devel-announce April 2013

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Open Seat on the Fedora Packaging Committee
by Tom Callaway 09 May '13

09 May '13

The Fedora Packaging Committee has one open seat and is accepting submissions from interested candidates to serve on the FPC. The FPC would like to thank Rex Dieter for his service, as he is stepping down after several years. This position involves not only reviewing Packaging Guideline drafts submitted to the FPC for consideration, but also rewriting drafts (sometimes from scratch) to resolve the issue in a more acceptable fashion. Additionally, the FPC reviews bundling exceptions (and UID/GID soft static assignment). The FPC meets on IRC weekly, Wednesdays at 1600 UTC, for approximately an hour. FPC members serve for as long as they are willing, there are currently no term limits. All decisions are voted on using a +1 (for), 0 (abstain), and -1 (against) mechanism, and all decisions must be approved by a majority (+5). FPC Meetings do not happen if quorum (5) is not present. Candidates who are interested should provide the following details to the FPC for consideration, by emailing it directly to me (tcallawa(a)redhat.com). The FPC will consider all candidates, but strongly prefers candidates who have extensive experience packaging in Fedora. We will accept applications for the next week (deadline Wednesday Apr 24, 2013). Name: FAS Account: Provenpackager? (Yes/No): Main area of packaging interest/expertise: Reason(s) for wanting to join the FPC: Thanks in advance, ~tom == Fedora Project

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announcing paste.fedoraproject.org
by Kevin Fenzi 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Greetings. I'm happy to announce that our sticky-notes pastebin service is fully live and in service for any of your Fedora Project related pastebin needs. A pastebin is a web application that allows you to temporarily store small blocks of text or code for sharing to others. You can find it at: http://paste.fedoraproject.org/ Or use the handy command line client 'fpaste' utility available in the 'fpaste' package. Simply 'yum install fpaste' and then 'man fpaste' for more information. (Note that fpaste versions older than 0.3.7.1-5 may still be using the old site/api and may not work, make sure to install a newer version). I would like to thank the fpaste.org maintainer(s) for their long years of service offering a pastebin to the Fedora community, and we are happy we can take on this support burden moving forward. The fpaste.org domain has been redirected to the paste.fedoraproject.org servers to assist folks in migrating to the new service. For bug reports or feature requests, please file against the 'sticky-notes' component in bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&co… For issues with the Fedora infrastructure hosted instance, please file in the fedora infrastructure trac instance: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/newticket Sticky-notes is available under the BSD license. See: https://github.com/sayakb/sticky-notes for upstream source. kevin

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Planned Outage: lists.fedoraproject.org migration - 2013-05-01 21:00UTC
by Kevin Fenzi 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Outage: lists.fedoraproject.org migration - 2013-05-01 21:00UTC There will be an outage starting at 2013-05-01 21:00UTC, which will last approximately 4 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2013-05-01 21:00UTC' Reason for outage: We are migrating our lists.fedoraproject.org server to another datacenter to allow for more resources to be available for it. This should allow it to better keep up with our list needs and reduce delays in delivery and archiving. During the outage window mailing list archives will not be available and deliveries of mailing lists posts will queue up to be delivered when the server is back up. Affected Services: Lists - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/ and https://lists.fedoraproject.org/ Unaffected Services: Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Email system Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/3766 Contact Information: Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above.

