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FPL travel to LATAM events!
by Paul W. Frields 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

In just a few weeks, the Fedora community in Latin America will hold a major FUDCon event in Santiago, Chile, from July 15-17, 2010. You can find all the details on our wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Santiago_2010 Encouraging the growth of Fedora community around the world is important to our project. That's why the responsibilities of the Fedora Project Leader include lowering barriers and advocating for involvement and participation. One of the ways the FPL does this is by traveling to different community events and talking about the way that Fedora works, and our dedication to sustainable community and free software development. So I'm very pleased and excited to announce that our new Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith's first appearance at a community event will be at the FUDCon in Santiago, Chile. In addition, just a few days afterward Jared will attend the FISL 11 conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Both events represent a unique opportunity for the Fedora Project to support our friends and extend our community in Latin America. As always, the FUDCon event in Santiago is free and open to everyone to register and attend. We look forward to seeing the community at these events! You can find more information about Jared here: http://press.redhat.com/2010/06/29/introducing-fedora-project-leader-jared-… -- 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/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Passing the baton
by Paul W. Frields 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

A leadership change is always momentous, and the Fedora Project is no exception to this rule. I wanted to share some thoughts about being the Fedora Project Leader, tell the community about the person who will be taking over that role soon, and to let you know what to expect over the next few weeks and months. * * * I joined the Fedora Project in 2003 so I could give something back to a free software community from whose work I had benefited for a long time. Fedora gave me the chance to bring my skills and experience and use them to help people I'd never get a chance to meet personally. I had no inkling at the time that one day I'd have the opportunity to serve the community beyond helping write some documentation. When Max Spevack called me in late 2007 to let me know he was considering stepping down, and was interested in having me succeed him as the Fedora Project Leader, I was surprised and humbled. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to both serve the community and to contribute as an employee at Red Hat, where I had already made many friends while working on Fedora -- an opportunity I was happy to take. Over the past two and a half years, through many challenges and changes, not once have I regretted that decision. * * * One of the hallmarks of Fedora leadership is that it's open to change. The FPL is not a semi-benevolent dictator for life, but rather a position to which new people can regularly bring their passion for making Fedora better. And so, just as previous FPLs announced their readiness to search for the next leader, I did so a few months ago, in the spirit of openness and transparency that's a hallmark of the Fedora community. The FPL job is a salaried position at Red Hat, and the Fedora Board members as well as many other stakeholders have been informed and involved with the process of selecting a new FPL. The job posting brought in numerous applicants from throughout the community. Through the hiring process we identified a few best qualified candidates. >From them the next FPL was selected, based on the qualifications and experience our entire community expects. At every juncture during that process, the panels were focused on the needs of the Fedora Project, to ensure the next FPL would be a good listener, speaker, and writer; thoughtfully consider solutions to difficult problems; and most importantly, lead effectively. So it's with great pleasure that I announce Jared Smith will be joining Red Hat in a few weeks as the new Fedora Project Leader. * * * Some of our community already knows Jared, but I want to take a moment to tell everyone a little more about his background. He doesn't like to trumpet his own qualifications, but since he happens to be away on personal business this week, I'll just do that for him. :-) Jared's been a long-time user of both Red Hat and Fedora, and an active participant in the the Fedora community since 2007. He's primarily spent his time working with the infrastructure and documentation teams. He's helped with the development of Fedora Talk, our community VoIP telephony system. Fedora Talk allows various Fedora developers and contributors to communicate verbally for free across the internet. Jared has also participated in community events such as various FUDCons and Fedora Activity Days. In addition, he has assisted with toolchain development, release materials, and steering duties as a member of the Fedora Docs team. Jared also brings a wealth of of both technical and community relations expertise from his prior job history. His previous employer is Digium, the commercial sponsor of the open source Asterisk software. While at Digium, Jared worked as Community Relations Manager, as well as an instructor, lecturer, and training department manager. Before working for Digium, Jared was a Network Operations Manager for the web analytics company Omniture (since acquired by Adobe Systems), where he managed a network of over 6,500 Linux machines. These experiences as a speaker, evangelist, practitioner, and collaborator make Jared exceptionally well suited for the position of FPL. On a more personal note, I've come to know Jared well over the past several years. He cares deeply about community and family, not the least part of which is the Fedora community and family. His honesty, integrity, good humor, patience, intelligence, and good old-fashioned common sense will serve him and our growing community well, as we try to take Fedora to the next level. * * * Although Jared is away on personal travel right now, Max and I have already started including him in some important conversations, and the community can expect additional exciting news shortly. Over the next few months, part of my changing responsibilities in Red Hat will be to ensure a smooth runway for Jared, as he takes over the duties of the FPL job. Max Spevack will also continue to assist, especially where his role as the manager of Red Hat's Community Architecture team brings strategic benefits to the Fedora Project. Over time, I expect to spend more time on work that's internal to Red Hat, but I will continue to be involved in Fedora to some extent as an individual contributor. That transition will allow Jared to effectively bring his own vision and energy to Fedora, and I look forward to helping him in whatever ways I can. I hope the entire community will join me in welcoming Jared to Red Hat as the FPL, and that you'll gift him with the support and friendship I've enjoyed and treasured over the past two and a half years. -- 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/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Deadline for T-Shirt Registration FUDCon Zurich 2010
by Joerg Simon 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Dear Fellows, if you plan to attend the FUDCon EMEA in Zurich September 17 - 19, 2010 - and want to pick up a pretty FUDCon-Shirt - designed by Maria (tatica) Leandro - do not forget to register it at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Zurich_2010_Pre-registration The Deadline for ordering a FUDCon-Shirt is 2010-June-30 12:00 UTC!!! After this you can still register yourself for FUDCon but we can not assure you a Shirt matching your Size. Kind Regards Joerg Simon -- Joerg (kital) Simon jsimon(a)fedoraproject.org http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JoergSimon http://kitall.blogspot.com Key Fingerprint: 3691 0989 2DCA 58A2 8D1F 2CAC C823 558E 5B5B 5688

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Fedora 11 End of Life
by Paul W. Frields 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This announcement is a reminder that as of 2010-06-25, Fedora 11 has reached its end of life for updates. As planned, last update pushes to Fedora 11 were made in advance[1] of this date. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Fedora 11. Fedora 12 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 14. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented on the Fedora Project wiki.[2] * * * [1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-June/137849.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Schedu… - -- 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/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFMJKrNrNvJN70RNxcRAifhAKDKTqZeZFxG1Je+Vvkuaw4NhuDkHACg1k0H L9DeoB5IqrnvTvN/oIqljaY= =0/7F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fedora Weekly News 231
by Pascal Calarco 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 231 o 1.1 Planet Fedora + 1.1.1 General o 1.2 Marketing + 1.2.1 SWOT Comparative Analysis + 1.2.2 Search for a new name for Fedora Summer of Code + 1.2.3 Fedora Microblog content update + 1.2.4 A new blog for tracking the community aspects of the Fedora Project + 1.2.5 MMM – Marketing Meeting Minutes o 1.3 Fedora In the News + 1.3.1 Fedora NetInstall (Net Install) with gPXE and BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org) + 1.3.2 Fedora 13 “Goddard” Review – Gnome Desktop + 1.3.3 Zarafa Collaboration Platform 6.40 Goes Gold + 1.3.4 Fedora 13 praised for security and permissions enhancements (DesktopLinux.com) + 1.3.5 Gnote: Fedora 13 note tool (ghacks.net) + 1.3.6 Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13 (ghacks.net) + 1.3.7 Fedora 13 Goddard. Bah. Meh. Hmm? Ok. o 1.4 QualityAssurance + 1.4.1 Proven testers + 1.4.2 AutoQA + 1.4.3 Critical path wiki update + 1.4.4 Kernel triage + 1.4.5 Triage metrics + 1.4.6 Setting needinfo on impending end-of-life bugs + 1.4.7 Fedora 14 recommendations + 1.4.8 Reopening bugs o 1.5 Translation + 1.5.1 Fedora 14 Schedule + 1.5.2 gettext-0-18 Available + 1.5.3 SELinux FAQ in Spanish, Dutch and Ukrainian + 1.5.4 New Translation Process for Wiki + 1.5.5 New Sponsor for the Arabic Team + 1.5.6 New Members in FLP o 1.6 Artwork + 1.6.1 Maintainers Wanted for the Design Suite Spin + 1.6.2 Weekly Design Team IRC Meeting o 1.7 Security Advisories + 1.7.1 Fedora 13 Security Advisories + 1.7.2 Fedora 12 Security Advisories + 1.7.3 Fedora 11 Security Advisories - Fedora Weekly News Issue 231 - Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 231[1] for the week ending June 23, 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue. In this week's FWN, we start off with news from the Fedora Planet, including a posting on yum's "history" command, discussion on how to handle the Fedora Project's microblogging accounts, and an update on new features expected for Fedora 14. In Marketing news, coverage of discussion of SWOT analysis approaches between Fedora and other distributions, another discussion around an alternate name for the "Fedora Summer of Code" project, and announcement of a new blog entitled "Fedora Next: Tracking the bleeding edge of Fedora development". Next up are a variety of Fedora news pieces in the trade press and blogosphere in Fedora In The News. In Quality Assurance, coverage of the new proven testers process, revision of the critical path documentation on the wiki, and recommendations for Fedora 14 based on the Fedora 13 QA experience. In Translation team news, details on Fedora 14 tasks for the team, a new version of gettext-0-18 for rawhide and f13-updates testing, and details on new sponsors and team members for the Fedora Localization Project. In Art Team news, a call for maintainers for the Design Suite Spin, and coverage of the weekly design IRC meeting. Our issue wraps up with Security Advisories, bringing us current with security-related packages released in the past week. Read on! The audio version of FWN - FAWN - is back! You can listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet Archive. 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: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue231 2. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22FWN%22 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join -- 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 --- Mel Chua wondered[1] how e-mail message threading works and how Message IDs are generated. The Red Hat Press Office mentioned[2] some of the happenings at the Opensource.com's "Open Your World, an online forum exploring how the open source ideals of participation, collaboration, community, transparency and meritocracy are applied beyond the technology industry." Seth Vidal suggested[3] that you should check out the features of yum's new (in F12/F13) "history" command. Luke Slater discussed[4] how to handle Fedora's microblogging accounts and different languages and cultures. "This is a post in response to the discussions that have been going on in relation to what exactly we should do with the Fedora microblogging accounts and one of the subjects that I’m rather concerned about is how we’re going to deal with different languages and cultures." Richard W.M. Jones developed[5] a comcept for a graphical libguestfs browser using Lablgtk2 and OCaml. Rob Escriva wrote[6] about bootstrapping Python projects. "I'll be sharing how I use the standard library's doctest module, Georg Brandl's sphinx package, Logilab's PyLint program and Ned Batchelder's coverage module to keep the number of inconsistencies and defects in both my code and documentation low." Ian MacGregor had[7] some upgrade issues. "Just because xorg isn't working doesn't mean you can't get things done. Today I proved that you don't even need xorg to be able to surf the web, check email, download files, chat in IRC and have multiple windows open - though it's nice to have a working xorg. Keep some CLI apps installed and learn how to use the command line.. you never know when all of this may come in handy." Rahul Sundaram covered[8] a few of the new features to be expected in Fedora 14. Peter Hutterer summarized[9] the touchpad features now available in xorg. Peter also explained[10] some of the common misconceptions and issues about keyboard input under X. Clint Savage continued[11] the discussion of "Combating Apathy in [Free and Open Source] Communities". Mark McLoughlin announced[12] a new REST API for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. "The only current API for RHEV-M is a Windows Powershell plugin which provides a perfectly fine scripting interface for RHEV-M on Windows, but isn’t so easy to call remotely or to integrate with another application. By adding a REST API, we’re adding an integration interface which we hope everyone will find convenient to use." Martin Sourada provided[13] an update on artwork for Fedora 14. Felix Kaechele explained[14] how to filter out those annoying vuvuzelas using Fedora. Kam Salisbury found[15] that Cygwin under Windows 7 has some minor networking issues. "Network communication also works, if you edit the Windows 7 firewall outbound rules to allow cygwin to communicate." Andrew Overholt announced[16] the availability of Linux Tools 0.6 as part of the Helios Eclipse simultaneous release. 1. http://blog.melchua.com/2010/06/19/partial-adventure-in-learning-about-mess… 2. http://press.redhat.com/2010/06/18/%E2%80%9Copen-your-world%E2%80%9D-opens-… 3. http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/yum-history-command-and-other-docs/ 4. http://dinosaur-os.com/post/719778908 5. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/concept-for-a-graphical-libguestfs-bro… 6. http://robescriva.com/2010/06/16/bootstrapping-python-projects/ 7. http://ardchoille42.blogspot.com/2010/06/nice-fallbacks.html 8. http://fedoranext.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/kyle-needs-more-alcohol/ 9. http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/incomplete-roundup-of-touchpad-features.h… 10. http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/06/keyboard-configuration-its-complicated.ht… 11. http://sexysexypenguins.com/2010/06/15/combating-apathy-in-free-and-open-so… 12. http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2010/06/21/rest-api-for-rhev-m/ 13. http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2010/06/f14-artwork-update.html 14. http://fetzig.org/2010/06/13/vuvuzela-filter-using-fedora/ 15. http://sites.google.com/site/kamreefsalisbury/blog/cygwinworksonwindows7 16. http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=177 -- Marketing -- In this section, we cover the happenings for Fedora Marketing Project from 2010-06-16 to 2010-06-22. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing Contributing Writer: Neville A. Cross --- SWOT Comparative Analysis --- Last week a thread was started by Nelson Marques[1] about SWOT - comparative analysis. This threat aim to establish ground for comparison among distros. This is a promising topic. --- Search for a new name for Fedora Summer of Code --- Robin Bergeron[2] is looking for a more representative name for Fedora Summer of Code. Apparently this name is creating confusion due similarity with others summer sessions. Having Northern and Southern summers included is wonderful. Brainstorming has produced many names. --- Fedora Microblog content update --- Paul Frields[3]has working hard for Microblog content. Now that we have control over fedora account on twitter and now also on identi.ca too[4], marketing team is discussing on how to make the most of those resources. A related thread was started by Luke Slater[5] about Microblogging research. This is leading into new grounds, and the considerations regarding translation of the content[6]. --- A new blog for tracking the community aspects of the Fedora Project --- Rahul Sundaram[7] announced a new blog named "Fedora Next: Tracking the bleeding edge of Fedora development" which tries to show the community side of developing Fedora. --- MMM – Marketing Meeting Minutes --- Finally we have MMM – Marketing Meeting Minutes[8]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013024.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013029.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013033.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013082.html 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013048.html 6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013119.html 7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013062.html 8. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-06-22/fedora_marketi… -- 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 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/ --- Fedora NetInstall (Net Install) with gPXE and BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting from the "If Not True Then False" blog from 2010-06-8: "This is guide with screenshots, howto install Fedora (currently Fedora 13) with gPXE and BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org). BFO combines a series of recent technologies to produce a new boot stack. The glue that holds everything together is gPXE. Boot method is similar to PXE Boot. It uses very small images (iso, floppy, disk) to bootstrap a machine that then contacts a remote server for boot information." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013059.html 2. http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/fedora-netinstall-net-install-wi… --- Fedora 13 “Goddard” Review – Gnome Desktop --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting covering Fedora 13 from a blog from 2010-06-16: "I faced only one ’serious’ bug during my time in Fedora, but only because I didn’t think about it. One of Fedora’s defining features is SELinux, which is a Security Enhancement for Linux, and I forgot to add an exception into the Firewall/SELinux to allow me to connect to it. Otherwise, Fedora was completely uneventful and great. I’d rate it about an eight and a half out of ten." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013086.html 2. http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/06/16/fedora-13-goddard-review-gno… --- Zarafa Collaboration Platform 6.40 Goes Gold --- Robert Scheck forwarded[1] the official press release about Zarafa that mentions Fedora nicely: "Since February 2010, the Fedora Project is shipping the 6.30 series of the ZCP. The active Fedora releases 12 and 13 will ship Zarafa 6.40.0 as well as the Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases 4 and 5. EPEL 6 beta (for the upcoming RHEL 6 in autumn, which is RHEL 6 beta right now) will also get Zarafa 6.40.0 as soon as possible[2]. The ZCP 6.40.0 is also available through the Canonical Partner repository for the popular Ubuntu distribution. Mandriva, a third free Linux distribution project, includes Zarafa as well." The full press release is available[3]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013122.html 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Zarafa 3. http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/press/20100610%20Zarafa%20Collaboration%2… --- Fedora 13 praised for security and permissions enhancements (DesktopLinux.com) --- Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] a posting from Desktop Linux on Fedora 13 from 2009-06-21: "The community-driven Fedora 13 Linux distribution has been reviewed by eWEEK, which was highly impressed with its cutting-edge enterprise features. The review praises Fedora security and permissions features such as the AccountsDialog user management utility, and it also likes the new command line interface for NetworkManager. As was noted in our coverage of the _beta release of Fedora 13 in April, the new Fedora release has introduced a key features including automatic print-driver installation, the Btrfs filesystem, and enhanced 3D driver support. Released last month in final form, Fedora 13 has now been given the once over from the enterprise angle by Jason Brooks at our sister publication, eWEEK." The full post is available[2] 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013133.html 2. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5899605753.html --- Gnote: Fedora 13 note tool (ghacks.net) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a recent review of the Gnote note tool available in Fedora 13: "I take notes. I take a LOT of notes. When I’m not at a PC I use pen and paper. When I am at a PC I use whatever tool is the most accessible and the most usable. For the longest time that tool was my text editor (most likely Nano). The only problem with Nano is it take some serious work to have any organization…and it’s accessibility wasn’t the best. To take notes I had to open up a console, enter the command to start nano, type my notes, and save/title/close my notes. But over the last few years much better tools have evolved for taking notes. One such tool is the Fedora default, Gnote[2]." The full post is available[3] 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013151.html 2. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/18/gnote-fedora-13-note-tool/ 3. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/18/gnote-fedora-13-note-tool/ --- Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13 (ghacks.net) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another posting from ghacks.net about setting up a network printer in Fedora 13: "I have been bragging to everyone how user-friendly Fedora has become with it’s most recent release for a while now. Some people are prone to believe me and some are not. No matter where you stand, if you have any experience with Linux, you know there are certain aspects that can be a bit of a challenge. Printing has been one of those issues for many people for a while now. That has all changed with recent releases. Fedora 13 is no exception. The installation and configuration of printers has become a no-brainer for both local and networked printers" The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013152.html 2. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/20/setting-up-a-network-printer-in-fedora-13/ --- Fedora 13 Goddard. Bah. Meh. Hmm? Ok. --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a skeptical but ultimately positive review of Fedora 13: "Fedora 13 Goddard is ... I don't really know what to say. Personally, the most important part of system usage is stability. Compared to previous versions, the difference is huge. Fedora 13 is stable and robust and this makes it an adequate candidate for daily use. With autoten and similar programs, you solve the availability problem of software, including popular applications and codecs. Still, placing a shortcut on the desktop, which reads "grab your non-free stuff over here" would have made a big change for the average user." