test-announce September 2015

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Fedora 23 Final Test Compose 1 (TC1) Available Now!
by Adam Williamson 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

As scheduled [1], Fedora 23 Final Test Compose 1 (TC1) is now available for testing (actually it's earlier than the schedule says, but hey, we may as well get to testing). Please help us complete all the validation testing! openQA results for this one (all the results from 'coconut') look pretty good, so it should be in fine shape for us to run the remaining tests manually. Content information, including changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6266 . 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 Alpha, Beta and Final priority 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 23 Beta test compose (TC) and release candidate (RC) https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6266 Current Blocker and Freeze Exception bugs: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-23/f-23-quality-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_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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2015-09-28 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2015-09-28 # 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! I only really have one specific topic that came up on the list this week, but if anyone has anything else, please do reply to this mail or bring it up in Open Floor. There should be blocker review at 16:00 UTC as usual. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Previous meeting follow-up 2. Fedora 23 status 3. Upgrade package handling ** https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263677 ** https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1481 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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2015-09-28 @ 1600 UTC ** Fedora Blocker Review
by Mike Ruckman 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

# F23 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2015-09-28 # Time: 1600 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net It's that time again: Blocker review time! We currently have 4 proposed blockers for Final. It'd be good to meet and knock them out. Should be a short meeting. If you have time this weekend, to take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - 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 F23 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 -- // Mike -- Fedora QA freenode: roshi http://roshi.fedorapeople.org

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Announcing the release of Fedora 23 Beta!
by Dennis Gilmore 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Fedora 23 Beta Release Announcement =================================== The Fedora 23 Beta is here, right on schedule for our planned October final release! Want to help make Fedora 23 be the best release ever, or just want to get a sneak peek? Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site and give it a whirl: - Get Fedora 23 Beta Workstation — a reliable, user-friendly, and powerful operating system for your laptop or desktop computer https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/prerelease/ - Get Fedora 23 Beta Server — make use of the very latest server-based technologies available in the open source community https://getfedora.org/en/server/prerelease/ - Get Fedora 23 Beta Cloud — build scale-out computing and utilize the next generation of container deployment technology https://getfedora.org/en/cloud/prerelease/ - Get Fedora 23 Beta Spins — alternative desktops for Fedora https://spins.fedoraproject.org/prerelease - Get Fedora 23 Beta Labs — curated bundles of purpose-driven software and content https://labs.fedoraproject.org/prerelease What is the Beta release? ------------------------- The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 23's editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the Fedora QA team, helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 23 is expected in October. We need your help to make Fedora 23 the best 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 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. Fedora-Wide Changes ------------------- Fedora 23 includes a number of changes that will improve all of the editions. For example, Fedora 23 makes use of compiler flags to improve security by "hardening" the binaries against memory corruption vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, and so on. This is a "behind the scenes" change that most users won't notice through normal use of a Fedora edition, but will help provide additional system security. Likewise, Fedora 23 has disabled SSL3 and RC4 by default due to known vulnerabilities in the protocols. This means all applications that use GNUTLS and OpenSSL libraries have had the SSL3 protocol and RC4 cipher disabled. Fedora 23 comes with the latest version of Mono 4. This means a big improvement because we were stuck with an ancient version of Mono (2.10) for too long. All packages within Fedora that are based on Mono have been adjusted and rebuilt, to target the 4.5 version of the .Net framework. Mono 4 does not support solutions targeting v1.0, v2.0 or v3.5 of .Net, but usually they can be easily upgraded to v4.5. Fedora 23 Beta also includes support for Unicode 8.0, which includes new emojis, and improvements in sorting Unicode text and processing non-ASCII URLs. Fedora Server ------------- The Fedora Server release includes a number of interesting changes and additions. The rolekit service now supports setting up three roles. In addition to the previously supported Domain Controller (powered by FreeIPA abd Database Server (powered by PostgreSQL) roles, Fedora Server 23 features a cache server for web applications (powered by memcached). Rolekit can also now be used from the anaconda kickstart by passing the `--deferred` arguments to `rolectl`. For example: `rolectl deploy domaincontroller --name=example.com --deferred` will instruct the system to deploy the Domain Controller role on the next boot. The Cockpit Admin Interface in Fedora Server has several big improvements as well. - Support for SSH key authentication - Support for configuring user accounts with their authorized keys. - Basic cluster dashboard for driving Kubernetes on Fedora Server and Fedora Atomic Host. - Set the imezone for your Fedora Server from the Cockpit User Interface (UI). - Cockpit has also been made safe to use with multipath disks. Fedora Workstation ------------------ While there's a lot going on under the hood, desktop users are also going to find Fedora 23 Beta pretty exciting for all the obvious goodness coming to the desktop. The easiest way to experience the preview of these technologies is to download and try the Fedora 23 Beta Workstation edition. Naturally, GNOME is getting an upgrade, with Fedora 23 containing a preview of the upcoming GNOME 3.18 release, which is easier to use than ever. There are also many enhancements on the way, such as: - Improvements to next-generation graphics stack Wayland, preparing it to be the default graphical server in a future release. This includes mixed HiDPI support, to provide a better experience when moving apps between HiDPI and non-HiDPI monitors - Support for ambient backlight drivers, so brightness responds to the environment on laptops with the required hardware - The Software application is smarter about metered Internet connections, and can now update system firmware - Refreshed support for Google APIs to provide access to user data through GNOME apps (including Google Drive integration) Users trying to get a little work done on Fedora will be happy to see LibreOffice 5 in Fedora 23. The new release includes a lot of new features and improvements: - Style previews in the sidebar - Microsoft Word-compatible text highlighting - Built-in image crop - UI for data bars in Calc - Support for Time-Stamp Protocol in PDF export - Support for Adobe Swatch Exchange color palettes - Import of Apple Pages files - Improved support for HiDPI screens - Significantly improved support for MS Office formats Fedora Cloud ------------ Fedora 23 Cloud Base image includes many updates and enhancements to the underlying Fedora base packages. For example, Fedora 23 now has the latest Docker release, docker 1.8. We can now verify the publisher of an image before running. This gives the users the power to identify that the image publisher published has not been tampered with. Stay tuned for news about Fedora Atomic Host in the not too distant future! Other notable changes in Fedora ------------------------------- ### Spins Fedora Spins are alternative desktops for Fedora that provide a different experience than the standard Fedora Workstation edition. For instance, the Fedora KDE and Fedora Xfce spins provide popular alternatives to GNOME for Fedora users who enjoy the KDE or Xfce experience. There's a new spin in town for Fedora 23. Want a classic take on a modern desktop? If so, the Cinnamon spin may just be what you're hoping to find. Fedora 23 includes a spin that tries to emulate the GNOME 2 experience using GNOME Shell from GNOME 3.x. Sugar on a Stick is a stand-alone implementation of the desktop environment originally designed for the One Laptop per Child project. Fedora's SoaS spin has been updated to Sugar 0.106, for better performance, updated activities, and a new "social help" feature for collaborative learning. ### Labs Fedora Labs are curated software collections. You can find updated live media focused on Games, Design, Robotics, and more. 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 F23 Bugs page. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F23_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 Release Schedule ---------------- The full release schedule planned is available on the Fedora wiki. The current schedule calls for a beta release towards the end of September, and the final release scheduled towards the end of October. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/23/Schedule These dates are subject to change, pending any major bugs or issues found during the development process.

