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Flexifilter and FWN
by Paul W. Frields 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

I started experimenting with the Flexifilter module: http://drupal.org/project/flexifilter It allows parsing of different kinds of text to render as HTML content in a Drupal page. (There was an earlier version of this module that used PEAR parsing routines, whose page recommends Flexifilter instead.) There's a test page here: http://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/drupal/node/11 Last night I wrote some customization for handling <ref> tags, but it's not complete. I just wanted to see how hard it was to create a new handler. Some things are frighteningly easy, like headings. Some are a little more difficult -- not in concept, just in using the web interface to create them! Fortunately there's a way to write the filter in code and then import it. The point of doing this is that it would make people's lives very easy if they could just paste in wiki text and have it Just Work(tm). I'm going to continue working on this in light of the work session Pascal and I had yesterday. The process for entering an FWN issue is pretty simple, and this would shave off an extra portion of time that otherwise the editor would have to spend tweaking the markup. Pascal, are you willing to locate any FWN workflow writeup you did earlier, and tweak it to match what we did yesterday? -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Java Devs for EtherPad FAD -- Olin -- Outside Boston
by Colin Zwiebel 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hey all, Still tackling this EtherPad FAD (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD) and need some Java/J2EE/build system/packaging whizzes. The FAD purpose is going to require some Ant/Maven work, some Java project refactoring, some best-practices Java-fedora packaging. I blitzed the java-devel list but no luck. Also tried scraping people off OpenHatch (no responses). Its been about a week. Any suggestions? I really think if we got just one good developer, we'd be set for the event. In other news, I'm going to get some feedback from my academnic advisor and some CS professors about the event. I'm hoping one of them will come help out or will give a talk on a related subject or something. We shall see, I'm very hopeful. Doing course plan paperwork has never been so productive! Cheers, Colin

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Schedule Tasks
by John Poelstra 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Start End Name Wed 01-Sep Wed 01-Sep Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #2 Fri 03-Sep Fri 03-Sep Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #2 Mon 06-Sep Fri 10-Sep Daily Review & Notification of Open Beta Blocker Bugs Tue 07-Sep Tue 07-Sep Remind Features 100% Complete in 1 week Tue 07-Sep Tue 07-Sep Remind Beta Deadline in 1 week Wed 08-Sep Wed 08-Sep Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #3 Fri 10-Sep Fri 10-Sep Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #3 Tue 14-Sep Tue 21-Sep Collect Fedora 15 Names on Wiki Tue 14-Sep Fri 08-Oct Name the Fedora 15 Release Tue 14-Sep Tue 14-Sep Beta Change Deadline Tue 14-Sep Tue 14-Sep Announce Beta Deadline & Feature Complete Tue 14-Sep Tue 14-Sep Features 100% Complete Deadline Wed 15-Sep Wed 15-Sep Deliver features < 100% to FESCo Wed 15-Sep Wed 15-Sep Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #4 Have you found something that is working really well in your schedule? Or maybe you've found something you believe would work better in the future? Update the schedule retrospective page now to capture all of the important details as they happen: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective

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FAS change
by Mike McGrath 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Just an FYI to the various team members, fas now has an "invite only" flag for all groups. Thanks tibbs for doing the work. -Mike

