August 2007 - relnotes-content - Fedora Mailing-Lists

fedora_requires_release_note requested: [Bug 257341] Review Request: obexfs - FUSE based filesystem using ObexFTP

by Red Hat Bugzilla

Bug 257341: Review Request: obexfs - FUSE based filesystem using ObexFTP Product: Fedora Version: devel Component: Package Review Parag AN <panemade(a)gmail.com> has asked for fedora_requires_release_note: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=257341 ------- Additional Comments from Parag AN <panemade(a)gmail.com> FYI, on mock build i386 rawhide I saw /builddir/build/BUILD/obexfs-0.11/missing: Unknown `--run' option Try `/builddir/build/BUILD/obexfs-0.11/missing --help' for more information configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing This is not causing any problem for build.

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fedora_requires_release_note granted: [Bug 253163] Review Request: sazanami-fonts - Sazanami Japanese TrueType fonts

by Red Hat Bugzilla

Bug 253163: Review Request: sazanami-fonts - Sazanami Japanese TrueType fonts Product: Fedora Version: devel Component: Package Review Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> has granted Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com>'s request for fedora_requires_release_note: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253163 ------- Additional Comments from Jens Petersen <petersen(a)redhat.com> I added a relnotes about the new package in the I18n docs beat.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/I18n" by JensPetersen

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by JensPetersen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/I18n?action=diff&rev2=94&rev1=93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This section includes information on language support under Fedora. === Fonts changes === - Fonts for Chinese, some Indic scripts, Japanese, and Korean are now installed by default. + Fonts for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and some Indic scripts are now installed by default. `sazanami-fonts` has been split out of fonts-japanese into two subpackages for the Gothic and Mincho TrueType fonts.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/I18n" by JensPetersen

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by JensPetersen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/I18n?action=diff&rev2=93&rev1=92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <h2>Internationalization (i18n)</h2>}}} This section includes information on language support under Fedora. + + === Fonts changes === + Fonts for Chinese, some Indic scripts, Japanese, and Korean are now installed by default. + + `sazanami-fonts` has been split out of fonts-japanese into two subpackages for the Gothic and Mincho TrueType fonts. === Language Installation === @@ -16, +21 @@ Users upgrading from earlier releases of Fedora are strongly recommended to install `scim-bridge-gtk`, which works well with 3rd party C++ applications linked against older versions of `libstdc++`. + If you just want to install SCIM support to input a particular language you can instead just install `scim-lang-<lang>`, where `<lang>` is one of `assamese`, `bengali`, `chinese`, `dhivehi`, `farsi`, `gujarati`, `hindi`, `japanese`, `kannada`, `korean`, `latin`, `malayalam`, `marathi`, `oriya`, `punjabi`, `sinhalese`, `tamil`, `telugu`, `thai`, `tibetan`. + === SCIM Input Method defaults === The core SCIM input method packages are now installed by default, but the input method only starts by default on desktops running in an Asian locale (the current list is: `as`, `bn`, `gu`, `hi`, `ja`, `kn`, `ko`, `ml`, `mr`, `ne`, `or`, `pa`, `si`, `ta`, `te`, `th`, `ur`, `vi`, `zh`). You can use `im-chooser` via ''System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Input Method'' to enable or disable SCIM on your desktop, or to select other installed input methods. In a non-Asian locale you need to set ''Use custom input method -> scim'' in `im-chooser` and restart your desktop session to activate SCIM on your desktop by default.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/PackageNotes" by PaulFrields

