Goddard Quotes
by Tareq Al Jurf
Today while i was reading about Dr. Robert Goddard, I found a quote that
might help us.
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is
the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." *Robert H. Goddard*I don't
have an idea that we can use it in.It would be very long for a sologan, but
I think that we could apply it to Fedora.
Any suggestion on how can we use it in any project?
Regards
--
Tareq Al Jurf
Fedora Ambassador
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
taljurf(a)fedoraproject.org
14 years, 1 month
Fedora Insight sprint this weekend: HTML/CSS designers needed!
by Pascal Calarco
Hi Logistics, Marketing and News teams --
From a brief IRC conversation on #fedora-mktg yesterday with itbegins
(Simon Birtwhistle), we thought of trying to get some people together
this weekend to make real headway on Fedora Insight UI customization on
the staging server. Some tasks we hope to accomplish:
* cross-train some designers with HTML & CSS skills to know the Zikula
internals and particulars of where and how to customize for Fedora Insight
* complete the work remaining for Fedora Weekly News' workflow to begin
using Fedora Insight for a near-future FWN publishing vehicle
* get stuff in place for the Fedora Marketing FAD in a couple weeks so
we can complete Fedora Insight there for FWN production launch in
mid-late March
If you are interested and available, please take a look at the Doodle
poll below and we'll pick out some time this weekend when we can work on
this as a group:
http://doodle.com/v4kg37x8v5q2vity
Mel, do you have a suggestion as to which freenode channel we should use
for something like this? Perhaps #fedora-meeting-1 ?
Thanks, everyone!
- pascal
----
Pascal Calarco
Fedora Weekly News editor
Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
14 years, 2 months
Fwd: Re: Fedora 13 Alpha Readiness Meeting :: 2010-02-25 @ 21:00 UTC
by Mel Chua
No readiness meeting today - the QA meeting this week says Alpha is a
no-go, we're slipping Alpha a week.
However, unlike in the past, the rest of the schedule *will not* slip a
week, because No Frozen Rawhide lets folks keep puttering away - it's
just the Alpha date that's changing.
Just FYI - this doesn't really impact our deliverables, except for
writing the release announcement with Docs (which is a quick and easy
thing to do anyway).
--Mel
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 Alpha Readiness Meeting :: 2010-02-25 @ 21:00 UTC
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:08:57 -0500
From: Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
To: logistics(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 08:53:26AM -0800, John Poelstra wrote:
> One week from today, February 25, 2010, we will meet to make sure we are
> coordinated and ready for the public release of the Fedora 13 Alpha on
> Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
>
> date: 2010-02-25
> place: irc.freenode.net #fedora-meeting
> time: 21:00 UTC (4 PM Eastern)
>
> 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
> different representative:
>
> Ambassadors -- David Nalley
> Design -- Máirín Duffy
> Documentation -- Eric Christensen
> FESCo -- Kevin Fenzi
> Fedora Engineering Manager -- Tom "Spot" Callaway
> Fedora Project Leader -- Paul Frields
> Infrastructure -- Mike McGrath
> Marketing -- Mel Chua
> Quality -- James Laska
> Release Engineering -- Jesse Keating
> Translation -- Noriko Mizumoto
> Websites -- Ricky Zhou
The F13 Alpha release has slipped by one week to 2010-03-09:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-02-25/fedora-meeting...
This meeting is therefore being rescheduled. The current proposed
time is one week from today:
date: 2010-03-04
place: irc.freenode.net #fedora-meeting
time: 21:00 UTC (4 PM US-Eastern)
Same attendees. If you cannot make this meeting time, please identify
and send a replacement representative.
--
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14 years, 2 months
[in the news] Fedora Splits and Goes Faster
by Kara Schiltz
LinuxPlanet
2/23/10
Fedora Splits and Goes Faster
By Sean Michael Kerner
The bleeding edge of Red Hat's Fedora Linux community has long been the
branch of Fedora code known as Rawhide. New contributions land in
Rawhide first, marking the tip of new Linux development for Fedora,
though activity there slows down during Fedora release cycles.
As a result of a new move taken by Fedora developers this month,
however, Rawhide is evolving to ensure that even when new Fedora
releases are coming, the bleeding edge of Linux development won't grind
to a halt.
Full post:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6989/1/
14 years, 2 months
Linux Planet on No Frozen Rawhide
by Paul W. Frields
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6989/1/
"The bleeding edge of Red Hat's Fedora Linux community has long been
the branch of Fedora code known as Rawhide. New contributions land in
Rawhide first, marking the tip of new Linux development for Fedora,
though activity there slows down during Fedora release cycles.
As a result of a new move taken by Fedora developers this month,
however, Rawhide is evolving to ensure that even when new Fedora
releases are coming, the bleeding edge of Linux development won't
grind to a halt.
The change could mean that Fedora development will now be accelerated,
with work continuing for the next major milestone, Fedora 13, while
development on what will become Fedora 14 now occurring simultaneously
in Rawhide. Fedora 13 is currently scheduled for a May 11 release."
(read more at the link above)
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14 years, 2 months
Release slogan SOP
by Paul W. Frields
I did a bit of work on the [[Release slogan SOP]] page, including
adding some automagic links that will update with each release.
