Fedora Weekly News Issue 95
by Thomas Chung
= Fedora Weekly News Issue 95 =
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 95[1] for the week of July 1st
through July 7th 2007. The latest issue can always be found here[2]
and RSS Feed can be found here[3].
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue95
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/LatestIssue
[3] http://fedoranews.org/cms/FWN/feed
1. Announcements
1. New Infrastructure Ticketing System
2. Reminder -- Vote in the Fedora Board election
3. Fedora Core 5 Retirement (EOL)
2. Planet Fedora
1. Red Hat High
2. Fedora Free Media Program
3. The Tone of Fedora
3. Marketing
1. Fedora 7 Review - Technetra
2. Fedora 7 Review - Shift Backspace
3. Fedora 7 Review - PC Advisor
4. Developments
1. Like This Content?
5. Documentation
1. Fedora Documentation Project Steering Committee Elections
2. Mailing List Owners
3. Translation Quickstart Guide
4. Samba Plus LDAP Tutorial
6. Translation
1. Translations, Damned Lies and Transifex
2. Fedora Translation Project Mailing List
7. Infrastructure
1. fedorapeople.org
2. Using Trac for Task Requests and Management
3. Infra Chooses Git for Self
8. Artwork
1. Sound Theme?
2. Round 1 Deadline Approaching
3. Theme Proposals
4. Stickers
9. Security Week
1. Why an ATM PIN Has Four Digits
2. Vulnerability for sale
10. Daily Package
1. Nedit - Programmer's notepad editor
2. Optipng - PNG Optimizer
3. The login prompt
4. gTweakUI - Tweak the GNOME User Interface
5. Friday Fun: Ball: Buster - Breakthrough game
11. Advisories and Updates
1. Fedora 7 Security Advisories
2. Fedora Core 6 Security Advisories
12. Events and Meetings
1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2007-MM-DD
2. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee 2007-MM-DD
3. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2007-MM-DD
4. Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Meeting 2007-07-05
5. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2007-07-05
6. Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2007-07-03
7. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2007-07-02
8. Fedora Translation Project Meeting 2007-07-03
13. Feedback
== Announcements ==
In this section, we cover announcements from various projects.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== New Infrastructure Ticketing System ===
MikeMcGrath announces in fedora-devel-announce[1],
"The Infrastructure Team has decided to change ticketing systems. The
new system is available at [2]. We'll be continuing to set that site
up but tickets can now be filed there. The previous ticketing system
at [3] turned out to be a bit to heavy for our teams needs. Using a
Trac system feels more natural to us and we suspect it will feel more
natural to the community as well."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2007-July/msg00003....
[2] https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/fedora-infrastructure/report
[3] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/tickets/
=== Reminder -- Vote in the Fedora Board election ===
MaxSpevack announces in fedora-announce-list[1],
"I would like to remind everyone to vote in the Fedora Board
elections[2], which are currently ongoing..."
"The Fedora Board's membership changes on a rotating basis. This
election is for 3 of the 9 Fedora Board seats. The Fedora Board is the
Fedora Project's "executive committee" and is ultimately accountable
for everything that happens within Fedora, and delegates
responsibillity to various sub-projects accordingly"
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-July/msg00002.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections
=== Fedora Core 5 Retirement (EOL) ===
WarrenTogami announces in fedora-announce-list[1],
"As of Monday, July 2nd 2007, Fedora Core 5 has gone into retirement.
No further updates will be issued for FC5 or FE5 as we refocus our
developer attention to development of F8 and maintenance of our most
recent stable Fedora 7."
"By the current Fedora 8 development schedule[2], the supported
lifetime of FC6 is to continue to a minimum of early December 2007."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-July/msg00001.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/Schedule
== Planet Fedora ==
In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an
aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet
Contributing Writers: ThomasChung, KarstenWade
=== Red Hat High ===
MaxSpevack points out in his blog[1]
"Red Hat High[2] is a week-long summer camp for rising 8th and 9th
graders. This is the second year that Red Hat has done the program.
Last year my contribution was giving a talk about the collaborative
power of wikis to the campers. This year, GregDeKoenigsberg is the
primary organizer of Red Hat High, and I'm spending most of my day
today reverting to my QA roots and helping out by testing the Red Hat
High LiveCD (based on Fedora 7 with some software from the Planet
CCRMA repos) in the various computer labs on NCSU's campus that will
be home to the different tracks."