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by PaulFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageNotes?action=diff&rev2=10... The comment on the change is: Per fedora-maintainers-list 2007-08-17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following sections contain information regarding software packages that have undergone significant changes for Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. For easier access, they are generally organized using the same groups that are shown in the installation system. - === PC Speaker Enabled === + === Utility Packages === - The PC speaker is enabled by default in this release, but can be circumvented in a number of ways: + The `cryptsetup-luks` package has been renamed to `cryptsetup`. - * Reduce its volume to a acceptable level or completely mute the PC speaker in `alsamixer` with the setting for "PC Speak". - * As the `root` user, disable the PC speaker system-wide by runing the following command in a console. - {{{ - su -c '/sbin/modprobe -r pcspkr ; echo "install pcspkr :" >>/etc/modprobe.conf' - }}} - - === Cdrtools Replaced By Cdrkit === - - Recent versions of `cdrtools` [http://lwn.net/Articles/195167/ intermix] code under the GPL and CDDL licenses, which are mutually incompatible. To avoid this problem, in this release `cdrtools` has been replaced by a fork called [http://www.cdrkit.org/ cdrkit]. Thanks to Joerg Jaspert (joerg AT debian.org) from Debian for initiating development of this software and [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-August/msg0040... reaching out] to us. - - === EM8300 Drivers Default to ALSA === - - The default audio mode of the em8300 device support utilities and kernel modules (`em8300`, `kmod-em8300-*` packages) has changed from OSS to ALSA to follow upstream. However, numerous applications that support the em8300 still expect to find it in OSS mode. Users of these applications can use the `audio_driver=oss` option for the `em8300 module` in `/etc/modprobe.conf` to make the card use OSS for audio. - - === Gaim Renamed to Pidgin === - - The '''Gaim''' instant messenger has been [http://www.pidgin.im/index.php?id=177 renamed] to '''Pidgin''' to avoid possible trademark infringement issues. - - === Packages with ".fc6" Tag === - - There have not been any major changes in the toolchain in Fedora 7. Therefore, some packages in Fedora 7 might retain ".fc6" in the release tag if they have been inherited from the previous release without any changes. Fedora maintainers have not rebuilt these packages for Fedora 7 to avoid making end users download the packages for only a release tag change. This measure ensures that the robustness is not affected by any potential changes evoked by rebuilds. This naming of packages is merely cosmetic, and does not in any way affect the functionality of the software. - - === Perl Package Split === - - Development related files have been split up from Perl and are now available in the `perl-devel` package. As a temporary exception to the Fedora packaging guidelines, `perl` [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-April/msg00886.html requires] `perl-devel` to avoid rebuilding some `perl` dependent packages late in the development cycle. During the next release cycle of Fedora, maintainers will split up the rest of the dependent packages. - - === Zope and Plone Not Yet Available === - - This release of Fedora includes Python 2.5, which does not support Zope. As a result, the `zope` and `plone` packages have been removed from this release. Work is underway to alleviate this problem for Zope 3, and possibly create a restricted Python 2.5 implementation of Zope 2. Refer to http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/Zope3UsingPython25 for additional information. Users who require the `zope` or `plone` packages are cautioned to plan appropriately, and use virtualized hosts or other methodologies to support their Zope and Plone needs. - - === Unstable liferea x86_64 Package === - - The `liferea` RSS/RDF feed reader has a known issue compiled for x86_64 platforms. This issue causes it to take 100% of the CPU time, becoming unresponsive. - As a workaround until the bug is found and fixed, remove the `liferea.x86_64` package from your system, then install the i386 version. This package requires the `firefox.i386` package as well. For more information, refer to this bug report: - - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=231073 - - === Xfce url opening focus issue === - - If you use the Xfce desktop and click on a URL to open it in your browser, the active browser window moves to your current workspace. - A hidden option named ActivateAction adjusts this behavior. Set this string value to 'bring' (default), 'switch' or 'none'. To add this option to your settings edit your - ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/wmtweaks.xml file and add a line like the following: - - <option name="Xfwm/ActivateAction" type="string" value="none"/> - - The bring option moves your browser to your current workspace and focuses it. - The switch option moves you to the workspace with your browser in it and focuses it. - The none option opens the URL in your browser in the background and keeps your focus in the current application. - - Refer to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2961 for more information on this issue. - - === System Tools === - - ==== Yum kernel handling plugin ==== - - By default Fedora includes and enables a `yum` plugin package `yum-installonlyn`. This plugin retains the latest two kernels, including the one running, when you perform updates on your system. To tune this feature to retain more or fewer kernels, or disable it entirely, edit the `/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/installonlyn.conf` file. - - ==== apcupsd ==== - - The `apcupsd` package has been upgraded to version 3.14.0. This version removes the old master/slave networking mode. Refer to the [http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=54413&release_id=48... apcupsd release notes] for more information. - - === Engineering and Scientific === - - ==== paraview ==== - - The `mpi` build and sub-package of `paraview` have been removed until `cmake` related build issues are resolved. - - === ATA over Ethernet === - - This release includes packages that support a kernel feature, providing ATA access over Ethernet. The packages are `aoetools`, the ATA over Ethernet tools, and `vblade`, a virtual EtherDrive blade daemon. - - === Graphics === - - ==== Handling of GIMP Plugins Contained in Other Packages ==== - - The GIMP package in Fedora includes a helper script `/usr/sbin/gimp-plugin-mgr` for plugins contained in other packages, for example, `xsane-gimp`. This script manages symlinks from the GIMP plugin directory (which may change between upgrades) to the actual location of the plugins. - - A bug has been fixed in the Fedora 7 release of GIMP that was in all older GIMP packages, including all those in the test releases. The bug concerns the execution order in which the symlinks are installed and removed, causing the symlinks to vanish when the GIMP package is updated. - - Although the GIMP package contained in the final release has the execution order fixed, due to the nature of the problem it will show up once more when updating from an affected version to a fixed version. To add these symlinks back in, run this command, providing the `root` password when prompted: - - {{{su -c "/usr/sbin/gimp-plugin-mgr --install '*'" - }}} -

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[Bug 151189] Fedora release notes tracker bug

