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Fedora Weekly News 227
* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 227
o 1.1 Announcements
+ 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News
# 1.1.1.1 Fedora 13 Released
* 1.1.1.1.1 What's New in Fedora 13?
o 1.1.1.1.1.1 For desktop users
o 1.1.1.1.1.2 For developers
o 1.1.1.1.1.3 For system administrators
* 1.1.1.1.2 Fedora Spins
* 1.1.1.1.3 Power PC Support
* 1.1.1.1.4 Contributing
* 1.1.1.1.5 Fedora 14
* 1.1.1.1.6 Contact information
# 1.1.1.2 Fedora Community Gaming Session 4 - Hedgewars
# 1.1.1.3 ATrpms for Fedora 13; upcoming EOL for Fedora 11
# 1.1.1.4 Announcing Sugar on a Stick v.3 (Mirabelle)
+ 1.1.2 Fedora Development News
# 1.1.2.1 CVS branches for F-11 closed
+ 1.1.3 Fedora Events
# 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (March 2010 to May 2010)
# 1.1.3.2 Past Events
# 1.1.3.3 Additional information
o 1.2 Planet Fedora
+ 1.2.1 General
o 1.3 Fedora In the News
+ 1.3.1 Fedora 13 released with open 3D drivers and Python 3 stack (Ars Technica)
+ 1.3.2 Fedora 13 Linux "Goddard" Takes Flight - (CIO Update)
+ 1.3.3 Rock it (The H Open - UK)
+ 1.3.4 Fedora 13 - Linux for Applephobes (The Register - UK)
+ 1.3.5 Red Hat releases Fedora 13 (v3.co.uk)
+ 1.3.6 Fedora 13 brims with updates: Lucky for some (The Inquirer - UK)
+ 1.3.7 Seven Reasons to Upgrade to Fedora 13 (Linux.com)
+ 1.3.8 Oh My Goddard! An Early Look at Fedora 13 (Linux Magazine)
o 1.4 Ambassadors
+ 1.4.1 Fedora Ambassador Day North America held
+ 1.4.2 Campus Ambassadors up and running
+ 1.4.3 Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities
o 1.5 QualityAssurance
+ 1.5.1 Fedora 13 testing
+ 1.5.2 Fedora 13 QA Retrospective
+ 1.5.3 Making QA sexy
+ 1.5.4 Triage scripting
+ 1.5.5 AutoQA
o 1.6 Translation
+ 1.6.1 Problems with Guide Submissions
+ 1.6.2 Changes in Fedora Website Pages
+ 1.6.3 Fedora 13 Tasks for the Week
+ 1.6.4 New Members in FLP
o 1.7 Security Advisories
+ 1.7.1 Fedora 13 Security Advisories
+ 1.7.2 Fedora 12 Security Advisories
+ 1.7.3 Fedora 11 Security Advisories
o 1.8 KDE
+ 1.8.1 KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1 coming to kde-redhat/unstable
+ 1.8.2 New VLC-based phonon backend available
o 1.9 Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding
+ 1.9.1 Program quiet while mentors work
- Fedora Weekly News Issue 227 -
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 227[1] for the week ending May 26, 2010. What follows are some
highlights from this issue.
This week's issue kicks off with many announcements from the Fedora Project over the past week,
including much detail on the release of Fedora 13, amongst many other items. In news from the
Fedora Planet, some discussion on Google-sponsored new VP8/WebM open video standards, a last chance
to vote in the various Fedora Board elections, and an article on "12 tips to getting things done in
open source." In this week's Fedora In the News, we cover previews and reviews about the brand-new
Fedora 13 release from around the globe. In Ambassador news, lots of coverage from the recent
Fedora Ambassador Day North America, including links to blog postings about last week's event held
at Iowa State University. The QA Team brings some brief news focused around the lead-up to Fedora
13. Translation team news is next, including recent changes in the design of Fedora documentation
structure, an overview of Fedora 13 tasks from this past week and a new member of the Fedora
Localization Project for Arabic. Security Advisories covers the security-related packages released
for Fedora 11, 12 and 13 over the past week. News from the KDE SIG is next, including arrival of
KDE SC 4.5 beta to KDE-RedHat unstable repositories for Fedora 13, and recent work on a new Phenon
backend for VLC. This issue wraps up with updates from the Fedora Summer Coding Project, with a
status update on what students and their mentors are up to. Enjoy Fedora 227 and Fedora 13!
The audio version of FWN - FAWN - is back! You can listen to existing issues[2] on the Internet
Archive. If anyone is interested in helping spread the load of FAWN production, please contact us!
If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[3]. We
welcome reader feedback: fedora-news-list@redhat.com
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue227
2. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22FWN%22
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join
-- 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 13 Released --
Our top announcement this week was yesterday's release of Fedora 13, which is looking like a very
strong release indeed. Paul W. Frields announced[1]:
"I'm proud to announce the release of Fedora 13, the latest innovative Linux distribution from the
Fedora Project, a global, collaborative partnership of free software community members sponsored by
Red Hat.
