Enhancing SUSE Linux Enterprise - SUSE® Package Hubuncovering hidden gems

Scott Bahlingsbahling@suse.com

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Topics

• openSUSE Build Service

• openSUSE Packaging Community

• Hidden Gems

• Users of SUSE Linux Enterprise

• Mining for Gems

• SUSE Package Hub

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The story begins here...

openSUSE Build Service

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openSUSE Build Service

Community of Packagers

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Packaging for SUSE Linux Enterprise

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Built for SUSE Linux Enterprise

~25,000 Source Packages

1 statistic from May 2014 for SLES 11 builds excluding home projects

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Hidden Gems

Could they be valuable to SUSE Enterprise customers?

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Extra Batteries not included

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Extra Open Source Packages

What are the options?

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Option 1

Feature Request

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Business Case

↗ Volume vs. ↘ Margin

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Option 2

Build it yourself

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Do you feel lucky?

● Find community portal

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Do you feel lucky?

● Find community portal● Download Source

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Do you feel lucky?

● Find community portal● Download Source

● Read Installation Instructions

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Do you feel lucky?

● Find community portal● Download Source

● Read Installation Instructions● Build

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Your Lucky Day!

● Find community portal● Download Source

● Read Installation Instructions● Build

● Install & Use

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Not your lucky day!

● Find community portal● Download Source

● Read Installation Instructions● Build

Build Failures

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DIY

Isolation

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Not alone

Package Community

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Hidden Gems

Could they be valuable to SUSE Enterprise customers?

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Finding Hidden Gems

How can customers find them?

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Finding Hidden Gems

How can customers find out about them?

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Uncovering Hidden Gems

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Uncovering Hidden Gems

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Uncovering Hidden Gems

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Perils of Uncovering Hidden Gems

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Uncovering Hidden Gems

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Wha?

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This Sucks!

There Must Be A Better Way!

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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

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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

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SCC

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OBS Project

openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12

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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 issueshttps://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Backports_Packaging_Policy

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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

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Please feed!

Current Status• chromium

• irssi

• mosh

• mumble

• ninja

• perl-switch

• protobuf

• scite

• sshfs

• tmux

• znc

pwgen (coming soon!)

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Benefits

What's in it for me?

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Perks

phpMyAdmin

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Perks

phpMyAdmin

pwgen

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Perks

phpMyAdmin

pwgen

SLE

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Perks

_link

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Perks

What if pwgen was inopenSUSE:Backports:SLE-12?

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Replace

SUSE:SLE-12:GA

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…with this

openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12

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…clean house

_link

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Perks

Shared Resources

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Perks

Community vs DIY

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Change!

SUSE:SLE-12:GA

openSUSE:Backports:SLE-12

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Call to Action!

Submit to Factory!

Submit to Backports!

Thank you.

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Questions?

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SUSE Package Hub

Please contribute! Submit your packages!

More info:

https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Backports

Questions:

sbahling@suse.com

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