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013153.html 2. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-13.html -- 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 --- Proven testers --- During the QA weekly meeting of 2010-06-14[1], Adam Williamson reported that he had drafted a set of instructions[2] for proven testers (under the new proven tester policy[3]), and also had updated various wiki pages[4] [5] [6] to reference the proven testers process. James Laska noted that he was monitoring the ticket[7] requesting the infrastructure team to configure Bodhi to require proven tester feedback on critical path updates. Adam subsequently announced his draft on the mailing list[8], followed by a second draft[9]. Aaron Faanes stepped in[10] with a much-improved revision of Adam's draft[11]. Adam replied[12] to thank Aaron for his improvements. --- AutoQA --- During the QA meeting, Kamil Paral reported that the AutoQA team had decided to re-prioritize their goals with the aim of delivering concrete results as soon as possible, even where this meant not immediately meeting the whole range of aims for the project[13]. They had decided the current priorities were to test and finish the Bodhi hook, implementing the ability to run potentially dangerous tests in a virtual machine, creating a test instance of the autotest environment for testing new features without breaking the stable instance, getting a publicly accessible machine for the results database (resultdb), and working on resultdb. 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20100614 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_proventesters_instructions 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/JoinProvenTesters 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA 5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Join 6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Updates_Testing 7. http://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/ticket/424 8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091513.html 9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091552.html 10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091559.html 11. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dafrito/Draft_proventesters_instructions 12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091560.html 13. http://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-devel/2010-June/000668.html --- Critical path wiki update --- James Laska announced[1] that he had revised the critical path documentation on the Wiki. He had created a new page[2] to complement the existing critical path proposal page[3], which had initially been only the proposal of the critical path process but had come to be used as a general reference for the implemented process as well. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091517.html 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Critical_Path_Packages 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Critical_Path_Packages_Proposal --- Kernel triage --- During the Bugzappers weekly meeting of 2010-06-15[1], JP reported that he had updated the stock responses on the older kernel triage page[2] to match the style of the newer Bugzappers stock responses[3], and asked for feedback on the changes. 1. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-06-15/bugzappers.2010-… 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage and BugZappers 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/StockBugzillaResponses --- Triage metrics --- During the Bugzappers meeting, Jeff Raber reported his progress on the new triage metrics project. He had created a Bugzilla query[1] which lists bugs triaged in the previous 30 days, and was working on some modifications to python-bugzilla to provide output suited to triage statistics. Adam Williamson promised to put Jeff in touch with Will Woods to discuss merging the python-bugzilla changes. 1. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd… --- Setting needinfo on impending end-of-life bugs --- During the Bugzappers meeting, Matej Cepl suggested that when adding a comment to bugs on releases that will soon go end-of-life, we should also set the needinfo state to mark that additional input is needed to keep the bug open. After some discussion, everyone agreed that this was a good idea. --- Fedora 14 recommendations --- James Laska announced[1] the list of recommendations for the Fedora 14 cycle based on the Fedora 13 QA retrospective[2]. He noted that the next task would be to organize the recommendations into a set of trac tickets to track their implementation. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091538.html 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_QA_Retrospective#Recommendations --- Reopening bugs --- Matt McCutchen brought up the topic[1] of reopening bugs, specifically the fact that most Bugzilla users can only reopen bugs that they filed (or which are assigned to them). He mentioned that he had filed an RFE asking that all users be given permission to reopen bugs[2]. Adam Williamson said[3] he would forward the proposal to the Bugzilla maintainers for consideration. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091541.html 2. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=573535 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091546.html -- Translation -- This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project[1]. Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N --- Fedora 14 Schedule --- John Poelstra has put together the Fedora 14 schedule for the Documentation and Translation Teams[1]. FLSco member Noriko Mizumoto has suggested some changes to the schedule including removal of the tasks to be done by other teams and to include a few timelines that would inform translators about the start dates for some tasks[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007726.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007762.html --- gettext-0-18 Available --- Jens Petersen announced the availability of the gettext-0-18 for rawhide and f13-updates testing[1]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007735.html --- SELinux FAQ in Spanish, Dutch and Ukrainian --- The SELinux FAQ in Spanish, Dutch and Ukrainian is now available at docs.fedoraproject.org[1]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007749.html --- New Translation Process for Wiki --- Ian Weller has put forward a suggested framework for the process to be used for localizing wiki content[1]. The draft of the framework is currently open for review by the FLP. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007763.html --- New Sponsor for the Arabic Team --- The current Co-ordinator of the Arabic Team, Munzir Taha has been upgraded to a 'Sponsor' role and would now be able to sponsor new translators in the Arabic Translation Team[1]. Until recently, the Arabic team did not have any 'Sponsor' which resulted in a number of pending requests in the sponsorship queue for the Arabic translators. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007760.html --- New Members in FLP --- Okta Purnama Rahadian (Indonesian)[1], Ahmed Samir (Arabic)[2], Petr Pisar (Czech)[3], Hans Verduguez (Spanish)[4], Tommy Albert Surbakti (Bahasa Indonesian)[5], Pedro Lucas Farinha (Potuguese)[6] joined the Fedora Localization Project recently. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007715.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007716.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007732.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007737.html 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007740.html 6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-June/007745.html -- Artwork -- In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1]. Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork --- Maintainers Wanted for the Design Suite Spin --- Sebastian Dziallas, the maintainer of the Fedora Design Suite spin, raised[1] a call for help with the maintenance " I'll be starting college at the end of the summer and I'm suspecting that I might have a little less time then. Hence, I'm looking at handing the Design Suite off". So far two people, [ChrisJones|Chris Jones][2] and Papadeas Pierros[3] showed their interest. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002641.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-June/137800.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002642.html --- Weekly Design Team IRC Meeting --- This week the Design Team IRC Meeting was chaired by Ian Weller and the agenda[1] included a status check of the Fedora 14 artwork, the ticketing system (Trac) queue and open discussions. The minutes are available[2]. Following the meeting, Jef van Schendel reported on the list the progress of to of the tasks he volunteered on: a background for microblogging sites[3] and standardized hackergotchi labels for Planet[4] 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002640.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002644.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002645.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002647.html -- Security Advisories -- In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco --- Fedora 13 Security Advisories --- * moodle-1.9.9-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043291.… * gnutls-2.8.6-2.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043275.… * squirrelmail-1.4.20-3.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043258.… * drupal-views-6.x.2.11-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043202.… * drupal-cck-6.x.2.7-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043191.… * beanstalkd-1.4.6-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043166.… * irssi-0.8.15-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043038.… * znc-0.090-2.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043000.… --- Fedora 12 Security Advisories --- * moodle-1.9.9-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043285.… * squirrelmail-1.4.20-3.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043239.… * beanstalkd-1.4.6-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043234.… * drupal-cck-6.x.2.7-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043172.… * drupal-views-6.x.2.11-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043097.… * znc-0.090-2.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043043.… * sudo-1.7.2p6-2.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.… * sendmail-8.14.4-3.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042994.… * xinha-0.96.1-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042989.… --- Fedora 11 Security Advisories --- * moodle-1.9.9-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043340.… * squirrelmail-1.4.20-2.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043261.… * openssl-0.9.8n-2.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043193.… * drupal-views-6.x.2.11-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043188.… * drupal-cck-6.x.2.7-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043100.… * znc-0.090-2.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043044.… * irssi-0.8.15-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043022.… * sudo-1.7.2p6-2.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.… - end FWN 231 - Pascal Calarco, Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pcalarco

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The Unofficial Fedora FAQ Returns!
by Max Kanat-Alexander 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello Fedora Users!! It has been a long time! Today I updated the Unofficial Fedora FAQ for Fedora 11, 12, and 13: Fedora 13: http://www.fedorafaq.org/ Fedora 12: http://www.fedorafaq.org/f12/ Fedora 11: http://www.fedorafaq.org/f11/ As always, fedorafaq.org contains lots of straightforward and useful information on how to play DVDs, listen to MP3s, install Flash, and lots of answers to other frequently asked questions. Do you know of anything that's being frequently asked about Fedora but isn't listed on fedorafaq.org? Or did you find an error in one of the questions, or have a better idea for how one answer should go? Let me know! Instructions on contributing to the FAQ are here: http://www.fedorafaq.org/contribute/ Enjoy! :-) -Max -- http://www.everythingsolved.com/ Competent, Friendly Bugzilla and Perl Services. Everything Else, too.

