Fedora Weekly News 258
by Pascal Calarco
* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 258
o 1.1 Announcements
+ 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News
# 1.1.1.1 Your input requested at the Fedora
Board IRC meeting this Friday
+ 1.1.2 Fedora Development News
# 1.1.2.1 evolution-data-server (2.91.5) soname
bump and library files location changes in Rawhide
# 1.1.2.2 gtk2 2.99.0
# 1.1.2.3 bodhi v0.7.10 production update
* 1.1.2.3.1 Backend bug fixes
* 1.1.2.3.2 Web frontend changes
* 1.1.2.3.3 API changes (for AutoQA)
* 1.1.2.3.4 Tool changes
# 1.1.2.4 New test case and package test plan
creation SOPs in production: call for test cases!
# 1.1.2.5 EPEL6 moving from Beta to release
status soon
* 1.1.2.5.1 Timeline:
* 1.1.2.5.2 Work/help needed:
+ 1.1.3 Fedora Events
# 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (Dec 2010 - Feb 2011)
# 1.1.3.2 Past Events
# 1.1.3.3 Additional information
o 1.2 Ambassadors
+ 1.2.1 Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
+ 1.2.2 Summary of events reported on Ambassadors
mailing list
+ 1.2.3 Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
o 1.3 QualityAssurance
+ 1.3.1 Test Days
+ 1.3.2 Test case management system proposal and
requirements
o 1.4 Security Advisories
+ 1.4.1 Fedora 14 Security Advisories
+ 1.4.2 Fedora 13 Security Advisories
- Fedora Weekly News Issue 258 -
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 258[1] for the week ending January
12, 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue.
We have a shorter issue this week as several teams are still ramping up
after the year-end break. In announcements, a call for input at Friday
Fedora Board IRC meeting, and development announcements for evolution
data server, gtk2, and a heads up that EPEL 6 will be moving to beta
soon. In Ambassador news, one new Ambassador this week, representing
Bangladesh. Also a summary of list traffic from both the Ambassadors and
FAMScO lists. Quality Assurance reports on Fedora 15 Test Days planning,
with the first test day scheduled at the end of January. Our issue wraps
up with details on the security-related packages released this past week
for Fedora 13 and 14. Enjoy!
An audio version of some issues of FWN - FAWN - are available! You can
listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet Archive. If anyone is
interested in helping spread the load of FAWN production, please contact us!
If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see
our 'join' page[3]. We welcome reader feedback: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue258
2. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22FWN%22
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join
-- Announcements --
In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project,
including general announcements[1], development announcements[2] and
Events[3].
Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
--- Fedora Announcement News ---
The announcement list is always exclusive for the Fedora Community.
Please, visit the past announcements at[1]
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
---- Your input requested at the Fedora Board IRC meeting this Friday ----
Fedora Project Leader Jared K. Smith[1] announced[2] on Thu Jan 6
13:04:42 UTC 2011,
"Over the past few months, the Fedora Board has focused on coming up
with two or three overarching goals that can be accomplished over the
next few release cycles. We've got a fairly healthy list of goals at
this point, and welcome your input in helping us decide which two or
three goals are most important. The Fedora Board will be having its
bi-weekly IRC meeting this coming Friday, and we invite you to attend
that meeting and share your input with us. Instead of our normal
question and answer session, we'll instead focus on prioritizing our
list of goals.
The meeting is in the #fedora-board-meeting channel on the Freenode IRC
network at 2:00pm EST (19:00 UTC). In order to keep the meeting
organized and easy to follow, we ask that participants follow the
instructions in the "General Rules" section of [3]."
1. Jared K. Smith jsmith at fedoraproject.org
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-January/002905.html
3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_public_IRC_meetings
--- Fedora Development News ---
The development list[1] is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only
list for Fedora development.
Acceptable Types of Announcements
* Policy or process changes that affect developers.
* Infrastructure changes that affect developers.
* Tools changes that affect developers.
* Schedule changes
* Freeze reminders
Unacceptable Types of Announcements
* Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
* Discussion
* Anything else not mentioned above
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce
---- evolution-data-server (2.91.5) soname bump and library files
location changes in Rawhide ----
Milan Crha[1] announced [2] on Mon Jan 10 10:06:25 UTC 2011,
"with the recent evolution-data-server 2.91.5 release in Rawhide are
done some internal changes in the soname versions and a location where
the backend files for the addressbook and calendar should be saved.
From the commit log:
Change the installation path for E-D-S backends.
Address book and calendar backend modules are now split into different
installation directories so the D-Bus factory processes will only load
relevant backend modules.
This changes some pkg-config details for third-party backend modules.
Instead of querying the backend directory with: pkg-config
--variable=extensiondir evolution-data-server-1.2
you must query the directory for address book backends with: pkg-config
--variable=backenddir libedata-book-1.2
and the directory for calendar backends with: pkg-config
--variable=backenddir libedata-cal-1.2"
1. Milan Crha mcrha at redhat.com
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-January/0007...
---- gtk2 2.99.0 ----
Matthias Clasen[1] on Mon Jan 10 20:00:33 UTC 2011 announced[2],
"I have just tagged gtk3-2.99.0 into rawhide. There are abi and api
changes, so all dependent packages will have to be rebuilt (the most
obvious change is that the libraries are now called libg[dt]k-3.0.so
instead of libg[gt]k-x11-3.0.so).
There are a number of api changes that I am not going to list one-by-one
here, the following changes are relevant for packagers:
* gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0 and gtk-builder-convert-3.0 have been
dropped (since they were identical to their un-suffixed cousins in the
gtk2 package). If you are using gtk-update-icon-cache in %post of a
gtk3-using package, you should add Requires(post):
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache (and similar for %postun).