If you can't wait to get the distribution, simply visit[2]
If you want a quick tour of highlights in this release, check out[3]
You can also find this announcement text at[4]
Or read on for loads of information about the new release and all the leading edge technologies
we've packed into it. More links are available at the end of this message, too. Enjoy!
* * *
Fedora is a leading edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver
innovative features to many users, with a new release about every six months. We bring to you the
latest and greatest release of Fedora ever, Fedora 13! Join us and share the joy of Free software
and the community with friends and family. We have several major new features with special focus on
desktops, netbooks, virtualization and system administration.
---- What's New in Fedora 13? ----
----- For desktop users -----
A universe of new features for end users:
* Streamlined Installer. The user interface of Anaconda, the Fedora installer, has changed to
handle storage devices and partitioning in an easy and streamlined manner, with helpful hints in
the right places. Thanks to Chris Lumens and others on the Anaconda team, and Máirín Duffy, Fedora
Design team lead, for her user interface review.
* Automatic print driver installation. We're using RPM and PackageKit for automatic
installation of printer drivers, so when you plug in a printer, Fedora will automatically offer to
install drivers for it if needed. Thanks to Tim Waugh and Richard Hughes.
* New desktop applications and enhancements. The Shotwell photo manager, Deja-dup backup
software, Pino Identi.ca/Twitter client, and Simple Scan scanning utility are all delivered by
default to provide an enhanced desktop experience out of the box. Palimpsest, the desktop utility
for handling storage devices, can now manage LVM and RAID disks easily. As with the past several
releases, Fedora 13 includes enhanced webcam support. Hans de Goede from Red Hat has specially
focussed on better support for dual mode camera's for this release.
* NetworkManager improvements include better Mobile Broadband, Bluetooth, and new CLI
abilities. NetworkManager was introduced in Fedora 7 and has become the de facto network
configuration solution for distributions everywhere. NetworkManager is now a one-stop shop for all
of your networking needs in Fedora, be it dial-up, broadband, wifi, or even Bluetooth. In Fedora 13
NetworkManager adds mobile broadband enhancements to show signal strength; support for old-style
dial-up networking (DUN) over Bluetooth; and command line support in addition to the improved
graphical user interface. Thanks to Dan Williams of Red Hat for his extensive work on these
features upstream and within Fedora.
* Color management. Do you like your printouts to look the same as they do on screen - or your
scanner output to look the same as what you just scanned? Color Management allows you to better set
and control your colors for displays, printers, and scanners, through the gnome-color-manager
package. Thanks to Richard Hughes from Red Hat for his involvement upstream and in Fedora.
* Enhanced iPod functionality. Newer Apple iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone models are supported by
some of your favorite photo management software and music library applications such as Rhythmbox.
The devices are automatically attached using the libimobiledevice library, so you can work with
your content more easily.
* Enhanced streaming and buffering support in Totem. Totem's Movie Player and web browser
plugins are now better at handling large streaming media, such as HD movies and Podcasts, thanks to
the new disk-buffering support in GStreamer.
* 3D support for ATI cards (R600 and R700) via Radeon driver. In Fedora 13, 3D support for many
ATI cards has moved out of experimental status and is enabled by default. 2D support for the latest
generation (R800) is integrated as well in this release. Thanks to Red Hat's Dave Airlie and many
others for involvement upstream and in Fedora.
* Experimental 3D graphics support extended to free Nouveau driver for NVidia cards. This
release also adds experimental 3D support to a wide range of NVidia cards, adding them to the list
of liberated video capabilities. Install the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package to try out the
work in progress. Thanks to Red Hat's Ben Skeggs for involvement upstream and in Fedora.
* KDE improvements. KDE in Fedora continues to provide tight integration with the latest
technologies in Fedora. In this release, we have improved integration with PulseAudio via Phonon
and the volume control KMix, which controls per-application volumes and moves application sounds
between hardware devices, as well as with the latest PolicyKit authorization framework. We have
also integrated new major versions, based on the KDE Development Platform 4, of the KOffice office
suite, the K3b CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning application and, for developers, the KDevelop IDE, which
provide better integration with the KDE 4 Plasma Desktop and no longer require the KDE 3
compatibility libraries. Thanks to the work of a growing community of KDE contributors in Fedora.
* DisplayPort support improvements. Fedora 12 added initial support for the new DisplayPort
display connector for Intel graphics chips. Support for Nvidia and ATI systems has now been added
in this release. Thanks to Red Hat's Xorg team.
* Experimental user management interface. The user account tool has been completely redesigned,
and the accountsdialog and accountsservice test packages are available to make it easy to configure
personal information, make a personal profile picture or icon, generate a strong passphrase, and
set up login options for your Fedora system. Try out the work in progress. Thanks to Matthias
Clasen from Red Hat's Desktop team and others.
----- For developers -----
For developers there are all sorts of additional goodies:
* SystemTap static probes. SystemTap now has expanded capabilities to monitor higher-level
language runtimes like Java, Python, and Tcl, and also user space applications, starting with
PostgreSQL. In the future, Fedora will add support for even more user space applications, greatly
increasing the scope and power of monitoring for application developers. Thanks to Mark Wielaard
from Red Hat.
