Fedora FESCo meeting minutes March 24

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Meeting summary
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* TOPIC: Init Process (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 18:00:33)
* TOPIC: #3575 Bringing zlib back to Fedora 12 (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 18:02:44)
    * AGREED: APPROVED(+7, 0, -2) (@niknikovsky:fedora.im, 18:31:22)
    FESCo thinks that bringing back zlib as a general purpose library
    is not advised. The project is encouraged to move to zlib-ng. It
    may bundle or otherwise make available the old zlib library in a
    special-purpose package, with a name and description that make it
    clear that is not to be used as the default implementation and
    that does not conflict with the default implementation.

* TOPIC: #3580 [FastTrack] Change: Update mesa to v26.0.X in Fedora 44 (@zbyszek:fedora.im,
18:31:26)
    * AGREED: APPROVED (+8, 0, 0) (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 18:33:31)
* TOPIC: #3507 FESCo election policy which prioritizes first timers (@zbyszek:fedora.im,
18:33:37)
    * AGREED: APPROVED (+8, 0, -1) (@niknikovsky:fedora.im, 18:50:23)
    * INFO: see the log for the specific proposal that was approved (@zbyszek:fedora.im,
18:50:26)

    - There is no limit to how many total terms someone can be on FESCO.
    - FESCO members may be elected to no more than two consecutive
      terms, and periodically need to take a break of at least one
      release cycle (6 months).
    - If in the group of members whose term ends there are more than
      two members hitting the term limit, the limit only applies to
      two members with the longest consecutive terms in the latest
      sequence or the largest total number of terms if the latest
      sequence is identical.

    Now this needs to be turned into a patch against the election docs for FESCo.

* TOPIC: #3573 Updates to third-party repository policy (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 18:55:05)
    * ACTION: $somebody needs to make a pull request to clarify/update the policy
(@zbyszek:fedora.im, 19:00:28)
* TOPIC: Next week's chair (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 19:01:01)
    * ACTION: salimma will chair next meeting (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 19:04:32)
    * ACTION: travier might take the one the week after (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 19:04:48)
* TOPIC: Open Floor (@zbyszek:fedora.im, 19:04:54)
    * ACTION: @jflory7 due:2026-03-25 Check in with Flock 2026
      organizers on possibility to add a FESCo town hall session if
      schedule allows; if not possible, consider a joint Council +
      FESCo session? (@jflory7:fedora.im, 19:09:35)
    * IDEA: Council and FESCo could possibly share a session together
      if no other flexibility in the schedule. Will see about pulling
      a slot for FESCo, but if not, we could come up with a joint town
      hall session and community Q&A. Details to be confirmed at a
      later date. (@jflory7:fedora.im, 19:10:55)
    * IDEA: @sgallagh: "A FESCo meet-and-greet could also be rolled
      into an evening event like the Candy Swap" (@jflory7:fedora.im,
      19:11:58)

Meeting ended at 2026-03-24 19:14:10

Action items
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* $somebody needs to make a pull request to clarify/update the policy 
* salimma will chair next meeting 
* travier might take the one the week after 
* @jflory7 due:2026-03-25 Check in with Flock 2026 organizers on
  possibility to add a FESCo town hall session if schedule allows; if
  not possible, consider a joint Council + FESCo session?

People Present (lines said)
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* @zbyszek:fedora.im (98)
* @duffy:fedora.im (61)
* @ngompa:fedora.im (44)
* @nirik:matrix.scrye.com (43)
* @sgallagh:fedora.im (38)
* @salimma:fedora.im (38)
* @niknikovsky:fedora.im (35)
* @zodbot:fedora.im (34)
* @siosm:matrix.org (23)
* @decathorpe:fedora.im (22)
* @dcantrell:fedora.im (18)
* @jflory7:fedora.im (11)
* @dmellado:matrix.org (5)
* @meetbot:fedora.im (3)
* @conan_kudo:matrix.org (2)
* @yselkowitz:fedora.im (1)
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