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Fedora 17 End of Life
by Dennis Gilmore 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 As of 30th July 2013, Fedora 17 has reached its end of life for updates and support. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Fedora 17. A previous reminder was sent on July 3rd [0]. Fedora 18 will continue to receive updates until approximately one month after the release of Fedora 20. The maintenance schedule of Fedora releases is documented on the Fedora Project wiki [1]. The Fedora Project wiki also contains instructions [2] on how to upgrade from a previous release of Fedora to a version receiving updates. Cheers, Dennis [0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2013-July/003169.html [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle#Maintenance_Schedu… [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlH5RDcACgkQkSxm47BaWfeGyQCfRaTPrFR2cZfg24tDmyEFL+j8 VIEAnRBsiNAYq+Pc6voWfC3DarHXH+qn =gA5+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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CANCELLED: 2013-07-29 Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

As no significant items have been proposed for this week's meeting agenda and we have no follow-up to do, the meeting for this morning (2013-07-29) is canceled. Thanks folks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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FreeIPA AD Trust improvement Test Day tomorrow, 2013-07-25
by Adam Williamson 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Hello, The FreeIPA team is happy to welcome you to a Fedora Test Day that is being held on Thursday, July 25th. We would like to invite you to take part in testing of the upcoming FreeIPA 3.3 release containing 2 major improvements for easier deployment of FreeIPA Active Directory Trust feature to existing environments: 1) Use POSIX attributes defined in Active Directory [1] With previous FreeIPA releases, users coming from Active Directory to FreeIPA managed machines were always assigned POSIX attributes (UID and GID) by algorithmic mapping. However, in some deployments, Active Directory users and groups already have defined custom POSIX attribute values (UID and GID), which may then be leveraged on Linux machines via other 3rd party Active Directory integration solutions. Administrator may choose to keep the values to not disrupt file ownerships. With FreeIPA 3.3, FreeIPA Active Directory Trust may be configured to use these attributes when Active Directory user authenticates to Linux machines. 2) Expose POSIX data on legacy systems without recent SSSD Administrators may have a deployment of machines which cannot use the recent SSSD with Active Directory Trust support but would still like to be able to authenticate with Active Directory user to these machines. This may affect for example older Linux machines, UNIX machines. With FreeIPA 3.3, Administrator may configure a compatibility LDAP tree which will contain identities of the Active Directory users to the legacy systems. These systems may then leverage standard LDAP authentication in this tree allowing selected Active Directory users to authenticate. To read more about the Test Day and suggested tests, see the following link: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2013-07-25_AD_trusts_with_POSIX_att… Thank you for your help and participation! The FreeIPA team [1] http://www.freeipa.org/page/V3/Use_posix_attributes_defined_in_AD [2] http://www.freeipa.org/page/V3/Serving_legacy_clients_for_trusts -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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2013-07-22 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2013-07-22 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's meeting time again on Monday! We didn't get to reviewing the Change list last week, so let's do it this week. Nothing else on the agenda so far as I know - do add any topics I forgot. This is a reminder of the upcoming QA meeting. Please add any topic suggestions to the meeting wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20130722 The current proposed agenda is included below. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Fedora 20 Change review 2. Open floor -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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2013-07-15 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2013-07-15 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's meeting time again on Monday! Couple of juicy topics to go over: ARM as a primary arch, and the Fedora 20 Feature - er, sorry, Change - list. The full list of Changes proposed so far is on the Wiki page - please do take a browse through, and see if you have any concerns about any of the proposed Changes, as there probably won't be enough time to go through them one by one at the meeting, we'll just have to pull out the ones we want to discuss. This is a reminder of the upcoming QA meeting. Please add any topic suggestions to the meeting wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20130715 The current proposed agenda is included below. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. ARM as a primary arch 2. Fedora 20 Change review 3. Open floor -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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2013-07-08 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2013-07-08 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's meeting time again on Monday! Just a couple of topics, really. Let's hope it'll be a nice short meeting and leave us all lots of time for drinking^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H work. This is a reminder of the upcoming QA meeting. Please add any topic suggestions to the meeting wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20130708 The current proposed agenda is included below. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Fedora 20 Change validation 2. Test Days 3. Open floor -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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Announcing the release of Fedora 19 for ARM!
by Dennis Gilmore 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora ARM Project is delighted to announce the release of Fedora 19 ("Schrödinger's Cat"). Open the box and take a look for yourself! Fedora is a leading-edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months. Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora-options#2nd_arches Detailed information about this release can be seen in the release notes: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F19_Release_Announcement ** What's New in Fedora 19 for ARM? ** The Fedora ARM Project takes great pride in being able to show off features for all types of use cases, including traditional desktop users, systems administration, development, and many more. But a few new features are guaranteed to be seen by nearly anyone installing Fedora and are improvements that deserve to be called out on their own. Fedora ARM has all the features of the primary architectures along with a few of our own. A complete list with details of each new feature is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/FeatureList == Unified Kernel == The Fedora 19 kernel is now unified. This greatly reduces the number of kernels we need to build, since they are no longer board dependent. to enable this the kernel has adopted Device Tree to define the platform. As a result of this work supporting new devices is much simpler and may already work on boards we do not have direct access to. If you get Fedora 19 for ARM running on a new system we would love to hear about it. == X and graphical desktop support == We have added support for running X on the Trimslice in addition to OMAP and Versatile Express based devices. Fedora 19 for ARM, comes with images for Xfce, LXDE, Sugar on a Stick, KDE and Mate. Thanks to initial-setup you create your user or set the root password on first boot. == Improved release process == Due to infrastructure changes we have been able to keep closer parity with keeping the builds in parity with those on the primary arches, resulting in us following the milestone processes and release Fedora 19 for ARM on the same day as the Primary architecture release. This is a First for us. == Software floating point removal == As of Fedora 19 we no longer build armv5tel rpms. this means that support for guruplugs and sheevaplugs stops with Fedora 18. Raspberry Pi is being supported by an optimised build called pidora. *** Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs *** Start by downloading Fedora 19 for ARM: http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora-options#2nd_arches If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading *** Documentation *** Read the full release notes for Fedora 19, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Because of the number of changes to the installer, we particularly suggest taking a peek at the Installation Guide: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/index… Fedora 19 common bugs are documented at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F19_Release_Announcement#Kn… This page includes information on several known bugs in the installer, so we recommend reading it before installing Fedora 19. *** Contributing *** We can't build Fedora inside a box. We need your help! Bug reports are especially helpful--if you encounter any issues, please report them! Fedora is a fantastic, friendly community, and we have many ways in which you can contribute, including documentation, marketing, design, QA, and development. To learn how to help us, visit: http://join.fedoraproject.org/ *** Fedora 20 *** Fedora 20 has been in active development for several months already. We plan to release it in November 2013, though the final schedule is part of the planning process and subject to change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Schedule *** Contact information *** If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlHS8soACgkQkSxm47BaWfdm9wCcDpNNffFJasVVLrsyTOjyIW3p ZxEAn1IUF+ZgqkT0F1pk6LXp4N5+haeS =qMGo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Announcing the release of Fedora 19!
by Robyn Bergeron 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

