Announcing Fedora 17. Relish it.
by Robyn Bergeron
"At the heat of a thousand hot dog cookers, the seventeenth release of
Fedora shall be forged by contributors the world over, and it will be
known as: Beefy Miracle. The mustard shall indicate progress.
For six months, participants in the Fedora Project shall freely
contribute to the release of the distribution, in the spirit of the Four
Foundations -- Freedom, Friends, Features, and First -- and moreover,
they shall relish in Fun, as a community without Fun would be like a day
without sunshine.
Upon release, a free and open source operating system shall be available
to all, catering to a variety of tastes -- those of end-users, systems
administrators, and developers, with a common thread that binds them
all: No, not their love for hot dogs, silly, as we certainly know that
Fedora shall be created and used by those whose dietary preference could
be either Beefy or Leafy. Freedom, my friends, Freedom is the Great
Condiment, which shall enable all users of the Beefy Miracle to Create,
Share, and Do."
-- The Book of Sauerkraut, Chapter 12, Verse 529
The Beefy Miracle hath arrived. Behold, for it is available to download now:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
And lo, detailed information about this release can be seen in the
release notes:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Release_Notes/
== Condiments ==
Frankly, we believe this is the beefiest release ever -- chock full of
condiments, more commonly known as Features, to customize your
experience to your tastes. We take pride in our toppings, and in our
fine ingredients; Fedora 17 includes both over- and under-the-bun
improvements that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing
state of free (range) software.
On the desktop: GNOME 3.4 introduces many user experience improvements,
including new search capabilities in the activities overview, improved
themes, and enhancements to the Documents and Contacts applications. A
new application, GNOME-boxes, provides easy access to virtual machines.
Additionally, GIMP 2.8, the newest version of the GNU Image
Manipulation Program, brings new improvements, such as single-window
mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing.
For developers: You never sausage a great array of development tools!
Fedora 17 includes a pre-release of Juno, the release of the Eclipse
SDK expected in June 2012. Java 7 (and OpenJDK 7) is the default Java
runtime and Java build toolset, and GCC 4.7.x is now the primary
compiler in Fedora. Other language refreshes include shipping Ruby
1.9.3, the latest stable version of the Ruby language; PHP 5.4, the
latest PHP stack; an update of Erlang to the R15 release; and the D
language has been updated to the 2.058 release.
Under the hood, and in the cloud: Serving up hot dogs all day long?
Increase your reliability and versatility with the new enhancements to
the clustering stack in Fedora 17. Load balancing and high availability
improvements have been made, allowing systems administrators to deploy
Fedora in environments requiring greater availability and clustered file
systems. JBoss Application Server (AS) 7 has also been added to Fedora
17; this fast, lightweight, and modular application server allows you to
run full Java EE applications. oVirt, a server virtualization management
system with advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, is also
included. The automatic multi-seat feature enables multiple, concurrent
end-users to utilize a desktop from a single machine, which any systems
administrator can relish. And we couldn't possibly write this without
talking about our foray into Hot Dogs as a Service (HDaaS)... oh, just
kidding, we just had to make a cloudy joke. In all seriousness, though,
OpenStack, a collection of services that can be used to set up and run
cloud compute and storage infrastructure, has been updated to the latest
release, 2012.1 (Essex), in Fedora 17.
Ketchup with the full list of features for Fedora 17 here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList
=== Download and Upgrade ===
Fedora 17: It's bun-believable. Get it now: http://get.fedoraproject.org
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading
Fedora 17 full release notes and guides for several languages are
available at:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
Fedora 17 common bugs are documented at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs
=== Fedora Spins ===
Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various types
of users via hand-picked application set or customizations. They can be
found at:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org
== Contributing ==
There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help
translate software and content, test and give feedback on software
updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with
all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use
by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit
http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
== Behold, the history of His Meatiness ==
Who is this Beefy Miracle character? Ketchup on his history:
http://beefymiracle.org/history.html
== Contact information ==
Journalists and reporters can find additional information at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press
Cheers, and enjoy.
-Robyn
11 years, 11 months
2012-05-28 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson
# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting
# Date: 2012-05-28
# Time: 15:00 UTC
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto)
# Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Greetings testers!
