Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up. Your contributions are welcome (see the end of the post)!
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Announcements
- This week is FedoraShareYourScreen week!
- F36 branches from Rawhide on Tuesday 8 February.
- Bugzilla API authentication changes on 28 February may require changes to your code.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSource 101 | virtual | 29 Mar | closes 4 Feb |
| javascript & friends | Columbus, OH, US | 29 Jul | closes 13 Feb |
| LeadDev London | London, UK | 7–8 Jun | closes 14 Feb |
| Open Source North | St. Paul, MN, US | 24 May | closes 25 Feb |
| RailsConf | Portland, OR, US & virtual | 17–19 May | closes 28 Feb |
| JavaCro | Proljeće, HR | 15–17 May | closes 28 Feb |
| app.js conf | Kraków, PL | 8–10 Jun | closes 28 Feb |
| Open Source Summit NA | Austin, TX, US & virtual | 21–24 Jun | closes 14 March |
| openSUSE Conference | Nuremberg, DE | 2–4 Jun | closes 14 Apr |
| DevConf.US | Boston, MA | 18–20 Aug | closes 15 Apr |
| Container Days | Hamburg, DE & virtual | 5–7 Sep | closes 30 Apr |
| Open Source Summit Europe | Dublin, IE & virtual | 13–16 Sep | closes 30 May |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Meetings & events
- Mindshare Committee meeting — 1200 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-mindshare
- FESCo meeting — 1800 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- FPgM Office Hours — 1400 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Prioritized bugs meeting — 1500 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 1500 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F34 | 5372 |
| F35 | 3024 |
| F36 (rawhide) | 8068 |
Fedora Linux 36
- 1040 packages fail to build from source
- 153 packages fail to install
Schedule
- 2022-02-08 — F36 branches from Rawhide; Rawhide begins F37 development
- 2022-02-08 — Code completion (testable) deadline
- 2022-02-22 — Code completion (100% complete) deadline, Beta freeze begins
- 2022-03-15 — Beta release early target date
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Make Rescue Mode Work With Locked Root | System-Wide | FESCo #2713 |
| GNU Toolchain Update | System-Wide | FESCo #2750 |
| MLT-7 | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Ruby on Rails 7.0 | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Wayland by Default for SDDM | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Authselect: Require explicit opt-out | Self-Contained | FESCo #2741 |
| Silverblue and Kinoite will have /var on its own Btrfs subvolume | Self-Contained | FESCo #2742 |
| Cockpit File Sharing | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Podman 4.0 | Self-Contained | FESCo #2749 |
Fedora Linux 37
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Python Dist RPM provides to only provide PEP503-normalized names | Self-Contained | FESCo #2746 |
| Enable fs-verity in RPM | System-Wide | FESCo #2711 |
| DIGLIM | System-Wide | FESCo #2721 |
| MinGW UCRT target | Self-Contained | Announced |
| MinGW OpenSSL 3.x update | Self-Contained | Announced |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.
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