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| ====CC license changeover complete==== | | ====F13 Naming: Leonidas -> Constantine -> <New Name>?==== |
| Ian Weller announced about the CC license changeover completion <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00001.html</ref>. He mentioned, “The Docs team has finished converting all current documentation and project content from the OPL to a CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported license.
| | [[User:inode0|John Rose]], the Central US Regional Ambassador for North America, announced,<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00003.html</ref> "F13 Naming: Leonidas -> Constantine -> <New Name>?". The full announcement, "With Fedora 12 just a few days from release it is time to begin the naming process for the next Fedora release. |
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| Additional information can be found at <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Relicensing_OPL_to_CC_BY_SA</ref><ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-October/msg00001.html</ref>
| | Contributors can make suggestions for the name for Fedora 13 by visiting |
| | <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_13</ref> |
| | and following the instructions. |
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| Thanks again to Tom "spot" Callaway, Richard Fontana of Red Hat Legal
| | Remember there needs to be an "is-a" link between the name Constantine |
| and all the Fedora contributors who helped with the conversion. Here's | | and the name you suggest and this link must be different than all |
| to freer documentation for Fedora 12!” | | previous links used to connect Fedora release names. |
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| | Full details of the release naming schedule are available on the above |
| | | link but please note than the period for gathering suggestions begins |
| ====Reminder: Fedora Board IRC meeting 1700 UTC 2009-11-05====
| | now and runs through November 16. |
| Paul W. Frields, the Fedora Project Leader, announced <ref> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-October/msg00009.html</ref> a reminder about the Fedora Board IRC Meeting. He said, “The Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 1700 UTC on IRC Freenode. For this meeting, the public is invited to do the following:
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| Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation.
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| Join #fedora-board-questions to discuss topics and post questions. This channel is read/write for everyone.”
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| Note that daylight savings time ends in the USA on November 1, and on November 5, 1700 UTC == 12:00pm US Eastern == 9:00am US Pacific.
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| ====Announcing Fedora-Medical SIG.====
| | So there isn't a lot of time, think up some good names, and get them |
| Susmit shannigrahi had announced Fedora-Medical SIG<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-October/msg00008.html</ref>. On his announcement, he mentioned how the idea came from (Fedora India mailing list <ref> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2009-July/msg00060.html</ref>), how to make the Fedora Medical SIG successful, the initial SIG page <ref> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/FedoraMedical</ref> and the goal of the SIG. He said, “Simply put, the goal of the SIG is going to be:
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| 1. Working on identifying the various workflows / needs of the medical
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| 2. Bring together and package the software those fitting in the workflow.
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| 3. Composing a spin to get a out-of-the-box solution.
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| 4. At a later stage, developing any crucial app that may be lacking.
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| ====Fedora 12 now in RC freeze==== | | ====Nominations now open for December Fedora Elections==== |
| | [[User:inode0|John Rose]] announced that the nominations now open for December Fedora Elections<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00004.html</ref>. Here is the announcement, "It is time to begin the process of nominating candidates for the open |
| | seats in the following bodies: |
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| Bill Nottingham announced on behalf of the Fedora Release Engineering, “Fedora 12 now in RC freeze” <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-November/msg00001.html</ref>. He said, “We are reaching a very deep freeze now as we try and get a final release candidate for Fedora 12. Bodhi is now open for submitting F-12 updates, and we hope to have update repositories for testing later this weekend. If you have critical blocking issues, you can continue to file tag requests with 'make tag-request', and they will be considered. For the majority of updates, though, please use bodhi.”
| | * Fedora Project Board |
| | * Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo) |
| | * Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) |
| | General Election Schedule: |
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| | * November 10-16: Nominations are open. |
| | * November 17-23: Candidate questionnaires. |
| | * November 27 - December 3: IRC Town Hall-style discussions with |
| | candidates for the various elected positions will be arranged. |
| | * December 8-15: The elections will take place. |
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| ===FEDORA DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS===
| | Nominations |
| ====Outage Notification - 2009-11-05 13:00 UTC====
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| “There will be an outage starting at 2009-11-05 13:00 UTC, which will last
| | You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time. Wiki nomination pages <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections</ref> carry additional details about the nominee which the nominee is |
| approximately 1 hour.”, announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-November/msg00000.html</ref> Mike McGrath. He added, “To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at
| | expected to write. Simply update the respective wiki page with your nomination information. |
| <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref> | |
| or run:
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| date -d '2009-11-05 13:00 UTC'
| | Please thoughtfully consider how you can best contribute to Fedora by serving on one of these important committees or by encouraging someone you know who you think can make a difference to serve." |
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| Affected Services:
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| Ticket Link:<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/1785</ref>
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| Reason for Outage:
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| IBM wants us reseat the DIMMs and get FRU information off of them. Don is
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| going to do this work for us (thanks ibiblio). Seth is going to do a
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| graceful shutoff.
