REMINDER: What's New in F28 Workstation - Fedora Magazine article
by Jan Kurik
Hi Workstation WG,
as the F28 Final release is quickly approaching, it would be nice if the WG
would start working on a Fedora Magazine article "What's New in F28
Workstation". The article should be finished prior Readiness meeting for
F28 Final, planned on 2018-Apr-26.
Regards,
Jan
--
Jan Kuřík
Platform & Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic
5 years, 7 months
Suggest Switching to clang from GCC for compiling chromium and adding
video acceleration Patch
by Akarshan Biswas
Hi everyone, I am maintaining the only version of chromium with video accelertion patches which compiles using llvm-clang instead of GCC. All the spec files that I have seen and took help of, neighter of them compiles using clang but GCC which leads to adding lots of patches in order to make GCC happy. The version of clang available in fedora repos is 5.0.1. The latest version of chromium need version 6. I had to download and passed it as source in order to build it which lead to increase size of rpm src file. I have compiled two instances of chromium of same version. One with GCC and other with clang-llvm. The latter binary has significant lower file size and better performance than former one.
Both builds are uploaded to my github repo: https://github.com/biswasab/Chromium-vaapi/releases
So Is this possible to get clang version 6 in fedora 27 and upcoming fedora 28? Also how about adding video acceleration patch to chromium since Google doesn't seem interested? Few distributions are already doing it. Thank you.
5 years, 7 months
using the updates-testing repo for layered packages in f28AW
by Dusty Mabe
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Hi all,
If you are running f28 atomic workstation already then you may hit issues
with layered packages [1] because the updates-testing yum repo is enabled
by default in f28 (this will change once f28 final is released).
Please run the following command to disable the updates-testing repo:
```
# sed -i s/enabled=1/enabled=0/ /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
```
Now try your operation (upgrade/package layer) again.
Dusty
[1] https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/415
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5 years, 7 months
Fedora 28 Final blocker status mail #1
by Adam Williamson
Hi folks! As we're now frozen for Final, here's an update on blocker
bug status.
tl;dr action summary
====================
Accepted blockers
-----------------
1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566621
ACTION: anaconda team to submit build/update with fix, QA to test
2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537253
ACTION: no specific action, this is tracking general Modularity status
3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566344
ACTION: QA to test https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-183f616405
4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560481
ACTION: Frantisek and Mikhail to confirm if they still have problems
5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557472
ACTION: QA to confirm whether this is fixed
Proposed blockers
-----------------
1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557655
ACTION: Lili and kernel team to continue investigation pending blocker decision
Bug-by-bug detail
=================
Accepted blockers
-----------------
1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566621 - anaconda - POST
initial-setup fails on aarch64 disk images
A fix for this is pending, we just need the anaconda team to go ahead
and merge it and send out a build with it in. Then QA can test it.
2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537253 - Changes Tracking - ON_QA
Add-On Modularity
This one's on the blocker list for a kinda special purpose: FESCo has
declared the change as a whole to be blocking F28, so we're using the
Change tracking bug as a proxy for ensuring the Change meets the criteria
FESCo decided on. No specific action is needed on this bug, if/when any
bugs that do break the criteria are found in Modularity-related stuff,
they'll be filed and tracked separately.
3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566344 - dnf - ON_QA
Traceback from DNF
This is a Modularity-related crasher in DNF. We need QA folks to confirm
the fix (get an F28 test box to the point where it reliably hits the
crash, then install the update from Bodhi and verify that the crash goes
away). Update is https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-183f616405
4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560481 - gnome-shell - NEW
Some core applications in Gnome 3.28 are unresponsive and not working on AMD graphics cards
It's not 100% clear if anything is outstanding here with GNOME 3.28.1 and
mesa-18.0.0-4.fc28. We need Mihkail and Frantisek to confirm whether they
still see problems with those packages installed. If so, we need the desktop
team to keep investigating and fixing stuff, I guess.
5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557472 - python-simpleline - ON_QA
Anaconda installing in text mode fails to report errors to Bugzilla.
This one should actually have been fixed by an update that went stable
already. We just need QA folks to check with a recent compose that the
bug is no longer present.
Proposed blockers
-----------------
1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557655 - kernel - NEW
Install to system with HPSA storage fails to boot, stops at "Failed to start udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization"
This was initially filed as 'install fails on FCoE' and accepted as a
blocker on that basis, but further testing indicates it's actually a
problem with installs to a specific type of hardware storage
controller. So I've kicked it back to proposed blocker. So we need the
blocker review folks to re-consider whether this is a blocker, but in
the mean time, it can't hurt for Lili and the kernel folks to keep
investigating the issue and hopefully come up with a fix.
As a bonus note: there are several pending fixes for accepted freeze
exception issues which could do with testing. If folks can help test
and karma these, that'd be great:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-292ca32b20
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6a89081c98
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-2a7895e9f2 (needs s390 hardware)
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-1148ada2a3
Thanks, folks!
