devel-announce April 2015

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Announcing the release of Fedora 22 Beta for aarch64 and POWER platforms!
by Peter Robinson 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Fedora 22 Beta Release Announcement =================================== The Fedora 22 Beta release for aarch64 and POWER secondary architecutres has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. Take a peek inside! https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/22_Beta/Ser… What is the Beta release? ------------------------- The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 22's editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the [Fedora QA team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA), helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is meant to be feature complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 22 is expected in May. We need your help to make Fedora 22 the best release yet, so please take some time to download and try out the Beta and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every bug you uncover (and/or help fix!) is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora rock-solid. We have a culture of coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as feasible, and your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software on the whole. ### Base platform - Faster and better dependency management: yum has been replaced with dnf as the default package manager. dnf has very similar command line options and configuration files compared to yum but also has several major internal changes including using libsolv in coordination with friends from the openSUSE project for faster and better dependency management. dnf-yum provides automatic redirection from yum to dnf in the command line for compatibility. The classic yum command line tool renamed to yum-deprecated as a transitional step for tools still using it. ### Fedora 22 Server Fedora 22 Server Edition brings several changes that will improve Fedora for use as a server in your environment. - Database Server Role: Fedora 21 introduced rolekit, a daemon for Linux systems that provides a stable D-Bus interface to manage deployment of server roles. The Fedora 22 release adds onto that work with a database server role based on PostgreSQL. - Cockpit Updates: The Cockpit Web-based management application has been updated to the latest upstream release which adds many new features as well as a modular design for adding new functionality. - XFS as default filesystem. XFS scales better for servers and can handle higher storage capacity and we have made it the default filesystem for Fedora 22 server users. Other filesystems including ext4 will continue to be supported and the ability to choose them have been retained. Issues and Details ------------------ This is an Beta release. As such, we expect that you may encounter bugs or missing features. To report issues encountered during testing, contact the Fedora QA team via the mailing list or in \#fedora-qa on freenode. As testing progresses, common issues are tracked on the Common F22 Bugs page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F22_bugs Release Schedule ---------------- The full release schedule is available on the Fedora wiki. The current schedule calls for a final release in the end of May. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule These dates are subject to change, pending any major bugs or issues found during the testing process.

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F23 System Wide Change: Perl 5.22
by Jan Kurik 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

= Proposed System Wide Change: Perl 5.22 = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/perl5.22 Change owner(s): Jitka Plesníková <jplesnik(a)redhat.com>, Petr Písař <ppisar(a)redhat.com> A new perl 5.22 version brings a lot of changes done over a year of development. Perl 5.22 should be released 4/20/2015. See 5.21.11 perldelta for more details about preparing release. == Detailed Description == New perl is released every year and updates containing mainly bug fixes follow during the year. The 5.22.0 version is stable release this year. == Scope == Every Perl package will be rebuilt in a dedicated f23-perl build-root against perl 5.22.0 and then if no major problem emerges the packages will be merged back to f23 build-root. * Proposal owners: New perl and all packages requiring perl or a Perl module will be rebuilt into f23-perl build-root. * Other developers: Owners of packages that fail to rebuild, mainly perl-sig users, will be asked using Bugzilla to fix or remove their packages from the distribution. * Release engineering: Release engineers will be asked for new f23-perl build-root inheriting from f23 build-root. After successful finishing the rebuild, they will be asked to merge f23-perl packages back to f23 build-root. * Policies and guidelines: No policies have to be modified to complete this change. -- Jan Kuřík Platform Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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F23 System Wide Change: Disable SSL3 and RC4 by default
by Jan Kurik 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

= Proposed System Wide Change: Disable SSL3 and RC4 by default = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RemoveSSL3andRc4 Change owner(s): Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav(a)redhat.com> This change will disable by default the SSL 3.0 protocol and the RC4 cipher in components which use the system wide crypto policy. That is, gnutls and openssl libraries, and all the applications based on them. == Detailed Description == There are serious vulnerabilities known to the SSL 3.0 protocol, since a decade. Recent attacks (e.g., the POODLE issue #1152789) take advantage of them, negating the secrecy offerings of the protocol. The RC4 cipher is also considered cryptographically broken, and new attacks against its secrecy are made known every year (#1207101). Since attacks are only getting better, we should disable these broken protocols and ciphers system wide. == Scope == * Proposal owners: The crypto-policies package has to be updated to accommodate the new policies. * Other developers: Should verify that their package works after the change. That is that their package doesn't require only SSL 3.0, or only the RC4 ciphersuites. If their package requires these options due to design, they should consider contacting upstream to update the software. If that is not possible, or this support is needed to contact legacy servers, they should consider not using the system wide policy, and make that apparent in the package documentation. * Release engineering: This feature doesn't require coordination with release engineering. * Policies and guidelines: The packaging guidelines do not need to be changed. -- Jan Kuřík

