* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 272
o 1.1 Announcements
+ 1.1.1 Fedora Announcement News
# 1.1.1.1 Announcing the release of Fedora 15 Beta!!
* 1.1.1.1.1 What is the Beta Release?
* 1.1.1.1.2 Features
* 1.1.1.1.3 Contributing
+ 1.1.2 Fedora Development News
# 1.1.2.1 Outage: Fedora Account System (fas01) -
2011-04-21 20:00 UTC
* 1.1.2.1.1 Reason for outage:
* 1.1.2.1.2 Affected Services:
* 1.1.2.1.3 Unaffected Services:
* 1.1.2.1.4 Ticket Link:
* 1.1.2.1.5 Contact Information:
# 1.1.2.2 Outage: BuildSystem: Bodhi, Koji, Pkgs -
2011-04-20 20:00 UTC
* 1.1.2.2.1 Reason for outage:
* 1.1.2.2.2 Affected Services:
* 1.1.2.2.3 Unaffected Services:
* 1.1.2.2.4 Ticket Link:
* 1.1.2.2.5 Contact Information:
+ 1.1.3 Fedora Events
# 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events (March - May 2011)
# 1.1.3.2 Past Events
# 1.1.3.3 Additional information
o 1.2 Fedora In the News
+ 1.2.1 Mmm mmm good - YouTube videos now served in WebM
+ 1.2.2 Fedora and GNOME branding drama: Missing the big
picture (dissociatedpress.net)
+ 1.2.3 Sanity saver: Fedora 15 answers Ubuntu's Unity (The
Register UK)
+ 1.2.4 Seven Alternatives to GNOME 3 (The Register UK)
+ 1.2.5 Fedora's Lovelock Linux is beta ready (The Register UK)
+ 1.2.6 Beta version of Fedora 15 includes GNOME 3 and systemd
(The H Online)
+ 1.2.7 Fedora 16 Release Named (Linux Pro Magazine)
+ 1.2.8 Fedora 15 Beta Available: Feedback Wanted (Linux Pro
Magazine)
+ 1.2.9 Video: Introduction to Fedora (trainsignaltraining.com)
+ 1.2.10 Fedora: virt-manager with SPICE support coming in
Fedora 15 (montanalinux.org)
+ 1.2.11 Virtual security: release of the first beta Qubes OS
(The H Online)
o 1.3 Ambassadors
+ 1.3.1 Welcome New Ambassadors
+ 1.3.2 Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list
+ 1.3.3 Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list
+ 1.3.4 Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list
+ 1.3.5 Summary of traffic on Campus Ambassadors mailing list
o 1.4 QualityAssurance
+ 1.4.1 Test Days
+ 1.4.2 Fedora 15 Beta preparation
+ 1.4.3 Sugar testing
o 1.5 Security Advisories
+ 1.5.1 Fedora 15 Security Advisories
+ 1.5.2 Fedora 14 Security Advisories
+ 1.5.3 Fedora 13 Security Advisories
- Fedora Weekly News Issue 272 -
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 272[1] for the week ending April 20, 2011.
What follows are some highlights from this issue.
We start this issue off with details on the Fedora 15 beta, followed by details
on a couple planned service outages. Eleven more articles from the trade press
and blogosphere in this week's Fedora In the News, around Gnome 3, Fedora 15,
YouTube's decision to go with WebM, and more. In Ambassador news this week, a
new Ambassador for Brazil, and a very helpful summary of traffic on the
Ambassador and FAmSCo lists. Quality Assurance this week reports on the latest
Test Day on virtualization and the next Test Days on Gnome 3 and cloud
integration, as well as details on Fedora 15 beta prep and Sugar build testing.
This issue rounds out with security advisories for Fedora 13, 14 and 15 this
past week. Read on!
An audio version of some issues of FWN - FAWN - are available! 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: [email protected]
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue272
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], development announcements[2] and Events[3].
Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events
--- Fedora Announcement News ---
The announcement list is always exclusive for the Fedora Community. Please,
visit the past announcements at[1]
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
---- Announcing the release of Fedora 15 Beta!! ----
Dennis Gilmore on Tue Apr 19 14:50:03 UTC 2011 announced[1],
"The clock is ticking. The days are counting down. The release of Fedora 15,
codenamed "Lovelock," is scheduled for release in late May. Fedora is the
leading edge, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver
innovative features to users worldwide, with a new release every six months.
