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Announcing the release of Fedora 18 Beta!!!
by Jaroslav Reznik 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

The Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" Beta release is rolling! This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open source technology currently under development. We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 18. Want to get a taste of the future? Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease *** What is the Beta Release? *** The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 18. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general release of Fedora 18 in the beginning of the next year. We invite you to join us in making Fedora 18 a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback. Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may still be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is found at the Common F18 bugs page, seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs There is a new upgrade system for Fedora 18 making its first appearance in Fedora 18 Beta. Upgrading via the system installer or the preupgrade tool is no longer possible. To upgrade to Fedora 18 from Fedora 17, you should use the new "Fedup" tool. Instructions and information on the new tool are here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp. The tool is still under active development, please take a look at the FedUp FAQ (in the wiki page) in case of any issues with the upgrade process, and back up your system before trying the upgrade. *** Features *** This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Here are just a few of the new features: = For users everywhere = * Fedora 18 offers a brand-new version of the Gnome desktop, version 3.6, straight from the upstream development process. Updates have also been made to the KDE Plasma Workspaces, XFCE and Sugar]desktop environments; additionally, the MATE desktop is available for the first time in Fedora. * Fedora's new installer user interface enhances the anaconda installer with improvements in ease of use and installation. = For developers = * This release includes several language updates, including the move to Perl 5.16, updating the Python 3 stack from 3.2 to 3.3, Rails 3.2 and updated D and Haskell programming environments. = For system administrators = * Fedora 18 includes the final release of Samba 4, and can be used on an Active Directory domain member out of the box. An integrated, new native management software allows you to access data and server information easily. * OpenStack in Fedora 18 has been updated to Folsom, the most recent release by the OpenStack community. This Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform enables the creation and management of cloud infrastructure. * Eucalyptus 3.1, another IaaS platform, is available in Fedora for the first time, and includes the major components of Eucalyptus. * System Storage Management CLI tools simplify the user interface by providing unified abstraction and interface for multiple storage technologies, including lvm, btrfs and md raid. For more Features, please take a look on the complete list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/18/FeatureList *** Contributing *** Great releases like Fedora 18 don't get made in a vacuum. We can't do it without you! Bug reports are especially helpful as we move from the theory to the applied physics. If you encounter any issues, please report them! Fedora is a fantastic, friendly community, and we have many ways in which you can contribute, including Documentation, Marketing, Design, QA, Development, and more. To learn how to help us, visit: http://join.fedoraproject.org/ Thank you, and we hope to see you in the Fedora Project! --- You may notice this announcement is a day late! We'd like to apologize to the community for the delayed announcement and any consequences resulting from the delay.

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Fedora 19 elections: Town hall schedules!
by Ankur Sinha 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hello everyone! The town hall sessions for the ongoing election[1] have been scheduled. Due to time constraints, we only have one town hall for each of FAmSCo, FESCo and the Board this cycle. (We had two each last election) Here are the dates and times[2]: * Fedora board: December 1 2012 1600UTC[3] * FESCo: November 29 2012 1700UTC[4] * FAmSCO: November 28 2012 1600UTC[5] We have moderators for the FESCo and FAmSCo town hall already: Matt Domsch[6], who has been a long time fedora contributor, has graciously agreed to preside over the FESCo town hall. Ye Myat Kaung[7], better known as MavJS in the fedora circles, has stepped up to take charge of the FAmSCo session. I'm most grateful to both these people for taking out the time to participate in the election proceedings. Thank you! :) The board session is the last one. I'm sure I'll have found a moderator before then :) I realize that the announcement comes slightly at short notice. I'm really sorry about that. I do hope it isn't reason enough to deter you from attending the events. I hope to see more folks from the community at the town halls this time, asking the candidates questions, getting to know them better, before the *voting* really begins. Please do take out some time and attend the town halls! It's your vote that counts, remember? :D I'll see you there! [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections#Townhall_Schedule [3] http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2012&month=12&day=01&… [4] http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2012&month=11&day=29&… [5] http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2012&month=11&day=28&… [6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mdomsch [7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mavjs -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur: "FranciscoD" Please only print if necessary. Looking to contribute to Fedora? Look here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/

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Fedora elections questionnaire answers are up!
by Ankur Sinha 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Hi folks, Tiny announcement: the candidates' answers to the questions you put forward[1] have been put up on the various election pages[2][3][4]. The next step in this election cycle will be the townhalls. We'll be scheduling them soon and pushing out an announcement. PS: Please address any queries to ankursinha AT fedoraproject.org. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_elections_questionnaire [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_nominations -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur: "FranciscoD" You friendly election wrangler Please only print if necessary. Looking to contribute to Fedora? Look here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/

