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Open Source WG & Virtual Meetings
by Martin Winter 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

As mentioned at the end of today's Open Source WG Session, I would like to discuss and get some thoughts from the community on this topic. Recap for the ones which missed the session: The last 2 RIPE meetings were virtual without the usual hallway talks. Our current charter states: "The aim of the Open Source Working Group is to foster discussion among developers, Internet Service Providers and the rest of the RIPE community about open source projects related to the RIPE community" With virtual meetings, the "discussion" outside of the short WG session is much more difficult. RIPE is doing a good job trying to keep the RIPE as a "meeting" and not turning it into a "conference", but the lack of the physical meeting changes many things. Probably much easier to attend, but then some Open Source contributors prefer to meet with the community and get a 2-way exchange. I don't necessarily think we need to change anything, but I would like to have this discussion here on the list to see if there are ways to improve on how we function as a WG. If you have any good ideas, then go ahead and mention them here. Please keep in mind that this is not a discussion of virtual vs physical meetings. That decision is up to RIPE, not the WG. This is just on how we, as a WG, could potentially work better on virtual meetings. Let's discuss. Any cool ideas? Martin Winter Open Source WG Co-Chair

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NetBox
by Sander Steffann 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Hi everybody, I have the feeling a lot of people are using NetBox, and I wonder how you are all dealing with things that are not supported or not working the way you want/need. My personal biggest requirement has been to be able to trace DWDM connections accross circuits and patch panels. I became a NetBox maintainer for a while and worked on getting this implemented right in NetBox 2.8 and 2.9. But now 2.10 has been released, and no path trace will traverse a circuit anymore. I have no idea why it's been broken again, and to be honest I don't have the energy to go back and fix it *again*. Jeremy (NetBox "manager") just told me to file a feature request to restore the broken functionality, which is not very helpful. I was wondering: how do other NetBox users deal with this? Maintain your own fork (there seem to be MANY forks on GitHub), stick with a version that works, ...? I know there are people already looking to do a LibreNMS-style fork of NetBox and continue development under more community-friendly management. Would people be interested in something like that? Because that's definitely the style that I want to contribute to :) Cheers, Sander

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Join RIPE Atlas Deployathon - 25 November 2020
by Vesna Manojlovic 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, As part of the 10th anniversary of RIPE Atlas, we're organising a virtual RIPE Atlas software probe deployathon. Join us on 25 November 2020 to help us celebrate 10 years of RIPE Atlas by adding 10x10 software probes over 10 hours! You can get much more information about the event in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/lets-deploy-together-ripe-atlas-softwar… Feel free to share it with your communities and hopefully we’ll see you all on 25 November! Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Community Builder RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Lifecycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator
by Nathalie Trenaman 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, We made some important decisions with regards to the future of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator. In this RIPE Labs article, I provide an overview and a time line. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/life-cycle-of-the-ripe-ncc-… <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/life-cycle-of-the-ripe-ncc-…> Kind regards, Nathalie Trenaman RIPE NCC

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Agenda OpenSource-WG Session RIPE 81
by Martin Winter 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

Here is the agenda for the OpenSource WG session at the upcoming RIPE meeting: Regards, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip OpenSource WG Chairs A. Administrative Matters (Working Group Chairs) [5 mins] Welcome finalize agenda approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) review of action list Results of WG Chair Re-Election B. The Life Cycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator [10min] (Nathalie Trenaman, RIPE) In this presentation we will provide an update on the current state and the future of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator, including important time lines. C. The birdist cookbook (Alexander Zubkov, Qrator Labs CZ s.r.o.) At Qrator Labs we use Bird and BGP as means to organize routing at & among the points of our anycast network. In this talk I want to share our experience with Bird, what obstacles you can face using it, and other interesting things. D. Lighting Talks These are short updates on different relevant OpenSource projects. They should be 5 mins (preferably) with a maximum of 10 mins (if space allows). No formal submission required ahead of RIPE, but please send a short message to opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net (mailto:opensource-wg-chairs@ripe.net) by noon on Tuesday during the RIPE if you want to present an update. Selection of talks are done on Tuesday afternoon.

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Call for Opensource-WG Presentations (RIPE81, Virtual Conference, 27-30 Oct 2020)
by Martin Winter 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

The next RIPE Meeting is coming up again - your chance to present about some interesting Open Source The next meeting is (unfortunately) virtual again, so please keep this in mind when submitting the presentations. But it gives you an opportunity to present without having to travel. If you would like to give a presentation during the OpenSource WG session, then please contact us (the WG chairs). In general, each talk is 15-30 mins (depending on how much time is needed). But please keep in mind that we have a reduced slot of only 45mins as we expect less presentations If you have some idea and not sure how/if you should present something then feel free to contact us as well to discuss the idea. For small project updates, we are planning to reserve time again at the end of the WG session. These short 5..10(max) min updates/talks are decided on the day before the WG session on a time/space available base. No need to submit anything for these talks at this time, but if you have an idea, then we welcome to hear about the topic to assist in our planning. Thanks, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip OpenSource WG Chairs

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Open Source WG - Call for Co-Chairs Nomination
by Martin Winter 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

It's soon time for our RIPE Fall meeting - which means it’s time for nominations to become a new co-chair of the WG. Please send your nominations within the next 21 days to the WG chairs: opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net (mailto:opensource-wg-chairs@ripe.net) Deadline for nomination: Sunday, Oct 18, 23:59 UTC Both of the existing chairs are willing to continue. If there are no nominations, then there will be no change. Details on Chair Selection Policy: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/open-source-working-group/open-sou… In short: If there are NO nominations, then the existing chairs will continue. If there are nominations, then the existing chairs will have a discussion with the candidates to see if we can come to an agreement (i.e. expand to 3 chairs, replace one of us etc). If there is no agreement between all the existing chairs and the new nominations until RIPE, then there will be a vote during the RIPE meeting. Regards, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip Open Source WG Chairs

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Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware for the European Commission: the stakeholder survey
by Vesna Manojlovic 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, as an Internet Citizen, I'm forwarding this interesting info about the "Stakeholder Consultation on the Role of Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Source Hardware (OSH)" https://inno.limequery.com/436575 The survey is a part of the study for the European Commission by OpenForum Europe and Fraunhofer ISI: http://www.openforumeurope.org/survey-what-role-does-open-source-play-in-yo… Contact Prof. Dr. Knut Blind Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (0)30-314-76638 E-Mail: knut.blind(a)isi.fraunhofer.de Regards, Vesna

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Moving Greenpeace Planet 4 to Continuous Delivery
by Nikos Roussos 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share my recent article published at RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nikos_roussos/moving-greenpeace-planet-4-to-c… It's the story of how Planet 4, the Open Source project that empowers Greenpeace websites, moved to Continuous Delivery. I'd love to hear any feedback or questions, either as a comment in the article or directly. -- Nikos Roussos | Web Tech Lead Greenpeace, Planet 4 Team

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Reminder: only a few days left to apply for CPF / Community Projects Fund by RIPE NCC
by Vesna Manojlovic 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Dear all, We would like to remind you that the call for applications for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund will close on 23 August, at 23:59 UTC. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alastair_strachan/ripe-ncc-community-projects… The RIPE NCC offers funding of €250,000 in total for projects that work to improve the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefiting the technical community in our service region. If your project works for the ‘good of the Internet’, and you would like to apply for funding, please make sure to submit your application before the deadline. You can find detailed information here: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf Kind regards, Vesna

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