devel-announce December 2010

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Outage: blogs.fedoraproject.org - 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC
by Ricky Zhou 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Outage: blogs.fedoraproject.org - 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2010-12-21 00:00 UTC' Reason for outage: We are preemptively taking Fedora Blogs down due to known security issues in our current version of wordpress, but there is no evidence that it has has actually been exploited. Affected Services: Fedora Blogs - http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/ Unaffected Services: BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ CVS / Source Control DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/ Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ Smolt - http://smolts.org/ Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2527 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

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Update of gitolite (ACL system) on pkgs.fedoraproject.org
by Jesse Keating 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I've just updated the gitolite package on pkgs.fedoraproject.org. This package is what does ACL enforcement. This update brings us upstream support for the configuration we're using, and better error reporting when trying to clone a repo that doesn't exist yet. It also enables https authenticated support which we could look into for those that cannot use ssh. I tested this update quite a bit in our staging environment, but something can always go wrong, so if you notice anything weird when interacting with pkgs.fedoraproject.org please don't hesitate to email me, the infrastructure list, or find me on IRC to discuss it. Thanks! -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating

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gtkhtml3 soname bump in Rawhide
by Milan Crha 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Hi, just finished gtkhtml3 update to 3.91.4 has a soname bump, due to changes in its API as was discovered in [1]. It has it since 3.91.3 release, somehow, only the soname wasn't changed. I know this is kinda late notice, but the bug was discovered just before the release. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused by this. Bye, Milan Crha [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664279

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Outage: Fedora related services down 2010-12-15 22:00 UTC
by Nick Bebout 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Due to problems with some NFS in our PHX2 facility we are experiencing diminished capacity to several of our services. We are working with our provider and engineers on how to deal with this issue soon. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2010-12-15 22:00 UTC' Reason for outage: NFS operations with filer are peaking below expected rates causing hangs on NFS clients. Affected Services: BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ CVS / Source Control Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ Unaffected Services: Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/ Smolt - http://smolts.org/ Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2516 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage. -- Nick Bebout Fedora Project Infrastructure Team nb(a)fedoraproject.org

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Call for Fedora 15 Test Days
by Adam Williamson 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Hi, everyone! I've already spoken to some developers with big features for F15 to arrange Test Days, but I just wanted to send out a general call to remind developers that the Test Day process is available for any big changes you have landing for F15 (or even little changes, we're not fussy :>). Test Days are testing events where we co-ordinate a set of test cases, and special test images if this is needed / helpful, and try to get a group of testers plus developers online on IRC around the same time to help do some well-organized testing with a short feedback loop between testers and developers. The QA group can organize the event for you (we just tell you when to show up on IRC), help you organize the event, or get out of the way and let you do it yourself - whatever you like. Here's how the schedule looks so far: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Fedora_15_test_days It's quite pencil-y right now, so if you really want one of the already-taken days, we can probably arrange it. We can also run Test Days on days other than Thursday if necessary, but we try not to run too many in a single week, and stick to Thursdays when we can as it's quite a convenient day. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Here's the Test Day SOP, which tells you how to put a test day together: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net

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[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Here are the latest set of changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines: --- A new page has been added which describes how to deal with bundled libraries when you find them in your package: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Treatment_Of_Bundled_Libraries --- Some clarification has been added to the sections dealing with bundled libraries, specifically that: In this RPM packaging context, the definition of the term 'library' includes: compiled third party source code resulting in shared or static linkable files, interpreted third party source code such as Python, PHP and others. At this time JavaScript intended to be served to a web browser is specifically exempted from this but this will likely change in the future. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Duplication_of_system_l… Also, a note was added to make it clear that multiple licensing scenarios may be a good indicator of a bundled library situation: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Multiple_Licen… --- A section has been added to the Packaging:Guidelines#Changelog entry describing the acceptable methods of having multiple changelog entries per release: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Multiple_Changelog_Entr… --- A new example of a reason an exception for bundling libraries might be granted has been added to the guidelines. If the library is being bundled because it is a snapshot of a newer release of the library needed for new features, you may have grounds for an exception. See the complete policy for details on when an exception might be granted for this reasoning. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries#Needing_unrel… --- Fedora has always implied that the update path from Fedora release to Fedora release and from Fedora release to updates should be maintained but there wasn't an explicit statement in the Guidelines. Well, there is now. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Package_Versioning --- The guidelines have been updated to indicate that %doc files must not have executable permissions. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Documentation --- The section on Requiring Base Package was clarified, as the original language involving -libs packages may have been confusing: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Requiring_Base_Package --- These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC). Many thanks to Steven Garcia, Nils Philippsen, FESCo and all of the members of the FPC, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines. As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure Thanks, ~spot

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Fedora 12 End of Life
by Kevin Fenzi 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

