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=== Fedora 12 (Constantine) ===
=== General ===
 
Luke Macken<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lmacken</ref> announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00003.html</ref> an update to the Fedora Community<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community</ref> codebase.  The changes make Fedora Community able to process information from EPEL, and also provide a variety of other bugfixes and enhancements.
 
Kevin Fenzi<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kevin</ref> summarized<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-August/msg00002.html</ref> the recent Fedora Classroom sessions that have taken place.  The classes have included introductions to rsync, to Koji (Fedora's build system), XFCE, and PreUpgrade.  Fedora Classroom continues to be a wonderful source of information, and we encourage all Fedora users and contributors to either attend or teach a class.


John Poelstra<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Poelstra</ref> has made several important announcements related to the ongoing development of Fedora 12.
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On July 28th, John wrote<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-July/msg00025.html</ref> about the upcoming Fedora 12 schedule<ref>http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-12/f-12-releng-tasks.html</ref> deadlines.
=== Fedora 12 (Constantine) ===


The complete Fedora 12 schedule that John maintains is incredibly detailed and serves as a model for any group or project that is looking to produce results on a deadline.
Jesse Keating<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating</ref> announced the Fedora 12 Alpha freeze<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00001.html</ref> on August 4th.


On July 31st, a request for feature updates<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-July/msg00027.html</ref> landed.  See the list included in the link.  John wrote, "According to a review of all the feature pages, the following features have not been updated recently or are not 100% complete. Please update them no later than Wednesday, August 6, 2009."
John Poelstra<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Poelstra</ref> continued the public announcements related to the finalizing of Fedora 12 features.  This week, feature pages that had not been updated were flagged for review and potential dropping from the release<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00005.html</ref>.  If you are a Fedora 12 feature owner, you should check to make sure that your features are up to date.


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Revision as of 13:18, 9 August 2009

Announcements

In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project[1] [2] [3].

Contributing Writer: Max Spevack

If anyone is interested in taking over this beat, please contact the Fedora News[4] team.

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/
  2. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
  4. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-news-list

General

Luke Macken[1] announced[2] an update to the Fedora Community[3] codebase. The changes make Fedora Community able to process information from EPEL, and also provide a variety of other bugfixes and enhancements.

Kevin Fenzi[4] summarized[5] the recent Fedora Classroom sessions that have taken place. The classes have included introductions to rsync, to Koji (Fedora's build system), XFCE, and PreUpgrade. Fedora Classroom continues to be a wonderful source of information, and we encourage all Fedora users and contributors to either attend or teach a class.

  1. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lmacken
  2. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00003.html
  3. ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community
  4. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kevin
  5. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-August/msg00002.html

Fedora 12 (Constantine)

Jesse Keating[1] announced the Fedora 12 Alpha freeze[2] on August 4th.

John Poelstra[3] continued the public announcements related to the finalizing of Fedora 12 features. This week, feature pages that had not been updated were flagged for review and potential dropping from the release[4]. If you are a Fedora 12 feature owner, you should check to make sure that your features are up to date.

  1. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating
  2. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00001.html
  3. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Poelstra
  4. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-August/msg00005.html

Upcoming Events

Consider attending or volunteering at an event near you!

  • North America (NA)[1]
  • Central & South America (LATAM)[2]
  • Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
  • India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q2_.28June_2009_-_August_2009.29
  2. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q2_.28June_2009_-_August_2009.29_2
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q2_.28June_2009_-_August_2009.29_3
  4. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q2_.28June_2009_-_August_2009.29_4
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