openSUSE Release Engineering minutes June 3

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All meeting minutes can be found here:
https://etherpad.opensuse.org/p/ReleaseEngineering-meeting

## Attendees:
    Sarah, DimStar, guillaumeg, ana, rfrohl, bmwiedemann, foursixnine,
maxlin, wengel, alefnode


## openSUSE Tumbleweed (ana)
openSUSE:Factory build fail stats: 66  failed  15 unresolvable (last
week: 95 failed 37 unresolvable)

~693 requests accepted in the last two weeks (data source:
https://build.opensuse.org/projects/openSUSE:Factory/pulse)

Most relevant changes of the last week:

Linux Kernel 7.0.10

util-linux 2.42.1

Qt 6.11.1 (+ backported fixes)

Mesa 26.1.1

apparmor 5.0.0+ post release fixes

bind 9.20.23

ccache 4.13.6

libzio 1.14

which 2.25

graphviz 15.0.0

mariadb 11.8.7

less 702

pipewire 1.6.6

samba 4.23.8

xscreensaver 6.15

unbound 1.25.1

Mozilla Firefox 151.0.1

Mozilla Thunderbird 140.11.1 ESR

Chromium 148.0.7778.215

A few updates of GNOME packages ( from 50.2)



Coming soon:

Linux Kernel Longterm 6.18.34

Linux Kernel 7.0.11

Rust 1.96 by default

xrdp: enforce tls by default in xrdp.ini (CVE-2026-32105)


On-going:

QEMU 11.0.0, dropping support for 32 bits packages

see https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1263564


GCC16 phase two, switch the compiler itself to GCC16, ~14 build
failures in rings, many unresolvables

affected packages:  amarok  benchmark   ceph   edk2:Shell
glibc:cross-loongarch64 grub2 libetonyek   libyui:libyui-ncurses
libyui:libyui-qt  openmpi5:standard  php8   pinentry:gui  python-PyQt6
 qpid-proton

Tracking failures in dedicated staging
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/openSUSE:Factory:...

bugzilla https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243674


cmake 4.3.1: two build issues: dnf5 and libyui:libyui-bindings

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1263558


All python interpreters: python311.. python314: restructuration
on-going to have python3-* provided by new package "python3"
https://build.opensuse.org/requests/1348280 (no news from maintainers)

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258364

Waiting for third party package fixes to be accepted


post-build-checks: improved check  50-check-permission failures

 netcfg   qemu   sendmail   shadow  squid  sudo  texlive   wireshark
xorg-x11-server

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1263098



## Guillaume - Arm

Tumbleweed:
    * Rolling
    * Thinking of splitting out 32-bit (armv6/7) in a separate OBS
project (openSUSE:Factory:LegacyARM)

ARMv9 project: (Rebuild of Tumbleweed rings 0+1 packages + few others)
    * Wiki page: https://en.opensuse.org/Armv9_project
    * Rolling


## Sarah - s390x
* Tumbleweed:
    - Softfailed because of old graphics bug -> informed IBM that it
is reproducable again
    - Java test issue (java migrates from update-alternative to
libalternatives) fix submitted by szarate:
        https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/201789
    - ollama issue (fix ongoing) with feedback how to solve vy IBM:
https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/16318
    - ghc bug: we need support by SUSE:
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263121

* Infra news/updates:
    - z17 Kubernetes cluster ordered
    - meeting next Friday with Elizabeth regarding licensing and other topics

* Team BBQ:
    - planned for Thursday of our openSUSE Conference

* Kyndryl (Sarah's employer) wanted to sponsor the oSC:
    - They can not do it because Patrick wrote, that you don't receive
any invoices for sponsorships

## Leap

* With the agama 21, we need to adjust the Leap 16.1 test to support
the new desktop selection workflow
https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/201942

* Got a report that KMP is failed to load, somehow the certificate is
differnt between Backports:SLE-16.x project and Leap:16.x project,
openSUSE-signkey-cert was built in Backports project then it fails to
verify KMPs which were built in Leap project, so moved
openSUSE-signkey-cert to openSUSE/Leap from products/PackageHub, which
makes sense as KMP is only existing in Leap project due to PackageHub
policy - no KMP in PackageHub. It's strange it has different
certificate even though both has named 'openSUSE Secure Boot Signkey'
but have different fingerprint, serial number and date