We are delighted to announce the availability of the Beta release of Fedora 15.
"I beta one American dollar that you will love this release!"
Come see why we love Fedora so much. We are betting you will, too. Download it
now: [2]
---- What is the Beta Release? ----
The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 15. Only critical
bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general release of Fedora 15
in May. We invite you to join us in making Fedora 15 a solid release by
downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback.
Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may still be
lurking. A list of the problems we already know about can be seen on the Common
F15 bugs page, at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F15_bugs.
If you find a bug that's not found on that page, be sure it gets fixed before
release by reporting your discovery at [3] Thank you!
---- Features ----
Desktop enthusiasts and end users of all sorts can look forward to:
* Gnome Shell and the Gnome 3 desktop. Gnome 3 is the next major
version of the Gnome desktop. After many years of a largely unchanged Gnome 2.x
experience, GNOME 3 brings a fresh look and feel with GNOME Shell.
* LibreOffice Productivity Suite. LibreOffice is a fork of
OpenOffice, with the support of the OpenOffice.org community. All of the
applications you know and love are still there, including apps for
spreadsheets, document creation, and presentations.
* Desktop environments a-plenty. The Xfce and LXDE spins have
been updated, and the Fedora Spins SIG has other offerings tailored to a wide
variety of user needs.
Sysadmins will love features such as:
* Appliance building. BoxGrinder creates appliances (virtual
machines) from simple plain text appliance definition files for various virtual
platforms, and is great for building appliances for use in a Cloud environment.
* Dynamic Firewall. The dynamic firewall mode aims to make it
possible to change firewall settings without the need to restart the firewall
and to make persistent connections possible.
Coders have lots of new development tools to try out, including:
* Updates to popular languages. Python 3.2, Rails 3.0.3, and
OCaml 3.12 are all included in Fedora 15.
* Project tooling. Maven 3 is a Java project management, project
comprehension, and build system tool.
* Compiling and debugging. GDB gets an update to 7.3, and GCC
4.6 is included. (Fedora 15 has also been rebuilt using GCC 4.6!)
And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of all the new
features in Fedora 15 is available here: [4]
We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here: [5]
---- Contributing ----
For more information on common and known bugs, tips on how to report bugs, and
the official release schedule, please refer to the release notes at [6].
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, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package
free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started,
visit [7] today!"
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-April/002950.html
2. http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease?wkanF15b
3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList
5. http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/
6. http://docs.fedoraproject.org
7. http://join.fedoraproject.org
--- Fedora Development News ---
The Development Announcement[1] list is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC
announce-only list for Fedora development.
Acceptable Types of Announcements
* Policy or process changes that affect developers.
* Infrastructure changes that affect developers.
* Tools changes that affect developers.
* Schedule changes
* Freeze reminders
Unacceptable Types of Announcements
* Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
* Discussion
* Anything else not mentioned above
1. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce
---- Outage: Fedora Account System (fas01) - 2011-04-21 20:00 UTC ----
Kevin Fenzi on Mon Apr 18 22:59:42 UTC 2011 announced[1],
"There will be an outage starting at 2011-04-21 20:00 UTC, which will last
approximately 1 hour.
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at [2] or run:
date -d '2011-04-21 20:00 UTC'
---- Reason for outage: ----
The fas01 account system machine will be moving to new hardware. This outage
may only affect small parts of the Account system as backup servers should
handle the load.
---- Affected Services: ----
Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
---- Unaffected Services: ----
* Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
* Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
* BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
* Email system
* Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
* Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
* Fedora Insight - https://insight.fedoraproject.org/
* Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
* Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
* GIT / Source Control - pkgs.fedoraproject.org
* Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
* Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
* Smolt - http://smolts.org/
* Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
* Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
* Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
* Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
* Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
---- Ticket Link: ----
[3]
---- Contact Information: ----
Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for
this outage above."
1.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-April/000778.html
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
3. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2734
---- Outage: BuildSystem: Bodhi, Koji, Pkgs - 2011-04-20 20:00 UTC ----
Kevin Fenzi on Tue Apr 19 02:57:51 UTC 2011 announced[1],
"There will be an outage starting at 2011-04-20 20:00 UTC, which will last
approximately 2 hours.
