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Fedora Weekly News Issue 132
by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora News Project is pleased to announce the availability of Fedora Weekly News Issue 132. = Fedora Weekly News Issue 132 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 132 for the week ending June 8, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue132 If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page. Being a Fedora Weekly News beat writer gives you a chance to work on one of our community's most important sources of news, and can be done in only about 1 hour per week of your time. We are looking for beat writers to cover the highlights of Fedora Planet each week, Fedora Security Advisories, and to summarize the Fedora Events and Meetings that happened during each week. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. =========================================================== View the complete issue of Fedora Weekly News on our wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue132 - -- Regards, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, RHCE, CCNA (IRC: huzaifas) GnuPG Fingerprint: 3A0F DAFB 9279 02ED 273B FFE9 CC70 DCF2 DA5B DAE5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIaLhEzHDc8tpb2uURAiH/AJ0SyF+Kga+mbWKMa06opWjEEaOr9gCfQKk/ 0zzVyLW3OG5qO7geHjtnhtw= =vwnh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fedora 7 End of Life
by Paul W. Frields 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

As announced earlier[1], Fedora 7 has reached its end of life for updates. Fedora 8 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 10. = = = [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-April/msg00013.html

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 131
by Max Spevack 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

The Fedora News Project is pleased to announce the availability of Fedora Weekly News Issue 131. = Fedora Weekly News Issue 131 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 131 for the week ending June 15, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue131 If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page. Being a Fedora Weekly News beat writer gives you a chance to work on one of our community's most important sources of news, and can be done in only about 1 hour per week of your time. We are still looking for beat writers to cover the highlights of Fedora Planet each week, Fedora Security Advisories, and to summarize the Fedora Events and Meetings that happened during each week. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join

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Board Elections open on 13 June
by Paul W. Frields 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

SHORT FORM: ----------- Elections for the Fedora Project Board open at 0001 UTC on 13 June 2008 -- or about 3.5 hours from the time of this message. The voting system is available at: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting The voting system uses the range voting method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting Any FAS account holder who has completed the CLA may vote in the election. Voting is open until 2359 UTC on 22 June 2008. Election results will be announced shortly thereafter. The final appointed seat on the Board will be filled after the general election as well. Thank you to all the Board members whose seats are up for election, to Nigel Jones for our new voting application, and to the community in advance, for casting their votes for Fedora leadership. LONG FORM (including nominees and other background): ---------------------------------------------------- Recently we converted one Red Hat-appointed seat to a community-elected seat, so there are now five (5) elected seats and four (4) appointed seats. To even out the Board turnover, community members have the opportunity to vote for four (4) elected seats in this election. The elected person with the fourth-highest vote total will serve a half-length term, with that seat being back up for election after the release of Fedora 10. In addition, Karsten Wade's appointment has been extended by six months. This means that after the release of Fedora 10, we will elect two seats and appoint two seats, thus returning to a turnover of roughly half the Board after each release of Fedora. The seats of current Board members Jef Spaleta, Dennis Gilmore, Chris Aillon, and Bob McWhirter are being vacated in this election. In addition, the seats of Steve Dickson and Seth Vidal, Board members appointed by Red Hat, are also being vacated. Steve is to be succeeded by Harald Hoyer, and the final appointment will be announced after the general Board elections are over. I would like to thank each of these people for the time and effort they've put into vigorously representing the entire Fedora community on the Board. The processes are documented on the Fedora wiki at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections In the past few days, the Board and I realized that our guidelines hadn't been updated to match the current FAS implementation, so I've updated them appropriately with the approval of the Board. The election system has changed from approval voting to range voting, but no actual changes have been made in voting requirements. The wording on the wiki has been changed to accurately reflect how the new Fedora Account System works. The nominees for the four elected seats, in no particular order, are: Jon Stanley (jds2001) Tom Callaway (spot) Josh Boyer (jwb) Jonathan Roberts (JonRob) Seth Vidal (skvidal) Dennis Gilmore (irc:dgilmore fas:ausil) Jef Spaleta (irc:spoleeba fas:jspaleta) Jesse Keating (irc:f13 fas:jkeating) Note that you do not have to cast a vote blindly -- you can feel free to ask questions of the candidates. Email them, or feel free to ask your questions on a list they frequent, such as the fedora-advisory-board list: http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board The nominees have also placed some summary information about their background and goals on the wiki nominations page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections/Nominations These summaries are also available from the "Info" link next to each candidate's name in the voting system. To cast your vote, visit: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting If you have any problems with voting, report them immediately in the ticket system, at: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/tickets Use the "elections" category when you file your ticket so that it is directed quickly to the appropriate parties. * * * I'd like everyone voting to remember that this isn't a popularity contest, or a reward system. Think about how you'd like to Board to look when you vote, the same way you think about how you'd like any government body to look when you cast votes for their elections. We have a lot of worthy candidates on this list, and you should pick the ones that you feel will best represent you in advancing the Fedora Project. This is one of numerous ways in which our community makes decisions about the leadership of Fedora. Your vote counts, and I hope you take advantage of it. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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Outage Notification: ALL system 2008-06-10 21:30 UTC
by Seth Vidal 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

