Fedora ARM Weekly Status Meeting Minutes 2013-04-16

[Paul Whalen]

Thanks to those that were able to join for the status meeting today, for those unable the minutes
are posted below:

Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-17/fedora-meeting-1.2013-04-17-20.01.html
Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-17/fedora-meeting-1.2013-04-17-20.01.txt
Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-17/fedora-meeting-1.2013-04-17-20.01.log.html

Paul



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#fedora-meeting-1: Fedora ARM weekly status meeting
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Meeting started by pwhalen at 20:01:04 UTC. The full logs are available
at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-17/fedora-meeting-1.2013-04-17-20.01.log.html
.



Meeting summary
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* 0) Status of ACTION items from our previous meeting  (pwhalen,
  20:02:37)
  * -COMPLETE- bconoboy to work out remaining minimal F19 package set
    requiring aarch64 autotools patching  (pwhalen, 20:02:45)
  * masta, j_dulaney, oatley to try upstream kernel on a10 devices
    (pwhalen, 20:02:58)
  * LINK:
    http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-10/fedora-meeting-1.2013-04-10-20.00.html
    (pwhalen, 20:03:09)
  * j_dulaney tried 3.9rc6 upstream kernel on a Gooseberry using the
    defconfig, did not boot  (pwhalen, 20:06:06)

* 1) Problem packages  (pwhalen, 20:07:15)
  * python3 current problem package being worked on  (pwhalen, 20:08:19)
  * java-1.7.0-openjdk FTBFS  (pwhalen, 20:10:56)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953257   (pwhalen,
    20:11:07)
  * python3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951802
    (pwhalen, 20:12:34)
  * tog-pegasus: dmarlin is continuing to work on atomics issues
    (bconoboy, 20:15:40)

* 2) Aarch64 patching - status update  (pwhalen, 20:15:59)
  * ACTION: ahs3 will update the package scanner to better handle false
    positives and negatives  (bconoboy, 20:29:06)
  * an updated message with more accurate instructions for recipients
    will be crafted after the list is regenerated  (bconoboy, 20:29:40)
  * ACTION: ahs3/pbrobinson/dgilmore will write the updated directions
    (bconoboy, 20:32:15)

* 3) F19 Alpha planning  (pwhalen, 20:32:33)
  * F19 alpha image generation is being held up by problems with live
    media creator and/or anaconda  (bconoboy, 20:48:58)
  * LINK: livemedia-creator fails to make an ISO image using --novirt:
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920764  (bconoboy,
    20:49:15)
  * LINK: livemedia-creator appears to hang when using --novirt
    --image-only: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895258
    (bconoboy, 20:49:53)
  * Current F19 alpha target platform list: highbank, tegra, omap,
    vexpress  (bconoboy, 20:52:51)
  * LINK:
    http://people.fedoraproject.org/~blc/fedora-arm/arm-boot-config/
    (bconoboy, 20:55:25)
  * LINK: Enjoy uboot kernel menus, recover from bad kernels with ease,
    try http://people.fedoraproject.org/~blc/fedora-arm/arm-boot-config/
    (bconoboy, 20:55:53)
  * Currently supports tegra, highbank, omap: Contact bconoboy to add
    support for your device  (bconoboy, 21:00:01)

* 4) 3.9 Kernel Update  (pwhalen, 21:01:20)
  * kernel-3.9.0-0.rc7.git0.2.fc19 booting on tegra/vexpress/highbank
    and omap  (pwhalen, 21:02:16)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Quality_Assurance/Kernel_Testing/Fedora_19#kernel-3.9.0-0.rc7.git0.2.fc19_.28scratch_build.29
    (pwhalen, 21:02:51)
  * LINK: http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1716496
    (pwhalen, 21:03:16)

* 5) Open Floor  (pwhalen, 21:07:14)
  * Trimslice now working with firmware v2012.04-1.02 (1 GB RAM now
    available)  (pwhalen, 21:07:38)
  * LINK:
    http://www.trimslice.com/wiki/index.php/Trim-Slice_Firmware_Updater#U-Boot_environment_variable
    (pwhalen, 21:07:39)
  * initial stage4 bootstrap Quickstart page  (pwhalen, 21:08:38)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64/QuickStart
    (pwhalen, 21:08:48)
  * this includes kernels for use with a disk image or nfs root
    (pwhalen, 21:09:06)
  * recommend usage with an NFS root  (pwhalen, 21:10:42)

Meeting ended at 21:15:30 UTC.




Action Items
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* ahs3 will update the package scanner to better handle false positives
  and negatives
* ahs3/pbrobinson/dgilmore will write the updated directions




Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* ahs3
  * ahs3 will update the package scanner to better handle false
    positives and negatives
  * ahs3/pbrobinson/dgilmore will write the updated directions
* dgilmore
  * ahs3/pbrobinson/dgilmore will write the updated directions
* pbrobinson
  * ahs3/pbrobinson/dgilmore will write the updated directions
* **UNASSIGNED**
  * (none)




People Present (lines said)
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* pbrobinson (76)
* bconoboy (66)
* pwhalen (60)
* j_dulaney (54)
* masta (27)
* dmarlin (16)
* jcapik (13)
* zodbot (12)
* ahs3 (11)
* dgilmore (7)
* mlangsdorf (2)
* oatley (2)
* fossjon (2)
* agreene (1)
* jsmith (1)
* ctyler (0)
* jonmasters (0)