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Fedora Weekly News 230
by Pascal Calarco 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 230 o 1.1 Planet Fedora + 1.1.1 General o 1.2 QualityAssurance + 1.2.1 AutoQA initscript testing + 1.2.2 Fedora 14 QA schedule + 1.2.3 Virtualized testing + 1.2.4 NSS dependency issue + 1.2.5 Triage metrics o 1.3 Fedora In the News + 1.3.1 Sugar on a Stick v3 Mirabelle released (h-online.com) + 1.3.2 Fedora’s lucky 13 (ghacks.net) + 1.3.3 Counting the Cost of Free: What Value, Linux? (Computer Zine) + 1.3.4 Pino: Fedora’s default social tool (ghacks.net) + 1.3.5 Sugar on a Stick hits 3.0, teaches us about a new kind of fruit + 1.3.6 Can Fedora be the new Ubuntu? (Tech Republic) + 1.3.7 Backing up with Deja Dup (ghacks.net) + 1.3.8 Fedora 13 Boasts Many Leading-Edge Enhancements (eWeek) o 1.4 Artwork + 1.4.1 Design Team IRC Meeting + 1.4.2 Sparkle Share o 1.5 Security Advisories + 1.5.1 Fedora 13 Security Advisories + 1.5.2 Fedora 12 Security Advisories + 1.5.3 Fedora 11 Security Advisories - Fedora Weekly News Issue 230 - Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 230[1] for the week ending June 16, 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue. In this week's FWN, we have a shorter issue, with folks taking a breather following the very successful release of Fedora 13. We begin with news from the Fedora Planet, including details on the Project's Twitter presence, new approved features for Fedora 14, an update on multitouch in Fedora, and a discussion on what goes in to Fedora metrics and release stats. In Quality Assurance news, details on the QA schedule for Fedora 14, an update on automated test script review and revision, and a discussion regarding virtualized testing of releases. Next up are a variety of Fedora news pieces in the trade press and blogosphere in Fedora In The News. In Design team news, a new Design Team IRC meeting schedule, and discussion around Sparkle Share, a tool in development. Security Advisories brings us current with security-related packages released in the past week. Read on! The audio version of FWN - FAWN - is back! You can listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet Archive. 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: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue230 2. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22FWN%22 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join -- 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 --- Luke Slater mentioned[1] that "we've recently acquired the username 'Fedora' on Twitter and we're using this event as the catalyst to start Fedora's foray into the world of Microblogging (or relaunch it, perhaps...). We're currently deciding on what exactly to do in respect to this and a discussion took place in the Fedora Marketing meeting this Tuesday..." Rahul Sundaram announced[2] that three new features have been approved for Fedora 14: More content in live images, faster picture browsing (replacing libjpeg with libjpeg-turbo) and Multi-path device support including bootup. Michael DeHaan suggested[3] a way to use Google Analytics to help track down (and presumably fix) common error messages. John Palmier provided[4] an update on the status of Multitouch in Fedora. Richard W.M. Jones found[5] that Linux now has a set of APIs for freezing ("Quiescing") filesystems. Venkatesh Hariharan posted[6] an excerpt from Flash Co-Creator Jonathan Gay, discussing "the challenges they faced in using H.264 standard." Ian Weller discussed[7] how Fedora metrics are tracked, and the process of releasing the (anonymized) raw data that was used to produce the final statistics. Clint Savage is trying to comabt[8] apathy, which "is what kills communities around the globe" and how to get people to contribute back. 1. http://dinosaur-os.com/post/691754809/fedora-microblogging 2. http://fedoranext.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/fedora-14-three-new-features/ 3. http://michaeldehaan.net/2010/06/09/googling-for-error-messages/ 4. http://www.j5live.com/2010/06/09/multitouch-working-in-fedora/ 5. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/freezing-filesystems/ 6. http://osindia.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenges-in-using-proprietary.html 7. http://ianweller.org/2010/06/10/datanommer-making-fedora-metrics-more-trans… 8. http://sexysexypenguins.com/2010/06/08/combatting-apathy-in-free-and-open-s… -- QualityAssurance -- 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 --- AutoQA initscript testing --- Josef Skladanka updated[1] the status of the automated initscripts test effort[2]. He explained that 30% of initscripts had now been reviewed, and again asked for people to help in completing the process. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091466.html 2. http://fedorahosted.org/autoqa/wiki/initscripts --- Fedora 14 QA schedule --- John Poelstra posted[1] the QA group schedule for Fedora 14[2], including all the significant dates for the team in the run-up to the next Fedora release. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091492.html 2. http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-14/f-14-quality-tasks.html --- Virtualized testing --- Bob Lightfoot asked[1] if there was a consensus on the use of virtual machines as opposed to real systems in testing, and whether it is acceptable to run tests of the install media in virtual machines. Richard Ryniker's well-considered response[2] pointed out that "just as an error observed on "real" hardware might be attributed to a quirk or fault in that platform, so too an error in a VM might be the result of some bug in the implementation of the VM," and that "errors observed in a VM environment...should be subjected to the same triage process that might elevate them to "critical" status because they seriously impact operation on many (real or virtual) platforms, or reduce them to "future consideration" status because they have little impact, they occur only on platforms rare enough to suggest a quirk or platform fault is their cause". Adam Williamson said[3] that virtual testing is valuable, but testing on real hardware is also necessary, in both cases. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091494.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091497.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091501.html --- NSS dependency issue --- During the QA weekly meeting of 2010-06-07[1], Adam Williamson brought up the problem with dependencies in the nss-softokn package which had caused dependency issues during updates for many users of the 64-bit edition of Fedora 13. The group concluded that there had been no failure in the QA processes, but also agreed that it would be a good idea to make sure the AutoQA dependency checks will be able to catch this particular type of problem when they go live. Adam promised to send Will Woods a summary of the issue for this purpose. 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20100607 --- Triage metrics --- During the Bugzappers weekly meeting of 2010-06-08[1], Adam Williamson recapped the previous efforts to produce a system for monitoring the triage process and providing metrics on triage work, and proposed an alternative approach of producing some simple Bugzilla queries that would provide some basic information in the short term and without a lot of complex work. Jeff Raber stepped in and volunteered to attempt this. 1. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-06-08/bugzappers.2010-… -- 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 --- Sugar on a Stick v3 Mirabelle released (h-online.com) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a posting from The H from 2010-06-14: "At last week's LinuxTag conference in Berlin, Sugar Labs, the organisation behind the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop software, released Sugar on a Stick version 3.0, also known as "Mirabelle". Sugar on a Stick is a version of the free open source Sugar Learning Platform that can be installed on a bootable USB flash drive to run on a conventional desktop, notebook or netbook computer." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/ 2. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sugar-on-a-Stick-v3-Mirabelle-releas… --- Fedora’s lucky 13 (ghacks.net) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a review of highlights from Fedora 13: "I could continue on forever and a day about how Fedora 13 brings a world of improvement to the Fedora/Linux experience. But the best thing I can say is that Ubuntu better watch out or Fedora might well usurp it as the king of Linux for new users. And since Fedora is already one of the most popular distributions with experienced users . . . you get the picture. If you have never tried Fedora do so now. If you jumped ship on Fedora some where around Fedora 9, I’d say it’s about time you jumped back on the ship and enjoyed an incredible experience." The full post is available[1] 1. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/11/fedoras-lucky-13/ --- Counting the Cost of Free: What Value, Linux? (Computer Zine) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded an interview with Amanda McPherson, marketing and developer programs VP at the Linux Foundation, in which she discusses a recent study calculating the cost of producing the Fedora 9 release: "Bentley: Why the Fedora community distribution and not another? McPherson: Fedora is the basis for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which represents a large percentage of the Linux market. This provided us with a very relevant model to assess. Also, David A. Wheeler had used Red Hat for his study in 2002. OpenSuse and Debian/Ubuntu would, of course, also be great targets for this study. We may do that at a later date. We also would like to use an embedded distribution." The full post is available[1]. 1. http://eftu.co.cc/counting-the-cost-of-free-what-value-linux/ --- Pino: Fedora’s default social tool (ghacks.net) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of the Pino tool within Fedora 13: "Pino is an outstanding app for Twitter status updates. It’s not nearly as feature-rich as Gwibber, but it won’t gobble up your CPU like Gwibber is prone to. If you are looking for a tool to post twitter status updates, and you use Fedora – look no further than Pino." The full post is available[1]. 1. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/11/pino-fedoras-default-social-tool/ --- Sugar on a Stick hits 3.0, teaches us about a new kind of fruit --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of Fedora-based Sugar on a Stick 3.0: "Turns out it's a small, orange plum that really has nothing to do with Sugar's Fedora underpinnings, but certainly sounds healthier than Google's versioning schemes. Mirabelle has just been given the Sugar on a Stick treatment, and as with previous releases this one can be loaded to DVD or thumb drive and booted to give a taste of XO without requiring any repartitioning. Sugar on a Stick is now an official Fedora spin, distributed on the Fedora site in both 32- and 64-bit flavors at the other end of that source link below. " The full post is available[1]. 1. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/sugar-on-a-stick-hits-3-0-teaches-us-abo… --- Can Fedora be the new Ubuntu? (Tech Republic) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of Fedora 13: "Fedora has done something that, in many peoples’ eyes, is much more important . . . they have released an amazingly rock-solid operating system. What happened to the good old days of installing Fedora and then having to spend time tweaking it to get it to work right? Now it’s just install and go. And go it does." The full post is available[1]. 1. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1616 --- Backing up with Deja Dup (ghacks.net) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded a follow-up article in ghacks that discusses Deja Dup in Fedora 13: "In a recent article I introduced to the Ghacks readers the latest release from Fedora (see “Fedoras Lucky 13“). In this article I mentioned a number of features that helped to make Fedora one of the more user friendly Linux distributions available today. One of the reasons this is so is the inclusion of some tools that make using Fedora 13 incredibly easy. One such tool is the backup system Deja Dup. Deja Dup makes backups incredible simple. With an interface containing no more than a menu bar and two buttons, backing up couldn’t be easier. But that simplicity doesn’t mean Deja Dup is complete bereft of features. Not at all. In fact, you’d be surprised at how many different ways you can backup with Deja Dup. In this article you are going to see how easy it is to back up your Fedora 13 files and folders with this handy tool." The full post is available[1]. 1. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/15/backing-up-with-deja-dup/ --- Fedora 13 Boasts Many Leading-Edge Enhancements (eWeek) --- Kara Schlitz forwarded an article in eWeek reviewing Fedora 13's features: "Since its first version, in 2003, Red Hat's Fedora Linux has been the best place to track what's on the leading edge of Linux and open-source software. Of course, the trouble with running on the leading edge is that it's easy to get cut, and the Fedora distribution's fast development pace has required a certain amount of bug-squashing tolerance from its users. Fedora 13, which began shipping in late May, boasts many of the leading-edge enhancements—and few of the rough spots—that I've come to expect from the popular Linux-based operating system. In particular, I appreciated the work the Fedora team has done in the area of security and permissions, with progress toward more granular rights management through Fedora's PolicyKit framework, and an implementation of the SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) framework that remained, for the most part, tucked away unobtrusively in the background." The full post is available[1]. 1. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Fedora-13-Boasts-Many-Lead… -- Artwork -- In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1]. Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork --- Design Team IRC Meeting --- Máirín Duffy announced[1] the regular IRC meeting of the Design Team "Just a friendly reminder our second weekly meeting is at 7 PM UTC today in #fedora-design on irc.freenode.net" and after the meeting she published[2] the minutes[3], the meeting covered: website redesign, progress for Fedora 14 artwork, the tickets queue and the new biweekly bounties. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002629.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002634.html 3. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-06-15/fedora-design.201… --- Sparkle Share --- Máirín Duffy pointed[1] to Sparkle Share, a tool in development which may make easier to share the works inside the Design Team "I think we should try using this when it's first released! ", Nicu Buculei objected[2] about using Mono "Hope some brave souls will do to it what other brave souls did to Tomboy with Gnote" while other members, like Jayme Ayres showed enthusiasm[3] "I loved the idea. Currently I use the Dropbox and is very useful for me to manage my work files and laptop!" 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002615.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002617.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002625.html -- Security Advisories -- In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco --- Fedora 13 Security Advisories --- * openssl-1.0.0a-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042855.… * dhcp-4.1.1-22.P1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042843.… * sudo-1.7.2p6-2.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.… * python-2.6.4-27.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.… * sonic-visualiser-1.7.2-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042716.… * libfishsound-0.9.1-5.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042714.… * liboggz-1.1.1-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042712.… * mod_annodex-0.2.2-13.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042713.… * libannodex-0.7.3-14.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042715.… * emesene-1.6.2-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042699.… --- Fedora 12 Security Advisories --- * moin-1.8.8-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042786.… * kernel-2.6.32.14-127.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042766.… * emesene-1.6.2-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042725.… --- Fedora 11 Security Advisories --- * sendmail-8.14.4-3.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042817.… * moin-1.8.8-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042795.… * emesene-1.6.2-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042683.… - end FWN 230 -

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Fedora Weekly News 229
by Pascal Calarco 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 229 o 1.1 Announcements + 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News # 1.1.1.1 Final Board appointment + 1.1.2 Fedora Development News # 1.1.2.1 Nightly live spins moving on to rawhide # 1.1.2.2 Package maintainers -- want test results by mail? # 1.1.2.3 Outage: VPN Work - 2010-06-04 14:00 UTC + 1.1.3 Announcements from the Fedora user list + 1.1.4 Fedora Events # 1.1.4.1 Upcoming Events (June 2010 - August 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 Fedora In the News + 1.3.1 Review of Fedora 13 on my ThinkPad thingy (rubenerd.com) + 1.3.2 Fedora 13 review (linuxbsdos.com) + 1.3.3 Distributionstest Fedora 13 + 1.3.4 Fedora 13 Review (Software Latest Releases) o 1.4 QualityAssurance + 1.4.1 Fedora 11 EOL bug closure + 1.4.2 AutoQA initscript testing + 1.4.3 Real life Bugzapping class + 1.4.4 Proven testers policy finalized + 1.4.5 Triage scripts o 1.5 Ambassadors + 1.5.1 Fedora at Idlelo 4 in Ghana + 1.5.2 Fedora 13 release party in Guatemala + 1.5.3 Fedora Activity Day in Pune, India + 1.5.4 Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities o 1.6 Artwork + 1.6.1 The Complementary Font + 1.6.2 Bi-Weekly Bounties o 1.7 Security Advisories + 1.7.1 Fedora 13 Security Advisories + 1.7.2 Fedora 12 Security Advisories + 1.7.3 Fedora 11 Security Advisories - Fedora Weekly News Issue 229 - Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 229[1] for the week ending June 9, 2010. What follows are some highlights from this issue. In announcements this week, another appointment to the Fedora Board, news that with Fedora 13, live spins will be moving to rawhide, and a wonderful variety of postings to the fedora-user list. In news from the Fedora Planet, early feedback on the Gnome 3.0 related projects, thoughts on openness and the Design team, and news on a new release of Virtaal -- a Computer Aided Translation Tool (CAT) package. Fedora In The News brings us a range of postings from the trade press and blogosphere about Fedora 13. In Quality Assurance news this week, details on impending Fedora 11 bug closure, a report on a triage class on real-life bugzapping, and updates from the AutoQA team's activities. Ambassadors this week features several event reports from Ghana, Guatemala and India. In Artwork/Design Team news, some discussion on switching fonts used for Fedora branding and a new initiative to attract contributors "a bi-weekly blog post where we’ll outline a quick-and-easy design project that needs doing for the Fedora Community..." This issue finishes up with Security Advisories, covering security-related packages released in the last week. Enjoy FWN 229! The audio version of FWN - FAWN - is back! You can listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet Archive. 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: news(a)lists.fedoraproject.org FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue229 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: Rashadul Islam and/or 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 --- ---- Final Board appointment ---- Paul W. Frields[1], Fedora Project Leader, announced[2], "I'm pleased to announce that Stephen Smoogen will join the Fedora Project Board. He'll be seated along with the other newly elected and appointed Board members at our next regular meeting in June, which will be an IRC public meeting. Stephen brings many years of experience with the Fedora Project in a variety of areas, and as a volunteer contributor and a Red Hat employee at various times. This appointment completes the normal succession process for the Board for this term. We're currently working out the meeting schedule between the new members, and we'll send it out via normal channels, such as the advisory-board list, well in advance of the first meeting." 1. Paul W. Frields 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-June/002824.html --- Fedora Development News --- ---- Nightly live spins moving on to rawhide ---- Kevin Fenzi[1] announced[2],"With the release of Fedora 13, the nightly live composes will start tracking rawhide as of today (2010-05-31). See: [3] For logs, images and more information." 1. Kevin Fenzi 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-May/000619.html 3. http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ ---- Package maintainers -- want test results by mail? ---- James Laska [1] announced[2], "Greetings package maintainers, Want to get notification of any breakage in your just-built koji packages? This includes results of rpmlint [3], rpmguard [4] and, if applicable, initscript [5] tests. Good news, you can now opt-in to receive test results by mail! All you have to do is: * 1. Login to fedorapeople.org # ssh fedorapeople.org * 2. Run the command: autoqa-optin <package> [<release>] That's it! Thanks to Seth Vidal for the autoqa-optin script and proposed changes to enable this feature." 