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Planned outage: lists.fedoraproject.org migration - 2012-11-22 05:00 UTC
by Kevin Fenzi 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Planned Outage: lists.fedoraproject.org migration - 2012-11-22 05:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2012-11-22 05:00 UTC, which will last approximately 12 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2012-11-22 05:00 UTC' Reason for outage: We will be moving lists.fedoraproject.org from a single server to a pair of servers with a glusterfs storage backend. This will allow us to reduce downtime moving forward and be able to avoid a single point of failure in one server. During this outage, emails sent to lists will queue up and be delivered once service is returned. Archives and other list functions will not be available during the outage. Additionally the gobby.fedoraproject.org server will be unavailable. Note that lists.fedorahosted.org lists as well as emails to fedoraproject.org aliases will be unaffected. Affected Services: Mailing lists - lists.fedoraproject.org Unaffected Services: Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora Insight - https://insight.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Smolt - http://smolts.org/ Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/3569 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above.

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Results of Fedora 19 Release Name Voting
by Robyn Bergeron 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hello! Voting has concluded for the Fedora 19 release name, and the results are now available for viewing. The Fedora 19 release name is: Schrödinger's Cat I'd like to give a hearty "thank you" to those in the Fedora Project community who proposed names and participated in voting. Voting Period: Friday 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC to Thursday 2012-11-15 23:59:59 UTC Number of valid ballots cast: 391 Using the range voting method, each potential name could attain a maximum of (391 * 8) = 3128 votes. Results: Votes :: Name -------------------------------------------- 1876 :: Schrödinger's Cat 1620 :: Higgs Boson 1012 :: Tiddalik 960 :: Loch Ness Monster 907 :: Newtonian Dynamics 892 :: Martian Blueberries 722 :: Parabolic Potassium 595 :: Cubical Calf Cheers, -Robyn

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The Fedora Project selected for Google Code In 2012
by Buddhike Kurera 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

According to the Google Blog post[1] on Monday (12th Nov), The Fedora Project has been selected for one of the mentoring organizations for Google Code In 2012. Fedora featured 7 times in Google Summer of Code program in 2005 to 2012 except in 2010 but this is the first time Fedora project is featuring as one of the mentoring organization with Google Code In program. Interested mentors and students please do get enrolled with the program and then the Fedora Project. All required information can be found on GCI 2012 portal[2]. The main idea behind getting with this program is to get some interaction with young students and create some long term relations with them. We do believe all the contributors with in Fedora project will support us. It is a big challenge ahead of the Fedora Summer Coding team to achieve in this winter, and we should succeed. [1] http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/11/mentoring-organizations-for-g… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GCI_2012 -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera (bckurera)

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Fedora 19 release name voting
by Robyn Bergeron 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Voting for the release name of Fedora 19 has begun. The pool of names submitted by the community has been narrowed down to 8 possible names, one of which will become the release name for the successor to Fedora 18 ("Spherical Cow"). This vote began on November 9th, 2012, at 00:00 UTC, and will end at 23:59:59 on November 15th, 2012. * We are using the Range Voting method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting). * If this is your first time using the voting system, you may want to read the Fedora Elections Guide, located here: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Contributor_Documentation/1/html… * In order to vote, you must have a valid Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA) on file and be a member of at least one non-CLA group. Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System here, now! https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef19 Cheers, Robyn

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Fedora Board, FAmSCo, FESCo Election Season, and Fedora Board Appointment.
by Robyn Bergeron 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

