devel-announce April 2008

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qt-4.4/kde-4.1 coming to cvs (F-10 branch)
by Rex Dieter 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

FYI, The fedora KDE-SIG will be importing qt-4.4 and kde-4.1 (alpha1) into cvs (devel, aka F-10 branch) soonish, so expect the ride to bumpy for a bit while we work out the kinks and (probable) broken dependencies. -- Rex

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Note: builds moved to dist-f9-updates-candidate
by Bill Nottingham 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Any builds that are not currently tagged for release with Fedora 9 are now being moved to dist-f9-updates-candidate. The list of moved builds is attached. If one of these builds fixes a blocker or similarly severe bug, please request it to be added via the final freeze policy located at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/FinalFreezePolicy Otherwise, bodhi will be open for business for Fedora 9 shortly. Bill

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[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Two changes have recently been made to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines. Specifically: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines have been updated to clarify the Static Library packaging guidelines. For the clarified wording, see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#StaticLibraries Guidelines for packaging Sugar Activities are now in place, they live at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/SugarActivityGuidelines (they are also referenced in the Packaging/Guidelines and Packaging/NamingGuidelines) Many thanks to Dennis Gilmore, and all of the members of the FPC and FESCo, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines. A reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure Thanks, ~spot

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Extra branch noise
by Jesse Keating 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Turns out about 200 packages didn't get branched for F-9 (and there was no errors either, grr). I'm doing those now, and instead of incurring another outage, we'll just let the mail get noisy for a bit. Sorry bout this folks. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!

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Outage Notification - 2008-05-03 14:00 UTC (fwd)
by Mike McGrath 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Sorry everyone, the previous message had the wrong date. The correct date is: 2008-05-03 14:00 UTC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:54:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike McGrath <mmcgrath(a)redhat.com> To: fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com Cc: fedora-infrastructure-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com, Fedora Art List <fedora-art-list(a)redhat.com>, For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com>, fedora-websites-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Outage Notification - 2008-05-03 14:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2008-05-03 14:00 UTC, which will last approximately 5 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2008-05-03 14:00 UTC' Affected Services: Websites CVS / Source Control Buildsystem Database Mail All auth systems Unaffected Services: Torrent DNS fedorapeople.org planet Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/519 Reason for Outage: The network guys will be performing a number of upgrades during this outage window which is expected to last 5 hours. Systems will be up and down during this time. Some will be off during the duration of the time for safety / data protection. Some systems we'll be moving to alternate sites. Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

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[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Two changes have recently been made to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines. Specifically: The main Fedora Packaging Guidelines now has a section which forbids packages to own files or directories under /srv. This new section can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#NoFilesOrDirectoriesUnde… As a reminder, any Fedora packages which are currently owning files or directories under /srv need to be fixed before the release of Fedora 10. The guidelines describing how to deal with GCJ compilation in Java packages have been amended to conditionalize GCJ: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/GCJGuidelines These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC) and ratified by FESCo. Many thanks to Lubomir Kundrak, and all of the members of the FPC and FESCo, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines. A reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure Thanks, ~spot

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Outage Notification - 2008-05-08 14:00 UTC
by Mike McGrath 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

There will be an outage starting at 2008-05-08 14:00 UTC, which will last approximately 5 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2008-05-08 14:00 UTC' Affected Services: Websites CVS / Source Control Buildsystem Database Mail All auth systems Unaffected Services: Torrent DNS fedorapeople.org planet Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/519 Reason for Outage: The network guys will be performing a number of upgrades during this outage window which is expected to last 5 hours. Systems will be up and down during this time. Some will be off during the duration of the time for safety / data protection. Some systems we'll be moving to alternate sites. Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

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Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff!
by Jesse Keating 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

After some minor delays (like all rawhide flights grounded for a few days of repair...), the Fedora Project is proud to announce the release of Fedora 9 Preview! This is a Preview release, it is fairly close to what the final product will be like. This is the most critical release for the Fedora community to use and test and report bugs on. This is the last major public release before the final GOLD Fedora 9 release on May 13th (we hope). For this Preview release, we will be doing a staged offering. The first stage, available now, will be via bittorrent. The second stage, which should be available early next week, will be via our world wide mirroring system, and will include jigdo. Live images, KDE Live images, CDs and DVD options are available. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org has a section marked "F9-Preview". Please us bugzilla to report any problems you find (after making sure that somebody else hasn't already reported the issues). Thanks again for all the great testing work that the greater community does throughout our development cycle! You make Fedora possible. You are Fedora! -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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New Fedora Packaging Committee Members
by Tom Callaway 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

The Fedora Packaging Committee is proud to announce its newest members: Xavier Lamien and Denis Leroy We would also like to thank Ville Skyttä, who is retiring from the committee. ~spot

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CVS Outage
by Jesse Keating 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

In order to mass branch packages for F-9, we are enacting an outage of the CVS system. We sincerely apologize for not having any advanced warning of this outage. Delays in Fedora 9 Preview release made the scheduling of the mass branch uncertain. There will be an outage starting at 2008-04-19 18:00 UTC. Initial estimates show that 30 hours will be needed to complete the branching, however this may drastically be reduced during the full run. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2008-04-19 18:00 UTC UTC' Affected Services: Fedora CVS Unaffected Services: Everything that is not Fedora CVS. Reason for Outage: Mass branch for F-9. We need to disable change mail and ACL lookups to make the branching happen as fast as possible. Contact Information: Jesse Keating <jkeating(a)fedoraproject.org> Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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