* The .pc files no longer define a 'target' variable, instead there
is a 'targets' variable which can contain multiple gdk backend names
(for now, it is still just 'x11', eventually it might change to be 'x11
wayland' or so). Some configure scripts use that variable to detect the
platform they are running on and will need adjustment.
I have built most packages that had a gtk3 dependency already, and
tagged them into rawhide. The following are the leftovers:
* gtkmm30
* libindicator-gtk3
* tracker
* gedit
* gnome-color-manager
* gnome-nettool
* gtk-vnc2
* eekboard
* input-pad
* ibus-input-pad
* seahorse-plugins
* rhythmbox"
1. Matthias Clasen mclasen at redhat.com
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-January/0007...
---- bodhi v0.7.10 production update ----
Luke Macken[1] on Mon Jan 10 23:46:02 UTC 2011 announced[2],
"I just pushed a new release of bodhi into production.
[3]
It's a minor release that contains a small number of fixes, including:
---- Backend bug fixes ----
* Don't try and remove the -pending koji tags when resuming a push
* Don't fetch security bug details when resuming a push
* Don't show obsolete critpath updates in our testing digest
* Ensure the updateinfo epoch is '0' as opposed to None (rel-eng#3971)
* Stop spamming proventesters with old critpath mails, as this data
is available in the updates-testing digests that go out with each push
---- Web frontend changes ----
* Fix the testing status tooltips for EPEL (#486)
* Add the update ID back to the search results (#558)
* Don't hide updates that are not approved by the security team
from the admin push view, since we no longer require approval
---- API changes (for AutoQA) ----
* Support querying and commenting on updates by the Update ID, as
well as title
---- Tool changes ----
* Make `bodhi --push-type` work for updates going to testing as
well as stable (rel-eng only)
* Add pkg_resources __requires__ hacks to get things working on F14
As always, please file tickets here:
https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/newticket
Thanks,"
1. Luke Macken lmacken at redhat.com
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-January/0007...
3. http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org
---- New test case and package test plan creation SOPs in production:
call for test cases! ----
Adam Williamson[1] on Tue Jan 11 13:21:02 UTC 2011 announced[2],
"Hi, everyone. Thanks to everyone who sent feedback on the drafts for
the test case and package test plan creation SOPs. I have now put these
SOPs into production, at the following addresses:
[3] [4]
I have created links to them from other places in the QA wiki space. It
would be nice to have them called out from within the developers/package
maintainers space, but I'm not sure where would be appropriate: does
anyone have suggestions?
Now these are in production, it would be great if people could start
contributing test cases for packages, particularly test cases covering
critical path functions. If you maintain a critical path package, please
take a look at these two SOPs, and consider contributing test cases
covering at least the critical path functionality of your package; this
would help us greatly, and contribute to the improvement of critical
path testing by the proven testers. For the QA group, please also
consider contributing critical path test cases - you don't have to be a
maintainer of a package to do it! If you know how to test the critical
path functionality of a given package, please read the SOPs, write up
test case(s) to do it, and categorize them appropriately. Thanks a lot!"
1. Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-January/0007...
3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_test_case_creation
4. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_package_test_plan_creation
--- EPEL6 moving from Beta to release status soon ---
Kevin Fenzi [1] on Tue Jan 11 21:33:21 UTC 2011 announced[2],
"Greetings.
Just a heads up that EPEL will soon be moving it's EPEL6 branch from the
Beta mode (like rawhide) that it's been in to a release mode (like
EPEL4/5 are). (I have cc'ed Fedora's devel-announce here as there may be
people not on the epel-devel list that might find this of interest).
---- Timeline: ----
2011-01-13 - Have any builds you wish done before release done. After
this point you will need to request a package be tagged into the stable
or testing repos or wait until bodhi is up for EPEL6.
2011-01-14 - EPEL rel-eng will work on composing and moving things
around. This may include untagging packages that have broken deps, or
moving them into testing, test composing, etc. Hopefully we can mirror
out trees.
2011-01-15 2011-01-16 - Maintainers encouraged to check new trees and
help with wiki prep, etc.
2011-01-17 - Bodhi will be enabled for EPEL6 and things will move to a
release mode: All packages spend 2 weeks in testing or +3 karma, bodhi
is used for updates, buildroot overrides are required as usual.
2011-01-18 - RELEASE DAY. Help with press release or announcements would
be welcome.
---- Work/help needed: ----
* Would be great if someone could make us a press release and had a
way to distribute it out.
* We need work on our wiki pages. A EPEL6 FAQ would be very nice.
* Maintainers need to determine what packages they want to ship for
EPEL6. If you do not want to ship whats there now, please untag it
before thursday.
Feel free to drop by #epel on freenode or drop an email to the [3]
Thanks for all the work folks, and enjoy EPEL6!"
1. Kevin Fenzi kevin at scrye.com
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-January/0007...
3. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel-list
--- Fedora Events ---
Fedora events are the exclusive and source of marketing, learning and
meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your
agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering
near you!
---- Upcoming Events (Dec 2010 - Feb 2011) ----
* North America (NA)[1]
* Central & South America (LATAM): [2]
* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
1.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29
2.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_2
3.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_2
4.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_3
---- Past Events ----
Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents
---- Additional information ----
* Reimbursements -- reimbursement guidelines.
* Budget -- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo).
* Sponsorship -- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by
community members.
* Organization -- event organization, budget information, and
regional responsibility.
* Event reports -- guidelines and suggestions.
* LinuxEvents -- a collection of calendars of Linux events.
-- Ambassadors --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a new member joining.
