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

CfPs

ConferenceLocationDateCfP
javascript & friendsColumbus, OH, US29 Julcloses 13 Feb
LeadDev LondonLondon, UK7–8 Juncloses 14 Feb
Open Source NorthSt. Paul, MN, US24 Maycloses 25 Feb
RailsConfPortland, OR, US & virtual17–19 Maycloses 28 Feb
JavaCroProljeće, HR15–17 Maycloses 28 Feb
app.js confKraków, PL8–10 Juncloses 28 Feb
POUG 2022Warsaw, PL & virtual9–10 Sepcloses 28 Feb
PenguiconDetroit, MI, US22–24 AprCfP open
Open Source Summit NAAustin, TX, US & virtual21–24 Juncloses 14 March
openSUSE ConferenceNuremberg, DE2–4 Juncloses 14 Apr
DevConf.USBoston, MA18–20 Augcloses 15 Apr
Container DaysHamburg, DE & virtual5–7 Sepcloses 30 Apr
Open Source Summit EuropeDublin, IE & virtual13–16 Sepcloses 30 May

Help wanted

Prioritized Bugs

See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.

Bug IDComponentStatus
1955416shimPOST
2032528flatpakNEW
2037047selinux-policyASSIGNED

Meetings & events

Releases

Releaseopen bugs
F345349
F353110
F36 (pre-release)1798
Rawhide6258

Fedora Linux 36

Schedule

  • 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.

ProposalTypeStatus
GNU Toolchain UpdateSystem-WideFESCo #2750
Authselect: Require explicit opt-outSelf-ContainedApproved
Silverblue and Kinoite will have /var on its own Btrfs subvolumeSelf-ContainedApproved
Podman 4.0Self-ContainedApproved

Blockers

Bug IDComponentBug StatusBlocker Status
2016613anacondaASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2052654distributionNEWAccepted(Beta)
2018271fedora-releaseNEWAccepted(Beta)
2047503kwinNEWAccepted(Beta)
2017043libinputNEWAccepted(Beta)
2031214linux-firmwareASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2032085distributionPOSTProposed(Beta)
2033130dnfNEWProposed(Beta)

Fedora Linux 37

Changes

The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.

ProposalTypeStatus
Python Dist RPM provides to only provide PEP503-normalized namesSelf-ContainedApproved
Enable fs-verity in RPMSystem-WideFESCo #2711
DIGLIMSystem-WideFESCo #2721
Make Rescue Mode Work With Locked RootSystem-WideFESCo #2713
MinGW UCRT targetSelf-ContainedFESCo #2754
MinGW OpenSSL 3.x updateSelf-ContainedFESCo #2756

Contributing

Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.