Fedora Weekly News Issue 123
by Thomas Chung
= Fedora Weekly News Issue 123 =
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 123 for the week of March 3rd, 2008.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue123
In Planet Fedora, we have "Bonnie in Laurinburg", "RSS feeds of
bugs!", "Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora" and "Hints for
making Evolution faster"
In Fedora Marketing, we have "Interview with Max Spevack and Paul
Frields", "Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Name for Fedora
Compute Grid Project", "ext4 Implementation Interview" and many more.
We are always looking for more writers to help us deliver timely
information to the Fedora community.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join.
1. Planet Fedora
1. Bonnie in Laurinburg
2. RSS feeds of bugs!
3. Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora
4. Hints for making Evolution faster
2. Marketing
1. Interview with Max Spevack and Paul Frields
2. Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles
3. Name for Fedora Compute Grid Project
4. The Effects of Commercialization on Open-source Communities
5. Recap of Fedora Marketing Meeting on 6 March
6. Some Marketing Tips from Linux Magazine
7. ext4 Implementation Interview
3. Ambassadors
1. North and South America Ambassador Meeting
2. Help Wanted: NOTACON 5 - Cleveland, Ohio
3. FAmSCo Summary
4. Advisory Board
1. Reinforcing MP3 Patent Issues As A Global Problem
2. LWN Subscriptions Setup
5. Documentation
1. Beta Release Notes
2. SMG in CVS, ready for post-DocBook conversion edit
3. Meeting with RH Docs
6. Artwork
1. The Fedora logo in Black and White
2. Continual theme development
7. Security Week
1. Improve security with polyinstantiation
2. Evolution or Intelligent Design?
8. Security Advisories
1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories
2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories
9. Events and Meetings
1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-04
2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-03
3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-07
4. Fedora Marketing Meeting 2008-03-06
5. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-05
6. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-06
7. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-06
8. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-03-03
9. Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting 2008-03-05
10. Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-03-05
11. Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008
12. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-04
(Section 1)
== Planet Fedora ==
In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an
aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet
Contributing Writers: ThomasChung
=== Bonnie in Laurinburg ===
AlexMaier points out in her blog[1],
"Both car and driver survived the two-day event mostly unscathed,
which can't be said about a whole bunch of cones we hit. Here you see
Bonnie sporting the numbers and the Fedora sponsorship on the second
day. Click on the picture to see a few more from the set."
[1] http://statelessimmigrant.blogspot.com/2008/03/bonnie-in-laurinburg.html
=== RSS feeds of bugs! ===
JonStanley points out in his blog[1],
"Just figured that I'd point out here that to assist in bug triage,
I've made some Feedburner feeds of new Bugzilla bugs - a shout out to
Bill Nottingham for giving me the idea."
[1] http://jons-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/rss-feeds-of-bugs.html
=== Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora ===
RolandWolters points out in his blog[1],
"WebKit is a browser engine which was once forked from KHTML by Apple.
Nowadays it is developed by the WebKit project where Apple still has
quite some weight, but others are in the boat as well: Trolltech,
Nokia, Adobe, some KDE developers, some GNOME developers, etc.
Besides, WebKit will be part of the upcoming Qt 4.4, will play an
important role in KDE's Plasma and can also be used as a backend in
GNOME's Epiphany browser."
[1] http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/howto-test-the-webkit-engine-in-...
=== Hints for making Evolution faster ===
JesseKeating points out his blog[1],
"I've had a long battle with evolution and it's speed. Particularly
opening imap folders and checking for mail. However somebody recently
clued me into a (new?) setting that has sped my evolution use up quite
a bit."
[1] http://jkeating.livejournal.com/56147.html
(Section 2)
== Marketing ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: JohnBabich
=== Interview with Max Spevack and Paul Frields ===
JonathanRoberts advertised [1] that he "did an interview with
MaxSpevack and PaulFrields that has gone online today. I think it
reads really well and makes the future prospects of the project sound
very exciting...You can read it here [2]"
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00014....
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/FPL
=== Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles ===
MohdIzharFirdaus pointed out [1] "During the production of Spiderwick,
Tippett Studio switched to Fedora Linux running on Macintosh desktops.
"We currently have 119 Intel-based Apple Mac Pro workstations running
Linux", says Tippett Computer Graphics Supervisor Russell Darling. "We
decided to go with Apple hardware running Linux for our primary artist
workstations on The Spiderwick Chronicles, although it might have been
considered a risky endeavor for a show in production. We initially had
some problems with sound on Maya and a few other minor issues, but
they were resolved. We got a patch from Autodesk that took care of
everything." Commercial Linux software vendors work closely with film
studio clients."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00018....
=== Name for Fedora Compute Grid Project ===
KarstenWade warned [1] "Recently under discussion on f-a-b is the idea
of creating a million-node compute grid using Condor and other tools.
