devel September 2009

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[KDE] Which Phonon? Phonon backend - GStreamer or Xine?
by Jaroslav Reznik 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Hi! We, KDE SIG, are considering which backend should be default for Phonon in Fedora. Seems like it's not easy to agree on final decision @ KDE SIG meetings, we'd like to summarize what's the problem, some backends facts (please correct me, comment, add, etc.) and we'd like to hear comments from outer KDE SIG universe, from you, Fedora developers & users, too. First question is which Phonon use - there are two actually - one is part of Qt, one is part of KDE. Upstream recommends building/packaging phonon from qt, and building/packaging backends separately. Some backends facts... GStreamer backend facts: * now default one in Fedora (F12, rawhide) * GStreamer is Fedora's default multimedia framework - better support from Fedora side? (PA, releases) * Phonon backend not as mature as Xine one - missing functionality * Maybe more support from upstream developers in the future? [1] * Nokia is upstream Xine backend facts: * default in F10 & F11 * recommended by sandsmark (upstream developer) and Amarok team * Xine is not as well supported as GStreamer in Fedora - but currently nearly bug free * KDE is upstream We prepared test plan but still we don't have any response from our users. For some users Xine one works better, for others GStreamer backend works better. Seems like it depends on sound HW, ALSA support, PA, engine, backend -> lots of possibilities. So there are two questions: 1. which Phonon 2. which backend fits better to Fedora... [1] http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/phonon-backends/2009-September/000304.html Jaroslav & KDE SIG

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Re: bitmap-fonts by default?
by Nicolas Mailhot 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Le Mer 30 septembre 2009 16:35, Qianqian Fang a écrit : > > Jens Petersen wrote: >> We have been looking at updating bitmap-fonts recently, >> and noticed that it is still listed mandatory in the comps >> @base-x group. >> >> So I just wondered a couple of naive questions: >> >> - does bitmap-fonts have to be installed by default? >> - what actually needs it? >> > > anything before X may still need bitmap fonts, don't they? The problem is, we have a lot of stuff installed by default in base-x because something "may" use it (even though no one actually checked that was still the case). IMHO default packages in default groups should have a clear user, or be downgraded to optional. -- Nicolas Mailhot

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Fedora 12 Freeze at 0600~ 2009-09-30 UTC
by Jesse Keating 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Just a reminder that the Fedora 12 freeze will be happening tonight at 0600 2009-09-30 UTC, just prior to the rawhide compose tonight. The rawhide for 20090930 will be built from frozen content. You do not need to send tag requests until after that. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating _______________________________________________ Fedora-devel-announce mailing list Fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-announce