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net
http://www.happyassassin.net
5 years, 7 months
Re: Fedora 28-20180416.n.0 compose check report
by Adam Williamson
On Mon, 2018-04-16 at 22:19 +0000, Fedora compose checker wrote:
> No missing expected images.
>
> Failed openQA tests: 11/137 (x86_64), 5/24 (i386), 1/2 (arm)
>
> New failures (same test did not fail in 28-20180415.n.0):
>
> ID: 223902 Test: x86_64 Server-boot-iso install_default@uefi
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223902
> ID: 223930 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso install_default_upload
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223930
> ID: 223932 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso install_default@uefi
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223932
> ID: 223936 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso desktop_notifications_live
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223936
> ID: 223946 Test: i386 Workstation-live-iso install_default
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223946
> ID: 223984 Test: x86_64 universal install_blivet_lvmthin@uefi
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223984
> ID: 223986 Test: x86_64 universal install_simple_encrypted@uefi
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223986
> ID: 224035 Test: x86_64 universal install_european_language
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224035
> ID: 224041 Test: x86_64 universal install_cyrillic_language
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224041
> ID: 224053 Test: i386 universal install_scsi_updates_img
> URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224053
In today's composes, the deps of gnome-desktop3 broke:
[gnome-desktop3]
gnome-desktop3-3.28.0-1.fc28.armv7hl requires gnome-themes-standard
That's a vital dependency for GNOME - gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-
session, mutter, nautilus, control-center etc. all depend on it.
So thanks to good old:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427365
we get images with those packages silently omitted due to the
dependency issue. Network installs of the Workstation package set also
silently omit these packages. Of course, both of these now don't boot
to GNOME, since all the key bits of GNOME are missing.
This happened because of a rename of gnome-themes-standard, it seems:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gnome-themes-standard/c/0fc2f169869824...
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-d271aeff0a
gnome-themes-standard itself was retired (that's the first commit), but
the update that introduces gnome-themes-extra is not stable yet, it is
only *pending* stable. So a compose got done with gnome-themes-standard
retired (thus left out), but gnome-themes-extra not stable yet (thus
not included).
Please be careful to *only* retire packages once their replacement has
actually been *pushed to stable*. *Queued for* stable is not enough.
This should be resolved with the next compose, as the gnome-themes-
extra update should get pushed stable before it's run.
Thanks folks!
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net
http://www.happyassassin.net
5 years, 7 months
Workstation WG meeting recap 2018-04-09
by Kalev Lember
=================================
#fedora-meeting-2: Workstation WG
=================================
Meeting started by kalev at 13:01:49 UTC. The full logs are available at
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2018-04-09/workstation...
.
Meeting summary
---------------
* Roll call (kalev, 13:02:08)
* Agenda link:
https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting
(kalev, 13:05:22)
* We accidentally ended up enforcing password strength check in
gnome-initial-setup. mcatanzaro to look into fixing that before F28
final freeze. (kalev, 13:08:27)
* kalev to make sure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1564210 gets a fix
today (kalev, 13:10:15)
* Defer new auto-suspend behavior (kalev, 13:10:45)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/42 (kalev,
13:10:49)
* AGREED: : Workstation WG discussed the new auto-suspend behaviour
and decided to disable auto-suspend for F28. In rawhide (F29) we'll
enable auto-suspend when battery powered only, and disable when
plugged in. (+1:5, 0:0, -1:1) (kalev, 13:26:08)
* ACTION: mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes
(kalev, 13:27:07)
* Live image size increased due to change of CJK fonts (kalev,
13:27:36)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/46 (kalev,
13:27:39)
* AGREED: juhp_ to investigate if we can improve the situation for F28
by subpackaging, and if it doesn't work out, revert to F27 fonts
(+1:6, 0:0, -1:0) (kalev, 13:46:53)
* 3rd party repository discussion (kalev, 13:46:56)
* I (mcatanzaro) am +1 to adding these, though I want to register my
concern that Software isn't doing very much right now to educate
users about the benefits of free software. I think we could be doing
that in a way that's not overly annoying or preachy. (mcatanzaro,
13:52:18)
* AGREED: Workstation WG agrees to add Steam from RPM Fusion, and
NVIDIA driver from RPM Fusion as 3rd party repositories (+1:7, 0:0,
-1:0) (kalev, 13:57:19)
* ACTION: mclasen and kalev to implement
fedora-workstation-repositories changes, and update
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories
wiki page (kalev, 13:57:43)
* Open Floor (kalev, 13:57:55)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-atomic-workstation/issue/13
(mclasen, 13:59:12)
Meeting ended at 14:05:16 UTC.
Action Items
------------
* mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes
* mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories
changes, and update
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories
wiki page
Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* kalev
* mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories
changes, and update
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories
wiki page
* mcatanzaro
* mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes
* mclasen
* mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories
changes, and update
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories
wiki page
* **UNASSIGNED**
* (none)
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* juhp_ (58)
* mcatanzaro (32)
* mclasen (30)
* otaylor (19)
* cschalle (16)
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