Hi, folks. It seems about time to send out an overview of the Fedora 17 release status, and what's needed to get us there. We're a long way behind on rolling a release candidate, because there are several unaddressed blockers (accepted and proposed). See the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Current_Release_Blockers . Here's a summary of the action needed, to be followed by a bug-by-bug account: The following updates need testing and karma: * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mesa-8.0.2-7.fc17 * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7614/mutter-3.4.1-3.fc17 (these two together, especially by users of NVIDIA cards with <=64MB VRAM) * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7398/mysql-connector-... * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7648/abrt-2.0.10-3.fc17 * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/glibc-2.15-37.fc17 * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/os-prober-1.52-3.fc17 * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pam-1.1.5-6.fc17 The following bugs require further information from anyone who can reproduce: * http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817037 * http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820366 The following bugs require developer attention: * http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811242 (NFS experience required) * http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819138 (releng only) * http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819492 (desktop team, if accepted) Accepted blockers ----------------- 1. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809647 - "sourcing updates.img from installation repository does not work" - this is verified to be fixed in TC4, and the update has appropriate karma to be pushed stable. No action needed 2. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811242 - "PXE and repo=nfs or repo=nfsiso freezes installer" - this is a very mysterious bug that breaks PXE installs via NFS. It doesn't seem to be a straightforward bug in anaconda; it seems to be to do with NFS. The latest information we have is that it only affects NFSv4; a test with NFSv3 seems to succeed. Any input from developers with experience with NFS would help. 3. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770197 - "Gnome Shell corrupted on nVidia cards with low VRAM" - an update to fix this has been submitted, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mesa-8.0.2-7.fc17 . Note that you also will need https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7614/mutter-3.4.1-3.fc17 for a full test. We need people with NVIDIA adapters with 64MB or less of VRAM to test if they can use Shell successfully with those two updates installed, and provide positive karma on the updates if so. 4. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755335 - "Shutting down while auto-updating breaks the system" - we have an update that works around this, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-settings-daemon-3.4.1-4.fc17 . It is verified to fix the bug and has appropriate karma to be pushed stable. No action is needed. 5. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809111 - "grub2-probe fails during install" - the TC4 anaconda update, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7623/anaconda-17.26-1... , is reported to fix this and has appropriate karma to be pushed stable. No action is needed. 6. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818378 - "grub2 can't install because /proc/device-tree exists" - an update to fix this, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7531/kernel-3.3.4-5.fc17 , was pulled into TC4 and confirmed to fix it. It has appropriate karma to go stable. No action is needed. 7. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819139 - "repoclosure failure on 17.TC4 DVDs (mysql-connector-java)" - we have an update that should fix this once it's pushed stable (just pulling it via a side repo isn't enough, for dull reasons that aren't worth explaining). The update, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7398/mysql-connector-... , needs one more karma point. Obviously it'd be best if someone who actually connects MySQL with Java can test and see if it still works, but two of us have +1ed it on the basis that it at least resolves the dependency problem, and it'd be fine to have one more +1 on this basis. 8. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819138 - "repoclosure failure on 17.TC4 DVDs (eclipse)" - this is an annoying problem with Java dependencies, which dgilmore thought he could fix in TC4 but his idea didn't work. It's purely a compose issue, really, so we need dgilmore to figure this one out for the TC5/RC1 compose. Proposed blockers ----------------- All of these will be reviewed at the blocker meeting tomorrow. Please attend if you have any interest. 1. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819113 - "abrt-ccpp service not enabled by default on F17" - there is a fix for this which I have verified to work. It needs karma: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7648/abrt-2.0.10-3.fc17 2. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817037 - "Installer damage Disks" - this is a rather vague report which neither I nor the anaconda team could reproduce. If anyone else can reproduce it, we badly need precise reproduction steps and logs. Hard to proceed with this one without better details. 3. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820366 - "Cannot boot 17 Beta installer: /dev/root does not exist" - the anaconda team is fairly sure this should be fixed in the Final TCs (the reporter was using Beta), and we need the reporter - Andrew McNabb - to re-test. 4. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813648 - "gnome-shell shows blank windows on hardware lacking NPOT textures" - this is more or less of a piece with #770197, discussed in Accepted Blockers, as many adapters with low VRAM also cannot handle NPOT textures. As explained above, we need people with low VRAM NVIDIA adapters to test the two updates, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mesa-8.0.2-7.fc17 and https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7614/mutter-3.4.1-3.fc17 , and provide karma. 5. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801650 - "Fedora PV guest 17 fails to boot under Xen (with SandyBridge or newer hardware that do xsave)" - we have a proposed fix for this, but it's a glibc change. Obviously, we need as many people as possible to install the updated glibc and make sure nothing explodes. Of course, testing of Xen and Ivy Bridge hardware is doubly important. The update, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/glibc-2.15-37.fc17 , needs karma. 6. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819492 - "GVfs apps should convey when eject/unmount takes a long time" - this is a very contentious bug so far as blocker status goes. It would not be straightforward to 'fix'; if it's accepted as a blocker we likely will wind up browbeating the desktop team into some kind of hideous workaround. Desktop team, stand by to be browbeaten. 7. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811412 - "F17 Final TC3 has bogus OS X entries in grub2 when installed from dd-written images" - there is a fix for this which I have tested to resolve the bug, https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/os-prober-1.52-3.fc17 . The update needs karma. 8. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813548 - "pulseaudio occasionally terminates" - we don't really have much development effort on this yet. It seems to be more or less agreed that it's likely to be rejected as a blocker. 9. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740280 - "/dev/live no longer exists" - we have fixed this in spin-kickstarts git, and verified the fix. No action should be required. The fix is in TC4, so obviously, check nothing is broken in the live images, and you can use /home persistence. 10. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815413 - "Preupgrade from F16 to F17 Beta does not regenerate pam.d/system-auth*, causing systemd-loginctl not to know about user sessions, breaking PulseAudio" - we are not entirely sure what went wrong for the two reporters here, but it seems definitely to be associated with very old installs which have been continually upgraded. It is likely to be rejected as a blocker, but there is an update which may mitigate the problem which requires karma: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pam-1.1.5-6.fc17 Any help with the action items listed above would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. The plan from here is to have the blocker meeting tomorrow, and do a new compose soon after that meeting, either a TC or RC depending on the results of the meeting and overnight development. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net