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rawhide report: 20090930 changes
by Fedora compose checker 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Compose started at Wed Sep 30 06:15:12 UTC 2009 Broken deps for i386 ---------------------------------------------------------- PolicyKit-olpc-1.2-2.fc11.noarch requires /var/lib/PolicyKit-public argus-2.0.6.fixes.1-16.fc11.i586 requires libpcap.so.0.9 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) glom-1.10.1-1.fc12.i586 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11 glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.i586 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11 labrea-2.5.1-2.fc10.i386 requires libpcap.so.0.9 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.i686 requires libqmfagent.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.i686 requires libqpidclient.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.i686 requires libqpidcommon.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.i686 requires libqmfcommon.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.i686 requires libqmfagent.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.i686 requires libqpidclient.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.i686 requires libqpidcommon.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.i686 requires libqmfcommon.so.2 network-manager-netbook-1.2-5.fc12.i686 requires libnm_glib.so.0 ngrep-1.45-5.fc11.i586 requires libpcap.so.0.9 rhn-check-0.7.3-1.fc12.noarch requires yum-rhn-plugin >= 0:0.5.3-30 yersinia-0.7.1-3.fc11.i586 requires libpcap.so.0.9 Broken deps for x86_64 ---------------------------------------------------------- PolicyKit-olpc-1.2-2.fc11.noarch requires /var/lib/PolicyKit-public argus-2.0.6.fixes.1-16.fc11.x86_64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.x86_64 requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.x86_64 requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.x86_64 requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.i586 requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.x86_64 requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.x86_64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.i586 requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.x86_64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) glom-1.10.1-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11()(64bit) glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.i586 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11 glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.x86_64 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11()(64bit) labrea-2.5.1-2.fc10.x86_64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.x86_64 requires libqpidcommon.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.x86_64 requires libqmfagent.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.x86_64 requires libqmfcommon.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.x86_64 requires libqpidclient.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.x86_64 requires libqpidcommon.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.x86_64 requires libqmfagent.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.x86_64 requires libqmfcommon.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.x86_64 requires libqpidclient.so.2()(64bit) network-manager-netbook-1.2-5.fc12.x86_64 requires libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) ngrep-1.45-5.fc11.x86_64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) rhn-check-0.7.3-1.fc12.noarch requires yum-rhn-plugin >= 0:0.5.3-30 yersinia-0.7.1-3.fc11.x86_64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) Broken deps for ppc ---------------------------------------------------------- PolicyKit-olpc-1.2-2.fc11.noarch requires /var/lib/PolicyKit-public argus-2.0.6.fixes.1-16.fc11.ppc requires libpcap.so.0.9 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0 clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0 clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) glom-1.10.1-1.fc12.ppc requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11 glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.ppc requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11 glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11()(64bit) labrea-2.5.1-2.fc10.ppc requires libpcap.so.0.9 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc requires libqmfagent.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc requires libqpidclient.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc requires libqpidcommon.so.2 libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc requires libqmfcommon.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc requires libqmfagent.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc requires libqpidclient.