Well, we finally got bored of blocker bugs, pretended there weren't any
any more, and shipped F17, so it's time to check in on any final tasks
and look forward to F18, a nice quiet release with nothing major except
a new default filesystem, firewall and installer UI. Clear seas ahead!
Brian and/or David, if you could drop by for the F18 planning to help us
talk about the new UI, that'd really help. Thanks.
This is a reminder of the upcoming QA meeting. Please add any topic
suggestions to the meeting wiki page:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20120528 (I know I'm a bit
behind on the wiki pages. Sorry. Let's say, if you want to add a topic,
create the page and put it in, eh?)
The current proposed agenda is included below.
== Proposed Agenda Topics ==
1. Previous meeting follow-up
2. Fedora 17 wrap-up / final tasks
3. Fedora 18 planning
4. AutoQA update
5. Open floor
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
http://www.happyassassin.net
11 years, 11 months
Fedora Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo elections: Town hall meeting schedule
by Robyn Bergeron
As you have (hopefully) heard by now, elections for the Fedora Board,
FESCo, and FAmSCo are quickly approaching.
In each election cycle, a series of town hall meetings is held to give
community members and opportunity to ask candidates questions - and hear
their answers - via IRC.
The town hall schedule for the upcoming election is as follows:
Fedora Project Board:
* Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 17:00 UTC
* Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 20:00 UTC
FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee):
* Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 17:00 UTC
* Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 20:00 UTC
FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee):
* Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 16:00 UTC
* Monday, May 28 at 17:00 UTC
Not sure what time that is? Use a handy-dandy time zone calculator to
find out when to show up:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Important information about how you can participate in the town halls
via IRC, as well as the details of each town hall meeting, can be seen
on the wiki here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections#IRC_Town_Halls
Additional details about the upcoming elections, including who the
candidates are and the schedule for elections, can be seen here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections
IRC town halls are a great and interesting way to get to know the
candidates for the various bodies. I encourage you to come and
participate, and bring your questions!
Cheers,
-Robyn
11 years, 11 months
Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 4 (RC4) Available Now!
by Andre Robatino
As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 4
(RC4) is now available for testing. Content information, including
changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196 .
Please see the following pages for download links (including delta ISOs)
and testing instructions. Normally dl.fedoraproject.org should provide
the fastest download, but download-ib01.fedoraproject.org is available
as a mirror (with an approximately 1 hour lag) in case of trouble. To
use it, just replace "dl" with "download-ib01" in the download URL.
Installation:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
Base:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test
Desktop:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test
Security Lab:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Security_Lab_Test
Ideally, all Alpha, Beta, and Final priority test cases for Installation
[2], Base [3], Desktop [4], and Security Lab [5] should pass in order to
meet the Final Release Criteria [6]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on
irc.freenode.net [7], or on the test list [8].
Create Fedora 17 Final release candidate (RC) - live and traditional
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196
Current Release Blocker page (Blockers and Nice-To-Have):
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers
Fedora 17 Final Blocker tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752650
Fedora 17 Final Nice-To-Have tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752653
[1] http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-17/f-17-quality-tasks.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Base_validation_testing
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Desktop_validation_testing
[5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Security_Lab_validation_testing
[6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria
[7] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa
[8] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
11 years, 11 months
Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Available Now!
by Andre Robatino
As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 3
(RC3) is now available for testing. Content information, including
changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196 .
Please see the following pages for download links (including delta ISOs)
and testing instructions. Normally dl.fedoraproject.org should provide
the fastest download, but download-ib01.fedoraproject.org is available
as a mirror (with an approximately 1 hour lag) in case of trouble. To
use it, just replace "dl" with "download-ib01" in the download URL.
Installation:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
Base:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test
Desktop:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test
Security Lab:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Security_Lab_Test
Ideally, all Alpha, Beta, and Final priority test cases for Installation
[2], Base [3], Desktop [4], and Security Lab [5] should pass in order to
meet the Final Release Criteria [6]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on
irc.freenode.net [7], or on the test list [8].
