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Announcing the release of Fedora 24 Alpha!
by Dennis Gilmore 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

The Fedora 24 Alpha is here, right on schedule for our planned June final release. Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site: - Get Fedora 24 Alpha Workstation https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/ prerelease/ - Get Fedora 24 Alpha Server https://getfedora.org/en/server/prerelease/ - Get Fedora 24 Alpha Cloud https://getfedora.org/en/cloud/prerelease/ - Get Fedora 24 Alpha Spins https://spins.fedoraproject.org/prerelease - Get Fedora 24 Alpha Labs https://labs.fedoraproject.org/prerelease - Get Fedora 24 Alpha ARM https://arm.fedoraproject.org/prerelease What is the Alpha release? -------------------------- The Alpha release contains all the features of Fedora 24'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 24 is expected in June. If you take the time to download and try out the Alpha, you can check and make sure the things that are important to YOU are working. Every bug you find and report doesn't just help you, it improves the experience of 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 we can, and your feedback improves not only Fedora, but Linux and Free software as a whole. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/24/Schedule * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report Fedora-Wide Changes ------------------- Under the hood, glibc has moved to 2.23. The update includes better performance, many bugfixes and improvements to POSIX compliance, and additional locales. The new library is backwards compatible with the version of glibc that was shipped in Fedora 23, and includes a number of security and bug fixes. We've also updated the system compiler to GCC 6 and rebuilt all packages with that, providing greater code optimization and catching programming errors which had slipped past previous compilers. Workstation ----------- - Workstation features a preview of GNOME 3.20, which was released just after the Alpha was cut. The GNOME 3.20 release is already available in the Fedora 24 update stream. Once you install Fedora 24 Alpha, you can use Software or dnf to update. GNOME 3.20 will of course be part of Fedora 24 Beta and the Final release. - We have decided not to make Wayland, the next generation graphic stack, the default in Fedora 24 Workstation. However, Wayland remains available as an option, and the Workstation team would greatly appreciate your help in testing. Our goal is one full release where the non-default Wayland option works seamlessly, or reasonably close thereto. At that point we will make Wayland the default with X11 as the fallback option. - There have been many changes to theming in GTK+ 3, where a stable API has not been declared. As a result, applications that use custom CSS theming, for example, may show issues with their appearance. This may include default applications that come with Fedora 24 Alpha Workstation. Users are asked to try out their favorite GTK+ 3 based applications and report bugs upstream so they might be addressed in time for the final release. Server ------ - FreeIPA 4.3 (Domain Controller role) is included in Fedora 24. This version helps streamline installation of replicas by adding a replica promotion method for new installs. A new topology plugin has also been added that automatically manages new replication segment creation. An effective replica topology visualization tool is also available in the webUI. - More packages have been removed from the default Server edition to make the footprint of the default installation smaller. Cloud ----- - For Fedora 24, we're working hard to make Fedora the best platform for developing containers, from the base Fedora container images to a full-featured PaaS to run and manage them. - We're packaging OpenShift Origin for Fedora to make it easy to run on Fedora. OpenShift Origin is a distribution of Kubernetes optimized for enterprise application development and deployment. Origin embeds Kubernetes and adds powerful additional functionality to deliver an easy to approach developer and operator experience for building applications in containers. Spins and Labs -------------- Fedora Spins are alternative desktops for Fedora that provide a different desktop experience than the standard Fedora Workstation edition. Fedora Workstation is built on the GNOME desktop environment and aims to provide a compelling, easy-to-use operating system for software developers, while also being well-suited to other users. Our spins showcase KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXDE, Mate-Compiz, Cinnamon, and Sugar on a Stick (Soas) on the same Fedora Base. Fedora Labs are collections of software for specific purposes — Games, Design, Robotics, and so on. They are pre-selected sets of Fedora software and are ideal for events or audiences with the corresponding specific interest. Fedora 24 comes with a new lab, the Astronomy Spin, a set of tools for astronomers and astrophysicists. Note that the SoaS spin and Security, Games, and Design Suite labs are missing from the Fedora 24 Alpha release. We plan to fix this for the Beta release. ARM --- ARM images are available as usual for several usecases. Fedora 24 ships Desktop images, such as Spins and Workstation, but also provides a Server image. A minimal Fedora image completes the wide set of install options for you ARM board. Atomic Host ----------- Fedora Atomic Host releases on a two-week schedule, and each release is built on the latest overall Fedora OS. This schedule means the Atomic Host is currently built on Fedora 23, but will switch to Fedora 24 when we're out of Beta. There currently is no Fedora Atomic Host built on Fedora 24 Alpha, but we plan to have that for the Beta. However, you can try one of the newer features with recent Fedora Atomic Host builds today. Since Fedora 23 was released, Atomic Host has added a "developer mode" that gives a better developer experience overall. When running in DEVELOPER MODE, the host will download and start Cockpit and fire up a TMUX session to make it easier to work at the console and obtain necessary information (like the root password, IP address, etc.). Issues and Details ------------------ This is an Alpha 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 F24 Bugs page. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F24_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 is available on the Fedora wiki: * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/24/Schedule The current schedule calls for a beta release towards the beginning of May, and the final release in early June. Be aware that these dates are development targets. Some projects release on a set date regardless of feature completeness or bugs; others wait until certain thresholds for functionality or testing are met. Fedora uses a hybrid model, with milestones subject to adjustment. This allows us to make releases with new features and newly-integrated and updated upstream software while also retaining high quality. Flock 2016: Krakow, Poland -------------------------- If you're a contributor to Fedora, or interested in getting more involved, one way to engage with our community is through Fedora premier events. The annual North American/European conference for Fedora contributors is Flock, which takes place August 2-5, 2016 in Krakow, Poland. Registration is now open at https://register.flocktofedora.org. For more information about our Latin American and Asia-Pacific Conferences, stay tuned for announcements on the Fedora Community Blog: * https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org