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc requires libqpidcommon.so.2 matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc requires libqmfcommon.so.2 network-manager-netbook-1.2-5.fc12.ppc requires libnm_glib.so.0 ngrep-1.45-5.fc11.ppc requires libpcap.so.0.9 rhn-check-0.7.3-1.fc12.noarch requires yum-rhn-plugin >= 0:0.5.3-30 yersinia-0.7.1-3.fc11.ppc requires libpcap.so.0.9 Broken deps for ppc64 ---------------------------------------------------------- PolicyKit-olpc-1.2-2.fc11.noarch requires /var/lib/PolicyKit-public argus-2.0.6.fixes.1-16.fc11.ppc64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libclutter-glx-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libclutter-cairo-0.8.so.0()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires libcluttermm-0.8.so.2()(64bit) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(cluttermm-0.8) clutter-cairomm-devel-0.7.4-2.fc11.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-0.8) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libclutter-gtk-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libclutter-glx-0.9.so.0()(64bit) clutter-gtkmm-devel-0.9.4-1.fc12.ppc64 requires pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-0.9) glom-1.10.1-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11()(64bit) glom-libs-1.10.1-1.fc12.ppc64 requires libgdamm-4.0.so.11()(64bit) labrea-2.5.1-2.fc10.ppc64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc64 requires libqpidcommon.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc64 requires libqmfagent.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc64 requires libqmfcommon.so.2()(64bit) libvirt-qpid-0.2.17-0.fc12.ppc64 requires libqpidclient.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc64 requires libqpidcommon.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc64 requires libqmfagent.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc64 requires libqmfcommon.so.2()(64bit) matahari-0.0.4-5.fc12.ppc64 requires libqpidclient.so.2()(64bit) network-manager-netbook-1.2-5.fc12.ppc64 requires libnm_glib.so.0()(64bit) ngrep-1.45-5.fc11.ppc64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) python-mwlib-0.11.2-3.20090522hg2956.fc12.ppc64 requires LabPlot rhn-check-0.7.3-1.fc12.noarch requires yum-rhn-plugin >= 0:0.5.3-30 yersinia-0.7.1-3.fc11.ppc64 requires libpcap.so.0.9()(64bit) New package avra Atmel AVR assembler New package dokuwiki Standards compliant simple to use wiki New package etckeeper Store /etc in a SCM system (git, mercurial, bzr or darcs) New package gplcver An interpreted Verilog HDL simulator New package haskell-platform Standard Haskell distribution New package kcheckers Checkers board game New package moblin-panel-people Moblin Panel for People New package moblin-panel-status Moblin Panel for Social Network Status New package perl-WWW-Mechanize-GZip Fetch compressed webpages New package perl-common-sense "Common sense" Perl defaults New package snacc Sample Neufeld ASN.1 to C Compiler Removed package bug-buddy Removed package emacs-nxml-mode Removed package znc-extra 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Fix the lack of icons in the http backend hplip-3.9.8-17.fc12 ------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh(a)redhat.com> 3.9.8-17 - Give up trying to print a job to a reconnected device (bug #515481). hunspell-ta-20090929-1.fc12 --------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Parag <pnemade(a)redhat.com> - 20090929-1 - Update to new dictionary wordlist with new URL jetty-6.1.20-4.fc12 ------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Alexander Kurtakov <akurtako(a)redhat.com> 6.1.20-4 - No need to require the whole tomcat5. json-glib-0.8.0-1.fc12 ---------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Brian Pepple <bpepple(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.0-1 - Update to 0.8.0. - Update source url. k3b-1.0.5-10.fc12 ----------------- * Sat Sep 26 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.0.5-10 - Epoch: 1 (increment Release too, to minimize confusion) - -common: noarch subpkg kdeedu-4.3.1-4.fc12 ------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> - 4.3.1-4 - kdeedu-marble multilib fixes (rebuild for digikam botch) kdevplatform-0.9.95-0.3.beta5.fc12 ---------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Ben Boeckel <MathStuf(a)gmail.com> - 0.9.95-0.3.beta5 - Use official release kernel-2.6.31.1-56.fc12 ----------------------- * Wed Sep 30 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-56 - revert all the arjan patches until someone tests them. * Tue Sep 29 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-53 - drm-next-4c57edba4.patch: fix r600 dri1 memory leak and r600 bugs * Tue Sep 29 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-54 - Fix broken capabilties that stopped dbus working due to copy from user fixups. * Tue Sep 29 2009 Steve Dickson <steved(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-55 - Updated the NFS4 pseudo root code with a fix from upstream * Mon Sep 28 2009 Justin M. Forbes <jmforbes(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-50 - Increase timeout for xen frontend devices to connect. * Mon Sep 28 2009 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com> 2.6.31.1-52 - Use __builtin_object_size to validate the buffer size for copy_from_user + associated fixes to various copy_from_user invocations. koffice-1.6.3-26.20090306svn.fc12 --------------------------------- * Sat Sep 26 