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Fedora Weekly News Issue 124
by Thomas Chung 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

= Fedora Weekly News Issue 124 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 124 for the week of March 10th, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue124 In Announcements, we have "Announcing the relaunch of the Fedora BugZappers!" In Planet Fedora, we have "OLS (Ottawa Linux Symposium)", "Fluendo, Bastien, et al", "Desktop User Guide (Needs help to finish it off)", and "OpenExpo 2008 - Day 2" We are always looking for more writers to help us deliver timely information to the Fedora community. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. 1. Announcements 1. Announcing the relaunch of the Fedora BugZappers! 2. Planet Fedora 1. OLS (Ottawa Linux Symposium) 2. Fluendo, Bastien, et al 3. Desktop User Guide (Needs help to finish it off) 4. OpenExpo 2008 - Day 2 3. Ambassadors 1. OpenExpo 2008 Berne 2. Fedora Day 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina 3. Fedora Brazil Magazine Released 4. Fedora Events Budget 4. Infrastructure 1. Rename cvsextras during FAS2 switch? 2. another issue to fix with the FAS2 switch: Kojis ssl certificate 3. FAS2 ships! 5. Artwork 1. Nodoka GTK+ Theme 2. Sulfuric Waves 3. Admission policy in the FAS2 Art group 4. Wiki Migration 6. Security Week 1. Browser makers focus on beating malware 7. Security Advisories 1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories 2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories 8. Events and Meetings 1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-11 2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-10 3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-14 4. Fedora Ambassadors Meeting 2008-03-12 5. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-12 6. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-13 7. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-13 8. Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2008-03-11 9. Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008 10. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-11 (Section 1) == Announcements == In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Announcing the relaunch of the Fedora BugZappers! === JonStanley announces[1] in fedora-announce-list, "Building on the recent success of the recent "gcc43 rebuild triage effort", we are pleased to announce the official re-launch of the Fedora Bug Triage Process!" [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-March/msg00005.ht… (Section 2) == Planet Fedora == In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet Contributing Writers: ThomasChung === OLS (Ottawa Linux Symposium) === JesseKeating points out in his blog[1], "This tutorial will cover the tools that Fedora uses to make releases, both the choose your own adventure CD/DVD release and the various Live images. We'll explore some of the underlying technologies and tools and why things are done the way they are. Hopefully at the end of the tutorial people will be confident in making their own "spin" of Fedora, or something based on Fedora. A good time should be had by all." [1] http://jkeating.livejournal.com/56521.html === Fluendo, Bastien, et al === KarstenWade points out in his blog[1], "Even though it is rather late to try fixing this situation, that doesn't mean a good enough solution can't be worked up. There are updates to packages, maybe even a zero-day fix, if we can't get better changes to ship with Fedora 9. Rather than asking the Board to "reverse its decision", please join us on fedora-advisory-board to figure out what is the right thing to do." [1] http://iquaid.org/2008/03/16/fluendo-bastien-et-al-im-sorry-fwiw/ === Desktop User Guide (Needs help to finish it off) === MarcWiriadisastra points out in his blog[1], "The link is above if you are wondering what I'm on about. With recent changes on how to contribute this is your opportunity to get in with a lower barrier. Join up with the docs group or just message me I'm more than happy to walk you through getting involved." [1] http://mwiriadi.livejournal.com/4529.html === OpenExpo 2008 - Day 2 === FabianAffolter points out in his blog[1], "The second day started as busy as the first one. I guess this was basically because the talk of Alan was the first one of the day. Everybody wanted to listen to his talk. 20 min before he started most seats in the room were already occupied. 10 min before the start there was no more standing room. 5 min later there was a 2 m long queue in front of the door. For us this was perfect because our booth was not far away from the door and so were able to grab all visitors who haven't found a seat." [1] http://fabaff.blogspot.com/2008/03/openexpo-2008-02.html (Section 3) == Ambassadors == In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock === OpenExpo 2008 Berne === There have been many reports posted to the Ambassador mailing list and Ambassador blogs covering OpenExpo 2008 Berne by FabianAffolter, JoergSimon and SandroMathys. The event was very successful and well covered in these reports. Fabian posted a collection of all the reports to the mailing list[1] and his blog[2]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00114… [2] http://fabaff.blogspot.com/2008/03/openexpo-2008-berne-collection.html === Fedora Day 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina === PabloBarrera announced Fedora Day 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 10th on the Ambassador mailing list[1]. The news was also released on the http://www.proyectofedora.org web site[2] in Spanish. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00094… [2] http://www.proyectofedora.org/argentina/?p=44 === Fedora Brazil Magazine Released === DavidsonPaulo announced[1] "the first issue of Revista Fedora Brasil (Fedora Brazil Magazine), an online magazine about Fedora made by Brazilian Ambassadors and Linux community members for those who speak Portuguese." The official release announcement is at the projetofedora.org site[2] and the magazine can be downloaded here [3]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00103… [2] http://projetofedora.org/node/424 [3] http://www.projetofedora.org/revista/arquivos/RevistaFedoraBrasil001.pdf === Fedora Events Budget === FAmSCo announced the new Fedora Events Budget to the Ambassador mailing list[1]. The summary points of the announcement are: * Fedora has an increased Event budget this year. * FAmSCo need any events that need funds during the second quarter (June 2008 to August 2008) to be added to the Fedora Events page no later than May 1st, 2008. * If a Fedora Ambassador receives funds for an event there will be reporting requirements which include blog postings to Fedora Planet, a summary report to the Ambassadors mailing list and a metrics based report to FAmSCo. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00117… (Section 4) == Infrastructure == In this section, we cover the Fedora Infrastructure Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure Contributing Writer: HuzaifaSidhpurwala === Rename cvsextras during FAS2 switch? === WarrenTogami writes[1] on fedora-infrastructure-list, Warren proposed that during the move to FAS2, we rename cvsextras as packager as this is a good opportunity to do so as everything will be down anyway. However in the end since no one claimed the ownership of this task it did not get done. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg00… === another issue to fix with the FAS2 switch: Kojis ssl certificate === TillMaas writes[2] on fedora-infrastructure-list, Because of the switch to FAS2 everyone will need to change their passwords any how, therefore this is a good chance to deploy the new koji certificate the ticket[3] for which is open for 7 months now. Dennis commented that this should not be done because it will break user certs. At the end of the thread MikeMcGrath commented that this involves a lot of work and has a high potential for breakage and annoyance for everyone and the benefit to most people is not clear. [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg00… [3] https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/88 === FAS2 ships! === MikeMcGrath reports[4] on fedora-infrastructure-list, FAS2 has gone online now. Mike made a note that if your user gets deleted or removed from a group your home directory may get removed (moved to /tmp/fedora until tmpwatch gets it) This may have happened to your home directory during the migration. [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg00… (Section 5) == Artwork == In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei === Nodoka GTK+ Theme === MartinSourada posts[1] on the Fedora Art List a status update for Nodoka[2], Fedora's default GNOME theme (GTK+, Metacity, GNOME metatheme). It contains a number of bug fixes and improvements and is released just in time for the Beta release. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00026.html [2] https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/ === Sulfuric Waves === With the deadline for theming Round 3, more and more pieces of the Waves theme[4] fall into place in a polished state: GRUB splash[1], RHGB[2], Firstboot[3]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00031.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00066.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00067.html [4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves === Admission policy in the FAS2 Art group === With the migration to the new Account System[3] we can mange easily the accounts and groups, so MairinDuffy notices a large number of inactive people in the Art group and propose[1] a policy for new admissions. Everyone agrees, JeffSpaleta even sketches[2] a succession of steps. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00056.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00060.html [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem === Wiki Migration === MikeMcGrath, from Fedora Infrastructure, asks[1] about the specific needs of the Art project in the light of the proposed Wiki migration to Mediawiki. MairinDuffy mention a Gallery2 plugin for Mediawiki integration, IanWeller offer his experience with Mediawiki and NicuBuculei asks a lot of questions about additional possible uses of Gallery2 and insists of the built-in gallery features offered by Mediawiki. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00100.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00104.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00108.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00112.html (Section 6) == Security Week == In this section, we highlight the security stories from the week in Fedora. Contributing Writer: JoshBressers === Browser makers focus on beating malware === This is a rather interesting story about some of the new features we can expect to see in the next generation of browsers: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11508 As bad as security is in some areas, it's nice to see the browser market taking proactive steps about the problems. Most people just take their browser for granted, but it's probably one of the most complicated pieces of software they run, and its primary purpose is to process untrusted third party content in a safe manner. This is not an easy thing to do right. For the most part they do a great job of this. (Section 7) == Security Advisories == In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora 8 Security Advisories === * horde-3.1.7-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00253… * ruby-1.8.6.114-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338… * dovecot-1.0.13-6.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00358… * roundup-1.4.4-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00375… * boost-1.34.1-7.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00377… === Fedora 7 Security Advisories === * roundup-1.4.4-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00264… * horde-3.1.7-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00301… * ruby-1.8.6.114-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354… * dovecot-1.0.13-18.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00381… (Section 8) == Events and Meetings == In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from various Projects and SIGs. Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-11 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-03-11 === Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-10 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/2008-03-10 === Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-14 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008-0… === Fedora Ambassadors Meeting 2008-03-12 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-03-12 === Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-12 === * http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/Mi… === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-13 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20080313 === Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-13 === * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg00… === Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting 2008-03-11 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes20080311 === Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week10 === Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-11 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-03-11 -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Announcing the relaunch of the Fedora BugZappers!
by Jon Stanley 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Building on the recent success of the recent "gcc43 rebuild triage effort", we are pleased to announce the official re-launch of the Fedora Bug Triage Process! Are you frustrated, because you would like to help to Fedora community, but you couldn't write a line of code if your life depended on it? You don't feel qualified to help with the Art project, and you can't translate documentation? Do not despair. Anyone can be a bug triager. No special education or background is required in order to triage bugs. You do not even have to know anything about programming! Bug triagers are the first line of defense for Fedora developers. We strive to make it easy for developers to focus on bugs that are worth their precious time (so that hopefully they will have more time for resolving your bugs :-)). We do this by performing simple tasks like requesting additional information to clarify reported problems and verify that the bug is filed correctly, and verifying the bug is not a duplicate of one already filed. Have you ever reported a bug, but been frustrated because no one responded to it? Have you ever been annoyed by having your bug closed without ever receiving a single reply? Are you looking for a meaningful way to contribute to Fedora that does not require you to be a developer or package maintainer? Do you have a genuine desire to help people? Do you want to learn more about a particular component within Fedora? If so, then the triage team is for you! There are two ways to get started. If you already feel comfortable triaging bugs you can start today by following the instructions at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/GettingStarted If you'd prefer a little training first, we are in the process of arranging some online training sessions and are waiting for people to specify the time that works best for them. We are planning to conduct sessions at various times that work for people. If you are already a Fedora contributor with wiki edit access, add your name to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/Training. If you are do not yet have wiki edit access, here are four different ways to make contact with us: 1) Create a wiki account by following the instructions here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WikiEditing#Getting_Edit_Access and add your name to the wiki. 2) Subscribe to fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com at https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list and mention on the list that you are interested in attending a triage training session along with a preferred day and time. 3) Stop by #fedora-qa IRC channel on the Freenode server (irc.freenode.net) Someone is usually around that will be glad to help you get set up. 4) Come to our weekly IRC meeting on #fedora-meeting. Our current meeting schedule is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/Meetings To show an example of what Fedora bug triagers do consider a recent project when we made a noticeable impact by triaging bugs for the mass-rebuild of packages using GCC 4.3. Not sure what GCC is? No problem. Suffice it to say that the entire collection of packages compiled with GCC (the C compiler used in Fedora) had to be rebuilt for a new version coming out in Fedora 9. Five hundred forty two individual source packages failed to rebuild automatically for one reason or another. The triage team reduced this to approximately 160 source packages that were true "failure to compile" errors. The other packages had different problems that were unrelated to the compiler. This first sweep by the triage team helped save release engineering and the package maintainers time, by seeing that the bugs got put in the right place. There are lots of opportunities to make a noticeable difference as a bug triager. Come join us! -- Jon Stanley Fedora Bug Wrangler jstanley(a)fedoraproject.org

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 123
by Thomas Chung 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

