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Fedora Workstation Working Group Meeting Notes, 28 April
by Allan Day 28 Apr '26

28 Apr '26

# Fedora Workstation Working Group meeting, 28 April 2026 ## Attendees - Allan - Chris - Luigi - Matthias - Michael - Nieves ## Rotating working group chair - Today is the last day of Michael's chair duty for the Fedora 44 - Last week the group agreed to rotate the chair on a monthly basis - Matthias was next on the list, but has requested not to do it in May. Apparently that means it's Allan next. - Protocol for chairs: - Review open tickets - Tag tickets with the meeting tag to put them on the agenda - Send out the agenda each week - Keep track of who the secretary is - Tomáš volunteers to be chair in May (thanks Tomáš!) - Luigi suggests that we have docs on how to chair the group - ACTION: Michael to write a chairing guide ## Replace gnome-keyring-daemon with oo7-daemon #506 - Topic is: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/506 - The GNOME keyring maintainers are in favour - Michael, Tomáš and Matthias are in favour. The stack needs to be modernized. - ACTION: Michael/Matthias will additionally pursue making the change in gnome-build-meta - AGREED: replacement approved ## Automatically update appstream-data #507 - Topic is: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/507 - See: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/appstream-data - Apps can disappear in GNOME Software for periods due to this issue - We need to regenerate the metadata automatically; hughsie is busy with other things - In the past it has been difficult to get something built automatically on Fedora infra when it isn't a package, but things could have changed since then - Tomáš recommends that we ask Kevin from CPE about it (he's on the workstation channel) - ACTION: Matthias to do this ## Remove remnants of ABRT #503 - Topic is: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/503 - We discussed this last week with Jeff. The conclusion was that we want Workstation and KDE to do the same thing. - Jeff also suggested that we post another call for volunteers on Discourse - Michael proposes that we remove abrt for Fedora 45, and volunteers to coordinate with the KDE team - AGREED: there were no objections, removal is approved ## Enable a subset of Flathub by default #492 - Topic: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/492 - This would require a change proposal and FESCo approval - Michael wants to hear opinions - there are pros and cons - Michael has concerns about the security of Flathub builds compared with Fedora builds - Other issues raised by Michael: - Apps stuck on EoL runtimes - Open source apps not being built from source - If we do include a subset of Flathub, we will probably want to rethink the 3rd party repos - There is a proposal from Michael in #492: - Flathub would only build open source software from source, and would expose only that set of apps - The "open" Flathub apps would then be enabled by default in Fedora, with lower priority than Fedora Flatpaks - Suggestion: WG members to review the proposal in the ticket so we can discuss more Next meeting: May 5th

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Worktation WG Meeting Apr 21, 2026 at 08:57 CDT
by Matthias Clasen 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

Summary Working group approved a rotating chair, confirmed a magazine article is urgently required for Fedora 44, and expressed skepticism about the 2028 bootc transition. Approved Rotating Chair Schedule The working group approved implementing a monthly rotating chair position to distribute the commitment since no volunteers stepped forward. The rotation schedule conflicts will be resolved ad-hoc, with the list starting with Matis or Allan. Addressing Crash Reporting Future The group addressed the plan to remove all ABRT components for Fedora 45 because the project is abandoned and unsupported. Neal Gompa suggested exploring Canonical’s Apport and Launchpad for crash reporting, despite requiring Fedora users to have an Ubuntu One account. Flatpak and Bootc Strategy A mandatory prerequisite for implementing the Flatpak filter in Fedora Workstation is designing a prioritization dialogue for GNOME Software. Neal Gompa expressed skepticism that the bootc transition for Fedora Workstation will be complete by the 2028 target date, suggesting a later timeframe is more realistic. Next steps [Michael Catanzaro] Update Issue 503: Post status update regarding removing Abert remnants to the issue report. [Michael Catanzaro] Schedule Abert Vote: Keep Abert removal on the agenda for a future meeting. Schedule a vote when Yens is present. [Michael Catanzaro] Schedule Flatpak Discussion: Schedule the topic enabling a subset of Flatpak by default for next weeks meeting. [Someone in Lowell-McIntosh-6n430] Write Magazine Article: Look into writing the Fedora 44 magazine article. Aim for completion by the end of this week. [Someone in Lowell-McIntosh-6n430] Review BootC: Review the bootc technology for desktop integration purposes. [Michael Catanzaro] Ping Allen: Remind Allen to provide the necessary design for GNOME Software source prioritization.