[1] http://spevack.livejournal.com/22916.html
[2] http://www.redhat.com/redhathigh/
=== Fedora Free Media Program ===
MaxSpevack points out in his blog[1]
"Some of you, I'm sure, are quite familiar with the Fedora Free Media
Program[2]. For those of you who aren't, it's our community-run
distribution engine. Fedora only produces enough DVDs and CDs to ship
mass quantities out to various events or groups that need them in
quantities of several hundred each. We simply don't have the people
power to ship out media on a one-off basis. That's where the Free
Media program comes in -- they harness volunteers who are willing to
burn any number of Fedora discs and mail them out all over the world.
Each month, they do about 100. We'd love to increase the capacity, but
that requires more volunteers."
[1] http://spevack.livejournal.com/22319.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia
=== The Tone of Fedora ===
On a somber note, ThorstenLeemhuis had some thoughts[1] on the
evolution of the Fedora community:
"I started to contribute to Fedora(.us) years ago; Fedora has grown a
lot since then -- especially now with the merge we are lot more people
that have to interact with each other.
What really disappoints me about that: the tone on the mailing lists
afaics got and constantly gets worse and unfriendlier. Sure, there
were flamewars in the past (and I were part of them as well), but
people showed more respect to each other.
I'm not sure if I would start contributing to Fedora today if I would
be searching for a project to contribute to."
[1] http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/07/evolution-or-growth-of-fedora.html
== Marketing ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora 7 Review - Technetra ===
ThomasChung reports in in fedora-marketing-list[1],
"As their "Flying High" theme promises, Fedora 7 is indeed a great
plane to fly. It is a first class distro that demonstrates solid
progress in improving the user experience, easing the move to
virtualization and enabling the user to create their own flying
machine through custom build tools. So grab your flight gear and take
Fedora 7 for a spin. See you onboard![2]"
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-July/msg00010....
[2] http://www.technetra.com/writings/archive/2007/07/01/review-fedora-7
=== Fedora 7 Review - Shift Backspace ===
RahulSundaram reports in fedora-marketing-list[1],
"After writing this entire review while using Fedora 7, I feel much
better about it. I am thoroughly impressed by the offering supported
in part by Red Hat and the community involved. Unfortunately, the
choice to use only non-proprietary software makes this distribution
more difficult to use "out-of-the-box". However, I whole-heartedly
commend the Fedora team on ensuring that every aspect involved is
within the free and open-source boundaries and any user who wants
additional functions can easily get them using the yum installer.[2]"
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-July/msg00007....
[2] http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/06/10/fedora-7-a-review/
=== Fedora 7 Review - PC Advisor ===
RahulSundaram reports in fedora-marketing-list[1],
"Like everything else, this arrangement is a result of Fedora's focus:
Fedora is very Free Software-centric - far more so than Ubuntu, which
ships with some proprietary components (including 3D graphics drivers)
that Fedora steadfastly eschews on principle.[2]"
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-July/msg00003....
[2] http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1003&pn=1
== Developments ==
In this section, we cover the problems/solutions,
people/personalities, and ups/downs of the endless discussions on
Fedora Developments.
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
=== Like This Content? ===
FWN is sorry we are falling short on coverage for this important area
of the Fedora Project. Unfortunately, the regular writer is on
vacation, and we do not have enough resources to cover.
In the future, watch this area for more information on how you can
help cover the happenings with Fedora development. If you are
interested in contributing regularly, visit this page to learn how:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join
== Documentation ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
Contributing Writer: JonathanRoberts
=== Fedora Documentation Project Steering Committee Elections ===
Planning has begun for the next FDSCo election, specifically which
date to hold the election on[1]. The plan is for nominations to take
place between 20th July to 2nd August, and voting to take place
between 3rd August and 13th August, including two weekends.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-July/msg00004.html
=== Mailing List Owners ===
KarstenWade informs the list that he has made all FDSCo members admins
for the fedora-docs-list and fedora-docs-commits mailing lists[1].
Hopefully this will reduce the work load on individuals, by spreading
spam management between a number of people.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-July/msg00006.html
=== Translation Quickstart Guide ===
The translation quickstart guide is set to be updated, in line with
the ongoing efforts of the L10N team to make contribution easier for
new and existing translators[1]. If you have any thoughts on how this
guide can be improved, add your thoughts to the appropriate wiki
page[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-July/msg00007.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Tasks/TQSG
=== Samba Plus LDAP Tutorial ===
Deependra Singh Shekhawat wrote to the docs-list to inform readers
that he has begun work on updating a tutorial on the use of Samba plus
LDAP on Fedora 7[1]. While the guide is still a work in progress, it
has a lot of useful information and is set to be ported to DocBook XML
in the DocsProject's CVS repository. This will help to make the
information accessible to a lot more people, allowing easier
translation.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-July/msg00012.html
== Translation ==
This section, we cover the news surrounding the Fedora Translation
(L10n) Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
(The regular contributor JasonMatthewTaylor is not available for this
week. ThomasChung is covering for him.)
