test-announce April 2015

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Fedora 22 Final Test Compose 1 (TC1) Available Now!
by Adam Williamson 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

As per the Fedora 22 schedule [1], Fedora 22 Final Test Compose 1 (TC1) is now available for testing. Please help us complete as much of the validation testing as we can! Content information, including changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6166 . Please see the following pages for download links and testing instructions. Normally dl.fedoraproject.org should provide the fastest download, but download- ib01.fedoraproject.org is available as a mirror (with an approximately 1 hour lag) in case of trouble. To use it, just replace "dl" with "download-ib01" in the download URL. Installation: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test Base: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test Workstation and Desktop: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test Server: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Server_Test Cloud: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Cloud_Test Summary: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Summary All non-Optional test cases for each of these test pages [2] must pass in order to meet the Final Release Criteria [3]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on irc.freenode.net [4], or on the test list [5]. Create Fedora 22 Final test compose (TC) and release candidate (RC) https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6166 Current Blocker and Freeze Exception bugs: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-22/f-22-quality-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_22_Final_Release_Criteria [4] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa [5] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2015-04-30: Software Center / Apper Test Day!
by Adam Williamson 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

We have another Test Day coming up on Thursday, part of the effort to test package management around the DNF migration. We'll be testing the GNOME Software Center and Apper (KDE's graphical package management tool). It should be a fairly light effort - we just need to test basic functionality in both tools to make sure things work. The Test Day page is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2015-04-30_SoftwareCenter_Apper It's mostly just the template at present, though - I'll clean the page up and add some test cases tomorrow. Please do join us in #fedora-test-day on Freenode IRC and help test if you can! Thanks. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2015-04-28 @ 1600 UTC Fedora Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

# F22 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2015-04-28 # Time: 1600 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Sorry for the mix-up yesterday - apparently we do have blockers to review! So I'm proposing we do it at the usual time today, 04-28. If enough people show up, we can blow through the list, otherwise we'll try and re-schedule it for another day. We have 9 proposed Final blockers to go through. As usual, we're meeting at 1600 UTC. The full list can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F22 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2015-04-27 Blocker Review meeting cancelled due to lack of blockers
by Adam Williamson 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

As it says in the subject, we currently have exactly 0 proposed blockers, so no need for a blocker review meeting! Everyone gets extra sleep / drinking time. :) Thanks folks! I expect we'll have a review meeting next week, as bugs roll in from the TCs. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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Proposal to CANCEL: 2015-04-27 Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Hi folks! I'm proposing we cancel today's/tomorrow's QA meeting. I had kinda intended to put the Council meeting thing on the agenda, but I didn't manage to send it out in time to give people enough warning, and we don't really need to do it *this week*, as we have a bit of time before the expected slot. Other than that I don't think we have much to discuss. 22 Final TC1 is scheduled for Tuesday, so we'll have lots of juicy testing to do then. If anyone can think of something urgent to discuss, please reply to this mail and we can get together at the usual time (15:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting). Thanks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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Planned Outage: Taskotron - 2015-04-23 18:00 UTC
by Tim Flink 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Planned Outage: Taskotron - 2015-04-23 18:00:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2015-04-23 18:00:00 UTC, which will last approximately 3 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2015-04-23 18:00:00 UTC' ----------------- Reason for outage ----------------- Taskotron production currently runs on Fedora 20 machines and with that EOL date coming up, we need to redeploy those machines to a newer Fedora release. There are also new features which will be put into production during this redeployment. The outage may take as little as an hour but from the upgrades in the dev and stg Taskotron environments, 2-3 hours seems more likely. ----------------- Affected Services ----------------- QA Services ------------------- Unaffected Services ------------------- Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ Badges - https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Blockerbugs - https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control - pkgs.fedoraproject.org Darkserver - https://darkserver.fedoraproject.org/ DNS - ns-sb01.fedoraproject.org, ns02.fedoraproject.org, ns04.fedoraproject.org, ns05.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Elections - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting Email system Fedmsg busmon - http://apps.fedoraproject.org/busmon Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Calendar - https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora OpenID - https://id.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ Secondary Architectures Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Contact Information: Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/4733 Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above.