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> 3:1.6.3-26.20090306svn - Epoch++ (revert koffice2 -> koffice1) * Sun Sep 20 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> 2:1.6.3-25.20090306svn - rebuild (GraphicsMagick) krazy2-2.9-4.20090928svn.fc12 ----------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Ben Boeckel <MathStuf(a)gmail.com> 2.9-4.20090928svn - Update snapshot - krazy2ebn is gone - Use kdevplatform by default now libchewing-0.3.2-16.fc12 ------------------------ * Wed Sep 30 2009 Ding-Yi Chen <dchen at redhat dot com> - 0.3.2-16 - Fix chewing Google issue 352: zuin_count in chewing_zuin_String( ChewingContext *ctx, int *zuin_count ) does not count correctly. libcompizconfig-0.8.2-7.fc12 ---------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 leigh scott <leigh123linux(a)googlemail.com> - 0.8.2-7 - add patch for protobuf version and re-enable protobuf support libepc-0.3.10-3.fc12 -------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Brian Pepple <bpepple(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.10-3 - Add BR on libuuid-devel, and drop BR on e2fsprogs-devel. * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.10-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild libgdamm-3.99.17.1-1.fc12 ------------------------- * Sat Sep 26 2009 Denis Leroy <denis(a)poolshark.org> - 3.99.17.1-1 - Update to upstream 3.99.17.1 - Added documentation under gtk-doc libguestfs-1.0.72-2.fc12 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.72-2 - Force rebuild. * Wed Sep 23 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.72-1 - New upstream release 1.0.72. - New tools: virt-edit, virt-rescue. - Combine virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit, virt-inspector and virt-rescue into a single package called libguestfs-tools. * Tue Sep 22 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.71-2 - New upstream release 1.0.71. libpqxx-2.6.8-15.fc12 --------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.6.8-15 - Epoch: 1 (revert from libpqxx-3.0.0 on F-12) libprelude-0.9.24.1-1.fc12 -------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.24.1-1 - New upstream release * Sat Aug 08 2009 Manuel "lonely wolf" Wolfshant <wolfy(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.24-3 - adjust to build in EL-5 lua-filesystem-1.4.2-1.fc12 --------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Tim Niemueller <tim(a)niemueller.de> - 1.4.2-1 - Upgrade to latest stable release memtest86+-4.00-1.fc12 ---------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod(a)redhat.com> - 4.00-1 - Update to new upstream release, v4.00 - Drop gcc4.2+ patch, merged upstream mingw32-pixman-0.16.2-1.fc12 ---------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Erik van Pienbroek <epienbro(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.16.2-1 - Update to 0.16.2 mutter-moblin-0.40.1-1.fc12 --------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> 0.40.1-1 - New 0.40.1 upstream release nazghul-0.7.0-0.4.20090928cvs.fc12 ---------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu> - 0.7.0-0.4.20090928cvs - Pull latest fixes. * Tue Sep 22 2009 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu> - 0.7.0-0.3.20090918cvs - Modernize the spec a bit; nuke BuildRoot:, no more RPM_BUILD_ROOT. * Fri Sep 18 2009 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu> - 0.7.0-0.2.20090918cvs - New CVS snapshot; hopefully fix x86_64 startup crash and music issues. * Thu Sep 10 2009 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu> - 0.7.0-0.1.20090910cvs - Initial attempt to rebase to current CVS. - Update to use xz for compression of snapshot tarballs. - Rename "nazghul-haxima" package to "haxima", according to upstream wishes and common sense. net-snmp-5.4.2.1-18.fc12 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Jan Safranek <jsafranek(a)redhat.com> 5.4.2.1-18 - remove static libraries from -devel subpackage nfoview-1.7-1.fc12 ------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Fabian Affolter <fabian(a)bernewireless.net> - 1.7-1 - Updated to new upstream version 1.7 nfs-utils-1.2.0-13.fc12 ----------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Steve Dickson <steved(a)redhat.com> 1.2.0-13 - Added upstream 1.2.1-rc5 patch - mount.nfs: Support negotiation between v4, v3, and v2 - mount.nfs: Keep server's address in nfsmount_info - mount.nfs: Sandbox each mount attempt - mount.nfs: Support negotiation between v4, v3, and v2 ntp-4.2.4p7-6.fc12 ------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar(a)redhat.com> 4.2.4p7-6 - generate tickadj man page (#526161) - fix precision calculation on fast CPUs ocaml-cairo-1.2.0.cvs20080301-11.fc12 ------------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.0.cvs20080301-11 - Force rebuild against newer lablgtk. ocaml-camlimages-3.0.1-12.fc12 ------------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 3.0.1-12 - Force rebuild against newer lablgtk. ocaml-ocamlnet-2.2.9-15.fc12 ---------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com> - 2.2.9-15 - Force rebuild against newer lablgtk. opensc-0.11.9-2.fc12 -------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Tomas