devel:languages:perl has 2662 packages, but many of them are outdated because it's just a fight no man can win to update them. So we update them whenver we hit a problem. But this is evil:
I count 2662 packages in devel:languages:perl and 1188 of them are outdated. So I'll write a script... just as we did with gems
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Create object oriented API for perl's YAML::XS module, with YAML 1.2 Support by tinita
Description
YAML::XS is a binding to libyaml and already quite old, but the most popular YAML module for perl. There are two main issues:
- It uses global package variables to influence behaviour.
- It didn't implement the loading of types like numbers and booleans according to the YAML spec (neither 1.1 nor 1.2).
Goals
Create a new interface which works object oriented. Currently YAML::XS exports a list of functions.
- The new API will allow to create a YAML::XS object containing configuration influencing the behaviour of loading and dumping.
- It keeps the libyaml parser and emitter structs in memory, so repeated calls can save the creation of those structs
- It will by default implement the YAML 1.2 Core Schema, so it is compatible to other YAML processors in perl and in other languages
- If I have time, I would like to add the merge
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key feature as an option. We could then use it in openQA as a replacement for YAML::PP to be faster.
I already created a proof of concept with a minimal functionality some weeks before this HackWeek.
Resources
- Work is currently happening on the oop branch
- Experimental release waiting for user feedback: https://github.com/perlpunk/yaml-libyaml-pm/releases
- Diff
Switch software-o-o to parse repomd data by hennevogel
Currently software.opensuse.org search is using the OBS binary search for everything, even for packages inside the openSUSE distributions. Let's switch this to use repomd data from download.opensuse.org
Automation of ABI compatibility checks by ateixeira
Description
ABI compatibility checks could be further automated by using the OBS API to download built RPMs and using existing tools to analyze ABI compatibility between the libraries contained in those packages. This project aims to explore these possibilities and figure out a way to make ABI checks as painless and fast as possible for package maintainers.
Resources
https://github.com/openSUSE/abi-compliance-checker
https://github.com/lvc/abi-compliance-checker
https://sourceware.org/libabigail/
Learn obs/ibs sync tool by xlai
Description
Once images/repo are built from IBS/OBS, there is a tool to sync the image from IBS/OBS to openqa asset directory and trigger openqa jobs accordingly.
Goals
Check how the tool is implemented, and be capable to add/modify our needed images/repo in future by ourselves.
Resources
- https://github.com/os-autoinst/openqa-trigger-from-obs
- https://gitlab.suse.de/openqa/openqa-trigger-from-ibs-plugin/-/tree/master?ref_type=heads
Bootstrap openSUSE on LoongArch by glaubitz
Description
LoongArch is a new architecture from China which has its roots in the MIPS architecture. It has been created by Loongson and is already supported by Debian Ports, Gentoo and Loongnix.
Upstream support for LoongArch is already quite complete which includes LLVM, Rust, Golang, GRUB, QEMU, LibreOffice and many more. In Debian Ports, where the port is called "loong64", more than 95% of the whole Debian archive have been successfully built for LoongArch.
QEMU support is rather complete and stable such that packages can be built in emulated environments. Hardware can also be requested by Loongson on request for free. Access to real hardware is also provided through the GCC Compile Farm.
Goals
The initial goal should be to add LoongArch to OBS and build a minimal set of packages.
Resources
- Introduction to LoongArch: https://docs.kernel.org/arch/loongarch/introduction.html
- LoongArch community on Github: https://github.com/loongarchlinux
- Debian Ports repository for loong64: http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-loong64/main/
- Gentoo stage3 for loong: https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/#loong
Results
- An initial set of packages for openSUSE loongarch64 has been successfully bootstrapped
- An OBS project has been set up to build packages for openSUSE loongarch64 with more than 3000 packages being built already
- A work-in-progress guide on how to bootstrap a new openSUSE port from Debian has been created
- A work-in-progress guide on how to add a new target to the openSUSE toolchain has been created
Acknowledgements
- Thanks to Adrian Schröter and Rüdiger Oertl for the help with setting up the FTP space and OBS project
- Thanks to Dirk Müller for the input on how to get started with a new port
- Thanks to Richard Biener for quickly accepting my submit requests to add loongarch64 support to the toolchain
Testing and adding GNU/Linux distributions on Uyuni by juliogonzalezgil
Join the Gitter channel! https://gitter.im/uyuni-project/hackweek
Uyuni is a configuration and infrastructure management tool that saves you time and headaches when you have to manage and update tens, hundreds or even thousands of machines. It also manages configuration, can run audits, build image containers, monitor and much more!
Currently there are a few distributions that are completely untested on Uyuni or SUSE Manager (AFAIK) or just not tested since a long time, and could be interesting knowing how hard would be working with them and, if possible, fix whatever is broken.
For newcomers, the easiest distributions are those based on DEB or RPM packages. Distributions with other package formats are doable, but will require adapting the Python and Java code to be able to sync and analyze such packages (and if salt does not support those packages, it will need changes as well). So if you want a distribution with other packages, make sure you are comfortable handling such changes.
No developer experience? No worries! We had non-developers contributors in the past, and we are ready to help as long as you are willing to learn. If you don't want to code at all, you can also help us preparing the documentation after someone else has the initial code ready, or you could also help with testing :-)
The idea is testing Salt and Salt-ssh clients, but NOT traditional clients, which are deprecated.
To consider that a distribution has basic support, we should cover at least (points 3-6 are to be tested for both salt minions and salt ssh minions):
- Reposync (this will require using spacewalk-common-channels and adding channels to the .ini file)
- Onboarding (salt minion from UI, salt minion from bootstrap scritp, and salt-ssh minion) (this will probably require adding OS to the bootstrap repository creator)
- Package management (install, remove, update...)
- Patching
- Applying any basic salt state (including a formula)
- Salt remote commands
- Bonus point: Java part for product identification, and monitoring enablement
- Bonus point: sumaform enablement (https://github.com/uyuni-project/sumaform)
- Bonus point: Documentation (https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni-docs)
- Bonus point: testsuite enablement (https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni/tree/master/testsuite)
If something is breaking: we can try to fix it, but the main idea is research how supported it is right now. Beyond that it's up to each project member how much to hack :-)
- If you don't have knowledge about some of the steps: ask the team
- If you still don't know what to do: switch to another distribution and keep testing.
This card is for EVERYONE, not just developers. Seriously! We had people from other teams helping that were not developers, and added support for Debian and new SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap versions :-)
Pending
FUSS
FUSS is a complete GNU/Linux solution (server, client and desktop/standalone) based on Debian for managing an educational network.
https://fuss.bz.it/
Seems to be a Debian 12 derivative, so adding it could be quite easy.
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Reposync (this will require using spacewalk-common-channels and adding channels to the .ini file)[W]
Onboarding (salt minion from UI, salt minion from bootstrap script, and salt-ssh minion) (this will probably require adding OS to the bootstrap repository creator) --> Working for all 3 options (salt minion UI, salt minion bootstrap script and salt-ssh minion from the UI).[W]
Package management (install, remove, update...) --> Installing a new package works, needs to test the rest.[I]
Patching (if patch information is available, could require writing some code to parse it, but IIRC we have support for Ubuntu already). No patches detected. Do we support patches for Debian at all?[W]
Applying any basic salt state (including a formula)[W]
Salt remote commands[ ]
Bonus point: Java part for product identification, and monitoring enablement