desktop December 2016

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[wayland] Applications are unable to grab input
by Christian Stadelmann 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

One main difference between x11 and wayland is that in x11 all applications receive all input whereas in wayland the compositor receives input and decides which application may receive it. This causes a major issue with application which need input grab for running or showing a nested desktop. This affects e.g. GUI virtual machines (SPICE clients), RDP clients, VNC clients, nested kwin/gnome-shell/whatever. See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285770 . Games might also be affected, I don't know. I'm posting this here to raise attention because 1. to fix this we need another protocol (extension) 2. this issue can't be fixed in a single application, it needs the whole stack (wayland library, compositors, affected applications) to change Compared to the other bugs in "WaylandRelated" lists [1] [2], these bugs need architecture design, not just fixing bugs in one package. I don't know whether this mailing list is the right place to discuss an issue like this. If you know better, please tell me. [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=1277927&hide_resolved… [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=757579&hide_resolved=1

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Workstation WG call for agenda 2016-Dec-05
by Paul W. Frields 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

**NOTE** We will move our meeting to 9:00am US Eastern time (that's 1400 UTC) Monday, 2016-Dec-05. Below are current agenda items I know about. Corrections and additions are welcome; please send them by Sunday evening. In the future I plan to get this agenda out on Wednesday evening before the meeting, with agenda items due by Friday night. * Branding -- cschaller * Christian was to have a proposal ready to walk the WG through and start gathering input. Does this exist yet on the wiki? * coredumpctl -- mcatanzaro * Michael did a Change page for F26. Let's make sure we know what the next steps are so it gets picked up by the wrangler/FESCo, and plan developer contact as needed. -- 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/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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Fedora Media Writer change is netting us great press
by Matthew Miller 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Thanks everyone — this was a great idea, great implementation, and it is paying off. For example: If you’ve never tried running a Linux operating system, this is a great time to dip your toes in the water. Total novices might want to try Fedora 25 because of the ease of writing the image to a USB stick. — http://www.pcworld.com/article/3150765/linux/4-easy-linux-projects-for-newb… -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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About Nautilus automatic-decompression default
by Robert Marcano 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Any opinions on the Nautilus automatic decompression behavior? decompressing all archives by default when you only want to open a file inside of it, Making people by mistake extract the archive multiple times every time they open it? I noticed by mistake the new change when I opened Zip file and noticed no changes (didn't noticed the folder was already extracted every time I tried) and got a folder full of garbage temporary extractions.

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Workstation WG call for agenda 2016-Dec-19
by Michael Catanzaro 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

The Workstation WG meeting will be held Monday 2016-12-19 at 09:00am EST (1400 UTC). I only have one agenda item: default wallpaper cleanup (Ryan Lerch). So we'll probably have a short meeting, unless somebody proposes another topic. Please send agenda corrections or additions by Sunday evening. **Note:** The next meeting will Monday 2017-01-16 due to holidays. Michael

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today's high-publicity security issue
by Matthew Miller 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

So, this has been going around the press https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/12/redux-compromising-linux-us… Upstream tracker added seccomp sandboxing in response to an earlier exploit (against F24) found by the same researcher, and we actually have an update for that https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-cc3ab3b292 unfortunately sitting in testing at the time of the blog post's publication and just out to stable updates today. Can someone confirm that this update at least mitigates the issue highlighted in the blog? -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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Meeting help needed
by Paul W. Frields 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

I proposed in the last meeting that we do the following for upcoming holiday schedule: * Meet on Monday 2016-Dec-19 at 1400 UTC (9:00am EST) as usual. * I need a substitute chair for this meeting, as I'll be on vacation at that time. * Cancel the Monday 2016-Jan-02 meeting since many people will be on observed holiday for the New Year. Resume 2016-Jan-16 as usual. Any takers for chair, and/or objections to this schedule? -- 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/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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Fwd: Fedora services integration on Gnome shell?
by Matthew Miller 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Especially now that Fedora is using Kerberos for authentication, I'd really love to see Fedora Account System in GOA. Is anyone interested in working on this? ----- Forwarded message from Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz(a)gmail.com> ----- > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:02:17 +0100 > From: Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz(a)gmail.com> > To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>, > ryanlerch(a)fedoraproject.org, Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Fedora services integration on Gnome shell? > X-Bogo25: U 0.498836 > > Hi > > As we are advancing toward to Fedora Hubs, and more great services are > appearing in Fedora infra, I really wonder why don't we have more > accessible services in Gnome Online Accounts, and how can I add more Fedora > infra access points, and fetch data to my gnome shell, and/or use services. > > When I think to my FAS registration, and subscriptions - would be awesome > to manage my fedora feed subscriptions from my gnome control center, > through gnome online accounts. > > Same would be awesome to Fedora hosted git projects (pagure), fetching > dates, meetings, and events to be populated on my Gnome shell desktop - > similarly as adding a google account in online accounts - gives to me > access to calendar, photos, documents, files. If I would be able to use an > SSO service for Fedora infra services, and get messages, and data to > desktop - that would be more effective to turn people to developers, as we > message it always to our users. > > I know that many coders are doesn't care about desktop integration, but > having this option IMHO would be beneficial to everyone in the community. I > also noticed, that many people doesn't want deeply integrated services > (because everything is in browser)... But what are you think? How do you > see this? Every user can be potential developer, but do we only target the > web with HUBs? > > Thanks, > > Zoltan > -- > PGP: 06853DF7 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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Paul on vacation -- reminder
by Paul W. Frields 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

I'll be on vacation after today, returning probably Tuesday 2016-Jan-03. I will also be on email sabbatical[1]. Just letting folks know so they can set expectations accordingly. Remember that the 2017-Jan-02 Workstation WG meeting is canceled, but we'll resume meeting on 2017-Jan-16. (As seen in the other thread, we still could use a chair for the 2016-Dec-19 meeting.) * * * [1] http://www.danah.org/EmailSabbatical.html -- 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/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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Fedora Release Tools Status
by Amanda Carter 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

In addition to the demo this month, see more detailed status for F26 work here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StatusReport#14DEC2016 You have been invited to the following event. Title: Fedora Release Tools Demo Note: Hangouts on Air has been deprecated. While we look for another solution we'll hold this demo in bluejeans without a live broadcast or publicly available recording. Apologies for the inconvenience. -- Purpose: The purpose of a demo is to show our stakeholders what we completed this iteration, get feedback from them about the changes & set some context and expectation with them about our direction. Demo agenda & previous demos can be viewed here: http://taiga.fedorainfracloud.org/project/acarter-fedora-docker-atomic-tool… Highlights today: Kerberos updates When: Tue Dec 13, 2016 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time Where: https://redhat.bluejeans.com/5889988581/ Who: (Guest list is too large to display)

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