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===Fedora Announcement News===
===Fedora Announcement News===


=== Fedora Community Gaming ===
=== Fedora Community Gaming Session 2 ===
Bruno Wolff III announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-April/371558.html</ref>:
Bruno Wolff III announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002802.html</ref>:


A suggestion was made to have game sessions for the community playing games
"There will be another Fedora Community Gaming session this weekend.
available in Fedora. A pilot project has been started and the first
We will be playing Wesnoth as a team or teams (with the game(s) ending on first human elimination). Depending on the number of participants we
session will be this Friday (or Saturday depending on timezone).
may have humans on both sides or just one team versus the AI.


For background you can find the original request at<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/ticket/18</ref>
We will be starting at:
UTC: 0100 Saturday May 8, 2010
EDT: 9pm Friday May 7, 2010


A wiki page for this project is at<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming</ref>
Since unlike last week (with bzflag) drop ins are not easily accommodated, please be on time.


The first session will start this Friday at 9pm EDT (0100 UTC Saturday). We will be playing bzflag and attempting to use Fedora Talk (x2010) as a social channel, as chatting socially by typing, while playing bzflag seems hard to do.
I'll be following the #fedora-games IRC chat room before we get started.
We will meet in the "fedora" room in the official Wesnoth lobby.


bzflag is a pretty light, chaotic game that allows for easy dropping in and out. The session will last at least 2 hours, but will go longer if people actually show up and want to keep playing. games1.wolff.to will be set up as a private server, but you will just be able to connect without any special password. Before we start playing we will be using the #fedora-games IRC channel to communicate in case there are problems. If you think it's likely you'll show up you can add you name in the wiki so we know how many people to expect.
Players will need a 1.8 or 1.8.1 version of Wesnoth.
Currently F14 has 1.8.1, F13 has 1.8 (but will probably have 1.8.1 in
at least testing by Friday).
For F13, F12, and F11 I have made 1.8.1 scratch builds available for F13<ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163514</ref>,  
F12<ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163516</ref>, and F11<ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163519</ref>


The week after we will be running a Wesnoth session, using the in game chat for socializing. That's a much different game and will probably appeal to a different group of people.
You can also use a nightly compose of the games spin live image which will have either 1.8 or 1.8.1<ref>http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/games/</ref>


After that, it depends on the response both a of players and people willing to sponsor games. At least initially we want to try a lot of different stuff. The first two being at the same time has to do with my schedule.  I would hope that other people run game sessions at different times in order to be more accessible to other people.
There is additional information on the Community Gaming page<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming#Upcoming_game_sessions</ref>


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==== Recent Bugzilla Comment Concerning Fedora 11 EOL ====   
==== Reminder: Fedora Board IRC meeting 1600 UTC 2010-05-06 ====   
[[User:Poelstra|John Poelstra]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002796.html</ref>:
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] reminded the community of the next Fedora Board meeting<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002803.html</ref>:


"All open Fedora 11 bugs recently received a comment warning about the
"The Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Thursday, May 6,
upcoming end of life for Fedora 11.  This email serves as correction to  
2010 at 1600 UTC on IRC Freenode.  For this meeting, the public is
part of that notification.
invited to do the following:


Due to an error on my part this warning was sent out earlier than it
* Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation.
should have been.  The statement "Approximately 30 (thirty) days from
now Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 11..."
is incorrect.  The end of life (EOL) for Fedora 11 will be June 18,
2010, which is thirty days after the release of Fedora 13, currently
scheduled for May 18, 2010.  When Fedora 11 reaches EOL at that time,
bugs open for Fedora 11 will be closed as previously described.


For more information on Fedora's policy for maintenance of our releases,
* Join #fedora-board-questions to discuss topics and post
please refer to:
  questions. This channel is read/write for everyone.


http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle#Maintenance_Schedule<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle#Maintenance_Schedule</ref>
The first portion of our meeting, which we'll limit to 30 minutes,
will be an open discussion with the Websites team. Following that,
we'll shift to a community Q&A session.