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2016-03-29 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 24 Blocker Review
by Adam Williamson 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

# F24 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2016-03-29 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We were quite short on people for the blocker review meeting today (2016-03-28) so we're going to try again tomorrow (2016-03-29), same time (16:00 UTC), same channel (#fedora-blocker-review). We have a few proposed blockers to review, so let's take a look at them. There are 4 proposed Beta blockers, 5 proposed Final blockers, and 2 accepted Beta blockers. If you have time tonight, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember to check each outstanding milestone (Beta and Final). 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 F24 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 night and see you tomorrow! [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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2016-03-28 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 24 Blocker Review
by Adam Williamson 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

# F24 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2016-03-28 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We have a few proposed blockers to review, so let's take a look at them. There are 4 proposed Beta blockers, 5 proposed Final blockers, and 2 accepted Beta blockers. If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember to check each outstanding milestone (Beta and Final). 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 F24 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 on 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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2016-03-28 @ 15:00 UTC - Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2016-03-28 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net Greetings testers! It's meeting time again tomorrow! We haven't met for a few weeks and F24 Alpha is signed off now, so let's meet up and just sync everyone up with current status and so on. We might have some new people to say Hi to as well - if you joined recently, do come along to the meeting :) Note that clocks went forward in most parts of the world since the last meeting, so the meeting time is now 1500 UTC. If you observe daylight savings and you've set your clock forward since the last meeting, it will be at the same local time as before; if you don't observe daylight savings, the meeting will be an hour earlier than before. If anyone has any other items for the agenda, please reply to this email and suggest them! Thanks. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Previous meeting follow-up 2. Fedora 24 status, Beta planning 3. Test Days 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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Fedora 24 Alpha status is GO, release on March 29, 2016
by Jan Kurik 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