1. James Laska 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-June/000620.ht… 3. https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-results/2010-April/013903.html 4. https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-results/2010-April/013904.html 5. https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-results/2010-May/020018.html ---- Outage: VPN Work - 2010-06-04 14:00 UTC ---- Mike McGrath[1] announced [2],"There will be an outage starting at 2010-06-04 14:00 UTC, which will last approximately 1 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at [3] or run: date -d '2010-06-04 14:00 UTC' Reason for outage: Updating some vpn settings. I hope this will be a blip lasting a few seconds. This is mostly a "just in case" notice. There's a deadline to meet to have it done by the end of the day which is why it is happening earlier in the day instead of after hours. Affected Services: * Bodhi - [4] * Email system * Fedora Account System - [5] * Fedora Community - [6] * Fedora Hosted - [7] * Fedora Talk - [8] * Mirror List - [9] * Mirror Manager - [10] * Package Database - [11] * Smolt - [12] * Translation Services - [13] * Wiki - [14] Unaffected Services: * BFO - [15] * Buildsystem - [16] * CVS / Source Control * DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org * Docs - [17] * Fedora People - [18] * Main Website - [19] * Spins - [20] * Start - [21] * Torrent - [22] Ticket Link: [23] Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage." 1. Mike McGrath 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-June/000621.ht… 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto 4. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ 5. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ 7. https://fedorahosted.org/ 8. http://talk.fedoraproject.org/ 9. https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ 10. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ 11. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ 12. http://smolts.org/ 13. http://translate.fedoraproject.org/ 14. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ 15. http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ 16. http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ 17. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ 18. http://fedorapeople.org/ 19. http://fedoraproject.org/ 20. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ 21. http://start.fedoraproject.org/ 22. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ 23. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2201 --- Announcements from the Fedora user list --- The list provides community assistance, encouragement, and advice for Fedora users. All the topic is important for Fedora and we request you to visit the list[1] for your desired information. The most highlighted topics on the list are: * [2]problem with awk by Adel ESSAFI * [3] FC12 and intel fortran 11.1 Saeid Jalali * [4] preupgrade 12-13 and not enough disk space for /var/cache Anne Possoz * [5]Installing F13 Rahul Sundaram * [6]FC13 infofeed RSS coming? Rahul Sundaram * [7]Ntpd problems FC13 Jim * [8] Why are the _nightly_ builds build once in a ... week??? Kevin Fenzi * [9] MultiMedia suggestions? jack craig * [10] Problems with SELinux and cronjobs Daniel J Walsh * [11] RPMs in FC13 with wrong or missing release Jonathan Ryshpan * [12]Problems with fetchmail Mats * [13] Who sees massive flickering? Tom Horsley * [14] Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13? Jonathan Ryshpan * [15] Network Manager, WPA, "available to all users" Steven Stern * [16] NMI error with kernel 2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686.PAE Steven Stern * [17] Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13? (WORKAROUND!) Steven P. Ulrick * [18]Community Gaming session 5 - bzflag Bruno Wolff III * [19] Fedora 13 Upgrade Going Badly philbrog * [20] Unwanted space preceeding cursor in Konsole Steven P. Ulrick * [21]Ugly little hand [Solved] fred smith * [22] FC13 and kqemu again William John Murray * [23] Saving VLC snapshots Anne Wilson * [24] can't set Okular as helper pdf app in Firefox Claude Jones * [25]Removing/Cemsoring bad Fedora mirrors? Daniel B. Thurman * [26] ssh into kvm-clients brizly vaan van Ulciputz * [27] USB to parallel port printer adapter does not work anymore. (F13) Mick M. * [28] F13 installation: successful with small problem and larger one. Bruno Wolff III * [29] Relabeling all audio files on a server Phil Meyer * [30] Installing Flash Robert Posey * [31] twin display f12 pankaj singh * [32] Why are 0 karma updates still being released? Mike Fedyk * [33] fnfx trouble on Toshiba Yogesh * [34] F13 installation: successful with small problem and larger one. Richard Shaw * [35] Moving a virtual machine Matthew Saltzman * [36] Printer selector in F13 Matthew Saltzman * [37] Fwd: Fedora Weekly News 228 Frank Murphy * [38] Evolution new mail notification gone in F13? Matthew Saltzman * [39] twin display f12 pankaj singh * [40] FC13, Installing 32 bit Libs on a 64 bit box Jim * [41] F13: kvm guest screen resolution Christoph A. * [42] GDM slow to accept password Robert Arkiletian * [43] Fedora as Xen/CentOS guest? Greg Woods * [44] F13: screensaver problem after upgrade from F12 Kevin T. Likes * [45] Desktop doesn't wake up from suspend Alex * [46] System Hangs with online Video Yogesh * [47] Does ccsm work with nouveau? Sam Varshavchik * [48] strange NFS behaviour after upgrade to F13 Julian C. Dunn * [49] Network Speed issues on Fedora 12 alan * [50] [mythtv-users] installing MythTV 0.23 as non-root - almost agraham * [51] Setting default pdf reader Fedora13 David A. Paredes Rios * [52] Failed attempt installing AdobeReader_enu.i486 Steven P. Ulrick * [53] BerkeleyTIP Join June Global Free SW HW Culture Mtgs via VOIP or in Berkeley giovanni_re * [54] How To use a HP iPAQ serie hx2700 Pocket PC Dario Lesca * [55] Turning the touchpad off Timothy Murphy * [56] gtk stock icons missing N James Bridge * [57] Network crash in F13 Clodoaldo Neto * [58] Networking doesn't start on boot Alex * [59] NFS Issue Phil Meyer * [60] Resizing virtual display on virtual machine Dale J. Chatham * [61] Sound server gone - Solved Mike McCarty * [62] F13 - goodnewws and bad news Aaron Konstam * [63] Setting gnome-terminal size Jonathan Ryshpan * [64] help with upgrading fed 12>13 and boot size/ lvm dale kain * [65] F13 Can't start sshd with Selinux enforcing mode Clodoaldo Neto * [66] Managing debuginfo repos and packages Suvayu Ali * [67] ant with jdk5 fernando at lozano.eti.br * [68] Monitor disconnects (?) in F13 Patrick O'Callaghan * [69] Fedora 13 installation Mark Ryden * [70] Setting gnome-terminal size Jonathan Ryshpan * [71] Hi + i945 external monitor problem Fabio Alessandro Locati * [72] Is there still yum repository is not configured for grouplist ? in fedora 13 Sukhdev Jadhav * [73] How do I associate *.jnlp files to Java Webstart (javaws) on GNOME? Andre Costa * [74] Preupgrade F11 to F13. DBUS issues, gdm shows empty user list, pulse doesn't work. Gilboa Davara * [75] F13 Sadly Unusable Brian C. Huffman * [76] Improving the list climate [was Re: Fwd: Fedora Weekly News 228] davidbriley at att.net * [77] Looking for multi-DVD spanning archiver Robert G. (Doc) Savage * [78] Installing and configuring USB Wireless for rt2870? Daniel B. Thurman * [79] Audacity-1.3.12 vs Fedora-13 Jonathan Ryshpan * [80] question about NSFv4 and FC13 Gerhard Magnus * [81] Evolution oddities in F13 Matthew Saltzman * [82] pdf paper format Bill Davidsen * [83] No terminal bell in compiz Sam Varshavchik * [84] phpMyAdmin & FC13 Alex * [85] Traffic Shaping / Bandwidth Throttling Thom Paine * [86] FC13 won't start Yogesh * [87] OT (maybe) print server Mick M. * [88] Omega live - Rahul Sundaram * [89] [F13, Nvidia] Nvidia drivers for Nvidia GF FX5200 Boris Glawe * [90] Ufraw seems strange to me and to my brand new camera Antonio M * [91] Omega boot time on an old EeePC Beartooth * [92] Ufraw seems strange to me and to my brand new camera antonio montagnani * [93] Xplane Michael Miles * [94] [Fwd: Re: F13 - goodnewws and bad news]-addendum Aaron Konstam * [95] A question on OCR for bad old document? mike cloaked * [96] Fedora 12 Cups and Canon IP3000 from command line Javier Perez * [97] Googleearth segfault on startup using nvidia kmod driver Jonathan Ryshpan * [98] preupgrade 12 to 13 error Alan J. Gagne * [99] Goodbye Fedora XDMCP and VNC Robert Myers * [100] More nvidia kmod strangeness Jonathan Ryshpan * [101] Invoking a nonexistent application in F13 causes a pause Jonathan Ryshpan * [102] VDO File Format Frederick Abrams * [103] Problem - Preupgrade to F13 Anaconda Freeze Curt Stauffer * [104] F13: RealPlayer Frank Elsner * [105] preupgrade 12 to 13 error Alan J. Gagne * [106] preupgrade 12 to 13 error Alan J. Gagne * [107] F13: screensaver problem after upgrade from F12 John Horne * [108] {Disarmed} RE: preupgrade 12 to 13 error Alan J. Gagne * [109] Wireless T61 Problem Ray Curtis * [110] Unwanted package removal? Yogesh * [111] nvidia driver strangeness Matthew Saltzman * [112] KDE fedora 12 - how to switch to gnome. mafeusek at gmail.com * [113] FlashPlayer-10.1.X86_64 RPM ? Jim * [114] Problems with DL380 Kleber Rocha * [115] F13 KDE: phonon audio playback device does not work Andrea * [116] jython failure in F13 Eric Brunson * [117] pppoe on boot without NetworkManager Roman Makurin * [118] Extract file from tar home/ Bob Goodwin * [119] F13 freeze Kleber Rocha * [120] No subject Sateesh kumarb * [121] Gthumb in F13 Peter Langfelder followed by Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak * [122] f13: new mount error after boot (/etc/rc5.d/S25netfs) Dario Lesca * [123] system-monitor applet does'nt show disk usage info chenh * [124] SELinux context conflict -- default_ versus samba_share_t Julian C. Dunn * [125] F13 doesn't let me customize install John Aldrich * [126] German keyboards and the tilde (~) character Joachim Backes * [127] Fedora on netbook with 2GB of storage? Valent Turkovic * [128] Native ZFS in Fedora? Valent Turkovic * [129] RHEL5 binaries Roger K. Wells * [130] fgrep,grep and egrep Kaushal Shriyan * [131] ant with jdk5 fernando at lozano.eti.br * [132] Fedora on netbook with 2GB of storage? Suvayu Ali * [133] labeling swap partitions Gene Heskett * [134] transferring gnotes Aaron Konstam * [135] [OT] if you've ever wanted to dabble in kernel programming, here's your chance Robert P. J. Day * [136] Dual display settings not saved from KDE Barry Scott * [137] F13 and Sipwitch - Anyone got this working agraham * [138] sssd and ldap config Michael Cronenworth * [139] Bash issues on reinstall Bob Kinney * [140] Help required Pallav Jain 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/thread.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373934.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373935.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373937.html 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/374014.html 6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/374015.html 7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373944.html 8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373947.html 9. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373958.html 10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/373951.html 11. 