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REMINDER: What's New in F28 Workstation - Fedora Magazine article
by Jan Kurik 30 Apr '18

30 Apr '18

Hi Workstation WG, as the F28 Final release is quickly approaching, it would be nice if the WG would start working on a Fedora Magazine article "What's New in F28 Workstation". The article should be finished prior Readiness meeting for F28 Final, planned on 2018-Apr-26. Regards, 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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Suggest Switching to clang from GCC for compiling chromium and adding video acceleration Patch
by Akarshan Biswas 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Hi everyone, I am maintaining the only version of chromium with video accelertion patches which compiles using llvm-clang instead of GCC. All the spec files that I have seen and took help of, neighter of them compiles using clang but GCC which leads to adding lots of patches in order to make GCC happy. The version of clang available in fedora repos is 5.0.1. The latest version of chromium need version 6. I had to download and passed it as source in order to build it which lead to increase size of rpm src file. I have compiled two instances of chromium of same version. One with GCC and other with clang-llvm. The latter binary has significant lower file size and better performance than former one. Both builds are uploaded to my github repo: https://github.com/biswasab/Chromium-vaapi/releases So Is this possible to get clang version 6 in fedora 27 and upcoming fedora 28? Also how about adding video acceleration patch to chromium since Google doesn't seem interested? Few distributions are already doing it. Thank you.

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Fedora 28 Workstation talking points
by Ryan Lerch 22 Apr '18

22 Apr '18

I have fleshed out the talking points for F28 Workstation, and submitted a ticket for the meeting tomorrow: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/51 If anyone gets to review my changes before the meeting, please edit direct, or comment in the ticket for easy tracking! cheers, ryanlerch

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Workstation WG
by stickster＠gmail.com 21 Apr '18

21 Apr '18

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Workstation WG on 2018-04-23 from 09:00:00 to 10:00:00 America/New_York At fedora-meeting-2(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: Regular meeting for the Workstation Working Group. Agenda: [https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting](https… Chair: * Monday Feb 12 - Michael Catanzaro * Monday Feb 26 - Matthias Clasen * Monday Mar 12 - Rex Dieter * Monday Mar 26 - Paul Frields * Monday Apr 09 - Kalev Lember * Monday Apr 23 - Ryan Lerch * Monday May 07 - Jens Petersen * Monday May 21 - Christian Schaller * Monday Jun 04 - Owen Taylor More information available at: [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/… Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/6411/

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2018-04-23 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 28 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