Moniruzzaman Monir from Bangladesh mentored by Caius Chance
--- Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ---
Max Spevack informed [1] about post FOSDEM Super Bowl party at Brussels
Bertrand Juglas informed [2] about the non-selection of the Lightning
Talk at FOSDEM 2011
Caius Chance provided responses [3] to "Flood in Brisbane" questions
Note: For a reasonably current update on the situation one can click
here [4]
Bogomil Shopov and others worked out room sharing details at FOSDEM [5]
Paul W Frields forwarded [6] a query from Cheryn Tan at Red Hat's
Brisbane office for Fedora 14 media required for Linux.conf.au. Harish
Pillay responded [7] with the information and status update on the media
production
1.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016725....
2.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016727....
3.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016731....
4.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/01/09/3109198.htm?site=brisbane
5.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/thread....
6.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016744....
7.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016746....
--- Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list ---
No events were reported for this cycle of the Ambassadors Beat
--- Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list ---
Larry Cafiero posted [1] the Minutes/Log from FAmNA meeting [2] on
2011-01-04
Pierros Papadeas posted [3] FAmSCo Agenda for 2011-01-08 meeting with
mention of the Ambassador SOPs [4] Joerg Simon requested [5] that the
FAmSCo also put a priority to goals
Max Spevack (re-)introduced [6] Harish Pillay to FAmSCo as the person
designated to be the primary point of contact for community related
issues in the APAC region.
Joerg Simon asked the FAmSCo [7] about continuing with the monthly reports
Pierros Papadeas posted [8] Minutes of the FAmSCo meeting on 2011-01-08 [9]
Igor Pires Soares posted [10] about a possible topic structure for the
monthly reports from FAmSCo
David Nalley wrote [11] about a meeting with the Board with specific
focus on the goals FAmSCo would like to achieve within the next release
or two
1.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000553.html
2.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-01-05/fedora-meeting...
3.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000554.html
4. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors_SOPs
5.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000558.html
6.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000556.html
7.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000557.html
8.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000565.html
9.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-01-08/famsco-meeting...
10.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000566.html
11.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-January/000567.htm
-- Quality Assurance --
In this section, we cover the activities of the QA team[1]. For more
information on the work of the QA team and how you can get involved, see
the Joining page[2].
Contributing Writer: Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Join
--- Test Days ---
The Fedora 15 Test Day calendar is starting to take shape, and you can
see what events are planned so far on the Wiki page[1]. The first Test
Day slot is 2011-01-27. If you would like to propose a main track Test
Day for the Fedora 15 cycle, please contact the QA team via email or
IRC, or file a ticket in QA Trac[2]. This week, Adam Williamson
rescheduled the Graphics Test Week to late February and created the
pages for it[3]. Rui He proposed a preupgrade Test Day[4].
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Fedora_15_test_days
2. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/
3. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/156
4. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/161
--- Test case management system proposal and requirements ---
Rui He continued to work on evaluating the possibility of a test case
management system (TCMS) for Fedora. There was some useful feedback on
the trac ticket[1] and Rui updated the Wiki page comparing the current
Wiki-based system with the Nitrate TCMS[2].
1. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/152
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Rhe/tcms_Comparison
-- Security Advisories --
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from
fedora-package-announce from the past week.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
--- Fedora 14 Security Advisories ---
* pyfribidi-0.10.0-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* wordpress-mu-2.9.2-2.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* evince-2.32.0-3.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* wordpress-2.8.6-3.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* collectd-4.9.4-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* pidgin-2.7.9-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
--- Fedora 13 Security Advisories ---
* pyfribidi-0.10.0-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* wordpress-mu-2.9.2-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* webkitgtk-1.2.6-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* pidgin-2.7.9-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* wordpress-2.8.6-3.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
---
Pascal Calarco, Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
13 years, 3 months
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FWN 258: status
by Pascal Calarco
Hi folks --
FWN 258 is coming together nicely! Thanks to all the writers who've
responded thus far.
The last two beats we're waiting on are Planet Fedora and QA. Adam B.
and Adam W., how do things look from your neck of the woods?
Thanks all! Still enjoying the record snow here in Indiana, where we
had the largest single day snowfall ever on record last Friday of 37.8
inches -- its a winter wonderland!
- pascal
13 years, 3 months
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FWN 258: Security Advisories in, In the News not happening
by Pascal Calarco
Hi all --
There's nothing to report for In the News this week, and I've finished
Security Advisories for the next issue.
- pascal
13 years, 3 months
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Ambassadors beat complete for 2011-01-13
by sankarshan
On a side note I found it a bit surreal to report the 'Flood in
Brisbane' mail. Especially given the drastic turn the situation has
taken since then.
--
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog>
13 years, 3 months
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Translation not happening...
