devel-announce March 2017

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Fedora 26 Alpha RC1.7 has been declared as GOLD and the status is GO
by Jan Kurik 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

On the third round of Fedora 26 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting, has just been Fedora 26 Alpha RC1.7 declared as GOLD. GA of this release is planed on Tuesday 2017-April-04. Meeting details can be seen here: Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-30/f26-alpha-go-… Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-30/f26-alpha-go-… Thanks everyone who participated on this Alpha release! Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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F27 Self Contained Change: Replace Yumex-DNF with dnfdragora
by Jan Kurik 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Replace Yumex-DNF with dnfdragora = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_yumex-dnf_with_dnfdragora Change owner(s): * Björn Esser <besser82 AT fedoraproject DOT org> * Christian Dersch <lupinix AT fedoraproject DOT org> Replace the current alternative graphical package manager. == Detailed Description == Yumex-DNF needs a replacement, since upstream stopped development[1]. With dnfdragora[2] we have a versatile (Qt, GTK and NCurses interface) replacement. [1] https://github.com/timlau/yumex-dnf/blob/develop/README.md [2] https://github.com/manatools/dnfdragora == Scope == * Proposal owners: - Adjust packaging of dnfdragora to properly obsolete/provides yumex-dnf. * Other developers: - Adjust default package-manager of alternative desktop-evironment's packages, if applicable. - Make needed changes to kickstarts and/or comps. * Release engineering: - Merge changes to kickstarts and/or comps. -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 26 Alpha status is NO-GO
by Jan Kurik 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

The result of the second Fedora 26 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting is NO-GO. Due to blockers found during the last days [1] we have decided to delay the Fedora 26 Alpha release for one more week. There is going to be one more Go/No-Go meeting on the next Thursday, March 30th, 2017 at 17:00 UTC to verify we are ready for the release. For more information please find the minutes from the meeting [2][3]. [1] https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/26/alpha/buglist [2] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-23/f26-alpha-go-… [3] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-23/f26-alpha-go-… Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Understanding the Fedora Modularity initiative (video + slides)
by Matthew Miller 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Hi everyone. The Fedora Council holds monthly video-based meetings where we host a report from one of our various subprojects or official objectives. This month, Langdon White presented on Modularity. If you're a Fedora contributor busy in other areas and haven't paid much attention, you might be wondering what Modularity is, exactly. Modularity is an effort to address the "moves too fast! moves too slow!" issue that affects all operating systems, and an outgrowth of Fedora.next and a sort of descendant of the "Environments and Stacks" part of my "Fedora Rings" proposal from 2013. This is a really nice, easy-to-understand presentation putting forward the goals of the initiative, the current state, and where we hope to have it for the upcoming Fedora 26 release and Fedora 27 later this year. If you package software in Fedora — and, particularly, something like a language or application stack where Fedora users might benefit from choosing between several supported versions — I really recommend checking this out. Video: ----- https://youtu.be/xqZftb2Wgi4 https://mattdm.fedorapeople.org/council/2017-03-22-Fedora_Council-Modularit… * when it's done encoding — VP9 is... apparently not speedy. Slides: ------ https://langdon.fedorapeople.org/fedora-modularity-one-goal.pdf https://langdon.fedorapeople.org/fedora-council-modularity-update-20170322.… Docs site: --------- https://docs.pagure.org/modularity/ -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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Fedora 26 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting - the 2nd round on Thursday, March 23 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jan Kurik 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

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Provenpackagers dealing with -Werror=format-security issues
by Stephen Gallagher 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

There was an issue[1] with GCC7 during the mass-rebuild. Despite the Fedora-wide setting of -Werror=format-security, GCC did not process its command-line properly and an unknown number of packages were built without this flag appropriately set. As a result, all of those packages built successfully during the mass-rebuild, where many should in fact have reported compilation errors and been rejected. As part of the modular builds that the Base Runtime is performing, we need to rebuild all packages that are going into the base runtime (as well as the set of packages required to self-host the base runtime). Because GCC has been updated to properly handle the CLI arguments, somewhere between two and three dozen packages now throw errors on building. Because we are under time-constraints, Petr Šabata and myself will be using our provenpackager privileges to apply patches to these packages without waiting for maintainer correspondence. The patches will be very simple, as the fix for this issue will be in most cases the equivalent of replacing printf(variable) with printf("%s", variable) In very rare cases where the fix is non-obvious, we may take the short-term solution of setting -Wno-format-security for that package and open a Bugzilla for the maintainer to fix it properly (or engage upstream to do the same). [1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org…

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Fedora 26 Alpha status is NO-GO
by Jan Kurik 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Release status of the Fedora 26 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting is NO-GO. Due to late blockers we are missing RC of Fedora 26 Alpha release. As such the decision is to slip the Fedora 26 Alpha release for one week. There is going to be one more Go/No-Go meeting the next Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 at 17:00 UTC to verify we are ready for the release. For more information please find the logs or minutes from the meeting [2][3]. [1] https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/26/alpha/buglist [2] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-16/f26-alpha-go-… [3] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-03-16/f26-alpha-go-… Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 26 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting on Thursday, March 16 @ 19:00 UTC
by Jan Kurik 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-2 for the Fedora 26 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting meeting. The meeting is going to be held on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 19:00 UTC. Please check the [1] link for your time zone. We will meet to make sure we are coordinated and ready for the Alpha release of Fedora 26. Please note that this meeting is going to be held even if the release is delayed at the Go/No-Go meeting on the same day two hours earlier. You may received this message several times, but it is by purpose to open this meeting to the teams and to raise awareness, so hopefully more team representatives will come to this meeting. This meeting works best when we have representatives from all of the teams. For more information please check the [2] link. [1] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/5306/ [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Readiness_Meetings Thank you for your support, Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 26 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting on Thursday, March 16 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jan Kurik 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-2 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 26 Alpha. The meeting is going to be held on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 17:00 UTC. Please check the [1] link for your time zone. 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. Release Candidate (RC) availability and good QA coverage are prerequisites for the Go/No-Go meeting. If you have any bug on the list, please help us with Alpha release. If we won't be ready by Thursday, we will use this meeting to review blockers and decide what to do. In the meantime, please keep also an eye on the Fedora 26 Alpha Blocker list [2]. For more details about this meeting please follow the [3] link. [1] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/5305/ [2] http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/26/alpha/buglist [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting Thank you in advance for your support. Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 26 Alpha Freeze
by Mohan Boddu 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Hi all, Today's an important day on the Fedora 26 schedule[1], with several significant cut-offs. First of all today is the Bodhi activation point [2]. That means that from now all Fedora 26 packages must be submitted to updates-testing and pass the relevant requirements[3] before they will be marked as 'stable' and moved to the fedora repository. Today is also the Alpha freeze[4]. This means that only packages which fix accepted blocker or freeze exception bugs[5][6] will be marked as 'stable' and included in the Alpha composes. Other builds will remain in updates-testing until the Alpha release is approved, at which point the Alpha freeze is lifted and packages can move to 'stable' as usual until the Beta freeze. Today is also the Software String freeze[7], which means that strings marked for translation in Fedora-translated projects should not now be changed for Fedora 26. Finally, today is the 'completion deadline' Change Checkpoint[8], meaning that Fedora 26 Changes must now be 'feature complete or close enough to completion that a majority of its functionality can be tested'. Regards Mohan Boddu [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/26/Schedule [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Bodhi_enabling [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Branched_release [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_freezes [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process [6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process [7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy [8] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Policy

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