This might include, for example, the ability to join the grid during
firstboot. Catch up on that thread here [2]. We are suffering from a
cool name; we are in danger of calling it "Fedora Home" in the
meantime, and with one pick-up of that name in Fedora Weekly News,
someone is going to come pressing trademark rights. Shall we declare
it a codename in seek of a replacement?
What this thing is:
* A cool piece of technology with a grid client and Fedora-run grid master
* A way to contribute to Fedora with spare CPU cycles from your
machine(s); useful for everyone from Web surfing grandmas to kernel
hackers with quad-cores
* A chance to create something that Fedorans can use for good projects:
* Distributed build-system
* Social and technical causes that match with Fedora values/ideals
* Cool research
It's some kind of convergence, which is why it needs a cool name, right?"
JeffSpaleta offered [3] "Okay, assuming we are only going to allow
Fedora clients:
The Fedora Trellis: The 'open' grid supporting Fedora's growth.
If we are going to allow non-Fedora clients I would just call it The
Trellis [4]:
trellis (n) 1. A structure of open latticework, especially one used
as a support for vines and other creeping plants."
PaulFrields declared [5] the name "Trellis" as the winner: "*ding ding ding*".
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00022....
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00022....
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00044....
[4] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trellis
[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00047....
=== The Effects of Commercialization on Open-source Communities ===
RahulSundaram reported [1] of an entry in Matt Asay's blog on CNET,
giving an "interesting perspective for communities with commercial
contributors including Fedora". [2]
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00023....
[2] http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9885248-16.html
=== Recap of Fedora Marketing Meeting on 6 March ===
GregDeKoenigsberg posted [1] that we "discussed the Marketing Plan
document and made some modifications to the copy currently on the
wiki. We discussed Target Audience and Brand Positioning, and our
current thoughts are summed up on the Plan page. [2]
We feel like Target Audience is pretty strong, but we're going to
continue to iterate over Brand Positioning. Once we have that right,
we'll move on to Key Marketing Messages, and then the rest of our
lives as a group will probably be spent refining our Strategies and
Tactics.
Productive discussions, and exciting for people who enjoy the
challenge of communicating The Big Fedora Message. Look forward to
seeing more and more join the discussion over time.
Next meeting: next Thursday [13 March], 2000 UTC. (Note to US
Americans: don't get caught by the time change! We will have the
meeting at 2000 UTC, no matter what that means after we Spring
Forward!)"
Note: The HTML IRC log for the meeting can be found here [3].
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00025....
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/MarketingPlan
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Meetings/Minutes/IRCLog20080306
=== Some Marketing Tips from Linux Magazine ===
JonathanRoberts stated [1], "I had the opportunity to ask Joe Cassad
from Linux Magazine about how they come across ideas for stories and
articles, and what Fedora can do to make it easier for them to find
stories about Fedora. The most important part of the response I got
was this
Me: In an ideal world, how would you like to go about getting
information about a project like Fedora when trying to find material
for new articles? Essentially, what can Fedora do for you to make your
job easier!?
Joe: I'm not sure where you are on this now, but one thing I have
noticed in the past is that it is difficult to get good documentation
on Fedora until after the release. If I don't get to see a detailed
description of highlights or new features until the release notes
appear, this task of finding good article topics can't start until the
release. It then takes a couple months to get an article and a couple
more months to edit and print the magazine. If there were a way to get
better
documentation before the release, that would help a lot. I don't know
if you're having to content with non-disclosure strategies here, so
maybe this isn't possible.
Me: Do you know about our Feature List [2] page?
Joe: OK. That's useful to know about. I'll watch that list. The
important part is the description. Some of these features have useful
descriptions some are not as easy to understand at a glance.
What do people think? Maybe the SSS could help us here? And the
Feature List could be promoted more/cleaned up by marketing or docs
people?
RahulSundaram replied [3] "Which descriptions don't make sense either
in the summary or after reading the specification. I think these are
fairly good descriptions considering they are essentially developer
specifications."
IanWeller opined [4] "Maybe an official news blog-type-thing, most
likely on the front page, would help get news out to other larger
Linux news sites. (I'm not necessarily sure if this has been
attempted before already.) Are press releases also an option?"
JeffSpaleta asked [5] "How about this as a compromise....What if we
leave the feature process development driven.. but we hook in a way
for someone who is perusing the feature summaries to easily drop a
comment or a note if they want a layperson explanation. The notes
would go to a marketing group..maybe even this list...an answer is
formulated and sent back to the person who asked the the explanation
and additionally linked in to the feature summary on the feature list
without disturbing the development oriented information there.
This might even be useful in figuring out where the next developer
interview opportunities are. Both could be used when announcements are
made about features, new alphas/betas are available, etc."
KarstenWade posited [6] "+1 ... sort of like a press inquiries
address, but offered as part of an already useful document? That way
we are asking for targeted questions and not inviting wide-open
requests that are mainly covered in the features pages. We could also
find a way to cross-tie the SSS with specific features, so one has a
press-friendly approach and there is a reciprocating link to find the
deeper developer-oriented content."