My apologies for any inconvenience or confusion this error may have caused.
The moderator will voice people from the queue, one at a time, in the
 
#fedora-board-meeting channel.  We'll limit time per voice as needed
John"
to give everyone in the queue a chance to be heard.  The Board may
reserve some time at the top of the hour to cover any agenda items as
appropriate.  We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!"


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====Upcoming Fedora IRC Classroom Sessions - 2010-04-26====   
==== Fedora 14 release name voting information ====   
Kevin Fenzi announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002795.html</ref>
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]]  announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002801.html</ref>


"The Fedora IRC Classroom has been quiet of late, but thats about to
"It is now time to choose the release name for Fedora 14. The Fedora
change! We have a number of great classes coming up: 
community submitted suggestions for the Fedora 14 release name, and
that list has been narrowed down to the final six candidates. Now you
can vote on these names and assist in the final selection for the
successor of Fedora 13 "Goddard".


Date and Time (UTC) Class topic and Instructor
This vote runs until 10 May 2010 at 23:59:59 UTC. Other important facts:


27 April, 2010 at 19:00 UTC How to make life awesome for journalists - Joe Brockmeier
* We are using the Range Voting method<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting</ref>


29 April, 2010 at 01:00 UTC How to test Fedora Updates - Kevin Fenzi
* Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting</ref>


30 April, 2010 at 12:30 UTC (6:00 PM IST) A Short Tutorial On i18n Through gettext - Naveen Kumar
* If this is the first time you've used the voting system, you might
  want to read the Fedora Elections Guide<ref>http://nigelj.fedorapeople.org/feg/</ref>


03 May, 2010 at 13:30 UTC (7:00 PM IST) Introductory workshop on GNU Autotools - Siddhesh Poyarekar
* To vote, you must have a valid Fedora Contributors License Agreement
  (CLA) and be a member of at least one non-CLA group.


10 May, 2010 at 01:00 UTC Learn about exciting Fedora 13 Features - Kevin Fenzi
To vote, visit<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef14</ref>


See the classroom page ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Classroom ) for
Thank you to everyone who helped by contributing names for
more details and information on how to attend classes on IRC, or sign
consideration, and reviewing the names for the final ballot."
up to teach one!
 
Hope to see everyone there.  
 
kevin"


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====Elections: Nominations open Sat 2010-04-24====
====RHCE Loopback====


[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-April/002794.html</ref>,
"Are you an RHCE®? Take advantage of your certified status and join Red Hat in an RHCE-only event where you and others like you can get together, share tips and technical tricks, discuss new technologies, and hear from experts on current and future industry trends.


“With a Fedora release coming soon, it's also time for Fedora
Register for this free, informal technology discussion and dinner.
Elections.  Both the Fedora Project Board and the Fedora Engineering
Get it here first > Experience and learn > Connect and interact
Steering Committee (FESCo) will have open seats during this election
cycle.


Nominations for these seats open tomorrow, Saturday, April 24, 2010.
Learn about recent technology advances, as well as future implementations from the people who make it happen.


You can nominate yourself, or someone else. It's recommended if
Like the RHCE itself, we're not big on multiple-choice standardized test behavior. This isn't your boss's technology conference. Expect live examples and discussion. This isn't a lecture, this is real learning.
you intend to nominate someone else that you consult with that person
first. The entire election schedule, and other important information
for all nominees, is posted on the wiki's main Elections page<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections</ref>, and the
specific nomination pages for the Board<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board_nominations</ref> and FESCo<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations</ref>


You can also find more information about both these at their main wiki
Bring your current problems and share them with a group of people as passionate and smart as you are in a comfortable, private dining room setting. Get answers and make connections that last beyond the evening.
pages<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board</ref><ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo</ref>.


Please thoughtfully consider how you can best contribute to Fedora by
For more information<ref>http://www.redhat.com/rhceloopback/</ref>
serving on one of these important committees, or encourage someone you
know who can make a difference to serve. Thank you!
 
--
Paul
(25 days to Fedora 13!)