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Announcing the release of Fedora 19 Alpha!
by Dennis Gilmore 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora 19 "Schrödinger's Cat" alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under development. Take a peek inside: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease *** What is the Alpha Release? *** The Alpha release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 19 in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the Fedora QA team, helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 19 is expected in early July. We need your help to make Fedora 19 the best release yet, so please take a moment of your time to download and try out the Alpha and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it--every bug you uncover is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora a rock-solid distribution. (See the "Contributing" section at end of this announcement for more information on how to help.) *** Features *** Fedora prides itself on bringing cutting-edge technologies to users of open source software around the world, and this release continues that tradition. No matter what you do, Fedora 19 has the tools you need to help you get things done. A complete list with details of each new feature is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/FeatureList == Create and Develop == Would you like to play? Whether you're a developer, maker, or just starting to learn about open source development, we have what you need to bring your ideas to reality. Here's a peek at some of our new tools: * Developer's Assistant is great for those new to development or even new to Linux, this tool helps you to get started on a code project with templates, samples, and toolchains for the languages of your choice. Bonus: It lets you publish directly to GitHub. * OpenShift Origin makes it easy for you to build your own Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) infrastructure, allowing you to enable others to easily develop and deploy software. * 3D modelling and printing are enabled through a variety of tools, including OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, and RepetierHost. * node.js is a popular Javascript-based platform for those building scalable network applications or real-time apps across distributed devices. Also included is the npm package manager, providing access to over 20,000 programs and libraries available under free and open source licenses. * Ruby 2.0.0, just released in February, comes to Fedora while maintaining source-level backwards compatibility with your Ruby 1.9.3 software. Also included: a custom Ruby loader for easy switching of interpreters. * Scratch, a graphical, educational programming environment lets you (and even better, the kids you introduce it to) create interactive stories, games, animation, music, and art. == Deploy, Monitor, and Manage == Make your machines work for you--not the other way around. Whether you have one or "one too many" machines, Fedora 19 helps you boot manage your systems and enables you to be proactive with tools for diagnosis, monitoring, and logging. * Syslinux optional boot tool integration brings you optional, simplified booting of Fedora. We have added support for using syslinux instead of GRUB via kickstart and plan to add a hidden option in Anaconda installer as well. syslinux is especially ideal for images used in cloud environments and virt appliances where the advanced features of GRUB is not needed. * systemd Resource Control lets you modify your service settings without a reboot by dynamically querying and modifying resource control parameters at runtime. This is one of many systemd enhancements in Fedora 19. * Checkpoint & Restore provides the ability to checkpoint and restore a process and is useful for cases such as process failure, or moving a process to another machine for maintenance or load balancing. * Virt storage migration lets you move a virtual machine *and* in-use storage without requiring shared storage between the hosts--a significant improvement upon previous capabilities. * OpenLMI is a common infrastructure for the management of Linux systems that makes remote management of machines much simpler. * High Availability Container Resources extend the corosync/pacemaker HA stack beyond management of virtual guests to containers inside the guests themselves. Define and add containers in your virtual guests through discovery. *** Desktop Environments and Spins *** = GNOME 3.8 = GNOME 3.8 brings new applications such as clock and improvements to the desktop including privacy and sharing settings, ordered search, frequent applications overview, and additionally provides the ability to enable a "classic mode" for a user experience similar to GNOME 2 built out of a collection of GNOME Shell extensions. Refer to https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/ for more details. = KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.10 = A modern, stable desktop environment, KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.10 includes new features for printing and screenlocking, better indexing of files, and improved accessibility features. Refer to http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.10/ for more details. = MATE Desktop 1.6 = The MATE 1.6 Desktop introduces a large number of improvements to this traditional, GNOME 2-like desktop interface. Refer to http://mate-desktop.org/2013/04/02/mate-1-6-released/ for more details. = Spins = Spins are alternate versions of Fedora. In addition to various desktop environments for Fedora, spins are also available as tailored environments for various types of users via hand-picked application sets or customizations. Interest-specific Spins include the Design Suite Spin, the Robotics Spin, and the Security Spin, among others. Other available desktop environments, in addition to the GNOME 3.8 desktop which is shipped in the default version of Fedora 19, as well as those highlighted above, include XFCE, Sugar on a Stick, and LXDE. For more information on Fedora Spins, visit: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ To see all of the Official Fedora 19 Release Spins, visit: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Spins Nightly composes of alternate Spins are available here: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes *** Note on performance *** Fedora development releases use a kernel with extra debug information to help us understand and resolve issues faster; however, this can have a significant impact on performance. Refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelDebugStrategy for more details on the kernel debug strategy. You can boot with slub_debug=- or use the kernel from nodebug repository to disable the extra debug info. *** Issues and Details *** Schrödinger's Cat Alpha is a testing release. To report issues encountered during testing, please file a bug report, or contact the Fedora QA team through their mailing list or IRC, in #fedora-qa on freenode. As testing progresses, common issues are tracked here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F19_bugs For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report The Fedora QA team mailing list can be joined here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test *** Contributing *** There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit http://join.fedoraproject.org today! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlF2kYMACgkQkSxm47BaWfcMLwCfUL7Cu8fFFRMPmX6WVxOUxWLU QFwAnjAOT69cdVGZtgyDIDg5Q9MVtYrQ =89WD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fedora 19 Alpha status is Go, release on April 23, 2013
by Jaroslav Reznik 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

