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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 Announcement News

The announcement list is always exclusive for the Fedora Community. Visit the past announcements atCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag,

"Join us on irc.freenode.net #fedora-meeting for this important meeting.

Thursday, August 12, 2010, @ 12:00 AM UTC ( *20:00 EDT/17:00 PDT,Wednesday, August 11, 2010* )

"Before each public release Development, QA, and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the: Go/No-Go Meeting."

"Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team."

For more details about this meeting see: ^[1]

In the meantime keep an eye on the Fedora 14 Alpha Blocker list and help us test!

^[2] ^[3]

Reminder: Bugzilla UPGRADE to 3.6 on August 13th 9:00 p.m.EDT [01:00 UTC]

John Poelstra on Wed Aug 11 15:33:08 UTC 2010 announced^[1],

"Sending on behalf of Dave Lawrence. This will affect Fedora too.

REMINDER: Red Hat Bugzilla (bugzilla.redhat.com) will be unavailable on August 13th starting at 9:00 p.m. EDT [01:00 UTC] to perform an upgrade from Bugzilla 3.4 to Bugzilla 3.6. We are hoping to be complete in no more than 5 hours barring any problems. Any services relying on bugzilla.redhat.com may not work properly during this time. Please be aware in case you need use of those services during the outage.

Also *PLEASE* make sure any scripts or other external applications that rely on bugzilla.redhat.com are tested against our test server before the upgrade if you have not done so already (see original email below). Let the Bugzilla Team know immediately of any issues found by reporting the bug in bugzilla.redhat.com against the Bugzilla product, version 3.6.

Greetings,

The Red Hat Bugzilla team is happy to announce another public beta release of the next version of Red Hat Bugzilla based on the upstream 3.6 code base.

Please test drive at: ^[2]

Over the years Red Hat has made substantial customizations to Bugzilla to fit into the Engineering tool chain. Over time the upstream has incorporated some of these customizations or solved them in different ways. Upgrading reduces our customization footprint (and thus maintenance) while bringing many bug fixes & enhancements.

The main area of focus for our public betas is stability. Functionality that currently works in our 3.4 code base should continue to work as expected in the new 3.6 release. These include various ajax optimizations, needinfo actor support, frontpage.cgi, product browser, several various UI enhancements, and of course the XMLRPC API.

Please feel free to point your various scripts and third party applications that use the XMLRPC API at the test server to make sure they continue to function properly.

There are numerous other changes behind the scenes that we haven't listed. The goal is to make sure that functionality that people have come to expect in 3.4 is possible in the new system.

There are also numerous new features/fixes that are part of the upstream 3.6 release. For more detailed information on what has changed since the last release, check out the release notes page at^[3] .

The database is a recent snapshot of the live database so should be useful for testing to make sure the information is displayed properly and changeable. Also with a full snapshot it is possible to test for any performance related issues. Email has been disabled so that unnecessary spam is not sent out. So feel free to make changes to bugs to verify proper working order.

We are asking for everyone to get involved as much as possible with testing and feedback on the beta releases to help us make this the most robust and stable release possible.

Please file any enhancement requests or bug reports in our current Bugzilla system at ^[4]. File them under the Bugzilla product and relevant component with the version 3.6. With everyone's help we can make this a great release."

Fedora Events

Fedora events are the exclusive and 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 (June 2010 - August 2010)

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]

↑ 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.

[1] ttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/

[2] ttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/

[3] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events

[4] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting

[5] ttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=611990&hide_resolved=1

[6] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_14_Alpha_RC_Test_Results"

[7] ttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000655.html

[8] ttps://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com

[9] ttps://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=release-notes.html