* WIll look back the 16.0 image respin, I was out sick

* Progress on immutable Leap 16.1 (successor to Leap Micro 6.2)
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:lkocman:immu...
Thanks to Adrian for enablign local builds for me

* PackageHub: Trying to get the PH 16.1 publicbeta out of the door
(had an issue with productcompose build on x86_64, removed more 32bit
packages to fix it)

Further git enablement:
Base devel project: action item on feedback from Jan (owernship of repositories)
https://github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-git/issues/385

Q from Axel: How to request further devel projects in git?
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Git_Packaging_Workflow#P...
is not exactly correct, last time it was two days of there and back
with the team, we have to be bit more efficient as this would not
scale well for either side.

Base:
Add new package to develproject via issues similar to Leap
https://src.opensuse.org/base/_ObsPrj/issues/new/choose

First video on packaging for Leap in gitea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM9NbrpxT4Q

Feedback wanted, otherwise plan for next videos about updating
existing package, and addition of package to devel project.

## Maintenance (Marcus, Robert)

Working on updates normally, higher volume of updates for 16.0. Follow
up with problematic updates.

## Project Enablement (Doug)
* Publish TW blog
* SuperFOSS consortium decision expected soon
* TSP

* Coordinating with oSAS2026 organizers on timing and amount

* GSoC

* Projects moving forward

* Org payment request form filled in

* openSUSE Conference (at Z-Bau from June 25-27)

* 124 Registration

* T-Shirts go to print this week

* Banners ordered

* Big thanks to Mapforge's map to familiarize attendees with layout
https://mapforge.org/m/osc26

* sponsorship

* Due to timing and needing to go to print, Kyndryl will not be able
to sponsor this year

Sarah: Reason is no invoices for sponsorships (wrong handling of donations)

* Workshop rooms will be equiped with a 360 webcam and speaker for
connecting to Jitsi

* openSUSE.Asia Summit (in Yogyakarta from Oct. 3 - 4)

* CfP ends July 1

* Aim to publish article about tsp request with CfP

* Donation from grommunio to Geeko Foundation recieved. BIG THANK YOU
TO grommunio for supporting!
* Ordering items for FOSS Ladakh
* Plans to sponsor and have a booth at Configuration Management Camp 2027

* lkocman: Bumping chameleon theme in jekyll and across all other
sites to add items to menu.
* lkocman: Looking into Open Source Summit openSUSE/OSN sponsorship
funding = https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-eur...
CFP until 2026-06-24
* Gitlab support of Leap / SLES 16.0+. Discussion with Jeff, Patrick
and University using 16.0 www.uantwerpen.be. Long story short we need
to have request backed by gitlab customers. Otherwise gitlab seemed to
stopped producing SLES/Leap packages for 15.6+ due to low demand and
originally absence of 15.7.

## Adrian - OBS


## Bernhard - Slowroll

Snapshot 20260601 taken - to be published 2026-06-08
 https://build.opensuse.org/requests/1356655 aaa_base should be fast-tracked.
https://github.com/yast/skelcd-control-openSUSE-Slowroll/... makes
it auto-sync from Tumbleweed.

## Bernhard - reproducible builds

I sent
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.op...

I found around 2% of packages needed y2038 fixes (only checked those
that can be compiled with gcc15+)

## Adam - Git Workflow


## Santiago - openQA
- Updating java tests after update-alternatives has been dropped
- Adapting Leap 16.1 installer to Agama 21
- Updated the OVMF variables in openQA to use a 4mb image after the
2mb image has been removed from the package (It was deprecated for
quite some time)
- Working with Tools team for qem-bot changes for openSUSE

## Open Floor

https://scored.dev/ CFP until 2026-07-12

## openSUSE Mobile

- All development projects for openSUSE Mobile are being reorganized
to create a more organized and simpler architecture.
- Work is currently underway to update the SDM845 kernel to include
the latest patches for these devices.
- The package that handles automatic encryption in the initramfs is
being adapted to prevent certain boot failures on devices that share
partitions with other operating systems.