Fedora Weekly News 223

Thu Apr 29 02:06:54 UTC 2010

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Pascal Calarco <pcalarco at nd.edu> wrote:

>  * 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 223
> o 1.1 Announcements
> + 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News
> + 1.1.2 Fedora Community Gaming
> # 1.1.2.1 Recent Bugzilla Comment Concerning Fedora 11 EOL
> # 1.1.2.2 Upcoming Fedora IRC Classroom Sessions - 2010-04-26
> # 1.1.2.3 Elections: Nominations open Sat 2010-04-24
> + 1.1.3 Fedora Development News
> # 1.1.3.1 Outage: Buildsystem/koji - 2010-04-25 14:30 UTC
> + 1.1.4 Fedora Events
> # 1.1.4.1 Upcoming Events (March 2010 to May 2010)
> # 1.1.4.2 Past Events
> # 1.1.4.3 Additional information
> o 1.2 Planet Fedora
> + 1.2.1 General
> o 1.3 Marketing
> o 1.4 Fedora In the News
> + 1.4.1 A Music Lover's Fedora Linux Workstation
> + 1.4.2 Fedora 13 Beta: The Seen and (Troubling) Unseen (Datamation)
> + 1.4.3 Fedora taps Zarafa open source groupware for 13 (ZDNet)
> o 1.5 Ambassadors
> + 1.5.1 Fedora at FLISoL of Santo Andre, Brazil
> + 1.5.2 Campus Ambassadors up and running
> + 1.5.3 Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities
> o 1.6 QualityAssurance
> + 1.6.1 Test Days
> + 1.6.2 Update acceptance testing
> + 1.6.3 Remote accessibility release criterion proposal
> + 1.6.4 Fedora 11 end-of-life notification
> + 1.6.5 Fedora 13 testing
> o 1.7 Artwork
> + 1.7.1 Gearing for Fedora 13
> o 1.8 Security Advisories
> + 1.8.1 Fedora 13 Security Advisories
> + 1.8.2 Fedora 12 Security Advisories
> + 1.8.3 Fedora 11 Security Advisories
> o 1.9 Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding
> + 1.9.1 Students plan proposals while new ideas keep coming
> + 1.9.2 Search for sponsors continues
>
> - Fedora Weekly News Issue 223 -
>
> Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 223[1] for the week ending April 28,
> 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue.
>
> In Project announcements, a Fedora Community Gaming session this
> Friday/Saturday, correction on Fedora 11 EOL, and details on the latest
> round of Fedora elections. In news from the Planet Fedora, details on
> updates to MobileManager, a look at KDE 4 on Fedora, and jQuery for
> educational gaming. Marketing provides coverage of recent discussion on
> keyword optimization to the main Fedora Project web site and a Joe
> "Zonker" Brockmeier IRC Classroom. Fedora In the News returns with
> recent coverage of Fedora in the trade press and blogs over hte past
> week, while the Ambassadors beat features an event report from FLISoL of
> Santo Andre, Brazil. In QA news, details on last week's Test Day on
> Anaconda (the Fedora installer)'s storage support, a proposal on new
> release criterion stating that it must be possible to install a system
> in such a way that it is immediately remotely accessible and Fedora 13
> testing activities. In Artwork team news, details on final art push for
> Fedora 13, while Security Advisories returns after a week away,
> providing security-related packages released for Fedora 11, 12 and 13.
> Our issue wraps up with updates from the Fedora Summer Coding
> activities. Enjoy FWN 223!
>
> Unfortunately, as Kamisamanou Burgess is busy with study, the audio
> version of FWN - FAWN - is on hold until early May. You can still listen
> to old issues[2] on the Internet Archive, though. 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:
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>
> FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue223
> 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], selected announcements to the Fedora
> user list[2], development announcements[3] and Events[4].
>
> Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
>
> 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
> 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/
> 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
> 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
>
> --- Fedora Announcement News ---
> ---- Fedora Community Gaming ----
>
> Bruno Wolff III announced[1]:
>
> A suggestion was made to have game sessions for the community playing
> games available in Fedora. A pilot project has been started and the
> first session will be this Friday (or Saturday depending on timezone).