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Fedora release notes tracker bug Alias: fc-relnotes-traqr https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151189 opensource(a)till.name changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BugsThisDependsOn| |251737 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Bug 151189] Fedora release notes tracker bug

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Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Fedora release notes tracker bug Alias: fc-relnotes-traqr https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151189 opensource(a)till.name changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BugsThisDependsOn| |251736 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by TillMaas

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by TillMaas: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Installer?action=diff&rev2=125&r... The comment on the change is: This seems to be a more correct commandline. But it does not work in qemu or VirtualBox for me, imho a selectable entry would be better, anyway: #251726 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Admonition("note", "Downloading Large Files", "If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2 GiB in size. {{{wget}}} 1.9.1-16 and above, {{{curl}}}, and {{{ncftpget}}} do not have this limitation, and can successfully download files larger than 2 GiB. '''BitTorrent''' is another method for downloading large files. For information about obtaining and using the torrent file, refer to http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/.")]] - '''Anaconda''' tests the integrity of installation media by default. This function works with the CD, DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. The Fedora Project recommends that you test all installation media before starting the installation process and before reporting any installation-related bugs. Many of the bugs reported are actually due to improperly-burned CD or DVDs. To use this test, select '''Rescue installed system''', press the '''[Tab]''' key, change the boot command to read {{{ vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img mediacheck}}}, and then press '''[Enter]'''. + '''Anaconda''' tests the integrity of installation media by default. This function works with the CD, DVD, hard drive ISO, and NFS ISO installation methods. The Fedora Project recommends that you test all installation media before starting the installation process and before reporting any installation-related bugs. Many of the bugs reported are actually due to improperly-burned CD or DVDs. This {{{mediacheck}}} function is highly sensitive, and may report some usable discs as faulty. This result is often caused by disc writing software that does not include padding when creating discs from ISO files. For best results with {{{mediacheck}}}, boot with the following option: - The {{{mediacheck}}} function is highly sensitive, and may report some usable discs as faulty. This result is often caused by disc writing software that does not include padding when creating discs from ISO files. For best results with {{{mediacheck}}}, boot with the following option: + To use this test, select '''Rescue installed system''', press the '''[Tab]''' key, change the boot command to the following and press '''[Enter]'''. - {{{linux ide=nodma mediacheck + {{{vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img ide=nodma mediacheck }}} After you complete the {{{mediacheck}}} function successfully, reboot to return DMA mode to its normal state. On many systems, this results in a faster installation process from the disc. You may skip the {{{mediacheck}}} option when rebooting.

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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Virtualization" by SamFolkWilliams

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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by SamFolkWilliams: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization?action=diff&rev2=... The comment on the change is: scrubbing for f8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] supports both Xen and KVM virtualization platforms. The {{{libvirt}}} API and its corresponding tools, {{{virt-manager}}} and {{{virsh}}}, have been updated to support both KVM and Xen. Users can choose which virtualization platform to install, and use the same tools without regard to that choice. - Xen in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] is based on version 3.1.0. + Xen in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] is based on version ?? - KVM in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] is based on version 19-1. + KVM in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] is based on version ?? For more information on the differences between Xen and KVM, refer to http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/TechComparison. For more information on installing and using virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]], refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora7VirtQuickStart. - - === Types of Virtualization === - - Using Xen, both paravirtualization and full virtualization can be implemented. Under KVM, only full virtualization is supported. Full virtualization requires a VT-capable processor. Paravirtualization does not require special hardware, but does require the guest OS to be modified. - - === Guest Operating Systems === - - The Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] development team has tested Xen and KVM with Fedora Core 6, Fedora 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4.5 and 5.0 guests. Other guests have not been tested. With full virtualization, users can expect reasonable success with a large variety of operating systems, including some proprietary operating systems. === Changes to the Virtualization Packages === The following improvements have been made in the Virtualization packages in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]: + * Secure remote management of guest domains - * The applications {{{virt-manager}}} and {{{virsh}}} can now work with inactive domains. Previously, only {{{xm}}} could handle inactive domains. - * The mouse cursor problems with the virtual frame buffer have been fixed, for a better user experience in GUI modes. - * Miscellaneous other small improvements and fixes have been made. - * 32-bit paravirtualized guests can run on a 64-bit hypervisor. - * Fully virtualized guests support save, restore, and migration. - * When migrating guests, the guest config is saved on the destinaton host. - * The Xen `network-bridge` script does not use the `netloop` kernel module anymore. The default bridge device is now called `eth0` instead of `xenbr0`. The physical device is still renamed to `peth0`. - * The `virt-manager` utility provides a virtual networks enabling NAT for guests on laptops, instead of the Xen `network-bridge` script. - * The `virt-manager` utility is translated into more languages. - * The `virt-manager` can add and remove disks and interfaces to existing guests. - * The `virt-manager` utility provides progress feedback when downloading images, creating disks, and starting guests

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