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Insight Meeting recap 2010-08-26
by Paul W. Frields 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-26/fedora_insight.2010… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-26/fedora_insight.2010… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-26/fedora_insight.2010… Meeting summary --------------- * Roll call (stickster, 18:00:52) * Last meeting's action items (stickster, 18:03:08) * LINK: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-12/fedora_insight.2010… <-- last meeting (stickster, 18:03:12) * 1 is DONE (stickster, 18:03:36) * 2 is DONE (stickster, 18:03:42) * 4 is DONE (for some value of DONE, as in "done enough") (stickster, 18:05:01) * ACTION: smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula (stickster, 18:09:00) * Drupal status (stickster, 18:10:05) * LINK: https://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/drupal <-- Drupal instance is up and ready for business! (stickster, 18:10:37) * pcalarco and stickster are looking at Views to provide the proper book formatting for a FWN issue, but otherwise publishing an FWN looks to be dead-simple (stickster, 18:16:17) * stickster is working on a custom Flexifilter that will allow pcalarco (and others) to paste in Fedora wiki text, making the process that much faster (stickster, 18:16:47) * LINK: http://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/drupal/node/2 <-- pcalarco's test Book for an FWN issue (stickster, 18:19:55) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_content_configuration <-- wiki page to record any content customizations made (stickster, 18:20:53) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_customizations_to_Drupal <-- wiki page to record additional modules and other core changes (stickster, 18:21:14) * ACTION: gwerra Install Views module and create a custom view that will display the FWN issue Book as a single unified page with all children (stickster, 18:22:19) * Remember that access levels in Insight are controlled through FakeFAS. You shouldn't do any direct manipulation of users in Drupal, since their group memberships will get overwritten when they login according to whatever FakeFAS says they should be. (Which is how we want it.) (stickster, 18:26:23) * LINK: http://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/drupal/node/11 <-- Test of custom Flexifilter being written by stickster (stickster, 18:27:48) * ACTION: gwerra will reach out to Jon Ciesla and work on packaging Flexifilter and Views for drupal6 in EL-5 and maybe EL-6 (stickster, 18:40:01) * Project plan (stickster, 18:41:33) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_project_plan <-- something resembling ready (stickster, 18:41:47) * ACTION: rbergeron to look at Insight Project Plan and add items from Marketing perspective (rbergeron, 18:43:19) * ACTION: rbergeron Put infrastructure freeze calendar items in our plan so we know when we can't move things around (stickster, 18:50:08) * ACTION: pcalarco will notify FWN team of direction of FWN @ Fedora Insight on Drupal, and get them looking at pt4 (pcalarco, 18:51:29) * ACTION: gwerra Start theming as soon as he's ready, and advertise his repo again to the list please (stickster, 18:54:12) * ACTION: stickster Start discussion on list of schedule, after we see change freeze deadlines (stickster, 18:54:42) * Theming (stickster, 18:55:19) * ACTION: smooge can remove the old Fedora-specific insight RPMs from infrastructure repo (stickster, 18:58:38) * Packages etc. (stickster, 19:00:14) * We really need drupal6 to make it into EL-5 proper... Review looks to be completed (stickster, 19:00:31) Meeting ended at 19:05:35 UTC. Action Items ------------ * smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula * gwerra Install Views module and create a custom view that will display the FWN issue Book as a single unified page with all children * gwerra will reach out to Jon Ciesla and work on packaging Flexifilter and Views for drupal6 in EL-5 and maybe EL-6 * rbergeron to look at Insight Project Plan and add items from Marketing perspective * rbergeron Put infrastructure freeze calendar items in our plan so we know when we can't move things around * pcalarco will notify FWN team of direction of FWN @ Fedora Insight on Drupal, and get them looking at pt4 * gwerra Start theming as soon as he's ready, and advertise his repo again to the list please * stickster Start discussion on list of schedule, after we see change freeze deadlines * smooge can remove the old Fedora-specific insight RPMs from infrastructure repo Action Items, by person ----------------------- * gwerra * gwerra Install Views module and create a custom view that will display the FWN issue Book as a single unified page with all children * gwerra will reach out to Jon Ciesla and work on packaging Flexifilter and Views for drupal6 in EL-5 and maybe EL-6 * gwerra Start theming as soon as he's ready, and advertise his repo again to the list please * pcalarco * pcalarco will notify FWN team of direction of FWN @ Fedora Insight on Drupal, and get them looking at pt4 * rbergeron * rbergeron to look at Insight Project Plan and add items from Marketing perspective * rbergeron Put infrastructure freeze calendar items in our plan so we know when we can't move things around * smooge * smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula * smooge can remove the old Fedora-specific insight RPMs from infrastructure repo * stickster * stickster Start discussion on list of schedule, after we see change freeze deadlines * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * stickster (141) * rbergeron (40) * smooge (32) * gwerra (20) * pcalarco (11) * zodbot (6) * jsmith (3) * MarkDude (2) * Sparks (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Insight meeting for today *postponed*
by Paul W. Frields 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

I need to postpone today's Insight meeting until next week. We'll meet at our usual time next on Thursday August 26th, at 1800 UTC (2pm US EDT, 11am US PDT). Sorry for the late notice. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Work on FWN publishing workflow
by Paul W. Frields 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hiemanshu, I had asked earlier about a git repository for the Drupal-based theme. Did you have a repository already in which you'd like to work? Pascal, I think we want to start looking at the workflow for FWN and how to put that content in the system. Would you be free at all this week to work on that with me? -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Start End Name Tue 24-Aug Tue 24-Aug Alpha Public Availability Wed 25-Aug Wed 25-Aug Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1 Fri 27-Aug Fri 27-Aug Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1 Wed 01-Sep Wed 01-Sep Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #2 Fri 03-Sep Fri 03-Sep Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #2 Mon 06-Sep Fri 10-Sep Daily Review & Notification of Open Beta Blocker Bugs Tue 07-Sep Tue 07-Sep Remind Features 100% Complete in 1 week Tue 07-Sep Tue 07-Sep Remind Beta Deadline in 1 week