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Fedora 23 planning, mass rebuild and changes submission deadline
by Jan Kurik 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Hi all! Fedora 22 is at its Beta stage now, so it is time to take a closer look on Fedora 23 plans. Fedora 23 starts with change proposals and as for now, we aim on October release. Initial schedule of Fedora 23 is available at the usual place [1] to give you and idea how it looks like. There is also FESCo ticket for additional feedback [2]. We would like to do F23 mass rebuild as early as possible (due to current Rawhide breakage) but also we do not want to schedule more than one mass rebuild. If you plan any Change that requires mass rebuild, please, let us know in the ticket [3] to coordinate it with time estimate - try to aim it as early as possible. Submission deadline for changes not requiring mass rebuild has been set to 2015-06-23. It applies for System Wide changes but it is always good to have most of Self Contained changes proposed too. The policy is available at [4] and empty template for a change is available at [5]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/23/Schedule [2] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1430 [3] https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6162 [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Policy [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EmptyTemplate -- Regards, Jan

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[Guidelines change] Changes to the packaging guidelines
by Jason L Tibbitts III 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

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Announcing the release of Fedora 22 Beta!
by Dennis Gilmore 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Fedora 22 Beta Release Announcement =================================== The Fedora 22 Beta release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. Take a peek inside! - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Workstation](https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Server](https://getfedora.org/en/server/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Cloud](https://getfedora.org/en/cloud/prerelease/) - [Get Fedora 22 Beta Spins](https://spins.fedoraproject.org/prerelease) What is the Beta release? ------------------------- The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 22's editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the [Fedora QA team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA), helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is meant to be feature complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 22 is expected in May. We need your help to make Fedora 22 the best release yet, so please take some time to download and try out the Beta and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every bug you uncover (and/or help fix!) is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora rock-solid. We have a culture of coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as feasible, and your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software on the whole. ### Base platform - Faster and better dependency management: yum has been replaced with dnf as the default package manager. dnf has very similar command line options and configuration files compared to yum but also has several major internal changes including using libsolv in coordination with friends from the openSUSE project for faster and better dependency management. dnf-yum provides automatic redirection from yum to dnf in the command line for compatibility. The classic yum command line tool renamed to yum-deprecated as a transitional step for tools still using it. ### Fedora 22 Cloud The Fedora 22 Cloud Edition builds on the work completed during the Fedora 21 cycle, and brings in a number of improvements that make Fedora 22 a superb choice for running Linux in the cloud. Ready for the Fedora 22 release, we have: - The latest versions of rpm-ostree and rpm-ostree-toolbox. You can even use rpm-ostree-toolbox to generate your own Atomic hosts from a custom set of packages. - Introduction of the Atomic command line tool to help manage Linux containers on Atomic Hosts and update Atomic Hosts. ### Fedora 22 Server Fedora 22 Server Edition brings several changes that will improve Fedora for use as a server in your environment. - Database Server Role: Fedora 21 introduced rolekit, a daemon for Linux systems that provides a stable D-Bus interface to manage deployment of server roles. The Fedora 22 release adds onto that work with a database server role based on PostgreSQL. - Cockpit Updates: The Cockpit Web-based management application has been updated to the latest upstream release which adds many new features as well as a modular design for adding new functionality. - XFS as default filesystem. XFS scales better for servers and can handle higher storage capacity and we have made it the default filesystem for Fedora 22 server users. Other filesystems including ext4 will continue to be supported and the ability to choose them have been retained. ### Fedora 22 Workstation As always, Fedora carries a number of improvements to make life better for its desktop users and developers! Here's some of the goodness you'll get in Fedora 22 Workstation edition. Enhancements: - The GNOME Shell notification system has been redesigned and subsumed into the calendar widget. - The Terminal now notifies you when a long running job completes. - The login screen now uses Wayland by default with automatic fallback to Xorg when necessary. This is a transitional step towards replacing Xorg with Wayland by default in the next release and should have no user visible difference. - Installation of GStreamer codecs, fonts, and certain document types is now handled by Software, instead of gnome-packagekit. - The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) now features better notifications, and uses the privacy control panel in GNOME to control information sent. Appearance: - The Nautilus file manager has been improved to use GActions, from the deprecated GtkAction APIs, for a better, more consistent experience. - The GNOME Shell has a refreshed theme for better usability. - The Qt/Adwaita theme is now code complete, and Qt notifications have been improved for smoother experience using Qt-based apps in Workstation. Under the covers: - Consistent input handling for graphical applications is provided using libinput library which is now used for both X11 and Wayland. ### Spins Fedora spins are alternative versions of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets or customizations. You can browse all of the available spins via http://spins.fedoraproject.org. Some of the popular ones include: #### Fedora 22 KDE Plasma spin Plasma 5, the successor to KDE Plasma 4, is now the default workspace in the Fedora KDE spin. It has a new theme called Breeze, which has cleaner visuals and better readability, improves certain work-flows and provides overall more consistent and polished interface. Changes under the hood include switch to Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5 and migration to fully hardware-accelerated graphics stack based on OpenGL(ES). #### Fedora 22 Xfce spin The Xfce spin has been updated to Xfce 4.12. This release has an enormous number of improvements, including HiDPI support, improvements to window tiling, support for Gtk3 plugins, and many improvements for multi-monitor support. Issues and Details ------------------ This is an Beta release. As such, we expect that you may encounter bugs or missing features. To report issues encountered during testing, contact the Fedora QA team via the mailing list or in \#fedora-qa on freenode. As testing progresses, common issues are tracked on the Common F22 Bugs page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F22_bugs Roadmap ------- While Fedora 22 is still under active development, we have a number of new features developed in parallel for Fedora 23 as well. While all of these features are work in progress and the plans have not been finalized, we want to highlight a few major changes expected and invite your early testing and feedback. - Wayland by default for Fedora 23 Workstation. XWayland will continue to be provided for compatibility with applications using X. - Python 3 by default for Fedora 23 Workstation: While most of the default applications are already using Python 3 in Fedora 22, Fedora 23 Workstation will only include Python 3 by default. Python 2 will continue to be included in the repositories. - A Vagrant image for Fedora 23 Atomic Host and Cloud Images. We're supplying Vagrant boxes that work with KVM or VirtualBox, so users on Fedora will be able to easily consume the Vagrant images with KVM, and users on Mac OS X or Windows can use the VirtualBox image. For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read "how to file a bug report": https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report Release Schedule ---------------- The full release schedule is available on the Fedora wiki. The current schedule calls for a final release in the end of May. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule These dates are subject to change, pending any major bugs or issues found during the testing process.