[10] ttps://bugzilla.redhat.com

[11] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29

[12] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_2

[13] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_3

[14] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_4

[15] ttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents

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 ===Fedora Announcement News===
-====Package update notifications fixed====
+The announcement list is always exclusive for the Fedora Community. Visit the past announcements at<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-August/thread.html<ref>
-New Fedora Project Leader [[User:Jsmith|Jared K. Smith]]<ref>Jared K. Smith</ref> on Fri Jul 30 19:56:24 UTC 2010 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-July/002843.html</ref> his first announcement in the announcement list the follows:
-"Recent updates to Fedora introduced two unexpected bugs, either of which results in users no longer seeing notifications of or being able to apply new updates.
-Updates to the relevant packages have been shipped to fix these issues, but users will not receive notifications for them unless they first apply the pending fixed updates using the "yum" tool.  (Please note that these issues should only affect Fedora 13.  Fedora 12 does not appear to be affected.)  Packages fixing these issues were pushed to the Fedora software repositories around July 22, 2010. Users who have done a manual "yum update" since that push may have already
-received these fixes.
-To fix the issue, please:
-. Open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal)
-. Type either of the following commands and enter the password for the root user when prompted.
-a. To choose to apply all pending updates now:
-su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update"
-b. To choose to apply updates fixing only the specific issues mentioned above:
-su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update gnome-packagekit selinux-policy"
-. Log out and and then log back in, or reboot your computer.
-Note that logout/login will complete the fix for the notification issue. However, if you applied all updates in the previous step, you may need to reboot for other updates that require it.
-We apologize for the inconvenience, and we are working on further improvements to our testing and quality assurance processes to avoid this and similar problems in the future.
-If you have any further questions or require additional assistance, please refer to <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help</ref> for ways to get additional help from the Fedora community.
 <references/>
-====Outage: SSL Cert - 2010-07-31 12:00 UTC====
+===Fedora Development News===
-[[User:Mmcgrath|Mike McGrath]]<ref>Mike McGrath</ref> on Sat Jul 31 12:59:07 UTC 2010 announced <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-July/002844.html</ref>,
+====Fedora 14 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting August 12, 2010 @ 12:00 AM UTC====
+John Poelstra on Tue Aug 10 19:51:28 UTC 2010 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000654.html</ref>,
-"There will be an outage starting at 2010-07-31 12:00 UTC, which will last approximately 3 hours?
-To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
-or run:
-date -d '2010-07-31 12:00 UTC'
-=====Reason for outage=====
-Our wildcard cert expired.  Yes we've monitored this in the past.  No we don't know why we weren't alerted this time, researching.  The new purchase is in the works but we've run into some logistical issues.  Will have it replaced as soon as possible.
+"Join us on irc.freenode.net '''#fedora-meeting''' for this important meeting.
-=====Affected Services=====
+'''Thursday, August 12, 2010, @ 12:00 AM UTC ( *20:00 EDT/17:00 PDT,Wednesday, August 11, 2010* )'''
-* Bodhi - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/</ref>
+"Before each public release Development, QA, and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the: Go/No-Go Meeting."
-* Docs - <ref>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Email system
-* Fedora Account System - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/</ref>
-* Fedora Community - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/</ref>
-* Main Website - <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Mirror List - <ref>https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Mirror Manager - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/</ref>
-* Package Database - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/</ref>
-* Spins - <ref>http://spins.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Start - <ref>http://start.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Translation Services - <ref>http://translate.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Wiki - <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/</ref>
-=====Unaffected Services=====
+"Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team."
-* BFO - <ref>http://boot.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
+For more details about this meeting see: <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting</ref>
-* Buildsystem - <ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* CVS / Source Control
-* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org</ref>
-* Fedora Hosted - <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/</ref>
-* Fedora People - <ref>http://fedorapeople.org/</ref>
-* Fedora Talk - <ref>http://talk.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Smolt - <ref>http://smolts.org/</ref>
-* Torrent - <ref>http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-=====Ticket Link=====
+In the meantime keep an eye on the Fedora 14 Alpha Blocker list and help us test!
-<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2300</ref>
+<ref>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=611990&hide_resolved=1</ref>
+<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_14_Alpha_RC_Test_Results"</ref>
-=====Contact Information=====
-Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage."
 <references/>
-====Announcing FUDCon Tempe 2011 -- Jan. 29-31, 2011====
+====Reminder: Bugzilla UPGRADE to 3.6 on August 13th 9:00 p.m.EDT [01:00 UTC]====
-[[User:Jsmith|Jared K. Smith]]<ref>Jared K. Smith</ref> announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-August/002845.html</ref>,
+John Poelstra on Wed Aug 11 15:33:08 UTC 2010 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000655.html</ref>,
-"In the past, the planning and execution of FUDCon events was handled completely by a few Red Hat employees.  This seemed out of alignment with the principles of Fedora, so in late January of this year, we kicked off an effort to fix that issue.  We wanted to increase the effectiveness and transparency of FUDCon, and our other premier Fedora events.  So we assembled a Fedora Activity Day specifically to change the way that we plan FUDCon.
+"Sending on behalf of Dave Lawrence.  This will affect Fedora too.
