gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Gmane http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org Fedora 17 Final is declared GOLD! http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/869 <pre>At the Fedora 17 Final Go/No-Go meeting today, the F17 Final Release (RC4) was declared GOLD and ready for GA on May 29, 2012. Thanks to everyone who came today, and to everyone who helped get the Beefy Miracle ready for public devouring. :) Links to meeting minutes and logs follow below. Cheers, -Robyn Meeting Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-24/fedora_17_final_go_nogo_meeting_round_2.2012-05-24-17.01.html Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-24/fedora_17_final_go_nogo_meeting_round_2.2012-05-24-17.01.log.html ========================================================== #fedora-meeting-1: Fedora 17 Final Go NoGo Meeting Round 2 ========================================================== Meeting started by rbergeron at 17:01:09 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-24/fedora_17_final_go_nogo_meeting_round_2.2012-05-24-17.01.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Why are we here (rbergero, 17:05:46) * The purpose of this meeting is to determine the "shippiness" of the final release of F17 (RC4, to be specific). All blocker bugs must be resolved, the test matrices need to be completed, we need to meet final release criteria, QA needs to be on board. :) (rbergero, 17:06:54) * Blocker Bugs (rbergero, 17:07:23) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers (tflink, 17:08:21) * (824191) nfsiso install hangs during reboot (tflink, 17:09:32) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824191 (tflink, 17:09:32) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:09:32) * AGREED: - 824191 - RejectedBlocker - While this is a bug, it doesn't directly violate any of the Fedora 17 release criteria (the install completes, the installed system works). Given that it should only affect a minority of users and could be fixed with an updates.img - it doesn't need to block release. (tflink, 17:18:12) * (824641) kernel 3.3 crashes with blk_dump_rq_flags+ when using a file:/// backend instead of phy:// backend (tflink, 17:18:29) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824641 (tflink, 17:18:32) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:18:35) * AGREED: - 824641 - RejectedBlocker - This appears to be a Dom0 issue instead of a DomU issue which does not violate any of the Fedora 17 release criteria. In addition, the use of file:// storage backends is not recommended and phy:// storage backends do not seem affected by this bug (tflink, 17:34:24) * Release Criteria and Test Matrices (rbergero, 17:35:34) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Final_RC4_Install (tflink, 17:36:14) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Final_RC4_Desktop (tflink, 17:36:28) * 813257 is waived as a blocker as the only options are to wait indefinitely for a fix or drop kdepim entirely; we can't just drop the offending application as it's part of kdepim, which we need (adamw, 17:46:13) * 819275 agreed not to be worthy of blocker consideration as it affects fallback mode only, and fallback mode is niche now (adamw, 18:03:31) * Ship or not to ship, that is the question (rbergero, 18:04:32) * AGREED: We shall ship the Beefy Miracle (aka F17) on Tuesday, May 29 (rbergero, 18:05:56) Meeting ended at 18:07:23 UTC. Action Items ------------ Action Items, by person ----------------------- * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * adamw (90) * tflink (56) * rbergero (47) * dgilmore (24) * darnok (13) * akshayvyas (7) * nirik (6) * red_alert (5) * zodbot (5) * kparal (3) * mbroyles__ (3) * ADSLLC (1) * rbergeron (1) * satellit_Tris55R (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-05-24T19:17:15 Fedora 17 FINAL Go/No-Go Meeting (#2), Thursday, May 24,< at >13:00 Eastern http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/868 <pre>Please join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-1 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the shipment readiness of F17 Final. Thursday, May 24, 2012 &lt; at &gt; 17:00 UTC (13:00 EDT/10:00 PDT) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting In the meantime: Keep an eye on the blocker list here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers Let's ship the beefy miracle, folks! :) -Robyn _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-05-23T12:16:21 Fedora Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo elections: Town hall meeting schedule http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/867 <pre>As you have (hopefully) heard by now, elections for the Fedora Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo are quickly approaching. In each election cycle, a series of town hall meetings is held to give community members and opportunity to ask candidates questions - and hear their answers - via IRC. The town hall schedule for the upcoming election is as follows: Fedora Project Board: * Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 17:00 UTC * Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 20:00 UTC FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee): * Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 17:00 UTC * Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 20:00 UTC FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee): * Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 16:00 UTC * Monday, May 28 at 17:00 UTC Not sure what time that is? Use a handy-dandy time zone calculator to find out when to show up: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Important information about how you can participate in the town halls via IRC, as well as the details of each town hall meeting, can be seen on the wiki here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections#IRC_Town_Halls Additional details about the upcoming elections, including who the candidates are and the schedule for elections, can be seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections IRC town halls are a great and interesting way to get to know the candidates for the various bodies. I encourage you to come and participate, and bring your questions! Cheers, -Robyn _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-05-23T11:43:56 F17 GA to slip by one week. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/866 <pre>At the Go/No-Go meeting today, it was decided to slip the GA of Fedora 17 by one week[1]. There are currently 4 remaining release blockers[2], necessitating the creation of RC2. Minutes follow below. GA for F17 is now scheduled for 2012-05-29. Adjustments to the schedule[3] and wiki will be completed later today. We will be meeting again next Thursday, 2012-05-24, for another Go/No-Go meeting. Thanks for your patience! -Robyn [1] Minutes:http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go_no_go_meeting.2012-05-17-17.03.html Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go_no_go_meeting.2012-05-17-17.03.log.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Schedule ============================================= #fedora-meeting-1: F17 Final Go No Go Meeting ============================================= Meeting started by rbergeron at 17:03:17 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go_no_go_meeting.2012-05-17-17.03.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Gathering the Peeps (rbergeron, 17:03:43) * Purpose of this meeting (rbergeron, 17:04:50) * Purpose of this meeting is to see whether or not F17 Final is ready for shipment, according to the release criteria. (rbergeron, 17:05:21) * This is determined in a few ways: (rbergeron, 17:05:37) * No remaining blocker bugs (rbergeron, 17:05:46) * Test matrices are fully completed (rbergeron, 17:06:01) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers (rbergeron, 17:06:26) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria (rbergeron, 17:07:01) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_17_Final_RC_Test_Results (rbergeron, 17:08:28) * Blocker Bugs (rbergeron, 17:09:31) * 5 proposed blockers (tflink, 17:09:45) * 2 accepted blockers (tflink, 17:09:45) * (821077) Firstboot window does not fit the screen after install from F17 TC4 Final KDE Live (tflink, 17:10:47) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821077 (tflink, 17:10:50) * Accepted Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:10:53) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=585074 (spot, 17:14:32) * packaging the C code outside of firstboot seems like the best solution for now (tflink, 17:21:19) * ACTION: spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch (rbergeron, 17:23:02) * ACTION: tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes (rbergeron, 17:27:40) * (822123) Graphical grub is unusable slow (tflink, 17:28:11) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822123 (tflink, 17:28:11) * Accepted Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 17:28:11) * workedaround, just need to wait for RC2 (rbergeron, 17:31:00) * anaconda-17.28-1 should workaround this to the point where it's no longer a blocker (tflink, 17:31:01) * (794927) PackageKit cannot import GPG keys - Fatal error: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code14: Invalid input passed to daemon: char '&lt;' in text! (tflink, 17:31:54) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794927 (tflink, 17:31:58) * Proposed Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 17:32:01) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998 (nirik, 17:36:26) * AGREED: - 794927 - AcceptedBlocker - Violates the Fedora 17 alpha release criterion "The installed system must be able to download and install updates with yum and the default graphical package manager in all release-blocking desktops" (tflink, 17:42:27) * (748320) automatically import default GPG keys (tflink, 17:42:37) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748320 (tflink, 17:42:37) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:42:39) * AGREED: - 748320 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't directly hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria and we've been shipping like this for a while now - rejected as blocker. However, this would improve the user experience and a tested fix would be considered for inclusion past code freeze (tflink, 17:47:12) * (822430) PK is stuck after installing a single update (tflink, 17:47:20) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822430 (tflink, 17:47:20) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:47:20) * no kittens will be harmed during the triage and fix for this bug ... if all goes according to plan (tflink, 18:03:59) * AGREED: - 822430 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't completely hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria and has a simple workaround - install all of the updates. Thus it can be fixed by an update and does not need to