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Fedora Linux 35 Beta is GO!
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Announcements
- Project suggestions for the next Outreachy round are due 29 Sept.
- F35 Beta freeze is underway. F35 Beta will release on Tuesday. See the full schedule for more milestones.
- Changes in Bugzilla query limits
- Cool happenings in Fedora Workstation
- Anaconda accessbility improvements
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Linux Fest | Columbus, OH, US | early Dec | closes 1 Oct |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, CZ & virtual | 28–29 Jan | closes 24 Oct |
| SCaLE | Pasadena, CA, US | 5–8 Mar | closes 30 Nov |
Help wanted
- 263 package review requests are awaiting a reviewer
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Upcoming meetings
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- FPgM Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Council meeting — 1700 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F33 | 5187 |
| F34 | 4972 |
| F35 (pre-release) | 1104 |
| F36 (rawhide) | 6196 |
Fedora Linux 35
- 260 packages fail to build from source
- 82 packages fail to install
Schedule
- 2021-09-28 — Beta release
- 2021-10-05 — Final freeze begins
- 2021-10-19 — Early Final target date
- 2021-10-22 — Final target date #1
For the full schedule, see the schedule website.
Changes
See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| BZ Status | Count |
|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | 1 |
| MODIFIED | 1 |
| ON_QA | 42 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989726 | mesa | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 1997315 | abrt | ASSIGNED | Accepted (Final) |
| 1991075 | xdg-desktop-portal | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2006028 | cockpit | POST | Proposed (Final) |
| 2007602 | gedit | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006746 | spice-vdagent | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006632 | libreport | ASSIGNED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2001837 | selinux-policy | ASSIGNED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006393 | systemd | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006624 | webkit2gtk3 | MODIFIED | Proposed (Final) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 324 packages fail to build from source
- 74 packages fail to install
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Enable exclude_from_weak_autodetect by default in LIBDNF | System-Wide | FESCo #2667 |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.
From the webpage version of this announcement I obtained the following non-functioning link for “Cool happening in Fedora workstations”
https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2021-38/Cool%20happenings%20in%20Fedora%20Workstation%20land
From this discussion the link for the same item just seems to be dead.
@bcotton the link appears broken in the original blog post. Supposed to be:
Also see followup:
Fixed, thanks!