by Runa Bhattacharjee
...nothing to report. :(
regards
Runa
--
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Runab
13 years, 3 months
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Fedora Weekly News 257
by Pascal Calarco
* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 257
o 1.1 Announcements
+ 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News
# 1.1.1.1 FUDCon Tempe: Gaming!
# 1.1.1.2 Unofficial Fedora FAQ Updated for Fedora 14!
# 1.1.1.3 Working together on Fedora Remixes
# 1.1.1.4 Appointment to the Fedora Board
+ 1.1.2 Fedora Development News
# 1.1.2.1 Outage: Fedora related services down 2010-12-15 22:00 UTC
* 1.1.2.1.1 Reason for outage
* 1.1.2.1.2 Affected Services:
* 1.1.2.1.3 Unaffected Services:
* 1.1.2.1.4 Ticket Link:
* 1.1.2.1.5 Contact Information:
# 1.1.2.2 gtkhtml3 soname bump in Rawhide
# 1.1.2.3 Update of gitolite (ACL system) on pkgs.fedoraproject.org
# 1.1.2.4 Outage: blogs.fedoraproject.org - 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC
* 1.1.2.4.1 Reason for outage:
* 1.1.2.4.2 Affected Services:
* 1.1.2.4.3 Unaffected Services:
* 1.1.2.4.4 Ticket Link:
* 1.1.2.4.5 Contact Information:
+ 1.1.3 Fedora Events
# 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (Dec 2010 - Feb 2011)
# 1.1.3.2 Past Events
# 1.1.3.3 Additional information
o 1.2 Planet Fedora
+ 1.2.1 General
o 1.3 Fedora In the News
+ 1.3.1 Fedora 14 Linux review
+ 1.3.2 Fedora 15 “LoveLock” To Get MySQL 5.5 & PostGreSQL 9 (digitizor.com)
+ 1.3.3 Fedora 14 KDE review (DesktopLinuxReviews.com)
o 1.4 Ambassadors
+ 1.4.1 Welcome New Ambassadors
+ 1.4.2 Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
+ 1.4.3 Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list
+ 1.4.4 Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
o 1.5 QualityAssurance
+ 1.5.1 Test Days
+ 1.5.2 Refining Bugzilla messages on updated packages
+ 1.5.3 Package-specific and critical path test case process
+ 1.5.4 Test case management system proposal and requirements
+ 1.5.5 AutoQA
+ 1.5.6 Consequences of negative karma
o 1.6 Translation
+ 1.6.1 Transifex v.0.9 Upgrade Update
+ 1.6.2 IMSettings moved to github
+ 1.6.3 New Members in FLP
o 1.7 Security Advisories
+ 1.7.1 Fedora 14 Security Advisories
+ 1.7.2 Fedora 13 Security Advisories
- Fedora Weekly News Issue 257 -
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 257[1] for the past three weeks ending January 5, 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue.
In announcements from the Fedora Project, a call for board gaming during FUDCon Tempe later this month, release of the unofficial Fedora 14 FAQ, and appointment of David Nalley to the Fedora Board. In news from the Planet Fedora, running OS/2 Warp 4 in VirtualBox, news on btrfs in Fedora, and how to tune Fedora on SSD. Fedora In the News brings three articles from the trade press covering Fedora 14 and 15. In Ambassador news, announcement of seven new Ambassadors from around the world, a summary of discussion on the Ambassador and FAmSCo lists, and Fedora events reported by Ambassadors. In Quality Assurance news, word on the latest Test Days schedule development of a package-specific and critical path test case process for Fedora 15, and an update on the AutoQA process effort. In Translation news, details on a new Transifex upgrade, a move of the IMsettings module to github, and new members of the Fedora Localization Project.Our issue rounds out with security advisories released for Fedora 13 and 14 since mid-December. Enjoy!
An audio version of some issues of FWN - FAWN - are available! You can listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet Archive. If anyone is interested in helping spread the load of FAWN production, please contact us!
If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[3]. We welcome reader feedback: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue257
2. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22FWN%22
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join
-- Announcements --
In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project, including general announcements[1], development announcements[2] and Events[3].
Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
--- Fedora Announcement News ---
The announcement list is always exclusive for the Fedora Community. Please, visit the past announcements at[1]
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
---- FUDCon Tempe: Gaming! ----
Tom Callaway[1] announced[2] on Mon Jan 3 20:59:15 UTC 2011,
"Apologies for the wide (and somewhat offtopic) distribution, but I knew of no better way to get the word out.
FUDCon Tempe is almost here (Jan 29-31, 2011), and I am organizing two nights of gaming for the event. This is an opportunity for FUDCon attendees to meet your fellow Fedorans and enjoy some of the geekiest board games we can find (or at least, what spot brings along from his collection). We'll setup in the Hospitality Suite, first come, first serve sort of thing, on Friday and Sunday nights (Saturday is our FUDPub party, so we'll all be there instead.)
If you want to bring a game, please, feel free, but to avoid unnecessary duplication, please add entries to the list on the wiki: [3]
Apologies to folks who aren't able to join us for the fun at FUDCon, but perhaps it will inspire you to organize something similar for regional FUDCons or other Fedora events.
Thanks,"
1. Tom Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-January/002903.html
3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011#Gaming_-_Friday_and_Sund...
---- Unofficial Fedora FAQ Updated for Fedora 14! ----
Max Kanat-Alexander[1] announced[2] on Tue Jan 4 19:43:02 UTC 2011,
"Hey there Fedora land! I've updated the Unofficial Fedora FAQ for Fedora 14:
[3]
As usual, the FAQ contains useful information on playing MP3s, watching DVDs, installing proprietary 3d drivers, and handling common problems. There is a lot of other useful information in the FAQ, too, and it's all in an easy-to-read step-by-step instruction format that almost anybody should be able to follow.
The Fedora 13 FAQ is preserved as:
[4]
If you find any inaccuracies in the FAQ, or if you have new suggested questions for the FAQ, please let me know by emailing me! Also, I'm always happy to have new translations.
Enjoy!"
1. Max Kanat-Alexander max at fedorafaq.org
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-January/002904.html
3. http://www.fedorafaq.org/
4. http://www.fedorafaq.org/f13/
---- Working together on Fedora Remixes ----
Rahul Sundaram[1] announced[2] on Fri Dec 31 08:22:59 UTC 2010,
"Happy new year to everyone in advance. Nearing the end of 2008, Fedora Project introduced a new initiative and a secondary brand, Fedora Remix for unofficial community variants of Fedora and there has been a explosion of growth in Fedora Remixes ever since. Fedora has provided the tools and made it very easy for anyone in the community to rebrand Fedora and share it with the rest of the world. Some of the remixes have over time become official Fedora Spins as well. If you are looking for help on creating a new Fedora Remix or hoping to work together with maintainers of other Fedora Remixes, there is a new mailing list for you!