Karsten continued [7] regarding an official news site:
"news.fedoraproject.org is in the works, mainly for just that job."
Concerning press releases, he said "Yes, but best is press.redhat.com;
it's a blog output, several of us in the Marketing SIG can post to it
as "the Fedora team", and it is watched by a growing number of
technical and other press. It's somewhere I'd "post also", that is,
output a press release to news.fp.o and make sure a copy gets to
press.r.c."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00028....
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/FeatureList
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00029....
[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00030....
[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00034....
[6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00045....
[7] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00041....
=== ext4 Implementation Interview ===
RodrigoMenezes noted [1] "a new interview is up. This time it's with
Eric Sandeen and all about the new ext4 implementation that are going
to be landing in F9."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00031....
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/EricSandeen
(Section 3)
== Ambassadors ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock
=== North and South America Ambassador Meeting ===
The North and South America Ambassadors held their monthly meeting on
March 3rd. If you were unable to attend the meeting the IRC log has
been posted to the Ambassador Mailing List [1] and the wiki [2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg000...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-03-03/HTML_Log
=== Help Wanted: NOTACON 5 - Cleveland, Ohio ===
NOTACON 5 [1] has been added to the Events Help Wanted page [2]. The
event runs April 4th through the 6th in Cleveland, Ohio. If you are
an ambassador in the northeastern Ohio or Western Pennsylvania area
and can help organize a booth for the event please check the Events
Help Wanted page [2] or mailing list post for additional information
[3].
[1] http://www.notacon.org/
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted/Events
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg000...
=== FAmSCo Summary ===
FAmSCo worked on the budget process to be used to obtain funds for
events. The initial announcement email has seen its first draft and
should be posted to the Ambassadors mailing list this week.
FAmSCo drafted an informal event reporting guideline. The event
reporting guideline will assist ambassadors with ideas of what to post
in event reports to blogs and mailing lists. It will be posted to the
wiki and announced on the Ambassador mailing list this upcoming week.
FAmSCo has also initiated a wiki cleanup effort for the Ambassador's
section of the wiki. There are numerous outdated pages in our section
of the wiki. The list of pages receiving attention, which will change
over time, has been posted to the wiki [1].
The IRC meeting logs from the FAmSCo meeting on Friday, March 7th have
been posted to the Ambassador the wiki [2].
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/CleanUpPages
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008...
(Section 4)
== Advisory Board ==
In this section, we cover discussion in Fedora Advisory Board.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
Contributing Writer: MichaelLarabel
=== Reinforcing MP3 Patent Issues As A Global Problem ===
With the authorities enforcing MP3/MP4 patents at the recent CeBIT
technology trade-show in Germany, JeffSpaleta had asked[1] whether
news articles related to these media patent enforcements going on
outside of the United States should be added to the CodecBuddy Wiki
page[2]. Sharing this information from the Wiki page would re-enforce
that such patents are a global problem and not limited to the United
States. Jeff's message was greeted by a positive response.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00050...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy
=== LWN Subscriptions Setup ===
For those contributors that requested a complementary LWN 10th
anniversary account, if you submitted your information prior to March
1st the account should now be setup[1]. There are still 12 available
subscriptions, which the Fedora board will look to distribute.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00005...
(Section 5)
== Documentation ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
Contributing Writer: JohnBabich
=== Beta Release Notes ===
JonathanRoberts announced [1] that "The beta release notes can be
found at [2]. I'd appreciate it if people would look over what's there
and make suggestions on list or changes to the page itself :)"
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00011.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes.
=== SMG in CVS, ready for post-DocBook conversion edit ===
KarstenWade asked [1] for help with the SMG:
"The Software Management Guide has undergone a bit of a facelift, with
these cool changes:
* Freshly updated content written and edited by Eric 'Sparks'
Christensen; edit and wiki conversion to DocBook XML by Jared Smith
* This checkout is in DocBook but has not been edited for proper
Fedora Docs style:
* At least Paul and I have agreed to have review it
* Chance to watch fedora-docs-commits to learn how and why we do stuff
* Informative CVS commit messages guaranteed or your money back!
* The current development version is available in CVS. [2]
* Module in CVS moved from 'yum-software-management' to reflect new
name and focus
* All current and old bugzilla entries for 'y-s-m' moved to 's-m-g'
* New module owner Eric Christensen, QA eye by Jared Smith
Next Steps
1. Big XML crawl over with our Sherlockian magnifying glass
2. Approve for Fedora 9
3. Publish with Fedora 9 on [3]
How to Help with the XML Crawl
Declare to this thread which chapters you want to review; review them
and commit changes to CVS"
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00022.html
[2] cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/docs/software-management-guide-devel
[This link does not work in a web browser - ed.]
[3] http://docs.fedoraproject.org/software-management-guide [This link
does not exist at present - ed.]