At the second Fedora 24 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting [1][2] that just ended, has been agreed by QA, Release Engineering and Development to go live with the Fedora 24 Alpha. Fedora 24 Alpha will be publicly available on March 29, 2016. The official release time has been agreed on F24 Alpha Readiness meeting [3] to be 14:00 UTC. Meeting details can be seen here: [1] Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-23/f24-alpha-go_no… [2] Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2016-03-23/f24-alpha-go_no… [3] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teams/f24-alpha-readiness-meeting/f24-alp… 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 24 Candidate Alpha-1.7 Available Now!
by Fedora compose checker 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

According to the schedule [1], Fedora 24 Candidate Alpha-1.7 is now available for testing. Please help us complete all the validation testing! For more information on release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://www.happyassassin.net/testcase_stats/24 You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Summary The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Installation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Base https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Server https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Cloud https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Desktop https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.7_Security_Lab All Alpha priority test cases for each of these test pages [2] must pass in order to meet the Alpha Release Criteria [3]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on irc.freenode.net [4], or on the test list [5]. Current Blocker and Freeze Exception bugs: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-24/f-24-quality-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Alpha_Release_Criteria [4] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa [5] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org/

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The second Fedora 24 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting, Wednesday, March 23 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jan Kurik 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 24 Alpha. The meeting is going to be held on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 17:00 UTC. Please check the [Fedocal] link for your time zone. This meeting is a second attempt to determine the readiness of the Fedora 24 Alpha, following the first Go/No-Go meeting for F24 Alpha held the last week [F24-GoNoGo-I]. For more details about this meeting please follow the [GoNoGoMeeting] link. In the meantime, please keep also an eye on the Fedora 24 Alpha Blocker list [AlphaBlockers]. [F24-GoNoGo-I] https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/teams/f24-alpha-go_no_go-meeting/f24-… [FedoCal] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/3344/ [AlphaBlockers] http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/24/alpha/buglist [GoNoGoMeeting] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting Thanks you in advance for your support. Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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2016-03-21 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 24 Blocker Review
by Adam Williamson 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

# F24 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2016-03-21 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We have a few proposed blockers to review, so let's take a look at them. There are 3 proposed Alpha blockers, 3 proposed Beta blockers and 6 proposed Final blockers. We should also look at the 6 proposed Alpha freeze exceptions. As Kamil pointed out last week, the meeting time is now 1600 UTC as clocks went forward last week in most places. If your region observes daylight savings time and you've changed your clocks forward already, the meeting is at the same local time as always. If you haven't changed your clocks, it'll be an hour earlier than before. Handy hint: you can always run "date -u" to see the current UTC time! If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember to check each milestone (Alpha, Beta, Final). 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 F24 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 on 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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Proposal to CANCEL: 2016-03-21 Fedora QA Meeting
by Adam Williamson 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Hi folks! I'm proposing we cancel Monday's QA meeting. Once again we'll mainly be focusing on Alpha this week, I think, and we have the blocker review meeting to see how we're doing there. It *has* been two weeks since the last meeting, though, and I've been heads down on robot herding, so please *do* reply to this mail and point it out if I'm missing something that would be worth having a meeting for, and we can have one! 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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Fedora 24 Candidate Alpha-1.6 Available Now!
by Fedora compose checker 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

According to the schedule [1], Fedora 24 Candidate Alpha-1.6 is now available for testing. Please help us complete all the validation testing! For more information on release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://www.happyassassin.net/testcase_stats/24 You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Summary The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Installation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Base https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Server https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Cloud https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Desktop https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_24_Alpha_1.6_Security_Lab All Alpha priority test cases for each of these test pages [2] must pass in order to meet the Alpha Release Criteria [3]. Help is available on #fedora-qa on irc.freenode.net [4], or on the test list [5]. Current Blocker and Freeze Exception bugs: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current [1] http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-24/f-24-quality-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Alpha_Release_Criteria [4] irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-qa [5] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org/

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