Do sign up and say hi at [3]"
1. metherid at gmail.com
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-December/002902.html
3. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/remixes
---- Appointment to the Fedora Board ----
Jared K. Smith[1] announced[2] on Fri Dec 17 14:23:28 UTC 2010,
"The Fedora Board consists of five elected seats and four appointed seats. As part of the normal Board succession process[1], one Board appointment is made before elections and the other is made after the election cycle. I'm announcing this second appointment for the post-F14 cycle at this time.
I'm happy to announce that David Nalley has agreed to serve on the Fedora Board. I've known David for a number of years, and have do doubt that he will do a fantastic job. He's proven himself as an outstanding Fedora Ambassador and mentor, and shown his ability to be effective and tactful in his communications. He has also shown tremendous dedication and loyalty to the Fedora community.
David will will fill seat A2 (see the Board History[2] for a list of the seats), which has been held by Christopher Aillon. I'd also like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Christoper for the work he's done on behalf of the Fedora Board.
Please join with me in thanking Christopher Aillon for his hard work, and in welcoming David Nalley to the Fedora Board."
1. jsmith at fedoraproject.org
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-December/002900.html
--- Fedora Development News ---
The development list[1] is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only list for Fedora development.
Acceptable Types of Announcements
* Policy or process changes that affect developers.
* Infrastructure changes that affect developers.
* Tools changes that affect developers.
* Schedule changes
* Freeze reminders
Unacceptable Types of Announcements
* Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
* Discussion
* Anything else not mentioned above
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce
---- Outage: Fedora related services down 2010-12-15 22:00 UTC ----
Nick Bebout[1] announced[2] on Thu Dec 16 00:47:24 UTC 2010,
"Due to problems with some NFS in our PHX2 facility we are experiencing diminished capacity to several of our services. We are working with our provider and engineers on how to deal with this issue soon.
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at[3] or run:
date -d '2010-12-15 22:00 UTC'
----- Reason for outage -----
NFS operations with filer are peaking below expected rates causing hangs on NFS clients.
----- Affected Services: -----
* BFO - [4]
* Buildsystem - [5]
* CVS / Source Control
* Main Website - [6]
* Mirror List - [7]
* Mirror Manager - [8]
* Package Database - [9]
----- Unaffected Services: -----
* Bodhi - [10]
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - [11]
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - [12]
* Fedora Community - [13]
* Fedora Hosted - [14]
* Fedora People - [15]
* Fedora Talk - [16]
* Smolt - [17]
* Spins - [18]
* Start - [19]
* Torrent - [20]
* Translation Services - [21]
* Wiki - [22]
----- Ticket Link: -----
[23]
----- Contact Information: -----
Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage."
1. Nick Bebout nb at fedoraproject.org
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-December/000...
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
4. http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
5. http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
6. http://fedoraproject.org/
7. https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
8. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
9. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
10. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
11. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
14. https://fedorahosted.org/
15. http://fedorapeople.org/
16. http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
17. http://smolts.org/
18. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
19. http://start.fedoraproject.org/
20. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
21. http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
22. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
23. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2516
---- gtkhtml3 soname bump in Rawhide ----
Milan Crha[1] announced[2] on Mon Dec 20 15:42:57 UTC 2010,
"just finished gtkhtml3 update to 3.91.4 has a soname bump, due to changes in its API as was discovered in[3]. It has it since 3.91.3 release, somehow, only the soname wasn't changed.
I know this is kinda late notice, but the bug was discovered just before the release.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused by this."
1. Milan Crha mcrha at redhat.com
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-December/000...
3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664279
---- Update of gitolite (ACL system) on pkgs.fedoraproject.org ----
Jesse Keating[1] announced[2] on Tue Dec 21 21:31:25 UTC 2010,
"I've just updated the gitolite package on pkgs.fedoraproject.org. This package is what does ACL enforcement.
This update brings us upstream support for the configuration we're using, and better error reporting when trying to clone a repo that doesn't exist yet.
It also enables https authenticated support which we could look into for those that cannot use ssh.
I tested this update quite a bit in our staging environment, but something can always go wrong, so if you notice anything weird when interacting with pkgs.fedoraproject.org please don't hesitate to email me, the infrastructure list, or find me on IRC to discuss it.
Thanks!"
1. Jesse Keating jkeating at redhat.com
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-December/000...
---- Outage: blogs.fedoraproject.org - 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC ----
Ricky Zhou[1] announced[2] on Wed Dec 22 00:29:15 UTC 2010,
"Outage: blogs.fedoraproject.org - 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC
There will be an outage starting at 2010-12-21 00:00 UTC.
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at[3] or run:
date -d '2010-12-21 00:00 UTC'
----- Reason for outage: -----
We are preemptively taking Fedora Blogs down due to known security issues in our current version of wordpress, but there is no evidence that it has has actually been exploited.
----- Affected Services: -----
Fedora Blogs - [4]
----- Unaffected Services: -----
* BFO - [5]
* Bodhi - [6]
* Buildsystem - [7]
* CVS / Source Control
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - [8]
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - [9]
* Fedora Community - [10]
* Hosted - [11]
* Fedora People - [12]
* Fedora Talk - [13]
* Main Website - [14]
* Mirror List - [15]
* Mirror Manager - [16]
* Package Database - [17]
* Smolt - [18]
* Spins - [19]
* Start - [20]
* Torrent - [21]
* Translation Services - [22]
* Wiki - [23]
----- Ticket Link: -----
[24]
----- Contact Information: -----
Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage."