=== Translations, Damned Lies and Transifex ===
DimitrisGlezos reports in gnome-i18n[1],
"For a while now, along with contributing to the Greek GNOME team, I've been
working on Fedora's L10n infrastructure. We're moving it from RH to Fedora
systems, so some work was needed to be done."
"Firstly, we needed a new web frontend for statistics. Damned Lies (DL), and the
whole GNOME i18n infrastructure[2] rocks, so it was a no-brainer to
base off these
approaches. We quickly got a system up and running using DL[3]."
[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2007-July/msg00003.html
[2] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/
[3] http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
=== Fedora Translation Project Mailing List ===
DimitrisGlezos reports in fedora-trans-list[1],
"So for 1. there's an idea to create a fedora-trans-announce list, which will be
moderated and kept only for interesting announcements. *Every* translator will
be requested to be subscribed to this list."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2007-July/msg00019.html
== Infrastructure ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Infrastructure Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure
Contributing Writer: KarstenWade
(The regular contributor JasonMatthewTaylor is not available for this
week. KarstenWade is covering for him.)
=== fedorapeople.org ===
SethVidal reports[1] that the new Fedora community lightweight web
hosting is nearing completion. A discussion ensued about what not to
have on the server, to keep it secure and focused on a simple job --
receiving files via rsync, scp, and sftp, and delivering those files
via HTTP. JesseKeating provided[2] a different viewpoint, that
providing too limited of a solution is no fun for anyone; at the
minimum, he suggests support for git:// access. SethVidal replied
with some clarification, pointing out his understanding that http://
provided all the access git and hg need.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg00...
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg00...
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg00...
=== Using Trac for Task Requests and Management ===
After continued evaluation, MikeMcGrath announced[1] that the
Infrastructure team had switched to using an instance of Trac for
systems administration task requests and tracking. This function is
also commonly called a ''ticket system'', a role previously filled by
OTRS.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg00...
=== Infra Chooses Git for Self ===
After several rounds of deliberations and an eventual vote[1],
MikeMcGrath mentioned[2] that the Infrastructure team had chosen to use
git as the SCM for their own source control needs. As was repeated
throughout the thread, this discussion has nothing to do with
project-wide SCM changes, and pertains only to code maintained by the
Infrastructure team for it's own missions.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg00...
[2] http://mmcgrath.livejournal.com/6018.html
== Artwork ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
Contributing Writer: JonathanRoberts
=== Sound Theme? ===
DanielGeiger sent a message to the art-list proposing a number of
ideas for Fedora 8 and 9 themes, including better integration between
Firefox and OpenOffice with GTK+, and also a sound theme for
Fedora[1]. The discussion reached agreement that it would not be
necessary for a sound theme to have a lot of electronic effects, but
could be purely instrumental, potentially lowering the barrier for
entry to anyone considering helping with the project[2]. It was,
however, eventually decided that the best place for this discussion is
on the fedora-music-list[3].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00010.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00022.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00025.html
=== Round 1 Deadline Approaching ===
MáirínDuffy contacted the list to remind everyone that the deadline
for submitting theme ideas for consideration in the first round of
competition is quickly approaching[1]. The deadline is Wednesday 11th
July. If you have any proposals for Fedora 8 artwork, contacted the
art-list and create a wiki page[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00042.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes
=== Theme Proposals ===
JohnBaer contacted the list[1] with his idea for a theme based around
the idea of Feng Shui[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00030.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes/FengShui
MartinSourada informed the list[1] of his proposal for a GTK+ and
Metacity theme, Nodoka[2]. An RPM is available to install and try this
theme[3].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00038.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DanielGeiger/F8ThemeNodoka
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00049.html
=== Stickers ===
GeroldKassube contacted the list, inquiring about official Fedora
Project stickers[1], after discovering one for sale on a website. It
was concluded that this is likely a breach of the Fedora trademark
guidelines, and the website was contacted about this[2]. The post did,
however, raise the interesting question of whether there should be an
official Fedora Project sticker[3].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00058.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00059.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-July/msg00060.html
== Security Week ==
In this section, we highlight the security stories from the week in Fedora.
