devel-announce June 2017

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F27 System Wide Change: perl Package to Install Core Modules
by Jan Kurik 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

= Proposed System Wide Change: perl Package to Install Core Modules = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/perl_Package_to_Install_Core_Modules Change owner(s): * Petr Písař <ppisar AT redhat DOT com> dnf install perl will install all core Perl modules that come with Perl upstream sources. == Detailed Description == Upstream releases Perl interpreter together many Perl modules. This set of modules is called core modules. Fedora splits the modules into subpackages so that installing perl package results in stripped-down set of modules. Fedora documents this as a feature and provides perl-core to metapackage that allows installing all the core modules as is intended by upstream. Unfortunately this seems to be confusing to Perl users because Fedora is the only distribution doing so. To align Fedora's behaviour to upstream and other distributions this change will rename perl package to perl-interpreter and perl-core package to perl'. This will allow installing all core Perl modules with dnf install perl while still retain the possibility to install only a minimal perl interpreter (/usr/bin/perl) with dnf install perl-interpreter. This change will also update Fedora Packaging Guidelines for Perl to all spec files that require perl to use perl-interpreter instead. There is only 81 binary packages affected. They will rebuilt. Otherwise no mass rebuild won't be necessary. To ease sharing spec files with older Fedoras, perl-interpreter provide will add to perl package there. == Scope == * Proposal owners: - Submit Fedora Packaging Guidelines for Perl update to Fedora Packaging Committee. - Update and rebuild perl source package. - Add Provides: perl-interpreter to perl package in older Fedoras. - Replace BuildRequires and Requires for perl with perl-interpreter in all spec files. - Rebuild packages with replaced Requires to propagate the change to repositories. - Replace perl-core with perl in compose groups definition. * Other developers: Get familiar with new Fedora Packaging Guidelines for Perl. * Release engineering: No action needed. Request to check of an impact with Release Engineering: https://pagure.io/releng/issue/6842 * List of deliverables: Anything what contains perl package * Policies and guidelines: Fedora Packaging Guidelines for Perl update request ( https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/690 ) to use perl and perl-interpreter instead of perl-core and perl. Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Flock hotel discount code is available + Last-minute CFP reminder!
by Máirín Duffy 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Hi everyone, Our hotel discount code for Flock went live yesterday. It is... *drumroll* "FLOCK". Here are the rates: - A $139/night* rate per double, queen, or king room is available from August 27 to August 31. You will need to use the "Group Attendee" code "FLOCK" on the hotel reservation form to book your room at the Flock rate. - A $169/night* double occupancy (under 18 free) discounted rate is available the weekend before and the weekend after (evenings of Fri Aug 25 and Sat Aug 26 + evenings of Fri Sep 1 and Sat Sep 2. The $139 rate is available Thu Aug 24 and Mon Sep 3.) - If you are booking by phone, please state that you are attending the Flock 2017 Conference. - July 26 is the cut-off for our reserved block. If reserving for yourself, please book before then! *IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING DO NOT RESERVE YOUR ROOM.* We'll book it for you if you are funded. :) The website is updated with this info. Also, we're looking forward to reviewing your session proposals, which are due tomorrow! :) For more frequent updates about Flock 2017, please subscribe to: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/flock-attendees-2017.lists.fedo… Cheers, ~m

