yeah, it sucks that it is offline. on the other hand, it's a free service, we cant do anything about it

by the way, i guess this thread is updated with more information about this issue:
Assembla Support Forumsi mean, i would switch svn to another server as this guy offered, but then again i dont own the CHDK space on assembla and also - it's not that a big issue, if they really get it repaired during the next days.
unfortunately i only have sources on my pc that i already messed around with. maybe not the best ones for a fresh start like you wanna do

about the opensuse stuff: switched my box from 10.3 to 11 a week ago. havent tested compiling yet (i'm on windows for now), will try maybe tomorrow, will give feedback here.