Reminder: Fedora 15 end of life on 2012-06-26
by Dennis Gilmore
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Greetings.
This is a reminder email about the end of life process for Fedora 15.
Fedora 15 will reach end of life on 2012-06-26, and no further updates
will be pushed out after that time. Additionally, with the recent
release of Fedora 17, no new packages will be added to the Fedora 15
collection.
Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades for more
information on upgrading from Fedora 15 to a newer release.
Dennis
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11 years, 10 months
Announcing Fedora 17. Relish it.
by Robyn Bergeron
"At the heat of a thousand hot dog cookers, the seventeenth release of
Fedora shall be forged by contributors the world over, and it will be
known as: Beefy Miracle. The mustard shall indicate progress.
For six months, participants in the Fedora Project shall freely
contribute to the release of the distribution, in the spirit of the Four
Foundations -- Freedom, Friends, Features, and First -- and moreover,
they shall relish in Fun, as a community without Fun would be like a day
without sunshine.
Upon release, a free and open source operating system shall be available
to all, catering to a variety of tastes -- those of end-users, systems
administrators, and developers, with a common thread that binds them
all: No, not their love for hot dogs, silly, as we certainly know that
Fedora shall be created and used by those whose dietary preference could
be either Beefy or Leafy. Freedom, my friends, Freedom is the Great
Condiment, which shall enable all users of the Beefy Miracle to Create,
Share, and Do."
-- The Book of Sauerkraut, Chapter 12, Verse 529
The Beefy Miracle hath arrived. Behold, for it is available to download now:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
And lo, detailed information about this release can be seen in the
release notes:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Release_Notes/
== Condiments ==
Frankly, we believe this is the beefiest release ever -- chock full of
condiments, more commonly known as Features, to customize your
experience to your tastes. We take pride in our toppings, and in our
fine ingredients; Fedora 17 includes both over- and under-the-bun
improvements that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing
state of free (range) software.
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; an update of Erlang to the R15 release; and the D
language has been updated to the 2.058 release.
Under the hood, and in the cloud: Serving up hot dogs all day long?
Increase your reliability and versatility with the new enhancements to
the clustering stack in Fedora 17. Load balancing and high availability
improvements have been made, allowing systems administrators to deploy
Fedora in environments requiring greater availability and clustered file
systems. JBoss Application Server (AS) 7 has also been added to Fedora
17; this fast, lightweight, and modular application server allows you to
run full Java EE applications. oVirt, a server virtualization management
system with advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, is also
included. The automatic multi-seat feature enables multiple, concurrent
end-users to utilize a desktop from a single machine, which any systems
administrator can relish. And we couldn't possibly write this without
talking about our foray into Hot Dogs as a Service (HDaaS)... oh, just
kidding, we just had to make a cloudy joke. In all seriousness, though,
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), in Fedora 17.
Ketchup with the full list of features for Fedora 17 here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList
=== Download and Upgrade ===
Fedora 17: It's bun-believable. Get it now: http://get.fedoraproject.org
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading
Fedora 17 full release notes and guides for several languages are
available at:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
Fedora 17 common bugs are documented at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs
=== Fedora Spins ===
Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various types
of users via hand-picked application set or customizations. They can be
found at:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org
== Contributing ==
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, design and do artwork, 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!
== Behold, the history of His Meatiness ==
Who is this Beefy Miracle character? Ketchup on his history:
http://beefymiracle.org/history.html
== Contact information ==
Journalists and reporters can find additional information at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press
Cheers, and enjoy.
-Robyn
11 years, 10 months
Fedora 17 Final is declared GOLD!
by Robyn Bergeron
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_fi...
Log:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-24/fedora_17_fi...
==========================================================
#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_fi...
.
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)
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* 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)
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Fedora Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo elections: Town hall meeting schedule
by Robyn Bergeron
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
11 years, 11 months
F17 GA to slip by one week.
by Robyn Bergeron
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_...
Log:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go...
[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...
.
