On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 20:44 -0400, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 8:43 PM Martin Kolman <mkolman@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 03:45 -0400, Neal Gompa wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 3:10 AM Brian (bex) Exelbierd
> > > <bexelbie@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Barring objection, I plan to retire the release notes package from
> > > > Fedora on or after August 9, 2019.  The package has not been updated
> > > > since F28.  Despite the fact that we have literally shipped a package
> > > > containing the F28 release notes in F29 and F30, there have been no
> > > > comments.  This has been discussed with the docs team and is
> > > > supported.  I am not aware of any dependencies and I believe it was
> > > > removed from release criteria in F29.
> > > >
> > > > I will run `fedpkg retire` and further request removal via
> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=fedora-obsolete-packages
> > > >
> > > > Please reply on list if you have any questions or concerns.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Does Anaconda not support showing the release notes _anywhere_? That
> > > was the original impetus for shipping it that way...
> > There is currently no screen in either graphical or text interface of Anaconda that would show Fedora release notes.
>
> Aside from it being mildly depressing that there's no way to discover
> the release notes for a Fedora release, I guess it's fine to retire.
> We don't have any other entry points in the distribution for viewing
> the release notes anymore...
At least for the online release notes, aren't they somewhere on the default landing page in Firefox after initial Fedora
installation ? I seem to remember something like that.