Contributing Writer: JoshBressers
=== Why an ATM PIN Has Four Digits ===
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/07/why_an_atm_pin.html
Bruce Schneier has an interesting blog entry that explains why our ATM
PIN is four digits. A four digit password is laughable, but in the
same respect, so is writing your password down and sticking it to your
monitor. A big reason a four digit PIN works for an ATM is that you
also need the ATM card in order to use the PIN. That's known as two
factor authentication, what you know (PIN) and what you have (card).
Any group that wishes to keep their users secure will rely on a
multi-factor authentication system. It's a lot harder to steal my ATM
card and my PIN than it is to find just one of them. From a user
perspective it makes more sense to let them choose a crappy password
they can remember, then secure their crappy password with something
like a smart card or token.
=== Vulnerability for sale ===
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=128411&WT.svl=news1_1
Another vulnerability auction site has arisen. This isn't the first
site to attempt this and surely won't be the last. Most of these
sites are really just marketing scams that attract a great deal of
attention to the group conducting the auction. It's very possible
that these flaws are real, but it's far more likely they are extremely
lame flaws, or are just plain fakes. Even if these flaws prove to be
real, one of the significant advantages to open source software is the
speed that flaws can be fixed. There are few companies that can claim
to have a large group of well qualified people able to help develop a
fix for a flaw. Rather than fret over a site such as this, it makes
far more sense to just keep doing the things that make open source
great, and deal with bumps as they appear.
== Daily Package ==
In this section, we recap the packages that have been highlighted as a
Fedora Daily Package.
http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com
Contributing Writer: ChrisTyler
=== Nedit - Programmer's notepad editor ===
''Productive Mondays'' highlight a timesaving tool. This Monday[1] we
covered Nedit[2]:
"Nedit is a venerable programmer's editor. It uses the older
Motif/Lesstif toolkit, so it doesn't offer antialiased text, and the
Motif widgets (user interface controls) seem clunky at times. But it
offers a streamlined user interface with almost all of the window
dedicated to editing text, and it has a lot of features useful to
programmers..."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/83-Productive-Mond...
[2] http://nedit.org/
=== Optipng - PNG Optimizer ===
''Artsy Tuesdays'' highlight a graphics, video, or sound application.
This Tuesday[1] Optipng[2] was featured:
"Optipng is a command-line tool for optimizing PNG file sizes. The
screenshot shows a sample run which produced a 13% reduction in file
size, which is typical and can represent a significant savings in disk
(and backup) space as well as transfer requirements for online work if
repeated across a library of images. Considering how easy it is to run
the optipng, that's a pretty good return on your investment of time."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/84-Artsy-Tuesday-O...
[2] http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
=== The login prompt ===
The ''Wednesday Why'' article[1] was on the Fedora character-mode login prompt:
"Most Fedora users realize that there are two ways to locally log in
to a Fedora system: using a character-mode display, or through the
graphical user interface. ... The login prompt presented on the
character-mode screens is taken from the file /etc/issue. In some old
versions of Fedora the /etc/issue file was overwritten at each boot by
the startup scripts, but this is no longer the case."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/88-Wednesday-Why-T...
=== gTweakUI - Tweak the GNOME User Interface ===
''GUI Thursdays'' highlight a software that provides, enhances, or
effectively uses a GUI interface. This Thursday[1], gTweakUI[2] was
discussed:
"The gTweakUI package provides four tiny tools that enable additional
customization of the GNOME2 desktop. Once the package is installed,
your System > Preferences menu will have options to adjust the
behaviour of the GNOME menus, session manager, file manager
(Nautilus), and web browser (Galeon -- though most Fedora GNOME users
use Firefox)."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/87-GUI-Thursday-gT...
[2] http://gtweakui.sourceforge.net/
=== Friday Fun: Ball: Buster - Breakthrough game ===
''Friday Fun'' highlights fun, interesting, and amusing programs. This
Friday[1], our young reviewer r.k.ryale took a look at the game
Ball:Buster[2]:
"Ball: Buster is a game where the goal is to keep a ball bouncing off
a paddle while trying to hit coloured blocks of varying strength. By
varying strength, it means some blocks require numerous hits to make
them fall."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/89-Friday-Fun-Ball...