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at [2] or run:
date -d '2011-04-20 20:00 UTC'
---- Reason for outage: ----
Several of the build related system instances are going to be moved to new
hardware. This includes db03 (the koji database), nfs01 (frontend nfs for
rel-eng and koji), and pkgs01 (fedora packagers git repositories).
Additionally, db03 is going to be upgraded to a RHEL6 instance.
---- Affected Services: ----
* Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
* Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
* GIT / Source Control - pkgs.fedoraproject.org
---- Unaffected Services: ----
* BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
* Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
* Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
* Fedora Insight - https://insight.fedoraproject.org/
* Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
* Fedora Talk - http://talk.fedoraproject.org/
* Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
* Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
* Smolt - http://smolts.org/
* Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
* Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
* Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
* Translation Services - http://translate.fedoraproject.org/
* Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
---- Ticket Link: ----
[3]
---- Contact Information: ----
Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for
this outage above. "
1.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2011-April/000779.html
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto
3. https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2732
--- Fedora Events ---
The purpose of event is to build a global Fedora events calendar, and to
identify responsible Ambassadors for each event. The event page is laid out by
quarter and by region. Please maintain the layout, as it is crucial for budget
planning. Events can be added to this page whether or not they have an
Ambassador owner. Events without an owner are not eligible for funding, but
being listed allows any Ambassador to take ownership of the event and make it
eligible for funding. In plain words, 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 (March - May 2011) ----
* North America (NA)[1]
* Central & South America (LATAM): [2]
* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY12_Q1_.28March_2011_-_May_2011.29
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY12_Q1_.28March_2011_-_May_2011.29_2
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY12_Q1_.28March_2011_-_May_2011.29_3
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY12_Q1_.28March_2011_-_May_2011.29_4
---- 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.
-- 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/
--- Mmm mmm good - YouTube videos now served in WebM ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting about YouTube's move to WebM, an open
content media format:
With Firefox 4 as the default web browser in Fedora 15, users will now be able
to access a wide variety of content in YouTube without any need for a third
party plugin or patent encumbered codecs.
"To that end, all new videos uploaded to YouTube are now transcoded into WebM.
WebM is an open media file format for video and audio on the web. Its openness
allows anyone to improve the format and its integrations, resulting in a better
experience for you in the long-term. As we work to transcode more videos into
WebM, we hope to reduce the technical incompatibilities that prevent you from
accessing video while improving the overall online video landscape.
Transcoding all new video uploads into WebM is an important first step, and
we're also working to transcode our entire video catalog to WebM."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013837.html
2.
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/04/mmm-mmm-good-youtube-videos-now-served.html
--- Fedora and GNOME branding drama: Missing the big picture
(dissociatedpress.net) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article about the Gnome 3 and Fedora branding
discussions:
"I'm not saying this to belittle Fedora - but to put this whole thing into
perspective. Arguing over branding here is /just plain silly/. Depending on
which side you're on, it may validate your "team" (GNOME vs. Fedora, I guess)
but it's /utterly irrelevant/ when it comes to having an impact on Fedora
adoption. At best it's a distraction from actually increasing the market share
of Linux - and at worst it's a validation of the argument that community driven
projects fail due to infighting."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013836.html
2.
http://dissociatedpress.net/2011/04/18/fedora-and-gnome-branding-drama-missing-the-big-picture/
--- Sanity saver: Fedora 15 answers Ubuntu's Unity (The Register UK) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article about Fedora 15's Gnome 3 feature set:
"Fedora 15 has slipped into its new GNOME 3 dress with aplomb. If you don't
like GNOME 3 that's one thing, but it's hard to fault Fedora's integration of
it.
GNOME 3 may be the biggest news in this beta, but Fedora 15 does manages to
slip in another major change. Fedora 15 now uses systemd as the default system
and session manager. Systemd was in Fedora 14, but not enabled by default. The
result of the completed transition will be faster boot and shutdown times,
especially on SSDs."