= Fedora Weekly News Issue 123 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 123 for the week of March 3rd, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue123 In Planet Fedora, we have "Bonnie in Laurinburg", "RSS feeds of bugs!", "Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora" and "Hints for making Evolution faster" In Fedora Marketing, we have "Interview with Max Spevack and Paul Frields", "Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles", "Name for Fedora Compute Grid Project", "ext4 Implementation Interview" and many more. We are always looking for more writers to help us deliver timely information to the Fedora community. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. 1. Planet Fedora 1. Bonnie in Laurinburg 2. RSS feeds of bugs! 3. Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora 4. Hints for making Evolution faster 2. Marketing 1. Interview with Max Spevack and Paul Frields 2. Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles 3. Name for Fedora Compute Grid Project 4. The Effects of Commercialization on Open-source Communities 5. Recap of Fedora Marketing Meeting on 6 March 6. Some Marketing Tips from Linux Magazine 7. ext4 Implementation Interview 3. Ambassadors 1. North and South America Ambassador Meeting 2. Help Wanted: NOTACON 5 - Cleveland, Ohio 3. FAmSCo Summary 4. Advisory Board 1. Reinforcing MP3 Patent Issues As A Global Problem 2. LWN Subscriptions Setup 5. Documentation 1. Beta Release Notes 2. SMG in CVS, ready for post-DocBook conversion edit 3. Meeting with RH Docs 6. Artwork 1. The Fedora logo in Black and White 2. Continual theme development 7. Security Week 1. Improve security with polyinstantiation 2. Evolution or Intelligent Design? 8. Security Advisories 1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories 2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories 9. Events and Meetings 1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-04 2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-03 3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-07 4. Fedora Marketing Meeting 2008-03-06 5. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-05 6. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-06 7. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-06 8. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-03-03 9. Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting 2008-03-05 10. Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-03-05 11. Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008 12. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-04 (Section 1) == Planet Fedora == In this section, we cover a highlight of Planet Fedora - an aggregation of blogs from world wide Fedora contributors. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet Contributing Writers: ThomasChung === Bonnie in Laurinburg === AlexMaier points out in her blog[1], "Both car and driver survived the two-day event mostly unscathed, which can't be said about a whole bunch of cones we hit. Here you see Bonnie sporting the numbers and the Fedora sponsorship on the second day. Click on the picture to see a few more from the set." [1] http://statelessimmigrant.blogspot.com/2008/03/bonnie-in-laurinburg.html === RSS feeds of bugs! === JonStanley points out in his blog[1], "Just figured that I'd point out here that to assist in bug triage, I've made some Feedburner feeds of new Bugzilla bugs - a shout out to Bill Nottingham for giving me the idea." [1] http://jons-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/rss-feeds-of-bugs.html === Howto: Test the WebKit engine in Fedora === RolandWolters points out in his blog[1], "WebKit is a browser engine which was once forked from KHTML by Apple. Nowadays it is developed by the WebKit project where Apple still has quite some weight, but others are in the boat as well: Trolltech, Nokia, Adobe, some KDE developers, some GNOME developers, etc. Besides, WebKit will be part of the upcoming Qt 4.4, will play an important role in KDE's Plasma and can also be used as a backend in GNOME's Epiphany browser." [1] http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/howto-test-the-webkit-engine-in-fe… === Hints for making Evolution faster === JesseKeating points out his blog[1], "I've had a long battle with evolution and it's speed. Particularly opening imap folders and checking for mail. However somebody recently clued me into a (new?) setting that has sped my evolution use up quite a bit." [1] http://jkeating.livejournal.com/56147.html (Section 2) == Marketing == In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing Contributing Writer: JohnBabich === Interview with Max Spevack and Paul Frields === JonathanRoberts advertised [1] that he "did an interview with MaxSpevack and PaulFrields that has gone online today. I think it reads really well and makes the future prospects of the project sound very exciting...You can read it here [2]" [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00014.ht… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/FPL === Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles === MohdIzharFirdaus pointed out [1] "During the production of Spiderwick, Tippett Studio switched to Fedora Linux running on Macintosh desktops. "We currently have 119 Intel-based Apple Mac Pro workstations running Linux", says Tippett Computer Graphics Supervisor Russell Darling. "We decided to go with Apple hardware running Linux for our primary artist workstations on The Spiderwick Chronicles, although it might have been considered a risky endeavor for a show in production. We initially had some problems with sound on Maya and a few other minor issues, but they were resolved. We got a patch from Autodesk that took care of everything." Commercial Linux software vendors work closely with film studio clients." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00018.ht… === Name for Fedora Compute Grid Project === KarstenWade warned [1] "Recently under discussion on f-a-b is the idea of creating a million-node compute grid using Condor and other tools. This might include, for example, the ability to join the grid during firstboot. Catch up on that thread here [2]. We are suffering from a cool name; we are in danger of calling it "Fedora Home" in the meantime, and with one pick-up of that name in Fedora Weekly News, someone is going to come pressing trademark rights. Shall we declare it a codename in seek of a replacement? What this thing is: * A cool piece of technology with a grid client and Fedora-run grid master * A way to contribute to Fedora with spare CPU cycles from your machine(s); useful for everyone from Web surfing grandmas to kernel hackers with quad-cores * A chance to create something that Fedorans can use for good projects: * Distributed build-system * Social and technical causes that match with Fedora values/ideals * Cool research It's some kind of convergence, which is why it needs a cool name, right?" JeffSpaleta offered [3] "Okay, assuming we are only going to allow Fedora clients: The Fedora Trellis: The 'open' grid supporting Fedora's growth. If we are going to allow non-Fedora clients I would just call it The Trellis [4]: trellis (n) 1. A structure of open latticework, especially one used as a support for vines and other creeping plants." PaulFrields declared [5] the name "Trellis" as the winner: "*ding ding ding*". [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00022.ht… [2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00022.ht… [3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00044.ht… [4] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trellis [5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00047.ht… === The Effects of Commercialization on Open-source Communities === RahulSundaram reported [1] of an entry in Matt Asay's blog on CNET, giving an "interesting perspective for communities with commercial contributors including Fedora". [2] [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00023.ht… [2] http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9885248-16.html === Recap of Fedora Marketing Meeting on 6 March === GregDeKoenigsberg posted [1] that we "discussed the Marketing Plan document and made some modifications to the copy currently on the wiki. We discussed Target Audience and Brand Positioning, and our current thoughts are summed up on the Plan page. [2] We feel like Target Audience is pretty strong, but we're going to continue to iterate over Brand Positioning. Once we have that right, we'll move on to Key Marketing Messages, and then the rest of our lives as a group will probably be spent refining our Strategies and Tactics. Productive discussions, and exciting for people who enjoy the challenge of communicating The Big Fedora Message. Look forward to seeing more and more join the discussion over time. Next meeting: next Thursday [13 March], 2000 UTC. (Note to US Americans: don't get caught by the time change! We will have the meeting at 2000 UTC, no matter what that means after we Spring Forward!)" Note: The HTML IRC log for the meeting can be found here [3]. [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00025.ht… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/MarketingPlan [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Meetings/Minutes/IRCLog20080306 === Some Marketing Tips from Linux Magazine === JonathanRoberts stated [1], "I had the opportunity to ask Joe Cassad from Linux Magazine about how they come across ideas for stories and articles, and what Fedora can do to make it