Originally published at: Fedora Ops Architect Report – Fedora Community Blog
Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying the latest release of Fedora Linux – 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything! Before I log off for a long weekend, I wanted to give a quick report on all the happenings around the Fedora Project in the last few weeks. Read on!
Fedora Linux 42 is Released!
If you have not already heard, we released F42 on Tuesday, April 16. Read about our latest release, plus a special note from the Fedora Project Leader, Matthew Miller in the release article. You can get your new version directly from our webpage, or by upgrading from an existing version. There is lots of great features and updates in our latest release, and for specific newness, check out some of the specialized articles on Fedora Magazine:
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
Fedora Linux 43 Development
Fedora Linux 43
When one release is a GO, another is in development 🙂 F43 is well underway with some changes proposed, and some accepted already. Below are the changes currently up for discussion in our community:
- Announced Change Proposals
Our Change Set page has a list of the currently accepted changes, and below are a list of some key date from the F43 schedule:
- June 26 – Changes requiring infrastructure changes
- July 1 – Changes requiring mass rebuild
- July 1 – System Wide changes
- July 22 – Self Contained changes
- July 23 – Mass rebuild
- August 12 – Changes need to be Testable
- August 12 – Branching
- August 26 – Changes need to be Complete
Our Fedora Linux 44 schedule is now live also for all you very early planners, and F45 & F46 schedules will be available by the end of this month.
Hot Topics
Flock to Fedora
Flock to Fedora is just under 7 weeks, or 180-odd sleeps away! This year Flock is being held from June 5 – 8 at Vienna House by Wyndham Andel’s Prague. You can register for your ticket now through Eventbrite, and also avail of a self-paid add on ticket for our organized social activity day on June 9. More details about the social day will be released soon once details have been finalized. Our schedule is now live too, with some changes expected to be made over the next few weeks as we confirm our speakers and content. The link to the schedule will be updated soon. If you are looking for a place to stay close to the event hotel, other hotels within walking distance that may be of interest are the Ibis Praha Mala Strana, Orea Hotel Angelo Praha or the NH Prague City. Currently our room block at the event hotel is full. Speakers were given the booking link for priority bookings. Should any more rooms become available to book on the room block, we will update you all with a booking link. We also have a pretty active matrix room, #flock-to-fedora, where most of the news is announced in real time, so come join the conversation there too!
Elections
The Mindshare Committee has undergone a little revamp lately. You can read the updated scope of the committee in their docs page, and keep an eye out on more communication about this from our FCA, Justin Wheeler in the next few days ahead of the elections cycle for more context on the changes. An important thing to take note of is that there is a change to the seat structure of the committee, and are four seats opening for nominations in the F42 elections from April 24. If you would like to be part of this reformation, or know someone who would be a great fit, please nominate yourself or that person (with their express permission) when the nominations period opens.
Speaking of elections, there is also seats opening in Fedora Council (x2), FESCo (x4) and the EPEL Steering Committee (x3). Nominations for these seats will also open on April 24.
Other Important News
We have RISc-V images for Fedora! Check out this post by Kashyap Chamarthy for more details of the work.
Will you be at Flock? Would you like to take part in a Mentor/Mentee lunch? If so, please engage with Akashdeep Dhar on his recent post about organizing this great event during Flock to Fedora.
If you haven’t already heard, we are getting a new FPL! Read about Jef Spaleta, our incoming Fedora Project Leader in this post.
Final call for our F42 Release Party Feedback Poll! Please have your say about what kind of event you would like us to have to celebrate the release of Fedora Linux 42 by voting in this poll. It closes April 18, and please be aware that the dates specified are likely to change based on speaker availability, but we will try keep it as close to Towel day as possible 🙂
As always, help is wanted and appreciated to find owners for orphaned packages. Take a read of this report by gotmax23 and if you can, take a package (or few!).
That’s all for now folks. I wish you a lovely weekend and see you all around the project soon!
I’ll pull it into the next report 