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===Fedora Development News===
===Fedora Development News===
====Outage: Buildsystem/koji - 2010-04-25 14:30 UTC====
====Outage: PHX2 outage - 2010-05-04 22:13 UTC====


[[User:Mmcgrath|Mike McGrath]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-April/000604.html</ref>
[[User:Mmcgrath|Mike McGrath]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-May/000610.html</ref>


There was an outage starting at 2010-04-25 14:30 UTC, which lasted
There was an outage starting at 2010-05-04 22:13 UTC, which lasted
approximately 1 hour.
approximately 1 hour.


To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
or run:
or run:


date -d '2010-04-25 14:30 UTC'
date -d '2010-05-04 22:13 UTC'


Reason for outage:
Reason for outage:


db3, koji's primary database, was throwing read/write errors on it's
While trying to recover from this last major outage (see ticket for
underlying storage device.  The RSA-II adapter was not showing anything
reference) it seems some network gear failed causing an outage to some of our storage devices and to the Internet.  Stay tuned to the ticket for more info.
was wrong.  Not being able to log in I powercycled the host and it came
back up on its own.  We'll be keeping an eye on it.


Affected Services:
Affected Services:
Line 141: Line 130:
* Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
* Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
* Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
* Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
* CVS / Source Control
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
* Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
* Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
* Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
* Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
* Smolt - http://smolts.org/
* Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
* Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/


Unaffected Services:
Unaffected Services:


* BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
* BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
* CVS / Source Control
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
* Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
* Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
* Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
* Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
* Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
* Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
* Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
* Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
* Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
* Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
* Smolt - http://smolts.org/
* Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
* Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
* Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
* Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
* Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
* Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
* Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
* Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/


Ticket Link:
Ticket Link:


https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2118
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2125


Contact Information:
Contact Information:


Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to
Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.
track the status of this outage.


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==== Outage Notification: Red Hat Bugzilla 2010-05-04 16:00UTC - 16:40 UTC ====
Stephen John Smoogen announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-May/000609.html</ref>
Outage Notification: Red Hat Bugzilla
Red Hat Bugzilla has currently an planned outage that is taking longer
than expected,  and is causing various Fedora services not to be
functional. We are working with upstream on recovering services as
fast as possible
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
or run:
date -d '2009-01-09 HH:MM UTC'
Affected Services:
* fedora community
* fedora pkgdb


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===Fedora Events===
===Fedora Events===

Revision as of 01:07, 6 May 2010

Announcements

In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project, including general announcements[1], selected announcements to the Fedora user list[2], development announcements[3] and Events[4].

Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/
  3. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
  4. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events

Fedora Announcement News

Fedora Community Gaming Session 2

Bruno Wolff III announced[1]:

"There will be another Fedora Community Gaming session this weekend. We will be playing Wesnoth as a team or teams (with the game(s) ending on first human elimination). Depending on the number of participants we may have humans on both sides or just one team versus the AI.

We will be starting at: UTC: 0100 Saturday May 8, 2010 EDT: 9pm Friday May 7, 2010

Since unlike last week (with bzflag) drop ins are not easily accommodated, please be on time.

I'll be following the #fedora-games IRC chat room before we get started. We will meet in the "fedora" room in the official Wesnoth lobby.

Players will need a 1.8 or 1.8.1 version of Wesnoth. Currently F14 has 1.8.1, F13 has 1.8 (but will probably have 1.8.1 in at least testing by Friday). For F13, F12, and F11 I have made 1.8.1 scratch builds available for F13[2], F12[3], and F11[4]

You can also use a nightly compose of the games spin live image which will have either 1.8 or 1.8.1[5]

There is additional information on the Community Gaming page[6]

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Reminder: Fedora Board IRC meeting 1600 UTC 2010-05-06

Paul W. Frields reminded the community of the next Fedora Board meeting[7]:

"The Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 1600 UTC on IRC Freenode. For this meeting, the public is invited to do the following:

  • Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation.
  • Join #fedora-board-questions to discuss topics and post
 questions. This channel is read/write for everyone.

