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)!
I have weekly office hours on Wednesdays in the morning and afternoon (US/Eastern time) in #fedora-meeting-1. Drop by if you have any questions or comments about the schedule, Changes, elections, or anything else. See the upcoming meetings for more information.
Announcements
- Inactive provenpackagers will be removed from the group.
- F36 Beta freeze begins on Tuesday 22 February.
- Bugzilla API authentication changes on 28 February may require changes to your code.
- Long-term FTBFS packages will be retired in March
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| POUG 2022 | Warsaw, PL & virtual | 9–10 Sep | closes 28 Feb |
| Penguicon | Detroit, MI, US | 22–24 Apr | CfP open |
| 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
- Mentored Projects team is looking for project ideas and mentors for GSoC and Outreachy 2022.
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Meetings & events
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- 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
- Council meeting — 1800 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F34 | 5349 |
| F35 | 3110 |
| F36 (pre-release) | 1798 |
| Rawhide | 6258 |
Fedora Linux 36
- 969 packages fail to build from source
- 94 packages fail to install
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.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GNU Toolchain Update | System-Wide | FESCo #2750 |
| Authselect: Require explicit opt-out | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Silverblue and Kinoite will have /var on its own Btrfs subvolume | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Podman 4.0 | Self-Contained | Approved |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016613 | anaconda | ASSIGNED | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2052654 | distribution | NEW | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2018271 | fedora-release | NEW | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2047503 | kwin | NEW | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2017043 | libinput | NEW | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2031214 | linux-firmware | ASSIGNED | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2032085 | distribution | POST | Proposed(Beta) |
| 2033130 | dnf | NEW | Proposed(Beta) |
Fedora Linux 37
- 968 packages fail to build from source
- 93 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Python Dist RPM provides to only provide PEP503-normalized names | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Enable fs-verity in RPM | System-Wide | FESCo #2711 |
| DIGLIM | System-Wide | FESCo #2721 |
| Make Rescue Mode Work With Locked Root | System-Wide | FESCo #2713 |
| MinGW UCRT target | Self-Contained | FESCo #2754 |
| MinGW OpenSSL 3.x update | Self-Contained | FESCo #2756 |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.
That reminds me, I think we want to officially postpone fs-verity; let me check with the other owners real quick.
Also, the list of inactive provenpackagers felt like the passing of an era. So many familiar FAS accounts there!