Create Fedora 17 Final release candidate (RC) - live and traditional
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196
Current Release Blocker page (Blockers and Nice-To-Have):
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers
Fedora 17 Final Blocker tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752650
Fedora 17 Final Nice-To-Have tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752653
[1] http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-17/f-17-quality-tasks.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Base_validation_testing
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Desktop_validation_testing
[5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Security_Lab_validation_testing
[6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria
[7] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa
[8] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
11 years, 11 months
Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Available Now!
by Andre Robatino
As per the Fedora 17 schedule [1], Fedora 17 Final Release Candidate 2
(RC2) is now available for testing. Content information, including
changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196 .
Please see the following pages for download links (including delta ISOs)
and testing instructions. Normally dl.fedoraproject.org should provide
the fastest download, but download-ib01.fedoraproject.org is available
as a mirror (with an approximately 1 hour lag) in case of trouble. To
use it, just replace "dl" with "download-ib01" in the download URL.
Installation:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
Base:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test
Desktop:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test
Security Lab:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Security_Lab_Test
Ideally, all Alpha, Beta, and Final priority test cases for Installation
[2], Base [3], Desktop [4], and Security Lab [5] should pass in order to
meet the Final Release Criteria [6]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on
irc.freenode.net [7], or on the test list [8].
Create Fedora 17 Final release candidate (RC) - live and traditional
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5196
Current Release Blocker page (Blockers and Nice-To-Have):
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers
Fedora 17 Final Blocker tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752650
Fedora 17 Final Nice-To-Have tracker bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=752653
[1] http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-17/f-17-quality-tasks.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Base_validation_testing
[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Desktop_validation_testing
[5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Security_Lab_validation_testing
[6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria
[7] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa
[8] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
11 years, 11 months
F17 GA to slip by one week.
by Robyn Bergeron
At the Go/No-Go meeting today, it was decided to slip the GA of Fedora
17 by one week[1]. There are currently 4 remaining release blockers[2],
necessitating the creation of RC2. Minutes follow below.
GA for F17 is now scheduled for 2012-05-29. Adjustments to the
schedule[3] and wiki will be completed later today.
We will be meeting again next Thursday, 2012-05-24, for another Go/No-Go
meeting.
Thanks for your patience!
-Robyn
[1]
Minutes:http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_...
Log:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go...
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Schedule
=============================================
#fedora-meeting-1: F17 Final Go No Go Meeting
=============================================
Meeting started by rbergeron at 17:03:17 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-05-17/f17_final_go...
.
Meeting summary
---------------
* Gathering the Peeps (rbergeron, 17:03:43)
* Purpose of this meeting (rbergeron, 17:04:50)
* Purpose of this meeting is to see whether or not F17 Final is ready
for shipment, according to the release criteria. (rbergeron,
17:05:21)
* This is determined in a few ways: (rbergeron, 17:05:37)
* No remaining blocker bugs (rbergeron, 17:05:46)
* Test matrices are fully completed (rbergeron, 17:06:01)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers
(rbergeron, 17:06:26)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria
(rbergeron, 17:07:01)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_17_Final_RC_Test_Results
(rbergeron, 17:08:28)
* Blocker Bugs (rbergeron, 17:09:31)
* 5 proposed blockers (tflink, 17:09:45)
* 2 accepted blockers (tflink, 17:09:45)
* (821077) Firstboot window does not fit the screen after install from
F17 TC4 Final KDE Live (tflink, 17:10:47)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821077 (tflink,
17:10:50)
* Accepted Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:10:53)
* LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=585074 (spot,
17:14:32)
* packaging the C code outside of firstboot seems like the best
solution for now (tflink, 17:21:19)
* ACTION: spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch
(rbergeron, 17:23:02)
* ACTION: tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes
(rbergeron, 17:27:40)
* (822123) Graphical grub is unusable slow (tflink, 17:28:11)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822123 (tflink,
17:28:11)
* Accepted Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 17:28:11)
* workedaround, just need to wait for RC2 (rbergeron, 17:31:00)
* anaconda-17.28-1 should workaround this to the point where it's no
longer a blocker (tflink, 17:31:01)
* (794927) PackageKit cannot import GPG keys - Fatal error:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk_5ftransaction_5ferror.Code14:
Invalid input passed to daemon: char '<' in text! (tflink, 17:31:54)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794927 (tflink,
17:31:58)
* Proposed Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 17:32:01)
* LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998 (nirik,
17:36:26)
* AGREED: - 794927 - AcceptedBlocker - Violates the Fedora 17 alpha
release criterion "The installed system must be able to download and
install updates with yum and the default graphical package manager
in all release-blocking desktops" (tflink, 17:42:27)
* (748320) automatically import default GPG keys (tflink, 17:42:37)
* LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748320 (tflink,
17:42:37)
* Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:42:39)
* AGREED: - 748320 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't
directly hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria and we've been
shipping like this for a while now - rejected as blocker. However,
this would improve the user experience and a tested fix would be
considered for inclusion past code freeze (tflink, 17:47:12)
* (822430) PK is stuck after installing a single update (tflink,
17:47:20)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822430 (tflink,
17:47:20)
* Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 17:47:20)
* no kittens will be harmed during the triage and fix for this bug ...