=== Meeting with RH Docs ===
PaulFrields talked [1] "with a couple of folks from the Red Hat
Engineering Content Services (documentation & translation) groups
tonight -- part of a weekly series of meetings, actually. Thanks to
the kind participation of Murray Mc`Allister, we have a splendid
opportunity to see how our toolchain can fit together with Publican,
the RH Docs tool for building documentation. There are probably a few
capabilities we have of which the RH Docs team isn't aware, and some
pain points that may require fixing as well.
I am hopeful that the developer of Publican, Jeff Fearn, will be able
to help out with looking at the FDP toolchain to explore all these
issues, since there aren't many of us here with the combination of the
requisite skills and the time to work on any remaining problems.
Doing this work in the open community is a big win for everyone,
especially since it
will help seed a whole new group of documentation writers and editors
in the FDP. As I told the RH folks, I suspect this is not nearly as
long or arduous a process as it sounds. I also think we'll find not
only a lot of common problems already solved, but ways to improve both
our toolchain and Publican as we go.
Thanks to everyone for your assistance as we explore this opportunity together."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00031.html
(Section 6)
== Artwork ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei
=== The Fedora logo in Black and White ===
The Fedora logo, the Infinity Bubble uses 3 colors: a dark blue, a
light blue and white, which makes it impractical for black and white
use (required for example to keep the printing costs very low), so
MairinDuffy steps in[1] and updates the Logo Usage Guidelines[2] for
this case: "In this scenario, the logotype must be used alone without
the logo mark, in a light color type on a dark background or in a dark
color type on a light background."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00004.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines
=== Continual theme development ===
The theme development for Fedora 9 continues, with a new time
extension[1] and more development[2] on the Sulfuric Waves[3] theme.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00017.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00011.html
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves
(Section 7)
== Security Week ==
In this section, we highlight the security stories from the week in Fedora.
Contributing Writer: JoshBressers
=== Improve security with polyinstantiation ===
There is a really good article about using directory polyinstantiation in PAM:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-polyinstantiation/?ca=d...
I hope to see this used by default in an upcoming Fedora release. All
the bits are there, someone just needs to put them together. The
basics are that each user gets their own personal /tmp for example.
This then (mostly) eliminates things like insecure temp file usage
flaws.
=== Evolution or Intelligent Design? ===
A quite serious Evolution critical issue was released last week:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29057/
This issue would allow an attacker to inject arbitrary code into your
evolution process if you view the malformed message. There's not
really a good way to protect against this, as the very nature of email
is to view the messages you receive. Many people got very little
sleep in order to release a timely update for this one.
A big thanks should go out to Secunia for giving everyone a heads up
about this. If you're running Evolution and you've not updated yet,
you should do so.
(Section 8)
== Security Advisories ==
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora 8 Security Advisories ===
* phpMyAdmin-2.11.5-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg000...
* ghostscript-8.61-8.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg000...
* synce-sync-engine-0.11-6.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* librapi-0.11-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* vdccm-0.10.1-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* synce-kpm-0.11-3.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* wbxml2-0.9.2-12.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* synce-serial-0.11-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* librra-0.11-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* pywbxml-0.1-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* odccm-0.11-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* synce-gnomevfs-0.11-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* synce-gnome-0.11-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* libsynce-0.11-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* nx-3.1.0-25.1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* libtirpc-0.1.7-15.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* lighttpd-1.4.18-6.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* mediawiki-1.10.4-38.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* evolution-2.12.3-3.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg002...
=== Fedora 7 Security Advisories ===
* phpMyAdmin-2.11.5-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* mediawiki-1.10.4-38.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* lighttpd-1.4.18-3.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* pcre-7.3-3.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* evolution-2.10.3-8.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg001...
* ghostscript-8.15.4-4.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg002...
[[Anchor(EventsMeetings)]]
== Events and Meetings ==
In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from
various Projects and SIGs.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-04 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-03-04
=== Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-03 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/2008-03-03
=== Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-07 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008...
=== Fedora Marketing Meeting 2008-03-06 ===
* http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00025....
=== Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-05 ===
* http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00038.html
=== Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-06 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20080306
=== Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-06 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg...
=== Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-03-03 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-mar-03
=== Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting 2008-03-05 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20080305
=== Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-03-05 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/Meetings/Agenda-2008-Mar-05
=== Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week10
=== Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-04 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-03-04
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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung
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Docs and Marketing Beats Ready
by John Babich
Thomas:
The FWN beats for Documentation and Marketing are ready for review.
Best Regards,
John Babich
Beat Writer, Docs and Marketing
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Ambassadors Beat Ready
by Jeffrey Tadlock
The Ambassadors beat has been posted to the wiki:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Beats/Ambassadors
Thanks,
Jeffrey
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FWN: Art Beat ready
by Nicu Buculei
This week's topics:
- The Fedora logo in Black and White
- Continual theme development
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Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/
Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org
my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro
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Headings numbering, visible anchors
by Tim Landscheidt
Hi,
I read Fedora Weekly News as plain text, and one thing that
has bothered me for some time is that while the headings in
the table of contents are numbered, the headings in the text
"body" are not. Besides, there are several lines à la
"[[Anchor(Marketing)]]" in the text whose presence looks un-
wanted.