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Announcing the release of Fedora 26 Beta
by Mohan Boddu 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 26 Beta, the next big step on our journey to the exciting Fedora 26 release in July. Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site: * Get Fedora 26 Beta Workstation https://getfedora.org/workstation/prerelease/ * Get Fedora 26 Beta Server https://getfedora.org/server/prerelease/ * Get Fedora 26 Pre-Release Atomic https://getfedora.org/atomic/prerelease/ Looking for Fedora Cloud Base? This is replaced by Atomic as a Fedora Edition for the container use case, but we still produce it for those of you who want to build up your own cloud-computing environment in a more traditional way from https://cloud.fedoraproject.org/. Or, check out one of our popular variants, including KDE Plasma, Xfce, and other desktop environments, as well as images for ARM devices like the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3: * Get Fedora 26 Beta Spins https://spins.fedoraproject.org/prerelease * Get Fedora 26 Beta Labs https://labs.fedoraproject.org/prerelease * Get Fedora 26 Beta ARM https://arm.fedoraproject.org/prerelease Fedora’s journey is not simply about updating one operating system with the latest and greatest packages. It’s also about innovation for the many different platforms represented in the Fedora Project: Workstation, Server, Atomic, and the various Spins. Coordinating the efforts across the many working groups is no small task, and serves as a testament to the talent and professionalism found within the Fedora community. As we move into this Beta phase of the Fedora 26 release cycle, what can users expect? Fedora-Wide Changes =================== Fedora, always in the path of innovation, will ship with the latest version of the GNU Compiler Collection, also known as GCC, bringing the latest language features and optimizations to users and to the software we build. Also the Go Language is updated to the latest version, 1.8, which includes 32-bits MIPS support and speed improvements. One of the most important changes is the addition of "blivet-gui" to the installer. This provides a "building-blocks" style partitioning GUI for sysadmins and enthusiast users who are familiar with the details of storage systems. Also, we've made and included many improvements in security, improving user experience and reducing the risks of the digital life. Fedora Editions =============== The Workstation edition of Fedora 26 Beta features GNOME 3.24, which includes important changes like Night Light, which changes the color temperature of the display based on time of day. It will also include the latest update of LibreOffice. Our Atomic Host Edition also has a lot of improvements, including more options to run containers, the latest version of the docker container platform, the cockpit manager and the atomic CLI, improving the way containers are managed, making being a sysadmin easier. Spins and Labs ============== The Fedora Project is proud to announce two new versions: The LXQt Spin, a lightweight desktop supporting the latest version of the Qt libraries; and the Python Classroom Lab, a new version focused in the teaching and learning of the Python programming language. And, in the Cinnamon Spin, the desktop is updated to the latest version. Alternative Architectures ========================= We are also simultaneously releasing 64-bit F26 Beta for ARM (AArch64), Power (both little and big endian) and s390x architectures. You'll also find minimal network installers and the Fedora 26 Beta Cloud Base image here: * Get Beta Alternative Architectures and Other Downloads. https://alt.fedoraproject.org/prerelease/ What is the Beta Release? ========================= A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 26 is expected in July. If you take the time to download and try out the Beta, you can check and make sure the things that are important to you are working. Every bug you find and report doesn’t just help you, it improves the experience of millions of Fedora users worldwide! Together, we can make Fedora rock-solid. We have a culture of coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as we can, and your feedback improves not only Fedora, but Linux and Free software as a whole. Issues and Details ================== Since this is a Beta release, we expect that you may encounter bugs or missing features. To report issues encountered during testing, contact the Fedora QA team via the mailing list or in #fedora-qa on Freenode. As testing progresses, common issues are tracked on the Common F26 Bugs page. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F26_bugs For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read how to file a bug report: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report More information ================ For more detailed information about what's new on Fedora 26 Beta Release, you can consult our Talking Points and the F26 Change Set. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_talking_points * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/26/ChangeSet They contain more technical information about the new packages and improvements shipped with this release.

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Fedora 26 Beta status is GO, release on June 13, 2017
by Jan Kurik 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

The Fedora 26 Beta 1.4 compose [1] is considered as GOLD and is going to be shipped live on Tuesday, June 13th, 2017. For more information please check the Go/No-Go meeting minutes [2] or logs [3]. I would like to thank all the people who were and are still working on this release. [1] https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/26/Fedora-26-20170531.0/compose/ [2] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-06-08/f26-beta-go-n… [3] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-06-08/f26-beta-go-n… 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: Decouple system java setting from java command setting
by Jan Kurik 08 Jun '17

