Important changes to software license information in Fedora packages
(SPDX and more!)
by Matthew Miller
On behalf of all of the folks working on Fedora licensing improvements,
I have a few things to announce!
New docs site for licensing and other legal topics
--------------------------------------------------
All documentation related to Fedora licensing has moved to a new
section in Fedora Docs, which you can find at:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/
Other legal documentation will follow. This follows the overall Fedora
goal of moving active user and contributor documentation away from the
wiki.
Fedora license information in a structured format
-------------------------------------------------
The “good” (allowed) and “bad” (not-allowed) licenses for Fedora are
now stored in a repository, using a simple structured file format for
each license (it’s TOML). You can find this at:
https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data
This data is then presented in easy tabular format in the
documentation, at:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/allowed-licenses/
New policy for the License field in packages — SPDX identifiers!
----------------------------------------------------------------
We’re changing the policy for the "License" field in package spec files
to use SPDX license identifiers. Historically, Fedora has represented
licenses using short abbreviations specific to Fedora. In the meantime,
SPDX license identifiers have emerged as a standard, and other
projects, vendors, and developers have started using them. Adopting
SPDX license identifiers provides greater accuracy as to what license
applies, and will make it easier for us to collaborate with other
projects.
Updated licensing policies and processes
----------------------------------------
Fedora licensing policies and processes have been updated to reflect
the above changes. In some cases, this forced deeper thought as to how
these things are decided and why, which led to various discussion on
Fedora mailing lists. In other cases, it prompted better articulation
of guidance that was implicitly understood but not necessarily
explicitly stated.
New guidance on “effective license” analysis
--------------------------------------------
Many software packages consist of code with different free and open
source licenses. Previous practice often involved “simplification” of
the package license field when the packager believed that one license
subsumed the other — for example, using just “GPL” when the source code
includes parts licensed under a BSD-style license as well. Going
forward, packagers and reviewers should not make this kind of analysis,
and rather use (for example) “GPL-2.0-or-later AND MIT”. This approach
is easier for packagers to apply in a consistent way.
When do these changes take effect?
----------------------------------
The resulting changes in practice will be applied to new packages and
licenses going forward. It is not necessary to revise existing packages
at this time, although we have provided some guidance for package
maintainers who want to get started. We’re in the process of planning a
path for updating existing packages at a larger scale — stay tuned for
more on that!
Thank you everyone!
-------------------
A huge thanks to some key people who have worked tirelessly to make
this happen: David Cantrell, Richard Fontana, Jilayne Lovejoy, Miroslav
Suchý. Behind the scenes support was also provided by David Levine,
Bryan Sutula, and Beatriz Couto. Thank you as well for the valuable
feedback from Fedora community members in various Fedora forums.
Please have a look at the updated information. If you have questions,
please post them to the Fedora Legal mailing list:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/
--
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
1 year, 8 months
List of long term FTBFS packages to be retired in August
by Miro Hrončok
Dear maintainers.
Based on the current fail to build from source policy, the following packages
will be retired from Fedora 37 approximately one week before branching (August
2022).
Policy:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fai...
The packages in rawhide were not successfully built at least since Fedora 35.
This report is based on dist tags.
Packages collected via:
https://github.com/hroncok/fedora-report-ftbfs-retirements/blob/master/ft...
If you see a package that was built, please let me know.
If you see a package that should be exempted from the process, please let me
know and we can work together to get a FESCo approval for that.
If you see a package that can be rebuilt, please do so.