>
> For background you can find the original request at[2]
>
> A wiki page for this project is at[3]
>
> The first session will start this Friday at 9pm EDT (0100 UTC Saturday).
> We will be playing bzflag and attempting to use Fedora Talk (x2010) as a
> social channel, as chatting socially by typing, while playing bzflag
> seems hard to do.
>
> bzflag is a pretty light, chaotic game that allows for easy dropping in
> and out. The session will last at least 2 hours, but will go longer if
> people actually show up and want to keep playing. games1.wolff.to will
> be set up as a private server, but you will just be able to connect
> without any special password. Before we start playing we will be using
> the #fedora-games IRC channel to communicate in case there are problems.
> If you think it's likely you'll show up you can add you name in the wiki
> so we know how many people to expect.
>
> The week after we will be running a Wesnoth session, using the in game
> chat for socializing. That's a much different game and will probably
> appeal to a different group of people.
>
> After that, it depends on the response both a of players and people
> willing to sponsor games. At least initially we want to try a lot of
> different stuff. The first two being at the same time has to do with my
> schedule. I would hope that other people run game sessions at different
> times in order to be more accessible to other people.
>
> ---- Recent Bugzilla Comment Concerning Fedora 11 EOL ----
>
> John Poelstra announced[4]:
>
> "All open Fedora 11 bugs recently received a comment warning about the
> upcoming end of life for Fedora 11. This email serves as correction to
> part of that notification.
>
> Due to an error on my part this warning was sent out earlier than it
> should have been. The statement "Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now
> Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 11..." is
> incorrect. The end of life (EOL) for Fedora 11 will be June 18, 2010,
> which is thirty days after the release of Fedora 13, currently scheduled
> for May 18, 2010. When Fedora 11 reaches EOL at that time, bugs open for
> Fedora 11 will be closed as previously described.
>
> For more information on Fedora's policy for maintenance of our releases,
> please refer to:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle#Maintenance_Schedule[5]
>
> My apologies for any inconvenience or confusion this error may have caused.
>
> John"
>
> 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-April/371558.html
> 2. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/ticket/18
> 3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming
> 4.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002796.html
> 5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle#Maintenance_Schedule
>
> ---- Upcoming Fedora IRC Classroom Sessions - 2010-04-26 ----
>
> Kevin Fenzi announced[1]
>
> "The Fedora IRC Classroom has been quiet of late, but thats about to
> change! We have a number of great classes coming up:
>
> Date and Time (UTC) Class topic and Instructor
>
> 27 April, 2010 at 19:00 UTC How to make life awesome for journalists -
> Joe Brockmeier
>
> 29 April, 2010 at 01:00 UTC How to test Fedora Updates - Kevin Fenzi
>
> 30 April, 2010 at 12:30 UTC (6:00 PM IST) A Short Tutorial On i18n
> Through gettext - Naveen Kumar
>
> 03 May, 2010 at 13:30 UTC (7:00 PM IST) Introductory workshop on GNU
> Autotools - Siddhesh Poyarekar
>
> 10 May, 2010 at 01:00 UTC Learn about exciting Fedora 13 Features -
> Kevin Fenzi
>
> See the classroom page ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom ) for
> more details and information on how to attend classes on IRC, or sign up
> to teach one!
>
> Hope to see everyone there.
>
> kevin"
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002795.html
>
> ---- Elections: Nominations open Sat 2010-04-24 ----
>
> Paul W. Frields announced[1],
>
> “With a Fedora release coming soon, it's also time for Fedora Elections.
> Both the Fedora Project Board and the Fedora Engineering Steering
> Committee (FESCo) will have open seats during this election cycle.
>
> Nominations for these seats open tomorrow, Saturday, April 24, 2010.
>
> You can nominate yourself, or someone else. It's recommended if you
> intend to nominate someone else that you consult with that person first.
> The entire election schedule, and other important information for all
> nominees, is posted on the wiki's main Elections page[2], and the
> specific nomination pages for the Board[3] and FESCo[4]
>
> You can also find more information about both these at their main wiki
> pages[5][6].