At the Fedora 19 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting that just occurred, it was agreed to Go with the Fedora 19 Alpha by Fedora QA, release engineering, FPL, FPGM and development. Fedora 19 Alpha will be publicly available on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Many thanks to everyone who helped with this release, our cat seems to be pretty alive! Meeting details can be seen here: Minutes: http://bit.ly/10lfFO5 Log: http://bit.ly/ZCqofQ Jaroslav

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Fedora 19 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting #2, Thursday, April 18 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jaroslav Reznik 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-2 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 19 Alpha. Thursday, April 18, 2013 17:00 UTC (1 PM EDT, 10 AM PDT, 19:00 CEST) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting In the meantime, keep an eye on the Fedora 19 Alpha Blocker list: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/alpha/buglist As for now, it looks pretty good - all accepted blockers are "under control" and who knows, maybe the cat is still alive ;-) Jaroslav

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Fedora 19 Alpha to slip by one week
by Jaroslav Reznik 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Today at Go/No-Go meeting it was decided to slip Fedora 19 Alpha release by one week due to unresolved UEFI bugs, see the blocker tracking app [1]. Otherwise we think we have pretty solid foundation for Alpha, please help us to identify the real impact of the UEFI issues. More details in meeting minutes [2]. As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks, will be pushed out by one week. The next Go/No-Go meeting is on Thursday, Apr 18, the same time but due to possible conflict with Board meeting we will move to #fedora-meeting-2 channel. [1] http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/alpha/buglist [2] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2013-04-11/f19_alpha_gono… Jaroslav

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[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines
by Tom Callaway 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Another round of changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines have been made: --- A new section on packaging cron jobs has been added: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/CronFiles --- The guidelines for migrating from sysv init scripts to systemd were clarified to state that the migration triggers only need to be kept for two releases (to cover the range of supported upgrades). For example, if the package converted to systemd unit files in F18, the migration support could be dropped in the F21. It is not mandatory that they drop them, this is just to clarify that they have the option of dropping them at that point. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Packages_migrati… --- If an update to your package resolves a known security concern (at the time of the update) with a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) number assigned to it, you should mention the CVE number in the RPM changelog entry. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Security_Updates_To_Res… --- The Java Guidelines have been updated with macros that simplify packaging on F19+, a specific circumstance where JAR files can be now installed to %{_javadir}/%{name}/ under its usual name, and other cleanups proposed by the Java SIG. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java --- The ruby gems guidelines have been updated to make use of the %gem_install macro that is available in Fedora 19 and beyond. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Ruby --- The packaging guidelines have been clarified to specify that RPM Macro files stored in /etc/rpm/ are not to be marked %config. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional… --- A Bundling exception for nodejs-should to include the forked code fragment from the Node.js "assert" module was approved. --- These guideline changes were approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC). Many thanks to Jóhann B. Guðmundsson, Przemek Klosowski, David Malcolm, Jamie Nguyen, Vit Ondruch, Michal Srb, and all of the members of the FPC, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines. As 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: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure Thanks, ~tom

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Fedora 19 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting, Thursday, April 11 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jaroslav Reznik 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-1 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 19 Alpha. Thursday, April 11, 2013 17:00 UTC (1 PM EDT, 10 AM PDT, 19:00 CEST) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting In the meantime, keep an eye on the Fedora 19 Alpha Blocker list: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/alpha/buglist Reminder: the Readiness meeting follows the Go/No-Go meeting two hours later. Jaroslav

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Fedora 19 Alpha Change freeze
by Dennis Gilmore 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, as the Fedora 19 schedule[1] states the Alpha change freeze is upon us. As we are now at the change freeze bodhi has been enabled for f19 now. it means all builds will now need an update cretaed and as we are at Alpha freeze only accepted exceptions[2] will be allowed in. we are at the pre beta stage of release, so the Pre-beta[3] stage of the updates policy applies Regards Dennis [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-19/f-19-devel-tasks.html [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Pre_Beta -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlFaRS8ACgkQkSxm47BaWfc6SgCggi4O6rq1c8stA0sSxRwJ2bOr hcwAnRl/igl6NV3j2wASwx8qV4RvJhah =Cq0D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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