Open Build Service 1.7 Beta 2 released

This release is now feature complete and also the API should be final by now.

OBS supports new branch and merge handling

Michael Schröder put some effort into supporting a new way of doing a branch and merge of a package with openSUSE Build Service (OBS). This is a new feature of OBS 1.7 release and is active now on build.opensuse.org by default. This new way is almost the same way as subversion or git are working.

Build Service Integrates with openDesktop.org to reach 150,000 contributors

Today Frank Karlitschek, maintainer of the openDesktop.org network, announced that the first step of integration with openDesktop.org is complete. Effective immediately, developers can add their Build Service ID to projects on openDesktop.org, and all packages available from the Open Build Service will automatically show up on the openDesktop.org pages.

Open Build Service 1.5 Released

The team is proud to announce the 1.5 release of the openSUSE Build Service. This release takes developers beyond just building packages. You can now build your own distribution using the Open Build Service!

Wanted: Build Service Contributors

Have you ever wanted to join Build Service development, but you had no idea what to implement? Would you like a real opportunity to learn Ruby on Rails? This is a great time to start!

Web Client Survey Started

Today we started an Open Build Service Webclient online survey. We want to get more informations about the Open Build Service Webclient users, the used hardware and software and (potential) use cases.

Open Build Service Did It!

The openSUSE 11.1 beta 1 release marks a significant change for openSUSE. For the first time in 11 years, a SUSE release was not built in the SUSE internal AutoBuild service -- openSUSE 11.1 beta 1 was built using the Open Build Service!

openSUSE Build Service 1.0 Released

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the 1.0 release of the Open Build Service. The 1.0 release provides all the features necessary to support building openSUSE in the public build systems and allowing direct contributions to openSUSE from all contributors. Developers can now submit contributions to openSUSE directly at build.opensuse.org.

Open Build Service 1.0 Release Candidate 1 released

We have released the first release candidate of the Open Build Service 1.0. With the release candidate, all the features are now in place to support collaboration to build distributions in the open.

The Open Build Service has offered a simple collaboration system since its inception for groups to work closely together on packages or solutions stacks. The 1.0 RC 1 release improves on existing functionality to allow the Build Service to scale to larger projects like openSUSE's Factory distribution.

KDevelop and the Open Build Service

Building packages for multiple distros can be a major pain -- which is why we provide the Open Build Service. One of the Build Service's many features is the ability to create packages for many distros -- including openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, and Ubuntu.

One of the projects making the most of the Build Service is KDevelop. We talked with KDevelop developer Amilcar do Carmo Lucas about how the KDevelop project is using the build service.

Open Build Service 0.9 Released

We are proud to announce another major release of the Open Build Service (OBS). This release brings a new level to OBS scalability by adding the ability for OBS instances to interact.

Open Build Service Expands Support to Red Hat and CentOS

The Open Build Service, an innovative framework that provides an infrastructure for software developers to easily create and compile packages for multiple Linux distributions, has extended its support to build packages for CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Open Build Service already supports several Linux distributions including openSUSE, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, SUSE Linux Enterprise and Ubuntu.

Open Build Service 0.5 (Poinsettia) Released

The openSUSE project releases the version 0.5 of the openSUSE Build Service. This code drop does provides the same functionality as on build.opensuse.org the first time as official tar ball release. OBS 0.5 provides the complete infrastructure to build single hardware architecture distributions. System images can be created via KIWI.

Another Step in Connecting the Worlds of Users And Developers

As you the Open Build Service (OBS) connects the totally different worlds of End-Users and developers/packagers. This already works to the degree that everybody can download software, which got packaged in the OBS. Also the packagers already get feedback via download numbers, tags or rating within the web interface.

Software for Millions

Our own Klaas Freitag wrote an article about the Open Build Service that got published in the german edition of Linux Magazin. It covers general introduction into the Open Build Service, tutorials how to build a simple package, touches upon OSC and web client and gives an overview over the underlying technology.

OBS on Novell Open Audio

As part of their openSUSE release series, Novell Open Audio has talked to Michael Schröder and Andreas Bauer about the Open Build Service, our powerful cross-distribution package build system. They discuss a bunch of updates which happened over the year since last coverage, what is being worked on currently and a little bit on how you can have your projects hosted on the service.

Updated Roadmap Published

An updated Roadmap for the Open Build Service has been published. It outlines the development targets until the fourth quarter of 2008. Please understand the dates as target estimations, but not as guaranteed dates. Some functionality might arrive earlier, while other features may need some more time.

Open Build Service Gains Momentum with AMD Sponsorship

Release Management Support for the Open Build Service

The Open Build Service allows from now on more control about what to do with built packages. You can for example switch of the publishing of packages to the ftp server and mirrors, when you prepare a major update in your project.