>
> Please thoughtfully consider how you can best contribute to Fedora by
> serving on one of these important committees, or encourage someone you
> know who can make a difference to serve. Thank you!
>
> ---- Paul (25 days to Fedora 13!) ----
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002794.html
> 2. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections
> 3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations
> 4.
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations
> 5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board
> 6. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo
>
> --- Fedora Development News ---
>
> ---- Outage: Buildsystem/koji - 2010-04-25 14:30 UTC ----
>
> Mike McGrath announced[1]
>
> There was an outage starting at 2010-04-25 14:30 UTC, which lasted
> approximately 1 hour.
>
> To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at [2] or run:
>
> date -d '2010-04-25 14:30 UTC'
>
> Reason for outage:
>
> db3, koji's primary database, was throwing read/write errors on it's
> underlying storage device. The RSA-II adapter was not showing anything
> was wrong. Not being able to log in I powercycled the host and it came
> back up on its own. We'll be keeping an eye on it.
>
> Affected Services:
>
> * Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
> * Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
>
> Unaffected Services:
>
> * BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
> * CVS / Source Control
> * DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
> * Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
> * Email system
> * Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
> * Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
> * Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
> * Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
> * Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
> * Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
> * Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
> * Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
> * Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
> * Smolt - http://smolts.org/
> * Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
> * Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
> * Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
> * Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
> * Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
>
> Ticket Link:
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2118
>
> Contact Information:
>
> Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email
> to track the status of this outage.
>
> 1.
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-April/000604.html
> 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
>
> --- Fedora Events ---
>
> Fedora events are the 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 (March 2010 to May 2010) ----
>
> * 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_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
> 2.
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
> 3.
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_2
> 4.
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_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 ---
>
> Red Hat Linux 6 has been released[1]. Richard W.M. Jones recommended[2]
> taking a look at The Register's[3] review.
>
> Meanwhile, Mark J Cox took a look[4] at the vulnerabilities and security
> updates in RHEL 5.5, as compared to 5.4 and earlier.
>
> Chris Tyler and students at Seneca have helped[5] get ARM rolling as a
> secondary architecture on Fedora. Meanwhile, Adam John Miller wants[6]
> that Intel chips for mobile devices continue to improve.
>
> Dan Williams shared[7] some updates to ModemManager, a tool that can
> manage mobile (3G, etc...) connections under Linux.
>
> Richard W.M. Jones examined[8] the concept of verifying a VM's integrity
> from the host (for example, using rpm -V). Richard also asked[9] "Should
> you ever have to reinstall VMs?"
>
> And Richard released[10] Tech Talk PSE 1.0.
>
> Karsten Wade described[11] how to use "The Open Source Way: Creating and
> nurturing communities of contributors", a community-written textbook on
> Open Source and communities.
>
> Steven Moix posted[12] a summary of what it has been like to use KDE 4
> on Fedora for the past six months.
>
> Greg DeKoenigsberg suggested[13] ways to move education forward,
> including that "jQuery is the ideal language for educational games."
>
> 1.
>
> http://press.redhat.com/2010/04/21/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-beta-available-today-for-public-download/
> 2. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/rhel-6-public-beta-1/
> 3. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/21/redhat_rhel6_beta_1/
> 4. http://www.awe.com/mark/blog/20100427.html
> 5.
>
> http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index.php?/archives/232-Seneca-and-the-Fedora-ARM-Secondary-Architecture.html
> 6.
>
> http://pseudogen.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-i-hope-intel-breaks-arm-in-half.html
> 7. http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2010/04/22/qualified-to-satisfy-you/
> 8.
>
> http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/half-baked-ideas-verify-the-integrity-of-vms/
> 9.
> http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/should-you-ever-have-to-reinstall-vms/
> 10. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/tech-talk-pse-1-0-0-released/
> 11.
> http://iquaid.org/2010/04/23/source-repository-for-the-open-source-way/
> 12. http://www.alphatek.info/2010/04/25/6-months-with-kde-4-wrap-up/
> 13.