Would it be possible to correct these mistakes? I'd have
happily provided patches, but I have not found the script
used to convert the newsletter to plain text.
Thanks,
Tim
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DE-22111 Hamburg ICQ: #66781347
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Fedora Weekly News Issue 122
by Thomas Chung
= Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 =
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 for the week of February 25th,
2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue122
In Announcements, we have "Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04".
In Fedora Marketing, we have "Banners for Interviews", "Network
Manager Interview", "New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for
volunteers" and many more.
To join or give us your feedback, please visit
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join.
1. Announcements
1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04
2. Marketing
1. Banners for Interviews
2. Network Manager Interview
3. Fedora NPO founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles
4. Beta Freeze Release Overview
5. Beta Freeze Release Notes
6. New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for volunteers
7. SELinux Article: Seatbelt for Software
8. X.Org 7.4 Release Planning
9. Fedora on the Final Frontier
10. Meeting on Fedora Marketing Plan
3. Ambassadors
1. Fedora EMEA Founded at FOSDEM
2. Fedora Ambassadors Will Be At OpenExpo 2008
3. Northeastern University Speaking Engagement Report
4. Chemnitzer LinuxTage 2008 Reports
5. FAmSCo Summary
4. Advisory Board
1. What Defines A Fedora Spin?
5. Documentation
1. Welcome Email
6. Artwork
1. Multi-resolution backgrounds
2. Which color is Fedora?
3. Themes development
7. Daily Package
1. Planet - Feed aggregator
2. Autotrace - Convert bitmaps to Vector graphics
3. How does Pulseaudio start?
4. lshw-gui - Browse hardware info
5. Quarry - Multi-purpose game board
8. Security Advisories
1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories
2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories
9. Events and Meetings
1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-02-26
2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-02-25
3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-29
4. Fedora Marketing Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28
5. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27
6. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-02-28
7. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28
8. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-02-25
9. Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-MM-DD
10. Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 09/2008
11. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-02-26
12. Fedora SIG Store Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27
[[Anchor(Announcements)]]
== Announcements ==
In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 ===
PaulFrields announces in fedora-announce-list[1],
"The Fedora Board will hold an IRC meeting on Tuesday, 4 March 2008,
at 1900 UTC (2:00pm EST, 11:00am PST). This meeting will NOT be held
in #fedora-meeting, since it is being used by the community at that
time."
"Because we hope for a large turnout, this setup promotes an orderly
process when the Board takes questions or open issues. The length of
the Q&A will depend on availability of the Board members and interest
from the community."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-March/msg00000....
[[Anchor(Marketing)]]
== Marketing ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: JohnBabich
=== Banners for Interviews ===
MikeMcGrath informs [1] "We've got a generic banner that can easily be
edited with interviewers name and put into the rotation, if someones
interested in doing that (and coming up with other ads for the banner
links) stop by the fedora-websites-list and we'll get you setup."
JonathanRoberts replies [2] "I was already a step ahead of you here :)
I've the sources of the generic interview banner and will be posting
it for use everytime a new interview comes up. Is the websites list
the best place to drop these when I've got them done?"
Mike responds [3] "You can do that, if you want to get the middle man
out of the way you can apply for the sysadmin and sysadmin-web groups.
That will give you access to alter the banners directly."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
=== Network Manager Interview ===
JonathanRoberts announces [1] that "a new interview is up. This time it's
with Dan Williams [2] and all about the cool new NetworkManager features
that are going to be landing in Rawhide in the coming weeks and months..."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/DanWilliams
=== Fedora NPO founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles ===
Gerold Kassube announces [1]
"Dear *,
it is a great pleasure for us to share with you the official
announcement of the Fedora EMEA NPO as you can read below:
The idea of improving the way in which Fedora is supported started in
2006, and has been given shape and carefully prepared during the
following year. On February 23rd, 2008, conform German Law and
established in the German district Lörrach, 10 active members of the
European Fedora Community founded a non-profit association called
"Fedora EMEA e.V.".
This foundation increases the possibilities to inform a broader mass
about the Fedora Project and forms a focal point and economic base for
Fedora Project supporters. For companies and other organizations, the
Fedora Project supporters are now organized in a solid, efficient and
transparent way. The foundation reports to the Fedora Project
regularly.
As President of the Board, the members elected Gerold Kassube
(Germany), long-time member of the Fedora Ambassador Team. The members
also elected Jeroen van Meeuwen (The Netherlands), and Fabian
Affolter (Switzerland) to become the organization's Vice-Presidents,
and trusted Robert Scheck (Germany) to manage the foundations assets.
In just a few weeks, during LinuxTag 2008 in Germany, the foundation
has it's first General Members Assembly. Because all parties involved
still have a lot of work to do, the necessary information to support
the organization and membership subscription forms will become
available online in the near future.