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Colin is the man (RE: EtherPad)
by DJ Gallagher 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Looks like we're off to a great start - thanks for bringing this a step closer to being a real thing! It does suck that we won't have The Mel on our side, and I agree we need to find some more language experts. Armed with dates for the event, I can try my hand again at poaching some developers. And remember, serious JavaScript programmers may be just as useful as Java programmers, since a decent chunk of the app is server-side JS. We'll want a mixture of programmers and packaging/deployment people. And polyglots in general--people who can parse unfamiliar languages, since I doubt we're going to meet our quota on people that know Scala. I wouldn't worry so much about lunch at Masala Art. Either we announce it as pay-your-own-way, and make exceptions for the people who've flown or train'd in for the event; or we can look for someplace cheaper to go; or we can order in from someplace cheaper, using the magic of foodler.com. You can feel free to lean on the expertise of alumni in this regard - we are a font of knowledge for things to do in metro-west. -DJ (Olin '07) On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, <logistics-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>wrote: > Send logistics mailing list submissions to > logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/logistics > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > logistics-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > logistics-owner(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of logistics digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Etherpad FAD Update -- 90% (Colin Zwiebel) > 2. Etherpad FAD Update -- Need your input (Colin Zwiebel) > 3. Re: Etherpad FAD Update -- 90% (Jon Stanley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:04:48 -0600 > From: Colin Zwiebel <colin(a)zonion.org> > Subject: Etherpad FAD Update -- 90% > To: Andrew Pethan <Andrew.Pethan(a)students.olin.edu>, Colin Zwiebel > <colin(a)zonion.org>, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian(a)sdziallas.com>, > Mel > Chua <mel(a)melchua.com>, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell(a)kde.org>, > "[logistics]@fedoraproject" <logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTik_Bc4WO2Xujc0QOWvnSrZO97bufin=D=rjprE7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Okay folks, > So, I'm no longer in rural Canada cutting down trees, so I can do some FAD > planning. And we need it. > > Schzamm. I basically just went through and got 90% of the planning done. > Cool, eh? Here is an update of (most) everything. > > 1. You won't recognize this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD > > 2. This is new: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Etherpad_FAD > > 3. This email (read it) > > > == Meeting our Audience == > This FAD has gotten pretty technical. This is fine, but I would still like > to accomidate new-comers. My solution, a couple "Educational Breaks," which > I > plan to advertise heavily to Oliners. Each is about 1 hour long. I'll round > up "new-comers," drag hackers off their computers, and lead a guided Q&A > session with one or more of the "hackers." (See the schedule on the > wiki<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD#Schedule> > ). > > For the first, I plan to grab Sebastian or another Fedora dev (assuming we > have one) and talk about OSS development, the kernel, why all these > companies (Red Hat, IBM, Novell, etc) would want to build something they > give away. Tell people how to get involved. Let the "new-comers" guide. > > For the second I plan to grab DJ or someone to talk about the technologies > behind EP. Maybe go over architecture. Ohh, how about a "best practices and > where EtherPad fails" discussion. Again, keeping it at a level where > average > CS student can understand. > > My hope is some "new-comers" will stay after each of these talks. You know, > learning via osmosis. > > > > == Euro TeleHackathon == > Just got an very exciting message from Joe Cornelli: > > Joe Corneli Aug 17 11:19PM +0100 ^ <#12a8540faed40794_digest_top> > > Just to confirm, this matches my holiday schedule > (actually Oct. 2nd THROUGH the 10th). Now I hope we > can get redhog online down to the UK for a visit. ::))) > > I'm not sure what the EST-5 hour time difference will > do to the crack-of-dawnathon part of the programme; > anyone in East Asia on the list? > > I'm going to have him set the schedule for the pre-FAD so we can do it > along-side the Euro folks. > > Joe has some really grand visions for web notetaking with Etherpad > next-generation: > http://hyperreal-enterprises.posterous.com/?sort=&search=gravpad > > > > == Event Facilities == > Requested a room and got an email from Stephanie. Meeting status changed to > "scheduled." Yay! Pasted at the end of this message. > > [] Status: Done. > > > > == Arrange Refreshments == > Andy: you mind driving and picking up soda cups a few days before the > event. > I'll request ice from Dining Service the week of the FAD. I can also borrow > my suites electric thermo-pot for tea. > > [] Status: Set. > > > > == Social Event == > Again, I think we're good, just need Mel to advise on feasibility. I was > planning on taking the crowd to Masala Art in Needham for lunch buffet. > We'll just grab a few attendees, give people the option to bike, and be > done > with it. > > I actually come up blank when trying to come up with other options. We > could > enjoy Olin's surroundings (woods, Wellesley trail system, Needham). > ''Maybe'' head into Boston (it would take us a good deal of time because of > Olin's location). > > [] Status: Set, minus input. > > > > == List Resources == > This event doesn't need many resources, luckily. We aren't using any > hardware toys. Attendees bring their computers and thats pretty much the > end > of