>
> http://gregdekspeaks.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/math-education-and-the-commons/
>
> -- Marketing --
>
> In this section, we cover the happenings for Fedora Marketing Project
> from 2010-04-21 to 2010-04-27.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
>
> Contributing Writer: Neville A. Cross
>
> Garland Binns opened this week with a suggestion for keyword
> optimization for our web site.[1] This was warmly welcomed. From
> Portugal, Nelson Marques did a comparison on youtube search results for
> Fedora[2]. Was a good reflexion on how some people do things for Fedora
> without even bein part of the project.
>
> We got back to the change from LiveCD to LiveDVD with a message form
> Jonathan Nalley[3]. He pointed out how this was seen by the news. This
> is actually a lack of consistency that we need to fix. News doesn't have
> to be dull, Mel Chua pointed the winners of the "We're Linux" video
> contest hosted by Linux Fundation[4].
>
> We had plenty of sprints and content done, some of the with help from
> students at Allgheny. AS one example of this, Hannah Kowen gave the
> final touchs to the BTRFS Feature Profile[5]. Kara Schiltz anounced that
> Phyton Feature Profile is ready[6].
>
> Gerard Braad is looking how to get Chinese marketing[7]. He will be
> traveling and would like to improve the participation from the Chinese
> community and also see how marketing team can do better for them.
>
> Probably the most important thing for Marketing Team was the Joe
> "Zonker" Brockmeier IRC Classroom. Mel Chua posted the log for this
> Fedora Classroom at the list[8], This is part of a effort to build skill
> within the Marketing Team, and there are more classes to come.
>
> Adam Williamson is becoming a valuable team member by helping as bridge
> between QA team and Marketing team. He pointed out a very confusing
> news[9] regarding a Ubuntu memory leak issue, that may be misinterpreted
> as Red Hat/Fedora related. We should be informed and ready to clarify
> this. The other mail from Adam was asking for hel promoting Test
> Day[10]. It is recommended that you take a look to his blog[11].
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012579.html
> 2.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012596.html
> 3.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012597.html
> 4.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012603.html
> 5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Btrfs_in_Fedora_13
> 6.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012656.html
> 7.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012634.html
> 8.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012667.html
> 9.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012673.html
> 10.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012696.html
> 11.
>
> http://www.happyassassin.net/2010/04/27/incoming-test-days-preupgrade-and-xfce/
>
> -- 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]
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
>
> Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
>
> --- A Music Lover's Fedora Linux Workstation ---
>
> Rahul Sundaram forwarded[2] a posting about using Fedora as a musician's
> workstation:
>
> "We've got here our very first entry for "The $100.00 (USD) Coolest
> Linux Workspace Contest". It's from Mauricio, a Music Theory student. If
> he wins the contest, he says that he will be using the money to buy a
> USB mic for some serious music recording."
>
> The full post is available[3]
>
> 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/
> 2.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012626.html
> 3.
> http://www.junauza.com/2010/04/music-lovers-fedora-linux-workstation.html
>
> --- Fedora 13 Beta: The Seen and (Troubling) Unseen (Datamation) ---
>
> Jonathan Nalley posted[1] a link to two articles, one from Datamation[2]
> and another related post from the same author from LinuxPlanet[3].
>
> Highlighting some of the new cloud storage options and other new
> features in Fedora 13, the author raises issues with the back-end
> commercial service options that two of these packages, Déjà Dup and
> Zarafa, can tie into. This prompted a discussion thread on the Fedora
> Marketing list, with several community members clarifying some of these
> issues from the Fedora Project's perspective, and also resulted in
> another post by Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier in OStatic[4] about linux
> commercialization and specifically referencing the Datamation post.
> Brockmeier's article concludes:
>
> "Linux is evolving and becoming more suitable for mainstream users.
> Commercialization means more opportunity to expose a wider audience to
> free and open source software. It also means more people will be paid to
> produce more free and open source software. If that's off-putting for a
> minority contingent that can't abide "commercialization," then there's
> always OpenBSD..."
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012597.html
> 2. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3877446/
> 3. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7046/1/
> 4. http://ostatic.com/blog/linux-shedding-indie-status-is-a-good-thing
>
> --- Fedora taps Zarafa open source groupware for 13 (ZDNet) ---
>
> Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] a posting from ZDNet from 4/19/2010, which
> includes:
>
> "Fedora’s selection of Zarafa as an open source groupware component in
> Fedora 13 is very interesting.
