Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2023-01 – 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
- A multi-hour infrastructure outage is planned for 10 January, beginning at 1900 UTC.
- You can now add your Fediverse URL to your Fedora wiki profile.
- Fedora is now officially on the Fediverse
- Join the Creative Freedom Summit, hosted by the Fedora Design Team, online 17–19 January. Participate in #creativefreedom:fedora.im on Matrix or watch the live stream on PeerTube.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devoxx UK | London, UK | 10–12 May | closes 10 Jan |
| Scalar Conference | Warsaw, PL | 23–24 Mar | closes 10 Jan |
| Hack in Paris | Paris, FR | 26–29 Sep | closes 14 Jan |
| VueConf | New Orleans, LA, US | 25–26 May | closes 15 Jan |
| JS Day Canarias | Tenerife, ES | 25–28 May | closes 15 Jan |
| phpday | Verona, IT | 18–19 May | closes 15 Jan |
| PyCon Italia | Florence, IT | 25–28 May | closes 16 Jan |
| DevConf | Cape Town & Pretoria, ZA | 23 & 25 May | closes 17 Jan |
| WASM IO | Barcelona, ES | 23–24 Mar | closes 17 Jan |
| Container Plumbing Days | virtual | 22–23 Mar | closes 23 Jan |
| MagnoliaJS | Jackson, MS, US | 17–18 Oct | closes 31 Jan |
| jsday | Verona, IT | 13–14 Apr | closes 31 Jan |
| Connectaha | Omaha, NE, US | 24 Apr | closes 31 Jan |
| Open Source Summit North America | Vancouver, BC, CA | 10–12 May | closes 5 Feb |
| Write The Docs | Portland, OR, US | 7–9 May | closes 6 Feb |
| Newcrafts | Paris, FR | 25–26 May | closes 12 Feb |
| Open Source North | St. Paul, MN, US | 24 May | closes 18 Feb |
| Berlin Buzzwords | Berlin, DE | closes 19 Feb | |
| JSDay IE | Dublin, IE | 26 Sep | closes 28 Feb |
| Scenic City Summit | Chattanooga, TN, US | 2 Jun | closes 1 Mar |
| Web Weekend Kathmandu | Kathmandu, NP | 23–24 Sep | closes 21 Apr |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- A new Flatpak SIG is forming.
Upcoming test days
- Kernel 6.1 Test Week runs through Sunday
Have a test day idea for Fedora Linux 38? The call for test days is open.
Meetings & events
- FESCo meeting — 1700 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- FPgM Office Hours — 1400 UTC Wednesday and 1900 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Prioritized bugs meeting — 1500 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Council Video Meeting: Websites Revamp — 1500 UTC Wednesday in Bluejeans
- Fedora Social Hour — 1500 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
- Mindshare Committee meeting — 2000 UTC Thursday in #fedora-mindshare
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F36 | 4612 |
| F37 | 2432 |
| Rawhide | 7258 |
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
| Bug ID | Component | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2015490 | initial-setup | ASSIGNED |
| 2149632 | gtk3 | NEW |
Fedora Linux 38
- 595 packages fail to build from source
- 39 packages fail to install
Schedule
Below are some upcoming schedule dates. See the schedule website for the full schedule.
- 2023-01-17 — Deadline for Self-Contained Changes
- 2023-01-18 — F38 Mass rebuild begins
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for information on approved Changes.
Fedora Linux 39
Changes
The table below lists proposed Changes.
| Proposal | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Replace DNF with DNF5 | System-Wide | FESCo #2870 |
| Boost 1.81 upgrade | 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.