# F28 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2018-04-23 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We have 2 proposed blockers, 5 proposed freeze exception issues and 4 accepted blockers for Final to review, so let's have a review meeting on Monday. If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F28 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good weekend and see you on Monday! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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using the updates-testing repo for layered packages in f28AW
by Dusty Mabe 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, If you are running f28 atomic workstation already then you may hit issues with layered packages [1] because the updates-testing yum repo is enabled by default in f28 (this will change once f28 final is released). Please run the following command to disable the updates-testing repo: ``` # sed -i s/enabled=1/enabled=0/ /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo ``` Now try your operation (upgrade/package layer) again. Dusty [1] https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree/issues/415 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEPb6zG5c6sV89tRYPMwLb1zlS5nEFAlrXNsoACgkQMwLb1zlS 5nEAlxAAv+YQFklUSlx1szOw5+coHo0t4YlvBgqOfzaLtRWW6STtG/+ePoBI6Ute 4ROmVXh7Pw3k+FqCls3RfgimI9jXM31Cc7YcYnytJ+mdSV5V1c4XKIhcxqsv6rFI vpQ3ku2Kpq0B+54qorkj/Nc3X7ZITI6jxgXLn6aV2dSebwP5181gS5y6iKfnLT8A B/VordKir1DHHHmkVs7ItYcJZhVFjw4YC/b5UporhGs07R2a+UrGZROYf1ivwPVU LjNUesyfHT4nkQVZV2wHQW/euFSDMTyUYZx32xVbwzC0CwkS/UscA0bo3SRQqXk/ 1K/eHZdq3O8a1PpqqmiJ1GRdhRUZRMVEBAR+fyQvAwcS2XegCXq2xTlQYrkaPG3+ hSda1pJ+bTNb7Y5jqlZ4y/8+tp0JMOl6prYVqpWA40XSLnGbLjcfqe1OeiacjO1r GkOgNyJR2IjhwBb6y2U/5olE5B7F5XI0BUAeJ5i+O8ub1B0IaBM4zU61dfxIUVPA o7BCy8zrD8mJ8bI2AVb8FLDiS5/fk/IsvyXp2GZZdAZp/5nWL45/S+8u37RV7sG+ HJfGBsRCVMmH0ueww0kQJ7Vo2K4NngOxTFiMkjzHGyHYkGtlMSm5lfqZuN6JvEY+ 3GExKgvMVea/SN7jTvN7ITzP3dB8mCi02TxGk1D7bipzeFRhF3I= =+D0j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fedora 28 Final blocker status mail #1
by Adam Williamson 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Hi folks! As we're now frozen for Final, here's an update on blocker bug status. tl;dr action summary ==================== Accepted blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566621 ACTION: anaconda team to submit build/update with fix, QA to test 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537253 ACTION: no specific action, this is tracking general Modularity status 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566344 ACTION: QA to test https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-183f616405 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560481 ACTION: Frantisek and Mikhail to confirm if they still have problems 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557472 ACTION: QA to confirm whether this is fixed Proposed blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557655 ACTION: Lili and kernel team to continue investigation pending blocker decision Bug-by-bug detail ================= Accepted blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566621 - anaconda - POST initial-setup fails on aarch64 disk images A fix for this is pending, we just need the anaconda team to go ahead and merge it and send out a build with it in. Then QA can test it. 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537253 - Changes Tracking - ON_QA Add-On Modularity This one's on the blocker list for a kinda special purpose: FESCo has declared the change as a whole to be blocking F28, so we're using the Change tracking bug as a proxy for ensuring the Change meets the criteria FESCo decided on. No specific action is needed on this bug, if/when any bugs that do break the criteria are found in Modularity-related stuff, they'll be filed and tracked separately. 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566344 - dnf - ON_QA Traceback from DNF This is a Modularity-related crasher in DNF. We need QA folks to confirm the fix (get an F28 test box to the point where it reliably hits the crash, then install the update from Bodhi and verify that the crash goes away). Update is https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-183f616405 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1560481 - gnome-shell - NEW Some core applications in Gnome 3.28 are unresponsive and not working on AMD graphics cards It's not 100% clear if anything is outstanding here with GNOME 3.28.1 and mesa-18.0.0-4.fc28. We need Mihkail and Frantisek to confirm whether they still see problems with those packages installed. If so, we need the desktop team to keep investigating and fixing stuff, I guess. 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557472 - python-simpleline - ON_QA Anaconda installing in text mode fails to report errors to Bugzilla. This one should actually have been fixed by an update that went stable already. We just need QA folks to check with a recent compose that the bug is no longer present. Proposed blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557655 - kernel - NEW Install to system with HPSA storage fails to boot, stops at "Failed to start udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization" This was initially filed as 'install fails on FCoE' and accepted as a blocker on that basis, but further testing indicates it's actually a problem with installs to a specific type of hardware storage controller. So I've kicked it back to proposed blocker. So we need the blocker review folks to re-consider whether this is a blocker, but in the mean time, it can't hurt for Lili and the kernel folks to keep investigating the issue and hopefully come up with a fix. As a bonus note: there are several pending fixes for accepted freeze exception issues which could do with testing. If folks can help test and karma these, that'd be great: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-292ca32b20 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6a89081c98 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-2a7895e9f2 (needs s390 hardware) https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-1148ada2a3 Thanks, folks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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Re: Fedora 28-20180416.n.0 compose check report
by Adam Williamson 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