easier for them to find stories about Fedora. The most important part of the response I got was this Me: In an ideal world, how would you like to go about getting information about a project like Fedora when trying to find material for new articles? Essentially, what can Fedora do for you to make your job easier!? Joe: I'm not sure where you are on this now, but one thing I have noticed in the past is that it is difficult to get good documentation on Fedora until after the release. If I don't get to see a detailed description of highlights or new features until the release notes appear, this task of finding good article topics can't start until the release. It then takes a couple months to get an article and a couple more months to edit and print the magazine. If there were a way to get better documentation before the release, that would help a lot. I don't know if you're having to content with non-disclosure strategies here, so maybe this isn't possible. Me: Do you know about our Feature List [2] page? Joe: OK. That's useful to know about. I'll watch that list. The important part is the description. Some of these features have useful descriptions some are not as easy to understand at a glance. What do people think? Maybe the SSS could help us here? And the Feature List could be promoted more/cleaned up by marketing or docs people? RahulSundaram replied [3] "Which descriptions don't make sense either in the summary or after reading the specification. I think these are fairly good descriptions considering they are essentially developer specifications." IanWeller opined [4] "Maybe an official news blog-type-thing, most likely on the front page, would help get news out to other larger Linux news sites. (I'm not necessarily sure if this has been attempted before already.) Are press releases also an option?" JeffSpaleta asked [5] "How about this as a compromise....What if we leave the feature process development driven.. but we hook in a way for someone who is perusing the feature summaries to easily drop a comment or a note if they want a layperson explanation. The notes would go to a marketing group..maybe even this list...an answer is formulated and sent back to the person who asked the the explanation and additionally linked in to the feature summary on the feature list without disturbing the development oriented information there. This might even be useful in figuring out where the next developer interview opportunities are. Both could be used when announcements are made about features, new alphas/betas are available, etc." KarstenWade posited [6] "+1 ... sort of like a press inquiries address, but offered as part of an already useful document? That way we are asking for targeted questions and not inviting wide-open requests that are mainly covered in the features pages. We could also find a way to cross-tie the SSS with specific features, so one has a press-friendly approach and there is a reciprocating link to find the deeper developer-oriented content." Karsten continued [7] regarding an official news site: "news.fedoraproject.org is in the works, mainly for just that job." Concerning press releases, he said "Yes, but best is press.redhat.com; it's a blog output, several of us in the Marketing SIG can post to it as "the Fedora team", and it is watched by a growing number of technical and other press. It's somewhere I'd "post also", that is, output a press release to news.fp.o and make sure a copy gets to press.r.c." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00028.ht… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/FeatureList [3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00029.ht… [4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00030.ht… [5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00034.ht… [6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00045.ht… [7] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00041.ht… === ext4 Implementation Interview === RodrigoMenezes noted [1] "a new interview is up. This time it's with Eric Sandeen and all about the new ext4 implementation that are going to be landing in F9." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00031.ht… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/EricSandeen (Section 3) == Ambassadors == In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock === North and South America Ambassador Meeting === The North and South America Ambassadors held their monthly meeting on March 3rd. If you were unable to attend the meeting the IRC log has been posted to the Ambassador Mailing List [1] and the wiki [2]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00062… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-03-03/HTML_Log === Help Wanted: NOTACON 5 - Cleveland, Ohio === NOTACON 5 [1] has been added to the Events Help Wanted page [2]. The event runs April 4th through the 6th in Cleveland, Ohio. If you are an ambassador in the northeastern Ohio or Western Pennsylvania area and can help organize a booth for the event please check the Events Help Wanted page [2] or mailing list post for additional information [3]. [1] http://www.notacon.org/ [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted/Events [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00073… === FAmSCo Summary === FAmSCo worked on the budget process to be used to obtain funds for events. The initial announcement email has seen its first draft and should be posted to the Ambassadors mailing list this week. FAmSCo drafted an informal event reporting guideline. The event reporting guideline will assist ambassadors with ideas of what to post in event reports to blogs and mailing lists. It will be posted to the wiki and announced on the Ambassador mailing list this upcoming week. FAmSCo has also initiated a wiki cleanup effort for the Ambassador's section of the wiki. There are numerous outdated pages in our section of the wiki. The list of pages receiving attention, which will change over time, has been posted to the wiki [1]. The IRC meeting logs from the FAmSCo meeting on Friday, March 7th have been posted to the Ambassador the wiki [2]. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/CleanUpPages [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008-0… (Section 4) == Advisory Board == In this section, we cover discussion in Fedora Advisory Board. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board Contributing Writer: MichaelLarabel === Reinforcing MP3 Patent Issues As A Global Problem === With the authorities enforcing MP3/MP4 patents at the recent CeBIT technology trade-show in Germany, JeffSpaleta had asked[1] whether news articles related to these media patent enforcements going on outside of the United States should be added to the CodecBuddy Wiki page[2]. Sharing this information from the Wiki page would re-enforce that such patents are a global problem and not limited to the United States. Jeff's message was greeted by a positive response. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00050.h… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy === LWN Subscriptions Setup === For those contributors that requested a complementary LWN 10th anniversary account, if you submitted your information prior to March 1st the account should now be setup[1]. There are still 12 available subscriptions, which the Fedora board will look to distribute. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-March/msg00005.h… (Section 5) == Documentation == In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject Contributing Writer: JohnBabich === Beta Release Notes === JonathanRoberts announced [1] that "The beta release notes can be found at [2]. I'd appreciate it if people would look over what's there and make suggestions on list or changes to the page itself :)" [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00011.