There was an outage starting at 2008-06-10 21:30 UTC, which lasted about 15 minutes. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2008-06-10 21:30 UTC' Affected Services: All systems - depending on caches Unaffected Services: Ticket Link: Reason for Outage: Migrating a domain to a different domain registrar a mistake was made in the domain request. The fedoraproject.org domain was migrated to a domain registrar that does not have any dns zone files for fedoraproject.org. The mistake was caught and corrected within 10 minutes of it happening. Some places may see dns resolution issues if their registrar has not caught up or expired a cache. Simply waiting a bit longer should correct the problem if a user cannot reach any of the fedoraproject.org hosts or services. Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 130
by Max Spevack 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

The Fedora News Project is pleased to announce the availability of Fedora Weekly News Issue 130. = Fedora Weekly News Issue 130 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 130 for the week ending June 8, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue130 If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page. Being a Fedora Weekly News beat writer gives you a chance to work on one of our community's most important sources of news, and can be done in only about 1 hour per week of your time. Last week, we recruited a new Marketing beat writer, Pascal Calarco! We are still looking for beat writers to cover the highlights of Fedora Planet each week, Fedora Security Advisories, and to summarize the Fedora Events and Meetings that happened during each week. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. ======================= View the complete issue of Fedora Weekly News on our wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue130

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Outage Notification: PHX 2008-06-05 15:00 UTC
by Seth Vidal 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

There will be an outage starting at 2008-06-05 15:00 UTC, which will last approximately 1 hour. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2008-06-05 15:00 UTC' Affected Services: Wiki CVS / Source Control Buildsystem Database Mail Any system requiring web-based authentication Unaffected Services: fedorapeople.org Torrent main website Ticket Link: Reason for Outage: Rebooting a switch as part of an upgrade and adding of new systems. Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 129
by Max Spevack 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

The Fedora News Project is pleased to announce the availability of Fedora Weekly News Issue 129. = Fedora Weekly News Issue 129 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 129 for the week ending June 1, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue129 Fedora Weekly News returns after a several week absence. We are undergoing a little bit of turnover in our staff. If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page. Being a Fedora Weekly News beat writer gives you a chance to work on one of our community's most important sources of news, and can be done in only about 1 hour per week of your time. In particular, we are looking for beat writers to cover Fedora Marketing, the highlights of Fedora Planet, Fedora Security Advisories, and to summarize the Fedora Events and Meetings that happened during each week. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. ======================= View the complete issue of Fedora Weekly News on our wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue129

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Board IRC meeting
by Paul W. Frields 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

In the past few months, the Board has scheduled a public IRC meeting on the first meeting of the month. Because of the timing of LinuxTag last week, however, there will not be a public Board IRC meeting on Tuesday, June 3. We will announce the next public IRC meeting well in advance so community members can attend if desired. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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Info about FUDCon Boston (please read)
by Max Spevack 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Hi all, As we begin the homestretch around finalizing FUDCon Boston, I wanted to clarify a few things about the importance of pre-registering, and also about the travel and hotel sponsorships. FUDCon Boston has a number of constraints on its budget, including: 1) Signage at the Hynes Convention center during the two days we are there. 2) Snacks and drinks at the Hynes Convention center, only for those who have pre-registered on the FUDCon page (and who will therefore receive some sort of badge). 3) Tshirts, again, only guaranteed for those who have pre-registered, though there may be extras, depending on the way the price points break down. 4) Breakfast and lunch at the Saturday BarCamp at Boston University, again for those who have pre-registered. 5) Security and facilities at Boston University. 6) FUDPub (space and 1 round of drinks free). 7) Travel and hotel sponsorship, as appropriate. We have made it a habit of sponsoring community travel and lodging at the last 3 (including this one) North American FUDCons, at least. We are doing it again this time. The number of people whom we would like to sponsor is always higher than the number that our budget allows us to sponsor. For FUDCon Boston, all of the sponsorships that we are doing have already been finalized, and I'll be re-confirming that with each person in the next 48 hours, but you already know who you are. We've been able to sponsor a number of community members for this FUDCon, all from North America. Since we are globalizing FUDCons this year, we plan to try to spend our sponsorship money on people who are already geographically close to each location, to maximize efficiency. As such, European contributors will be sponsored for the Europe FUDCon in September, and Asia/India/Australia contributors will be sponsored for the APAC FUDCon currently in planning stages for next January. We've currently got 97 people pre-registered for FUDCon Boston, which is a great number, since past FUDCons have suggested that about 50 people show up day-of who didn't bother to pre-register. If there are any questions about FUDCon Boston, please contact myself and Paul Frields. Looking forward to seeing all of you, Max

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