[2] http://www.patrickavella.com/ballbuster.shtml
== Advisories and Updates ==
In this section, we cover Secuirity Advisories and Package Updates
from fedora-package-announce.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora 7 Security Advisories ===
* [SECURITY] dar-2.3.4-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0904
* [SECURITY] ekg-1.7-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0791
* [SECURITY] file-4.21-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0836
* [SECURITY] php-pear-Structures-DataGrid-DataSource-MDB2-0.1.10-1.fc7
- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0847
* [SECURITY] quagga-0.99.7-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0838
* [SECURITY] wordpress-2.2.1-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0894
=== Fedora Core 6 Security Advisories ===
* [SECURITY] perl-Net-DNS-0.60-1.fc6 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-609
== Events and Meetings ==
In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from
various projects.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2007-MM-DD ===
* No report in this week
=== Fedora Documentation Steering Committee 2007-MM-DD ===
* No report in this week
=== Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2007-MM-DD ===
* No report in this week
=== Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Meeting 2007-07-05 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-July/msg00075.html
=== Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2007-07-05 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-July/msg0...
=== Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2007-07-03 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-July/msg00043.html
=== Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2007-07-02 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-July/msg00184.html
=== Fedora Translation Project Meeting 2007-07-03 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2007-July/msg00018.html
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Kadischi reached End Of Life
by Chitlesh GOORAH
Hello there,
A few days ago, I mentioned[1] there is no one behind kadischi's
development team and it will be EOL'ed this saturday.
So today is Saturday 07 July 2007 (in a few minutes it will be 08 July
2007), kadischi's bug review[2] was marked and closed as NOTABUG,
while the remaining 4 open bugs under kadischi's name :
# A first experience ( #222568 )
# Kadischi does not build on VMware hosted OS ( #216151 )
# Kadischi may raise an exception when attempting to copy device
files. ( #211692 )
# Processed: Kadischi build fails if dietlibc is installed ( #167220 )
were closed as WONTFIX.
Therefore, I'm announcing the official EOF of Kadischi. It is sad, but
it is _not_ the end of creation of custom spins at the Fedora Project
since Jeroen van Meeuwen and his friends are actively maintaining
revisor[3]. If you were a kadischi user in the past, you will probably
see revisor as a better alternative.
# I'll like to thank everyone who participated in the kadischi
project: whether by contributing codes
# or by testing, translations, documentation,...
We will still be looking forward to see your contributions at the new
revisor project.
The Fedora Livecd Mailing list[4] is still active and you can still
asked your livecd related questions there. However I don't know what
will be the state of the #fedora-livecd irc channel on freenode. The
average number of people who joined this channel daily is 5 and
there's pretty much no discussions. Well, #fedora-devel is always
crowded.
cheers,
Chitlesh
[1] http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2007/07/kadischis-state.html#links
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236162
[3] http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/
[4] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
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Reminder -- Vote in the Fedora Board election
by Max Spevack
I would like to remind everyone to vote in the Fedora Board elections,
which are currently ongoing. If you are getting this message multiple
times, I'm sorry. It's being sent to various lists.
The Fedora Board's membership changes on a rotating basis. This
election is for 3 of the 9 Fedora Board seats. The Fedora Board is the
Fedora Project's "executive committee" and is ultimately accountable for
everything that happens within Fedora, and delegates responsibillity to
various sub-projects accordingly.
Information about the candidates and voting is available here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections
Voting will end at 11:59 PM UTC on Sunday July 8th. Anyone who has
signed the Fedora CLA is eligible to vote.
Thank you,
Max
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Fedora Core 5 Retirement
by Warren Togami
As of Monday, July 2nd 2007, Fedora Core 5 has gone into retirement. No
further updates will be issued for FC5 or FE5 as we refocus our
developer attention to development of F8 and maintenance of our most
recent stable Fedora 7.
The Fedora Project now runs on a N+2 + 1 month support schedule. This
means the supported lifetime of FC5 was scheduled to end one month after
the release of F7. FC5 was supported from March 20th 2006 through July
2nd 2007, or a good ~15.5 months.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/Schedule
By the current Fedora 8 development schedule, the supported lifetime of
FC6 is to continue to a minimum of early December 2007.
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
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Fedora Weekly News Issue 94
by Thomas Chung
= Fedora Weekly News Issue 94 =
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 94[1] for the week of June 24th
through June 30th 2007. The latest issue can always be found here[2]
and RSS Feed can be found here[3].