* Easier Python debugging. We've added new support that allows developers working with mixed
libraries (Python and C/C++) in Fedora to get more complete information when debugging with gdb,
making Fedora an exceptional platform for powerful, rapid application development. Thanks to David
Malcolm from Red Hat.
* Parallel-installable Python 3 stack. The parallel-installable Python 3 stack will help
programmers write and test code for use in both Python 2.6 and Python 3 environments, so you can
future-proof your applications now using Fedora. Thanks to David Malcolm from Red Hat.
* NetBeans Java EE 6 support. The NetBeans 6.8 integrated development environment is the first
IDE to offer complete support for the entire Java EE 6 specification. Thanks to Victor G. Vasilyev
from Sun/Oracle for his maintenance and support of NetBeans in collaboration with Fedora.
* IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, Java IDE. Along with Eclipse and NetBeans already provided
by Fedora, IDEA is a popular Java-based development environment newly introduced in this release.
It comes with an intuitive GUI, integration with Ant and Maven, extensive language support, version
control systems and test tools integration and compatibility with Eclipse projects. Thanks to
Lubomir Rintel and Michal Ingeli, Fedora community volunteers, for packaging and integration of
this feature.
----- For system administrators -----
And don't think we forgot the system administrators:
* boot.fedoraproject.org (BFO). BFO allows users to download a single, tiny image (could fit on
a floppy) and install current and future versions of Fedora without having to download additional
images. Thanks to Mike McGrath, Fedora Infrastructure lead.
* System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). SSSD provides expanded features for logging into
managed domains, including caching for offline authentication. Now users on laptops can still login
when disconnected from the company's managed network. The authentication configuration tool in
Fedora has already been updated to support SSSD, and work is underway to make it even more
attractive and functional. Thanks to Stephen Gallagher from Red Hat.
* Pioneering NFS features. Fedora offers the latest version 4 of the NFS protocol for better
performance, and, in conjunction with recent kernel modifications, includes IPv6 support for NFS as
well. Thanks to Steve Dickson from Red Hat.
* Zarafa Open Source edition Groupware. Zarafa Open Source edition is a complete, 100% free and
open source groupware suite that can be used as a drop-in Microsoft Exchange replacement for
Web-based mail, calendaring, collaboration, and tasks. Features include IMAP/POP and iCal/CalDAV
capabilities, native mobile phone support, the ability to integrate with existing Linux mail
servers, a full set of programming interfaces, and a comfortable look and feel using modern Ajax
technologies. Thanks to Robert Scheck, Fedora community volunteer, for packaging and integration of
this feature.
* Btrfs snapshots integration. Btrfs is capable of creating lightweight, copy-on-write
filesystem snapshots that can be mounted (and booted into) selectively. Automated snapshots allow
system owners to easily revert to a filesystem from the previous day, or from before a yum update
using the yum-plugin-fs-snapshot plugin. Btrfs is still an experimental filesystem in this release
and requires a "btrfs" installation option to enable support for it. (This option is only available
for non-live images.) Upcoming releases will integrate the snapshot functionality into the desktop
while working on stabilization of the filesystem in parallel. Thanks to Josef Bacik, Btrfs
filesystem developer at Red Hat, for filesystem work and the new yum plugin and Chris Ball from
OLPC team for leading this effort.
* LVM Snapshots merging support. Recent LVM (and device-mapper) snapshot advances included in
Fedora 13 allow system owners to merge an LVM snapshot back into the origin. In the process you can
rollback the origin LV to the state it was in before the system upgrade. As noted earlier, the
yum-snapshot-fs-plugin can work with both Btrfs and LVM volumes exposing this functionality and
making it easier to use. This feature was developed and merged upstream by Red Hat's storage team.
* Virtualization enhancements. Fedora continues its leadership in virtualization technologies
with improvements to KVM such as Stable PCI Addresses and Virt Shared Network Interface
technologies. Having stable PCI addresses will enable virtual guests to retain PCI addresses' space
on a host machine. The shared network interface technology enables virtual machines to use the same
physical network interface cards (NICs) as the host operating system. Fedora 13 also enhances
performance of virtualization via VHostNet acceleration of KVM networking, Virtx2apic for enhanced
guest performance on large multi-processor systems, and Virtio-Serial for simple IO between the
guest and host user spaces. Thanks to the Red Hat virtualization team for their ongoing
contributions.
* Dogtag Certificate System Dogtag is an enterprise-class open source Certificate Authority
(CA) supporting all aspects of certificate lifecycle management including key archival, OCSP and
smart card management. Brought into the fold as part of the Red Hat acquisition of Netscape
technologies, this certificate server is fully free and open source and now included in Fedora.
Thanks to the PKI team at Red Hat.
And that's only the beginning. A more complete list with details of all the new features on board
Fedora 13 is available at[5]
OK, go get it.[6] You know you can't wait.
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to[7]
In particular, Fedora has made preupgrade a more robust solution and pushed several bug fixes to
older releases of Fedora to enable an easy upgrade to Fedora 13.