While Fedora 15 is definitely still a beta and not recommended for everyday
use, it's leaps and bounds beyond Ubuntu's first beta release. If you want to
test out GNOME 3, the Fedora 15 beta makes an excellent way to use it."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013834.html
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/20/fedora_15_beta_review/
--- Seven Alternatives to GNOME 3 (The Register UK) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Gnome 3 and alternatives:
"The first thing you should do is make sure that you are not just reacting
against the fact that you are facing a new desktop. The fact that many people -
the exact percentage is uncertain -- like or tolerate GNOME 3 should be proof
enough that you should be wary of snap judgments. Persist with GNOME 3 for a
week, and you may find it more endurable than you originally imagined,
especially if you learn how to change the default settings.
But if you are determined to avoid GNOME 3, what are the odds that you will
find something to your liking? Probably, you will have to endure some
differences. But assuming what you want is a desktop that resembles GNOME 2 as
closely as possible, here are some possibilities to consider."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013832.html
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/20/fedora_15_beta_review/
--- Fedora's Lovelock Linux is beta ready (The Register UK) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article about the release of Fedora 15 beta:
"The beta for Fedora 15, announced on Tuesday and codenamed Lovelock, becomes
the first major Linux distro to include GNOME 3, which was released earlier
this month. Fedora 15 will jettison GNOME 2.
GNOME 3 is a major departure from the existing interface: it cleans up the
interface and makes it easier to find and fire up applications through juicy
new icons."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013830.html
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/19/fedora_ubuntu_libreoffice/
--- Beta version of Fedora 15 includes GNOME 3 and systemd (The H Online) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Fedora 15 features:
"Fedora 15 will be the first major Linux distribution to include GNOME 3, which
was released two weeks ago. Fedora 15 will not include GNOME 2; the KDE Plasma
Desktop will be a member of the 4.6 series. The Fedora Project has also
undertaken a major behind the scenes change, so that Fedora 15 will see a
switch from Upstart to the sysvinit and Upstart alternative systemd, which was
first introduced just under a year ago. The kernel in the beta is based on
Linux version 2.6.38. LibreOffice will fill the office suite shoes and the C
and C++-Compiler will be the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 4.6."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013829.html
2.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Beta-version-of-Fedora-15-includes-GNOME-3-and-systemd-1230132.html
--- Fedora 16 Release Named (Linux Pro Magazine) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a short note about the Fedora 16 release name:
"In a Fedora community vote, Fedora 16 release has been named Verne"
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013828.html
2. http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Fedora-16-Release-Named
--- Fedora 15 Beta Available: Feedback Wanted (Linux Pro Magazine) ---
Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] a brief announcement on Fedora 15 beta availability:
"Announced today on the Fedora announce mailing list[2], the Fedora 15
(Lovelace) beta is now available for download."
The full article is available[3].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013826.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2011-April/002950.html
3.
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Fedora-15-Beta-Available-Feedback-Wanted
--- Video: Introduction to Fedora (trainsignaltraining.com) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a video introduction to Fedora 14:
"Fedora began in 2003 and the most recent version, 14 is codenamed Laughlin. In
this video, we will begin with a brief history of the operating system,
including a discussion of some of its unique features. We'll then review
installation options including CD/DVD and USB. In addition, if you'd like to
test Fedora before permanently installing it on your hard disk, you can use
virtualization software and we'll cover that in another video.
The video continues with a look at the Fedora desktop and how to navigate and
customize it to your liking. We'll wrap up with a few key resources where you
can learn more about the Fedora community."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013822.html
2. http://www.trainsignaltraining.com/videos/fedora-linux
--- Fedora: virt-manager with SPICE support coming in Fedora 15
(montanalinux.org) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting on SPICE and KVM features in Fedora 15:
"I would definitely recommend KVM and SPICE to those with the required hardware
to run it over Oracle's VirtualBox or any of the others... unless of course you
need accelerated 3D. KVM / SPICE doesn't support accelerated 3D. I've heard a
few other products do but I've not actually tried to use it so I don't know how
well it works in practice. In any event, KVM / SPICE is definitely a good
combination for distro hoppers now! :) Let it be known though, SPICE has not
been optimized yet for WAN use but it works great over a LAN."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013820.html
2.
http://www.montanalinux.org/fedora-virt-preview-f15-virt-manager-spice.html
--- Virtual security: release of the first beta Qubes OS (The H Online) ---
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting on Qubes OS and security features in it
based on Fedora 14:
"The team led by security expert Joanna Rutkowska has released the first beta
version of the Qubes OS Linux distribution. The operating system can also be
installed on a USB stick thanks to its new installer. Qubes aims to provide
security through virtualisation. It uses a Xen hypervisor to run applications
in separate virtual machines based on Fedora 14. As a result, online banking
data are not at risk when a game running in its own VM turns out to be a
trojan."