the story. Few things: > * Tables and Chairs: CC209 has them > * Projector: CC209 has one > * Digital Cameras: Attendees will bring > * Video Camera: Colin will borrow one from IT > * Fedora Infrastructure for EtherPad installation > > > > == Remaining to be Done == > * Start conversation with Fedora Infastructure about EP setup > * How do we get EtherPad up and running for Fedora? > * Invite "heavy hitters" > * Send to some Fedora lists > * Get the budget approved > > > Colin > > > == Appendix == > > === Event Facilities === > *Notes: > * Can we get some really nice, open air rooms? Maybe. > * MH might be available > * Still, are the faculty rooms really that much better than CC? > * Maybe too much time for one room. > * How about up in the 4th floor of the AC? > * Too far away for average Olin student > * Just reserve the CC and if you want a different room, figure out > later > * Reserved CC209 > > > *Room reservation: > > *Event Meeting Changed* > *Customer * Olin College Students *Reservation * 20100817-010 Olin > Way Event Type :Student Group-Conference/Event Needham, MA 02492-1200 > >From :10/8/2010 > 5:00 PM > To :10/10/20109:00 AM Event Status : ScheduledAccount Number : > > MeetingsQuantity Unit CostTotal Cost*EtherPad Fedora Activity Day - Friday, > October 08th, 2010 5:00 PM to Sunday, October 10th, 2010 9:00 AM in CC, > 209* > Room Charge 1 0.00 0.00Notes : Room Setup Notes : > > Room Teardown Notes : > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/logistics/attachments/20100818/434… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:06:13 -0600 > From: Colin Zwiebel <colin(a)zonion.org> > Subject: Etherpad FAD Update -- Need your input > To: Andrew Pethan <Andrew.Pethan(a)students.olin.edu>, Colin Zwiebel > <colin(a)zonion.org>, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian(a)sdziallas.com>, > Mel > Chua <mel(a)melchua.com>, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell(a)kde.org>, > "[logistics]@fedoraproject" <logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimZMj9_aheKcKBocBWBiL+An3Fe+0T6ocLtB40D(a)mail.gmail.com<AANLkTimZMj9_aheKcKBocBWBiL%2BAn3Fe%2B0T6ocLtB40D(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The action Email: > > I need your help! > > == People == > No Mel ( =[ ) will miss here. > > We need some "heavy hitters" in Java build systems, packaging... most > anything listed > > How do I/we get these people? > (A: I'm going to email alumni, but thats no the only solution) > > Pick off people individually? > > Certain mailing lists I should go for? > > > I'm partially concerned because of: > > == Cost Concerns == > For the FAD, I'm planning on an outing to Masala Art. I've budgeted it in, > but at $14/person its a bit hefty. For attendees who have real > Java/Scala/build system/packaging chops, getting them a delicous brunch at > Masala Art is the least we can do for them. Buuut, for the random Oliner > who > stops by and listens to a talk, I don't think paying for Masala Art Brunch > is a good use of Fedora/Red Hat funds. > > Thoughts? > > So, I would like to get knowledgeable "heavy hitters" as "registered > attendees." I'm actually a little concerned sending out registration > invites > to Oliners ATM because I don't want people to come just for the $14 brunch. > > Actually I'm concerned for the same reason with Fedora mailing lists. Buuut > I don't expect area locals to bother driving to Needham just for $14 > brunch, > so probably less of a concern. > > Again, thoughts? > Is this honest? > Should I remove brunch from the wiki? > Should I mark brunch as a "for serious devs only"? (this certainly seems > unfair). > > > > > > Colin > > P.S. > Eff, just found out that all my previous messages to logistics bounced > (no-member) and they've been filtering away. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/logistics/attachments/20100818/4ac… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:22:31 -0400 > From: Jon Stanley <jonstanley(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Etherpad FAD Update -- 90% > To: logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Cc: Andrew Pethan <Andrew.Pethan(a)students.olin.edu>, Mel Chua > <mel(a)melchua.com>, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian(a)sdziallas.com>, > Jeff > Mitchell <mitchell(a)kde.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTin8hGSYYTkHb5TxWe0ZEh5zXuVYhMm0YSFLUqgs(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2010/8/18 Colin Zwiebel <colin(a)zonion.org> > > > > > Okay folks, > > So, I'm no longer in rural Canada cutting down trees, so I can do some > FAD planning. And we need it. > > > > Schzamm. I basically just went through and got 90% of the planning done. > Cool, eh? Here is an update of (most) everything. > > Completely awesome. From the Infrastructure side, this is the first > time that I've heard about this (which isn't necessarily a bad thing - > I may have missed it in the flow, that's entirely possible). Anyhow, > I'm three things that you can use (I think): > > 1) sysadmin-main :) > 2) Somewhat local (NYC - a quick Amtrak ride away from Boston, and > MBTA out to Needham from there) > 3) Experience with FAD's > > What I would need from you is budget to get me there, a hotel room, > and that's about it :) > > Note that I don't have much experience with Java as a programming > language, however, from a former life I do have experience deploying > Java apps. > > I'm somewhat limited in my availability outside of evenings/weekends - > I do have a rather demanding $DAYJOB, and can't get on IRC (or gmail) > from work at any rate generally. But if you send mail, bug me on IRC > (jds2001), or send carrier pigeons, I'll generally respond in some > reasonable amount of time. :) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > logistics mailing list > logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/logistics > > End of logistics Digest, Vol 14, Issue 13 > ***************************************** >