For an quick tour of features in Fedora 13 and pictures of many friends of Fedora, check out our
"short-form" release notes[8]
Fedora 13 full release notes and guides for several languages are available at[9]
Fedora 13 common bugs are documented at[10]
---- Fedora Spins ----
Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora tailored for various types of users via hand-picked
application set or customizations. Fedora 13 includes four completely new spins in addition to the
several already available, including Fedora Security Lab, Design Suite, Sugar on a Stick and Moblin
spin. More information on these spins and much more is available at[11]
---- Power PC Support ----
With Apple moving to Intel based machines and Sony PlayStation dropping Linux support, Fedora
PowerPC (PPC) usage has dropped considerably. In Fedora 13, PPC is now a secondary architecture and
the Fedora release engineering team no longer manages PPC releases. If you would like to
participate in the PPC effort or any of the secondary architecture teams, refer to[12]
---- Contributing ----
For more information including common and known bugs, tips on how to report bugs, and the official
release schedule, please refer to the release notes[13]
There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help translate software and
content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do
artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by
millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
---- Fedora 14 ----
Even as we continue to provide updates with enhancements and bug fixes to improve the Fedora 13
experience, our next release, Fedora 14, is already being developed in parallel, and has been open
for active development for several months already. We have an early schedule for an end of Oct 2010
release[14]
---- Contact information ----
If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information at[15]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-Ma...
2. http://get.fedoraproject.org?F13an
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_one_page_release_notes?...
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_announcement?F13an
5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/13/FeatureList?F13an
6. http://get.fedoraproject.org?F13an
7. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading?F13an
8. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_one_page_release_notes?...
9. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?F13an
10. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F13_bugs?F13an
11. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/?F13an
12. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures?F13an
13. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?F13an
14. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/Schedule?F13an
15. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press?F13an
---- Fedora Community Gaming Session 4 - Hedgewars ----
Bruno Wolff III announced[1]:
"There will be another Fedora Community Gaming session this weekend. We will be playing hedgewars
which is semi-realtime game.
We will be starting at: UTC: 1700 Saturday May 29, 2010 EDT: 1pm Saturday May 29, 2010
The game seems like it will be short depending on choices made for the game. I'll be hanging around
at least two hours, and can let the server run as long as people want to play.
This game comes recommended by a third party, but I'm still acting as the organizer.
We'll meet pregame in #fedora-games . If any experienced players want to recommend server settings,
please speak up in the pre-game meet up. We'll use the in-game chat once we get started and I'll
have Fedora Talk set up for those that want to use that in addition.
We need to match versions, so players on F11 or F12 systems will need to install scratch builds.
New players will definitely be welcome as I definitely qualify as one. So expect some teaching to
be going on.
A bit more information is at[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-Ma...
2. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming#Upcoming_...
---- ATrpms for Fedora 13; upcoming EOL for Fedora 11 ----
Axel Thimm announced[1]:
"ATrpms is officially launching Fedora 13 support[2]
o The actual download location is[3]. Mirrors are listed[4]
o "stable", "testing" and "bleeding", the three subrepos per distribution are not cumulative
inclusive on the server side. E.g. you need to add "stable" for "testing", and both "stable" and
"testing" for "bleeding".
ATrpms is a 3rd party general purpose package repository. It currently supports
o F13/i386, F13/x86_64, F12/i386, F12/x86_64, F11/i386, F11/x86_64 o RHEL6beta/i386,
RHEL6beta/x86_64, RHEL5/i386, RHEL5/x86_64, RHEL4/i386, RHEL4/x86_64, RHEL3/i386, RHEL3/x86_64
F11 support will be EOL'd once the Fedora Project drops support for it (e.g. in about a month's
time).
Configuration for package resolvers (replace i386 with x86_64 as needed)
o yum [atrpms] name=Fedora 13 - i386 - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f13-i386/atrpms/stable
o smart [atrpms] name=Fedora 13 - i386 - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f13-i386/atrpms/stable
type=rpm-md
o apt repomd http://dl.atrpms.net f13-i386/atrpms/stable
you can provide feedback or request support on the ATrpms lists[5], or the common bug tracker[6].
Enjoy! -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-Ma...
2. http://ATrpms.net/dist/f13/
3. http://dl.atrpms.net/
4. http://atrpms.net/mirrors/
5. http://lists.atrpms.net/
6. http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/
---- Announcing Sugar on a Stick v.3 (Mirabelle) ----
Sebastian Dziallas announced[1]:
"Mirabelles have arrived![2]
I am proud to announce the availability of Sugar on a Stick v.3, code-named Mirabelle. More
information about Sugar on a Stick, including download and installation details, are available[3].
Changes in Sugar on a Stick since the last release (v.2 Blueberry):
Sugar version 0.88. The most recent release of the Sugar Learning Platform features support for 3G
connections, increased accessibility, and better integration with our Activity Portal[4] allowing
students and teachers to update their sticks with additional Activities. More information about the
0.88 release of Sugar is available[5].
Customize your own remix of Sugar on a Stick. You'll notice that v.3 Mirabelle has a smaller
Activity selection than its predecessors, Blueberry and Strawberry. We realized we'll never be able
to create an Activity selection suitable for all deployments - instead, we've chosen to include and
support a core set of basic, teacher-tested Activities in the default image, and invite deployments
to use this as a base on which to build a customized Activity selection for their classrooms.