Mraz <tmraz(a)redhat.com> - 0.11.9-2 - fix multilib conflict in the configuration file (#526269) openscap-0.5.3-1.fc12 --------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec(a)redhat.com> 0.5.3-1 - upgrade pam_passwdqc-1.0.5-4.fc12 ------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa(a)redhat.com> - 1.0.5-4 - Patch for new configurable options(rhbz# 219201): disable first upper and last digit check, passwords prompts can be read from a file - Fixed an issue with spec file where "Release:" is not specified with "(?dist)". Without this, it gives problem when tagging across different fedora releases. perl-POE-Component-Client-Keepalive-0.260-2.fc12 ------------------------------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Chris Weyl <cweyl(a)alumni.drew.edu> 0.260-2 - fix provides version (for perl-POE-Component-Client-HTTP) plymouth-0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.1.fc12 ---------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Ray Strode <rstrode(a)redhat.com> 0.8.0-0.2009.29.09.1 - Fix escape and ask-for-password prewikka-0.9.17.1-1.fc12 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com> 0.9.17.1-1 - new upstream release procinfo-ng-2.0.304-1.fc12 -------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Fabian Affolter <fabian(a)bernewireless.net> - 2.0.304-1 - Added LICENSE.txt - Updated to new upstream version 2.0.304 pulseaudio-0.9.19-1.fc12 ------------------------ * Wed Sep 30 2009 Lennart Poettering <lpoetter(a)redhat.com> - 0.9.19-1 - New release purple-facebookchat-1.61-2.fc12 ------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Brian Pepple <bpepple(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.61-2 - Rebuild for new json-glib. pyOpenSSL-0.9-1.fc12 -------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Matěj Cepl <mcepl(a)redhat.com> - 0.9-1 - New upstream release - Fix BuildRequires to make Postscript documentation buildable pysnmp-4.1.11-1.a.fc12 ---------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Fabian Affolter <fabian(a)bernewireless.net> - 4.1.11-1.a - Removed shebang and permission fixing - Added new doc files - Added scripts to files section - Updated to new upstream version python-meh-0.5-1.fc12 --------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Chris Lumens <clumens(a)redhat.com> - 0.5-1 - Always compare version numbers as strings (#526188). python-pygments-1.1.1-1.fc12 ---------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Steve 'Ashcrow' Milner <me(a)stevemilner.org> - 1.1.1-1 - Updated for release. python-qpid-0.5.819819-1.fc12 ----------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.819819-1 - Rebased to svn rev 819819 for Fedora 12 beta python-slip-0.2.7-1.fc12 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nils Philippsen <nils(a)redhat.com> - 0.2.7-1 - fix persistent service objects qpidc-0.5.819819-1.fc12 ----------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.819819-1 - Rebased to svn rev 819819 for F12 beta rfkill-0.3-3.fc12 ----------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 John W. Linville <linville(a)tuxdriver.com> 0.3-3 - Install binary into /sbin to enable use during boot ruby-qpid-0.5.819819-1.fc12 --------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nuno Santos <nsantos(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.819819-1 - Rebased to svn rev 819819 for F12 beta scitools-0.6-3.fc12 ------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> 0.6-3 - Update -extras to depend on numpy like the main package selinux-policy-3.6.32-12.fc12 ----------------------------- * Fri Sep 25 2009 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> 3.6.32-12 - Update rhcs policy setroubleshoot-2.2.33-1.fc12 ---------------------------- * Mon Sep 28 2009 Dan Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> - 2.2.33-1 - Fix translations, plurals and glade setroubleshoot-plugins-2.1.23-1.fc12 ------------------------------------ * Mon Sep 28 2009 <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> - 2.1.23-1 - Fix translations sssd-0.6.0-1.fc12 ----------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh(a)redhat.com> - 0.6.0-1 - Ensure that the configuration upgrade script always writes the config file with 0600 permissions - Eliminate an infinite loop in group enumerations surfraw-2.2.5-1.fc12 -------------------- * Sun Sep 27 2009 Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny(a)gmx.de> - 2.2.5-1 - Update to 2.2.5. - New upstream, and new upstream URL. - Elvi are now subcommands to the 'surfraw' command (or its 'sr' alias), avoids conflicts with other packages (bz 472623). - Hard-code text browser to elinks, and graphical browser to xdg-open for now. - Disable opensearch, needs perl(WWW::OpenSearch). - Include manpages in the filelist. switchdesk-4.0.9-5.fc12.1 ------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 4.0.9-5 - update po files * Tue Sep 29 2009 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 4.0.9-5.1 - bump release system-config-bind-4.0.15-1.fc12 -------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com> - 4.0.15-1 - fixed polish translation (rhbz#525994) system-config-boot-0.4.1-1.fc12 ------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> 0.4.1 - add error dialog, if grub.conf can't be read (bug #525886) - updated translations system-config-firewall-1.2.20-1.fc12 ------------------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Thomas Woerner <twoerner(a)redhat.com> 1.2.19-1 - enhanced build environment to support usermode and policykit switches, new options for configure and spec file - make toplevel invisible to not show half initialized window while policykit dialog is shown - system-config-firewall.desktop.in moved to config subdir - disable dbus usage if gui is used as root (needed for policykit v0) - do not report dbus error if there is no firewall configuration (empty or missing /etc/sysconfig/system-config-firewall) - resize main window to comfortably fit in a 800x600 gnome desktop - moved all config files into config subdir: sysconfig, dekstop, pam and console - new infrastructure to enable policy translations - print exception if polkit authorization failes to console - show dbus error dialog if dbus conection can not be established - set title to APP_NAME for dialogs if there is no title - center dialogs on screen if there is no parent - make main app invisible at first to prevent to show an empty app while PolicyKit password dialog is visible - updated translations: as, bn_IN, ca, da, de, ca, cs, es, fi, fr, gu, hi, it, ja, kn, ko, ml, mr, nl, or, pa, pl, pt, pt_BR, ru, sk, sr, sr@latin, sv, ta, te, uk, zh_TW * Tue Sep 29 2009 Thomas Woerner <twoerner(a)redhat.com> 1.2.20-1 - new sub-package base containing the base components and the command line tool (rhbz#525153) system-config-samba-1.2.83-1.fc12 --------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nils Philippsen <nils(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.83-1 - pick up new translations * Tue Sep 15 2009 Nils Philippsen <nils(a)redhat.com> - make polkit files translatable system-config-services-0.99.41-1.fc12 ------------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nils Philippsen <nils(a)redhat.com> - 0.99.41-1 - initialize subscribers at the right place - pick up new translations * Thu Sep 24 2009 Nils Philippsen <nils(a)redhat.com> - require python-slip-dbus >= 0.2.5 system-switch-mail-1.0-1 ------------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 1.0-1 - update po files tclx-8.4.0-15.fc12 ------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Nikola Pajkovsky <npajkovs(a)redhat.com> 8.4.0-15 - resolved: Bug 525058 - ld.so not correctly configured after install totem-2.28.1-1.fc12 ------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> 2.28.1-1 - Update to 2.28.1 totem-pl-parser-2.28.1-1.fc12 ----------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> 2.28.1-1 - Update to 2.28.1 twitter-glib-0.9.8-4.fc12 ------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Brian Pepple <bpepple(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.8-4 - Rebuild for new json-glib. udev-145-10.fc12 ---------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Harald Hoyer <harald(a)redhat.com> 145-10 - add ConsoleKit patch for ConsoleKit 0.4.1 urlview-0.9-7.fc12 ------------------ * Tue Sep 29 2009 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar(a)redhat.com> 0.9-7 - add man page link for urlview.conf (#526162) virt-manager-0.8.0-6.fc12 ------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com> - 0.8.0-6.fc12 - Fix VCPU hotplug - Remove access to outdated docs (bz 522823, bz 524805) - Update VM state text in manager view (bz 526182) - Update translations (bz 493795) wacomexpresskeys-0.4.2-3.fc12 ----------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod(a)redhat.com> 0.4.2-3 - Add USAGE to %doc (#525546) wv2-0.2.3-10.fc12 ----------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1:0.2.3-10 - Epoch: 1 - tighten %files xfce4-panel-4.6.1-4.fc12 ------------------------ * Wed Sep 30 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 4.6.1-4 - Add xfswitch-plugin to default panel config (#525563) xfce4-power-manager-0.8.4-1.fc12 -------------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.4-1 - Update to 0.8.4 - Drop xfpm_session_set_client_id patch, fixed upstream xfce4-settings-4.6.3-1.fc12 --------------------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert(a)fedoraproject.org> - 4.6.3-1 - Update to 4.6.3 - Drop patches that were upstreamed xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.6.20090929git7968e1fb8.fc12 ----------------------------------------------------- * Wed Sep 30 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> 6.13.0-0.6.20090929git7968e1fb8 - mixed appears to break r600 for some reason need to investigate disable for beta xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.2-3.fc12 ------------------------------- * Wed Sep 30 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> 0.3.2-3 - rebuild for new ABI xterm-248-2.fc12 ---------------- * Tue Sep 29 2009 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar(a)redhat.com> 248-2 - fix various bugs when display is scrolled up (#524503) Summary: Added Packages: 11 Removed Packages: 3 Modified Packages: 101

