devel March 2009

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question about git workflow
by Christoph Höger 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi there dvcs users, I am getting used to using git while working with upstream projects. So when I try to make a patch available upstream, I encounter the following problem: I want to make small commits during my work but of course send the result as a single patch via git format-patch. So what's best: 1. clone upstream, create another local branch, work there, and then merge that branchs changes via diff? 2. use <UNKNOWN_GIT_COMMAND> to merge those commits into a single one? 3. do not use intermdiate local commits (bad idea) And the final question: When I got to the point of sending one single patch and upstream merges it, how can I resync with upstream without having to clone again? thanks christoph

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koji / kernel feedback...
by Nathanael D. Noblet 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Recently I started using some kernels built directly from Koji to test out some hardware issues. So now I am mostly happily running 2.6.29-10 from a koji build. I'd like to provide feedback if its wanted on the issues it has fixed for me, as well as some regressions I've noticed. I'm not sure it warrants a bug as much as, installed and X now works, Y doesn't, and a bug in Z resurfaced... Is this a karma thing, or a bug thing, or just put it on the list thing? -- Nathanael d. Noblet T: 403.875.4613

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Orphan package: reiserfs-utils
by Jason L Tibbitts III 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Jeff Garzik has indicated in the merge review ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=226367) that he has had no interest in maintaining reiserfs-utils for some time and so I have orphaned it for him. If someone wishes to maintain this package, please feel free to pick it up but keep in mind that the merge review linked above needs doing (which should be quite easy) and, though I'm sure it's obvious to anyone who cares, that the package needs updating. - J<

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Package Review Stats for the week ending March 29th, 2009
by Brian Pepple 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Top three FAS account holders who have completed reviewing "Package review" components on bugzilla for the week ending March 29th, 2009 were Parag AN(पराग), Jussi Lehtola, and Jason Tibbitts. Below is the number of package reviews completed. Parag AN(पराग) - 7 Jussi Lehtola - 6 Jason Tibbitts - 5 Mamoru Tasaka - 3 Jaroslav Reznik - 2 Jon Ciesla - 2 Nicolas Mailhot - 2 Richard W.M. Jones - 2 Alexey Torkhov - 1 Kevin Kofler - 1 Lubomir Rintel - 1 Marek Mahut - 1 Martin-Gomez Pablo - 1 Mattias Ellert - 1 Michael Schwendt - 1 Miroslav Suchy - 1 Rex Dieter - 1 Robert Scheck - 1 Sebastian Vahl - 1 Silas Sewell - 1 Tejas Dinkar - 1 leigh scott - 1 Thanks, /B -- Brian Pepple <bpepple(a)fedoraproject.org> identi.ca: http://identi.ca/bpepple gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 810CC15E BD5E 6F9E 8688 E668 8F5B CBDE 326A E936 810C C15E

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InstantMirror Google SoC 2009 applications due Friday
by Warren Togami 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

https://fedorahosted.org/InstantMirror/ InstantMirror project home page https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/instantmirror-list Devel discussion list The deadline for student project applications for Google Summer of Code is this Friday. Several students have expressed interest in working on this project. It is somewhat of a competition to become the SoC student on this project. The chosen student must show leadership and skills necessary to work on this project by posting to the devel list thoughts about the design. I also need to know about your programming and communication skills, since they are vital to building an open source community around this project. http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide#… If you are interested in applying to be the SoC student, please follow the directions on this page. Warren Togami wtogami(a)redhat.com

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2009-04-02 - Fedora Test Day - Power Management
by James Laska 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Greetings Testers, Yes that's right, we packed two test days into one week again. As you know, Wednesday (2009-04-01) will focus on testing the Radeon driver [1]. I'd like to also invite you to join #fedora-qa this Thursday (2009-04-02) to help test Power Management. While the Fedora 11 PowerManagement feature [2] targets laptop use cases, the tools and tests are designed to run anywhere. Testers may be familiar with the 'powertop' utility from previous Fedora releases. During the day we'll be using several new utilities including bltk and tuned. So come join #fedora-qa this Thursday, April 2, 2009 to share your Power Management test results. A Fedora live image is available to aid testing. Stay tuned for more details at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days/2009-04-02. Thanks, James [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2009-March/msg01243.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PowerManagement

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Suggestions on koji build problem
by Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

I'm trying to build conexus for F-9, but I'm having trouble with one of the dependencies (another package of mine). I pushed a release into stable last week of papyrus that has several subpackages including papyrus-gtkmm-devel. conexus has a dependency on papyrus-gtkmm-devel, but it can't find it when building (although it builds fine with mock). Here's the error: No Package Found for papyrus-gtkmm-devel >= 0.10 And here's the koji task: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1268211 Any suggestions?