Instructions on how to do this are available[6].
Sugar on a Stick is now a Fedora Spin. After two prior releases of being based on the Fedora
distribution, Sugar on a Stick has recognized by the Fedora Project as an official Spin. This ties
us more closely to Fedora's release cycle and gives us resources from their engineering and
marketing teams, which extends the reach of Sugar on a Stick and makes the project itself more
sustainable. In exchange, users of Fedora have access to an easily deployable implementation of the
Sugar Platform; it's a great example of a mutually beneficial upstream - downstream relationship.
The biggest difference in v.3 of Sugar on a Stick has been in its release processes and engineering
sustainability; it's now much easier for new contributors to get involved. We continue to move
towards our long-term vision of bringing stability and deployability to Sugar's personalized
learning environment, and invite all interested parties to join us.
If you'd like to contribute to the next version, due for release in early November, join us at our
Contributors Portal[7]. All types of contributions are welcome, from the technical to the
pedagogical, and we're happy to teach what we know and learn what you have to share.
Thank you especially to the Sugar on a Stick team and all the people involved for their awesome
work on this release!
Sebastian Dziallas Sugar on a Stick Project Lead
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-Ma...
2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/enil/3892066169/
3. http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/
4. http://activities.sugarlabs.org
5. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.88/Notes
6. http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide/
7. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
--- Fedora Development News ---
---- CVS branches for F-11 closed ----
Dennis Gilmore announced[1]:
Since Fedora 13 was released today new CVS branches for F-11 will not be allowed. The policy[2] in
effect means that F-11 is now in a maintenance only cycle, with EOL fast approaching. The EOL date
was set to June 25th by FESCo[3].
Dennis
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2...
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainer/Policy/EOL
3. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-05-2...
--- 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)[1]
* Central & South America (LATAM)
ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28March_201...>
* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[2]
* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[3]
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_201...
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_201...
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_201...
---- 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.
-- Planet Fedora --
In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora
contributors worldwide.
Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin
1. http://planet.fedoraproject.org
--- General ---
Michael Tiemann thanked[1] Google for VP8 and WebM, the royalty free, newly opened (standard) video
codec.
John Palmier continued[2] the discussion about VP8/WebM and the problem that software patents may
*still* pose to supposedly patent-free codecs.
Michel Salim noticed[3] that the Free Software Foundation Europe's logo involves a cross, and
compared the FSFE to certain Christian ideals.
Kyle Baker wants[4] to make Linux a better place for artists and designers. "In order to make
Fedora grow in to an OS that looks as good as it functions, we need to better bridge these worlds
of design and development. The open source community can not do this alone. We need help from
everyone who has colored a pretty picture or dreamt of doing so."
Toshio Kuratomi discussed[5] some of the issues and bottlenecks involved with getting people
involved in the Fedora infrastructure process.
Máirín Duffy announced[6] that Fedora Board elections are open up soon, though by the time you read
this, it may already be too late. Included are links to information about each candidate.
Sami Wagiaalla linked[7] to an article[8] by Stormy Peters titled "12 tips to getting things done
in open source". "Most people used to the proprietary software world, with no experience in open
source software, are amazed that anything gets done. (And lots gets done in the open source, way
more than in most proprietary software companies!) And people new to open source are usually at a
loss as to where to start. Often they come with a great idea, tell a couple of people who confirm
it's a great idea, and then ? well, and then they don't know what to do and the great idea fades."
Ben Boeckel showed off[9] a ZSH with version control system (git/CVS/SVN) integration built in to
the prompt, similar to Jesus Rodriguez's "git branch in shell prompt"[10].
1. http://opensource.org/node/521
2. http://www.j5live.com/2010/05/21/lets-get-this-staight-mp...
3. http://hircus.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/fsfe-and-the-cross...
4. http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/kybaker/2010/05/21/crea...
5.
http://anonbadger.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/mailman-fedora...
6. http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/its-fedora-electio...
7. http://wagiaalla.com/2010/05/19/12-tips-to-getting-things...
8. http://stormyscorner.com/2009/02/12-tips-to-getting-thing...
9. http://cledwyn.benboeckel.net/one-soap-box/2010/05/19/vcs...
10. http://zeusville.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/git-branch-in-s...
-- Marketing --
In this section, we cover the happenings for Fedora Marketing Project from 2010-05-19 to
2010-05-25.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Neville A. Cross
Mel Chua gave a call for help on screeshots for the one release notes[1] which some days later
resulted in a awesome work[2]
Garland Binns has keep up with the Keyword optimizations for our web pages[3]. Paul Frields
reminded us to use the short links for tracking hits to our web pages[4]
As usual, every Tuesday there is marketing meeting, and its logs are avaliable[5]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
5.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-05...
-- Fedora In the News --
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora
Marketing list[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/
--- Fedora 13 released with open 3D drivers and Python 3 stack (Ars Technica) ---
Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] an article from Ars Technica from 2010-05-26:
"I tested Fedora 13 myself to see how it compares to the previous version. It's a fairly solid
release, certainly one of the better offerings from Fedora that I've seen in a while. The
improvements relative to version 12 are somewhat modest, but compelling enough to motivate an
upgrade. The general level of fit and finish has increased since the previous version. After
spending several hours with Fedora 13, my conclusion is that the new hat is a good fit."