if all goes according to plan (tflink, 18:03:59)
* AGREED: - 822430 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't
completely hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria and has a
simple workaround - install all of the updates. Thus it can be fixed
by an update and does not need to block release. However, it does
cause problems with certain update use cases and would be considered
for freeze break. Separate patches and/or builds for the different
PK issues are requested so that they can be evaluated in (tflink,
18:04:12)
* (820478) [ta_IN] Without autohinting tamil strings rendering is badly
broken. (tflink, 18:04:28)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820478 (tflink,
18:04:31)
* Proposed Blocker, MODIFIED (tflink, 18:04:34)
* AGREED: - 820478 - RejectedBlocker, AcceptedNTH - This doesn't
directly hit any of the Fedora 17 release criteria but it does
impact readability and user experience for installations in Tamil.
The fix is built and tested, will accept if more composes are done.
(tflink, 18:09:16)
* (815473) Preugprade from F16 to F17 Beta doesn't successfully set the
boot menu default (tflink, 18:09:32)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815473 (tflink,
18:09:35)
* Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:09:37)
* (815473) Preugprade from F16 to F17 Beta doesn't successfully set the
boot menu default (tflink, 18:17:06)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815473 (tflink,
18:17:09)
* Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:17:11)
* AGREED: - 815473 - RejectedBlocker - This doesn't affect the ability
of preupgrade to actually work and thus, doesn't violate the Fedora
17 release criteria. The workaround is relatively painless but a new
preupgrade build is very much desired as the issue has been fixed in
git (tflink, 18:21:02)
* (822495) Fedora 17 DVD build does not contain device-mapper-multipath
(tflink, 18:22:48)
* LINK: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822495 (tflink,
18:22:51)
* Proposed Blocker, NEW (tflink, 18:22:53)
* AGREED: - 822495 - AcceptedBlocker - Violates the Fedora 17 final
release criterion "The installer must be able to complete an
installation using any network-attached storage devices (e.g. iSCSI,
FCoE, Fibre Channel)" and multipath is very much the norm for higer
end networked storage (tflink, 18:26:20)
* Go or No Go? (rbergeron, 18:32:23)
* Test matrices are pretty much covered, except SCSI, which we are
always missing. (rbergeron, 18:32:51)
* 4 blockers - 2 previously accepted, 2 new (rbergeron, 18:36:12)
* some desktop tests, including KDE, are missing, we need an RC2 spin.
(rbergeron, 18:36:52)
* AGREED: F17 Final (from RC1) is a no-go; we slip one week, for a GA
of May 29. (rbergeron, 18:38:10)
* Release readiness meeting in this channel in 20 minutes (rbergeron,
18:39:38)
* ACTION: rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face
(rbergeron, 18:40:02)
* Next Go/No-Go will be 2012-05-24, same bat time, same bat channel
(17:00 UTC, 13:00 eastern, 10:00 pacific) (rbergeron, 18:45:40)
Meeting ended at 18:48:34 UTC.
Action Items
------------
* spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch
* tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes
* rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face
Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* rbergeron
* rbergeron to send out slip mail with a sad, unbeefy face
* spot
* spot to get patch packaged, get ajax to sanity check patch
* tflink
* tflink to coordinate with mgracik re: firstboot changes
* **UNASSIGNED**
* (none)
People Present (lines said)
---------------------------
* tflink (152)
* rbergeron (136)
* adamw (83)
* nirik (52)
* spot (19)
* sgallagh (13)
* drago01 (10)
* bcl (6)
* zodbot (6)
* mclasen (4)
* dgilmore (0)
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