Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-31 – Fedora Community Blog
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)!
Nest With Fedora continues tomorrow.
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
- Some packages that fail to install in Fedora Linux 35 will be retired on 17 August.
- Compatibility-breaking changes are coming to Datanomer and Datagrepper.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaGL | virtual | 5–6 Nov | closes 19 August |
| Linux Foundation Member Summit | Napa, CA, US | 2–4 Nov | closes 8 August |
| CentOS Dojo | virtual | 7–8 Oct | closes 6 September |
| Ohio Linux Fest | Columbus, OH, US | early Dec | closes 1 October |
Help wanted
- 186 package review requests are awaiting a reviewer
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- Help me verify the tasks before I make the F37–42 release schedules
Prioritized Bugs
- See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
| Bug ID | Component | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1953675 | kf5-akonadi-server | NEW |
| 1951492 | annobin | ASSIGNED |
Upcoming meetings
- Nest With Fedora — Saturday
- FPgM Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Prioritized bugs meeting — 1500 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 1400 UTC Thursday in #fedora-social on Matrix
Releases
Fedora Linux 35
- 491 packages fail to build from source
- 131 packages fail to install
- 7299 open (Rawhide) bugs
Schedule
- 2021-08-10 — F35 branches from Rawhide, F36 development begins
- 2021-08-10 — Change complete (testable) deadline
- 2021-08-24 — Change complete (100%) deadline
For the full schedule, see the schedule website.
Changes
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Switch to WirePlumber as the PipeWire session manager | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Use power-profiles-daemon on Workstation | Self-Contained | FESCo #2655 |
| Restart User Services after Upgrade | System-Wide | FESCo #2657 |
Changes approved, rejected, or withdrawn will be removed from this table the next week. See the ChangeSet page for a full list of approved changes.
Fedora Linux 36
Changes
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libffi 3.4 | System-Wide | Approved |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.