The full post is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2.
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2010/05/fedora...
--- Fedora 13 Linux "Goddard" Takes Flight - (CIO Update) ---
Kara Schlitz posted links to[1] a posting originally appearing in InternetNews.com in CIO Update
this week. The article quotes an interview with Fedora Project leader, Paul W. Frields, and
highlights some of the significant features in the new release. The article finishes with:
"The new Fedora 13 release comes as Red Hat is ramping up its development effort for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL). While Fedora benefits from contributions made by Red Hat staffers,
Frields doesn't think that the Fedora Project has been starved for resources as a result of RHEL 6
development.
"We get a lot of support from Red Hat as a sponsor and from Red Hat engineers because they really
look at Fedora as being an intrinsic part of their jobs," Frields said. "Making things work well in
Fedora makes things better for Red Hat in the future versions of RHEL." "
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2.
http://www.cioupdate.com/features/article.php/3884136/Fed...
--- Rock it (The H Open - UK) ---
Kara Schlitz posted links to[1] an overview of the feature set of Fedora 13:
"With its modern open source drivers often developed mainly by Red Hat/Fedora developers, a quite
recent kernel and a generally very current and in many places sophisticated set of components,
Fedora 13 once again lives up to its reputation of being a cutting-edge distribution which field
tests new technologies and programs before other distributions follow suit. Nevertheless, even the
pre-release version of Fedora 13 has worked without major problems on several test systems in the
past few weeks.
However, the tests also demonstrated Fedora's peculiarities which are already familiar from
previous versions and caused by the distribution's modern software range as well as its exclusive
focus on open source software. These include a rather tiresome installation of the NVIDIA drivers
and the incompatibility with AMD's proprietary drivers - neither of which is Fedora's
responsibility, but many a user might not see it this way. Despite such inconveniences and probably
especially because of its comprehensive and current software range, Fedora has attracted a stable
and apparently growing fan base and user community. "
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Rock-it-What-s-new-...
--- Fedora 13 - Linux for Applephobes (The Register - UK) ---
Kara Schlitz posted links to[1] an article from The Register this week that offers some comparison
between Fedora 13 and recent Ubuntu releases. The article finishes with:
"Fedora has long had a reputation as the Linux you use when you grow up, when you get more
sophisticated, and Fedora 13 is no different. Fedora 13 might eschew the flash of Ubuntu in favor
of the more serious, but it still packs some useful, new features and applications while being
every bit as easy to use.
If Ubuntu is uncomfortable because it leaves you feeling a bit like you're sharing ideals with
Apple, take Fedora 13 for a spin. "
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/25/fedora_13_review/...
--- Red Hat releases Fedora 13 (v3.co.uk) ---
Kara Schlitz posted links to[1] a concise review of some Fedora 13 highlights, including:
"Improvements include a smaller installation process, thanks to Fedora's Anaconda installer which
has been designed to better handle storage devices and partitioning.
Fedora will automatically offer a driver installation prompt when the user plugs in a printer, for
example, while improved colour management tools make it easier to print and produce high quality
images.
Fedora 13 can be used in conjunction with a variety of Nvidia cards to enable 3D displays, the firm
said, and new DisplayPort connectors are also supported on Nvidia and ATI cards.
The software now has extended support for stable PCI addresses and new shared network interface
technology. Fedora 13 also features improvements in performance for KVM networking and large
multi-processor systems."
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2263668/fedora-announced
--- Fedora 13 brims with updates: Lucky for some (The Inquirer - UK) ---
Kara Schlitz posted links to[1] to a posting this week from the UK's The Inquirer that briefly
highlights other aspects of Fedora 13:
"Developers working in mixed libraries (Python and C/C++) will have new tools it added, and will
get more complex information when debugging applications, while a new Systemtap utility adds
support for static probes, giving programmers better visibility over coding errors.
Python will be easier to debug, when working with gdb, and a parallel-installable Python 3 stack
will let programmers write and test code for use in both Python 2.6 and Python 3 environments, it
added.
Support for Netbeans Java EE6 has also been increased, and according to Fedora its NetBeans 6.8
integrated development environment is the first IDE to offer complete support for the entire Java
EE 6 specification. IDEA Community Edition support is also featured.
Some experienced users, frustrated with Fedora as is, may appreciate the redesign to the user
account tool and accounts dialog and accounts service test packages, which the group said would
make it easier to do things like configure personal information, make a personal profile picture or
icon, generate a strong passphrase, and set up login options.
Anyone attending the 2010 Red Hat Summit and JBoss World in late June in Boston can take away
Fedora 13 on a free USB key."
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1650311/fedora-b...