Package (co)maintainers
=========================================================================
golang-grpc-go4 eclipseo, go-sig, jchaloup
lancer willb
php-aws-sdk3 lcts
php-pimple lcts
recorder ddd
rubygem-coffee-rails jaruga, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch
rubygem-minitest-reporters pvalena
rubygem-sprockets-rails jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig
tinygo go-sig, qulogic
uom-parent lberk, mgoodwin, nathans
xs petersen
The following packages require above mentioned packages:
Depending on: golang-grpc-go4 (1)
golang-x-build (maintained by: eclipseo, go-sig, jchaloup)
golang-x-build-0-0.19.20201229git0a4bf69.fc35.src requires
golang(grpc.go4.org) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34,
golang(grpc.go4.org/codes) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34
golang-x-build-devel-0-0.19.20201229git0a4bf69.fc35.noarch requires
golang(grpc.go4.org) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34,
golang(grpc.go4.org/codes) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34
Depending on: rubygem-sprockets-rails (22)
rubygem-actionmailbox (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-actionmailbox-7.0.2.3-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(sprockets-rails) =
3.2.2
rubygem-activestorage (maintained by: ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-activestorage-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(sprockets-rails) =
3.2.2
rubygem-railties (maintained by: mmorsi, pvalena, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-railties-7.0.2.3-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(sprockets-rails) = 3.2.2
rubygem-sassc-rails (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-sassc-rails-2.1.2-4.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(sprockets-rails) = 3.2.2
rubygem-sassc-rails-2.1.2-4.fc36.src requires rubygem(sprockets-rails) = 3.2.2
rubygem-rails (maintained by: jstribny, kanarip, mmorsi, mtasaka, pvalena,
ruby-packagers-sig, sseago, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-rails-1:7.0.2.3-2.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(actionmailbox) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-rspec-rails (maintained by: clalance, vondruch)
rubygem-rspec-rails-5.1.1-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(actionmailbox) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-actiontext (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-actiontext-7.0.2.3-2.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(activestorage) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-actiontext-7.0.2.3-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(activestorage) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-actionpack (maintained by: jaruga, jstribny, kanarip, mmorsi, pvalena,
ruby-packagers-sig, sseago, vondruch)
rubygem-actionpack-1:7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-actionview (maintained by: jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig)
rubygem-actionview-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-activemodel (maintained by: jstribny, mmorsi, pvalena, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-activemodel-7.0.2.3-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-ammeter (maintained by: jstribny, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-ammeter-1.1.5-3.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-ammeter-1.1.5-3.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-font-awesome-rails (maintained by: abradshaw, ckyriakidou, evgeni,
fale, snecker)
rubygem-font-awesome-rails-4.7.0.8-2.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-font-awesome-rails-4.7.0.8-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-generator_spec (maintained by: ilgrad)
rubygem-generator_spec-0.9.4-12.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-generator_spec-0.9.4-12.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-globalid (maintained by: jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig)
rubygem-globalid-1.0.0-3.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-haml (maintained by: kanarip, pvalena)
rubygem-haml-5.2.2-3.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-importmap-rails (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-importmap-rails-1.0.3-2.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-jbuilder (maintained by: pvalena, vondruch)
rubygem-jbuilder-2.11.5-2.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-jquery-rails (maintained by: jstribny, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-jquery-rails-4.4.0-3.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-rails-controller-testing (maintained by: valtri)
rubygem-rails-controller-testing-1.0.5-6.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties)
= 7.0.2.3
rubygem-sass-twitter-bootstrap (maintained by: tdawson)
rubygem-sass-twitter-bootstrap-2.3.0-16.fc37.noarch requires
rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-slim (maintained by: vondruch)
rubygem-slim-4.1.0-6.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-web-console (maintained by: jaruga, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-web-console-4.1.0-4.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-web-console-4.1.0-4.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
Too many dependencies for rubygem-sprockets-rails, not all listed here
Affected (co)maintainers (directly and indirectly):
abradshaw: rubygem-sprockets-rails
ckyriakidou: rubygem-sprockets-rails
clalance: rubygem-sprockets-rails
ddd: recorder
eclipseo: golang-grpc-go4
evgeni: rubygem-sprockets-rails
fale: rubygem-sprockets-rails
go-sig: golang-grpc-go4, tinygo
ilgrad: rubygem-sprockets-rails
jaruga: rubygem-sprockets-rails, rubygem-coffee-rails
jchaloup: golang-grpc-go4
jstribny: rubygem-sprockets-rails
kanarip: rubygem-sprockets-rails
lberk: uom-parent
lcts: php-aws-sdk3, php-pimple
mgoodwin: uom-parent
mmorsi: rubygem-sprockets-rails
mtasaka: rubygem-sprockets-rails
nathans: uom-parent
petersen: xs
pvalena: rubygem-sprockets-rails, rubygem-minitest-reporters
qulogic: tinygo
ruby-packagers-sig: rubygem-sprockets-rails, rubygem-coffee-rails
snecker: rubygem-sprockets-rails
sseago: rubygem-sprockets-rails
tdawson: rubygem-sprockets-rails
valtri: rubygem-sprockets-rails
vondruch: rubygem-sprockets-rails, rubygem-coffee-rails
willb: lancer
--
Miro Hrončok
--
Phone: +420777974800
IRC: mhroncok
1 year, 8 months
Automated reports redirected into a new mailing list: test-reports
by Kamil Paral
Hello testers and developers,
please note that we've set up a new mailing list called test-reports [1]
and we've redirected all automated compose/updates/test/etc reports into
it. These reports were previously sent to the test list and devel list and
created a lot of visual noise among regular conversations (especially in
the test list). You can see test-reports archives [1] to see which emails
I'm talking about. The only exception is the main rawhide compose report,
which still goes to the devel list (as well as test-reports), because it
was deemed useful enough to be kept there.