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue94
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/LatestIssue
[3] http://fedoranews.org/cms/FWN/feed
1. Announcements
2. Fedora Board elections - Voting Open
1. Fedora 8's FUDCon Cancelled
3. Planet Fedora
1. Fedora Translation Project
2. Max Talks to the Children 2.0
3. Smolt passes the 50k mark
4. Creating Re-Spins with Revisor
4. Developments
1. Fedora Features Process
2. Changing the Default Syslog Package
5. Maintainers
1. A Mass Rebuild For Fedora 8
2. Package Name Change
6. Documentation
1. Status Update
7. Translation
1. More Bugzilla
2. Wiki Localization
8. Infrastructure
1. New Test Server
2. Streamlining Account Signups
9. Artwork
1. Fedora 8 Deadlines
2. Community Artwork
3. Nodoka Metacity Theme
4. Theme Proposals
10. Security Week
1. Red Hat Linux Gets Top Government Security Rating
2. Third-Party Severity Ratings
3. Fedora Security Response Team
11. Advisories and Updates
1. Fedora 7 Security Advisories
2. Fedora Core 6 Security Advisories
12. Events and Meetings
1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2007-06-26
2. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee 2007-MM-DD
3. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2007-06-28
4. Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Meeting 2007-06-27
5. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2007-06-28
6. Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2007-06-26
7. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2007-06-25
8. Fedora Translation Project Meeting 2007-06-26
13. Feedback
== Announcements ==
In this section, we cover announcements from various projects.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
== Fedora Board elections - Voting Open ==
MaxSpevack announces in fedora-announce-list[1],
"Voting is now open for the Fedora Board elections. As a reminder, we
are electing 3 of the 9 seats during this election."
"Voting will end at Jul 8 23:59:59 UTC Please go to [2]."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-June/msg00009.html
[2] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/
=== Fedora 8's FUDCon Cancelled ===
MaxSpevack announces in fedora-devel-announce[1],
"Yesterday the Fedora Board made the decision not to hold an in-person
FUDCon for F8. Like you, I'm a disappointed, but I'm also excited for
us to try out an organized, weekend-long virtual hackfest (more
below)."
"The feature list for Fedora 8 is coming together very well, and we're
planning over the next few weeks how we can do a virtual hackfest for
F8. The idea is to pick some days, probably the same weekend (4, 5
August), and organize energy around people having an IRC-based
hackfest that weekend."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2007-June/msg00011....
== Planet Fedora ==
In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an
aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet
Contributing Writers: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Translation Project ===
FabianAffolter points out in his blog[1],
"The Fedora Translation Project has now a logo. If you want to help
translate applications, documentation, and websites check out this web
page for futher information. We are still looking for fellows for ther
german team (for the other teams of course, too)."
[1] http://fabaff.blogspot.com/2007/06/fedora-translation-project.html
[2] http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
=== Max Talks to the Children 2.0 ===
MaxSpevack points out in his blog[1]
"I spent 45 minutes the other day at Shodor Education Foundation[2].
They were having a career day, and they invited 4 people from
companies in the Raleigh/Durham area to talk to a group of kids. I
would say there were about 30 kids total, ranging from probably 7th
grade through early college-age, with most of them in the 8th-11th
grade group."
[1] http://spevack.livejournal.com/22033.html
[2] http://www.shodor.org/
=== Smolt passes the 50k mark ===
RolandWolters points out in his blog[1],
"Smolt[2], Fedora's tool of choice to collect information about uses
hardware, showed once again that it has a healthy growth: in the night
from Thursday to Friday last week the 50k-users line was crossed."
[1] http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/smolt-passes-the-50k-mark-and-en...
[2] http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/
=== Creating Re-Spins with Revisor ===
JeroenVanMeeuwen points out in his blog[1]
"Creating re-spins has never been this easy. Of course we had pungi
and livecd-tools to which we had added this GUI thing in Revisor[2],
but since I've re-enabled the CLI mode in Revisor, re-spins go even
easier and quicker by just copying these lines..."
[1] http://kanarip.blogspot.com/2007/06/creating-re-spins-with-revisor.html
[2] http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/
== Developments ==
In this section, we cover the problems/solutions,
people/personalities, and ups/downs of the endless discussions on
Fedora Developments.
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Contributing Writer: KarstenWade
(This week's Developments section is being covered by KarstenWade
while OisinFeeley is on vacation.)
=== Fedora Features Process ===
For the first time, Fedora is working on a feature tracking
process. JohnPoelstra presented an initial proposal[1], which did not
get much on-list discussion. ChristopherAillon wondered[2] what exactly
a feature is, but his major point was around feature-driven versus
time-driven release scheduling. His concern was that tracking
features in this fashion is orthogonal to the Fedora time-driven
release schedule. JeremyKatz[3] replied with a list of reasons to
track featurs in a time-driven schedule.