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Etherpad FAD Update -- Need your input
by Colin Zwiebel 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

The action Email: I need your help! == People == No Mel ( =[ ) will miss here. We need some "heavy hitters" in Java build systems, packaging... most anything listed How do I/we get these people? (A: I'm going to email alumni, but thats no the only solution) Pick off people individually? Certain mailing lists I should go for? I'm partially concerned because of: == Cost Concerns == For the FAD, I'm planning on an outing to Masala Art. I've budgeted it in, but at $14/person its a bit hefty. For attendees who have real Java/Scala/build system/packaging chops, getting them a delicous brunch at Masala Art is the least we can do for them. Buuut, for the random Oliner who stops by and listens to a talk, I don't think paying for Masala Art Brunch is a good use of Fedora/Red Hat funds. Thoughts? So, I would like to get knowledgeable "heavy hitters" as "registered attendees." I'm actually a little concerned sending out registration invites to Oliners ATM because I don't want people to come just for the $14 brunch. Actually I'm concerned for the same reason with Fedora mailing lists. Buuut I don't expect area locals to bother driving to Needham just for $14 brunch, so probably less of a concern. Again, thoughts? Is this honest? Should I remove brunch from the wiki? Should I mark brunch as a "for serious devs only"? (this certainly seems unfair). Colin P.S. Eff, just found out that all my previous messages to logistics bounced (no-member) and they've been filtering away.