If you're interested in receiving these reports, please subscribe to the
new list. The default reply is set to go to the test list, where we can
have conversations about any suspicious changes/outcomes, but you can of
course start your discussion in the devel list, if you prefer.
Cheers,
Kamil
Fedora QA
[1]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test-reports@lists.fedorapr...
1 year, 8 months
Upcoming F37 schedule dates
by Ben Cotton
It's me again with some more schedule reminders
* 2022-07-19 (TODAY!) — F37 Self-Contained Change proposals due
* 2022-07-20 (TOMORROW) — Mass rebuild begins
* 2022-07-26 — Software string freeze
* 2022-08-09 — F37 branches from Rawhide, Change complete (testable) deadline
More schedule details are available at
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-37/f-37-key-tasks.html
--
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
1 year, 9 months
List of long term FTBFS packages to be retired in August
by Miro Hrončok
Dear maintainers.
Based on the current fail to build from source policy, the following packages
will be retired from Fedora 37 approximately one week before branching (August
2022).
Policy:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fai...
The packages in rawhide were not successfully built at least since Fedora 35.
This report is based on dist tags.
Packages collected via:
https://github.com/hroncok/fedora-report-ftbfs-retirements/blob/master/ft...
If you see a package that was built, please let me know.
If you see a package that should be exempted from the process, please let me
know and we can work together to get a FESCo approval for that.
If you see a package that can be rebuilt, please do so.
Package (co)maintainers
============================================================================
golang-grpc-go4 eclipseo, go-sig, jchaloup
klamav kkofler
koffice-kivio kkofler, rdieter
lancer willb
php-aws-sdk3 lcts
php-pimple lcts
recorder ddd
rubygem-bundler_ext jaruga, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch
rubygem-coffee-rails jaruga, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch
rubygem-image_processing pvalena
rubygem-minitest-reporters pvalena
rubygem-sprockets-rails jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig
tinygo go-sig, qulogic
uom-parent lberk, mgoodwin, nathans
xs petersen
The following packages require above mentioned packages:
Depending on: golang-grpc-go4 (1)
golang-x-build (maintained by: eclipseo, go-sig, jchaloup)
golang-x-build-0-0.19.20201229git0a4bf69.fc35.src requires
golang(grpc.go4.org) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34,
golang(grpc.go4.org/codes) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34
golang-x-build-devel-0-0.19.20201229git0a4bf69.fc35.noarch requires
golang(grpc.go4.org) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34,
golang(grpc.go4.org/codes) = 0-0.9.20180421git11d0a25.fc34
Depending on: rubygem-image_processing (28)
rubygem-activestorage (maintained by: ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-activestorage-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(image_processing) =
1.11.0
rubygem-actionmailbox (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-actionmailbox-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(activestorage) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-actionmailbox-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(activestorage) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-actiontext (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-actiontext-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(activestorage) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-actiontext-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(activestorage) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-rails (maintained by: jstribny, kanarip, mmorsi, mtasaka, pvalena,
ruby-packagers-sig, sseago, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-rails-1:7.0.2.3-1.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(activestorage) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-railties (maintained by: mmorsi, pvalena, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-railties-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(activestorage) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-rspec-rails (maintained by: clalance, vondruch)
rubygem-rspec-rails-5.1.1-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(actionmailbox) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-apipie-rails (maintained by: ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-apipie-rails-0.5.18-5.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-declarative_authorization (maintained by: mcpierce)
rubygem-declarative_authorization-0.5.7-17.fc36.noarch requires
rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-importmap-rails (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-importmap-rails-1.0.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-sass-rails (maintained by: ruby-packagers-sig, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-sass-rails-6.0.0-4.fc36.src requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-shoulda (maintained by: stahnma, tdawson)