1. Ricky Zhou ricky at fedoraproject.org
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-December/000...
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
4. http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/
5. http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
7. http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
8. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
9. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
10. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
11. https://fedorahosted.org/
12. http://fedorapeople.org/
13. http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
14. http://fedoraproject.org/
15. https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
18. http://smolts.org/
19. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
20. http://start.fedoraproject.org/
21. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
22. http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
23. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
24. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2527
--- Fedora Events ---
Fedora events are the exclusive and source of marketing, learning and meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering near you!
---- Upcoming Events (Dec 2010 - Feb 2011) ----
* North America (NA)[1]
* Central & South America (LATAM): [2]
* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_2
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_2
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q4_.28Dec._2010_-_Feb._2011.29_3
---- Past Events ----
Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents
---- Additional information ----
* Reimbursements -- reimbursement guidelines.
* Budget -- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo).
* Sponsorship -- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members.
* Organization -- event organization, budget information, and regional responsibility.
* Event reports -- guidelines and suggestions.
* LinuxEvents -- a collection of calendars of Linux events.
-- Planet Fedora --
In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin
1. http://planet.fedoraproject.org
--- General ---
Starting us off this week is a blast from the past: Jesus Rodriguez running[1] OS/2 Warp 4 (in VirtualBox).
As part of the process to review Anaconda's user experience, Máirín Duffy noted[2] that the "REINITIALIZING WILL CAUSE ALL DATA TO BE LOST!" dialog is both unnecessarily scary and complicated. And this week in Anaconda (#7), Chris Lumens also discussed[3] the storage component, specifically how it is tested and using hard disks with different sector sizes. In Part #8[4], Chris introduced "Lorax", a new project to rebuild the scripts that build an installation image.
While on the topic of disks, Rahul Sundaram outlined[5] where btrfs is going (hint: one day you will likely see it as the default filesystem in Fedora). And the days of naming ethernet interfaces ethX may be coming to an end[6]. "Starting in Fedora 15, Ethernet ports on servers will have a new naming scheme corresponding to physical locations, rather than ethX."
Tom Callaway posted[7] a set of notes about tuning Fedora for use on an SSD.
Will Woods continued[8] describing how the Fedora infrastructure goes about building and testing packages before they arrive on a user's system.
Have you been wondering what the "Network Control Panel" will look like in Gnome 3? Wonder no more, as Richard Hughes posted[9] a bunch of potential screenshots.
Richard W.M. Jones explained[10] how you can use libguestfs, guestfish and its toolset to easily move files between host and guest systems.
Adam Williamson reported[11] that you may soon be able to install Unity on Fedora. "Why? Well, a few reasons. Mainly, Unity’s an interesting project. I want to look at it and compare it to GNOME Shell and I think quite a few others do too, so it seems nice to package it so you can run both on Fedora..." Adam followed-up[12] with some more technical details.
Bryan Clark mentioned[13] that there is now an experimental Thunderbird extension that can display conversations in a similar way to Gmail.
Jon Masters suggested[14] that perhaps the Fedora Project needs a Technical Architect. "FESCo should appoint a person as their technical representative who speaks for overall system architecture concerns. The person in this role should actively seek out compatibility or integration problems but should also be a “go to” person for concerns that arise in the interests of distribution cohesion."
Máirín Duffy mentioned[15] that the Fedora Board now has its very own blog where the December 13th meeting minutes have already been posted[16].
1. http://zeusville.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/os2-warp-4-in-virtualbox/
2. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/reinitializing-will-cause-all-data...
3. http://www.bangmoney.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/161-This-Week-in...
4. http://www.bangmoney.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/162-This-Week-in...
5. http://fedoranext.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/buttering-up-fedora-15/
6. http://fedoranext.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/a-lesson-in-persistency/
7. http://spot.livejournal.com/316190.html
8. http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/wwoods/2011/01/03/depcheck-tags-and-tim...
9. http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2010/12/16/gnome-3-and-the-network-control...
10. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/tip-uploading-and-downloading/
11. http://www.happyassassin.net/2010/12/03/unity-on-fedora-possibly/
12. http://www.happyassassin.net/2010/12/08/unity-hardware-failures-and-f15-qa/
13. http://clarkbw.net/blog/2010/12/08/thunderbird-conversations/
14. http://www.jonmasters.org/blog/2010/12/15/opinion-fedora-needs-an-architect/
15. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/fedora-board-blog/
16. http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/board/?p=3
-- Fedora In the News --
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]. This beat covers the period December 16, 2010 - January 5, 2011.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/
--- Fedora 14 Linux review ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a recent blog review of Fedora 14:
"I recommend Fedora 14 for intermediate and advanced Linux users. Beginners can certainly install it, but it’s just a tad bit less desktop-friendly for them than Linux Mint, generic Ubuntu and some of the other desktop distros out there. Above all , Fedora 14 rocks !…"
The full article is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-December/013654.html
2. http://khairul07.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/fedora-14-linux-review/
--- Fedora 15 “LoveLock” To Get MySQL 5.5 & PostGreSQL 9 (digitizor.com) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Fedora 15's plans for MySQL and PostGreSQL:
"Fedora has always kept it’s promise of bringing cutting-edge computer technology to it’s users. It has now been confirmed that Fedora 15, codenamed LoveLock will ship two database packages: MySQL 5.5 and PostGreSQL 9. Fedora 15 Lovelock will have a couple of other advanced features too like Wayland & Systemd about which we have already told you earlier."