--- Seven Reasons to Upgrade to Fedora 13 (Linux.com) ---
Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] an article by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier from Linux.com last week on the
final days before Fedora 13's release:
"Fedora 13 is right around the corner. Code-named "Goddard," the Fedora 13 release sports tons of
updates from Fedora 12 and some really exciting new features that will have Linux power users
running for their CD burners. You'll find everything from better printer support to experimental 3D
support for Nvidia cards and filesystem rollback. Ready to roll up your sleeves? Let's take a look
at the best of Fedora 13. Fedora's focus is slightly different than Ubuntu, openSUSE and some other
Linux distributions. The project is focused on <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations>
emphasizing software freedom and being first to innovate and ship new features. While Fedora isn't
the most polished Linux distro you'll find, it's one of the most exciting to use. If you're on
Fedora 12, we've got seven reasons you should be thinking about upgrading to Fedora 13 now or when
it's officially released late this month."
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/310561-se...
--- Oh My Goddard! An Early Look at Fedora 13 (Linux Magazine) ---
Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] Linux Magazine's recent preview of Fedora 13 from last week:
"Fedora 13 is on the way and while it innovates in its own right, it also borrows some major
features from other distros such as Ubuntu and Mandriva. This is looking to be yet another great
release from the Fedora community!
It might not have as much bling as Ubuntu, but Fedora still has a lot to offer. While the former
focuses primarily on making life easier for new users (and generally does a great job at that),
Fedora has been concentrating on the underlying technology and making the best possible entirely
free operating system.
. . .
The effort that the community continues to put into each and every day truly makes for great,
feature-full releases. To you we must say thank you - we appreciate all of your hard work! If
you're a user who's never tried Fedora, why not give this exciting new release a try? It might not
have as much bling as Ubuntu, but it's a rock solid release based on the best free software has to
offer."
The full post is available[2]
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-M...
2. http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7765/2/
-- Ambassadors --
In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
--- Fedora Ambassador Day North America held ---
Fedora Ambassador Day North America, a three-day event, was held on May 21-23 in Ames, Iowa, on the
campus of Iowa State University. Among the topics discussed and decided on during the event were
changes in the North American Ambassadors program including: changes included publicizing
opportunites for non-ambassadors to promote Fedora at non-digital events; streamlining and creating
an event owner checklist; discussion of policy of handling Ambassador funding; doing away with
Regional Ambassador titles and streamlining the swag inventory system.
The following blogs, starting with Dave Nalley's comprehensive report, detail the happenings at the
event:
David Nalley's blog can be found here.
Larry Cafiero's blog can be found here.
Max Spevack's blog can be found here.
--- Campus Ambassadors up and running ---
The Fedora Project's Campus Ambassadors program is up and running, and is looking for participants.
If you're a high school or college student who wants to help promote Fedora on your campus, this is
the place for you.
For more information, visit https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Campus_Ambassadors
--- Let us know about your Fedora 13 activities ---
Fedora 13 has now launched and Ambassadors are encouraged to hold release events. If you are
planning to hold an event, let Fedora Weekly News know. Drop a line to
lcafiero=at=fedoraproject-dot-org with the details and we'll get it in FWN.
-- QualityAssurance --
In this section, we cover the activities of the QA team[1]. For more information on the work of the
QA team and how you can get involved, see the Joining page[2].
Contributing Writer: Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Join
--- Fedora 13 testing ---
The QA group spent the last two weeks completing Fedora 13 testing and documentation. Following the
one week delay of the Fedora 13 release discussed in FWN 225[1], the team got down to testing the
third release candidate[2]. We were able to produce a full installation test matrix[3] and desktop
test results for GNOME and KDE[4], thanks to the contributions of many team members. With the help
of these results, the group was able to confidently support the nomination of RC3 as the final
Fedora 13 release compose at the 2010-05-18 go/no-go meeting[5]. Finally, the group tested an
updated preupgrade package for Fedora 12[6] which was being prepared in order to be ready for the
final Fedora 13 public release date, to ensure that preupgrade-based upgrades from Fedora 12 would
run smoothly.
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue225#QualityAssurance
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/09...
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_13_Fina...
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_13_Fina...
5.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-05-1...
6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/09...
--- Fedora 13 QA Retrospective ---
At the 2010-05-17 weekly meeting[1], James Laska reminded the group that there was a page[2] to
gather thoughts about the QA process throughout the Fedora 13 cycle, including things that had gone
well, things which had not gone so well, and ideas for future enhancements to the QA process.
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20100517
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_QA_Retrospective
--- Making QA sexy ---
At the same meeting, Adam Miller initiated a heroic attempt to achieve the improbable: making QA
work sexy. Adam suggested providing customized swag for top QA contributors, such as a special QA
group t-shirt. Others were thinking of ways to identify top contributors. James Laska suggested
looking at Bodhi feedback. Will Woods thought about a way for developers to nominate testers and
bug reporters who had made significant contributions.
--- Triage scripting ---
At the 2010-05-18 Bugzappers weekly meeting[1], Matej Cepl mentioned that he was rewriting his
browser scripts to assist the process of triaging, and would be presenting on the topic at GUADEC
on 2010-07-28[2]. He explained that "the idea is a) to propagate existence of the scripts around
among developers, b) to make them compatible with multiple instances and making upstream ... I have
somebody working on something similar for (Mozilla)".
1.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2010-05-1...
2. http://live.gnome.org/GUADEC/2010/Schedule/Main
--- AutoQA ---
James Laska proposed an email update instead of a weekly meeting for 2010-05-24. In his email[1],
he noted that a new version of AutoQA was due, which would include backlinks from test results to
the test logs[2], and the ability to subscribe to test results for a specific package[3].
