspects (always annoying for those that do), but it’d be well received in the community…

I don’t think we can do without this feature one more time. It’s simply due. Everyone has a laptop, and data security is (for me) paramount.

https://features.opensuse.org/305633

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encrypted filesystem would be cool, just voted for that openfate ticket.

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aha, this is what i was after:
http://www.susegeek.com/opensuse-112/opensuse-112-development-features-and-roadmap/comment-page-1/#comment-2486

a statement of intent on what devs want to target as core features for 11.2.

although i’m not sure if this is just a statement about M2, as kernel 2.6.30 will be a little long in the tooth by the time 11.2 arrives.*

  • 2.6.31 should arrive at the start of september if my calcs are right.
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there is now an Openfate feature request for kernel 2.6.31 and x.org 7.5 to be included in Opensuse 11.2:

https://features.opensuse.org/306657

if you think it worthwhile then sign up.