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exclusive and 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 (June 2010 - August 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_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_2 3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_3 4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_4 ---- 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 --- Ian MacGregor revisited[1] the Gnome 3 Shell. "I could go on and on about how impressed I am with gnome shell..." Matthias Clasen noted[2] that It IS Coming. "But GNOME consists of well over a hundred modules, so there is naturally a lot of work left. There are a number of things where you can help." On the design front, Máirín Duffy discuessed[3] the importance of "an open and inclusive process" to the Design Team. "We want folks to use open formats and collaborate in an open way, using open source tools, sharing sources and working together rather than in competition. An ongoing goal for the team is to get greater community participation in creating artwork for Fedora." Máirín also announced[4] the Fedora Design Team Bi-weekly Bounty. "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to polish up the design and layout of the Fedora 13 Feature Profiles print document." Mel Chua looked[5] back at the history of the Fedora and Sugar on a Stick releases to figure out where the project could go in the future. Martin Sourada decided[6] to use the Midori Webkit-based web browser. "So here're some highlights of what you can get with the latest and greatest stuff that's in Fedora 12 (and a bit of customizing)..." Jesus Rodriguez explained[7] how to (and how not to) move a large volume of data from one system to another by physically removing one drive from an madadm RAID-1 array and putting it into another system. Mohammed Morsi announced[8] the release of "a Fedora 12 based appliance complete w/ a stack of rpms built against and related to Ruby 1.9.1." Richard W.M. Jones started[9] work on a reporting package for Bugzilla using the command line python-bugzilla interface. Dwayne Bailey wrote[10] about what is new in Virtaal 0.6.1. "For those not in the know, Virtaal is our Computer Aided Translation Tool (CAT) that we've been developing as part of the ANLoc project." 1. http://ardchoille42.blogspot.com/2010/06/revisiting-gnome-shell.html 2. http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/mclasen/2010/06/01/it-is-coming/ 3. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/post-f13-fedora-design-team-status-a… 4. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/fedora-design-bounty-f13-feature-pro… 5. http://blog.melchua.com/2010/06/04/the-history-of-the-soas-mirabelle-releas… 6. http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2010/06/midori-almost-feature-complete-f… 7. http://zeusville.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/copying-data-to-new-server/ 8. http://mo.morsi.org/blog/node/316 9. http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/tip-daily-bugzilla-reports/ 10. http://www.translate.org.za/blogs/dwayne/en/content/whats-new-virtaal-061 -- 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 --- Review of Fedora 13 on my ThinkPad thingy (rubenerd.com) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[2] a posting from a blog from 2010-06-04: "Firstly, kudos to the Fedora team for continuing to reduce their dependency on Mono! Fedora 12 implemented the beautiful Gnote in place of Tomboy, and with 13 they replaced F-Spot with Shotwell. I have to admit I’d never heard of the Vala language until I read up about Shotwell, it looks really interesting and the perfect antidote to Mono which has always made me feel uneasy. Could Gnome finally be able to compete with KDE and Qt in this regard now? And of course I’m delighted that a fully featured Python 3.0 stack is now available in the default install! Granted my primary Python haunt is Django, but my personal scripts have been running on 3.0 on my Mac for a long while now, so it’ll be great to port them over." The full post is available[3]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/ 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/013000.html 3. http://rubenerd.com/fedora-13-on-my-thinkpad/ --- Fedora 13 review (linuxbsdos.com) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] user highlights with screenshots on Fedora 13: "Fedora 13 is a very stable update. If you want to play with advanced features that are not available on other distributions, such as installing to Storage Area Networks (SANs) or disks attached to mainframes, then you should give it a try." The full post is available[2] 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/012999.html 2. http://linuxbsdos.com/2010/06/05/fedora-13-review/ --- Distributionstest Fedora 13 --- Henrik Heigl forwarded[1] a German review of Fedora 13: "Fedora 13 ist am 25. Mai 2010 erschienen und wartet mit aktualisierten Desktops und einer Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen auf. Dieser Artikel versucht einen Eindruck von der Distribution mit Schwerpunkt auf den Neuerungen zu geben." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/012993.html 2. http://www.pro-linux.de/artikel/2/1195/fedora-13.html --- Fedora 13 Review (Software Latest Releases) --- Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another review of Fedora 13: "Fedora 13 is especially a turning point in terms of installation method. The BFO project allows you to download an ISO of smaller size and launching an installation via Internet. This is undoubtedly one of the most demanding features. The choice of default applications seems also far more consistent than Ubuntu. For example Pino instead of Gwibber (which is much easier to use) Shotwell instead of Gthumb and Fspot. In short, Fedora 13 leaves once again a good impression. For professionals, has better performance than other popular distributions and for home users Ubuntu or Linux Mint which are perhaps more intuitive to begin working with Linux. Only regret, too long and unworthy startup time of a modern Linux distribution. But in the world of Linux, personal taste matters more." The full post is available[2]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-June/012992.html 2. http://www.software-latest.com/2010/06/01/fedora-13.html -- QualityAssurance -- 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 --- Fedora 11 EOL bug closure --- John Poelstra requested[1] help from the group in checking his planned procedure for closing Fedora 11 bugs at Fedora 11 EOL, 2010-06-25. Michael Cronenworth couldn't see any problems[2], while Dave Malcolm suggested a small change[3]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091213.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091215.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091216.html --- AutoQA initscript testing --- Josef Skladanka explained[1] that the AutoQA team is working on creating tests of LSB compliance in Fedora initscripts, and asked the group for help in validating the tests, and even in creating new ones. He pointed to a wiki page[2] which provided details on how to help out. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091311.html 2. http://fedorahosted.org/autoqa/wiki/initscripts --- Real life Bugzapping class --- Vedran Miletic mentioned[1] that he was again planning to focus on triage during one of his university classes. Adam Williamson offered to be around on IRC during the class to help[2]. The class eventually went ahead successfully on 2010-06-07. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091318.html 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/091321.html --- Proven testers policy finalized --- Adam Miller announced[1] that the "proven testers" policy/process had been finalized and published[2]. He noted that the form of the mentoring process had not yet been decided, and asked applicants to have patience while the group worked it out. James Laska asked[3] "are we ready to start processing these requests?" Adam Williamson suggested[4] first agreeing on what mentors should teach applicants, and proposed that the overall aim be to test that critical path updates do not break the tasks which are defined as the basis of the critical path policy[5]. James posted in broad agreement[6]. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091374.html 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/JoinProvenTesters 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091404.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091407.html 5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Critical_Path_Packages_Proposal#What_is_the_c… 6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-June/091408.html --- Triage scripts --- During the Bugzappers weekly meeting of 2010-06-01[1], Matej Cepl outlined his plans for the currently Jetpack prototype-based triage assistance scripts[2]. He explained that the Jetpack prototype had been discontinued by Mozilla in favour of the Jetpack SDK, which carries the same name and has similar goals but is a completely different design, being an SDK which facilitates the creation of regular Firefox extensions, rather than being an extension in its own right on which scripts are run. Matej intends to rewrite the triage scripts on top of the Jetpack SDK, over time and as the SDK becomes more mature. This has the benefit of making it easier and safer to install and run the scripts, and potentially making them easier to port to other browsers. 1. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-06-01/bugzappers.2010-… 2. http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/scripts/install-bugzillaBugTriage.html -- Ambassadors -- In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1]. Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors --- Fedora at Idlelo 4 in Ghana --- Isaac Sanni-Thomas reports on the recent IDLELO 4 event in Ghana and Fedora's participation in that African expo. Issac reports: * Idlelo reported over 100 participants from around the world. Among them was Ben Konrath from GNOME project with whom we had a joint Exhibition booth. We also had John 'Maddog' Hall with us who proudly shared Live Fedora 12 CD's. We can proudly say that our booth had the largest visitors. At a point we had to share responsibilities in order to be able to handle the crowd that our booth had. * Since this was Fedora's first major event in Ghana/West Africa we had lots of interest as more people wanted to know what Fedora was coming to offer Ghanaians as well as what Fedora was all about. We also had some visitors from Ivory Coast who said they did not have an ambassador and hence didn't know much about Fedora. * The general question that seem to hit us at almost every second was "What is the difference between Fedora and Ubuntu?". This was coupled with people wanting to know features we had in Fedora that Ubuntu did not have. * We received a lot suggestions about how to make our presence felt in Africa. The most recurrent one was about Free Media. All our visitors emphasized the fact that the reason why they are used to Ubuntu and know more about Ubuntu is because of the Free CD program Ubuntu has. Ubuntu hasnt held any event in Ghana but the Free CD program alone has won the hearts of over 90 percent of Linux users in Ghana. * We were privileged to have Ben Konrath from GNOME using Fedora mainly and people were happy to see GNOME 3 in action on his laptop. * Fedora had a translation session which was held by Pierros teaching how people can