The full article is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-December/013653.html
2. http://digitizor.com/2010/12/29/fedora-15-lovelock-to-get-mysql-5-5-postg...
--- Fedora 14 KDE review (DesktopLinuxReviews.com) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a review of the Fedora 14 KDE spin:
"Fedora 14 KDE is well suited for experienced users who prefer the KDE desktop environment. The Fedora developers have done a good job blending Fedora’s tools and features with KDE. So there’s a lot of value here if you are a KDE user"
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-December/013651.html
2. http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/12/12/fedora-14-kde/1/
-- Ambassadors --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
--- Welcome New Ambassadors ---
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.
Vittorio Memmo from Italy mentored by Robert Scheck
Ivelin Krasimirov Dzhantov from Bulgaria mentored by Robert Scheck
Alberto Bonacina from Italy mentored by Pierros Papadeas
Bogomil "Bogo" Shopov from Bulgaria mentored by Pierros Papadeas
Jyri Kochnev from Russia mentored by Robert Scheck
Cleiton Lima from Brazil mentored by Daniel Bruno
Tim Casey from Australia mentored by Caius Chance
-- Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
Pierros Papadeas posted [1] about FOSDEM 2011 and the need to organize the presence at the event. Max Spevack proposed [2] a few categories/topics which could lend themselves to Fedora-related talks
David Ramsey posted [3] Meeting Notes for APAC meeting on 2010-12-18
Onyeibo Oku posted [4] about how OEMs partition laptop HDDs especially the recovery partition and, asked about how Ambassadors objectively advocate for Fedora and Free Software
Pierros Papadeas proposed [5] usage of tags on the list in order to specify region-specific affairs/reminders etc. The thread [6] refers to a discussion amongst Ambassadors with diverse views on this matter including whether the intended objective would be achieved via tag usage
Gerold forwarded [7] the Call for Talks for the Configuration Management DevRoom at FOSDEM 2011
Bert Desmet rejoiced [8] at the availability of a booth at FOSDEM 2011
Gent Thaci asked [9] for help regarding a visit to Brussels
Danishka Navin posted [10] a news item around Russia opting to install Linux on computers
David Ramsey posted [11] Meeting Notes for APAC meeting on 2011-01-01 and wished the Ambassadors a Happy New Year [12]
Mustafa Qasim asked [13] if anyone maintains the Meeting Schedule Calendar on Google Calendar and if it was possible to share it
Pascal Calarco informed [14] about the inaugural Indiana Linux Festival [15] to be held from 25th till 27th March 2011 and requested that Fedora Ambassadors get together to organize an EventBox and a presence [16]. Max Spevack requested [17] Ambassadors at NA to look at sponsorship levels and propose their preference.
Larry Cafiero posted [18] Meeting Minutes/Log of FAmNA meeting on 2011-01-04
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016599...
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016601...
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016603...
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016606...
5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016616...
6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/thread...
7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016640...
8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016648...
9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016658...
10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016663...
11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016672....
12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016673....
13. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016681....
14. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016700....
15. http://www.indianalinux.org/cms/
16. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ILF_2011
17. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016709....
18. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-January/016719....
--- Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list ---
Kévin Raymond reported [1] on the Fedora 14 lunch in Paris organized on 04-12-2010. A French Radio channel also conducted an interview of Open Source, GNU/Linux and Fedora during the event.
Rene Jr Purcell reported [2] on the S2LQ, Quebec City event [3]
Mahay Alam Khan reported [4] on the Fedora 14 Talk and Media Distribution at Old Dhaka, Bangladesh [5]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016595...
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016596...
3. http://arsenicks.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/s2lq-fedora-presence-report/
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-December/016646...
5. http://maktrix.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/fedora-14-talk-and-media-distribu...
--- Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list ---
Larry Cafiero informed [1] about an agenda item to postpone the FAmSCo meetings on Christmas Day and the New Year's Day. Neville A. Cross and others agreed with this move [2] with the notion that the FAmSCo members would be active and communicating during the holidays
Pierros Papadeas posted [3] Minutes of the Meeting from 2010-12-18 [4]
Joerg Simon copied [5] related to help required around FOSDEM
Igor Pires Soares asked [6] about continuing discussions around the "Regional IRC Sessions" agenda item in the Fedora Schedule which seemed a bit vague. The thread [7] has inputs from others about what could be a plan in the coming period about handling the IRC sessions productively.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000535.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000536.html
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000540.html
4. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-12-18/famsco-2010-12...
5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000541.html
6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/000542.html
7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2010-December/thread.html...
-- Quality Assurance --
In this section, we cover the activities of the QA team[1]. For more information on the work of the QA team and how you can get involved, see the Joining page[2].
Contributing Writer: Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Join
--- Test Days ---
The Fedora 15 Test Day calendar is starting to take shape, and you can see what events are planned so far on the Wiki page[1]. The first Test Day slot is 2011-01-27. If you would like to propose a main track Test Day for the Fedora 15 cycle, please contact the QA team via email or IRC, or file a ticket in QA Trac[2].
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Fedora_15_test_days
2. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/
-- Refining Bugzilla messages on updated packages
François Cami posted a refined version of his Bodhi patch[1] which improves the messages it posts to Bugzilla when an update is sent to updates-testing and then to stable. The updated patch reflects feedback from other team members at QA meetings.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096017.html
--- Package-specific and critical path test case process ---
Following up on his earlier proposals (see this beat in FWN #255) Adam Williamson announced[1] two draft Wiki pages[2] [3] that would implement a process for creating and categorizing test cases such that they can be identified as related to specific packages and/or related to critical path functionality. Following useful feedback from James Laska[4], Adam revised the proposals, and continues to do so based on further feedback on the mailing lists and the trac ticket[5].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096095.html
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_SOP_test_case_creation
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_SOP_package_test_pla...