>
> The beta of Fedora 13, code named “Goddard,” was made available on April
> 13. The final version is expected in mid May.
>
> Red Hat sponsors the open source Linux project and has toyed with the
> idea of integrating email and calendaring capabilities into its Linux
> stack from time to time. Novell, of course, promotes its own GroupWise
> but also endorses other open source offerings for its Linux distribution."
>
> The full post is available[2]
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-April/012554.html
> 2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=6298
>
> -- Ambassadors --
>
> In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
>
> Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
>
> --- Fedora at FLISoL of Santo Andre, Brazil ---
>
> Claudio Penasio reports that he attended FLISoL of Santo André – SP
> Brazil on April 24. Claudio said the event had a Free Software
> atmosphere, and the crowd was engaged -- participating in lectures and
> other activities. Along with Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu were present.
> Fernando Silva helped with a Fedora installfest at the event.
>
> Photos can be found here.
>
> Claudio's blog report, in Portuguese, can be found here.
>
> --- Campus Ambassadors up and running ---
>
> The Fedora Project's Campus Ambassadors program is up and running, and
> is looking for participants. If you're a high school or college student
> who wants to help promote Fedora on your campus, this is the place for you.
>
> For more information, visit
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors
>
> --- Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities ---
>
> With the release of Fedora 13 Goddard right around the corner,
> Ambassadors are encouraged to hold release events. If you are planning
> to hold an event, let Fedora Weekly News know. Drop a line to
> lcafiero=at=fedoraproject-dot-org with the details and we'll get it in FWN.
>
> -- 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 ---
>
> Last week's Test Day[1] was on Anaconda (the Fedora installer)'s storage
> support[2]. The turnout was unfortunately low, perhaps due to the
> hardware requirements for testing, but nevertheless the few testers
> present managed to expose four bugs.
>
> This week will see the final two Test Days of the Fedora 13 cycle. First
> up is Preupgrade Test Day[3] on Thursday 2010-04-29, followed by Xfce
> Test Day[4] on Friday 2010-04-30.
>
> These are two juicy topics: preupgrade[5] is the recommended method for
> upgrading from one Fedora release to the next, and Xfce is one of the
> most popular 'alternate' Linux desktops, and has a very dedicated Fedora
> SIG[6] which works hard to provide a smooth experience and live spin,
> and has organized the Test Day to make sure the Fedora 13 Xfce
> experience is second to none.
>
> As always, the Test Days will run all day in the #fedora-test-day
> channel on Freenode IRC. If you're not sure about IRC, read the guide or
> use WebIRC[7]. If you can't do the testing on the Test Day, you can
> still run through the tests and provide your results earlier or later.
> You can do the Xfce testing with a live image which will be provided on
> the Test Day page. Obviously this isn't possible for the preupgrade
> testing, but you can test it in a virtual machine if you don't want to
> (or can't) mess with your real Fedora installation.
>
> If you would like to propose a main track Test Day for the Fedora 13
> cycle, please contact the QA team via email or IRC, or file a ticket in
> QA Trac[8].
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-04-22_StorageFiltering
> 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/StorageFiltering
> 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2010-04-29_Preupgrade
> 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:XFCE_F13_20100430
> 5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_PreUpgrade
> 6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xfce
> 7. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=fedora-test-day
> 8. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/
>
> --- Update acceptance testing ---
>
> At the weekly QA meeting[1], Adam Miller asked if a vote would be needed
> to move ahead with the proventesters policy he was drafting. Adam
> Williamson said votes were not normally needed and suggested just
> sending a final draft to the mailing list with a note that it would go
> into effect if there were no major objections. Adam Miller subsequently
> sent the final draft to the list[2], where Adam Williamson[3], Shmuel
> Siegel[4] and others suggested small amendments, which Adam Miller
> accepted[5].
>
> Kamil Paral reported that the package update acceptance test plan[6]
> could be completed before the end of the Fedora 13 cycle, for automation
> and implementation in the Fedora 14 cycle. Kamil later posted a final
> call for comments[7] on the plan, to which James Laska[8] and Jesse
> Keating[9] provided detailed responses.