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2015-09-21 @ 1600 UTC ** [Moved] F23 Blocker Review
by Mike Ruckman 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Well, it appears that Bugzilla is currently experiencing some issues, so we had to move today's blocker review to tomorrow. Providing that Bugzilla is up and working by 1600 UTC tomorrow (2015-09-22), we'll be having the blocker review then. Thanks! -- // Mike -- Fedora QA freenode: roshi http://roshi.fedorapeople.org

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Cloud Atomic Test Day: 2015-09-22
by Adam Williamson 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hi folks! Just to let everyone know, we have another Test Day coming up on Tuesday 2015-09-22, Cloud Atomic Test Day [1]. The wiki page isn't up yet but should be soon. This will be a combined event with the fine folks over at CentOS, and the idea is to test both Fedora's and CentOS' Atomic[2] host images. This is some cool cutting-edge stuff, so if you're interested in learning more about some cloud technologies (or if you're already an Atomic expert and want to help make sure things are ship-shape), come out and help! As always the event will be taking place in #fedora-test-day on Freenode IRC. Look out for more information on the wiki page coming soon. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2015-09-22_Fedora_Cloud_Atomic [2] http://www.projectatomic.io/ -- 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: 2015-09-21 Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hi folks! Sorry for the late notice, but I'm proposing we cancel Monday's QA meeting. Thanks very much to everyone who helped out with Beta testing - you all helped us get Beta tested and signed off with less drama than I can remember for any release in the last few years, and with no delays! Awesome work everyone. Since Beta went so well there's nothing much to discuss, I don't think. We have a Test Day coming up on Tuesday - Cloud Atomic Test Day, I've just sent an announce mail for it. For Beta prep work, we pretty much just have to get the Common Bugs page into shape, and I guess kparal and/or I will be working on that tomorrow. If anyone does have something they think could do with meeting discussion, please do reply to this mail and we can get together ahead of the blocker review meeting! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2015-09-21 @ 1600 UTC ** Blocker Review Meeting
by Mike Ruckman 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

# F23 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2015-09-21 # Time: 1600 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net We're getting down to the final stretch for Fedora 23 with the Beta release happening this Tuesday. Great work! To make sure we stay on schedule, we'll be having a blocker review meeting to go over the 4 Final proposals we have. Should be a short meeting. If you have time tomorrow, to take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - 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 F23 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 tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- // Mike -- Fedora QA freenode: roshi http://roshi.fedorapeople.org

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Fedora 23 Beta status is GO, release on September 22, 2015
by Jan Kurik 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

At the Fedora 23 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting that just ends, was agreed to Go with the Fedora 23 Beta. Fedora 23 Beta is considered as GOLD. Fedora 23 Beta will be publicly available on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. Meeting details can be seen here: <http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2015-08-07/f23_alpha_gono…>Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2015-09-17/f23_beta_go_no… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2015-09-17/f23_beta_go_no… Thanks everyone! -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 23 Beta Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Available Now!
by Adam Williamson 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

As scheduled [1], Fedora 23 Beta Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for testing. Please help us complete all the validation testing! The 32-bit cloud base image is known to be missing from this compose. Otherwise there are no major known issues. Content information, including changes, can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6237#comment:7 . 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 Alpha and Beta priority test cases for each of these test pages [2] must pass in order to meet the Beta Release Criteria [3]. We are also trying to run the Final tests at this time, to try and identify later release blocker bugs as early as possible. Help is available on #fedora-qa on irc.freenode.net [4], or on the test list [5]. Create Fedora 23 Beta test compose (TC) and release candidate (RC) https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6237 Current Blocker and Freeze Exception bugs: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-23/f-23-quality-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Beta_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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