On behalf of the Board
Gerold Kassube"
PaulFrields, the new Fedora Project Leader, congratulates [2] the
Fedora EMEA NPO and adds that
"In the future, possibly before the release of Fedora 10, the Board
will begin accepting additional applications from groups that have
reached this advanced stage of planning. We are using Fedora EMEA as
a pilot to figure out a framework for enabling additional worldwide
communities. We chose Fedora EMEA specifically because this group had
already achieved a very high level of organization, community
interest, and command of the details surrounding funding and legality
in their region.
I would urge any additional groups that are considering formation to
reach a similar state of readiness by that time. The Board wants to
ensure that Fedora's community groups worldwide develop consistently,
and with proper resources to enable their success."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
=== Beta Freeze Release Overview ===
JonathanRoberts puts forth [1] "the beta freeze is coming soon (next
week according the e-mail I just saw!) and so I'm thinking we really
need to start work on the release overview. If you want to start
filling out and updating that would be really super awesome!"
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/SingleSourceSummary
=== Beta Freeze Release Notes ===
Jonathan continues [1] on a related topic: "OK all, I've copied the
content from the Alpha Release Notes...so that we can begin updating
it for the Beta release [2]."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org//wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes
=== New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for volunteers ===
RahulSundaram notifies [1] us of an article about the new Fedora
Project Leader [2]: ""The job is to remove obstacles in the way of the
community," says Paul W. Frields, speaking about his new position as
Fedora Chair. After only a few weeks in the position, Frields is still
learning his way around and getting to know his colleagues, but
already this vision is a common refrain in his comments, underlying
all his comments about what he hopes the Fedora project will achieve
while he is coordinating its efforts."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.linux.com/feature/127802
=== SELinux Article: Seatbelt for Software ===
RahulSundaram spots [1] "An extensive report on the real world
advantages of SELinux [2]. A must read if you care about security (and
you should)."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022408-selinux.html
=== X.Org 7.4 Release Planning ===
The ever-vigilant RahulSundaram finds [1] this article [2] on
AdamJackson: "With Red Hat's Adam Jackson being interested in shipping
X.Org 7.4 for Fedora 9, he has stepped up as becoming the release
manager of this next X.Org release and has put together a schedule
that will allow this to become possible. "
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM2MA
=== Fedora on the Final Frontier ===
Going where no man has gone before, RahulSundaram explores [1] his
posting [2] to OSNews, publicizing JackAboutboul's visit [3] to NASA's
Kennedy Space Center.
JohnBabich notes [4] This story has...1,063 diggs, as of 11:00 hrs UTC
today [29 February 2008]...Conclusion: People like this kind of
story!"
Note: There were 1,361 diggs, as of 2100 Hrs UTC, 2 March, making this
the most popular Fedora article on Digg of all time.
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://www.osnews.com/story/19405/Fedora_on_the_Final_Frontier
[3] http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-on-final-frontier.html
[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
=== Meeting on Fedora Marketing Plan ===
GregDeKoenigsberg, Community Development Manager, summarizes [1] the
meeting on the topic of developing a Fedora marketing plan:
"John Adams, of the Red Hat Brand team, has provided us with a
template of what a full Marketing Plan looks like. That templates
lives on the Fedora wiki [2]. We've dramatically simplified our task
list to focus on fleshing out a full marketing plan for Fedora based
on this skeleton. The task list, with owners, can be found here [3]:
Over the next week, the owners of key sections of this Marketing Plan
will be asking questions, making proposals, and filling this plan in,
bit by bit.
If someone asks a question of you on-list -- like "I think that our
target audience for press releases should be X, Y, and Z" -- PLEASE
RESPOND. You're on this mailing list because you care about the
marketing of Fedora, so please take this opportunity to express your
opinions. You folks *are* Fedora. We need to hear you.
Next week we will convene on IRC once again to see what progress we've
made. Details:
Time: Thursday, March 6, 2000 GMT/UTC (3pm Eastern US)
IRC: irc.freenode.net, #fedora-mktg
Thanks to all of today's participants. It's been a while since I led
an IRC meeting, and this one was extremely worthwhile. Let's keep the
momentum going."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg004...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/MarketingPlan
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks
[[Anchor(Ambassadors)]]
== Ambassadors ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock
=== Fedora EMEA Founded at FOSDEM ===
GeroldKassube announced [1] the founding of the Fedora EMEA while at
FOSDEM. The goal of the organization is to "...inform a broader mass
about the Fedora Project and forms a focal point and economic base for
Fedora Project supporters ..." in the EMEA region. Additional
information regarding the Fedora EMEA is also available in the wiki
[2].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EMEA
=== Fedora Ambassadors Will Be At OpenExpo 2008 ===
FabianAffolter announced on the Ambassadors list [1] that Fedora will
have a presence at OpenExpo 2008 in Berne, Switzerland on March 12th
and 13th. Additional details about the event are in the wiki [2] and
on the Open Expo site [3]. If you are in the area, be sure to drop by
the booth and meet some of the Fedora Ambassadors.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Berne
[3] http://www.openexpo.ch/openexpo-2008-bern/
=== Northeastern University Speaking Engagement Report ===
JesseKeating posted [1] to the Ambassadors list a report from a recent
talk he had given at Northeastern University. There were
approximately thirty students in attendance for the talk. Jesse
covered several topics including a brief history on Linux and GNU, a
comparison between today's distributions, a look at the Fedora build
process and a question answer period.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg...