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OpenJDK build on IBM S/390, aka z-series
by Andrew Haley 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

I'm pretty sure that someone has built OpenJDK on IBM S/390. If you are that person, or you know who might have done it, please contact me off-list. Thanks, Andrew.

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Observation/Suggestion in rawhide
by Sachin 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi Suggestion 1) There should be option called --size in yum which can restrict the space which can be used yum. This would be beneficial to machine with low disk space. 2) If firefox 3.1beta is default then please have extensions.checkCompatibility=false 3) Shutdown splash screen 4) ext4 (/boot) in grub Observation: 1) Why logout is available at two different place a) under system b) In panel under name 2) Preference menu list is too long Thanks for the great work. Regards, Sachin.

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Announcing Fedora 11 Beta
by Jesse Keating 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

This is the part where I usually come up with something clever to say before the useful information regarding a development release. I had something great, I really did. In fact I had the most clever statement in the world. Only you see, my cat jumped on my keyboard, right when I was testing emacs (I don't even use emacs!) and the darn X session just got zapped! All my cleverness gone, and this, well this is just a tribute. When Fedora 10 was released, users and press alike gushed: "Slick and stable... has a rock solid feel." "Fast and easy." "A great release." What's next for the free operating system that shows off the best new technology of tomorrow? You can find out at: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease We also hope to repeat the crazy success of Fedora 10's Beta contest! Test five things in the Beta that are important to you as a user. If you find a bug *and* report it, you get the free attention of a package maintainer on a problem personally important to you! Do your part to make Fedora 11 that much better. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ Among the top features of this ground-breaking release: * Automatic Fonts & Mime Installer - Allows programs on the desktop to automatically install applications, fonts, multimedia capabilities, and clipart. * Fingerprint Readers - Better experience for systems with fingerprint readers, including support through the graphical Authentication Configuration tool and gnome-about-me. * Intel, ATI, and Nvidia kernel modesetting - Fedora 10 provided the first steps by a major distribution in using the kernel modesetting (KMS) feature to speed up graphical boot. Fedora 11 has increased the video card coverage of the KMS feature, with more to come. * Virt Console - Fedora 11 provides more accurate mouse pointer positioning and higher screen resolutions for virtual machine consoles, along with other improvements such as simpler use of USB devices. * MinGW Cross-compiler - Build and test full-featured Microsoft Windows programs, from the comfort of a Fedora system, without needing to use that "other OS." * Volume Control - The multimedia experience of Fedora users is improved by an easily understandable and much more flexible volume control. But wait, there's more! For developers there are all sorts of goodies: * Python 2.6 - This new version in Fedora is a precursor to Python 3000 (3.0), including many compatibility measures to help developers get their code prepared for the next generation of Python. * NetBeans 6.5 - NetBeans IDE 6.5 is a significant update of NetBeans IDE 6.1 that includes improved JavaScript, AJAX, Ruby, and database support. * gcc 4.4 - The gcc compiler suite has been updated to the latest version, featuring better error detection for the latest in safety and execution. * Eclipse profiling tools - Add the power of various native profiling tools into the Eclipse IDE and integrate with the rest of the development environment. Peek under the hood and there is still more: * Desktop Environments - Updates to Gnome 2.26 and KDE 4.2.1 bring the latest innovations and functionality to desktop users. Xfce and Sugar have also been updated. * Anaconda Storage - New storage code for the Anaconda installer improves the ability to handle new types of storage. The rewrite does not change the user interface. * Minimal Platform - New installer features make it much easier to create very small installations for embedded applications, such as for a server or desktop appliance. * Control groups - Allows system administrator to partition the system resources into different sub groups, and dedicate these sub groups resources to different applications' need. * DeviceKit - A simple, modular system service to manage devices and designed to partially replace HAL. Users gain a graphical disk management application that integrates nicely into the desktop. * DNS Security - DNSSEC (DNS SECurity) is a mechanism that can prove integrity and authenticity of DNS data. * ext4 filesystem - ext4 is the new default file system for Fedora 11 (replacing ext3) allowing for larger file system support and better performance by providing real-time fragmentation prevention and smarter data allocations. * sVirt MAC - sVirt integrates SELinux with the Fedora virtualization stack to allow Mandatory Access Control (MAC) security be applied to guest virtual machines * Power Management - Fedora 11 includes new power monitoring utilities and a new system daemon that automatically adjusts power settings to reflect the current system use. There is also a facility to review the system and make suggestions on improving power consumption. * IBus input method - Ibus has been rewritten in C, and provides a simple, clean default system for changing the way international users input information into a Fedora system. And that is only the beginning. A more complete list and details of each new cited feature is available: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList For release information, including common and known bugs, please refer to the release notes: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Beta_release_notes Since this is a Beta release, there may still be some rough spots still in the polishing phase. Some of them are already known and in the process of fixing. If you find a problem, please check the list of known issues and then file a bug: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Beta_release_notes#Known_Issues https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla -- 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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