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Etherpad FAD Update -- 90%
by Colin Zwiebel 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Okay folks, So, I'm no longer in rural Canada cutting down trees, so I can do some FAD planning. And we need it. Schzamm. I basically just went through and got 90% of the planning done. Cool, eh? Here is an update of (most) everything. 1. You won't recognize this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD 2. This is new: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Etherpad_FAD 3. This email (read it) == Meeting our Audience == This FAD has gotten pretty technical. This is fine, but I would still like to accomidate new-comers. My solution, a couple "Educational Breaks," which I plan to advertise heavily to Oliners. Each is about 1 hour long. I'll round up "new-comers," drag hackers off their computers, and lead a guided Q&A session with one or more of the "hackers." (See the schedule on the wiki<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Etherpad_FAD#Schedule> ). For the first, I plan to grab Sebastian or another Fedora dev (assuming we have one) and talk about OSS development, the kernel, why all these companies (Red Hat, IBM, Novell, etc) would want to build something they give away. Tell people how to get involved. Let the "new-comers" guide. For the second I plan to grab DJ or someone to talk about the technologies behind EP. Maybe go over architecture. Ohh, how about a "best practices and where EtherPad fails" discussion. Again, keeping it at a level where average CS student can understand. My hope is some "new-comers" will stay after each of these talks. You know, learning via osmosis. == Euro TeleHackathon == Just got an very exciting message from Joe Cornelli: Joe Corneli Aug 17 11:19PM +0100 ^ <#12a8540faed40794_digest_top> Just to confirm, this matches my holiday schedule (actually Oct. 2nd THROUGH the 10th). Now I hope we can get redhog online down to the UK for a visit. ::))) I'm not sure what the EST-5 hour time difference will do to the crack-of-dawnathon part of the programme; anyone in East Asia on the list? I'm going to have him set the schedule for the pre-FAD so we can do it along-side the Euro folks. Joe has some really grand visions for web notetaking with Etherpad next-generation: http://hyperreal-enterprises.posterous.com/?sort=&search=gravpad == Event Facilities == Requested a room and got an email from Stephanie. Meeting status changed to "scheduled." Yay! Pasted at the end of this message. [] Status: Done. == Arrange Refreshments == Andy: you mind driving and picking up soda cups a few days before the event. I'll request ice from Dining Service the week of the FAD. I can also borrow my suites electric thermo-pot for tea. [] Status: Set. == Social Event == Again, I think we're good, just need Mel to advise on feasibility. I was planning on taking the crowd to Masala Art in Needham for lunch buffet. We'll just grab a few attendees, give people the option to bike, and be done with it. I actually come up blank when trying to come up with other options. We could enjoy Olin's surroundings (woods, Wellesley trail system, Needham). ''Maybe'' head into Boston (it would take us a good deal of time because of Olin's location). [] Status: Set, minus input. == List Resources == This event doesn't need many resources, luckily. We aren't using any hardware toys. Attendees bring their computers and thats pretty much the end of the story. Few things: * Tables and Chairs: CC209 has them * Projector: CC209 has one * Digital Cameras: Attendees will bring * Video Camera: Colin will borrow one from IT * Fedora Infrastructure for EtherPad installation == Remaining to be Done == * Start conversation with Fedora Infastructure about EP setup * How do we get EtherPad up and running for Fedora? * Invite "heavy hitters" * Send to some Fedora lists * Get the budget approved Colin == Appendix == === Event Facilities === *Notes: * Can we get some really nice, open air rooms? Maybe. * MH might be available * Still, are the faculty rooms really that much better than CC? * Maybe too much time for one room. * How about up in the 4th floor of the AC? * Too far away for average Olin student * Just reserve the CC and if you want a different room, figure out later * Reserved CC209 *Room reservation: *Event Meeting Changed* *Customer * Olin College Students *Reservation * 20100817-010 Olin Way Event Type :Student Group-Conference/Event Needham, MA 02492-1200 >From :10/8/2010 5:00 PM To :10/10/20109:00 AM Event Status : ScheduledAccount Number : MeetingsQuantity Unit CostTotal Cost*EtherPad Fedora Activity Day - Friday, October 08th, 2010 5:00 PM to Sunday, October 10th, 2010 9:00 AM in CC, 209* Room Charge 1 0.00 0.00Notes : Room Setup Notes : Room Teardown Notes :

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Start End Name Mon 16-Aug Mon 16-Aug Reminder: Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting Wed 18-Aug Wed 18-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting (17:00 EST) Fri 20-Aug Fri 20-Aug Alpha Export Control Reporting Tue 24-Aug Tue 24-Aug Alpha Public Availability Wed 25-Aug Wed 25-Aug Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1 Fri 27-Aug Fri 27-Aug Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1 This schedule reflects the delay of the Fedora 14 Alpha Release by one week and extension of the remaining dates on the schedule. Please let me know if any of the dates look wrong or do not reflect the wishes of your team.

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FakeFAS groups <--> Drupal role
by Paul W. Frields 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

I've hooked up the following role equivalencies via the AuthFAS plugin for Drupal: DRUPAL ROLE FAKEFAS GROUP ----------- ------------- administrator <----> cmsadmin writer <----> cmswriters editor <----> cmseditors Note that the 'administrator' role in Drupal is almost what the actual Drupal admin account (uid 1) gets. The only thing that administrator can't do is change the FAS settings. The other two roles 'writer' and 'editor' right now have no special permissions, and would be treated the same as an authenticated user (I think). If someone can test that, I'd appreciate it. To test, you would: 1. Create a FakeFAS account and sign the CLA 2. Apply in FakeFAS for 'cmswriters' or 'cmseditors' membership (not 'cmsadmin') 3. Sign in to the Drupal instance with your FakeFAS username + pass. You should be able to create content. (You'll see a link on the left for it if that's true.) -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Fedora 14 Alpha Readiness Meeting Recap
by John Poelstra 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

