Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-33 – 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)!
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
- Compatibility-breaking changes are coming to Datanomer and Datagrepper.
- F35 Beta freeze begins Tuesday. See the full schedule for more milestones.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS Dojo | virtual | 7–8 Oct | closes 6 September |
| Ohio Linux Fest | Columbus, OH, US | early Dec | closes 1 October |
Help wanted
- 196 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1949712 | selinux-policy | NEW |
| 1953675 | mariadb | NEW |
Upcoming meetings
- 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
- 370 packages fail to build from source
- 116 packages fail to install
- 1195 open bugs
Schedule
- 2021-08-24 — Change complete (100%) deadline
- 2021-08-24 — Beta freeze begins
- 2021-09-14 — Beta release early target
- 2021-09-21 — Beta release target #1
For the full schedule, see the schedule website.
Changes
See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| BZ Status | Count |
|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | 5 |
| MODIFIED | 15 |
| ON_QA | 27 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995817 | PackageKit | NEW | Proposed (Beta) |
| 1983861 | pipewire | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1993238 | distribution | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 446 packages fail to build from source
- 162 packages fail to install
- 5861 open (Rawhide) bugs
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MinGW debug symbols location change | System-Wide | FESCo #2662 |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.