devel-announce November 2012

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Call for Test Days for Fedora 18
by Adam Williamson 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hey, folks. It's that time again - time to start thinking about Test Days for Fedora 18. For anyone who isn't aware, a Test Day is an event usually focused around IRC for interaction and a Wiki page for instructions and results, with the aim being to get a bunch of interested users and developers together to test a specific feature or area of the distribution. You can run a Test Day on just about anything for which it would be useful to do some fairly focused testing in 'real time' with a group of testers; it doesn't have to be code, for instance we often run Test Days for l10n/i18n topics. For more information on Test Days, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days . Anyone who wants to can host their own Test Day, or you can request that the QA group helps you out with organization, or any combination of the two. To propose a Test Day, just file a ticket in QA trac - full details are at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days/Create . For instructions on hosting a Test Day, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management . You can see the schedule at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Fedora_18_test_days . There are many slots open right now, with the earliest on 2012-08-09 and the latest 2012-11-01. Consider the development schedule, though, in deciding when you want to run your Test Day - for some topics you may want to avoid the time before the Alpha release or the time after the feature freeze or the Final freeze. We normally aim to schedule Test Days on Thursdays; however, if you want to run a series of related Test Days, it's often a good idea to do something like Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday of the same week (this is how we usually run the X Test Week, for instance). If all the Thursday slots fill up but more people want to run Test Days, we will open up Tuesday slots as overflows. And finally, if you really want to run a Test Day in a specific timeframe due to the development schedule, but the Thursday slot for that week is full, we can add a slot on another day. We're flexible! Just put in your ticket the date or timeframe you'd like, and we'll figure it out from there. If you have any questions about the Test Day process, please don't hesitate to contact me or any other member of the QA team on test@ or in #fedora-qa on IRC. Thanks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net

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Fedora 19 release planning and Feature Submission Deadline
by Jaroslav Reznik 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Hi, FESCo on 2012-11-28 meeting agreed to initially target an end-of-May release with an end-of-February branch date, but may adjust outwards depending on submitted features [1]. The Feature Submission Deadline is now set to 2013-01-29 and the F19 submission period window is open [2]. Schedule will be made at or shortly after the Feature Submission Deadline based on the review of submitted features and will be announced per usual means [3]. To make the planning easier, please make sure to submit feature proposals with well defined scope. FESCo also agreed on additional Wednesday and Thursday release days but Tuesday is still the preferred target release day [4] - applies to Fedora 18 either. Jaroslav [1] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/966 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/19/Schedule [4] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/974

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Announcing the release of Fedora 18 Beta!!!
by Jaroslav Reznik 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

The Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" Beta release is rolling! This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open source technology currently under development. We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 18. Want to get a taste of the future? Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease *** What is the Beta Release? *** The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 18. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general release of Fedora 18 in the beginning of the next year. We invite you to join us in making Fedora 18 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 is found at the Common F18 bugs page, seen here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs There is a new upgrade system for Fedora 18 making its first appearance in Fedora 18 Beta. Upgrading via the system installer or the preupgrade tool is no longer possible. To upgrade to Fedora 18 from Fedora 17, you should use the new "Fedup" tool. Instructions and information on the new tool are here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp. The tool is still under active development, please take a look at the FedUp FAQ (in the wiki page) in case of any issues with the upgrade process, and back up your system before trying the upgrade. *** Features *** This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Here are just a few of the new features: = For users everywhere = * Fedora 18 offers a brand-new version of the Gnome desktop, version 3.6, straight from the upstream development process. Updates have also been made to the KDE Plasma Workspaces, XFCE and Sugar]desktop environments; additionally, the MATE desktop is available for the first time in Fedora. * Fedora's new installer user interface enhances the anaconda installer with improvements in ease of use and installation. = For developers = * This release includes several language updates, including the move to Perl 5.16, updating the Python 3 stack from 3.2 to 3.3, Rails 3.2 and updated D and Haskell programming environments. = For system administrators = * Fedora 18 includes the final release of Samba 4, and can be used on an Active Directory domain member out of the box. An integrated, new native management software allows you to access data and server information easily. * OpenStack in Fedora 18 has been updated to Folsom, the most recent release by the OpenStack community. This Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform enables the creation and management of cloud infrastructure. * Eucalyptus 3.1, another IaaS platform, is available in Fedora for the first time, and includes the major components of Eucalyptus. * System Storage Management CLI tools simplify the user interface by providing unified abstraction and interface for multiple storage technologies, including lvm, btrfs and md raid. For more Features, please take a look on the complete list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/18/FeatureList *** Contributing *** Great releases like Fedora 18 don't get made in a vacuum. We can't do it without you! Bug reports are especially helpful as we move from the theory to the applied physics. If you encounter any issues, please report them! Fedora is a fantastic, friendly community, and we have many ways in which you can contribute, including Documentation, Marketing, Design, QA, Development, and more. To learn how to help us, visit: http://join.fedoraproject.org/ Thank you, and we hope to see you in the Fedora Project! --- You may notice this announcement is a day late! We'd like to apologize to the community for the delayed announcement and any consequences resulting from the delay.