The first portion of our meeting, which we'll limit to 30 minutes, will be an open discussion with the Websites team. Following that, we'll shift to a community Q&A session.

The moderator will voice people from the queue, one at a time, in the

  1. fedora-board-meeting channel. We'll limit time per voice as needed

to give everyone in the queue a chance to be heard. The Board may reserve some time at the top of the hour to cover any agenda items as appropriate. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!"

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002802.html
  2. ↑ http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163514
  3. ↑ http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163516
  4. ↑ http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2163519
  5. ↑ http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/games/
  6. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming#Upcoming_game_sessions
  7. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002803.html

Fedora 14 release name voting information

Paul W. Frields announced[1]

"It is now time to choose the release name for Fedora 14. The Fedora community submitted suggestions for the Fedora 14 release name, and that list has been narrowed down to the final six candidates. Now you can vote on these names and assist in the final selection for the successor of Fedora 13 "Goddard".

This vote runs until 10 May 2010 at 23:59:59 UTC. Other important facts:

  • We are using the Range Voting method[2]
  • Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System[3]
  • If this is the first time you've used the voting system, you might
 want to read the Fedora Elections Guide[4]
  • To vote, you must have a valid Fedora Contributors License Agreement
 (CLA) and be a member of at least one non-CLA group.

To vote, visit[5]

Thank you to everyone who helped by contributing names for consideration, and reviewing the names for the final ballot."

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002801.html
  2. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting
  3. ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting
  4. ↑ http://nigelj.fedorapeople.org/feg/
  5. ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef14

RHCE Loopback

"Are you an RHCE®? Take advantage of your certified status and join Red Hat in an RHCE-only event where you and others like you can get together, share tips and technical tricks, discuss new technologies, and hear from experts on current and future industry trends.

Register for this free, informal technology discussion and dinner. Get it here first > Experience and learn > Connect and interact

Learn about recent technology advances, as well as future implementations from the people who make it happen.

Like the RHCE itself, we're not big on multiple-choice standardized test behavior. This isn't your boss's technology conference. Expect live examples and discussion. This isn't a lecture, this is real learning.

Bring your current problems and share them with a group of people as passionate and smart as you are in a comfortable, private dining room setting. Get answers and make connections that last beyond the evening.

For more information[1]

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/rhceloopback/

Fedora Development News

Outage: PHX2 outage - 2010-05-04 22:13 UTC

Mike McGrath announced[1]

There was an outage starting at 2010-05-04 22:13 UTC, which lasted approximately 1 hour.

To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at[2] or run:

date -d '2010-05-04 22:13 UTC'

Reason for outage:

While trying to recover from this last major outage (see ticket for reference) it seems some network gear failed causing an outage to some of our storage devices and to the Internet. Stay tuned to the ticket for more info.

Affected Services:

Unaffected Services:

Ticket Link:

https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2125

Contact Information:

Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage.

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-May/000610.html
  2. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto

Outage Notification: Red Hat Bugzilla 2010-05-04 16:00UTC - 16:40 UTC

Stephen John Smoogen announced[1]

Outage Notification: Red Hat Bugzilla

Red Hat Bugzilla has currently an planned outage that is taking longer than expected, and is causing various Fedora services not to be functional. We are working with upstream on recovering services as fast as possible

To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at[2] or run:

date -d '2009-01-09 HH:MM UTC'

Affected Services:

  • fedora community
  • fedora pkgdb

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Fedora Events

Fedora events are the source of marketing, learning and meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering near you!

Upcoming Events (March 2010 to May 2010)

  • North America (NA)[3]
  • Central & South America (LATAM) [4]
  • Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[5]
  • India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[6]
  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-May/000609.html
  2. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
  4. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
  5. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_2
  6. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_3

Past Events

Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]

  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents

Additional information

  • Reimbursements -- reimbursement guidelines.
  • Budget -- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo).
  • Sponsorship -- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members.
  • Organization -- event organization, budget information, and regional responsibility.
  • Event reports -- guidelines and suggestions.
  • LinuxEvents -- a collection of calendars of Linux events.
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