rubygem-shoulda-3.6.0-10.fc36.src requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-shoulda-context (maintained by: tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-shoulda-context-1.2.2-11.fc36.src requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-shoulda-matchers (maintained by: vondruch)
rubygem-shoulda-matchers-4.5.1-3.fc36.src requires rubygem(rails) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-actionpack (maintained by: jaruga, jstribny, kanarip, mmorsi, pvalena,
ruby-packagers-sig, sseago, vondruch)
rubygem-actionpack-1:7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-actionview (maintained by: jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig)
rubygem-actionview-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-activemodel (maintained by: jstribny, mmorsi, pvalena, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-activemodel-7.0.2.3-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-ammeter (maintained by: jstribny, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-ammeter-1.1.5-2.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-ammeter-1.1.5-2.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-font-awesome-rails (maintained by: abradshaw, ckyriakidou, evgeni,
fale, snecker)
rubygem-font-awesome-rails-4.7.0.8-1.fc37.noarch requires rubygem(railties) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-font-awesome-rails-4.7.0.8-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) =
7.0.2.3
rubygem-generator_spec (maintained by: ilgrad)
rubygem-generator_spec-0.9.4-11.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-generator_spec-0.9.4-11.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-globalid (maintained by: jaruga, pvalena, ruby-packagers-sig)
rubygem-globalid-1.0.0-2.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-haml (maintained by: kanarip, pvalena)
rubygem-haml-5.2.2-2.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-jbuilder (maintained by: pvalena, vondruch)
rubygem-jbuilder-2.11.5-1.fc37.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-jquery-rails (maintained by: jstribny, tdawson, vondruch)
rubygem-jquery-rails-4.4.0-2.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-rails-controller-testing (maintained by: valtri)
rubygem-rails-controller-testing-1.0.5-5.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties)
= 7.0.2.3
rubygem-sass-twitter-bootstrap (maintained by: tdawson)
rubygem-sass-twitter-bootstrap-2.3.0-15.fc36.noarch requires
rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-sassc-rails (maintained by: pvalena)
rubygem-sassc-rails-2.1.2-4.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-sassc-rails-2.1.2-4.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-slim (maintained by: vondruch)
rubygem-slim-4.1.0-5.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-web-console (maintained by: jaruga, ruby-packagers-sig, vondruch)
rubygem-web-console-4.1.0-4.fc36.noarch requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
rubygem-web-console-4.1.0-4.fc36.src requires rubygem(railties) = 7.0.2.3
Too many dependencies for rubygem-image_processing, not all listed here
Affected (co)maintainers (directly and indirectly):
abradshaw: rubygem-image_processing
ckyriakidou: rubygem-image_processing
clalance: rubygem-image_processing
ddd: recorder
eclipseo: golang-grpc-go4
evgeni: rubygem-image_processing
fale: rubygem-image_processing
go-sig: tinygo, golang-grpc-go4
ilgrad: rubygem-image_processing
jaruga: rubygem-coffee-rails, rubygem-bundler_ext, rubygem-image_processing,
rubygem-sprockets-rails
jchaloup: golang-grpc-go4
jstribny: rubygem-image_processing
kanarip: rubygem-image_processing
kkofler: klamav, koffice-kivio
lberk: uom-parent
lcts: php-aws-sdk3, php-pimple
mcpierce: rubygem-image_processing
mgoodwin: uom-parent
mmorsi: rubygem-image_processing
mtasaka: rubygem-image_processing
nathans: uom-parent
petersen: xs
pvalena: rubygem-image_processing, rubygem-minitest-reporters,
rubygem-sprockets-rails
qulogic: tinygo
rdieter: koffice-kivio
ruby-packagers-sig: rubygem-coffee-rails, rubygem-bundler_ext,
rubygem-image_processing, rubygem-sprockets-rails
snecker: rubygem-image_processing
sseago: rubygem-image_processing
stahnma: rubygem-image_processing
tdawson: rubygem-image_processing
valtri: rubygem-image_processing
vondruch: rubygem-coffee-rails, rubygem-bundler_ext, rubygem-image_processing
willb: lancer
--
Miro Hrončok
--
Phone: +420777974800
IRC: mhroncok
1 year, 9 months
F37 proposal: Mumble 1.4 (Self-Contained Change proposal)
by Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mumble1.4
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
== Summary ==
Update the Mumble voice chat application from 1.3 to 1.4.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:carlwgeorge| Carl George]]
* Email: carl(a)redhat.com
== Detailed Description ==
Earlier this year the Mumble project released a new major version. The full
list of new features can be found in the
[https://www.mumble.info/blog/mumble-1.4.230/ upstream release notes].