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April 28, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, April 28 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Replace gnome-keyring-daemon with oo7-daemon #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/506 #topic Automatically update appstream-data #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/507 #topic Remove remnants of ABRT #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/503 #topic Enable a subset of Flathub by default #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/492 Chair: Michael Secretary: Allan

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April 21, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, April 21 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Appoint chair for F45 release cycle, or establish a rotation #topic Filter the Fedora Flatpak repo #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/463 #topic Remove remnants of ABRT #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/503 #topic Replace gnome-keyring-daemon with oo7-daemon #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/506 #topic Automatically update appstream-data #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/507 #topic Announcements and status updates

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2026-04-20 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 19 Apr '26

19 Apr '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-04-20 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 4 proposed blockers and 3 proposed freeze exception for Final. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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Re: [Test-Announce] Fedora 44 Candidate RC-1.2 Available Now!
by Adam Williamson 15 Apr '26

15 Apr '26

On Wed, 2026-04-15 at 10:16 +0000, rawhide via test-announce wrote: > According to [the schedule][1], Fedora 44 Candidate RC-1.2 is now > available for testing. Please help us complete all the validation > testing! For more information on release validation testing, see: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan A specific call for testing, here: it'd be great if folks with hardware they can do test installs on could do an encrypted install and check whether graphics work at passphrase entry. We have a couple of proposed blocker bugs reporting problems at this stage, one on a Dell XPS 13 Plus - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441941 - where "the LUKS passphrase screen looks OK until I start typing the password, then the Plymouth screen disappears and the screen start flickering with a sort of blank screen", one on Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 13 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455924 - where the display is just blank. It'd be good to get a sense of whether other folks are seeing similar issues. It'd also be useful to know if the same problem happens on F42 / F43, if you do have an issue. -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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2026-04-13 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-04-13 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 4 proposed blockers and 2 proposed freeze exception for Final. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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Re: Fedora 44 Candidate RC-1.1 Available Now!
by Adam Williamson 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

On Wed, 2026-04-08 at 06:34 +0000, rawhide(a)fedoraproject.org wrote: > According to [the schedule][1], Fedora 44 Candidate RC-1.1 is now > available for testing. Please help us complete all the validation > testing! For more information on release validation testing, see: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Note this one probably isn't a true "RC", as we have several outstanding blockers which likely can't all be waived. But we wanted to have a candidate compose built to make sure the mechanism is well- oiled, and encourage testing from folks who don't test nightlies (but please, do test the nightlies!) The 'RC' name is sort of deeply wired into the compose process, so we can't really make candidates for Final which don't show the 'RC' name, unfortunately. -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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Canceled: April 14, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 07 Apr '26

07 Apr '26

Hi, Red Hat employees have a conflict, so let's cancel the Workstation Working Group meeting on April 14. We will meet again on April 21.

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April 7, 2026 Workstation Working Group Meeting
by Michael Catanzaro 07 Apr '26

07 Apr '26

Hi all, The next meeting of the Fedora Workstation Working Group is planned for Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC). This meeting is open to the public. Feel free to join. Join link: https://meet.google.com/jod-dkmw-ibd Tentative Agenda #topic Replace Fedora Flatpak repo with new Fedora Workstation Flatpak repo #link https://forge.fedoraproject.org/workstation/tickets/issues/463 #topic Announcements and status updates

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