Fedora Rel-Eng Meeting Recap 2007-AUG-20

[John Poelstra]

Recap and full IRC transcript found here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2007-aug-20

Please make corrections and clarifications to the wiki page.

== Mass Rebuild ==
 * f13 
    * we need to rebuild for the build-id stuff, ppc32 binaries for not needing execmem, and that's about the extent of the "technical" reasons.
    * we could also pick up license clarifications to spec files at that time, but it's not technical necessary
 * concerns about PPC blocking test2 release
 * see IRC log for more details
Decision: NONE. f13 will send mail to list with additional information.

== String Freeze Policy Draft ==
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy/Draft  
 * glezos would like us to read/ratify this and add it to our list of Policies.
Decision: 
  * The Fedora Localization Team, potentially together with the release team, will evaluate the request and provide feedback. If the string change is rejected, then you'll have to wait for the next development cycle to begin to get the change into Fedora packages. Disputes over rejected changes can be escalated to FESCo.
  * Adjust policy as needed after seeing it in action for F8.
  * Glezos to put the written policy at a permanent location on the wiki and write an announcement for fedora-devel-announce

== Open Thoughts & Discussion ==
 * Consequences of slipping F8 schedule more than 1 week
 * PPC as primary architecture
 * see IRC log
Decision: NONE

== IRC Transcript ==