<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Fedora developers are busy preparing for the Fedora 23 Release. At this point in the release cycle, major changes are planned using a scheme called a "Change". Changes are either "Self-Contained", where the impact is limited to the proposed packages and coordination with other developers or Fedora teams is minimal, or "System Wide", which affects a number of interrelated packages and requires coordination from other teams such as QA or release engineering.<br><br></div>For both types, the Fedora Docs team will follow the development and implementation of each Change and summarize it for the Release Notes. Volunteer writers 'own' each change by taking the Docs Contact designation in the Change tracking bug, and coordinating documentation with the Change owners.<br><br></div>Writing these up is a relatively straightforward, well defined task that's ideally suited for new Docs contributors. The proposals are discussed at length on the <a href="mailto:devel@lists.fedoraproject.org">devel@lists.fedoraproject.org</a> mailing list and in FESCo meetings. Some topics might be unfamiliar to you, but don't let that be a roadblock - the writing is targeting uninitiated readers, so your perspective is in a good place.<br><br></div>Without further editorializing, I present the list of approved Changes so far. Please take the opportunity to get started early!<br><br><h2> <span class="" id="Fedora_23_Accepted_System_Wide_Changes_Proposals"> Fedora 23 Accepted System Wide Changes Proposals </span></h2>
<p>These changes have been accepted by the Fedora <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Engineering_Steering_Committee" title="Fedora Engineering Steering Committee">Engineering Steering Committee</a> for the Fedora 23 Release as System Wide Changes.
</p><p><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SystemWideChange" title="Category:SystemWideChange"></a>
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<h3> <span class="" id="Harden_All_Packages"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_All_Packages" title="Changes/Harden All Packages"> Harden All Packages</a></span></h3>
<p>Hardening is the process of securing a system/application by
reducing its unnecessary functions, or restricting access.
In Fedora 22 and before, it was up to the package maintainer to
add %global _hardened_build 1 to their spec file to ensure their program
was hardened. Beginning with Fedora 23 this will now become the
defaults for all packages. You can compare the security by running the
following as root:
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<h4> <span class="" id="Owners">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: Till Maas | Moez Roy | Florian Weimer
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: 2015-02-12
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215939">#1215939</a>
</li><li> Original tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199775">#1199775</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Mono_4"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mono_4" title="Changes/Mono 4"> Mono 4</a></span></h3>
<p>Update the Mono stack in Fedora from 2.10 to 4.*
</p>
<h4> <span class="" id="Owners_2">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: Claudio Rodrigo Pereyra Diaz
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking_2">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: April 29, 2015
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221559">#1221559</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Disable_SSL3_and_RC4_by_default"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RemoveSSL3andRc4" title="Changes/RemoveSSL3andRc4"> Disable SSL3 and RC4 by default</a></span></h3>
<p>This change will disable by default the SSL 3.0 protocol and the RC4
cipher in components which use the system wide crypto policy. That is,
gnutls and openssl libraries, and all the applications based on them.
</p>
<h4> <span class="" id="Owners_3">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking_3">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: 2015-04-28
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220679">#1220679</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Perl_5.22"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/perl5.22" title="Changes/perl5.22"> Perl 5.22</a></span></h3>
<p>A new perl 5.22 version brings a lot of changes done over a year of
development. Perl 5.22 should be released 5/20/2015. See 5.21.11
perldelta for more details about preparing release.
</p>
<h4> <span class="" id="Owners_4">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: Petr Písař
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking_4">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: 2015-04-28
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220680">#1220680</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Default_Local_DNS_Resolver"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Default_Local_DNS_Resolver" title="Changes/Default Local DNS Resolver"> Default Local DNS Resolver</a></span></h3>
<p>To install a local DNS resolver trusted for the DNSSEC validation
running on <a href="http://127.0.0.1:53">127.0.0.1:53</a>. This must be the only name server entry in
/etc/resolv.conf.
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<h4> <span class="" id="Owners_5">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: P J P | Pavel Šimerda | Tomas Hozza | Petr Špaček
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking_5">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: 2015-05-28
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182488">#1182488</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Fedora_23_Boost_1.59_Uplift"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/F23Boost159" title="Changes/F23Boost159"> Fedora 23 Boost 1.59 Uplift</a></span></h3>
<p>This change brings Boost 1.58.0 or later to Fedora 23. We generally
aim to ship 1.59.0, as that seems likely to make it (hence the Change
name), but 1.58.0 is out and available now.
</p>
<h4> <span class="" id="Owners_6">Owners</span></h4>
<ul><li> Owner: Jon Wakely
</li><li> Release notes owner:
</li></ul>
<h4> <span class="" id="Tracking_6">Tracking</span></h4>
<ul><li> Last updated: 2015-06-07
</li><li> Tracking bug: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229030">#1229030</a>
</li><li> Status: Change accepted
</li></ul>
<h2> <span class="" id="Fedora_23_Accepted_Self_Contained_Changes_Proposals"> Fedora 23 Accepted Self Contained Changes Proposals </span></h2>
<p>These changes have been accepted by the <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Engineering_Steering_Committee" title="Fedora Engineering Steering Committee">Fedora Engineering Steering Committee</a> for the Fedora 23 Release as Self Contained Changes.
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<h3> <span class="" id="Cinnamon_Spin"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Cinnamon_Spin" title="Changes/Cinnamon Spin"> Cinnamon Spin</a></span></h3>
<p>A Fedora Spin using the Cinnamon desktop environment.
</p>
<ul><li> Owner: Dan Book
</li><li> Last updated: 2015-05-06
</li><li> Completed: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225865">no</a>
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="System_Firmware_Updates"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SystemFirmwareUpdates" title="Changes/SystemFirmwareUpdates"> System Firmware Updates</a></span></h3>
<p>This change is to add the ability to perform firmware updates on UEFI machines.
</p>
<ul><li> Owner: Richard Hughes
</li><li> Last updated: 2015-06-03
</li><li> Completed: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230554">no</a>
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Cockpit_GUI_for_Domain_Controller_Role"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Cockpit_Domain_Controller_GUI" title="Changes/Cockpit Domain Controller GUI"> Cockpit GUI for Domain Controller Role</a></span></h3>
<p>Provide a graphical mechanism for deploying a FreeIPA Domain
Controller on Fedora Server through the Cockpit administrative console.
</p>
<ul><li> Owner: Stephen Gallagher, Stef Walter
</li><li> Last updated: 2015-06-18
</li><li> Completed: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233098">no</a>
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Containerized_Server_Roles"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Containerized_Server_Roles" title="Changes/Containerized Server Roles"> Containerized Server Roles</a></span></h3>
<p>Enhance rolekit to be able to deploy Server Roles using the Nulecule Container Specification.
</p>
<ul><li> Owner: Stephen Gallagher
</li><li> Last updated: 2015-06-18
</li><li> Completed: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233099">no</a>
</li></ul>
<h3> <span class="" id="Frappe_Framework"><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/frappe-framework" title="Changes/frappe-framework"> Frappe Framework</a></span></h3>
<p>A full-stack web framework based on Python and Javascript to help you build powerful business apps and nifty extensions.
</p>
<ul><li> Owner: Eduardo Mayorga , William Moreno
</li><li> Last updated: 2015-06-18
</li><li> Completed: <a class="" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233101">no</a>
</li></ul>
<p><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:ChangeAcceptedF23" title="Category:ChangeAcceptedF23">Category:ChangeAcceptedF23</a> and <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SelfContainedChange" title="Category:SelfContainedChange">Category:SelfContainedChange</a>
</p><br></div>-- Pete<br><br><br><div><div><br></div></div></div>