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Fedora 18 Beta status is Go, release on November 27, 2012
by Jaroslav Reznik 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

At the F18 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting that just occurred, it was agreed to Go for the Fedora 18 Beta. It will be released on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. A massive thanks to everyone who was working hard on F18 Beta - so called "Exploding Turkey" - release and also thanks for your patience. Meeting details can be seen here: Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-11-22/f18_beta_gono-… Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-11-22/f18_beta_gono-… Jaroslav

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Fedora 18 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting, Thursday, November 22 @ 20:00 UTC (3pm Eastern, 12pm Pacific)
by Jaroslav Reznik 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-1 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 18 Beta. Thursday, November 22, 2012 @20:00 UTC (15:00 EST/12:00 PST/21:00 CET) "Before each public release Development, QA and Release Engineering meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular release. This meeting is called the Go/No-Go Meeting." "Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of the QA Team." For more details about this meeting see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting In the meantime, keep an eye on the Fedora 18 Beta Blocker list: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/18/beta/buglist Btw. Thanksgiving conflict is known, but we decided not to move Go/No-Go to Wednesday because of limited time for testing, let me know in case of (strong) objections. Jaroslav

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Fedora 18 now in Beta freeze (again)
by Kevin Fenzi 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Greetings. Fedora 18 is now in freeze and the Beta change deadline is upon us (again). Updates will land in updates-testing after being pushed. Updates that fix accepted blocker and accepted NTH bugs for the Beta release will be pushed into the base repo when stable. We are in the Pre Beta section of the release, so the Pre Beta to pre-release updates policy applies: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Pre_Beta Please see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Branch_Freeze_Policy http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Change_deadlines http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_nth_bug_process For more details. kevin

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bodhi 0.9.3 deployed to production
by Luke Macken 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