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Thunderbird 3.0pre?
by mike cloaked 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Is there any chance there will be a build of Thunderbird 3.0PRE in Koji soon? It would be nice to see a build for F11 and F12 as I believe there are significant fixes compared to 3.0beta 4 in the 3.0pre build. -- mike

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Upcoming Fedora 12 Development/Release Engineering Tasks
by John Poelstra 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Upcoming Fedora 12 Development/Release Engineering Tasks Name Start End Alpha Testing Tue 2009-08-25 Tue 2009-09-29 Software: Rebuild all translated packages Tue 2009-09-22 Tue 2009-09-29 Test 'Test Compose' (boot media testing) Wed 2009-09-23 Wed 2009-09-30 Mass Branching Mon 2009-09-28 Mon 2009-09-28 End of Alpha Testing Tue 2009-09-29 Tue 2009-09-29 Final (Beta) Freeze: Development Code Complete Tue 2009-09-29 Tue 2009-09-29 Deliver features < 100% to FESCo Wed 2009-09-30 Wed 2009-09-30 Compose Beta Candidate Thu 2009-10-01 Thu 2009-10-01 Test Beta Candidate Thu 2009-10-01 Thu 2009-10-08 Beta Blocker Day (F12Beta) #4 Fri 2009-10-02 Fri 2009-10-02 Beta Blocker Bug (go/no go) Mon 2009-10-05 Mon 2009-10-05 Beta Project Wide Release Readiness Meeting Wed 2009-10-07 Wed 2009-10-07 Start Stage & Sync Beta to Mirrors Thu 2009-10-08 Thu 2009-10-08 Stage & Sync Beta to Mirrors Thu 2009-10-08 Tue 2009-10-13 Beta Export Control Reporting Fri 2009-10-09 Fri 2009-10-09 Beta Release Public Availability Tue 2009-10-13 Tue 2009-10-13 Beta Testing Tue 2009-10-13 Mon 2009-10-26 I realize the formatting of these emails is not pretty if your email reader uses a proportional font. The mail archives are worse, for example https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2009-September/msg00082.h… Right now I'm using a simple python script to parse and add spaces to a CSV file created by TaskJuggler. Let me know if there are any ideas for fixing this. Thanks, John

