Self Introduction: Gergely Gombos
by Gergely Gombos
Hi Fedora devs,
My name is Gergely Gombos. I've been using Fedora for about 1.5 years
and I'm a software developer. I like the FOSS philosophy and using a lot
of open-source software in the Javascript world, I'd like to make my
contribution, too.
I'm looking for a sponsor, and my first RPM package is
"pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-aptx" and its dependency "libldac".
The original project <https://github.com/EHfive/pulseaudio-modules-bt> -
yet to be merged into upstream Pulseaudio - provides awesome audio
quality for Bluetooth headsets via aptX, AAC and LDAC codecs. This is
something that is hard to set up even on Windows! And this package works
seamlessly on Linux.
Originally this was in a COPR repo, with >100 downloads, but it got
deleted due to legal reasons (ffmpeg build dependency). So I hope it
will find a new home in RPMFusion since Fedora users are waiting for it.
One of its dependencies is the LDAC library *libldac* which may be
eligible for the Fedora repos. The library has an Apache v2 license but
Sony may have patented the algorithm - it requires licensing for
hardware developers.
I've spent quite a lot of time figuring out how RPM packaging works and
get this working and (hopefully) conforming to the guidelines - I
appreciate your review and help.
And of course if this project succeeds, I'm more than happy to take part
in further packaging projects. :)
The package:
libldac - #1671064 <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671064>
Thanks!
Best regards,
Greg
5 years, 2 months
Organizing a "packager experience" objective and working group
by Ben Rosser
Hello,
We had a recent discussion on this list last month about (among other
things) the current state of Pagure as a replacement for pkgdb [1].
I mentioned in that discussion that there are various issues which
have arisen from the deprecation of pkgdb that have made the packager
workflow ever so slightly worse. But it's not just pkgdb-- there are
lots of places where the packager workflow could use improvement.
There are parts of the process that are tedious and manual which could
be replaced with (partial) automation, or parts where automation
exists but is in need of improvement.
For example, there are tools (namely, the "fedora-review" script) to
automate parts of the package review process. But fedora-review has
been lagging behind the packaging guidelines for some time, and has to
be manually ran by packagers over review requests. But, there's no
reason we couldn't run fedora-review automatically over every package
submission-- which might save both reviewers and submitters a lot of
time.
Or, as another example, there's currently a lot of work going on in
the distribution to support new packaging formats-- like containers
and modules. New workflows for making containers or modules out of
existing packages are being created, and I think it's vital we make
sure these workflows and processes are designed in such a way to make
things as easy as possible for packagers.
Anyway, as part of that discussion, I was encouraged to propose a new
Fedora Community Objective focused on improving the packaging
experience and workflow in Fedora. Community Objectives are approved
by the Fedora Council and intended to be 12-18 month goals for the
entire project. The goal of this Objective would be to identify
problems with the current packager workflow(s), put together a group
of packagers interested in fixing things, and then fix them!
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in helping out with,
great! The Objective will need two things, if it's to succeed:
1. People who are interested in helping! Some people did express
interest in the other thread, but I thought I would put out a general
call for interested packagers and volunteers. Anyone who is interested
and thinks they'll have some available time is more than welcome.
2. A concrete list of goals to accomplish. What glitches are there in
the current workflow, and how can they be fixed? What do you wish was
simpler, or better, or easier to do? What, basically, would make your
life easier a packager?
I've written an initial draft proposal [2] on the wiki here, though
the list of tasks to focus on is pretty sparse at present. If you are
interested in helping out, please feel free to add your own thoughts
as well.
Sincerely,
Ben Rosser
[1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Objectives/Packager_Experience
5 years, 2 months
[HEADS UP] Removal of ldconfig scriptlets
by Igor Gnatenko
https://ignatenkobrain.fedorapeople.org/needless-scriptlets.txt
Here's the list of packages which have dependency on /sbin/ldconfig
with their respective maintainers for packages which do not install
any files in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/.
During this weekend, I'm going to clean all those packages to switch
to the %ldconfig_scriptlets macro (which expands to something only on
EPEL).
Feel free to drop unneeded scriptlets before that date if you'd like
to not have some cruft in your spec file.
Thanks for attention!
5 years, 2 months
Vagrant 2.2 with QEMU Session
by Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Vagrant_2.2_with_QEMU_Session
== Summary ==
Upgrade to Vagrant 2.2, the latest stable version of Vagrant. Enable
QEMU Session by default.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:pvalena | Pavel Valena]], [[User:vondruch | Vit Ondruch]]
* Email: pvalena(a)redhat.com, vondruch(a)redhat.com
* Release notes owner:
== Detailed Description ==
Vagrant 2.2 is new upstream's major release, that includes many
features, improvements, and and bug fixes.
Using '''qemu:///session''' instead of '''qemu:///system''' Vagrant
will run unprivileged.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
* Enable QEMU Session by default. With this, there's no need for user
to input any password, or be present in some group. Everyone is able
to use Vagrant, regardless of group or other ACLs.
* Add host support for void linux
* Add support for VirtualBox 6.0
* Add command for uploading files to guest
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Finish packaging Vagrant 2.2. Current changes:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vagrant/pull-request/17
** Finish packaging Vagrant-Libvirt plugin. Current changes:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vagrant-libvirt/pull-request/3
** Work has been done in a Copr repository:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/pvalena/vagrant/
* Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues #8085]
** [[Fedora_Program_Management/ReleaseBlocking/Fedora{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}|List
of deliverables]]: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Because of QEMU Session enabled by defailt, a failure occurs with if
Vagrantfile contains:
```
test_vm.vm.network :private_network, :ip => "172.16.0.2"
```
or similar.