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Fedora 22 Beta status is Go, release on April 21, 2015
by Jaroslav Reznik 17 Apr '15

17 Apr '15

At the Fedora 22 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting #2 that just occurred, it was agreed to Go with the Fedora 22 Beta by Fedora QA, Release Engineering and Development. Fedora 22 Beta will be publicly available on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Meeting details can be seen here: Minutes: http://bit.ly/1HxYmvU Log: http://bit.ly/1IiY3TU THX EVRYONE! Jaroslav

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Fedora 22 Beta Go/No-Go Meeting #2, Thursday, April 16 @ 17:00 UTC
by Jaroslav Reznik 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-meeting-2 for this important meeting, wherein we shall determine the readiness of the Fedora 22 Beta. Thursday, April 16, 2015 17:00 UTC (1 PM EDT, 10 AM PDT, 19:00 CEST) "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 22 Beta Blocker list: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/22/beta/buglist Jaroslav

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Planned Outage: koji database - 2015-04-11 18:00:00 UTC
by Kevin Fenzi 11 Apr '15

11 Apr '15

Planned Outage: koji database - 2015-04-11 18:00:00 UTC There will be an outage starting at 2015-04-11 18:00:00 UTC, which will last approximately 1 hour. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2015-04-11 18:00:00 UTC' Reason for outage: We have been having performance issues with our koji database server. During this outage we will take it off line and restart the instance as well as it's virtualhost. Outage may be as short as 15minutes, but may last longer if storage issues are encountered. Affected Services: Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ Unaffected Services: Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ Badges - https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Blockerbugs - https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ GIT / Source Control - pkgs.fedoraproject.org Darkserver - https://darkserver.fedoraproject.org/ DNS - ns-sb01.fedoraproject.org, ns02.fedoraproject.org, ns04.fedoraproject.org, ns05.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Elections - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting Email system Fedmsg busmon - http://apps.fedoraproject.org/busmon Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Calendar - https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora OpenID - https://id.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.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/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Contact Information: Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/4719 Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above.

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Fedora 22 Beta to slip by one week
by Jaroslav Reznik 10 Apr '15

10 Apr '15

Today at Go/No-Go meeting it was decided to slip Fedora 22 Beta release by one week due to unresolved blocker bug [1]. More details in meeting minutes [2]. As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks, will be pushed out by one week [3]. The next Go/No-Go meeting is on Thursday, Apr 16, 17:00 UTC at #fedora-meeting-2 channel on FreeNode. Jaroslav [1] http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/22/beta/buglist [2] http://bit.ly/1NX92nq [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule

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