1. You have an idea of things that people are working on. This can
help in getting feedback or suggestions that could improve it;
1. You get people interested in it. And perhaps even helping out;
1. You get some idea of areas that are going to need testing so that
testers can build up experience and knowledge about the area;
1. You generate some excitement around what's being worked on."
This list was identified in the discussion on this topic during the
FESCo meeting[4] as being essential to understanding the reason for
the new process. The result from that meeting[5] was to have John
work on the next version of the draft based on the in-meeting
discussion.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02382.html
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02567.html
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02587.html
[4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20070628
[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-July/msg00025.html
=== Changing the Default Syslog Package ===
In response to an apparently dead upstream for sysklogd, SteveGrubb
proposed[1] a change to the default syslog package. The reason is to
gain an active upstream that has, or is working on, features that are
generally desired. Steve's team reviewed a number of choices and
settled on rsyslog, a fork of the current default daemon with many new
features[2]. JasonLTibbets wondered[3] what happened to syslog-ng as
the choice for a syslog replacement in Fedora. Steve's reply[4]
mentioned licensing concerns and compatibility issues; one advantage
he sees for rsyslog is backwards compatibility so no changes to
existing installations should be needed.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02375.html
[2] http://www.rsyslog.com/module-Static_Docs-view-f-features.html.phtml
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02381.html
[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02385.html
NicolasMailhot expressed the view that syslog_ng's log format is much
nicer to look at, compared to traditional syslog format. He was also
sure that people who are not running default configurations would not
have any issues with syslog-ng's format. JeremyKatz asked for
specific use cases that switching supports, and he pointed Steve at
the release feature template in order to fill out a full feature
description for the wiki.
[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02401.html
[6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02383.html
== Maintainers ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Maintainers, the group of people who
maintain the software packages in Fedora.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers
Contributing Writer: MichaelLarabel
=== A Mass Rebuild For Fedora 8 ===
RahulSundaram asked on the fedora-maintainers-list[1] whether there
will be a mass package rebuild for Fedora 8 or if it was already done.
JesseKeating replied that the rebuild should be coordinated with the
glibc, gcc, and tools packagers, while David Woodhouse added that any
new secondary architectures (Alpha or SPARC) should be merged before
the rebuild as well.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-June/msg00763.html
=== Package Name Change ===
QuentinSpencer asked the Fedora Maintainers[1] what to do when a
package name changes. JasonTibbitts responded with a link to the
Fedora Project Wiki[2] that details the Fedora CVS Admin Procedure for
handling package changes.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-June/msg00806.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/CVSAdminProcedure
== Documentation ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
Contributing Writer: JonathanRoberts
=== Status Update ===
The FDSCo meeting was canceled this week, for a number of reasons[1],
and in lieu of this KarstenWade posted a status update of various
DocsProject activities to the docs-list[2]. He points out that the
task of porting content from the Software Management Guide to the User
Guide and Administration Guide is now complete, and the focus is now
on getting the User Guide in shape for a new release. Also talked
about was the new publication system, which is being held up as we
wait for a new Plone release before deploying; the new translation
system which went live this week[3]; the project to create a web
interface to reading and editing man/info pages is also making
progress[4].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-June/msg00173.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-June/msg00180.html
[3] http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
[4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SummerOfCode/2007/VillePekkaVainio
== Translation ==
This section, we cover the news surrounding the Fedora Translation
(L10n) Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N
Contributing Writer: JasonMatthewTaylor
=== More Bugzilla ===
DimitrisGlezos[1] had more this week on fine tuning Bugzilla for the
Translation team. Specifically concerning bug reports and which
mailing lists they are sent to.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2007-June/msg00163.html
=== Wiki Localization ===
SamuelBizien[1] has started some discussion about how to localize the
wiki pages for various browser locales. With the international nature
of Fedora it would be a nice feature to have. The Infrastructure team
has also been involved[2], and we look forward to seeing what they
come up with.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2007-June/msg00178.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
== Infrastructure ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Infrastructure Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure
Contributing Writer: JasonMatthewTaylor
=== New Test Server ===
MikeMcGrath, working feverishly as always, got a new test server,
publictest1.fedora.redhat.com, up and running this week[1]. A public
test group[2] has also been added.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
=== Streamlining Account Signups ===
RayVanDolson had this[1] post about observations of the current
account creation and CLA procedure. The various teams are aware that
this process is slightly archaic and a new process which is much more
intuitive has been designed and will be implemented shortly[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
== Artwork ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
Contributing Writer: JonathanRoberts
=== Fedora 8 Deadlines ===
NicuBuculei writes to the art-list to remind everyone that, due to the
short release schedule of Fedora 8, the deadline for the first round
of theme submissions is fast approaching[1]. He also points out that
the first round of submissions are just concept ideas, so polish is
not required[2]. Seeing this post, MairinDuffy updated the schedule
and slipped the date for this deadline to the 11th July[3].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00211.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00241.html
=== Community Artwork ===
In response to questions about whether the art work will end up being
created by Red Hat, as in the previous release schedule[1], it was
pointed out that Red Hat no longer has an employee focused on Desktop
Artwork, and so the artwork for Fedora 8 will be down to the Art
team[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00216.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00220.html
=== Nodoka Metacity Theme ===
MartinSourada, who has been developing the Nodoka metacity theme in
correspondence with the art-list, has posted the 0.2 release of his
metacity theme[1]. Testers will be appreciated and feedback welcome.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00232.html
=== Theme Proposals ===
MairinDuffy sent a theme proposal to the list[1], entitled Fedora
Infinity. MolaPahnadayan also sent a message to the list linking to
two backgrounds he'd created[2], along with a theme proposal for
Fedora 8[3].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00242.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00246.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2007-June/msg00252.html
== Security Week ==
In this section, we highlight the security stories from the week in Fedora.