Replying[4], Kamil Paral noted that his package sanity tests were now working "for the most basic
cases" and he was now looking into sandboxing the testing via libvirt. Will Woods reported[5] that
he was continuing to work on a watcher script for noticing Bodhi updates (as part of the dependency
check tests), and hoped to have the post-bodhi-update hook "up and running by the end of this
week".
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/09...
2. http://fedorahosted.org/autoqa/ticket/130
3. http://fedorahosted.org/autoqa/ticket/151
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/09...
5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-May/09...
-- Translation --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N
--- Problems with Guide Submissions ---
Members from various translation teams have reported[1][2] about difficulties that they were facing
while submitting translations for Guides with multiple files, particularly the Installation Guide,
Installation Quick Start Guide and Wireless Guide. Some translators have requested for a feature to
submit multiple files in an archive format to avoid the current problems like timeouts a that they
are facing on translate.fedoraproject.org.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-May/0...
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-May/0...
--- Changes in Fedora Website Pages ---
Due to changes in the design of the docs.fedoraproject.org website, a number of navigational links
were altered, which needed to be updated in the Fedora Website pages. At present, Ricky Zhou[1]
from the Fedora Website team has created a script to automatically replace the older links with
appropriate new ones for the language on the build pages. The URLs for the translated versions
would be included in the .PO files after the release of Fedora 13.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-May/0...
--- Fedora 13 Tasks for the Week ---
John Poelstra informed[1] the list about the upcoming tasks for Fedora 13. Translation of the
nightly builds of the F13 Release Notes were scheduled to be completed on 0-day before the release
of Fedora 13.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-May/0...
--- New Members in FLP ---
Ahmed Mohamed Araby (Arabic)[1] recently joined the Fedora Localization Project.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/trans/2010-May/0...
-- Security Advisories --
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
--- Fedora 13 Security Advisories ---
* aria2-1.9.3-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* gnustep-base-1.18.0-9.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* krb5-1.7.1-10.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* cacti-0.8.7f-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* pidgin-2.7.0-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
--- Fedora 12 Security Advisories ---
* aria2-1.9.3-1.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* gnustep-base-1.18.0-9.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* krb5-1.7.1-9.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* openssl-1.0.0-4.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* html2ps-1.0-0.4.b5.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* cacti-0.8.7f-1.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* pidgin-2.7.0-2.fc12 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
--- Fedora 11 Security Advisories ---
* aria2-1.9.3-1.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* gnustep-base-1.18.0-9.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* krb5-1.6.3-31.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* cacti-0.8.7f-1.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* html2ps-1.0-0.3.b5.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
* pidgin-2.7.0-2.fc11 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
-- KDE --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora KDE Special Interests Group[1].
Contributing Writer: Ryan Rix
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE
--- KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1 coming to kde-redhat/unstable ---
Rex Dieter has begun pushing builds of KDE SC 4.5 beta 1 to the KDE-RedHat unstable repositories
for Fedora 13[1]. KDE SC 4.5 brings many new changes across the entire Software Compilation. While
there is currently no official changelog, the 4.5 Feature Plan[2] gives an overview of the new
features that are going to hit the kde-redhat/unstable repositories. Dieter will not be pushing
Fedora 12 builds until beta 2 or possibly RC1.
If you are interested in testing the KDE SC 4.5 beta, you can find instructions on how to enable
the repository at the kde-redhat homepage[3]. Please note that this release may have many bugs.
Please report them under the Rawhide component in bugzilla or to rdieter in #fedora-kde on
irc.freenode.net.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/2010-May/007...
2. http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.5_Feature_Plan
3. http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
--- New VLC-based phonon backend available ---
Amarok developer Mark Kretschmann has been working with[1] the VideoLan team, developers of the VLC
media player to work on a new Phonon backend which uses VLC. Not only does this create a cross
platform Phonon backend as VLC has been successfully ported to Mac OS X and Windows, but it is far
more stable than existing VLC backends.
Rex Dieter has built a version of VLC which is compatible with this backend, along with the backend
itself in the KDE-RedHat unstable repository for testing on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13. If you are
interested in testing this new backend, you can find instructions on how to enable the repository
at the kde-redhat homepage[2]. Install the phonon-backend-vlc package and set it as the primary
Backend in System Settings->Multimedia->Backend.
1. http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1171-Rapid-Progress-i...
2. http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
--- Special topic: Fedora Summer Coding ---
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Summer Coding 2010[1] program.
Contributing Writer: Karsten Wade
1. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010
--- Program quiet while mentors work ---
This week the mentors for Fedora Summer Coding 2010[1] are working via private discussion list. The
mentors have these responsibilities:
* Advocate for their own proposal(s)
* Help reach consensus about all proposals
* Participate in ordering accepted proposals so the program can offer funding to the top
selections.
With over 40 proposals submitted[2], competition is very strong with a range of proposals but only
a few being accepted, and even fewer funded. Mentors are scheduled to announce the accepted and
funded proposals by the end of the week.
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_Coding_2010...
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