Category: OpenSUSE

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Policy Editor Module Help

I'm currently working on the policy-editor module for YaST (to edit
PolicyKit configuration), and I want some input on some of the design
decisions:
1. I'm using python code for the loading and parsing of the policy
description files (its XML, and DOM makes parsing XML a dream). The
policy description files describes the actions, provides a
(translateable) description, and sane defaults.
That part I'm fine with, since I can use YCP to interact with and load
the model from the python code.
2. The actual policies as defined by the system administrator is located
in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
Now my question is, how should I go about generating this file? Should
we use this file directly, or use sysconfig to generate the file
dynamically, and potentially provide for a "local include" so that you
can include custom policies not set via YaST?

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YaST Policy Editor Module

My newest project is a YaST Policy Editor module. It’s much less ambitious than previous failed projects, and will be quite useful, especially as more software becomes PolicyKit enabled (including hopefully YaST itself: http://lists.opensuse.org/yast-devel/2007-10/msg00024.html)

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OpenSUSE 10.3 Package : mugshot

I added mugshot to my OBS repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jhaygood/openSUSE_10.3/
For more information on mugshot: http://www.mugshot.org
Any other cool packages I should add?

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openSUSE 10.3 Package for Filezilla

It’s available in my home repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jhaygood/openSUSE_10.3/
Current Version: FileZilla 3.0.1
Architectures: i586, x86_64
OpenSUSE Versions: openSUSE 10.3 (due to dependency on wxGTK 2.8.4)

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Another reason the iPod (and its creator!) sucks

While I like some of Apple’s engineering’s efforts (webkit.org mostly), some of their other creations suck.
The new Apple iPod Touch was released the other day. Apple apparently changed the database format of the on device media library to require some secret cryptography so that it only works with Apple iTunes, preventing other players (such as Banshee) from properly working with the iPod. I don’t personally own an iPod for many reasons, and this is just another reason to boycott the Apple iPod.