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20100419
> 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090252.html
> 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090257.html
> 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090260.html
> 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090288.html
> 6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Package_Update_Acceptance_Test_Plan
> 7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090287.html
> 8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090313.html
> 9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090317.html
>
> --- Remote accessibility release criterion proposal ---
>
> Adam Williamson proposed[1] a new release criterion stating that it must
> be possible to install a system in such a way that it is immediately
> remotely accessible. This was in response to reports on the list that it
> was not possible to do this in Fedora 13, in contrast to previous
> releases, which was causing sysadmins dealing with remote machines some
> problems.
>
> 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090255.html
>
> --- Fedora 11 end-of-life notification ---
>
> John Poelstra announced[1] that he would soon send out the end-of-life
> notification for Fedora 11 on bugs reported against that release. Jason
> Tibbitts noted[2] that he had adjusted open package review requests
> filed against that release, so these would not erroneously receive
> notifications.
>
> 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090326.html
> 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090328.html
>
> --- Fedora 13 testing ---
>
> This week saw the second blocker bug review meeting[1] for the final
> release. The group reviewed all open blocker bugs with assistance from
> the development team; in general, progress is being made on all blockers
> and we don't foresee any major problems resolving them in time for release.
>
> Al Dunsmuir reported[2] a crash in Firefox with the common Noscript
> extension when browsing the release notes, which he filed as a bug[3].
>
> Joachim Backes reported[4] a problem booting to runlevel 3 with the
> echoing of login information: he had seen cases where the username was
> not echoed back to the screen when typed, but the password was
> (obviously, the behavior should be opposite). Steven I Usdansky
> confirmed[5] that he had seen a similar issue.
>
> 1.
>
> http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-bugzappers/2010-04-23/fedora-bugzappers.2010-04-23-16.06.log.html
> 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090238.html
> 3. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583826
> 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090330.html
> 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-April/090335.html
>
> -- Artwork --
>
> In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1].
>
> Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork
>
> --- Gearing for Fedora 13 ---
>
> With only a few weeks left until the Fedora 13 release, the Design Team
> is producing the last missing pieces of artwork: Máirín Duffy
> proposed[1] a concept for the Anaconda banner which was well liked, then
> she followed [2] with a firstboot splash design which evolved[3] into a
> full spec[4].
>
> Paul Frields invited[5] new contributors to try their hands at media art
> "Anyone willing to take a crack at the labels and sleeves? IIRC the
> labels are very easy to modify, because there's not much to do" and
> Alexander Smirnov started working on it[6].
>
> At the same time, Martin Sourada took a step ahead and started[7] the
> page[8] for the next release, Fedora 14 "I know it's a little bit
> earlier, but I started the F14 Theme wiki page"
>
> 1.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002332.html
> 2.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002348.html
> 3.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002392.html
> 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design/F13_Firstboot_Polish
> 5.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002378.html
> 6.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002379.html
> 7.
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-April/002325.html
> 8. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Artwork
>
> -- Security Advisories --
>
> In this section, we cover Security Advisories from
> fedora-package-announce. This week's beat covers the period April 14-27,
> 2010.