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 '<' 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)
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11 years, 11 months
Fedora 17 FINAL Go/No-Go Meeting, Thursday, May 17, @13:00 Eastern
by Robyn Bergeron
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 @ 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
11 years, 11 months
Fedora 17 for Power Beta Available
by David Aquilina
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
--
David Aquilina
Release Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
11 years, 11 months
Fedora Weekly News (FWN): Issue 295
by Rashadul Islam
[image: FWN Header.png] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:FWN_Header.png>
Contents
- 1 Fedora Weekly News : Issue
295<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Weekly_News_:_Issue_295>
- 1.1 Announcements<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Announcements>
- 1.1.1 Breaking News of the
Week<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Breaking_News_of_the_Week>
- 1.1.1.1 Fedora 18 release name by Robyn Bergeron published on
Mon Apr 30 13:51:00 UTC
2012<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_18_release_name_by_Roby...>
- 1.1.1.2 Formally announcing FUDCon: Paris and FUDCon:
Lawrence by Robyn Bergeron published on Tue May 8 14:06:41
UTC 2012<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Formally_announcing_FUDCon:_Pa...>
- 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<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Appointment_to_the_Fedora_Boar...>
- 1.1.1.4 The Future of release names by Toshio Kuratomi
published on Wed May 9 08:39:18 UTC
2012<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#The_Future_of_release_names_by...>
- 1.1.2 Fedora Development
News<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Development_News>
- 1.1.2.1 Fedora 17 Change Freeze by Dennis Gilmore published
on Tue May 1 18:30:02 UTC
2012<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_17_Change_Freeze_by_Den...>
- 1.1.3 Fedora
Events<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Events>
- 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (March 2012 - May
2012)<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Upcoming_Events_.28March_2012_...>
- 1.1.3.2 Past
Events<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Past_Events>
- 1.1.3.3 Additional
information<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Additional_information>
- 1.2 Fedora In the
News<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_In_the_News>
- 1.2.1 Fedora Project is naming
names<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_Project_is_naming_names>
- 1.2.2 Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously
beefy<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_17_beta_review_.E2.80.9...>
- 1.2.3 Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical
Cow<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#Fedora_18_Linux_will_be_a_Sphe...>
Fedora Weekly News : Issue 295
Fedora Project welcome you to the Fedora Weekly News(FWN) Issue
295[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-0>.
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 & 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 <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gholms>. 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<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks>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 & link will
be found on that specific beat.
Recent issues of FWN are now being published to Fedora
Insight[2]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-1>.
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-2>.
FWN welcome readers feedback: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal
Calarco<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pcalarco>,
Adam Williamson <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill>, Rashadul
Islam <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul>
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-0>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-1>
http://insight.fedoraproject.org/
3. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-2>
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-3>,
development announcements[2]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-4>and
Fedora Events
[3] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-5>.
Contributing Writer: Rashadul
Islam<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rashadul>
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-3>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-4>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
3. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-5>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
Breaking News of the Week Fedora 18 release name by Robyn
Bergeron<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero>published on Mon
Apr 30 13:51:00 UTC 2012
News on Announcement
Desk[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-6>,
"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. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-6>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-April/003067.html
Formally announcing FUDCon: Paris and FUDCon: Lawrence by Robyn
Bergeron<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero>published on Tue
May 8 14:06:41 UTC 2012
News on Announcement
Desk[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-7>,
"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] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-8>*.
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-9>,
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-10>,
at the University of Kansas*. While you can peruse the bidding page
[5]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-11>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] <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-12>.
Cheers,"
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-7>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003068.html
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-8>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012
3. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-9>
http://www.openworldforum.org/
4. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-10>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013
5. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-11>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Bid_for_Lawrence_2013#About_Lawrence
6. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-12>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning
Appointment to the Fedora Board, and Elections Reminder by Robyn
Bergeron<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero>published on Tue
May 8 17:29:41 UTC 2012
News on Announcement
Desk[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-13>,
"I'm pleased to announce the appointment of Garrett
Holmstrom<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gholms>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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-14>
A complete history of Board Members is available here:
[3]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-15>
Cheers,"
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-13>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003069.html
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-14>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections
3. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-15>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History
The Future of release names by Toshio
Kuratomi<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Toshio>published on Wed
May 9 08:39:18 UTC 2012
News on Announcement
Desk[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-16>,
"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. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-16>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-May/003070.html
Fedora Development News
The Development
Announcement[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-17>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. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-17>
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce
Fedora 17 Change Freeze by Dennis
Gilmore<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ausil>published on Tue May
1 18:30:02 UTC 2012
Fedora development news
desk[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-18>,
"the fedora 17 schedule[2]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-19>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. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-18>
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-May/000925.html
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-19>
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-20>
- Central & South America (LATAM):
[2]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-21>
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa
(EMEA)[3]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-22>
- India, Asia, Australia
(India/APJ)[4]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-23>
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-20>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29
2. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-21>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_2
3. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-22>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3
4. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-23>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3
Past Events
Archive of Past Fedora
Events[1]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-24>
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-24>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents
Additional information
- Reimbursements <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reimbursements> --
reimbursement guidelines.
- Budget<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Budget>--
budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo).
- Sponsorship
<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees>-- how
decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members.
- Organization
<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/Organization>-- event
organization, budget information, and regional responsibility.
- Event reports <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Event_reports> --
guidelines and suggestions.
- LinuxEvents
<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LinuxEvents>-- 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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-25>.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Jason
Brooks<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jasonbrooks>
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-25>
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-26>.
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-26>
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276036/fedora-project-naming...
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-27>.
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-27>
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]<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_note-28>.
1. ↑ <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue295#cite_ref-28>
http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-will-be-a-spheri...
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