========================================================== #fedora-meeting: Fedora 14 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting ========================================================== Meeting started by poelcat at 18:05:29 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-08-12/fedora-meeting.2… . Meeting summary --------------- * roll call (poelcat, 18:05:58) * attendees rbergeron stickster jjmcd poelcat jsmith (poelcat, 18:07:36) * adamw and nirik here as well (jsmith, 18:08:00) * meeting purpose (poelcat, 18:08:44) * Documentation (poelcat, 18:15:37) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Alpha_release_announcement (jjmcd, 18:17:47) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Alpha_release_notes (jjmcd, 18:19:29) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Alpha_release_notes (jjmcd, 18:19:43) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Alpha_release_announcement (jjmcd, 18:19:52) * Quality (poelcat, 18:20:08) * Marketing (poelcat, 18:23:03) * All other teams (poelcat, 18:25:37) * ACTION: poelcat to send email to websites list to determine what is planned for alpha (poelcat, 18:27:24) * ACTION: jjmcd to double check on artwork and need for admonition about inclusion of F13 work (poelcat, 18:33:53) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective (poelcat, 18:36:06) Meeting ended at 18:38:15 UTC. Action Items ------------ * poelcat to send email to websites list to determine what is planned for alpha * jjmcd to double check on artwork and need for admonition about inclusion of F13 work Action Items, by person ----------------------- * jjmcd * jjmcd to double check on artwork and need for admonition about inclusion of F13 work * poelcat * poelcat to send email to websites list to determine what is planned for alpha * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * poelcat (69) * jjmcd (24) * adamw (12) * stickster (12) * jsmith (9) * rbergeron (8) * nicubunu (5) * nirik (3) * zodbot (3) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

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Insight meeting recap 2010-08-12 UTC 1800
by Paul W. Frields 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

We came back to #fedora-mktg to make way for the release readiness meeting in #fedora-meeting, thus the lag time at the start. Sorry about that! Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-12/fedora_insight.2010… Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-12/fedora_insight.2010… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-mktg/2010-08-12/fedora_insight.2010… Meeting summary --------------- * Roll call (stickster, 18:06:42) * present stickster kushal rbergeron jsmith ianweller smooge (stickster, 18:07:52) * gwerra didn't think he'd make the whole thing, but he'll pick up logs (stickster, 18:08:03) * Last week's action items (stickster, 18:08:16) * Get FakeFas running -- DONE! (stickster, 18:08:35) * ACTION: stickster make 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' groups for testing permission levels (stickster, 18:11:49) * ACTION: stickster link 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' FakeFAS groups to new "writer" and "editor" roles in Drupal (stickster, 18:12:32) * Zikula question (stickster, 18:16:20) * LINK: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-August/008881.… (stickster, 18:17:24) * ACTION: smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula (stickster, 18:31:16) * Drupal status (stickster, 18:31:31) * Drupal is up, AuthFAS works, FakeFAS is now available. (stickster, 18:31:55) * stickster will create group mappings as seen earlier. (stickster, 18:32:10) * Project plan (stickster, 18:39:04) * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Insight_project_plan (stickster, 18:40:50) * ACTION: stickster to continue work on project plan and have it finished next week. (stickster, 18:47:02) * AOB (stickster, 18:48:47) Meeting ended at 18:52:44 UTC. Action Items ------------ * stickster make 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' groups for testing permission levels * stickster link 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' FakeFAS groups to new "writer" and "editor" roles in Drupal * smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula * stickster to continue work on project plan and have it finished next week. Action Items, by person ----------------------- * smooge * smooge to ask Toshio on-list if he's interested in doing anything related to drak's offer of a CI build process for Zikula * stickster * stickster make 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' groups for testing permission levels * stickster link 'cmswriter' and 'cmseditor' FakeFAS groups to new "writer" and "editor" roles in Drupal * stickster to continue work on project plan and have it finished next week. * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * stickster (82) * rbergeron (16) * smooge (13) * jsmith (7) * zodbot (4) * kushal (3) * ke4qqq (3) * ianweller (1) * MarkDude (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Insight meeting 1800 UTC today #fedora-meeting
by Paul W. Frields 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Meeting is 2pm EDT/11am PDT. I'm going to post the skeleton project plan I have now to the wiki, but I don't think it's finished yet. I spent a lot of time this past week working with Jared, James, John, and others on Alpha bugs, FUDCon matters, and some internal RHEL work. I expect to have more time this coming week for project plan beefing up, and by moving the current material to the wiki I hope to have some other people collaborate with me on it. :-) -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Reminder Fedora 14 Alpha Readiness Meeting 2010-08-12 @ 18:00 UTC (2PM US Eastern/11 AM US Pacific)
by John Poelstra 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