On Mon, 2018-04-16 at 22:19 +0000, Fedora compose checker wrote: > No missing expected images. > > Failed openQA tests: 11/137 (x86_64), 5/24 (i386), 1/2 (arm) > > New failures (same test did not fail in 28-20180415.n.0): > > ID: 223902 Test: x86_64 Server-boot-iso install_default@uefi > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223902 > ID: 223930 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso install_default_upload > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223930 > ID: 223932 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso install_default@uefi > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223932 > ID: 223936 Test: x86_64 Workstation-live-iso desktop_notifications_live > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223936 > ID: 223946 Test: i386 Workstation-live-iso install_default > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223946 > ID: 223984 Test: x86_64 universal install_blivet_lvmthin@uefi > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223984 > ID: 223986 Test: x86_64 universal install_simple_encrypted@uefi > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/223986 > ID: 224035 Test: x86_64 universal install_european_language > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224035 > ID: 224041 Test: x86_64 universal install_cyrillic_language > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224041 > ID: 224053 Test: i386 universal install_scsi_updates_img > URL: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/224053 In today's composes, the deps of gnome-desktop3 broke: [gnome-desktop3] gnome-desktop3-3.28.0-1.fc28.armv7hl requires gnome-themes-standard That's a vital dependency for GNOME - gnome-settings-daemon, gnome- session, mutter, nautilus, control-center etc. all depend on it. So thanks to good old: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427365 we get images with those packages silently omitted due to the dependency issue. Network installs of the Workstation package set also silently omit these packages. Of course, both of these now don't boot to GNOME, since all the key bits of GNOME are missing. This happened because of a rename of gnome-themes-standard, it seems: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gnome-themes-standard/c/0fc2f169869824ae… https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-d271aeff0a gnome-themes-standard itself was retired (that's the first commit), but the update that introduces gnome-themes-extra is not stable yet, it is only *pending* stable. So a compose got done with gnome-themes-standard retired (thus left out), but gnome-themes-extra not stable yet (thus not included). Please be careful to *only* retire packages once their replacement has actually been *pushed to stable*. *Queued for* stable is not enough. This should be resolved with the next compose, as the gnome-themes- extra update should get pushed stable before it's run. Thanks folks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2018-04-16 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 28 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 14 Apr '18

14 Apr '18

# F28 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2018-04-16 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We have 6 proposed blockers and 5 proposed freeze exception issues for Final to review, so let's have a review meeting on Monday. If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F28 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good weekend and see you on Monday! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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Workstation WG meeting recap 2018-04-09
by Kalev Lember 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

================================= #fedora-meeting-2: Workstation WG ================================= Meeting started by kalev at 13:01:49 UTC. The full logs are available at https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2018-04-09/workstation.2… . Meeting summary --------------- * Roll call (kalev, 13:02:08) * Agenda link: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting (kalev, 13:05:22) * We accidentally ended up enforcing password strength check in gnome-initial-setup. mcatanzaro to look into fixing that before F28 final freeze. (kalev, 13:08:27) * kalev to make sure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1564210 gets a fix today (kalev, 13:10:15) * Defer new auto-suspend behavior (kalev, 13:10:45) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/42 (kalev, 13:10:49) * AGREED: : Workstation WG discussed the new auto-suspend behaviour and decided to disable auto-suspend for F28. In rawhide (F29) we'll enable auto-suspend when battery powered only, and disable when plugged in. (+1:5, 0:0, -1:1) (kalev, 13:26:08) * ACTION: mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes (kalev, 13:27:07) * Live image size increased due to change of CJK fonts (kalev, 13:27:36) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/46 (kalev, 13:27:39) * AGREED: juhp_ to investigate if we can improve the situation for F28 by subpackaging, and if it doesn't work out, revert to F27 fonts (+1:6, 0:0, -1:0) (kalev, 13:46:53) * 3rd party repository discussion (kalev, 13:46:56) * I (mcatanzaro) am +1 to adding these, though I want to register my concern that Software isn't doing very much right now to educate users about the benefits of free software. I think we could be doing that in a way that's not overly annoying or preachy. (mcatanzaro, 13:52:18) * AGREED: Workstation WG agrees to add Steam from RPM Fusion, and NVIDIA driver from RPM Fusion as 3rd party repositories (+1:7, 0:0, -1:0) (kalev, 13:57:19) * ACTION: mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories changes, and update https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories wiki page (kalev, 13:57:43) * Open Floor (kalev, 13:57:55) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-atomic-workstation/issue/13 (mclasen, 13:59:12) Meeting ended at 14:05:16 UTC. Action Items ------------ * mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes * mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories changes, and update https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories wiki page Action Items, by person ----------------------- * kalev * mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories changes, and update https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories wiki page * mcatanzaro * mcatanzaro to implement the auto-suspend behaviour changes * mclasen * mclasen and kalev to implement fedora-workstation-repositories changes, and update https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories wiki page * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * kalev (93) * juhp_ (58) * mcatanzaro (32) * mclasen (30) * otaylor (19) * cschalle (16) * zodbot (14) * rdieter (9) * sgallagh (5) * satellit (2) * kwizart (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

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