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| Contact Information:
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| Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to
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| track the status of this outage.”
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| ====Addition to the Policy for non responsive maintainers==== | | ===FEDORA DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS=== |
| | ====Fedora 12 staged for mirrors, rawhide moving on soon===== |
| | [[JesseKeating||Jesse Keating]] announced that the Fedora 12 staged for mirrors, rawhide moving on soon<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-November/msg00008.html</ref>. Here is the full announcement: |
| | "I have just staged Fedora 12 for our mirrors. We're doing something a little different this time around. The releases/12/Everything/ tree will be open to the public as it gets staged. This will allow us to give people who have "Fedora 12" installed now access to the "fedora" repo. We will then be able to move rawhide along to Fedora 13. The Fedora/ and Live/ trees will remain locked until our release date. |
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| Kevin announced, “FESCo has made an additional 'fast track' process for non responsive maintainers available for some rare cases.”<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-October/msg00010.html</ref>
| | On this Saturday or Sunday rawhide will have Fedora 13 content. Users of rawhide right now do not need to do anything to keep on Fedora 12. Unless you have modified your /etc/yum.repos.d/ files, you will stay on Fedora 12 as we transition. Those of you that wish to move along to Fedora 13 rawhide will need to modify your fedora rawhide.repo file and keep it enabled, while disabling fedora and fedora-updates repos. |
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| <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Policy_for_nonresponsive_package_maintainers#Fast_Track_procedure</ref>
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| For more details. <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/251</ref>
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| As well as: <ref>http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-09-18/fedora-meeting.2009-09-18-16.59.log.html#l-31</ref>
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| ====Upcoming Bugzilla Changes====
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| Edward Kirk on behalf of the Fedora Bug Triage Team mentioned the upcoming Bugzilla Changes <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-October/msg00009.html</ref>.
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| He said, “This e-mail is designed to let you know about two things happening around November 17, 2009 (Fedora 12 release day) and what you need to do, if anything.
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| (1) We will be automatically changing the version all rawhide bugs to Fedora 12.This will result in regular bugs reported against rawhide during the Fedora 12 development cycle being changed to version '12' instead of their current assignment, 'rawhide'. This is done in order to more accurately tell where in the lineage of releases the bug was last reported because over time 'rawhide' becomes ambiguous.
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| Note that this procedure does not apply to bugs that are against component 'Package Review' or bugs that have the 'FutureFeature' or 'Tracking' keywords set. They will stay open as rawhide bugs indefinitely.
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| If you do not want your bugs changed to version '12', add the FutureFeature keyword. If you need help changing a large amount of bugs manually, we'd be glad to help. Stop by #fedora-bugzappers on irc.freenode.net and we'll help you.
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| (2) All bugs for upcoming EOL releases (at this point, Fedora 10) will get a comment on release day, explaining that one month of maintenance remains. These bugs must move to a later version if still applicable or they will be automatically closed in one month with a resolution of WONTFIX.”
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| More about these processes is here:<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping</ref>
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| ====Request your FUDCon funding now: cutoff Thursday 19:30 UTC====
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| Mel Chua announced, <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-October/msg00008.html</ref> “Request your FUDCon funding now: cutoff Thursday 19:30 UTC”.
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| Here is the brief, “We’d like to wrap up budgeting for FUDCon Toronto 2009 as the happy date draws nearer. And we need your help. Ask us for money!
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| Before Thursday October 29 at 19:30 UTC, that is. More details here (the blog post below will lead you to instructions on the wiki outlining how to request funding):<ref>http://blog.melchua.com/2009/10/25/request-your-fudcon-funding-now-cutoff-thursday-1930-utc</ref>
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| I look forward to a flooded inbox on Thursday afternoon. ;)”
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| ====Notice: Fedora 12 Tagging Status Update====
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| Warren Togami announced <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-October/msg00007.html</ref> that Fedora Release Engineering had decided to deal with the 250+ backlog of Bodhi update requests by tagging them all into f12-final. Bodhi is now disabled for Fedora 12 updates. He said,
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| "Questions
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| 1) Why tag all Update requests into f12-final?
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| At this point of the schedule we realized that there were updates sitting in the queue from since October. They were sitting there. Not getting pushed to any repository. Rawhide gives these packages several more weeks of testing exposure. This was decided to be better than a flood of day zero updates that are poorly tested.
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| 2) When will we be able to submit Updates again?
