Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2021-42 – 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)!
Final freeze is underway.
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
- Summer time is changing in various locations.
- Registration is open for the F35 Release Party.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, CZ & virtual | 28–29 Jan | closes 24 Oct |
| SCaLE | Pasadena, CA, US | 5–8 Mar | closes 30 Nov |
Help wanted
- 313 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
- F35 Final Go/No-Go meeting — 1700 UTC Thursday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F33 | 5132 |
| F34 | 5296 |
| F35 (beta) | 1256 |
| F36 (rawhide) | 6321 |
Fedora Linux 35
- 188 packages fail to build from source
- 53 packages fail to install
Schedule
- 2021-11-02 — Final target date #2
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 | 41 |
Blockers
| Bug ID | Component | Bug Status | Blocker Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001837 | fedora-third-party | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2011322 | plasma-discover | MODIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2016510 | fedora-third-party | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2015972 | kbd | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2016310 | LiveCD – KDE | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2015491 | plasma-discover | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2011928 | kernel | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
Fedora Linux 36
- 251 packages fail to build from source
- 57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Setuptools 58+ | Self-Contained | Approved |
| Retired Packages | Self-Contained | FESCo #2679 |
| Enforce Authselect Configuration Consistency | System-Wide | FESCo #2680 |
| Ansible 5 | Self-Contained | Announced |
| OpenLDAP 2.5 | System-Wide | Announced |
| Drop NIS(+) support from PAM | System-Wide | Announced |
| Retire the NIS(+) user-space utility programs | System-Wide | Announced |
Fedora Linux 37
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Python 3.11 | 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.