This announcement is a reminder that as of 2010-12-02, Fedora 12 has reached its end of life for updates and support. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Fedora 12. Fedora 13 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 15. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented on the Fedora Project wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Schedu… Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades for more information on upgrading to a supported release. kevin

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poppler soname bump in rawhide
by Marek Kasik 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Hi, I plan to rebase poppler in rawhide to poppler-0.15.3. There are some API changes (see below) and 1 soname bump of libpoppler.so.9 to libpoppler.so.11. You can test it against your package with this scratch-build: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2552287 I'll ask release engineers for chain-build of it in the middle of next week. Regards Marek Changes against 0.15.1: core: * Improve shadings and antialias in the Splash backend (Bug #30436) * Linearization improvements * Small improvements to the Arthur backend * Fix calculation of the size of some pages (Bug #30784) * Fix crashes in broken documents * Improve rendering of radial shadings * Open a broken file (Bug #31861) * Correct parsing of linearization table (Bug #31627) * Find fonts inside patterns (Bug #31948) * [win32] Simplify strtok_r implementation * Use a std::vector instead of a var-length-array of chars * Fix crashes in broken files * Use sets instead of arrays for looking for duplicate fonts qt4: * Add Page::renderToPainter() method * Add setDebugErrorFunction() method cpp: * Add the hability to render pages to an image * Include correction utils: * Add -p flag to pdfimages * pdffonts: Remove duplicated code build system: * Remove -ansi flag for cywin and mingw API changes against 0.15.1: removed goo/GooVector.h new file Hints.h new file Linearization.h new file cpp/poppler-page-renderer.h All "GooVector<>" has been replaced with "std::vector<>". cpp/poppler-image.h - new public function in class image: bytes_per_row poppler/Dict.h - API change of a public function in class Dict: lookup - new public function in class Dict: hasKey Form.h - API changes in constructors of classes FormField, FormFieldButton, FormFieldText, FormFieldChoice, FormFieldSignature - API change in a public function of class Form: createFieldFromDict Function.h - API change in constructor of class StitchingFunction Object.h - API change in functions of class Object: fetch, dictLookup OutputDev.h - API change in a public function of class OutputDev: useShadedFills - new public functions in class OutputDev gouraudTriangleShadedFill, patchMeshShadedFill Parser.h - new versions of a public function in class Parser: getObj PDFDoc.h - new public functions in class PDFDoc getLinearization, getPage PSOutputDev.h - API changes in constructors of class PSOutputDev - API changes in a public function of class PSOutputDev: useShadedFills() - a public function removed from PSOutputDev: writeDocSetup qt4/poppler-qt4.h - new public enum in class Page: PainterFlag - new public function in class Page: renderToPainter splash/SplashBitmap.h - new public function in class SplashBitmap: getRowPad splash/SplashFontFile.h - destructor of class SplashFontSrc moved to private section splash/Splash.h - new public functions in class Splash: shadedFill, gouraudTriangleShadedFill splash/SplashPattern.h - API change in a public function of class SplashPattern: getColor - API change in a public function of class SplashSolidColor: getColor

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exiv2 soname bump
by Rex Dieter 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

exiv2-0.21 was released recently, and includes a soname bump. I plan on importing this into rawhide next week sometime, if all goes well. Here's a scratch build for testing, http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2636872 I've done a few test builds of the items below, and the only one that ftbfs is pyexiv2 (a usual suspect, being a low-level binding). and a list of affected pkgs, $ repoquery --repoid=rawhide-source --archlist=src \ --whatrequires exiv2-devel | sort darktable-0:0.7-1.fc15.src geeqie-0:1.0-4.fc14.src gipfel-0:0.3.2-5.fc15.src gnome-color-manager-0:2.91.2-1.fc15.src gnome-commander-3:1.2.8.8-3.fc15.1.src gpscorrelate-0:1.6.1-2.fc14.src gthumb-0:2.12.1-1.fc15.src hugin-0:2010.2.0-1.fc15.src immix-0:1.3.2-9.fc14.src kdebase-runtime-0:4.5.80-3.fc15.src kdegraphics-7:4.5.80-2.fc15.src kipi-plugins-0:1.6.0-1.fc15.src koffice-3:2.2.84-2.fc15.src kphotoalbum-0:4.1.1-7.fc15.src krename-0:4.0.5-1.fc15.src libextractor-0:0.6.2-1503.fc15.src libgexiv2-0:0.2.0-1.fc15.src merkaartor-0:0.16.3-1.fc15.src pyexiv2-0:0.2.2-2.fc15.src qtpfsgui-0:1.9.3-5.fc14.src rawstudio-0:1.2-6.fc15.20100907svn3521.src strigi-0:0.7.2-6.fc15.src ufraw-0:0.17-1.fc14.src

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