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)!
The F38 mass rebuild is underway.
I have weekly office hours most 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
- Long-term fails-to-build-from-source packages will be retired from F38 and Rawhide approximately 8 February.
- The F38 mass rebuild has completed.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| MagnoliaJS | Jackson, MS, US | 17–18 Oct | closes 31 Jan |
| jsday | Verona, IT | 13–14 Apr | closes 31 Jan |
| Connectaha | Omaha, NE, US | 24 Apr | closes 31 Jan |
| Open Source Summit North America | Vancouver, BC, CA | 10–12 May | closes 5 Feb |
| Write The Docs | Portland, OR, US | 7–9 May | closes 6 Feb |
| Newcrafts | Paris, FR | 25–26 May | closes 12 Feb |
| Open Source North | St. Paul, MN, US | 24 May | closes 18 Feb |
| Berlin Buzzwords | Berlin, DE | 18–20 Jun | closes 19 Feb |
| JSDay IE | Dublin, IE | 26 Sep | closes 28 Feb |
| Scenic City Summit | Chattanooga, TN, US | 2 Jun | closes 1 Mar |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, Czech Republic | 16-18 Jun | closes 10 Mar |
| DevOpsDays Chicago | Chicago, IL, US | 9–10 Aug | closes 17 Mar |
| openSUSE Conference 2023 | Nürnberg, DE | 26–28 May | closes 9 Apr |
| Web Weekend Kathmandu | Kathmandu, NP | 23–24 Sep | closes 21 Apr |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- Submit GNOME project proposals for Outreachy by 7 February.
- The Anaconda team needs your feedback on the storage UI
- The new WASM SIG is looking for members interested in WebAssembly.
Upcoming test days
Have a test day idea for Fedora Linux 38? The call for test days is open.
Meetings & events
- Mindshare Committee meeting — 1200 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-mindshare
- FESCo meeting — 1700 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2359 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F36 | 4547 |
| F37 | 2962 |
| Rawhide | 7351 |
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Fedora Linux 38
- 554 packages fail to build from source
- 45 packages fail to install
Schedule
Below are some upcoming schedule dates. See the schedule website for the full schedule.
- 2023-02-07 — F38 branches from Rawhide
- 2023-02-07 — F38 Change completion deadline (testable)
- 2023-02-21 — F38 Change completion deadline (100% complete)
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| TeXLive2022 | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Noto CJK Variable Fonts | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Unfiltered Flathub | System-Wide | Approved |
| IPP-USB as a weak dependency of CUPS and sane-airscan | Self-Contained | FESCo #2942 |
| cups-filters 2.0b | Self-Contained | FESCo #2944 |
| IoT Simplified Installer | Self-Contained | FESCo #2946 |
| Packaging 22+ | Self-Contained | Announced |
Fedora Linux 39
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Replace DNF with DNF5 | System-Wide | FESCo #2870 |
| Remove pam_console | System-Wide | FESCo #2945 |
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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