Can be solved by setting `libvirt.qemu_use_session = false` in Vagrantfile.
== How To Test ==
* No special hardware is needed.
* Install Vagrant
* Run ```vagrant version```
* Use your Vagrantfiles or create new as before
* If something doesn't work as it should, let us know.
== User Experience ==
New features that come with Vagrant 2.2 will be available.
Users will not need to add themseles to any group, or have root ACLs
and input a password every time they use Vagrant.
== Dependencies ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks product? N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== Documentation ==
https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/
== Release Notes ==
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
--
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
5 years, 2 months
F30 Self-Contained Change proposal: libcrypt.so.1 (compatibility
library for POSIX): Let encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, setkey_r, and fcrypt
return ENOSYS instead of performing any real operation
by Ben Cotton
Remove real functionality from encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, setkey_r,
and fcrypt from the libxcrypt.so.1 compatibility library and let those
functions set "errno" to "ENOSYS" when invoked.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:besser82 | Björn Esser]] <besser82(a)fedoraproject.org>
== Detailed Description ==
In [[Changes/FullyRemoveDeprecatedAndUnsafeFunctionsFromLibcrypt | the
system-wide change: "Fully remove deprecated and unsafe functions from
libcrypt"]] we propose to remove the named functions from the system
default so-version of the crypt library, which is a pre-requirement
for this change. It basically is a follow-up announcing to remove the
real functionality from those functions in the POSIX-compatibility
version of the crypt library as well, and replace them with fully
POSIX-compilant stubs, that properly indicate those functions are not
supported.
This change was basically filed, because it may require additional
documentation apart from the system-wide change, that is a
pre-requirement for this one.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Third-party applications, which still use / require these unsafe
functions cannot use them anymore, which is the key benefit of this
change for our users.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Implement the needed changes in the
libxcrypt-compat package.
* Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Release engineering: N/A, as this is a follow-up of an already
evaluated system-wide change.
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== How To Test ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== User Experience ==
No impact, as nothing in the distribution uses those functions.
Third-party applications that are distributed in pre-compiled / binary
form only, may have a reduced set of features. Since POSIX explicitly
states those functions shall set "errno" to "ENOSYS", if the
functionality is not available nor implemented, third-party
application that start to malfunction are broken by design.
== Dependencies ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== Contingency Plan ==
Revert the change and rebuild libxcrypt.
== Documentation ==
The version of the libcrypt.so.1 library included with Fedora 30 for
POSIX-compatibility has entirely removed the functionality of the
encrypt, encrypt_r, setkey, setkey_r, and fcrypt functions, while
keeping fully binary compatibility with existing (third-party)
applications possibly still using those funtions. If such an
application attemps to call one of these functions, the corresponding
function will indicate that it is not supported by the system in a
POSIX-compliant way.
All existing binary executables linked against glibc's libcrypt should
work unmodified with this version of the libcrypt.so.1 library
supplied by the libxcrypt-compat package.
== Release Notes ==
See the paragraph about documentation above.
--
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
5 years, 2 months
Re: Server Side Public License (SSPL) v1
by John Harris
How exactly is SSPLv1 "aggressively discriminatory towards people of a
specific class"? How exactly did you determine that the purpose was to spread
FUD, and what do you describe as "commercial users"?
--
John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh(a)splentity.com>
Splentity
https://splentity.com/
5 years, 2 months
system-config-kickstart -- stay or go?
by David Cantrell
The system-config-kickstart package in Fedora is on a very low
maintenance status at the moment. It is not really promoted much as a
tool that people should use, however I know some people still use it (or
at least did).
But now we are at a cross roads. system-config-kickstart needs to move
to Python 3.x which is going to be required by pykickstart soon.
Currently system-config-kickstart is all in Python 2.x. Given the
near-deprecation state of the software, I propose one of the following
options:
1) Mark system-config-kickstart as obsolete in rawhide and remove it.
It can then slowly fade away in the remaining supported releases
branches it exists in.
2) Someone in the community who wants to keep it around volunteers to
take over both ownership of the package and upstream maintainership.
This individual would port system-config-kickstart to at least Python
3.x and continue maintaining it as long as people want it around.
Thoughts?
--
David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc. | Boston, MA | EST5EDT
5 years, 2 months
[Modularity] Team IRC meeting minutes (2019-01-29)
by Nils Philippsen
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#fedora-meeting-3: Weekly Meeting of the Modularity Team
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Meeting started by nils at 15:00:03 UTC.
Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-3/2019-01-29/modularity....
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-3/2019-01-29/modularity....
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-3/2019-01-29/modularity....
Meeting summary
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* Roll Call (nils, 15:00:03)
* Agenda (nils, 15:01:22)
* #112 Discussion: Module lifecycles (nils, 15:01:22)
* #115 Discussion: Stream branch ownership for packages & modules
(nils, 15:01:22)
* #112 Discussion: Module lifecycles (nils, 15:02:57)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/modularity/issue/112 (nils, 15:02:57)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2027 (nils, 15:02:57)
* stalled because people were on conferences etc., still ongoing
(nils, 15:07:51)
* #115 Discussion: Stream branch ownership for packages & modules
(nils, 15:09:11)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/modularity/issue/115 (nils, 15:09:11)
* LINK: https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2028 (nils, 15:09:14)
* also stalled because people were on conferences etc., still ongoing
(nils, 15:11:53)
* ACTION: contyk updates the tickets (nils, 15:12:09)
Meeting ended at 15:14:28 UTC.
Action Items
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* contyk updates the tickets
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* contyk
* contyk updates the tickets
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Software Engineer purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither
Red Hat Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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