I also created a {{Slogan}} template (at [[Template:Slogan]] maybe
obviously) that we'll be able to use for F14 and future releases.
My remaining tasks are to help flesh out the rest of the SOP, and
remove the ideas area entirely, replacing it with the instructions for
creating a new [[F<#> release slogan]] page, which is very short and
simple.
--
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14 years, 2 months
F13 talking points have been chosen - help us add in details!
by Mel Chua
You may recall the Marketing team asking for help selecting the F13
talking points last week - thanks to a great many people who
participated, we were able to wrap up the discussion today (which you
can see at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-02-23/fedora-meeti...)
and are happy to announce that the F13 talking points have been chosen.
Here they are! From https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points:
* 1 For desktop users and everyone
o 1.1 Automatic print driver installation
o 1.2 Automatic installation of language packs
o 1.3 Redesigned user management interface
o 1.4 Color management
o 1.5 NetworkManager improvements include CLI
o 1.6 Experimental 3D extended to free Nouveau driver
* 2 For administrators
o 2.1 BFO
o 2.2 Authconfig UI redesign
o 2.3 Pioneering NSF features
o 2.4 Zarafa
o 2.5 Experimenting with btrfs
* 3 For developers
o 3.1 SystemTap static probes
o 3.2 Easier Python debugging
o 3.3 Parallel-installable Python 3
o 3.4 NetBeans 6.8 first IDE to support entire Java 6 EE spec
* 4 Spins
o 4.1 Moblin Spin
o 4.2 Sugar on a Stick Spin
o 4.3 Design Studio Spin
o 4.4 Security Spin
Now: to finish fleshing them out, we need your help. We're aiming for a
finished product like
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Talking_Points. See the links
to feature pages, heavily hyperlinked descriptions, and catchy one-line
summaries at the end? That's what we need for all the F13 talking points.
If you know cool things about a talking point that should be mentioned,
good resources on it to link to, or otherwise have something to chip in,
please add it to the wiki page
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points); we'll be
cleaning up the final display next week right before the Alpha goes out.
Tally ho!
--Mel on behalf of the Marketing team
14 years, 2 months
Re: [Design-team] Call for F13 release slogan suggestions
by Paul W. Frields
It's true, and we've considered that as part of our SOP:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP#Choose_a_release_slogan
We allow translators to find what they consider the best fit for their
locale, even if it departs somewhat from the en-US usage. It's simply
impossible to do equal translations of a good slogan everywhere, as
every single corporation in the world as found. :-)
Paul
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:49:59AM +0100, Kris Thomsen wrote:
> I think we are forgetting one thing, when we make this. One-word
> slogans doesn't always sound good when translated. Believe me, I'm the
> danish maintainer.
>
> // Kris
>
> 2010/2/24 Robyn Bergeron <robyn.bergeron(a)gmail.com>:
> > Greetings Friends,
> >
> > We need a slogan for the F13 release. It will be chosen one week from
> > now, on 3/2. A release slogan is a short call-to-action that fits the
> > artwork theme from Design, found at
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_release_slogan#Themes. (F12's
> > slogan was "Unite.")
> >
> > If you are interested in suggesting ideas for the release slogan,
> > please take a look at the Release Slogan SOP, and the criteria for
> > selection, at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP. The
> > slogan must be:
> >
> > * short (1-3 words)
> > * a call to action
> > * positive
> >
> > It should reinforce that Fedora helps the user achieve something
> > great. It should also reflect some of ideas and themes found in the
> > release artwork, and, if possible, also touch upon the Four
> > Foundations (http://https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations).
> >
> > Please put your slogan ideas here:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_release_slogan#New_slogan_ideas
> >
> > The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 3/2 at 20:00 UTC, which is our
> > next Marketing meeting
> > (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings). We'll be
> > discussing submissions there, and then the FPL, Mo Duffy, and the
> > Marketing team lead will take that input and select the final slogan
> > on 3/2, following the marketing meeting. Let me know if you have any
> > questions, comments, or concerns -- and let the wiki table know if you
> > have any ideas!
14 years, 2 months
Talking points: for the next round
by Mel Chua
A side note for next round, now listed at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing. If we don't catch it on
the final run of the SOP, we'll catch it during our F13 "how did it go?"
review some months from now, after release.
19:22 < mchua> kashyapc: out of curiosity - what would have made the
deadline easier to know about / keep track of / etc?
19:22 < mchua> I get the feeling we may have unintentionally blindsided
developers despite trying hard not to.
19:24 < kashyapc> mchua, one reason, me not being more lazy :)
seriously, I feel you folks have done a good job.
19:25 < kashyapc> mchua, I was the only guy trying to keep track of it.
(as other folks were neck deep in more pressing issues)
19:27 < kashyapc> mchua, one thing I can think of - may be a small Note
about this at the end of the main FeatureList page ?
19:30 < kashyapc> mchua, thanks for the info, btw.
19:33 < mchua> kashyapc: Oh, that's a good idea - we should be clearer
about how this ties into the feature cycle.
14 years, 2 months
