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Fedora 23 End Of Life
by Mohan Boddu 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

As of the 20th of December 2016, Fedora 23 has reached its end of life for updates and support. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Fedora 23. A previous reminder was sent on 28th of November 2016 [0]. Fedora 24 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 26. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented on the Fedora Project wiki [1]. The Fedora Project wiki also contains instructions [2] on how to upgrade from a previous release of Fedora to a version receiving updates. Mohan Boddu. [0]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o… [1]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Sche… [2]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading?rd=DistributionUpgrades

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FESCo and Council elections - December 2016/January 2017
by Jan Kurik 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Greetings, FESCo and Council elections are now open and we're looking for new candidates: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections For FESCo we have opened five seats: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations For Council we have opened one seat: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations The Elections schedule is as follows: * December 06 - December 12: Nomination period open (closes promptly at 23:59 UTC on December 12th) * December 13 - January 09: Campaign period. Individual blog posts, etc. encouraged. We will also have an interview with answers published on the Fedora Community Blog. * January 10 - January 16: Voting open (closes promptly at 23:59 UTC on January 16th) * January 17: Results announcement The Campaign period has been prolonged, in these Elections, as it is expected to have people in many countries away from keyboards during the Christmas period. Elections Questionnaire needs more questions for email/Community blog interviews! If you have anything you would like to ask candidates to FESCo or to Council, please add it to the wiki. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire Read more about the FESCo at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee and about the Council at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council Thanks for your support, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Elections 2016: Nominate community members to Fedora leadership
by Justin W. Flory 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

================================================================ | See the pretty version of this on the Fedora Community Blog: | ================================================================ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/elections-2016-nominate-leadership/ - - - - - With Fedora 25 out the door a couple of weeks ago, Fedora is once again moving ahead towards Fedora 26. As usual after a new release, the Fedora Elections[0] are getting into gear. There are a fair number of seats up for election this release, across both the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee[1] (FESCo) and the Fedora Council[2]. The elections are one of the ways you can have an impact on the future of Fedora by nominating and voting. Nominate other community members (or self-nominate) to run for a seat in either of these leadership bodies to help lead Fedora. For this election cycle, nominations are due on December 12th, 2016, at 23:59:59 UTC. It is important to get nominations in quickly before the window closes. This article helps explain both leadership bodies and how to cast a nomination. === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) === The Fedora Engineering Steering Committee, shortened to FESCo, is the technical leadership group in the Fedora community. FESCo helps review change requests for new versions of Fedora and decide policies that carry across the development community. Currently, FESCo is reviewing change requests[3] for Fedora 26, such as debugging info for static libraries and GHC 8.0. You can see a full list of current tasks for FESCo on their Pagure repo[4]. You can see past meeting logs[5] to see the type of tasks FESCo has worked on in the past. Community members are encouraged to nominate active developers or self-nominate for a FESCo seat. There are *five seats* open for election this cycle. This is one of the most direct ways to help have an impact on the future of Fedora from a technical view. There are no prerequisites for casting a nomination. === Fedora Council === The Fedora Council is the top-level decision-making body in the Fedora community. The Council helps oversee the project and provides support for the growth and development of the community. Its primary role is to identify the short, medium, and long-term goals of the Fedora community and to organize and enable the project to best meet them. This is done in consultation with the entire Fedora community through transparent, public discussion. The Council also governs Fedora’s financial resources to set up an annual budget allocated to support Fedora initiatives, including Fedora Ambassadors[6], Fedora-managed events, and other activities which advance the project’s goals. The Council also decides on issues about use of the Fedora trademarks and settles disputes escalated from other committees or subgroups. It may also handle sensitive legal or personnel issues which need research and discussion to protect the interests of the Fedora Project or its sponsor(s). Community members are encouraged to nominate involved members of the Fedora Project community (or self-nominate) for a Council seat. There is *one seat* open for election this cycle. Council members have a direct influence on the project and help represent the community at the top-level of leadership in the project. There are no prerequisites for casting a nomination. === How to nominate for elections === Know someone who you believe is a good fit for either FESCo or the Council? If so, reach out to them and get their personal approval before casting the nomination. Once you have their approval or if you are self-nominating, you can add the nomination to the 2016 Election page for either FESCo or the Council. * Fedora Engineering Steering Council: Nominations[7] * Fedora Council: Nominations[8] Towards the bottom of the wiki page, there is a section noted for nominations. To add a nomination, edit the wiki page and add the person’s name and FAS username. Complete this *before December 12th, 2016 at 23:59:59 UTC* to make sure the nomination is included in this election. === Don’t forget: Questionnaire === Maybe you’re not running for a seat, but do you have questions you want the candidates to answer? Don’t forget that there is a questionnaire form[9] that all candidates use to write their interviews later on the Fedora Community Blog[10]. Fedora community members are encouraged to add their own questions to the wiki page to have candidates answer. If you wish to add your own question, feel free to edit the questionnaire wiki page. Good luck to all nominees this cycle! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Engineering_Steering_Committee [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/26/ChangeSet [4] https://pagure.io/fesco/issues [5] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/sresults/?group_id=fesco&type=team [6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors [7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations [8] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Council/Nominations [9] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections/Questionnaire [10] https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/category/elections/ -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)fedoraproject.org

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