contribute to translating Fedora to the Akan language. There was also a panel discussion led by Pierros to discuss the organizational structure of Fedora. * We gave away lots of live CDs and helped some people to format their laptops to start using Fedora. We gave away some t-shirts and badges. The most popular swag was the badges and the Live CD's. We were so happy to see lots of people wear the badges around the Conference. It showed how involved they want to be in Fedora. * Lots of people were interested in the OLPC as Pierros demonstrated how its run on Fedora. * We are happy to introduce a new incoming member who was with another distro by name Kennedy Kasina. He was glad to receive some swag from us as that also motivated him a lot. He is being mentored by Pierros in translation of Fedora to Swahili for Kenya and East African countries speaking Swahili. * Fedora was the only distro that showed up and made a lot of presence and impact during the event. A lot of thanks goes to Maddog who took sharing of the Fedora 12 media upon himself during his talks. Since the CD was coming from Maddog, a lot of people felt inspired to start using Fedora immediately. Isaac said, "In all we had a pretty successful event. Currently we have some action points for Ghana for the next few months and especially next year when we will have expanded our user base." --- Fedora 13 release party in Guatemala --- Neville Cross reports on a Fedora 13 release party in Guatemala on his blog here. The Spanish version is on top and the English is below. Neville addressed around 80 attendees on Fedora's behalf and established a Fedora presence in Guatemala. --- Fedora Activity Day in Pune, India --- Rahul Sundaram reports on the recent Fedora Activity Day in the Red Hat office in Pune, India. It was a two day event. You might have seen the blog posts on that over this week in Planet Fedora and we have a roundup here. Rahul reports that there was a variety of projects and tasks that was tackled during the event. Here is a quick summary: * OLPC/Sugar: Sayamindu who works for OLPC joined hands with Kushal Das to package up a accessibility tool of interest to OLPC and a Sugar activity called Pathagar which is a book server. Sayamindu also gave a talk on life as downstream of Fedora. * Fedora Tour: A clutter based app with whiz bang effects that aims to provide a friendly welcome screen for new users on first login. Ankur Sinha is leading this effort. Ankur has also helped out in packaging reviews and submitted a few new review requests. The latest being a dependency of Shotwell. * Fedora Medical Spin: Susmit is a leading an effort to create a medical spin for the next release. Many of us are helping out. Harsh Varma participated in some packaging tasks and is helping with this spin as well. * Systemd, WebM support etc: I reviewed a few packages, approved one and worked on packaging up systemd, updating webkitgtk in Fedora 12 for WebM support, fixing a E-V-R issue that broke Deluge, qbittorrent etc., for users upgrading to Fedora 13 from Fedora 12. * Package Reviews: A number of us including Rangeen Basu, Ankur Sinha, Kushal Das and me participated in doing package reviews. * Autootools workshop: Siddesh who works for GSS gave a introductory workshop on autotoolizing a project. * Repository wide fixes: Rakesh Pandit working on fixing several security bugs and Imran who couldn't make it to the event due to some last minute disruption came up on IRC and filed patches that fixed all of the pending E-V-R issues between Fedora 12 and Fedora 13. Rakesh will be committing and doing the builds to resolve them today. We hope to be tackling source url issues, desktop file fixes, FTBFS and other similar issues via a online FAD sometime later. * gFotoStat: Kishan and Meejan worked on a tool for statistics of photos for professionals. This tool can run against a set of pics and provide all sorts of interesting info based on the metadata. They fixed a number of bugs and added some new features in a new release. * wordGroupz: Ratnadeep worked on a new project which is a vocabulary builder and he also took on some packaging tasks. * Shreyank Gupta worked on packaging Sup, a popular gmailish mail client written in Ruby and several of the Ruby module dependencies. He has just been sponsored yesterday. * Salim Ansari hacked on Anjuta including a symbol browser and some new search capabilities and Satya continued her work on Beacon, a web based docbook xml editor * Runa ported the help in the new mallard format from Tomboy to Gnote for GNOME 3 readiness. Rahul says, "At the end of the event, we had a discussion about what went well and what we could improve and about organizing a FUDCon next year in India." --- Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities --- Fedora 13 has now launched and 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. -- Artwork -- In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1]. Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei 1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork --- The Complementary Font --- Máirín Duffy proposed[1] a branding change for the complementary font used with the Fedora logo[2] "our secondary font, MgOpen Modata, doesn't have basic accent marks (I can't even write my own name in it.) Do we want to consider switching to a different font that does?" and made a proposal "I found this font that has a similar rounded look (it's a wider and more widely-spaced font, but I think that's okay) and it seems to cover all the basic accents including acute, grave, umlat, circumflex, etc. It's called Quicksand." Not everybody was happy with the new proposed font, like Fabian A. Scherschel[3] "Personally, the lower-case 'a' in that font gives me a headache. I think it's not 'modern' enough looking for Fedora" or Paul W. Frields[4] "Speaking only for my tastes, this font seems more excentric than Modata. The wider spacing could have a negative impact on content where we can effectively use Modata now." Máirín also outlined[5] the lack of an official body text "We don't actually have an official body text font (I tend to use Liberation Sans when laying out body text), maybe we should pick a specific one and add it to our brand guidelines" and Ian Weller made a proposal[6] "We could use either Liberation or Droid. It matters not to me", with a good number of the team members supporting Droid. 1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002573.html 2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Complementary_Font 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002578.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002584.html 5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002585.html 6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002586.html --- Bi-Weekly Bounties --- Máirín Duffy wrote on her blog[1] and then on the Fedora Design mailing list[2] about a new initiative to attract contributors "a bi-weekly blog post where we’ll outline a quick-and-easy design project that needs doing for the Fedora Community, outlining all the tools, files, and other resources you’ll need to complete the project." She presented the task, the rules, the tools and also the rewards and a couple of people responded [3] [4] 1. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/fedora-design-bounty-f13-feature-pro… 2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002570.html 3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002589.html 4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2010-June/002590.html -- Security Advisories -- In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco --- Fedora 13 Security Advisories --- * exim-4.72-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042613.… * xinha-0.96.1-2.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042577.… * mysql-5.1.47-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042546.… * openoffice.org-3.2.0-12.24.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042534.… * zikula-1.2.3-1.fc13 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042520.… --- Fedora 12 Security Advisories --- * exim-4.72-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042587.… * ircd-hybrid-7.2.3-11.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042575.… * ircd-ratbox-2.2.8-7.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042574.… * mysql-5.1.47-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042535.… * zikula-1.2.3-1.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042478.… * openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.32.fc12 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042468.… --- Fedora 11 Security Advisories --- * mysql-5.1.47-1.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042551.… * openoffice.org-3.1.1-19.13.fc11 - http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042529.… - end FWN 229 - ----- Pascal Calarco, Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA

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Fedora Board IRC Meeting 1800 UTC 2010-06-11
by Paul W. Frields 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

The Board is holding a public IRC meeting on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 1800 UTC on IRC Freenode. This will be the first official meeting of the current Fedora Board membership[1]. For this meeting, the public is invited to do the following: * Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation. * Join #fedora-board-questions to discuss topics and post questions. This channel is read/write for everyone. This meeting will last approximately 60 minutes. The Board may reserve some time at the top of the hour to cover any agenda items as appropriate. Following that we'll take questions from the community. The moderator will voice people from the queue, one at a time, in the #fedora-board-meeting channel. We'll limit time per voice as needed to give everyone in the queue a chance to be heard. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting! * * * [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board -- 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/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Final Board appointment
by Paul W. Frields 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm pleased to announce that Stephen Smoogen will join the Fedora Project Board. He'll be seated along with the other newly elected and appointed Board members at our next regular meeting in June, which will be an IRC public meeting. Stephen brings many years of experience with the Fedora Project in a variety of areas, and as a volunteer contributor and a Red Hat employee at various times. This appointment completes the normal succession process for the Board for this term. We're currently working out the meeting schedule between the new members, and we'll send it out via normal channels, such as the advisory-board list, well in advance of the first meeting. - -- 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/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFMCXEzrNvJN70RNxcRAiOXAJ47W1yrjtUPAmLuex9CfiB9HPK6ngCfe05v pNZmE5/8KefvE3wT5ELSptQ= =M2+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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