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce
>
> Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
>
> --- Fedora 13 Security Advisories ---
>
> * gitolite-1.4.2-1.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/040225.html
> * amsn-0.98.3-1.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/040046.html
> * sudo-1.7.2p6-1.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039986.html
> * httpd-2.2.15-1.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039957.html
> * krb5-1.7.1-8.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039837.html
> * gource-0.24-3.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039736.html
>
>
> --- Fedora 12 Security Advisories ---
>
> * krb5-1.7.1-7.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039860.html
> * gource-0.24-3.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039695.html
> * kdelibs-4.4.2-2.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039473.html
> * kdebase-workspace-4.4.2-5.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039476.html
> * konq-plugins-4.4.0-3.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039477.html
> * PyQt4-4.7.2-2.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039481.html
> * sip-4.10.1-2.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039484.html
> * oxygen-icon-theme-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039479.html
> * kdeutils-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039483.html
> * kdetoys-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039471.html
> * kdesdk-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039472.html
> * kdeplasma-addons-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039482.html
> * kdepimlibs-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039474.html
> * kdepim-runtime-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039470.html
> * kdepim-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039475.html
> * kdenetwork-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039480.html
> * kdemultimedia-4.4.2-2.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039478.html
> * kdegraphics-4.4.2-3.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039467.html
> * kdegames-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039466.html
> * kdeedu-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039462.html
> * kdebase-runtime-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039468.html
> * kdebindings-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039463.html
> * kdebase-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039461.html
> * kdeartwork-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039464.html
> * kdeadmin-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039469.html
> * kdeaccessibility-4.4.2-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039465.html
> * mimetex-1.71-1.fc12 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
>
>
> --- Fedora 11 Security Advisories ---
>
> * seamonkey-1.1.19-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039834.html
> * kdelibs-4.4.2-2.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039592.html
> * kdebase-workspace-4.4.2-5.fc11-
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039587.html
> * konq-plugins-4.4.0-3.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039584.html
> * PyQt4-4.7.2-2.fc11-
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039596.html
> * sip-4.10.1-2.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039590.html
> * oxygen-icon-theme-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039583.html
> * kdeutils-4.4.2-1.fc11.1 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039581.html
> * kdetoys-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039591.html
> * kdesdk-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039595.html
> * kdeplasma-addons-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039585.html
> * kdepimlibs-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039578.html
> * kdenetwork-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039594.html
> * kdepim-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039580.html
> * kdemultimedia-4.4.2-2.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039579.html
> * kdegraphics-4.4.2-3.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039586.html
> * kdeedu-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039593.html
> * kdegames-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039588.html
> * kdebindings-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039589.html
> * kdebase-runtime-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039582.html
> * kdebase-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039575.html
> * kdeartwork-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039574.html
> * kdeadmin-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039573.html
> * kdeaccessibility-4.4.2-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039576.html
> * openssl-0.9.8n-1.fc11 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.html
> * kdebase-workspace-4.4.2-5.fc13 -
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039533.html
>
>
> -- Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding --
>
> This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Summer 2010 Coding[1].
>
> Contributing Writer: Karsten Wade
>
> 1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010
>
> --- Students plan proposals while new ideas keep coming ---
>
> As per the program schedule[1], students are working on research and
> communication with the community. The result of this work is the student
> proposal, due by 20 May 2010.
>
> Meanwhile, sub-projects in the Fedora Project and the JBoss.org[2]
> communities continue to add to the project ideas page[3]. There are
> currently 20 project ideas, such as Copr[4]:
>
> "Copr (Cool Other Package Repo) is a Fedora project to help make
> building and managing third party package repositories easy. Copr is
> being implemented this summer by Seth Vidal and Toshio Kuratomi. They
> would welcome help from interested students."
>
> Other examples are improvements and new features for the Seam
> Framework[5], several KDE projects (netbook spin[6], fingerprint
> support[7], and usability recording tool[8]), and a proposal to
> integrate Beacon[9] with the Fedora Docs CMS for WYSIWYG editing of
> DocBook XML sources. The work to add DocBook XML editing support to
> Beacon was a project from the 2009 Google Summer of Code[10], and the
> student from that project is back as a mentor for this new project.
>
> 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_schedule
> 2. http://jboss.org
> 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas
> 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#Copr
> 5.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#Seam_Framework
> 6.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#KDE_Netbook_Spin
> 7.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#KDE_fingerprint_support_for_various_components
> 8.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#KDE_Usability_recording_tool
> 9. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010_ideas#Beacon
> 10. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocBook_Editor_Feature
>
> --- Search for sponsors continues ---
>
> The search for sponsors continues, as the funding pool directly affects
> how many proposals can be funded.
>
> Karsten Wade wrote[1], "If you work for or with an organization,
> business, foundation, non-profit, etc. that benefits from a better
> Fedora Project … consider if you have some budget to help fund a student
> proposal[2].
>
> 1.
> http://iquaid.org/2010/04/13/sponsoring-summer-coding-get-and-give-value/
> 2.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010#You_are_a_sponsoring_organization
>
> - end FWN 223 -
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Thanks Pascal for updating and editing the announcement beat. Welcome back.

-Rashadul Islam
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