=== Chemnitzer LinuxTage 2008 Reports ===
JoergSimon has posted several reports [1-5] on the CLT08 event this
weekend. Don't miss his reports posted to the Ambassador list and on
his blog posts with pictures covering the preparation for the event
and news from the event itself.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg...
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg000...
[3] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/02/clt08-preparation.html
[4] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/02/clt08-preparation-part-2.html
[5] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/03/clt08-stormy-day-1.html
=== FAmSCo Summary ===
Work is starting to pick up for FAmSCo starting with a new budget for
the year. Expect to see more announcements to the Ambassadors mailing
list once FAmSCo gets some of the logistics worked out. We have more
money budgeted for events this year than in previous years thank to
the hard work of MaxSpevack. If you have an event coming up be sure
to add it to the Fedora Events page [1] so we are aware of it.
FAmSCo has also been working on determining a good way to gather
reports from the events to help create some metrics to justify the
increased budget. FAmSCo is still determining what types of data we
need to gather and how a standardized report should look. FAmSCo will
announce the results of these talks to the Ambassadors mailing list.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/
[[Anchor(AdvisoryBoard)]]
== Advisory Board ==
In this section, we cover discussion in Fedora Advisory Board.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
Contributing Writer: MichaelLarabel
=== What Defines A Fedora Spin? ===
JoshBoyer, on behalf of rel-eng, has asked the fedora-advisory-board
what warrants an official Fedora spin. His question comes with 14
different Fedora spins currently being considered and the massive disk
space each would consume, while the package variation between each
spin is generally minimal. Of course, there are also other factors
involved with each spin such as testing and the bandwidth to serve
these additional files. Specifically, Josh had questioned the need for
localized Fedora spins. There is a variety of feedback to this
question, which can be found in the mailing list[1].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-February/msg00...
[[Anchor(Documentation)]]
== Documentation ==
In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
Contributing Writer: JohnBabich
=== Welcome Email ===
MikeMcGrath challenges [1] "Hey docs people! I'm working on FAS2 [2],
its getting real close. I was wondering if someone would draft up
what they want the welcome email to say when people sign up for an
account for the first time. Something to
encourage them and help them through the process of what to do after
the cla is signed.
Joining the Fedora Project is like walking into IKEA the first time. Lets
try to ease that :)"
JonathanRoberts rises [3] to the challenge, saying "Urm...this is
maybe a bit longer than you had in mind? But you might like it".
Ever the gentlemen, Mike responds [4] "thanks..."
[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00147.html
[2] FAS2 is the new Fedora Accounting System, see
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem2 for more
details
[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00149.html
[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00150.html
[[Anchor(Artwork)]]
== Artwork ==
In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei
=== Multi-resolution backgrounds ===
MatthiasClasen ping[1] the Art team about a new small but awesome
features which just landed in Rawhide: multi-resolution animated
backgrounds. So now we can define a background wallpaper in a XML and
it can not only adjust its image according with the time (for example
to reflect the daylight like in F8), but it can also pick the best
suited image size, without the need for manual adjustment from the
user.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00206.html
=== Which color is Fedora? ===
Following the context of one particular theme proposal for Fedora 9
and its color variations, MartinSourada express his concern[1] about
using another color than the traditional blue in Fedora themes: "As
for the issue of being it blue, well, I don't like very much the idea
of having different colour wallpaper than blue, not only because I
like blue [...], but mostly because I, and many other people, have
Fedora already associated with blue. Yeah, we can experiment with
other colours as well, but as far as we don't want to confuse people
we need blue to be the main colour."
NicuBuculei backs this[2]: "I think blue should be *at least* partly
used, so It could be gray with some secondary blue elements. [...]