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Announcing the release of Fedora 22 Beta!
by Dennis Gilmore 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Fedora 22 Beta Release Announcement =================================== The Fedora 22 Beta release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. Take a peek inside! - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Workstation](https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Server](https://getfedora.org/en/server/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Cloud](https://getfedora.org/en/cloud/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Spins](https://spins.fedoraproject.org/prerelease) What is the Beta release? ------------------------- The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 22's editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the [Fedora QA team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA), helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is meant to be feature complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 22 is expected in May. We need your help to make Fedora 22 the best release yet, so please take some time to download and try out the Beta and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every bug you uncover (and/or help fix!) is a chance to improve the experience for 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 feasible, and your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software on the whole. ### Base platform - Faster and better dependency management: yum has been replaced with dnf as the default package manager. dnf has very similar command line options and configuration files compared to yum but also has several major internal changes including using libsolv in coordination with friends from the openSUSE project for faster and better dependency management. dnf-yum provides automatic redirection from yum to dnf in the command line for compatibility. The classic yum command line tool renamed to yum-deprecated as a transitional step for tools still using it. ### Fedora 22 Cloud The Fedora 22 Cloud Edition builds on the work completed during the Fedora 21 cycle, and brings in a number of improvements that make Fedora 22 a superb choice for running Linux in the cloud. Ready for the Fedora 22 release, we have: - The latest versions of rpm-ostree and rpm-ostree-toolbox. You can even use rpm-ostree-toolbox to generate your own Atomic hosts from a custom set of packages. - Introduction of the Atomic command line tool to help manage Linux containers on Atomic Hosts and update Atomic Hosts. ### Fedora 22 Server Fedora 22 Server Edition brings several changes that will improve Fedora for use as a server in your environment. - Database Server Role: Fedora 21 introduced rolekit, a daemon for Linux systems that provides a stable D-Bus interface to manage deployment of server roles. The Fedora 22 release adds onto that work with a database server role based on PostgreSQL. - Cockpit Updates: The Cockpit Web-based management application has been updated to the latest upstream release which adds many new features as well as a modular design for adding new functionality. - XFS as default filesystem. XFS scales better for servers and can handle higher storage capacity and we have made it the default filesystem for Fedora 22 server users. Other filesystems including ext4 will continue to be supported and the ability to choose them have been retained. ### Fedora 22 Workstation As always, Fedora carries a number of improvements to make life better for its desktop users and developers! Here's some of the goodness you'll get in Fedora 22 Workstation edition. Enhancements: - The GNOME Shell notification system has been redesigned and subsumed into the calendar widget. - The Terminal now notifies you when a long running job completes. - The login screen now uses Wayland by default with automatic fallback to Xorg when necessary. This is a transitional step towards replacing Xorg with Wayland by default in the next release and should have no user visible difference. - Installation of GStreamer codecs, fonts, and certain document types is now handled by Software, instead of gnome-packagekit. - The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) now features better notifications, and uses the privacy control panel in GNOME to control information sent. Appearance: - The Nautilus file manager has been improved to use GActions, from the deprecated GtkAction APIs, for a better, more consistent experience. - The GNOME Shell has a refreshed theme for better usability. - The Qt/Adwaita theme is now code complete, and Qt notifications have been improved for smoother experience using Qt-based apps in Workstation. Under the covers: - Consistent input handling for graphical applications is provided using libinput library which is now used for both X11 and Wayland. ### Spins Fedora spins are alternative versions of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets or customizations. You can browse all of the available spins via http://spins.fedoraproject.org. Some of the popular ones include: #### Fedora 22 KDE Plasma spin Plasma 5, the successor to KDE Plasma 4, is now the default workspace in the Fedora KDE spin. It has a new theme called Breeze, which has cleaner visuals and better readability, improves certain work-flows and provides overall more consistent and polished interface. Changes under the hood include switch to Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5 and migration to fully hardware-accelerated graphics stack based on OpenGL(ES). #### Fedora 22 Xfce spin The Xfce spin has been updated to Xfce 4.12. This release has an enormous number of improvements, including HiDPI support, improvements to window tiling, support for Gtk3 plugins, and many improvements for multi-monitor support. Issues and Details ------------------ This is an Beta release. As such, 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 F22 Bugs page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F22_bugs Roadmap ------- While Fedora 22 is still under active development, we have a number of new features developed in parallel for Fedora 23 as well. While all of these features are work in progress and the plans have not been finalized, we want to highlight a few major changes expected and invite your early testing and feedback. - Wayland by default for Fedora 23 Workstation. XWayland will continue to be provided for compatibility with applications using X. - Python 3 by default for Fedora 23 Workstation: While most of the default applications are already using Python 3 in Fedora 22, Fedora 23 Workstation will only include Python 3 by default. Python 2 will continue to be included in the repositories. - A Vagrant image for Fedora 23 Atomic Host and Cloud Images. We're supplying Vagrant boxes that work with KVM or VirtualBox, so users on Fedora will be able to easily consume the Vagrant images with KVM, and users on Mac OS X or Windows can use the VirtualBox image. For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read "how to file a bug report": https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report Release Schedule ---------------- The full release schedule is available on the Fedora wiki. The current schedule calls for a final release in the end of May. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule These dates are subject to change, pending any major bugs or issues found during the testing process.

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FedUp Tesday tomorrow
by Petr Schindler 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Hi all, there is going to be FedUp [0] test day tomorrow (April 21st). You can join us to test Fedora's upgrading tool. The main purpose is to test that transition from yum to dnf and usage of different depsolving in Fedora 22 won't break upgrades. If you will find some time to help us with testing, you can visit test day page [1], where you will find all the needed information, test cases and place to save your results. You can also find someone to help you on irc channel #fedora-test-day on freenode. Best regards Petr Schindler, Fedora QA [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2015-04-21_FedUp

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2015-04-20 @ 1600 UTC Fedora Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

# F22 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2015-04-20 # Time: 1600 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net I'll be running the meeting this week, as roshi is on leave. It's coming up to that time of the week again: Blocker Review! We have a big pile of Final blockers to go through, as we sort of forgot to do the thing where we were going to review all the blockers every week - whoops. As usual, we're meeting at 1600 UTC right after the QA meeting. If you have some time this weekend, take a look at the bugs. Or, if you won't be able to make it to the review, go ahead and vote in the comments. The full list can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ Make sure to click through the milestones to see how many we have before the meeting! We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F22 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good weekend and see you Monday! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2015-04-20 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2015-04-20 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's QA meeting time again! We've signed off on Beta now, so we should look ahead to Final and make sure we have plans in place to handle all the testing. We should also check in on the Test Days, particularly the dnf-related ones. Any other ideas for topics that need discussing? Please reply to this mail, and we'll add them! Thanks. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Previous meeting follow-up 2. Fedora 22 Final test planning 3. Test Day status 4. Open floor -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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