Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-34 – 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)!
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Announcements
- Compatibility-breaking changes are coming to Datanomer and Datagrepper.
- F35 Beta freeze is underway. 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 |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, CZ & virtual | 28–29 Jan | closes 24 October |
| SCaLE | Pasadena, CA, US | 5–8 Mar | closes 30 Nov |
Help wanted
- 188 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 |
| 1988459 | kexec-tools | CLOSED |
Upcoming meetings
- FPgM Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Council meeting — 1700 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #fedora-social on Matrix
Releases
Fedora Linux 35
- 333 packages fail to build from source
- 114 packages fail to install
- 1157 open bugs
Schedule
- 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 | 1 |
| MODIFIED | 3 |
| ON_QA | 40 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983861 | pipewire | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1993238 | distribution | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1996223 | blivet-gui | MODIFIED | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1989726 | gnome-shell | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
| 1995817 | PackageKit | NEW | Accepted (Beta) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 332 packages fail to build from source
- 112 packages fail to install
- 5794 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 | Approved |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.