A new bugfix release of Bodhi has just been deployed to production. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates Bugs and enhancement requests can be filed here: http://bodhi.fedorahosted.org Major user-facing changes in 0.9.3 ---------------------------------- - Bodhi will no longer alter the bug status if it is already VERIFIED or ON_QA - Fixed grid pagination (Mathieu Bridon) - Allow CLI users to enable automatic bug closing (Ralph Bean) - Automatically submit updates that are edited with new builds back to testing - Fixed Message-ID and X-Bodhi message headers (Till Maas) - Publish messages upon buildroot override tag/untag (Ralph Bean) - Don't trigger fedmsg notifications for internal bodhi or autoqa comments Full list of changes -------------------- Luke Macken (25): Sync up our specfic with rawhides Fix an out of order changelog entry Suppress tgmochikit, and include it in the one place that we actually need it. Revert "Suppress tgmochikit, and include it in the one place that we actually need it." The tooltip.css was merged into our main stylesheet Require python-tgcaptcha2 Move the deployment message to master.kid, and tweak the style Don't send messages for internal bodhi comments Don't send messages for autoqa comments Fix the deployment status in the genshi template as well Avoid calling fedmsg from our MashTask until it is thread-safe. Don't add email headers for buildroot overrides Reference the update in the Comment.__json__ for fedmsg Revert "Reference the update in the Comment.__json__ for fedmsg" Cast our SQLObject results set to a list Revert "Avoid calling fedmsg from our MashTask until it is thread-safe." import fedmsg helps Require fedmsg 0.3.3+ for thread safety Add the update_title to our Comment.__json__ Fix fedmsg requirement Submit updates that are edited with new builds back to testing (#678) Fix a typo Handle cookielib.LoadErrors when initializing python-bugzilla. Don't change the bug status if it is already VERIFIED (#698) Bump version to 0.9.3 Mathieu Bridon (8): Improved message after new Buildroot override Prettify an error message Fix unit test Use the new TurboGears pagination parameter The Fedora infrastructure moved to cgit Make the 'Administration' button more useful Only suggest candidate builds Remove unused parameter Patrick Uiterwijk (1): Add different headers for different deployment types Ralph Bean (8): s/send_message/publish/ Some more fedmsg notifications. Publish messages on buildroot_override tag and untag. Merging. Agent information for fedmsg. Allow CLI users to enable automatic bug closing. Removed tools/fedmsg-watch.py (it was from *way* back in the day). Change fedmsg topic from done to complete (for consistency). fedmsg config values required for zeromq3. Remi Collet (1): Fix config for Apache >= 2.4 Till Maas (3): Use a string for X-Bodhi-Update-Builds mail header Fix generated message IDs model: fix closing of bugs using bz._update_bug

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Fedora 18 Re-entering Beta Freeze tomorrow
by Kevin Fenzi 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Just a reminder to all, that barring any last minute issues Fedora 18 branched will enter freeze (again) starting tomorrow. There will be one more stable push late tonight that will appear in tomorrows branched compose, after that only updates fixing accepted Beta Blockers or accepted Beta Nice to Have bugs will be allowed stable until Beta is released. kevin

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Fedora 19 release name voting
by Robyn Bergeron 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Voting for the release name of Fedora 19 has begun. The pool of names submitted by the community has been narrowed down to 8 possible names, one of which will become the release name for the successor to Fedora 18 ("Spherical Cow"). This vote began on November 9th, 2012, at 00:00 UTC, and will end at 23:59:59 on November 15th, 2012. * We are using the Range Voting method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting) * If this is your first time using the voting system, you may want to read the Fedora Elections Guide, located here: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Contributor_Documentation/1/html… * In order to vote, you must have a valid Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA) on file and be a member of at least one non-CLA group. Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System here, now! https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/relnamef19 Cheers, Robyn

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Fedora 18 Beta to slip by two weeks, Beta release date is now Nov 27
by Jaroslav Reznik 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Today at FESCo meeting [1] it was decided to slip Fedora 18 Beta release by *two* weeks to give the Installer team, the new upgrade tool and Secure Boot time to finish and polish these features to meet our release quality standards. As a result, Fedora 18 Beta will be pushed out by two weeks, the development is re-opened, with tentative Change Deadline on Nov 13. Fedora 18 Beta release is now Nov 27. Anyone with objections to enter Beta freeze on Nov 13 can file a ticket with FESCo on the Nov 12/13 and it will be discussed in the ticket or on special meeting. Final Change deadline is rescheduled to Dec 18 with final Fedora 18 release on 2013 Jan 08 [2]. The Go/No-Go meeting on Thursday, Nov 08 is cancelled. Please, work on your blocker bugs and help testing the Fedora 18, so we will be able to release in the beginning of January. [1] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-11-07/fesco.2012-11-07… [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/18/Schedule Thanks Jaroslav

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devel-announce November 2012