The nomination period for FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassador Steering Committee), FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), and the Fedora Board is now open, and will close on November 13, 2012, at 23:59:59 UTC. This election cycle will fill the following seats for a one-year period: * Fedora Board: 2 elected seats, as well as 2 appointed seats * FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee): 4 elected seats * FAmSCo (Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee): 3 elected seats Full information about the elections, including the elections schedule, and links to where one may nominate, can be seen here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections Running concurrently with the nomination period (and, hence, closing at the end of the nomination period), the elections questionnaire is also open for adding questions which will be posed to candidates. Following the closing of the questionnaire, candidates will be asked to answer questions relevant to the position for which they are seeking election. Questions may be added here, and, again, will also close on November 13, 2012: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_elections_questionnaire As noted above, there are 2 seats on the Fedora Board that will be appointed in this cycle, and I'm pleased as can be to announce that Major Hayden as the first of these appointments. I'm sure that many of you know Major from IRC (where you may know of him as rackerhacker), or perhaps from his blog posts about security or OpenStack, or from the Fedora Cloud SIG. He's enthusiastic, a fountain of knowledge, passionate about Fedora, and an all-around awesome guy, and I'm certain that he'll be able to bring some unique perspectives to the Board. Welcome, Major! Major will be taking the seat previously occupied by Toshio Kuratomi (aka: abadger1999). Toshio has served two years in his appointed seat on the Fedora Board, and I am incredibly grateful to him for his efforts, dedication, and commitment to the Board, and Fedora in general. You are a fantastic role model and contributor - thank you, Toshio! :) Further details regarding each body's election follows below. I encourage everyone to consider running for an elected seat if they have the interest and desire to do so, and to encourage others that they feel would be ideal representatives for particular Fedora bodies. Cheers! -Robyn == Fedora Board == This election cycle will fill two elected seats for the Board (seats E1 and E2). Two appointed seats (A1 and A2) will also be filled this cycle, the first of which is the aforementioned appointment of Major Hayden; the remaining seat will be appointed following the election. For more information on nominations, and the process refer to: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History == FESCo == This cycle will see candidates elected to four open seats in the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. For information on the nominations and elections: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo_election_policy https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations == FAmSCo == This election cycle will see candidates elected to fill three open seats on the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee. For more information, refer to: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_election_rules https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_elections https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_nominations

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FUDCon Lawrence: Subsidy requests are open, and general travel reminders
by Robyn Bergeron 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Greetings, Fedora friends, near and far: There's no place like FUDCon, and you don't want to miss this one! The 2013 North American FUDCon will be held in Lawrence, Kansas, on the campus of the University of Kansas. If you are planning on attending, it's never too early to pre-register and start thinking about your travel plans, and it's never too soon for us to remind you doing these things! :) FUDCon Lawrence will take place January 18-20, 2013. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013 A few travel-oriented notes: HOTEL: Rooms at the FUDCon hotel can be booked now. We have a block of rooms at the Springhill Suites in Lawrence; please book your room by December 14 to take advantage of the rates, though sooner is always better. Hotel booking information is on the wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013#Lodging AIRPORT TO LAWRENCE TRAVEL: If you need a ride to Lawrence from the Kansas City airport, once you know your flight itinerary, add it to our flights page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013/Flights Then click your heels three times and say, "There's no place like Spot's SuperVan!" ... seriously, though, we will have various people organizing rides to and from the airport. * * * We are now also officially accepting subsidy requests for travel to Lawrence. Funding requests are accepted between now (November 6) and November 13. If you are requesting a subsidy, we just have a few steps that we ask you to follow: 1: Register on the FUDCon Lawrence pre-registration app at: http://fudconlawrence-ianweller.rhcloud.com/ 2: Check the "Need funding?" box. 3: Create a funding request ticket in the FUDCon trac at: https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/wiki/FundingRequest General information about being sponsored can be found at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Sponsoring_event_attendees. Requests are processed in the order they are submitted, though generally prioritization is giving to local travel over international travel first. Requests will be reviewed by fellow Fedora community members at FUDCon subsidy request meetings over the next few weeks. The first subsidy meeting will take place on Thursday, November 15. The time and IRC channel will be announced as we approach that day. If necessary, a second meeting will take place Friday, November 16. As always, participation both in planning as well as subsidy granting is ALWAYS welcome. Please join us on the fudcon-planning mailing list for information about planning meetings, as well as for general FUDCon updates. Planning mailing list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning Thanks, and I hope to see you in Kansas for FUDCon. -Robyn

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Fedora 18 ARM Alpha Release
by Paul Whalen 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

The Fedora ARM team is pleased to announce that the Fedora 18 Alpha release for ARM is now available for download from: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/18-Alpha/Ima… The Alpha release includes prebuilt images for the Trimslice, Pandaboard and Highbank hardware platforms as well a Versatile Express image for use with QEMU. Please visit the announcement page for additional information and links to specific images: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Fedora_18_Alpha We invite you to download the Fedora 18 Alpha release and provide your valuable input to the Fedora ARM team. Please join us on the IRC in #fedora-arm on Freenode or send feedback and comments to the ARM mailing list. On behalf of the Fedora ARM team, Paul

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