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
GopherConLake Buena Vista, FL, US26–28 Sepcloses 6 Mar
REFACTR.TECHAtlanda, GA, US14–16 Sepcloses 6 Mar
Open Source Summit NAAustin, TX, US & virtual21–24 Juncloses 14 March
WE2220–22 OctHouston, TX, UScloses 14 Mar
OSCALTirana, AL18–19 JunCfP open
Devfest LilleLille, FR10 Juncloses 31 March
DevConfŁódź, PL1–2 Sepcloses 9 Apr
openSUSE ConferenceNuremberg, DE2–4 Juncloses 14 Apr
DevConf.USBoston, MA18–20 Augcloses 15 Apr
Upstreamvirtual7 Juncloses 15 Apr
Container DaysHamburg, DE & virtual5–7 Sepcloses 30 Apr
ShipItConDublin, IESepcloses 30 Apr
Open Source Summit EuropeDublin, IE & virtual13–16 Sepcloses 30 May

Help wanted

Upcoming test days

Prioritized Bugs

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

Bug IDComponentStatus
1955416shimPOST
2037047selinux-policyASSIGNED

Meetings & events

Releases

Releaseopen bugs
F345286
F353413
F36 (pre-release)1613
Rawhide6354

Fedora Linux 36

Schedule

  • 2022-03-15 — Beta release early target date
  • 2022-03-22 — Beta release target date #1
  • 2022-03-29 — Retirement of FailsToInstall packages in NEW state
  • 2022-04-05 — Final freeze begins

See the schedule website for the full schedule.

Changes

StatusCount
ASSIGNED2
ON_QA49

Blockers

Bug IDComponentBug StatusBlocker Status
2016613anacondaASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2032085anacondaON_QAAccepted(Beta)
2018271fedora-releaseASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2052433mlocateASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2017043mutterASSIGNEDAccepted(Beta)
2057531plasma-discoverVERIFIEDAccepted(Beta)
2057193firefoxNEWAccepted(Beta)
2057600ozON_QAAccepted(Beta)
2057719gnome-control-centerNEWProposed(Beta)
2060414dnfdragoraNEWProposed(Beta)

Fedora Linux 37

Changes

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

ProposalTypeStatus
Make Rescue Mode Work With Locked RootSystem-WideFESCo #2713
MinGW toolchain updateSystem-WideApproved
Make pkexec and pkla-compat optionalSelf-ContainedFESCo #2766
Enable read only /sysroot for Fedora Silverblue & KinoiteSelf-ContainedApproved
Curl-minimal as defaultSystem-WideFESCo #2768
Boost 1.78 upgradeSystem-WideFESCo #2769

Contributing

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