The Fedora Project is delighted to announce the release of Fedora 19 ("Schrödinger's Cat"). Open the box and take a look for yourself! Fedora is a leading-edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months. Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Detailed information about this release can be seen in the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Release_Notes/ ** What's New in Fedora 19? ** The Fedora Project takes great pride in being able to show off features for all types of use cases, including traditional desktop users, systems administration, development, the cloud, and many more. But a few new features are guaranteed to be seen by nearly anyone installing Fedora and are improvements that deserve to be called out on their own. A complete list with details of each new feature is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/FeatureList == Make new things == 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 a tool for new developers that helps you to get started on a code project by offering templates, samples, and toolchains for a variety of languages. And when you're finished, you can publish directly to GitHub! * 3D modelling and printing are supported with OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, RepetierHost, and other tool options. Get printing without having to download binary blobs or run Python code from git. * 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. * node.js is a popular Javascript-based platform for those building scalable network applications or real-time apps across distributed devices. * Ruby 2.0.0 moves into Fedora but keeps source-level backwards compatibility with your Ruby 1.9.3 software. We're also giving you a custom Ruby loader to use to easily switch interpreters. * MariaDB offers a truly open MySQL implementation and is now the default MySQL option in Fedora. == Deploy, Monitor, and Manage == You don't have to work so hard when your machines are doing it for you. Regardless of how many you have, Fedora 19 helps you boot-manage your systems and gives you the tools you need for diagnosis, monitoring, and logging. * systemd Resource Control is one of many systemd enhancements in this release. It lets you modify your service settings without a reboot by dynamically querying and modifying resource control parameters at runtime. * Kerberos administrators no longer need their clients to sync their clocks or to have reverse DNS records carefully setup for services. Fedora 19 also includes Kerberos-enabled, LDAP replicated, two-factor authentication for FreeIPA. * Checkpoint & Restore lets you checkpoint and restore a process. It is useful for issues like process failure or moving a process to another machine for maintenance or load balancing. * OpenLMI is a common infrastructure for the management of Linux systems that makes remote management of machines much simpler. == Desktop Environments and Spins == 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 GNOME Classic ("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 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, Xfce, Sugar on a Stick, and LXDE. To see all of the Official Fedora 19 Release Spins, visit: http://spins.fedoraproject.org Nightly composes of alternate Spins are available here: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes *** Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs *** Start by downloading Fedora 19: http://get.fedoraproject.org/ If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading Fedora now includes FedUp in order to enable an easy upgrade to Fedora 19. *** Documentation *** Read the full release notes for Fedora 19, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Because of the number of changes to the installer, we particularly suggest taking a peek at the Installation Guide: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/index… Fedora 19 common bugs are documented at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F19_bugs This page includes information on several known bugs in the installer, so we recommend reading it before installing Fedora 19. *** Contributing *** We can't build Fedora inside a box. We need your help! Bug reports are especially helpful--if you encounter any issues, please report them! Fedora is a fantastic, friendly community, and we have many ways in which you can contribute, including documentation, marketing, design, QA, and development. To learn how to help us, visit: http://join.fedoraproject.org/ *** Fedora 20 *** Fedora 20 has been in active development for several months already. We plan to release it in November 2013, though the final schedule is part of the planning process and subject to change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Schedule *** Contact information *** If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press Enjoy! -Robyn Bergeron

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2013-07-01 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2013-07-01 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's meeting time again today/tomorrow! We finished up Fedora 19, and we haven't met for a while, so let's get together to look back on F19 and forward to F20. This is a reminder of the upcoming QA meeting. Please add any topic suggestions to the meeting wiki page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20130701 The current proposed agenda is included below. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Fedora 19 retrospective and wrap-up 2. Fedora 20 planning 3. Taskbot 4. Test Days 5. Open floor -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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