block release. However, it does cause problems with certain update use cases and would be considered for freeze break. Separate patches and/or builds for the different PK issues are requested so that they can be evaluated in (tflink, 18:04:12) * (820478) [ta_IN] Without autohinting tamil strings rendering is badly broken. (tflink, 18:04:28) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820478 (tflink, 18:04:31) * Proposed Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 18:04:34) * AGREED: - 820478 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't directly hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria but it does impact readability and user experience for installations in Tamil. The fix is built and tested, will accept if more composes are done. (tflink, 18:09:16) * (815473) Preugprade from F16 to F17 Beta doesn't successfully set the boot menu default (tflink, 18:09:32) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815473 (tflink, 18:09:35) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:09:37) * (815473) Preugprade from F16 to F17 Beta doesn't successfully set the boot menu default (tflink, 18:17:06) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815473 (tflink, 18:17:09) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:17:11) * AGREED: - 815473 - RejectedBlocker - This doesn't affect the ability of preupgrade to actually work and thus, doesn't violate the Fedora 17 release criteria. The workaround is relatively painless but a new preupgrade build is very much desired as the issue has been fixed in git (tflink, 18:21:02) * (822495) Fedora 17 DVD build does not contain device-mapper-multipath (tflink, 18:22:48) * LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822495 (tflink, 18:22:51) * Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:22:53) * AGREED: - 822495 - AcceptedBlocker - Violates the Fedora 17 final release criterion "The installer must be able to complete an installation using any network-attached storage devices (e.g. iSCSI, FCoE, Fibre Channel)" and multipath is very much the norm for higer end networked storage (tflink, 18:26:20) * Go or No Go? (rbergeron, 18:32:23) * Test matrices are pretty much covered, except SCSI, which we are always missing. (rbergeron, 18:32:51) * 4 blockers - 2 previously accepted, 2 new (rbergeron, 18:36:12) * some desktop tests, including KDE, are missing, we need an RC2 spin. (rbergeron, 18:36:52) * AGREED: F17 Final (from RC1) is a no-go; we slip one week, for a GA of May 29. (rbergeron, 18:38:10) * Release readiness meeting in this channel in 20 minutes (rbergeron, 18:39:38) * ACTION: rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face (rbergeron, 18:40:02) * Next Go/No-Go will be 2012-05-24, same bat time, same bat channel (17:00 UTC, 13:00 eastern, 10:00 pacific) (rbergeron, 18:45:40) Meeting ended at 18:48:34 UTC. Action Items ------------ * spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch * tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes * rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face Action Items, by person ----------------------- * rbergeron * rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face * spot * spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch * tflink * tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * tflink (152) * rbergeron (136) * adamw (83) * nirik (52) * spot (19) * sgallagh (13) * drago01 (10) * bcl (6) * zodbot (6) * mclasen (4) * dgilmore (0) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-05-17T18:55:46 Fedora 17 FINAL Go/No-Go Meeting, Thursday, May 17, < at >13:00 Eastern http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/865 <pre>Please join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-1 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the shipment readiness of F17 Final. Thursday, May 17, 2012 &lt; at &gt; 17:00 UTC (13:00 EDT/10:00 PDT) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting Note that we have historically had Go/No-go on Wednesdays, and Tuesdays for Final; we have been pushing the final call consistently to Thursdays, and thus (by popular demand) we are going to attempt having the meeting on Thursday itself, rather than dragging it out. The release readiness meeting will still follow this meeting, on Thursday. -Robyn _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-05-16T12:00:46 Fedora 17 for Power Beta Available http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/864 <pre> For all of those who like their Beefy Miracles with a little more Power, I'm pleased to announce that the Fedora 17 Beta for Power is now available from your friendly local mirror: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/17-Beta/ppc64/ Please see the release announcement for additional details and new features / known issues in the beta: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Beta_PPC_Announcement If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please feel free to join the Fedora for Power team in #fedora-ppc on Freenode or drop us an e-mail on the ppc mailing list. As always, we are actively welcoming code contributions from the community for install and runtime support of 32-bit Mac PPC hardware. For the Fedora for Power team, David </pre> David Aquilina 2012-05-11T20:56:15 Fedora Weekly News (FWN): Issue 295 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/863 <pre> [image: FWN Header.png] &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:FWN_Header.png&gt; Contents - 1 Fedora Weekly News : Issue 295&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Weekly_News_:_Issue_295&gt; - 1.1 Announcements&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Announcements&gt; - 1.1.1 Breaking News of the Week&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Breaking_News_of_the_Week&gt; - 1.1.1.1 Fedora 18 release name by Robyn Bergeron published on Mon Apr 30 13:51:00 UTC 2012&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_18_release_name_by_Robyn_Bergeron_published_on_Mon_Apr_30_13:51:00_UTC_2012&gt; - 1.1.1.2 Formally announcing FUDCon: Paris and FUDCon: Lawrence by Robyn Bergeron published on Tue May 8 14:06:41 UTC 2012&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Formally_announcing_FUDCon:_Paris_and_FUDCon:_Lawrence_by_Robyn_Bergeron_published_on_Tue_May_8_14:06:41_UTC_2012&gt; - 1.1.1.3 Appointment to the Fedora Board, and Elections Reminder by Robyn Bergeron published on Tue May 8 17:29:41 UTC 2012&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Appointment_to_the_Fedora_Board.2C_and_Elections_Reminder_by_Robyn_Bergeron_published_on_Tue_May_8_17:29:41_UTC_2012&gt; - 1.1.1.4 The Future of release names by Toshio Kuratomi published on Wed May 9 08:39:18 UTC 2012&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#The_Future_of_release_names_by_Toshio_Kuratomi_published_on_Wed_May_9_08:39:18_UTC_2012&gt; - 1.1.2 Fedora Development News&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Development_News&gt; - 1.1.2.1 Fedora 17 Change Freeze by Dennis Gilmore published on Tue May 1 18:30:02 UTC 2012&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_17_Change_Freeze_by_Dennis_Gilmore_published_on_Tue_May_1_18:30:02_UTC_2012&gt; - 1.1.3 Fedora Events&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Events&gt; - 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (March 2012 - May 2012)&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Upcoming_Events_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29&gt; - 1.1.3.2 Past Events&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Past_Events&gt; - 1.1.3.3 Additional information&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Additional_information&gt; - 1.2 Fedora In the News&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_In_the_News&gt; - 1.2.1 Fedora Project is naming names&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Project_is_naming_names&gt; - 1.2.2 Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously beefy&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_17_beta_review_.E2.80.93_Miraculously_beefy&gt; - 1.2.3 Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical Cow&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_18_Linux_will_be_a_Spherical_Cow&gt; Fedora Weekly News : Issue 295 Fedora Project welcome you to the Fedora Weekly News(FWN) Issue 295[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-0&gt;. The dynamic stream of FWN 295 covers few breaking news for the community worldwide. *Spherical Cow*- the release name of Fedora 18 followed by the most spreading and expecting event *FUDCon which will be held in Paris in 2012 &amp; in Lawrence, Kansas in 2013*. Meanwhile, the Fedora Board decided that it would be worthwhile to come up with a new procedure for selecting the name for the Fedora 19 release (means future of release names) and beyond to attempt to solve some of the issues that have been brought up. The Board is looking for volunteers on the purposes. The most attentive news is the newly appointed Fedora Board Member Garrett Holmstrom &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gholms&gt;. There is also a friendly and open reminder to everyone of the ongoing elections process from May 8th - which was the last day to submit questions to the elections questionnaire. From *May 9th, nominations for the Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo will be open, closing on May 15th*. Fedora 17 schedule lists the final change freeze on 2012-05-07 - is the most exploring news in the heart of development list. Fedora in the news- the Fedora Residence beat of trade press and Fedora Marketing list heavily maintained by Jason Brooks&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks&gt;covers the pretty huge news of *Fedora Project is naming names*. Along with another pictorial coverage entitled *Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously beefy*. The readers choice news is *Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical Cow*. More details &amp; link will be found on that specific beat. Recent issues of FWN are now being published to Fedora Insight[2]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-1&gt;. Insight offers RSS features, multimedia capabilities and more, beyond the mailshot/wiki FWN you have come to know and love. Try it out, and we'd love to hear your feedback! Fedora Project is the right and first place to explore your freedom, friends and features(idea, development, contribution) indeed. You can join your particular interest at any time; meantime if you interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[3]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-2&gt;. FWN welcome readers feedback: news-TuqUDEhatI4ANWPb/1PvSmm0pvjS0E/A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pcalarco&gt;, Adam Williamson &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill&gt;, Rashadul Islam &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-0&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-1&gt; http://insight.fedoraproject.org/ 3. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-2&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join Announcements Fedora Announcements are the place where you can find the major coverage from the Fedora Project including general announcements[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-3&gt;, development announcements[2]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-4&gt;and Fedora Events [3] &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-5&gt;. Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-3&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/ 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-4&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/ 3. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-5&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events Breaking News of the Week Fedora 18 release name by Robyn Bergeron&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero&gt;published on Mon Apr 30 13:51:00 UTC 2012 News on Announcement Desk[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-6&gt;, "Thank you to everyone who participated in voting for the Fedora 18 release name. The name for Fedora 18, the follow-up to Beefy Miracle, is: *Spherical Cow* Voting period: Friday 2012-04-20 00:00:00 to Friday 2012-04-27 00:00:00 Number of valid ballots cast: 429 Using the range voting method, each candidate could attain a maximum of (429*8) = 3,432 Results: Votes :: Name ------------------------------ - - 1359 :: Spherical Cow - 1087 :: Halva - 1072 :: Chamoy - 1035 :: Pamukkale - 964 :: Tandoori Chicken - 930 :: Frankfurter - 821 :: Pop Soda - 536 :: Ketchy Ketchup" 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-6&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003067.html Formally announcing FUDCon: Paris and FUDCon: Lawrence by Robyn Bergeron&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero&gt;published on Tue May 8 14:06:41 UTC 2012 News on Announcement Desk[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-7&gt;, "As many of you know, FUDCon is the abbreviation for Fedora Users and Developers Conference, an event we typically hold 4 times per year in various regions of the world. These events are proposed and arranged largely by Fedora contributors, and are designed to be events where contributors and those new to Fedora can learn, share, hack, and participate in various aspects of the Fedora Project. It is with great pleasure that I am formally announcing two upcoming FUDCons: *FUDCon for the EMEA region in 2012 will be held in Paris, France, October 13-15, 2012 [2] &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-8&gt;*. This particular event will be held over those days in two locations; the first day, Saturday the 13th, will be held at the Eurosites Georges V facility, in conjunction with the Open World Forum (OWF)[3]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-9&gt;, and on the 14th and 15th at Universcience. I'd like to thank Kevin Raymond and the rest of the FUDCon Paris team for putting together this bid, and for working with OWF to procure space during that event for the first day of FUDCon; I think that this will be an interesting opportunity to showcase Fedora to a captive audience that is passionate about open source. I would also like to thank the other teams who submitted bids for the EMEA region. *The next FUDCon for North America will be held in Lawrence, Kansas, on the 18th through 20th of January, 2013 [4]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-10&gt;, at the University of Kansas*. While you can peruse the bidding page [5]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-11&gt;for details, I'd like to note that Lawrence is home to many awesome things: It is the birth place of the Django Project, was pinpointed as the "center of the earth" in Google Earth, was the home of William Burroughs, is the location of the awesomely-named Free State Brewing Company, has been named a top-ten college town, and most importantly, is the collegiate location of our resident Wiki Czar and Doer of Stuff, Ian Weller, who, as you may have guessed, was also the author of this FUDCon bid. A big thank-you! to Ian for volunteering to put this together. FUDCon planning continues, in grand tradition, to be open to everyone for participation; if you are interested in contributing to the discussion or lending a helping hand, I encourage you to subscribe to the FUDCon planning mailing list [6] &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-12&gt;. Cheers," 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-7&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003068.html 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-8&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012 3. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-9&gt; http://www.openworldforum.org/ 4. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-10&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013 5. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-11&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Lawrence_2013#About_Lawrence 6. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-12&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning Appointment to the Fedora Board, and Elections Reminder by Robyn Bergeron&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero&gt;published on Tue May 8 17:29:41 UTC 2012 News on Announcement Desk[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-13&gt;, "I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Garrett Holmstrom&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gholms&gt;to the Fedora Board. In this election cycle, three Board seats are open for election, and two Board appointee seats are open; the first appointee, Garrett, is being appointed prior to nominations opening, and the second will be appointed after elections are completed. Garrett (aka: gholms) has been involved in the Cloud SIG since the "early days" (early 2010, to be more precise), as the maintainer of the euca2ools package. As the group has progressed, he's taken on a number of tasks, doled out much advice and opinion, and has shown himself to be an excellent leader and communicator. He's also a regular in the #fedora-devel channel, willing to help out and answer questions as he can. I'm delighted that he has agreed to serve on the Board; I believe that, as a community, we should constantly strive to nurture and grow new leadership, and I think that Garrett's communication skills and positive attitude will be a fantastic asset to the Board as Fedora continues to evolve. Garrett will be taking seat A3, previously held by Rudi Landmann. (And a big thank you to Rudi for his contributions as a Fedora Board member -- your time and efforts are greatly valued!) I'd also like to remind everyone of the ongoing elections process; today, May 8th, is the last day to submit questions to the elections questionnaire. Beginning tomorrow, May 9th, nominations for the Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo will be open, closing on May 15th. Additional information about Elections can be seen here: [2]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-14&gt; A complete history of Board Members is available here: [3]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-15&gt; Cheers," 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-13&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003069.html 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-14&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections 3. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-15&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History The Future of release names by Toshio Kuratomi&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Toshio&gt;published on Wed May 9 08:39:18 UTC 2012 News on Announcement Desk[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-16&gt;, "At the last Board Meeting, the Board looked at the poll results asking whether people felt like continuing to name releases. The results seemed to show that many people do like having a name associated with Fedora releases. However, the discussion before and after has shown there is a desire to improve upon the current method of selecting the names. The Board decided that it would be worthwhile to come up with a new procedure for selecting the name for the Fedora 19 release and beyond to attempt to solve some of the issues that have been brought up. The Board is looking for volunteers who would like to do two things: (1) Answer the following questions: - - What benefits does the Project get from the current release naming process? - What changes do people want to see in a revised process? (2) Come up with at least one proposal and analyze it according to the answers to the previous questions. If anyone is interested in coming to a weekly meeting to work on this, please feel free to contact me. If anyone would like to champion this, please contact me ASAP so I know whether there is someone else who's going to champion this or if I need to lead the effort. I've put up a wiki page that tries to summarize the answers to the first two questions that I've seen circulated on the advisory-board mailing list and a link to the only proposal I currently know of (mizmo's proposal to use a single theme for all of the new Fedora releases)." 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-16&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003070.html Fedora Development News The Development Announcement[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-17&gt;list is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only list for Fedora development. *Acceptable Types of Announcements* - Policy or process changes that affect developers. - Infrastructure changes that affect developers. - Tools changes that affect developers. - Schedule changes - Freeze reminders *Unacceptable Types of Announcements* - Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule) - Discussion - Anything else not mentioned above 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-17&gt; https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce Fedora 17 Change Freeze by Dennis Gilmore&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ausil&gt;published on Tue May 1 18:30:02 UTC 2012 Fedora development news desk[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-18&gt;, "the fedora 17 schedule[2]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-19&gt;lists the final change freeze as 2012-05-07 this means that you need to make sure that any changes you want in Fedora 17 final must be submited for stable in Bodhi before 2012-05-07 there will be a small window on monday where you can get your build in still but it is not assured. after this time only blocker bugs will be accepted to be pushed for stable. please work on testing and ensuring anything you want in final has the appropriate karma. *If you have questions please drop by #fedora-releng* on freenode*"* 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-18&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-May/000925.html 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-19&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/Schedule Fedora Events The purpose of event is to build a global Fedora events calendar, and to identify responsible Ambassadors for each event. The event page is laid out by quarter and by region. Please maintain the layout, as it is crucial for budget planning. Events can be added to this page whether or not they have an Ambassador owner. Events without an owner are not eligible for funding, but being listed allows any Ambassador to take ownership of the event and make it eligible for funding. In plain words, Fedora events are the exclusive and source of marketing, learning and meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering near you! Upcoming Events (March 2012 - May 2012) - North America (NA)[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-20&gt; - Central &amp; South America (LATAM): [2]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-21&gt; - Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-22&gt; - India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-23&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-20&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29 2. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-21&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_2 3. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-22&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3 4. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-23&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3 Past Events Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-24&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-24&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents Additional information - Reimbursements &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reimbursements&gt; -- reimbursement guidelines. - Budget&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Budget&gt;-- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo). - Sponsorship &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees&gt;-- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members. - Organization &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/Organization&gt;-- event organization, budget information, and regional responsibility. - Event reports &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Event_reports&gt; -- guidelines and suggestions. - LinuxEvents &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LinuxEvents&gt;-- a collection of calendars of Linux events. Fedora In the News In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-25&gt;. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing Contributing Writer: Jason Brooks&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-25&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/ Fedora Project is naming names "The Fedora Project is still trying to clarify its process of naming major releases, a process that has been met with calls for revision within the Fedora community. "To address the problem, Fedora Advisory Board member Toshio Kuratomi is working to build a new naming process that will avoid some of the pitfalls of the most-recent naming concerns." The full article is available [1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-26&gt;. 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-26&gt; http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276036/fedora-project-naming-names Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously beefy "The Fedora Project is preparing for the final release of Fedora 17 with the beta version of their cutting edge distribution. Dubbed Beefy Miracle, the release of the beta was delayed for three weeks while further testing and bug fixing was done to meet the stringent requirements set down by the team. "This development version brings with it a number of new features and upgrades, all of them to show off the very latest, and upcoming, open source software." The full article is available [1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-27&gt;. 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-27&gt; http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/fedora-17-beta-review-miraculously-beefy/ Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical Cow "How do you follow-up a name like Beefy Miracle? (the name of the upcoming Fedora 17 Linux release). "With another Cow of course." The full article is available [1]&lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-28&gt;. 1. ↑ &lt;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-28&gt; http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-will-be-a-spherical-cow.html _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Rashadul Islam 2012-05-11T18:43:12 Fedora Weekly News: Issue 294 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/862 <pre>[image: FWN Header.png]Contents - 1 Fedora Weekly News : Issue 294&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Fedora_Weekly_News_:_Issue_294&gt; - 1.1 Announcements&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Announcements&gt; - 1.1.1 Breaking News of the Week&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Breaking_News_of_the_Week&gt; - 1.1.1.1 New FAmSCo election guidelines&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#New_FAmSCo_election_guidelines&gt; - 1.1.1.1.1 More continuity&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#More_continuity&gt; - 1.1.1.1.2 Easier filling of vacant seats&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Easier_filling_of_vacant_seats&gt; - 1.1.1.1.3 Wider electorate&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Wider_electorate&gt; - 1.1.1.2 Fedora Elections: General information, and questionnaire opening.&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Fedora_Elections:_General_information.2C_and_questionnaire_opening.&gt; - 1.1.2 Fedora Development News&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Fedora_Development_News&gt; - 1.1.2.1 exiv2-0.23 coming soon&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#exiv2-0.23_coming_soon&gt; - 1.1.2.2 Announcing easyfix&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Announcing_easyfix&gt; - 1.1.3 Fedora Events&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Fedora_Events&gt; - 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (March 2012 - May 2012)&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Upcoming_Events_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29&gt; - 1.1.3.2 Past Events&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Past_Events&gt; - 1.1.3.3 Additional information&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Additional_information&gt; - 1.2 Fedora In the News&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Fedora_In_the_News&gt; - 1.2.1 Will Fedora End Linux Distro Naming?&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Will_Fedora_End_Linux_Distro_Naming.3F&gt; - 1.2.2 Five Best Linux Distributions&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#Five_Best_Linux_Distributions&gt; Fedora Weekly News : Issue 294 Welcome to the Fedora Weekly News End of April 2012 Issue 294[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-0&gt;! The Issue 294 covers the tide of the *Fedora Election 2012* and the community awareness about the involvement at the election with few fresh set of rules and guidelines. The schedule of the election has been announced by the project leader. More over the nomination period will be open soon after the bunch of the burning question for the candidates will be submitted by May 8, 2012. At the development precinct of Fedora, the outstanding news covers the new of exiv2-0.23 and easyfix project. Fedora in the news- the residence beat of trade press and Fedora Marketing list wrap up with the news *Will Fedora End Linux Distro Naming?* and *Fedora- one of the Five Best Linux Distributions* where it seems that Fedora Community need extra attention at the census. Recent issues of FWN are now being published to Fedora Insight[2]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-1&gt;. Insight offers RSS features, multimedia capabilities and more, beyond the mailshot/wiki FWN you have come to know and love. Try it out, and we'd love to hear your feedback! Fedora Project is the right place for you and you can simply show your interest in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page [3] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-2&gt;. We welcome reader feedback: news-TuqUDEhatI4ANWPb/1PvSmm0pvjS0E/A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pcalarco&gt;, Adam Williamson &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill&gt;, Rashadul Islam &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-0&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-1&gt; http://insight.fedoraproject.org/ 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-2&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join Announcements Fedora Announcements are the place where you can find the major coverage from the Fedora Project including general announcements[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-3&gt;, development announcements[2]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-4&gt;and Fedora Events [3] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-5&gt;. Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-3&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/ 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-4&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/ 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-5&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events Breaking News of the Week New FAmSCo election guidelines Christoph Wickert &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Cwickert&gt;[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-6&gt;on Thu Apr 26 11:19:10 UTC 2012 announced [2] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-7&gt;, "after months of - sometimes controversial - discussion I am am happy to announce the new FAmSCo election guidelines [3]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-8&gt;. For those of you, who did not follow the discussion, here is a brief summary of the three most important changes: More continuity Instead of electing all seats once a year, we follow the example of the Fedora Board and FESCo and elect half of the committee every 6 months or with every release of Fedora. FAmSCo will not change over sudden and new members can easily catch up with their new duties by learning from others. Easier filling of vacant seats Every committee is in danger of members becoming inactive. This can happen to all of us for various reasons such as our dayjobs or personal problems. Under the old guidelines [4]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-9&gt;, we had to wait until only 3 members left - even with 2 left the committee is hardly operational - and then call a supplementary election - which never happened even though we had only 4 active members. Now we are filling vacant seat when necessary, either with runner-up candidates from the previous elections or by appointing new members. Wider electorate The ambassadors represent the whole Fedora Project, this is why now not only ambassadors are eligible to vote for FAmSCo, but everybody who has signed the Contributors License Agreement and is member of (at least) one other group in the Fedora Account System (FAS) is allowed to vote. This will not only strengthen FAmSCo's position but also help candidates who are active in other groups of the Fedora project. Last but not least the guidelines have been massively cleaned up. We think that the new guidelines are a big improvement and want them to come into effect as soon as possible. Therefor we will have a special election for Fedora 18 (the next regular elections were scheduled for F19). All 7 seats in FAmSCo are open for election. In order to make the transition to the new alternating terms, the top 4 vote-getters will serve 2 Fedora releases, the bottom 3 will have to run for re-election after one release. More about the upcoming ambassadors elections to come later this week as part of the general Fedora 18 elections announcement. Please help us getting a better, stronger and more active FAmSCo by casting your votes. If you have feedback or questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We are looking for your input on the Fedora ambassadors mailing list[5]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-10&gt;." 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-6&gt;christoph.wickert at googlemail.com 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-7&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003063.html 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-8&gt; https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_election_rules 4. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-9&gt; https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=FAmSCo_election_rules&amp;oldid=269322 5. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-10&gt; https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors Fedora Elections: General information, and questionnaire opening. Robyn Bergeron &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero&gt;-Fedora Project Leader[1] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-11&gt;on Fri Apr 27 11:52:50 UTC 2012 announced [2] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-12&gt;, "It is once again time for election season to begin. As noted in the elections schedule[3]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-13&gt;, the elections questionnaire is now open to populate with questions for candidates, and will close on May 8th. The elections nomination period will begin AFTER the questionnaire period has closed. You may add your burning questions for candidates to answer here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_elections_questionnaire[4]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-14&gt; The following seats are available in this election: - *Fedora Project Board: 3 seats* - *FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee): 5 seats* - *FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee): 7 seats* Please take note of the following changes for this election: - All questions for the questionnaire must be submitted by May 8th, prior to the beginning of nominations. As seen in the schedule above, the nomination period does not start until May 9th. - As noted on announce-list[5]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-15&gt;, FAmSCo is electing all 7 seats this cycle, with the goal of having staggered elections similar to the Board and FESCo. Additionally, voting eligibility has been widened to allow anyone who has signed the FPCA AND is a member of at least one additional non-FPCA/CLA group. (In other words: No longer just ambassadors, but those part of other teams as well.) Full election information may be seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections[6]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-16&gt; Participating in these bodies are one of many ways to contribute to Fedora; I encourage you to consider running, or to urge those you believe are excellent candidates to run. Additionally, your contributions are welcomed in helping to keep the elections running smoothly; volunteers are needed to help collect questionnaire answers from candidates, as well as for scheduling and moderating town halls. If you are interested in helping with those efforts, please contact John Rose&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Inode0&gt; [7] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-17&gt;. And a big thank you! to John for coordinating the elections thus far, your efforts are very much appreciated." 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-11&gt; rbergero at redhat.com 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-12&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003065.html 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-13&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections#Committee_Elections_Schedule 4. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-14&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_elections_questionnaire 5. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-15&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003063.html 6. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-16&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections 7. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-17&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Inode0 Fedora Development News The Development Announcement[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-18&gt;list is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only list for Fedora development. *Acceptable Types of Announcements* - Policy or process changes that affect developers. - Infrastructure changes that affect developers. - Tools changes that affect developers. - Schedule changes - Freeze reminders *Unacceptable Types of Announcements* - Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule) - Discussion - Anything else not mentioned above 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-18&gt; https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce exiv2-0.23 coming soon Rex Dieter &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rdieter&gt;[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-19&gt;on Wed Apr 25 13:07:31 UTC 2012 announced [2] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-20&gt;, "I plan on importing exiv2-0.23 into rawhide soon'ish. It includes an ABI bump, so dependent packages will require rebuilding, including: - calligra - darktable - entangle - geeqie - gipfel - gnome-color-manager - gnome-commander - gpscorrelate - gthumb - gwenview - hugin - immix - kde-runtime - krename - libextractor - libgexiv2 - libkexiv2 - luminance-hdr - merkaartor - oyranos - pyexiv2 - rawstudio - strigi - ufraw I'll take care of kicking off a round of rebuilds for these." 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-19&gt; rdieter at math.unl.edu 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-20&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-April/000921.html Announcing easyfix Pierre-Yves Chibon &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pingou&gt;[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-21&gt;on Thu Apr 26 09:12:28 UTC 2012 announced [2] &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-22&gt; "Good news everyone (© Farnsworth), The easyfix project is now live: [3]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-23&gt; As a new-comers, you will be able to find a list of projects which have bugs/requests considered to be easy to work on (ie: you do not need a deep understanding of the project to fix/implement it). The projects are divers and the tickets broad : from fixing typo, add a link in a template (dev) to add a node to nagios monitoring (sysadmin) via making the fedoraproject.orgpage w3c valid (websites). So everyone should be able to find for his taste. As upstream, you will have a way to attract new-comers to your project and fixing easier tasks while you focus on the harder/more complex one ;-) Easyfix gathers the tickets from fedorahosted and bugzilla. If your project hosted on fedorahosted.org and you would like to have it included, the instruction are on the wiki: [4]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-24&gt;If you have bugzilla ticket which you consider easy to fix (remember, easy for a new-comer != easy for you!), feel free to add the 'EasyFix' keyword to the bugzilla ticket. Hope this helps..." 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-21&gt; pingou at pingoured.fr 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-22&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-April/000922.html 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-23&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/easyfix/ 4. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-24&gt; https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Easyfix Fedora Events The purpose of event is to build a global Fedora events calendar, and to identify responsible Ambassadors for each event. The event page is laid out by quarter and by region. Please maintain the layout, as it is crucial for budget planning. Events can be added to this page whether or not they have an Ambassador owner. Events without an owner are not eligible for funding, but being listed allows any Ambassador to take ownership of the event and make it eligible for funding. In plain words, Fedora events are the exclusive and source of marketing, learning and meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering near you! Upcoming Events (March 2012 - May 2012) - North America (NA)[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-25&gt; - Central &amp; South America (LATAM): [2]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-26&gt; - Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-27&gt; - India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-28&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-25&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-26&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_2 3. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-27&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3 4. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-28&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3 Past Events Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-29&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-29&gt; http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents Additional information - Reimbursements &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reimbursements&gt; -- reimbursement guidelines. - Budget&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Budget&gt;-- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo). - Sponsorship&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees&gt;-- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members. - Organization&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/Organization&gt;-- event organization, budget information, and regional responsibility. - Event reports &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Event_reports&gt; -- guidelines and suggestions. - LinuxEvents &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LinuxEvents&gt;-- a collection of calendars of Linux events. Fedora In the News In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-30&gt;. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing Contributing Writer: Jason Brooks&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks&gt; 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-30&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/ Will Fedora End Linux Distro Naming? Jason Brooks &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks&gt; posted[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-31&gt;: "Linux distro names started to get 'weird' when Ubuntu arrived on the scenes with Weirdly Wacky African-inspired Animal names. Other distros, notably Fedora have taken a more democratic approach where community members vote on the release name, but that could soon change. "'This cycle, the Board is also asking contributors to let us know if we should continue to have release names for future Fedora releases,' Fedora developer Toshio Kuratomi wrote." The full article is available [2]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-32&gt;. 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-31&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-April/014276.html 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-32&gt; http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/will-fedora-end-linux-distro-naming.html Five Best Linux Distributions Jason Brooks &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks&gt; posted[1]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-33&gt;the results of a recent Lifehacker reader poll: "Fedora updates every six months, much like some of the other popular distros, but you'll find the community behind Fedora tends to stay on the cutting edge when it comes to platform updates, driver updates, and application updates. it's fast and it's stable—but be ready to start troubleshooting when something you've just installed breaks down." The full article is available[2]&lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_note-34&gt;. 1. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-33&gt; http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-April/014277.html 2. ↑ &lt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue294#cite_ref-34&gt; http://lifehacker.com/5904069/five-best-linux-distributions _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Rashadul Islam 2012-04-29T13:07:34 Fedora 17 Change Freeze http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/861 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, the fedora 17 schedule http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/Schedule lists the final change freeze as 2012-05-07 this means that you need to make sure that any changes you want in Fedora 17 final must be submited for stable in Bodhi before 2012-05-07 there will be a small window on monday where you can get your build in still but it is not assured. after this time only blocker bugs will be accepted to be pushed for stable. please work on testing and ensuring anything you want in final has the appropriate karma. If you have questions please drop by #fedora-releng on freenode Thanks Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+gK7EACgkQkSxm47BaWffyRgCcCi8BEXJjgkPYrxS1A3kY0pmu WMUAnjSB7fhuYAu7Vb3cokhV6olltp+j =mQZP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Dennis Gilmore 2012-05-01T18:30:02 Fedora Elections: General information, and questionnaire opening. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/860 <pre>GREETINGS! It is once again time for election season to begin. As noted in the elections schedule[1], the elections questionnaire is now open to populate with questions for candidates, and will close on May 8th. The elections nomination period will begin AFTER the questionnaire period has closed. You may add your burning questions for candidates to answer here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_elections_questionnaire The following seats are available in this election: * Fedora Project Board: 3 seats * FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee): 5 seats * FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee): 7 seats Please take note of the following changes for this election: * All questions for the questionnaire must be submitted by May 8th, prior to the beginning of nominations. As seen in the schedule above, the nomination period does not start until May 9th. * As noted on announce-list[2], FAmSCo is electing all 7 seats this cycle, with the goal of having staggered elections similar to the Board and FESCo. Additionally, voting eligibility has been widened to allow anyone who has signed the FPCA AND is a member of at least one additional non-FPCA/CLA group. (In other words: No longer just ambassadors, but those part of other teams as well.) Full election information may be seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections Participating in these bodies are one of many ways to contribute to Fedora; I encourage you to consider running, or to urge those you believe are excellent candidates to run. Additionally, your contributions are welcomed in helping to keep the elections running smoothly; volunteers are needed to help collect questionnaire answers from candidates, as well as for scheduling and moderating town halls. If you are interested in helping with those efforts, please contact John Rose[3]. And a big thank you! to John for coordinating the elections thus far, your efforts are very much appreciated. -Robyn [1]http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections#Committee_Elections_Schedule [2]http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003063.html [3]http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Inode0 _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-04-27T11:52:50 Announcing easyfix http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/858 <pre>Good news everyone (© Farnsworth), The easyfix project is now live: http://fedoraproject.org/easyfix/ As a new-comers, you will be able to find a list of projects which have bugs/requests considered to be easy to work on (ie: you do not need a deep understanding of the project to fix/implement it). The projects are divers and the tickets broad : from fixing typo, add a link in a template (dev) to add a node to nagios monitoring (sysadmin) via making the fedoraproject.org page w3c valid (websites). So everyone should be able to find for his taste. As upstream, you will have a way to attract new-comers to your project and fixing easier tasks while you focus on the harder/more complex one ;-) Easyfix gathers the tickets from fedorahosted and bugzilla. If your project hosted on fedorahosted.org and you would like to have it included, the instruction are on the wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Easyfix If you have bugzilla ticket which you consider easy to fix (remember, easy for a new-comer != easy for you!), feel free to add the 'EasyFix' keyword to the bugzilla ticket. Hope this helps, Pierre _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Pierre-Yves Chibon 2012-04-26T09:12:28 exiv2-0.23 coming soon http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/857 <pre>I plan on importing exiv2-0.23 into rawhide soon'ish. It includes an ABI bump, so dependent packages will require rebuilding, including: calligra darktable entangle geeqie gipfel gnome-color-manager gnome-commander gpscorrelate gthumb gwenview hugin immix kde-runtime krename libextractor libgexiv2 libkexiv2 luminance-hdr merkaartor oyranos pyexiv2 rawstudio strigi ufraw I'll take care of kicking off a round of rebuilds for these. </pre> Rex Dieter 2012-04-25T13:07:31 Outage: fedorahosted.org - 2012-04-25 21:00 UTC http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/856 <pre>Outage: fedorahosted.org - 2012-04-25 21:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2012-04-25 21:00 UTC, which will last approximately 2 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d ' 2012-04-25 21:00 UTC' Reason for outage: We are finally ready to move fedorahosted to a new pair of machines. This should balance load out over 2 nodes instead of the current single node, and allow smooth reboots of nodes. Data will be replicated with the help of glusterfs. Affected Services: Fedora Hosted -  https://fedorahosted.org/ Unaffected Services: Ask Fedora -  http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ BFO -  http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Bodhi -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem -  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs -  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Insight -  https://insight.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People -  http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website -  http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List -  https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Smolt -  http://smolts.org/ Spins -  http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start -  http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent -  http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki -  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link:  https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/3250 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above. _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Kevin Fenzi 2012-04-23T16:50:26 Fedora 18 Release name voting and Poll for whether to continuenaming releases http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/855 <pre>Voting for the Fedora 18 release names has begun. You can find the potential names in the voting application: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/ If you are a Fedora contributor (defined as having signed the FPCA and being in one other Fedora group in the account system) then you are eligilbe to vote. This cycle, the Board is also asking contributors to let us know if we should continue to have release names for future Fedora releases. Even though the interface is the same, this portion is intended to be a poll rather than a straight up vote. The Fedora Board will look at the answers to determine if enough contributors value continuing to create release names to make it worthwhile in the future. If it does seem desirable, the Board will likely look into forming a working group to come up with a new method for creating release names for future releases. The poll for keeping release names is also found in the voting application: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/ Eligibility to answer the poll is the same as for being able to vote on the names themselves (having signed the FPCA and being in one other group). -Toshio _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Toshio Kuratomi 2012-04-20T00:04:15 Announcing the release of Fedora 18 Beta! http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/853 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... the Beta release of Beefy Miracle! Flying 'round the world at the speed of the intertubes, delivering progress, mustard, and freedom to the masses. We are delighted to announce the availability of the Beta release of Fedora 17. Want to get a taste of the future? Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease == What is the Beta Release? == The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 17. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general release of Fedora 17 in May. We invite you to join us in making Fedora 17 a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback. Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may still be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is found at the Common F17 bugs page, seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs == Features == This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Here are just a few of the new features: On the desktop: GNOME 3.4 introduces many user experience improvements, including new search capabilities in the activities overview, improved themes, and enhancements to the Documents and Contacts applications. A new application, GNOME-boxes, provides easy access to virtual machines. Additionally, GIMP 2.8, the newest version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, brings new improvements such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing. For developers: You never sausage a great array of development tools! Fedora 17 includes a pre-release of Juno, the release of the Eclipse SDK expected in June 2012. Java 7 (and OpenJDK 7) is the default Java runtime and Java build toolset, and GCC 4.7.x is now the primary compiler in Fedora. Other language refreshes include shipping Ruby 1.9.3, the latest stable version of the Ruby language, PHP 5.4, the latest PHP stack, and Erlang has also been updated to the R15 release. Under the hood, and in the cloud: The Cluster stack in Fedora includes numerous and significant updates for both high availability and load-balancing applications. Fedora 17 utilizes Linux kernel 3.3, with improved btrfs and ext4 filesystems, GMA (poulsbo) graphics and Broadcom wireless chipset support, and numerous other bug fixes and enhancements. Firewalld is now the default firewall solution in Fedora, providing dynamic firewall configuration capabilities. Finally, OpenStack, a collection of services that can be used to set up and run cloud compute and storage infrastructure, has been updated to the latest release, 2012.1 (Essex). And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of all the new features in Fedora 17 is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ == Contributing to Fedora == For more information on common and known bugs, tips on how to report bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit http://join.fedoraproject.org today! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+Ne14ACgkQkSxm47BaWfco0ACfYPMYksWFNiuW/BthjBJty295 +i0An1r7eJRDlhVLU4hILwzjK3Q/ziRE =Iu27 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Dennis Gilmore 2012-04-17T14:17:02 [Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/852 <pre>Here is the latest set of changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines: --- A bundling exception for boost within Passenger was granted, due to the intrusive nature of the forked changes, the efforts of the maintainer to merge as many of them as possible into the upstream boost source tree, and the visible efforts of the upstream to keep the bundled copy of boost in sync with the current boost releases. The package must also include a Requires: bundled(boost) = $VERSION where $VERSION is the boost version being bundled. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries#Packages_granted_exceptions --- Packages which have SysV initscripts that contain 'non-standard service commands' (commands besides start, stop, reload, restart, or try-restart) must convert those commands into standalone helper scripts. Systemd does not support non-standard unit commands. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Unit_Files --- A section was added to the systemd Packaging Guidelines page with a link to the Tmpfiles.d Packaging Guidelines page, since systemd uses Tmpfiles.d. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Tmpfiles.d --- The Ruby Packaging Guidelines were almost completely rewritten. If you maintain ruby packages in Fedora, we advise that you review the new guidelines. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Ruby --- An informational note about Software Collection macros in Fedora Packages was added: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Software_Collection_Macros --- The guidelines relating to PIE and Hardened Packages were updated. Now, if your package meets the following critera you MUST enable the PIE compiler flags: * Your package is long running. This means it's likely to be started and keep running until the machine is rebooted, not start on demand and quit on idle. * Your package has suid binaries, or binaries with capabilities. * Your package runs as root. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#PIE --- Rules involving appropriate scripting within Fedora Package spec files were added to the Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Scripting_inside_of_spec_files --- The section in the systemd guidelines covering EnvironmentFiles and support for /etc/sysconfig files was revised for clarification. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#EnvironmentFiles_and_support_for_.2Fetc.2Fsysconfig_files --- The Ada Packaging Guidelines were updated for new rules on packaging source files and updated macros. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Ada --- The section of the Packaging Guidelines describing the "bootstrapping" binary exception was amended for clarification: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Exceptions --- The section of the Packaging Guidelines describing Duplication of system libraries was amended to clarify the exceptions for Javascript and parallel stacks. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Duplication_of_system_libraries --- These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC). Many thanks to Kevin Fenzi, Bohuslav Kabrda, Brett Lentz, Marcela Mašláňová, Bill Nottingham, Vít Ondruch, Mamoru Tasaka, and all of the members of the FPC, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines. As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure Thanks, ~tom _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Tom Callaway 2012-04-12T20:57:29 Fedora 17 Beta is declared GOLD. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/851 <pre>At today's F17 Beta Go/No-Go meeting, the Fedora 17 Beta release was declared gold. F17 Beta will be released Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Thanks to everyone involved for pulling this one together and participating in the meetings, things came together well this week. :) For those interested in the details: Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-11/f17_beta_go_no_go_meeting.2012-04-11-21.00.html Logs: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-11/f17_beta_go_no_go_meeting.2012-04-11-21.00.log.html Full minutes follow below. Cheers, -Robyn ============================================ #fedora-meeting-1: F17 Beta go no go meeting ============================================ Meeting started by rbergeron at 21:00:32 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-11/f17_beta_go_no_go_meeting.2012-04-11-21.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * welcome, again (rbergeron, 21:06:00) * need clean bill of health on release blockers, testing done, etc. (rbergeron, 21:06:45) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804216 (tflink, 21:09:00) * AGREED: - 804216 - RejectedBlocker (beta) - This is a little nasty but it can be worked around by installing the langpacks manually post-install or enabling a network repo (tflink, 21:14:21) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811412 (tflink, 21:14:51) * AGREED: - 811412 - RejectedBlocker - Respun lives from RC4.1 will be accepted for beta. Since RC4.1 is not affected by this bug, dropping as a blocker for F17 beta (tflink, 21:20:01) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811438 (tflink, 21:20:13) * AGREED: - 811438 - RejectedBlocker - The oversized KDE spins were a direct consequence of moving to livecd-creator 17.7. Since the lives from RC4.1 are using livecd-creator 17.3, this bug does not apply to beta and thus is not a beta blocker (tflink, 21:23:13) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810451 (tflink, 21:24:00) * this bug has been reported to be fixed, one contrary report seems to be talking about a different bug (tflink, 21:25:12) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test (tflink, 21:30:46) * test matrices (rbergeron, 21:30:49) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Beta_RC4_Desktop (tflink, 21:35:24) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Beta_RC4_Base (tflink, 21:39:35) * go or no go? (rbergeron, 21:41:07) * blockers clear, matrices green (rbergeron, 21:41:36) * AGREED: ship rc4 and 4.1, we are a go for beta on 17th (rbergeron, 21:44:05) * ACTION: rbergeron to ship minutes / shipment notice after her child is done at dentist (rbergeron, 21:44:29) * ACTION: adamw or tflink to update blockers with resolutions tonight (rbergeron, 21:46:08) * HOORAY BETA (rbergeron, 21:46:52) Meeting ended at 21:48:46 UTC. Action Items ------------ * rbergeron to ship minutes / shipment notice after her child is done at dentist * adamw or tflink to update blockers with resolutions tonight Action Items, by person ----------------------- * adamw * adamw or tflink to update blockers with resolutions tonight * rbergeron * rbergeron to ship minutes / shipment notice after her child is done at dentist * tflink * adamw or tflink to update blockers with resolutions tonight * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * tflink (64) * rbergeron (59) * adamw (47) * Viking-Ice (11) * brunowolff (10) * zodbot (7) * dgilmore (6) * spot (5) * nirik (4) * jsmith (4) * nb (3) * jskladan (1) * KookyMan (1) * bodhi_zazen (1) * gnafu (1) * robatino (0) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-04-12T05:11:27 Fedora 17 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting, Round 3, Wednesday, April 11, < at >17:00Eastern http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/850 <pre>Please join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-1 for this important meeting. This will be Round 3 of this meeting for the Beta release of F17. Wednesday, April 11, 2012 &lt; at &gt;21:00 UTC (17:00 EDT/14:00 PDT) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting In the meantime, keep an eye on the Fedora 17 Beta Blocker list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers Ongoing Beta RC test results can be seen here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_17_Beta_RC_Test_Results See you there, Wednesday, in #fedora-meeting-1. -Robyn, fingers and toes crossed thoroughly -Robyn _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-04-11T03:23:31 Fedora 17 for Power Alpha Announcement http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/849 <pre>Time flies like the wind... As it's already time again for another Fedora release on Power, this time for Fedora 17 Alpha. We've hit a couple of bumps along the road to the Alpha, but at long last we're finally at a state where we're ready to release it to the public. Due to lack of developer time and hardware, Apple hardware support is at this point completely untested. Especially with the switch to grub2 we rely on community feedback and participation to make this work for this release. So if you have the hardware and want it to work, patches welcome! :) The bits are available from your closest mirror: https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/17-Alpha/ppc64/ More details about this Alpha release can be found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Alpha_PPC_release_notes One of our focuses in the lead up to the beta of Fedora 17 for Power will be addressing architecture-specific packaging issues in as many packages as possible. If you own a package in Fedora which has ExclusiveArch or ExcludeArch set, please take a moment to verify that the architectures you've excluded or are exclusive to are still correct and sane. I want to thank everyone involved in making this happen once more. Many Fedora packagers and contributors have again stepped up and helped fix issues that only appeared on Power hardware. Moreover the whole Fedora Secondary Arch team has been doing a fantastic job to get us to where we are now, especially considering that we had a complete switch of builders and hub hardware, mass rebuild and a hub failure along the way! As usual, you can reach the whole team on the #fedora-ppc IRC channel on FreeNode and via our email list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ppc And we have our Secondary Arch wiki with (decently) updated information: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/PowerPC For Phil, Karsten, and the entire Fedora for Power team, Thanks &amp; regards, David </pre> David Aquilina 2012-04-10T19:51:42 F17 Beta to slip by an additional week. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/847 <pre>At the Go/No-Go meeting it was decided to slip the Beta by an additional week[1]. Minutes follow below. Though the QA team was able to get through all validation testing, it was found that preupgrade was not functioning at an acceptable level, thus becoming an additional blocker which prevents us from shipping RC3, and necessitating the creation of an RC4. As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks, will be pushed out by one week. Beta will now be looking at an expected release of 2012-04-17, and F17 GA is now scheduled for 2012-05-22. This is the second one-week slip of beta. Adjustments to the full F17 schedule have been completed and now reflect the above Beta and GA dates, and high-level milestones have been updated as well on the Schedule wiki page[3]. We will be meeting again next Wednesday for another Go/No-Go meeting (2012-04-11.) All hail our QA pals and the anacondanistas for their dedication (and many, many others as well). -Robyn [1] Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-05/gono-go_continuation_f17_beta_rc3_part_two_or_three.2012-04-05-15.00.html Logs: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-05/gono-go_continuation_f17_beta_rc3_part_two_or_three.2012-04-05-15.00.log.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Schedule Minutes: ============================================================= #fedora-meeting-1: Go/No Go Continuation, Round Two, RC3, F17 ============================================================= Meeting started by rbergeron at 15:00:38 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-05/gono-go_continuation_f17_beta_rc3_part_two_or_three.2012-04-05-15.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Who's up (rbergeron, 15:01:03) * Test Results (rbergeron, 15:11:31) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Beta_RC3_Install (rbergeron, 15:11:37) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Beta_RC3_Base (rbergeron, 15:12:11) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_17_Beta_RC3_Desktop (rbergeron, 15:12:22) * AGREED: we are okay with the level of test coverage as of now on RC3 (rbergeron, 15:16:31) * Blockers (rbergeron, 15:16:41) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741594 (adamw, 15:18:19) * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741594#c14 (Martix, 15:18:54) * AGREED: 741594 does not hit any of the criteria and the cited scenarios are not significant enough to worry about delaying the beta (adamw, 15:29:18) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810226 (adamw, 15:31:12) * LINK: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/9198/ (adamw, 15:40:55) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810161 (adamw, 15:48:57) * AGREED: 810161 is rejected as a blocker because the impact is minor (it's essentially a cosmetic bug, desktop is still usable), also it only hits one specific virt configuration so it can at least be worked around. accepted as NTH and will be commonbugs'ed if we ship with it (adamw, 16:13:56) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810289 (adamw, 16:14:24) * AGREED: #810289 is rejected as a blocker on the basis that we've never actually checked for low space on upgrade (and hence have implictly never considered it a blocking issue). anaconda will just try to upgrade and explode. so this isn't in fact a regression compared to earlier releases, and we don't have a specific requirement for a low space check in criteria or anywhere else. accepted as NTH (adamw, 16:31:38) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810136 (adamw, 16:31:59) * AGREED: 810136 turns out to be a dupe of 810005, moving discussion (adamw, 19:45:37) * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810005 (adamw, 19:45:42) * AGREED: 810005 is accepted as a blocker per criterion "The installer must be able to successfully complete an upgrade installation from a clean, fully updated default installation (from any official install medium) of the previous stable Fedora release, either via preupgrade or by booting to the installer manually. The upgraded system must meet all release criteria". the known workaround has too many limitations to be considered 'good enough' (adamw, 19:53:23) * Go or no-go? (rbergeron, 19:54:12) * we have a blocker. (rbergeron, 19:54:27) * qa votes no-go, as do various others from engineering, fesco, pm (rbergeron, 19:55:18) * AGREED: we are no-go on F17 Beta RC3 sadly (adamw, 19:58:27) * ACTION: rbergeron to update schedule.... again (rbergeron, 19:58:55) * ACTION: rbergero to send slip mail (rbergeron, 20:00:19) * ACTION: tflink to do blocker meeting mail following slip notice (rbergeron, 20:00:38) * ACTION: qa heroes of awesome to get some rest plz (rbergeron, 20:03:09) * ACTION: adamw to get a hole in one (rbergeron, 20:03:23) * we will re-convene tomorrow or monday (adamw, 20:08:56) Meeting ended at 20:08:59 UTC. Action Items ------------ * rbergeron to update schedule.... again * rbergero to send slip mail * tflink to do blocker meeting mail following slip notice * qa heroes of awesome to get some rest plz * adamw to get a hole in one Action Items, by person ----------------------- * adamw * adamw to get a hole in one * rbergeron * rbergeron to update schedule.... again * tflink * tflink to do blocker meeting mail following slip notice * **UNASSIGNED** * rbergero to send slip mail * qa heroes of awesome to get some rest plz People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * adamw (360) EDITOR'S NOTE: Dude! It's like 360 degrees of adamw :) * wwoods (99) * rbergeron (91) * tflink (56) * bcl (54) * nirik (49) * Kevin_Kofler (37) * ajax (32) * Martix (19) * rdieter_work (8) * zodbot (6) * cpuobsessed (5) * pjones (5) * ianweller (4) * kalev (3) * spot (3) * satellit_laptop (1) * pschindl_ (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Robyn Bergeron 2012-04-05T21:21:01 Outage: fedorahosted.org - 2012-04-09 21:00 UTC http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce/846 <pre>Outage: fedorahosted.org - 2012-04-09 21:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2012-04-09 UTC, which will last approximately 2 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2012-04-09 21:00 UTC' Reason for outage: We are moving fedorahosted services to a new cluster backed by glusterfs. This should allow us to distribute load easier across nodes and provide better response time, as well as allowing us to reboot servers without downtime moving forward. Affected Services: Fedora Hosted -  https://fedorahosted.org/ Unaffected Services: Ask Fedora -  http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ BFO -  http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Bodhi -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem -  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs -  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Insight -  https://insight.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People -  http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website -  http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List -  https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database -  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Smolt -  http://smolts.org/ Spins -  http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start -  http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent -  http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki -  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link:  https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/3229 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above. _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce&lt; at &gt;lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</pre> Kevin Fenzi 2012-04-05T16:29:46 Search Engine Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel.announce