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096098.html
5. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/154
--- Test case management system proposal and requirements ---
Rui He has been working on the possibility of implementing a test case management system (TCMS) for Fedora. This is being tracked in a trac ticket[1] and she has now started drafting the requirements any TCMS would have to satisfy to replace the use of the Fedora Wiki to store test cases[2].
1. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/152
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Rhe/tcms_requirements_proposal
--- AutoQA ---
Work on AutoQA continues to progress apace - there is much more than I am able to reliably relay in these newsletters, those who are very interested are recommended to follow the mailing list[1]. The anaconda storage tests contributed by Chris Lumens have been reviewed and are ready for merging[2]. Martin Krizek's patch for allowing results to be reported to Bodhi[3] has been reviewed and accepted[4]. Martin and Kamil Paral have been working on implementing a staging server for results, and Will Woods continues to work on dependency check testing. He has now decided to serialize dependency check tests to avoid the complexity involved in supporting parallel tests, having worked out that even at the busiest point, dependency check testing will only be needed, on average, once every 33 minutes.
1. http://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/autoqa-devel
2. http://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-devel/2010-December/001422.html
3. http://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-devel/2010-December/001411.html
4. http://fedorahosted.org/autoqa/changeset/5d37e59128c1913946c02e6a1d899a55...
--- Consequences of negative karma ---
Brendan Jones asked about the consequences of negative karma, wondering whether test updates he filed negative karma against should be immediately un-pushed, or prevented from being sent to the stable update repository[1]. Kevin Fenzi[2] and Adam Williamson[3] both explained that negative feedback was considered advisory in nature, and maintainers are able to push updates despite the existence of negative feedback, if they believe it is proper to do so. They both suggested that Brendan could alert FESCo if he felt a packager was ignoring negative feedback inappropriately. Brendan replied that he had asked only for clarification, and did not feel the cases in question were inappropriate[4].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096057.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096058.html
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096059.html
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-December/096060.html
-- Translation --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N
--- Transifex v.0.9 Upgrade Update ---
A staging server running transifex v.0.9 has been put up at[1]: https://translate.stg.fedoraproject.org/
Domingo Becker of the Spanish translation team has been working closely with the Fedora Infrastructure team[2] and upstream maintainers for Transifex to get the staging server set up. The date for the final migration for use on translate.fedoraproject.org is not yet known and translators still face the much reported problems of file procurement and submission[3].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008507.html
2. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2389
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008508.html
--- IMSettings moved to github ---
The repository for the IMSettings module has been moved to github[1]. Hence, at present submissions for this module cannot be made directly via translate.fedoraproject.org and need to be sent to the maintainer for submission.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008475.html
--- New Members in FLP ---
Valentin Laskov (Bulgarian)[1], András Bögöly (Hungarian)[2], David Young (Chinese)[3], Kevin (Chinese)[4], Nasri Amal (French)[5], Siddharth Waikar (Marathi)[6], Sooraj R (Malayalam)[7], Lyndon (Simplified Chinese)[8], Alick Zhao (Simplified Chinese)[9], Martin Fajcik (Slovak)[10], Mie Yamamoto (Japanese)[11] joined the FLP recently. The Bulgarian translation community now has a new coordinator - Bogomil Shopov[12].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008438.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008448.html
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008455.html
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008460.html
5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008472.html
6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008477.html
7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008499.html
8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008503.html
9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008505.html
10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2011-January/008517.html
11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2011-January/008518.html
12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-December/008490.html
-- Security Advisories --
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce, from the period December 16, 2010 - January 5, 2011.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
--- Fedora 14 Security Advisories ---
* opensc-0.11.13-6.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* drupal-views-6.x.2.12-1.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* php-5.3.4-1.fc14.1 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* php-eaccelerator-0.9.6.1-3.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* maniadrive-1.2-23.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* libwmf-0.2.8.4-27.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* mantis-1.1.8-5.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* tor-0.2.1.28-1400.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.37-1.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* eclipse-3.6.1-6.1.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* dbus-1.4.0-2.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* git-1.7.3.4-1.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* ImageMagick-6.6.4.1-15.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* seamonkey-2.0.11-1.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* dhcp-4.2.0-16.P2.fc14 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* mailman-2.1.13-6.fc14.1 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
--- Fedora 13 Security Advisories ---
* opensc-0.11.13-6.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* git-1.7.3.4-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* drupal-views-6.x.2.12-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* php-5.3.4-1.fc13.1 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* php-eaccelerator-0.9.6.1-3.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* maniadrive-1.2-23.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* libwmf-0.2.8.4-22.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/05...
* Ajaxterm-0.10-13.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* tor-0.2.1.28-1300.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* mantis-1.1.8-5.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* ImageMagick-6.5.8.10-7.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.37-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* eclipse-3.5.2-4.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* seamonkey-2.0.11-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* clamav-0.96.5-1300.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* openssl-1.0.0c-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
* mailman-2.1.12-16.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/0...
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Pascal Calarco, Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
13 years, 4 months
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- 0
qa in for 257
by Adam Williamson
nt!
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org
http://www.happyassassin.net
13 years, 4 months
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Design Beat not happening
by Nicu Buculei
My Design Beat won't happen probably at least for the rest of the F15
development cycle, while I am taking a pause from the team activities,
more info about that on http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-strike.html
--
nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/
13 years, 4 months
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Ambassadors Beat complete
by sankarshan
Season's Greetings
Your beat writer is pleased to announce the completion of the Beat for
this week ;)
--
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog>
13 years, 4 months
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- 1