08 Jun '17

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Decouple system java setting from java command setting = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Decouple_system_java_setting_from_ja… Change owner(s): * Michael Simacek <msimacek AT redhat DOT com> * Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk AT redhat DOT com> Alternatives can be used to specify which Java installation should be the default for the system. Currently, changing the default java command causes not only a change to the /usr/bin/java symlink, but also affects the which runtime is used for system installed Java applications. We propose introduction of separate setting for system-wide java applications. == Detailed Description == Fedora allows parallel installation of multiple Java runtime environments and it uses alternatives mechanism to allow the user to switch between them. JDK packages provide a set of alternatives symlinks for it's executables. The java symlink is used to determine the java command (/usr/bin/java), but also determines which runtime environment is used to run system-wide Java applications installed from RPMs, such as maven or eclipse. While in theory different Java runtime environments are drop-in replacements for each other, in practice some of the applications may stop working properly. Users usually install alternative JDKs in order to run their own applications and don't expect that changing the java command will have effect on the system applications. By introducing a separate setting for system-wide java, we would avoid this problem. We propose specifying default Java runtime for RPM-managed applications in /etc/java/java.conf (this is already possible, but not currently used). Administrators would still be able to override the system default if they need to. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Adjust javapackages-tools to provide default Java setting in /etc/java/java.conf * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Release engineering: https://pagure.io/releng/issue/6831 * List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Guidelines change] Changes to the packaging guidelines
by Jason L Tibbitts III 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines. ----- The guidelines for enabling services by default modified to indicate that FESCo approval is required for services which change the behavior of other services. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DefaultServices#Restrictions * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/683 ----- A very minor tweak was made to the bootstrapping guidelines to invert the sense of a test so that it matches expectations. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Bootstrapping * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/684 ----- The python guidelines were updated to mention that "python-" MUST NOT be used in dependencies unless the proper "python2-" or "python3-" packages do not exist. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Dependencies * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/686 ----- The naming guidelines have been altered to indicate that python2 binary packages MUST be named starting with "python2-" and that python3 binary package MUST be named starting with "python3-". The section on the old naming conventions for python packages has been removed as it has not been acceptable for many releases now. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Naming#Python_modules * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/685 ----- The guidelines for package dependencies were cleaned up and modified to indicate that all package dependencies MUST be satisfiable within the official Fedora repositories. A statement reiterating that fact was added to the page on weak dependencies as well. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Package_Dependencies * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:WeakDependencies * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/688

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REMINDER: Bugzilla 5 beta feedback
by Christine Freitas 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Hello All, The Bugzilla 5 beta [1] is in full swing! We encourage you to test your current scripts and take part in the beta discussions on the Fedora development list [2]. Partners and customers may also use their existing communications channels to share feedback or questions. We've extended the beta window and ask that you provide feedback or questions by Wednesday, June 14th. The official release date for Bugzilla 5 will be determined based on the beta feedback. We are actively working the action items necessary for release. We will communicate to you as the beta continues to progress. For more information refer to: https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=whats-new.html https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=release-notes.html https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=faq.html https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/docs/en/html/using/index.html https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/docs/en/html/api/index.html Cheers, the Red Hat Bugzilla team. 1: https://beta-bugzilla.redhat.com/ 2: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel%40lists. fedoraproject.org/

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Please note that F26 schedule does not affect F27 change deadlines
by Matthew Miller 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

I just wanted to call out in particular this bit from Jan's note: > This slip of the F26 release does not have any impact on F27 schedule [3]. > [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/27/Schedule This means that system-wide changes for Fedora 27 should be submitted to FESCo *before* the Fedora 26 final release. Changes which require a mass rebuild should be in _this_ month. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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Fedora 26 Beta status is NO-GO
by Jan Kurik 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Release status of the Fedora 26 Beta is NO-GO. After 23 hours long Go/No-Go meeting for F26 Beta 1.4 compose [1] we have decided to slip the whole F26 release for one week [2]. The main concern for not releasing this compose [1] as GOLD is unclear resolution of bug #1397087, which is still causing some issues during testing. There is going to be one more Go/No-Go meeting the next Thursday, June 8th, 2017 to verify we are ready for the release. This slip of the F26 release does not have any impact on F27 schedule [3]. For more information please find the logs or minutes from the meeting [4][5]. [1] https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/26/Fedora-26-20170531.0/compose/ [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/26/Schedule [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/27/Schedule [4] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-06-01/f26-beta-go-n… [5] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-06-01/f26-beta-go-n… 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: Node.js 8.x
by Jan Kurik 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Node.js 8.x = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NodeJS8x Change owner(s): * Zuzana Svetlikova <zsvetlik AT redhat DOT com> Fedora 27 will be updated to Node.js 8.x, the latest LTS release of the platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. == Detailed Description == Node.js has seen many changes between v6.x and v8.x. Note that this release includes API updates that may require dependency updates. Upstream maintains an exhaustive list of interesting changes here: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md Node.js 8.x will be under active development until October 2017, at which time it will enter its long-term stable release, which will be maintained actively through April 2019 and for security issues until December 2019. == Scope == Proposal owners: - Update nodejs - Rebuild all binary modules, apply patches as necessary * Other developers: Other Node.js packagers' attention may be required if the update causes issues for their packages. * Release engineering: N/A * Policies and guidelines: No expected changes * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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