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes. === SMG in CVS, ready for post-DocBook conversion edit === KarstenWade asked [1] for help with the SMG: "The Software Management Guide has undergone a bit of a facelift, with these cool changes: * Freshly updated content written and edited by Eric 'Sparks' Christensen; edit and wiki conversion to DocBook XML by Jared Smith * This checkout is in DocBook but has not been edited for proper Fedora Docs style: * At least Paul and I have agreed to have review it * Chance to watch fedora-docs-commits to learn how and why we do stuff * Informative CVS commit messages guaranteed or your money back! * The current development version is available in CVS. [2] * Module in CVS moved from 'yum-software-management' to reflect new name and focus * All current and old bugzilla entries for 'y-s-m' moved to 's-m-g' * New module owner Eric Christensen, QA eye by Jared Smith Next Steps 1. Big XML crawl over with our Sherlockian magnifying glass 2. Approve for Fedora 9 3. Publish with Fedora 9 on [3] How to Help with the XML Crawl Declare to this thread which chapters you want to review; review them and commit changes to CVS" [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00022.html [2] cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/docs/software-management-guide-devel [This link does not work in a web browser - ed.] [3] http://docs.fedoraproject.org/software-management-guide [This link does not exist at present - ed.] === Meeting with RH Docs === PaulFrields talked [1] "with a couple of folks from the Red Hat Engineering Content Services (documentation & translation) groups tonight -- part of a weekly series of meetings, actually. Thanks to the kind participation of Murray Mc`Allister, we have a splendid opportunity to see how our toolchain can fit together with Publican, the RH Docs tool for building documentation. There are probably a few capabilities we have of which the RH Docs team isn't aware, and some pain points that may require fixing as well. I am hopeful that the developer of Publican, Jeff Fearn, will be able to help out with looking at the FDP toolchain to explore all these issues, since there aren't many of us here with the combination of the requisite skills and the time to work on any remaining problems. Doing this work in the open community is a big win for everyone, especially since it will help seed a whole new group of documentation writers and editors in the FDP. As I told the RH folks, I suspect this is not nearly as long or arduous a process as it sounds. I also think we'll find not only a lot of common problems already solved, but ways to improve both our toolchain and Publican as we go. Thanks to everyone for your assistance as we explore this opportunity together." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00031.html (Section 6) == Artwork == In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei === The Fedora logo in Black and White === The Fedora logo, the Infinity Bubble uses 3 colors: a dark blue, a light blue and white, which makes it impractical for black and white use (required for example to keep the printing costs very low), so MairinDuffy steps in[1] and updates the Logo Usage Guidelines[2] for this case: "In this scenario, the logotype must be used alone without the logo mark, in a light color type on a dark background or in a dark color type on a light background." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00004.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines === Continual theme development === The theme development for Fedora 9 continues, with a new time extension[1] and more development[2] on the Sulfuric Waves[3] theme. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00017.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-March/msg00011.html [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves (Section 7) == Security Week == In this section, we highlight the security stories from the week in Fedora. Contributing Writer: JoshBressers === Improve security with polyinstantiation === There is a really good article about using directory polyinstantiation in PAM: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-polyinstantiation/?ca=dgr… I hope to see this used by default in an upcoming Fedora release. All the bits are there, someone just needs to put them together. The basics are that each user gets their own personal /tmp for example. This then (mostly) eliminates things like insecure temp file usage flaws. === Evolution or Intelligent Design? === A quite serious Evolution critical issue was released last week: http://secunia.com/advisories/29057/ This issue would allow an attacker to inject arbitrary code into your evolution process if you view the malformed message. There's not really a good way to protect against this, as the very nature of email is to view the messages you receive. Many people got very little sleep in order to release a timely update for this one. A big thanks should go out to Secunia for giving everyone a heads up about this. If you're running Evolution and you've not updated yet, you should do so. (Section 8) == Security Advisories == In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora 8 Security Advisories === * phpMyAdmin-2.11.5-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00069… * ghostscript-8.61-8.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00085… * synce-sync-engine-0.11-6.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00129… * librapi-0.11-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00130… * vdccm-0.10.1-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00131… * synce-kpm-0.11-3.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00132… * wbxml2-0.9.2-12.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00133… * synce-serial-0.11-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00134… * librra-0.11-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00135… * pywbxml-0.1-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00136… * odccm-0.11-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00137… * synce-gnomevfs-0.11-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00138… * synce-gnome-0.11-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00139… * libsynce-0.11-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00140… * nx-3.1.0-25.1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00154… * libtirpc-0.1.7-15.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00173… * lighttpd-1.4.18-6.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180… * mediawiki-1.10.4-38.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189… * evolution-2.12.3-3.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00195… * kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00243… === Fedora 7 Security Advisories === * phpMyAdmin-2.11.5-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00100… * mediawiki-1.10.4-38.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147… * lighttpd-1.4.18-3.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162… * kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00176… * pcre-7.3-3.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181… * evolution-2.10.3-8.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00190… * ghostscript-8.15.4-4.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00207… [[Anchor(EventsMeetings)]] == Events and Meetings == In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from various Projects and SIGs. Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-03-04 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-03-04 === Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-03-03 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/2008-03-03 === Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-03-07 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008-0… === Fedora Marketing Meeting 2008-03-06 === * http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-March/msg00025.ht… === Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-05 === * http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-March/msg00038.html === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-03-06 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20080306 === Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-03-06 === * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-March/msg00… === Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-03-03 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-mar-03 === Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting 2008-03-05 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20080305 === Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-03-05 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/Meetings/Agenda-2008-Mar-05 === Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 10/2008 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week10 === Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-03-04 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-03-04 -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Fedora Bangladesh mailing list
by Angel 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

A new Fedora Bangladesh mailing list has been created only for Fedora and Red Hat Bangladeshi User. Fedora and Red Hat user should subscribe to this mailing list. Not only Fedora or Red Hat user, I am requesting to all Bangladeshi Linux user (and members of BLUA and Ankur) to join this mailing list. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-bangladesh-list -- Angel GPG key: 0xC4639705 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AshiqurRahman

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ext4 Implementation Interview
by Rodrigo Menezes 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hey all, It's that time of week again and a new interview is up. This time it's with Eric Sandeen and all about the new ext4 implementation that are going to be landing in F9. And the urls: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/EricSandeen and digg it here: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Eric_Sandeen_ext4_Implementation_in_Fedora_9 More news to come!!! Cheers, Rodrigo Menezes Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 122
by Thomas Chung 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

= Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 = Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 122 for the week of February 25th, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue122 In Announcements, we have "Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04". In Fedora Marketing, we have "Banners for Interviews", "Network Manager Interview", "New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for volunteers" and many more. To join or give us your feedback, please visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join. 1. Announcements 1. Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 2. Marketing 1. Banners for Interviews 2. Network Manager Interview 3. Fedora NPO founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles 4. Beta Freeze Release Overview 5. Beta Freeze Release Notes 6. New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for volunteers 7. SELinux Article: Seatbelt for Software 8. X.Org 7.4 Release Planning 9. Fedora on the Final Frontier 10. Meeting on Fedora Marketing Plan 3. Ambassadors 1. Fedora EMEA Founded at FOSDEM 2. Fedora Ambassadors Will Be At OpenExpo 2008 3. Northeastern University Speaking Engagement Report 4. Chemnitzer LinuxTage 2008 Reports 5. FAmSCo Summary 4. Advisory Board 1. What Defines A Fedora Spin? 5. Documentation 1. Welcome Email 6. Artwork 1. Multi-resolution backgrounds 2. Which color is Fedora? 3. Themes development 7. Daily Package 1. Planet - Feed aggregator 2. Autotrace - Convert bitmaps to Vector graphics 3. How does Pulseaudio start? 4. lshw-gui - Browse hardware info 5. Quarry - Multi-purpose game board 8. Security Advisories 1. Fedora 8 Security Advisories 2. Fedora 7 Security Advisories 9. Events and Meetings 1. Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-02-26 2. Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-02-25 3. Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-29 4. Fedora Marketing Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 5. Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 6. Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-02-28 7. Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 8. Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-02-25 9. Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-MM-DD 10. Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 09/2008 11. Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-02-26 12. Fedora SIG Store Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 [[Anchor(Announcements)]] == Announcements == In this section, we cover announcements from Fedora Project. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04 === PaulFrields announces in fedora-announce-list[1], "The Fedora Board will hold an IRC meeting on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, at 1900 UTC (2:00pm EST, 11:00am PST). This meeting will NOT be held in #fedora-meeting, since it is being used by the community at that time." "Because we hope for a large turnout, this setup promotes an orderly process when the Board takes questions or open issues. The length of the Q&A will depend on availability of the Board members and interest from the community." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-March/msg00000.ht… [[Anchor(Marketing)]] == Marketing == In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing Contributing Writer: JohnBabich === Banners for Interviews === MikeMcGrath informs [1] "We've got a generic banner that can easily be edited with interviewers name and put into the rotation, if someones interested in doing that (and coming up with other ads for the banner links) stop by the fedora-websites-list and we'll get you setup." JonathanRoberts replies [2] "I was already a step ahead of you here :) I've the sources of the generic interview banner and will be posting it for use everytime a new interview comes up. Is the websites list the best place to drop these when I've got them done?" Mike responds [3] "You can do that, if you want to get the middle man out of the way you can apply for the sysadmin and sysadmin-web groups. That will give you access to alter the banners directly." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00418… [2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00421… [3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00423… === Network Manager Interview === JonathanRoberts announces [1] that "a new interview is up. This time it's with Dan Williams [2] and all about the cool new NetworkManager features that are going to be landing in Rawhide in the coming weeks and months..." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00422… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/DanWilliams === Fedora NPO founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles === Gerold Kassube announces [1] "Dear *, it is a great pleasure for us to share with you the official announcement of the Fedora EMEA NPO as you can read below: The idea of improving the way in which Fedora is supported started in 2006, and has been given shape and carefully prepared during the following year. On February 23rd, 2008, conform German Law and established in the German district Lörrach, 10 active members of the European Fedora Community founded a non-profit association called "Fedora EMEA e.V.". This foundation increases the possibilities to inform a broader mass about the Fedora Project and forms a focal point and economic base for Fedora Project supporters. For companies and other organizations, the Fedora Project supporters are now organized in a solid, efficient and transparent way. The foundation reports to the Fedora Project regularly. As President of the Board, the members elected Gerold Kassube (Germany), long-time member of the Fedora Ambassador Team. The members also elected Jeroen van Meeuwen (The Netherlands), and Fabian Affolter (Switzerland) to become the organization's Vice-Presidents, and trusted Robert Scheck (Germany) to manage the foundations assets. In just a few weeks, during LinuxTag 2008 in Germany, the foundation has it's first General Members Assembly. Because all parties involved still have a lot of work to do, the necessary information to support the organization and membership subscription forms will become available online in the near future. On behalf of the Board Gerold Kassube" PaulFrields, the new Fedora Project Leader, congratulates [2] the Fedora EMEA NPO and adds that "In the future, possibly before the release of Fedora 10, the Board will begin accepting additional applications from groups that have reached this advanced stage of planning. We are using Fedora EMEA as a pilot to figure out a framework for enabling additional worldwide communities. We chose Fedora EMEA specifically because this group had already achieved a very high level of organization, community interest, and command of the details surrounding funding and legality in their region. I would urge any additional groups that are considering formation to reach a similar state of readiness by that time. The Board wants to ensure that Fedora's community groups worldwide develop consistently, and with proper resources to enable their success." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00420… [2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00435… === Beta Freeze Release Overview === JonathanRoberts puts forth [1] "the beta freeze is coming soon (next week according the e-mail I just saw!) and so I'm thinking we really need to start work on the release overview. If you want to start filling out and updating that would be really super awesome!" [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00433… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/SingleSourceSummary === Beta Freeze Release Notes === Jonathan continues [1] on a related topic: "OK all, I've copied the content from the Alpha Release Notes...so that we can begin updating it for the Beta release [2]." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00483… [2] http://fedoraproject.org//wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes === New Fedora Chair plans to remove obstacles for volunteers === RahulSundaram notifies [1] us of an article about the new Fedora Project Leader [2]: ""The job is to remove obstacles in the way of the community," says Paul W. Frields, speaking about his new position as Fedora Chair. After only a few weeks in the position, Frields is still learning his way around and getting to know his colleagues, but already this vision is a common refrain in his comments, underlying all his comments about what he hopes the Fedora project will achieve while he is coordinating its efforts." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00439… [2] http://www.linux.com/feature/127802 === SELinux Article: Seatbelt for Software === RahulSundaram spots [1] "An extensive report on the real world advantages of SELinux [2]. A must read if you care about security (and you should)." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00419… [2] http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022408-selinux.html === X.Org 7.4 Release Planning === The ever-vigilant RahulSundaram finds [1] this article [2] on AdamJackson: "With Red Hat's Adam Jackson being interested in shipping X.Org 7.4 for Fedora 9, he has stepped up as becoming the release manager of this next X.Org release and has put together a schedule that will allow this to become possible. " [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00441… [2] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM2MA === Fedora on the Final Frontier === Going where no man has gone before, RahulSundaram explores [1] his posting [2] to OSNews, publicizing JackAboutboul's visit [3] to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. JohnBabich notes [4] This story has...1,063 diggs, as of 11:00 hrs UTC today [29 February 2008]...Conclusion: People like this kind of story!" Note: There were 1,361 diggs, as of 2100 Hrs UTC, 2 March, making this the most popular Fedora article on Digg of all time. [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00469… [2] http://www.osnews.com/story/19405/Fedora_on_the_Final_Frontier [3] http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-on-final-frontier.html [4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00480… === Meeting on Fedora Marketing Plan === GregDeKoenigsberg, Community Development Manager, summarizes [1] the meeting on the topic of developing a Fedora marketing plan: "John Adams, of the Red Hat Brand team, has provided us with a template of what a full Marketing Plan looks like. That templates lives on the Fedora wiki [2]. We've dramatically simplified our task list to focus on fleshing out a full marketing plan for Fedora based on this skeleton. The task list, with owners, can be found here [3]: Over the next week, the owners of key sections of this Marketing Plan will be asking questions, making proposals, and filling this plan in, bit by bit. If someone asks a question of you on-list -- like "I think that our target audience for press releases should be X, Y, and Z" -- PLEASE RESPOND. You're on this mailing list because you care about the marketing of Fedora, so please take this opportunity to express your opinions. You folks *are* Fedora. We need to hear you. Next week we will convene on IRC once again to see what progress we've made. Details: Time: Thursday, March 6, 2000 GMT/UTC (3pm Eastern US) IRC: irc.freenode.net, #fedora-mktg Thanks to all of today's participants. It's been a while since I led an IRC meeting, and this one was extremely worthwhile. Let's keep the momentum going." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-February/msg00474… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/MarketingPlan [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks [[Anchor(Ambassadors)]] == Ambassadors == In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors Contributing Writer: JeffreyTadlock === Fedora EMEA Founded at FOSDEM === GeroldKassube announced [1] the founding of the Fedora EMEA while at FOSDEM. The goal of the organization is to "...inform a broader mass about the Fedora Project and forms a focal point and economic base for Fedora Project supporters ..." in the EMEA region. Additional information regarding the Fedora EMEA is also available in the wiki [2]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg00… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/EMEA === Fedora Ambassadors Will Be At OpenExpo 2008 === FabianAffolter announced on the Ambassadors list [1] that Fedora will have a presence at OpenExpo 2008 in Berne, Switzerland on March 12th and 13th. Additional details about the event are in the wiki [2] and on the Open Expo site [3]. If you are in the area, be sure to drop by the booth and meet some of the Fedora Ambassadors. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg00… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Berne [3] http://www.openexpo.ch/openexpo-2008-bern/ === Northeastern University Speaking Engagement Report === JesseKeating posted [1] to the Ambassadors list a report from a recent talk he had given at Northeastern University. There were approximately thirty students in attendance for the talk. Jesse covered several topics including a brief history on Linux and GNU, a comparison between today's distributions, a look at the Fedora build process and a question answer period. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg00… === Chemnitzer LinuxTage 2008 Reports === JoergSimon has posted several reports [1-5] on the CLT08 event this weekend. Don't miss his reports posted to the Ambassador list and on his blog posts with pictures covering the preparation for the event and news from the event itself. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-February/msg00… [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2008-March/msg00008… [3] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/02/clt08-preparation.html [4] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/02/clt08-preparation-part-2.html [5] http://kitall.blogspot.com/2008/03/clt08-stormy-day-1.html === FAmSCo Summary === Work is starting to pick up for FAmSCo starting with a new budget for the year. Expect to see more announcements to the Ambassadors mailing list once FAmSCo gets some of the logistics worked out. We have more money budgeted for events this year than in previous years thank to the hard work of MaxSpevack. If you have an event coming up be sure to add it to the Fedora Events page [1] so we are aware of it. FAmSCo has also been working on determining a good way to gather reports from the events to help create some metrics to justify the increased budget. FAmSCo is still determining what types of data we need to gather and how a standardized report should look. FAmSCo will announce the results of these talks to the Ambassadors mailing list. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ [[Anchor(AdvisoryBoard)]] == Advisory Board == In this section, we cover discussion in Fedora Advisory Board. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board Contributing Writer: MichaelLarabel === What Defines A Fedora Spin? === JoshBoyer, on behalf of rel-eng, has asked the fedora-advisory-board what warrants an official Fedora spin. His question comes with 14 different Fedora spins currently being considered and the massive disk space each would consume, while the package variation between each spin is generally minimal. Of course, there are also other factors involved with each spin such as testing and the bandwidth to serve these additional files. Specifically, Josh had questioned the need for localized Fedora spins. There is a variety of feedback to this question, which can be found in the mailing list[1]. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-February/msg0020… [[Anchor(Documentation)]] == Documentation == In this section, we cover the Fedora Documentation Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject Contributing Writer: JohnBabich === Welcome Email === MikeMcGrath challenges [1] "Hey docs people! I'm working on FAS2 [2], its getting real close. I was wondering if someone would draft up what they want the welcome email to say when people sign up for an account for the first time. Something to encourage them and help them through the process of what to do after the cla is signed. Joining the Fedora Project is like walking into IKEA the first time. Lets try to ease that :)" JonathanRoberts rises [3] to the challenge, saying "Urm...this is maybe a bit longer than you had in mind? But you might like it". Ever the gentlemen, Mike responds [4] "thanks..." [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00147.html [2] FAS2 is the new Fedora Accounting System, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem2 for more details [3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00149.html [4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2008-February/msg00150.html [[Anchor(Artwork)]] == Artwork == In this section, we cover Fedora Artwork Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Contributing Writer: NicuBuculei === Multi-resolution backgrounds === MatthiasClasen ping[1] the Art team about a new small but awesome features which just landed in Rawhide: multi-resolution animated backgrounds. So now we can define a background wallpaper in a XML and it can not only adjust its image according with the time (for example to reflect the daylight like in F8), but it can also pick the best suited image size, without the need for manual adjustment from the user. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00206.html === Which color is Fedora? === Following the context of one particular theme proposal for Fedora 9 and its color variations, MartinSourada express his concern[1] about using another color than the traditional blue in Fedora themes: "As for the issue of being it blue, well, I don't like very much the idea of having different colour wallpaper than blue, not only because I like blue [...], but mostly because I, and many other people, have Fedora already associated with blue. Yeah, we can experiment with other colours as well, but as far as we don't want to confuse people we need blue to be the main colour." NicuBuculei backs this[2]: "I think blue should be *at least* partly used, so It could be gray with some secondary blue elements. [...] Ubuntu is brown, SUSE is green, Fedora is blue", MairinDuffy consider[3] the user feed-back from users which tend to favor a grey tone this round and comes with and idea for a nice blue touch. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00194.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00159.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00216.html === Themes development === With Round 3 deadline next week[1], the two remaining themes for Fedora 9 get final touches: * LuyaTshimbalanga updates F9 Themes Shoowa[6] with a smooth, curvy variant[2], a change welcomed by JeffSpaleta * In the meantime, F9 Themes Sulfuric Waves[7] is on fire (literally). MairinDuffy add a shade of blue in the form of fire over the yellow sulfur crystals[3], NicuBuculei[4] and JeffSpaleta[5] play with their own variants is something which looks like converging to a consensus. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00233.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00243.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00225.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00231.html [5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-February/msg00247.html [6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Shoowa [7] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F9Themes/Waves [[Anchor(DailyPackage)]] == Daily Package == In this section, we recap the packages that have been highlighted as a Fedora Daily Package. http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/ Contributing Writer: ChrisTyler === Planet - Feed aggregator === ''Productive Mondays'' highlight a timesaving tool. This Monday[1] we covered Planet[2]: "Planet is a feed aggregator which assembles multiple RSS or Atom newsfeeds into a single web page and feed, like Planet Fedora, Planet Gnome, or Planet KDE." [1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/170-Productive-Monda… [2] http://planetplanet.org/ === Autotrace - Convert bitmaps to Vector graphics === ''Artsy Tuesdays'' highlight a graphics, video, or sound application. This Tuesday[1] Autotrace[2] was featured: "autotrace ... is a command-line utility that can accept a wide range of bitmap input formats and produce output in several vector formats including scalable vector graphics (svg), encapsulated Postscript (eps), portable data format (pdf), and Adobe Illustrator (ai) format." [1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/171-Artsy-Tuesday-Au… [2] http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/ === How does Pulseaudio start? === This week's ''Wednesday Why'' article[1] discussed how the Pulseaudio daemon is started as part of a Gnome desktop session. None of the gnome-session configuration files mention the Pulseaudio daemon, but it reliably starts whenever Gnome starts, and the output of 'ps' shows gnome-session to be its parent. The answer to this mystery lies in the relationship between gnome-session and the legacy esound daemon. [1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/172-Wednesday-Why-Ho… === lshw-gui - Browse hardware info === ''GUI Thursdays'' highlight software that provides, enhances, or effectively uses a GUI interface. This Thursday[1], lshw-gui[2] was discussed: "Fedora offers many tools for viewing detailed hardware information, including lsusb, lspci, hdparm, and direct access to the /proc and /sys filesystems. ... lshw-gui provides a convenient graphical interface into this rich source of information, enabling you to easily drill down into the specific details of each subsystem and device." [1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/173-GUI-Thursday-lsh… [2] http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter === Quarry - Multi-purpose game board === ''Friday Fun'' highlights fun, interesting, and amusing programs. This Friday[1], we took a look at Quarry[2]: "Quarry is a multi-purpose graphical game board for playing Go, Amazons, or Reversi. By itself, it permits users to play against each other, but the addition of GTP (game text protocol) game engines such as gnugo or grhino enables play against the computer." [1] http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/174-Friday-Fun-Quarr… [2] http://home.gna.org/quarry/ [[Anchor(SecurityAdvisories)]] == Security Advisories == In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora 8 Security Advisories === * cups-1.3.6-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * sword-1.5.10-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * dnssec-tools-1.3.2-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * kvm-60-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * qemu-0.9.0-6.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * xen-3.1.2-2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * dbus-1.1.2-9.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * horde-3.1.6-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * imp-4.1.6-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * turba-2.1.7-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * viewvc-1.0.5-1.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00030… === Fedora 7 Security Advisories === * sword-1.5.10-2.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * dnssec-tools-1.3.2-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * kvm-36-8.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * cups-1.2.12-9.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * qemu-0.9.0-4.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * horde-3.1.6-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * turba-2.1.7-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * imp-4.1.6-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * dbus-1.0.2-7.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * xen-3.1.2-2.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00… * viewvc-1.0.5-1.fc7 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00019… [[Anchor(EventsMeetings)]] == Events and Meetings == In this section, we cover event reports and meeting summaries from various Projects and SIGs. Contributing Writer: ThomasChung === Fedora Board Meeting Minutes 2008-02-26 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2008-02-26 === Fedora Community Architecture Meeting 2008-02-25 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommunityArchitecture/Meetings/2008-02-25 === Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-29 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/2008-0… === Fedora Marketing Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Meetings/Minutes/IRCLog20080228 === Fedora Documentation Steering Committee Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/Meetings/Minute… === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Meeting 2008-02-28 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20080228 === Fedora Infrastructure Meeting (Log) 2008-02-28 === * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-February/ms… === Fedora Release Engineering Meeting 2008-02-25 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-feb-25 === Fedora Bug Zappers Meeting 2008-MM-DD === * No Report === Fedora SIG EPEL Report Week 09/2008 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Reports/Week09 === Fedora SIG KDE Meeting 2008-02-26 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2008-02-26 === Fedora SIG Store Meeting (Log) 2008-02-27 === * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store/Meetings/2008-02-27 -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Fedora Board IRC meeting 2008-03-04
by Paul W. Frields 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Fedora Board IRC meeting, 2008-03-04 - 1900 UTC ------------------------------------------------ The Fedora Board will hold an IRC meeting on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, at 1900 UTC (2:00pm EST, 11:00am PST). This meeting will NOT be held in #fedora-meeting, since it is being used by the community at that time. There will be two IRC channels available on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) * #fedora-board-public -- this channel can be joined and used by all community members like any public channel. There will be a moderator present to take questions and the Board members can watch this channel as well. * #fedora-board-meeting -- this channel can be joined and viewed by the public but only Board members can communicate on it. Here the Board members will cover an agenda and then take Q&A. Because we hope for a large turnout, this setup promotes an orderly process when the Board takes questions or open issues. The length of the Q&A will depend on availability of the Board members and interest from the community. We look forward to seeing community members at the meeting. We also hope you will enjoy having a look at some of the Board's work, and encourage you to ask questions. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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