This change also involves several notable packaging changes.
* Enable the native PipeWire audio backend
* Rename the Mumble server package from murmur to mumble-server, per
upstream preference
* Relocate Mumble server configuration file from
/etc/murmur/murmur.ini to /etc/murmur.ini, per upstream preference
== Feedback ==
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Mumble is a popular voice chat application. It is commonly used for gaming and
podcasts. Updating the Fedora package to the latest upstream version ensures
that Fedora Linux continues to be an attractive operating system for those
communities.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Build version 1.4.x in carlwgeorge/mumble copr
** Test copr packages
** Build version 1.4.x in appropriate Fedora branches
* Other developers: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
The Mumble developers prefer distributions to name the server package
mumble-server. Currently this is named murmur in Fedora. This change renames
the server package to align with upstream. The required provides/obsoletes
will be added per the packaging guidelines.
The Mumble developers prefer the server configuration file to be
/etc/murmur.ini. Currently this file is /etc/murmur/murmur.ini in Fedora.
This change relocates that file in an RPM scriptlet to align with upstream.
The old path will become a compatibility symlink to the new path.
== How To Test ==
As Mumble is voice chat software, to test this change you will need a
microphone and headphones/speakers. The carlwgeorge/mumble copr repository
contains the updated packages. Install the mumble package to test the client.
Install the mumble-server package to test the server. If you have other Mumble
servers you routinely connect to, connect to them with the updated mumble
package. If you are familiar with setting up a Mumble server, set one up with
the existing 1.3.x packages and then update to the 1.4.x packages. Verify that
the server configuration file gets relocated as described in this change.
== User Experience ==
Users will have the 1.4.x version of Mumble available, with all the
upstream features that provides.
== Dependencies ==
N/A
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: revert to Mumble 1.3 with an epoch
* Contingency deadline: beta freeze
* Blocks release? no
== Documentation ==
* https://www.mumble.info/blog/mumble-1.4.230/
== Release Notes ==
Mumble 1.4 is available in Fedora 37.
--
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
1 year, 9 months
F37 proposal: Emacs 28 (Self-Contained Change proposal)
by Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Emacs_28
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
== Summary ==
Update GNU Emacs to 28.1 release. This release includes a wide variety
of new features, including native compilation of Lisp files.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Bhavin192| Bhavin Gandhi]]
* Email: bhavin192(a)fedoraproject.org
== Detailed Description ==
The Emacs package will be updated to 28.1 release of GNU Emacs. This
will have native compilation feature enabled, and will package
additional natively compiled Lisp files.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
This major version of Emacs has bugfixes and new features which also
improve the overall speed of Emacs.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: Upgrade the Emacs package to 28.1
* Other developers: N/A
* Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Alignment with Objectives: N/A
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Users might see some warnings while their installed Emacs packages get
natively compiled after first launch post the upgrade. These warnings
won't break any functionality, though the users are encouraged to
update their Emacs packages.
== How To Test ==
# Run dnf update emacs
# Open Emacs and check if inbuilt functionalities and packages work as indented.
== User Experience ==
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/#Releases
* Lisp files are natively compiled, this results in speed improvements
for most of the functionalities
* Much improved display of Emoji and Emoji sequences
* New system for documenting groups of functions
== Dependencies ==
N/A
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a
System Wide Change)
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), No
== Documentation ==
* https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.28.1
* https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/emacs/pull-request/12
== Release Notes ==
The upstream release notes are available at
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.28.1
These can also be accessed from within Emacs by doing `C-h n`.
--
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
1 year, 9 months
