Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-38 – 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)!
Fedora Linux 35 Beta is GO!
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
- Project suggestions for the next Outreachy round are due 29 Sept.
- F35 Beta freeze is underway. F35 Beta will release on Tuesday. See the full schedule for more milestones.
- Changes in Bugzilla query limits
- Cool happenings in Fedora Workstation
- Anaconda accessbility improvements
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Linux Fest | Columbus, OH, US | early Dec | closes 1 Oct |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, CZ & virtual | 28–29 Jan | closes 24 Oct |
| SCaLE | Pasadena, CA, US | 5–8 Mar | closes 30 Nov |
Help wanted
- 263 package review requests are awaiting a reviewer
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
Upcoming meetings
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- FPgM Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 2000 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Council meeting — 1700 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F33 | 5187 |
| F34 | 4972 |
| F35 (pre-release) | 1104 |
| F36 (rawhide) | 6196 |
Fedora Linux 35
- 260 packages fail to build from source
- 82 packages fail to install
Schedule
- 2021-09-28 — Beta release
- 2021-10-05 — Final freeze begins
- 2021-10-19 — Early Final target date
- 2021-10-22 — Final target date #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 | 1 |
| ON_QA | 42 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989726 | mesa | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 1997315 | abrt | ASSIGNED | Accepted (Final) |
| 1991075 | xdg-desktop-portal | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2006028 | cockpit | POST | Proposed (Final) |
| 2007602 | gedit | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006746 | spice-vdagent | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006632 | libreport | ASSIGNED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2001837 | selinux-policy | ASSIGNED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006393 | systemd | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2006624 | webkit2gtk3 | MODIFIED | Proposed (Final) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 324 packages fail to build from source
- 74 packages fail to install
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Enable exclude_from_weak_autodetect by default in LIBDNF | System-Wide | FESCo #2667 |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.