devel-announce November 2007

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bodhi-client
by Luke Macken 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

The bodhi-client package should be making its way to an updates-testing repository near you! (and a newer version is already queued up for tomorrow). Not only does this command-line tool give you easier access to bodhi, but also provides some new features to help people get more involved with testing updates and providing useful feedback. I wrote up some documentation on various usage examples of the tool, which can be found on the wiki[0]. I also submitted a Makefile.common patch[1] that, once applied, will allow you to run `make update` from your package branch. This will drop you into a new update template, and will then submit your update straight to bodhi. Some noteworthy features in the bodhi-client, aside from the normal bodhi functionality: • Ability to view all updates-testing packages that you currently have installed on your local machine, that you *could* be testing and providing useful feedback for: ∘ bodhi --testable • Ability to view your update candidates (this is a fairly expensive operation -- please use sparingly): ∘ bodhi --candidates I also upgraded our production bodhi instance today, which pulled in a ton of bugfixes and some new features, such as: • Updates by default will now get submitted to into testing. This can easily be modified when using the web form, the bodhi client, and `make update`. • Thanks to the new security bug tracking policy[2], we're now tracking CVEs using Bugzilla, thus bodhi no longer will ask you for CVE IDs. The less information that the developer has to type, the better. Read the policy for more details. Bodhi is not yet 100% compliant to the proposed changes, as it does not know about parent/tracking bugs, but should be soon. • If you try and submit an update that is older than something already pending/testing, you will be prompted with a dialog that will give you the ability to instantly obsolete those updates. As always, patches/questions/criticisms/comments are welcome. You can file tickets in the usual place[3]. Happy hacking, luke [0]: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/bodhi/wiki/CLI [1]: http://lmacken.fedorapeople.org/patches/Makefile.common-bodhi.patch [2]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs [3]: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/bodhi/newticket

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After Fedora 8 comes Fedora 9!
by Jesse Keating 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

The development cycle of Fedora 9 will begin in earnest tomorrow. This will mark the first attempt at composing Rawhide with package builds that target Fedora 9. There is quite a number of them built up already, over 800. This will be a bumpy ride at first as we start to see where all these builds gets us. In the next couple of weeks we the project will work on setting a schedule for Fedora 9, start reviewing proposed Features, and come up with an overall idea of what we'd like to accomplish this time around. For those of you that were early adopters of Fedora 8 and joined the Rawhide bandwagon, but want to get off at the Fedora 8 stop, I suggest that you ensure your 'development' yum repo is disabled. For those of you that wish to continue to enjoy Rawhide, I suggest you ensure that your 'fedora', and any updates repos are disabled, and make sure that your development repo remains enabled. During the development of Fedora 8 we experimented with a few things to help users and developers of Fedora have a smooth ride through the development cycle. Those experiments have worked out pretty well and have been incorporated into the overall development strategy, as oulined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Overview As we look forward to Fedora 9 we hope to make the experience even more enjoyable and at the same time even more beneficial to all involved. I welcome suggestions and discussion on how to improve things, which is always a constant goal of mine. So lets all sit back, relax, and enjoy a day of rest for Fedora 8. Tomorrow it starts up all over again! -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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Fedora Core 6 EOL, new branch restrictions
by Bill Nottingham 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

As stated: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-November/msg00000… Fedora Core 6 will EOL on Friday, December 7. After this time, no more updates will be accepted. Note that after the release of Fedora 8 (scheduled for Thursday, November 8), new Fedora 6 branches will no longer be created for packages. Bill

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