Ubuntu is brown, SUSE is green, Fedora is blue", MairinDuffy
consider[3] the user feed-back from users which tend to favor a grey
tone this round and comes with and idea for a nice blue touch.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00194.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00159.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00216.html
=== Themes development ===
With Round 3 deadline next week[1], the two remaining themes for
Fedora 9 get final touches:
* LuyaTshimbalanga updates F9 Themes Shoowa[6] with a smooth, curvy
variant[2], a change welcomed by JeffSpaleta
* In the meantime, F9 Themes Sulfuric Waves[7] is on fire
(literally). MairinDuffy add a shade of blue in the form of fire over
the yellow sulfur crystals[3], NicuBuculei[4] and JeffSpaleta[5] play
with their own variants is something which looks like converging to a
consensus.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00233.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00243.html
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00225.html
[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00231.html
[5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00247.html
[6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Shoowa
[7] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves
[[Anchor(DailyPackage)]]
== Daily Package ==
In this section, we recap the packages that have been highlighted as a
Fedora Daily Package.
http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/
Contributing Writer: ChrisTyler
=== Planet - Feed aggregator ===
''Productive Mondays'' highlight a timesaving tool. This Monday[1] we
covered Planet[2]:
"Planet is a feed aggregator which assembles multiple RSS or Atom
newsfeeds into a single web page and feed, like Planet Fedora, Planet
Gnome, or Planet KDE."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/170-Productive-Mon...
[2] http://planetplanet.org/
=== Autotrace - Convert bitmaps to Vector graphics ===
''Artsy Tuesdays'' highlight a graphics, video, or sound application.
This Tuesday[1] Autotrace[2] was featured:
"autotrace ... is a command-line utility that can accept a wide range
of bitmap input formats and produce output in several vector formats
including scalable vector graphics (svg), encapsulated Postscript
(eps), portable data format (pdf), and Adobe Illustrator (ai) format."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/171-Artsy-Tuesday-...
[2] http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
=== How does Pulseaudio start? ===
This week's ''Wednesday Why'' article[1] discussed how the Pulseaudio
daemon is started as part of a Gnome desktop session. None of the
gnome-session configuration files mention the Pulseaudio daemon, but
it reliably starts whenever Gnome starts, and the output of 'ps' shows
gnome-session to be its parent. The answer to this mystery lies in the
relationship between gnome-session and the legacy esound daemon.
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/172-Wednesday-Why-...
=== lshw-gui - Browse hardware info ===
''GUI Thursdays'' highlight software that provides, enhances, or
effectively uses a GUI interface. This Thursday[1], lshw-gui[2] was
discussed:
"Fedora offers many tools for viewing detailed hardware information,
including lsusb, lspci, hdparm, and direct access to the /proc and
/sys filesystems. ... lshw-gui provides a convenient graphical
interface into this rich source of information, enabling you to easily
drill down into the specific details of each subsystem and device."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/173-GUI-Thursday-l...
[2] http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter
=== Quarry - Multi-purpose game board ===
''Friday Fun'' highlights fun, interesting, and amusing programs. This
Friday[1], we took a look at Quarry[2]:
"Quarry is a multi-purpose graphical game board for playing Go,
Amazons, or Reversi. By itself, it permits users to play against each
other, but the addition of GTP (game text protocol) game engines such
as gnugo or grhino enables play against the computer."
[1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/174-Friday-Fun-Qua...
[2] http://home.gna.org/quarry/
[[Anchor(SecurityAdvisories)]]
== Security Advisories ==
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora 8 Security Advisories ===
* cups-1.3.6-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* sword-1.5.10-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* dnssec-tools-1.3.2-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* kvm-60-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* qemu-0.9.0-6.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* xen-3.1.2-2.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* dbus-1.1.2-9.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* horde-3.1.6-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* imp-4.1.6-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* turba-2.1.7-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* viewvc-1.0.5-1.fc8 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg000...
=== Fedora 7 Security Advisories ===
* sword-1.5.10-2.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* dnssec-tools-1.3.2-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* kvm-36-8.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* cups-1.2.12-9.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* qemu-0.9.0-4.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* horde-3.1.6-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* turba-2.1.7-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* imp-4.1.6-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* dbus-1.0.2-7.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* xen-3.1.2-2.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg...
* viewvc-1.0.5-1.fc7 -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg000...
[[Anchor(EventsMeetings)]]
== Events and Meetings ==
In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from
various Projects and SIGs.
Contributing Writer: ThomasChung
=== Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-02-26 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-02-26
=== Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-02-25 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/2008-02-25
=== Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-29 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008...
=== Fedora Marketing Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Meetings/Minutes/IRCLog20080228
=== Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/Minu...
=== Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-02-28 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20080228
=== Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 ===
* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-February/...
=== Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-02-25 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-feb-25
=== Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-MM-DD ===
* No Report
=== Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 09/2008 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week09
=== Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-02-26 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-02-26
=== Fedora SIG Store Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store/Meetings/2008-02-27
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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung
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FWN Docs and Marketing Beats ready
by John Babich
Thomas:
There's just a little bit of Docs news and a whole lot of Marketing
news this week, ready for publishing in the FWN.
Best Regards,
John Babich
FWN Beat Writer, Fedora Docs & Marketing
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Ambassadors Beat Ready
by Jeffrey Tadlock
I have posted the Ambassadors Beat:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Beats/Ambassadors
Sorry it is a little late...
Thanks,
~Jeffrey
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FWN: Art Beat ready
by Nicu Buculei
This week's topics:
- Multi-resolution backgrounds
- Which color is Fedora?
- Themes development
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nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com
Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/
Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org
my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro
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