-In accordance with those changes, we opened a bid process for FUDCon events.  The process encourages Fedora contributors to propose locations for the FUDCon event in their region, pursuant to their commitment to help with the logistics of the event.  The first event that went through this lightweight process is the upcoming FUDCon in Zurich, Switzerland, which happens September 17-19, and is being planned by long-time Fedora contributors including Sandro Mathys and Marcus Moeller.  In April of this year, we opened bids for the next North American FUDCon event.
+REMINDER: Red Hat Bugzilla (bugzilla.redhat.com) will be unavailable on August 13th starting at 9:00 p.m. EDT [01:00 UTC] to perform an upgrade from Bugzilla 3.4 to Bugzilla 3.6. We are hoping to be complete in no more than 5 hours barring any problems. Any services relying on bugzilla.redhat.com may not work properly during this time. Please be aware in case you need use of those services during the outage.
-As a result of that process, and thanks to the continuing work of Fedora contributors Robyn Bergeron and Ryan Rix, our next community-powered, North American FUDCon event will be held in Tempe, Arizona from January 29-31, 2011, on the Arizona State University campus.  We'd also like to thank Adam McCullough from the ASU LUG and the faculty of the ASU School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE) for their invaluable assistance thus far.
+Also *PLEASE* make sure any scripts or other external applications that rely on bugzilla.redhat.com are tested against our test server before the upgrade if you have not done so already (see original email below). Let the Bugzilla Team know immediately of any issues found by reporting the bug in bugzilla.redhat.com against the Bugzilla product, version 3.6.
-* * *
+-------------------------------------------
-FUDCon events are held around the globe each year.  Our most recent event was held just a couple weeks ago in Santiago, Chile, where contributors from around the Latin American region gathered to exchange information, share ideas, and collaborate on various aspects of Fedora.  In the past we've held other FUDCons in diverse places like Berlin, Porto Alegre, Brno, and Boston.
+Greetings,
-Our last North American FUDCon was in Toronto, Canada.  The year previous it was in Boston, MA.  We always encourage feedback from the contributors, and the one answer that popped up more often than any other was, "Let's go somewhere warm this coming winter!"  So we're pleased our fellow community members in a warmer part of the USA took up that challenge, and stepped forward to work on organizing the next FUDCon.
+The Red Hat Bugzilla team is happy to announce another public beta release of the next version of Red Hat Bugzilla based on the upstream 3.6 code base.
-With that warmer climate in winter, of course, comes higher demand for travel lodging where people vacation.  So as with previous FUDCons, we'll once again provide travel subsidies for contributors. Furthermore, our sponsor Red Hat is making an even larger commitment to these subsidies than in previous years, to offset the higher lodging costs.  We all want to do our part to help everyone stay together at the conference, for the best possible collaborative experience after hours -- because collaboration is what FUDCon is all about!
+Please test drive at: <ref>https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com</ref>
-* * *
+Over the years Red Hat has made substantial customizations to Bugzilla to fit into the Engineering tool chain. Over time the upstream has incorporated some of these customizations or solved them in different ways. Upgrading reduces our customization footprint (and thus maintenance) while bringing many bug fixes & enhancements.
-As in the past, we encourage our community members to get involved by offering talks and other sessions of interest.  The content provided by the attendees is what makes FUDCon events so special and exciting. Over the next few days planners will be setting up more information at the event wiki page:  <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011</ref>
+The main area of focus for our public betas is stability. Functionality that currently works in our 3.4 code base should continue to work as expected in the new 3.6 release. These include various ajax optimizations, needinfo actor support, frontpage.cgi, product browser, several various UI enhancements, and of course the XMLRPC API.
-We'll have more details appearing soon there, including but not limited to:
+Please feel free to point your various scripts and third party applications that use the XMLRPC API at the test server to make sure they continue to function properly.
-* A schedule that makes it easier to see more of the talks you enjoy and value
+There are numerous other changes behind the scenes that we haven't listed. The goal is to make sure that functionality that people have come to expect in 3.4 is possible in the new system.
-* Lightning talks and hackfest pitches to get attendees excited and motivated to collaborate
+There are also numerous new features/fixes that are part of the upstream 3.6 release. For more detailed information on what has changed since the last release, check out the release notes page at<ref>https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=release-notes.html</ref> .
-* The ever popular FUDPub event!
+The database is a recent snapshot of the live database so should be useful for testing to make sure the information is displayed properly and changeable. Also with a full snapshot it is possible to test for any performance related issues. Email has been disabled so that unnecessary spam is not sent out. So feel free to make changes to bugs to verify proper working order.
-We hope you'll join us for the best North American FUDCon yet.  If you want to get involved and help plan the details of the event, you're welcome to join our planning list:<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning</ref>"
-<references/>
-===Fedora Development News===
-====Software translation====
-Noriko<ref>Noriko</ref> announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000651.html</ref>,
-"
-Dear package maintainers
-This is kind reminder that it is F14 Software String Freeze today 03-Aug. Please update your POT with latest strings. All translators will be working hard to update your package translation.
+We are asking for everyone to get involved as much as possible with testing and feedback on the beta releases to help us make this the most robust and stable release possible.
-To ensure high quality translations in the final release, please be aware Software String Freeze Policy <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy</ref>. If you think that you need to break the string freeze, then please ask for approval from the  Fedora Localization Team prior to breaking the freeze <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy</ref>."
+Please file any enhancement requests or bug reports in our current Bugzilla system at <ref>https://bugzilla.redhat.com</ref>. File them under the Bugzilla product and relevant component with the version 3.6. With everyone's help we can make this a great release."
 <references/>

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