date: 2010-08-12 place: irc.freenode.net #fedora-meeting time: 18:00 UTC (2 PM Eastern) This Thursday August 12, 2010, we will meet to make sure we are coordinated and ready for the public release of the Fedora 14 Alpha release (tentatively scheduled for) on Tuesday, August 17, 2010. We will meet on Thursday regardless of the outcome from tomorrow's "Go/No-Go Meeting." http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000654.… I'm sending this out to the same people as Fedora 13. Let me know if there have been changes for the Fedora 14 release or arrange an alternate from your team. This meeting works best when we have representatives from all of the teams so we'll be looking for the following people to attend or send a representative. Ambassadors -- David Nalley Design -- Máirín Duffy Documentation -- Eric Christensen FESCo -- Kevin Fenzi Fedora Engineering Manager -- Tom "Spot" Callaway Fedora Project Leader -- Jared Smith Infrastructure -- Mike McGrath Marketing -- Robyn Bergeron Quality -- James Laska Release Engineering -- Jesse Keating Translation -- Noriko Mizumoto Websites -- Ricky Zhou Talk to you Thursday. John

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Insight meeting recap 2010-08-05 UTC 1800
by Paul W. Frields 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Sorry these notes are late to the list -- I postponed them last Thursday afternoon for what was supposed to be just a few minutes... and FAIL. :-) It was a short meeting, as we spent the time working on the technical blocker issue of FakeFAS. Many thanks to Smooge, Toshio, and Mike McGrath who helped us get it working! Now available at https://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/accounts. * * * Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-08-05/fedora_insight.2… Minutes (HTML): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-08-05/fedora_insight.2… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-08-05/fedora_insight.2… Meeting summary --------------- * Roll call! (stickster, 18:01:53) * stickster admits his agenda is not up2date, and takes a moment to fiddle with it (stickster, 18:02:22) * smooge and stickster will be working in #fedora-admin to resolve FakeFAS status and get things running. Meeting is adjourned, join us there if you're interested. (stickster, 18:06:18) Meeting ended at 18:06:25 UTC. Action Items ------------ Action Items, by person ----------------------- * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * stickster (14) * zodbot (3) * smooge (2) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

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Drupal on pt4
by Paul W. Frields 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

http://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/drupal The Drupal 6 instance is up, using the drupal6-6.17-2 RPM under review currently in this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569833 The indomitable Jon Stanley is working on getting the FakeFAS instance up on publictest4 as well, so we can use it for accounts/testing. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Start End Name Mon 09-Aug Mon 09-Aug Reminder: Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting Mon 09-Aug Mon 09-Aug Reminder: Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Wed 11-Aug Wed 11-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting (17:00 EST) Thu 12-Aug Thu 12-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Fri 13-Aug Fri 13-Aug Alpha Export Control Reporting Tue 17-Aug Tue 17-Aug Alpha Public Availability Wed 18-Aug Wed 18-Aug Reminder: Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1 Fri 20-Aug Fri 20-Aug Beta Blocker Meeting (f14beta) #1

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Insight meeting 1800 UTC today #fedora-meeting
by Paul W. Frields 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

I did some work on the project plan this past weekend, but it's not yet camera-ready so I'm going to continue plugging away at it. Jon Stanley did some work on getting FAS installed on the publictest4, but it's not quite working yet: https://publictest4.fedoraproject.org/accounts I'd like to use today's Insight meeting time (2pm EDT/11am PDT) to concentrate on that blocker, and then I can do more substantial work tomorrow and over the weekend. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Start End Name Tue 03-Aug Tue 03-Aug Deliver Incomplete Features to FESCo Tue 03-Aug Tue 03-Aug Alpha Change Deadline Tue 03-Aug Tue 03-Aug Software String Freeze Tue 03-Aug Tue 03-Aug Announce Software String Freeze Reached Tue 03-Aug Tue 03-Aug Announce Alpha Change Deadline Reached Wed 04-Aug Wed 04-Aug Reminder: Alpha Blocker Meeting (f14alpha) #4 Fri 06-Aug Fri 06-Aug Alpha Blocker Meeting (f14alpha) #4 Mon 09-Aug Mon 09-Aug Reminder: Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting Mon 09-Aug Mon 09-Aug Reminder: Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Wed 11-Aug Wed 11-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting (17:00 EST) Thu 12-Aug Thu 12-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Fri 13-Aug Fri 13-Aug Alpha Export Control Reporting Tue 17-Aug Tue 17-Aug Alpha Public Availability Have you found something that is working really well in your schedule? Or maybe you've found something you believe would work better in the future? Update the schedule retrospective page now to capture all of the important details as they happen: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective

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