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Packaging Webmin for Fedora 11+
by Howard Wilkinson 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

I have run into a problem when trying to package webmin for Fedora 11+. Webmin is a noarch package but it contains some binary files (effectively firmware) it is a dll that gets downloaded onto Windows based browsers. So how do I tell rpmbuild (i.e. what specfile command) that this is firmware and not a binary file! -- Howard Wilkinson <howard(a)cohtech.com> Coherent Technology Limited

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bitmap-fonts by default?
by Jens-Ulrik Petersen 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

We have been looking at updating bitmap-fonts recently, and noticed that it is still listed mandatory in the comps @base-x group. So I just wondered a couple of naive questions: - does bitmap-fonts have to be installed by default? - what actually needs it? Jens

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Where is the openjpeg maintainer?
by Adam Goode 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

One of my packages has a dependency on openjpeg, and I want to put it into EL-5. I am trying to get this done, and I am happy to co-maintain openjpeg. There are open requests for co-maintainers in the database: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492218 This is the last known contact on this issue: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/openjpeg In the bug report, the maintainer seems to suggest that having co-maintainers are ok: "feel free to merge it", but never approves them. Can someone approve these co-maintainers? Thanks, Adam

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Re: [Fedora-packaging] Exemption for bundling local copy of system library?
by Toshio Kuratomi 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

On 09/29/2009 11:37 AM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: > Hi, > > Oolite <http://oolite.org> is currently undergoing review, and a > stumbling block is in its use of its own copy of libjs. An upstream > developer is participating in the review and has a clear explanation > for the rationale: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459211 > > libjs is not exposed to any network interfaces, so the risk is > probably quite low -- the alternative is to wait until xulrunner 2.0 > is released (the previous stable version has problems in its scripting > mechanism and most third-party add-ons for Oolite do not work on it > anymore. > > Would it be alright in this case to bundle libjs? > I would argue no. The guidelines are written to apply to all libraries except with very limited exceptions to keep this from happening because security vulnerabilities are not limited to network facing code, suid code, or any other class that we've been able to identify. The libz vulnerability many years ago is the classic example of this. Many programs were embedding libz, many statically. When a security vulnerability in libz was discovered, we had to find all of those programs, remove the vulnerable library, patch any code that didn't work with the newer version, and rebuild all of those packages. This is not what you want to do when you are in the time-constrained situation of putting out a zero day update to the code. The statement that libjsis not exposed to the network is also not a guarantee that security problems will be low-impact on several counts: 1) Libraries in C can cause problems in unrelated sections of code because they can access memory directly. Sometimes this can lead to very bad exploits (especially in code with enhanced privileges), other times it is the first step for an attacker to look for other programs on your machine that are vulnerable to other sorts of attacks. 2) """Libjs is used to run local user-installed scripts (as parts of expansion packs) only""". Although libjs may not retrieve scripts directly from the network, it is definitely handling data of foreign origin. If I download an expansion pack because I saw a review that made it look really cool and then run it, I am exposing libjs to that code from a random source. If there were a buffer overflow in libjs and someone realized that OOList contains its own copy of libjs, they could try to craft an expansion pack that takes advantage of that fact. And it's probably premature to go to FESCo with this. Firefox does not use the system libjs.so. So you should find out if the spidermonkey maintainer is willing to compile with JS_C_STRINGS_ARE_UTF8. At present the only depending package I see is mediatomb so this might be the best option. Also note, it sounds like Oolite is updating to js-1.80 -- that's currently at rc1, not an actual release. You'll need to work with the js maintainer and make sure that that is okay as well. > PS the "no bundled libraries" draft > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries) does > not clearly indicate which mailing list is to be used > The actual decision is a FESCo decision. That would be tracked in their trac instance. But FPC people are going to have input on it which would be here. Everyone on fedora-devel-list has 2 cents to put in on these cases but very few of them seem to want to look at the problems that arise with bundling libraries and propose solutions so it's easy to be mislead into thinking that something's acceptable because it's easy rather than likely to be denied because there's no basis to grant an exception. -Toshio

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