devel-announce April 2008

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Rawhide 20080404 Snapshot Released
by Jesse Keating 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

As part of our development schedule, we are releasing a snapshot of Rawhide in Live form. We are releasing these via bittorrent only as it is a much lighter weight method to get bits out the door than to go through our mirroring system. If you cannot use bittorrent we apologize for the inconvenience. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ has a section marked Rawhide-20080404-Snapshot with Live torrents. Due to ongoing issues with X in anaconda we do not have CDs/DVDs of rawhide at this time. We may add them if an X fix happens. Please us bugzilla to report any problems you find (after making sure that somebody else hasn't already reported the issues). The Beta release notes ( http://fedoraproject.org/en/f9-beta-relnotes ) still mostly apply. Thanks for all the testing! -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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[Guidelines Change] Even More Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

In a special session this week, the Fedora Packaging Committee has gotten even more changes done. Specifically: New guidelines describing how to package Java software can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Java *** This lifts the hold on Java Packages *** New guidelines describing how to deal with GCJ compilation in Java packages can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/GCJGuidelines New guidelines describing how to package Eclipse plugins can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/EclipsePlugins New guidelines describing how to deal with SysV-style Initscripts can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/SysVInitScript The Fedora Package Naming Guidelines have been updated to reflect the new guidelines for package naming (EclipsePlugins). For details, please see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/NamingGuidelines Also, the main Fedora Packaging Guidelines have been updated with links to the new guidelines for specific package types (Java, EclipsePlugins), as well as cleanups regarding Initscripts: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines Last but not least, Scriptlet Snippets has been simplified to point to the new SysVInitScript guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ScriptletSnippets These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC) and ratified by FESCo. Many thanks to Andrew Overholt, Ville Skyttä, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Nicolas Mailhot, all of the other Java helpers I've forgotten, 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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[Guidelines Change] Many Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Over the last month, the Fedora Packaging Committee has been busy adding and amending the Fedora Packaging Guidelines. Specifically: New guidelines describing how to package OpenOffice.org extensions can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/OpenOffice.orgExtensions New guidelines describing how to package Tcl/Tk addons can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Tcl The OCaml Packaging Guidelines have been updated: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/OCaml The Perl Packaging Guidelines have been significantly fleshed out: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Perl The Fedora Package Naming Guidelines have been updated to reflect the new guidelines for package naming (OpenOffice.org and Tcl/Tk). In addition, all Fedora packages must be named using a specified subset of ASCII characters. For details, please see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/NamingGuidelines Also, the main Fedora Packaging Guidelines have been updated with links to the new guidelines for specific package types (OpenOffice.org, Tcl/Tk): http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC) and ratified by FESCo. Many thanks to Caolan McNamara, Michael Thomas, Richard Jones, 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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Purging old Fedora test releases
by Jesse Keating 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

In order to make room for Fedora 9 and future releases, we are purging all the old test releases on download.fedora.redhat.com. Both the Core and post-Core test releases up to but not including Fedora 9 Beta. The content has been archived internally at Red Hat and may one day show up again for download on an archive site, but given that they were just test releases that's not likely to happen. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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New bugzilla whiteboard tag - NeedsRetesting
by Jon Stanley 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

The QA and Bug Triage teams within Fedora are pleased to announce that we have introduced a new tag to use within Bugzilla - NeedsRetesting. Put this in the 'Status Whiteboard' field if you want the QA team to test a resolution to your bug. There is a link to a query of all bugs having this tag on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA under 'Release Testing'. Ideally, bugs that have this keyword will not be hardware specific, and should be hopefully) resolved, you just need confirmation. If there is specific hardware required, then please make a note of it, however, we cannot guarantee that any of the QA contributors actually have any particular piece of hardware. If you test one of these bugs, please remove the status whiteboard field, such that the effort is not duplicated. This is an effort to further drive quality in the project, and to keep the bug counts manageable. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about this. -- Jon Stanley Fedora Bug Wrangler jstanley(a)fedoraproject.org

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