Contributing Writer: JoshBressers
=== Red Hat Linux Gets Top Government Security Rating ===
* http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132978-c,redhat/article.html
The news of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 attaining EAL4 + LSPP is
important to the entire Linux community. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
now holds the highest possible government security rating that can be
acquired by an off-the-shelf operating system. A great deal of work
has gone into this certification, but it speaks volumes about the
maturity of Linux. It is unlikely that any other operating system in
history has progressed so quickly in so many directions. No doubt this
is a great example of how impressive the open source development model
can be.
This particular certification is due to the progress made with
SELinux. SELinux is still a relatively young addition to the Linux
kernel. No doubt great things will be accomplished with SELinux in
the future.
=== Third-Party Severity Ratings ===
* http://www.press.redhat.com/2007/06/27/third-party-severity-ratings/
The above story compares how Red Hat rated the severity of a number of
security flaws compared to how The National Vulnerability Database
(NVD) rated the same flaws. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux ratings are
comparable to how the same flaws are rated for Fedora. The one
sentence summary is that the way Red Hat rates flaws and the way NVD
rates flaws is different. The analysis in the article does a nice job
of explaining why this likely is.
=== Fedora Security Response Team ===
The Fedora Security Response Team is still moving along. Things
aren't moving terribly fast, but they are moving. The team is still
primarily slogging through the list of old CVE ids to ensure that
we've not missed anything in Fedora 7. I hope to use this article to
keep the community in general up to date on the progress of security
issues in Fedora.
== Advisories and Updates ==
In this section, we cover Secuirity Advisories and Package Updates
from fedora-package-announce.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora 7 Security Advisories ===
* [SECURITY] c-ares-1.4.0-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0724
* [SECURITY] firestarter-1.0.3-16.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0700
* [SECURITY] gimp-2.2.15-3.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0725
* [SECURITY] HelixPlayer-1.0.7-6.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0756
* [SECURITY] httpd-2.2.4-4.1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0704
* [SECURITY] krb5-1.6.1-2.1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0740
* [SECURITY] perl-Net-DNS-0.60-1.fc7 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/F7/FEDORA-2007-0668
=== Fedora Core 6 Security Advisories ===
* [SECURITY] evolution-data-server-1.8.3-7.fc6 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-594
* [SECURITY] gimp-2.2.15-3.fc6 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-619
* [SECURITY] kernel-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-600
* [SECURITY] krb5-1.5-21.1 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-621
* [SECURITY] libexif-0.6.15-2.fc6 -
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-614
== Events and Meetings ==
In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from
various projects.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2007-06-26 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2007-June/msg00152....
=== Fedora Documentation Steering Committee 2007-MM-DD ===
* No report
=== Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2007-06-28 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-July/msg00025.html
=== Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Meeting 2007-06-27 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week26
=== Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2007-06-28 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2007-June/msg0...
=== Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2007-06-26 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-June/msg00790.html
=== Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2007-06-25 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-June/msg02589.html
=== Fedora Translation Project Meeting 2007-06-26 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2007-June/msg00192.html
== Feedback ==
This document is maintained by the Fedora News Team[1]. Please feel
free to contact us to give your feedback. If you'd like to contribute
to a future issue of the Fedora Weekly News, please see the Join[2]
page to find out how to help.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject
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