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| Rel-eng will decide when to begin accepting Updates for Fedora 12 again during Monday's rel-eng meeting. Meanwhile please use the rel-eng ticketing system to request tagging into f12-final.
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| 3) How do I file a tag request to include my package into Fedora 12?
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| <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/</ref>
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| Please file tag request tickets here if you want your package build to be included in Fedora 12. Please include details like:
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| * Full Name-Version-Release of your package(s)
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| * What changed?
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| * How risky is this change?
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| * How important is this change?
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| * How well tested is this package build?
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| * Is this package in the critical-path list?
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| 4) Which packages are critical-path?
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| <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/autoqa-results/2009-October/001714.html</ref>
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| Unfortunately we do not yet have a permanent URL with the critical-path list. This page contains an auto-generated list of critical-path packages as of today.
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| If your package is not critical-path and not a risk to others to update, then it is highly likely proper to tag at this point of the schedule.
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| 5) How many untagged packages are there?
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| koji list-tagged --latest dist-f12-updates-candidate
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| This command lists all packages that are not tagged for f12-final. In some cases these are false positives because a newer package is instead tagged into f12-final. After you have tested your package and verified it doesn't make things worse, please file rel-eng tickets to have it included.
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| Please direct questions to fedora-devel-list.“
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| ====Reminder: Tagging Policy for Fedora 12====
| | Thanks again to all of you who have helped make Fedora 12 the great release it is about to be!" |
| Warren announced the Tagging Policy for Fedora 12<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-October/msg00006.html</ref>. He also detailed about the following on the announcement:
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| What Qualifies for Tagging? Many Builds Not Tagged, but Probably Should Be
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| How to Request Tagging <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng</ref>
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| Upcoming Deadlines <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Schedule</ref>
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Announcements
In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project, including general announcements[1], development announcements[2] and Events[3].
Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam
FEDORA ANNOUNCE LIST
F13 Naming: Leonidas -> Constantine -> <New Name>?
John Rose, the Central US Regional Ambassador for North America, announced,[1] "F13 Naming: Leonidas -> Constantine -> <New Name>?". The full announcement, "With Fedora 12 just a few days from release it is time to begin the naming process for the next Fedora release.
Contributors can make suggestions for the name for Fedora 13 by visiting
[2]
and following the instructions.
Remember there needs to be an "is-a" link between the name Constantine
and the name you suggest and this link must be different than all
previous links used to connect Fedora release names.
Full details of the release naming schedule are available on the above
link but please note than the period for gathering suggestions begins
now and runs through November 16.
So there isn't a lot of time, think up some good names, and get them
added to the wiki."
Nominations now open for December Fedora Elections
John Rose announced that the nominations now open for December Fedora Elections[1]. Here is the announcement, "It is time to begin the process of nominating candidates for the open
seats in the following bodies:
* Fedora Project Board
* Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo)
* Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)
General Election Schedule:
* November 10-16: Nominations are open.
* November 17-23: Candidate questionnaires.
* November 27 - December 3: IRC Town Hall-style discussions with
candidates for the various elected positions will be arranged.
* December 8-15: The elections will take place.
Nominations
You may self-nominate. If you wish to nominate someone else, please consult with that person ahead of time. Wiki nomination pages [2] carry additional details about the nominee which the nominee is
expected to write. Simply update the respective wiki page with your nomination information.
Please thoughtfully consider how you can best contribute to Fedora by serving on one of these important committees or by encouraging someone you know who you think can make a difference to serve."
FEDORA DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fedora 12 staged for mirrors, rawhide moving on soon=
|Jesse Keating announced that the Fedora 12 staged for mirrors, rawhide moving on soon[1]. Here is the full announcement:
"I have just staged Fedora 12 for our mirrors. We're doing something a little different this time around. The releases/12/Everything/ tree will be open to the public as it gets staged. This will allow us to give people who have "Fedora 12" installed now access to the "fedora" repo. We will then be able to move rawhide along to Fedora 13. The Fedora/ and Live/ trees will remain locked until our release date.
On this Saturday or Sunday rawhide will have Fedora 13 content. Users of rawhide right now do not need to do anything to keep on Fedora 12. Unless you have modified your /etc/yum.repos.d/ files, you will stay on Fedora 12 as we transition. Those of you that wish to move along to Fedora 13 rawhide will need to modify your fedora rawhide.repo file and keep it enabled, while disabling fedora and fedora-updates repos.
Thanks again to all of you who have helped make Fedora 12 the great release it is about to be!"
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
- North America (NA)[1]
- Central & South America (LATAM) [2]
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
- India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
Past Events
Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]