The full article is available[2].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-April/013819.html
2.
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Virtual-security-release-of-the-first-beta-Qubes-OS-1227831.html
-- Ambassadors --
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].
Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors
--- Welcome New Ambassadors ---
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a new member joining.
Hussama Ismail from Brazil mentored by Daniel Bruno
--- Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ---
Larry Cafiero reminded [1] about a FAmNA meeting [2]
Christoph Wickert posted a reminder [3] about the EMEA Ambassadors Meeting for
2011-04-06 [4] and followed it up with the Meeting Minutes [5]
Paul Mellors announced [6] that the UK Communities Mailing list [7] was up for
subscription to folks interested in tracking what's going on in the UK
Onyeibo Oku announced [8] The Fedora Sound SIG aimed at creating sound themes
and making them available via the repositories.
Christoph Wickert responded [9] Kevin Raymond's mail about F15 media production
[10] explaining that the Multi-Desktop/Multi-Arch media issues require some
conclusion to be arrived at.
David Ramsey announced [11] the Virtualization Test Day [12]
David Ramsey reminded [13] about the APAC Ambassadors meeting on 2011-04-16
[14] and later [15] provided the meeting notes [16]. The next meeting is
scheduled for 2011-04-30 [17]
Igor Pires Soares reminded [18] potential speakers and hackfest coordinators at
FUDCon Panama 2011 [19] to update the wiki with the description and details
about the sessions which would help in conversations with the local media.
Igor Pires Soares posted [20] the Meeting Minutes from FAmSCo meeting of
2011-04-16 [21]
David Ramsey reminded [22] about the GNOME3 Final Test Day [23]
1.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017339.html
2. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:NA_Ambassadors_2011-04-05
3.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017340.html
4. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:EMEA_Ambassadors_2011-04-06
5.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-06/fedora-meeting.2011-04-06-20.06.html
6.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017343.html
7. http://fedora-uk.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-uk_fedora-uk.org
8.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017346.html
9.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017348.html
10.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017347.html
11.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017352.html
12. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-04-14_Virtualization
13.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017353.html
14. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:APAC_Ambassadors_2011-04-16#Agenda
15.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017357.html
16.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-16/apac.2011-04-16-04.10.log.html
17.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017358.html
18.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017356.html
19. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Panama_2011
20.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017359.html
21.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-16/fedora-meeting.2011-04-16-14.10.html
22.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2011-April/017360.html
23. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-04-21_GNOME3_Final
--- Summary of events reported on Ambassadors mailing list ---
No events were reported on the Ambassadors mailing list
--- Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list ---
Max Spevack let the FAmSCo list know [1] about unavailability.
Igor Pires Soares informed [2] about the FAmSCo report draft being available [3]
Neville A. Cross posted [4] about an idea around "dead drops" [5]
Rahul Sundaram requested [6] that the FAmSCo approve a pending Ambassador
request [7] Joerg Simon suggested [8] re-opening the existing ticket [9] and
approving it.
Pierros Papadeas posted [10] about initiating a discussion about actions for
Regional Meetings for March/April 2011. The thread [11] had inputs from FAmSCo
members. Neville A. Cross also informed [12] about the Librebus/FreedomBus
project [13]
Pierros Papadeas proposed some changes [14] for the F15 Schedule for Ambassadors
--- Summary of traffic on Campus Ambassadors mailing list ---
The mailing list did not have any traffic this week.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000755.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000756.html
3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAmSCo_report_2011-03
4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000757.html
5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_talk:Magjogui
6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000759.html
7. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Suchakra
8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000760.html
9. https://fedorahosted.org/fama/ticket/588
10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000761.html
11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/thread.html#761
12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000765.html
13. http://librebus.org/
14. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/famsco/2011-April/000762.html
-- Quality Assurance --
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
-- Test Days --
Thursday 2011-04-14 was virtualization Test Day[1], hosted by our awesome
virtualization team. A decent turnout of nine testers were able to run through
all the test cases, and identify several bugs for the team to work on.
