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April 7, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 07 Apr '26

07 Apr '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Replace Fedora Flatpak repo with new Fedora Workstation Flatpak repo #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/463 #topic Announcements and status updates

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2026-03-30 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-30 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 2 proposed blockers and 2 proposed freeze exception for Final. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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March 24, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, March 24 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Replace Fedora Flatpak repo with new Fedora Workstation Flatpak repo #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/463 #topic Announcements and status updates

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Call for testing: Fedora 44 Final validation tests (don't wait for candidates!)
by Adam Williamson 16 Mar '26

16 Mar '26

Hi folks! I just wanted to send out a call to emphasize that it's really important for us to run all the Final validation tests *now*, so we can catch any blocker bugs as early as possible and have time to work on them calmly. It's not good to wait for the "candidate" composes because we really only do those when we're nearly ready to release; it's intended that until that time, we test on Beta or the nightly composes that are nominated for release validation events. You can always find the summary page for the most recently-nominated nightly here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Summary that page is synthesized (via scary wiki magic) from the individual results pages, where you'll find full instructions and download links: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Server_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Cloud_Test Testing the nightlies is a bit preferred to testing the Beta as they have newer bits, but it's still useful to run the Final tests on Beta, if you want to do that, the pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Summary https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Installation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Server https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Base https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Desktop https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Beta_1.2_Cloud It would be awesome if folks can help make sure as many Final tests have been run as possible. If you find any bugs, please report them to Bugzilla and propose them as blockers if appropriate via https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/propose_bug . The test cases almost all link to the release criteria they relate to, you can read those to see if the bug seems like a blocker; if you're not sure but it feels serious, go ahead and propose it, we can always reject it! There is a 'longitudinal' view of the validation results at https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/testcase_stats/44/ . You can use that to find tests that have not been run at all for F44 yet, or not run for a long time. Look for rows with red backgrounds especially. Thanks folks! -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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2026-03-16 @ **16:00** UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 16 Mar '26

16 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-16 # Time: **16:00** UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 3 proposed blockers and 3 proposed freeze exception for Final. **PLEASE REMEMBER THE CHANGED MEETING TIME IN UTC**, as noted last week! Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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March 10 Fedora Workstation WG Meeting
by Matthias Clasen 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Lightly edited ai summary: Secretary Rotation and Package Transfer Follow-up: Matthias Clasen was assigned to be the secretary for the month of March, including editing the meeting notes to remove incorrect proper nouns and sending them to the list. Following up on an agenda item, Matthias Clasen was tasked with transferring rust packages to Fabio Valentini. Fabio Valentini confirmed that some packages still list Matthias Clasen as the maintainer, indicating the transfer is not complete, and Matthias Clasen agreed to address this. "Remove Gnome Shell Extension Background Logo from Default Install" Issue (502): The consensus from a previous meeting was not to remove the extension, but an action was assigned to Matthias Clasen to contact Florian about the extension's maintenance status. Michael Catanzaro asked Matthias Clasen to specifically mention a flickering bug reported in the issue comments, but Tomáš Popela noted they could no longer reproduce the flickering issue. The discussion concluded with the agreement that Matthias Clasen would follow up with Florian, particularly about the flickering issue, and the issue report itself is potentially ready to be closed unless new complaints arise. User Data Encryption Status Update: Michael Catanzaro proposed enabling LUKS by default due to a lack of progress on a related seven-year-old issue, but they decided to punt the discussion again. This decision was made because Neil had reported progress on upstreaming Btrfs filesystem encryption (FS_CRYPT) into the kernel. It was suggested to wait until Neil is back before discussing this topic further. Future of Rust Package Maintenance and Team Assignments: The discussion with Fabio Valentini focused on ensuring effective collaboration and Red Hat's communication regarding Rust package maintenance. Aside from the package transfers, Tomáš Popela noted that someone from Matthias Clasen's team needs to volunteer for packaging duty for the current sprint and become familiar with Rust packaging, as promised previously. Fabio Valentini confirmed they are available on Matrix for assistance. Blocker Bug List and Critical Issues Status: Michael Catanzaro provided an update on the current blocker bug list, noting that one accepted blocker is a regression involving a hang on the initial setup time zone page for Fedora 42 and 43. There is also a proposed blocker for Gnome Remote Desktop and a file portal issue where the file dialog does not remember the last directory, instead opening to `/home` one level above the user's home directory. Gnome 50 Release Candidate (RC) Karma: Tomáš Popela reported that the Gnome 50 RC update has one positive karma, and the previous negative karma related to a GDM issue was not reproducible, leading to a karma reset. The attendees noted that the update was created a week ago and is waiting for more testing. Concluding Remarks and Next Meeting Planning: Michael Catanzaro concluded the scheduled agenda, thanked everyone for attending, and suggested that next week's meeting might be canceled if no new issues are tagged for discussion. Michael Catanzaro reminded Matthias Clasen again about completing the meeting minutes.

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2026-03-09 @ **16:00** UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 09 Mar '26

09 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-09 # Time: **16:00** UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 5 proposed blockers and 1 proposed freeze exception for Final. **PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGED MEETING TIME IN UTC**! Clocks went forward in most of North America this weekend, so the meeting time is now 16:00 UTC. If your clocks went forward today, the meeting will be at the same time as usual local time. If you did *not* change your clocks, the meeting will be an hour earlier than before, local time. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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March 3, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 03 Mar '26

03 Mar '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Remove remnants of ABRT #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/503 #topic Announcements and status updates

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March 10, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 03 Mar '26

03 Mar '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, March 10 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. IMPORTANT: please note the time has changed from 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC) to 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)! Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Remove gnome-shell-extension-background-logo from default install #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/502 #topic Future of Rust package maintenance #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/495 #topic encryption of user data (excludes system) #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/82 #topic Announcements and status updates

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2026-03-02 @ 17:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 01 Mar '26

01 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-02 # Time: 17:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 3 proposed blockers and 3 proposed freeze exceptions for Beta, and 1 proposed blocker1 for Final. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good weekend and see you on Monday! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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