Thursday 2011-04-21 is the last of three GNOME 3 Test Days[2], where we will be
testing out the final GNOME 3.0 release and making sure it is well integrated
into Fedora 15, and identifying any remaining bugs that can be fixed up before
Fedora 15's release. Live images are already available on the Test Day page to
aid in testing, and it's very easy to join in and run through as many or as few
test cases as you like. Please join us in #fedora-test-day on Freenode IRC[3]
for this key Test Day!
Thursday 2011-04-28 is scheduled to be cloud Test Day, where the cloud SIG will
be guiding testers in running Fedora 15 on Amazon's EC2 cloud, and testing out
the Fedora 15 features BoxGrinder[4] (a tool designed to make it simple to
rapidly create Fedora-based appliances and deploy them to various virtual
platforms) and CloudFS[5] (a cloud-ready distributed filesystem). If you're
interested in the cutting (bleeding?) edge of cloud development with Fedora,
come and dive in!
1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-04-14_Virtualization
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-04-21_GNOME3_Final
3. irc://irc.freenode.net/fedora-test-day
4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BoxGrinder
5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/CloudFS
--- Fedora 15 Beta preparation ---
Fedora 15 Beta RC2 arrived on 2011-04-09[1] and the group got down to testing
it, filling out the installation[2] and desktop[3]test matrices and delving
into various issues on the mailing list, particularly to do with GNOME 3. At
the go/no-go meeting of 2011-04-13[4] the QA group was able to confidently
declare RC2 had met all the release requirements, thanks to this diligent
testing, and the RC2 images were declared gold. Rest is for the weak, though,
so on 2011-04-15 the group followed up with the first blocker bug review
meeting for Fedora 15 final[5], a mere four hour sprint at which 58 potential
blocker bugs were reviewed.
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2011-April/098755.html
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_15_Beta_RC2_Install
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_15_Beta_RC2_Desktop
4.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2011-04-13/fedora_15_beta_gono-go_meeting.2011-04-13-21.00.html
5.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-bugzappers/2011-04-15/f-15-blocker-review.2011-04-15-17.00.html
--- Sugar testing ---
Thomas Gilliard provided a detailed test report on a roughly Beta-equivalent
Sugar nightly live image[1], with much valuable information. Adam Williamson
thanked him for his work[2] and Peter Robinson promised to look into the
issues[3].
1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2011-April/098976.html
2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2011-April/099012.html
3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2011-April/099029.html
-- Security Advisories --
In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce from
the past week.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
--- Fedora 15 Security Advisories ---
* ikiwiki-3.20110328-1.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058403.html
* fail2ban-0.8.4-27.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058401.html
* python-feedparser-5.0.1-1.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058309.html
* dhcp-4.2.1-4.P1.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html
* proftpd-1.3.4-0.8.rc2.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058262.html
* seamonkey-2.0.13-1.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058233.html
* krb5-1.9-7.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html
* libvirt-0.8.8-4.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058093.html
* quagga-0.99.18-2.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058042.html
* xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-5.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057977.html
* perl-5.12.3-156.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html
* tmux-1.4-4.fc15 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058548.html
--- Fedora 14 Security Advisories ---
* libmodplug-0.8.8.2-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058368.html
* tmux-1.4-3.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058367.html
* seamonkey-2.0.13-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058349.html
* proftpd-1.3.3e-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058344.html
* xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-5.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057928.html
* perl-5.12.3-143.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html
* libtiff-3.9.5-1.fc14 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058478.html
--- Fedora 13 Security Advisories ---
* libvirt-0.8.2-6.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058464.html
* seamonkey-2.0.13-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058457.html
* dhcp-4.1.2-4.ESV.R2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058455.html
* tmux-1.4-3.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058452.html
* proftpd-1.3.3e-1.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058356.html
* gdm-2.30.2-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html
* libxml2-2.7.7-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057926.html
* nss-3.12.9-9.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057916.html
* kdenetwork-4.5.5-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058580.html
* kdelibs-4.5.5-2.fc13 -
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058486.html
- end FWN 272 -
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Pascal Calarco, Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA
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