Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2023-06 – 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)!
Rawhide is now developing Fedora Linux 39.
I have weekly office hours most Wednesdays in the morning and afternoon (US/Eastern time). 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
- I am proposing a change to how release schedule ics files are rendered. Please provide feedback in the issue before 13 February.
- Rawhide kernels are now built with both debug and non-debug variations. Debug builds are now available for aarch64 in addition to x86_64.
- Inactive proven packagers will be removed on or about 22 February.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcrafts | Paris, FR | 25–26 May | closes 12 Feb |
| Open Source North | St. Paul, MN, US | 24 May | closes 18 Feb |
| Linux Application Summit | Brno, CZ | 21–23 Apr | closes 18 Feb |
| Berlin Buzzwords | Berlin, DE | 18–20 Jun | closes 19 Feb |
| JSDay IE | Dublin, IE | 26 Sep | closes 28 Feb |
| Scenic City Summit | Chattanooga, TN, US | 2 Jun | closes 1 Mar |
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, Czech Republic | 16-18 Jun | closes 10 Mar |
| DevOpsDays Chicago | Chicago, IL, US | 9–10 Aug | closes 17 Mar |
| Akademy | Thessaloniki, GR | 15–16 July | closes 30 Mar |
| Container Days | Hamburg, DE | 11–13 Sep | closes 31 Mar |
| Upstream | virtual | 7 Jun | closes 7 Apr |
| openSUSE Conference 2023 | Nürnberg, DE | 26–28 May | closes 9 Apr |
| Web Weekend Kathmandu | Kathmandu, NP | 23–24 Sep | closes 21 Apr |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- Submit proposals for projects and mentors for Outreachy by 24 February.
- Participants wanted for the Display/HDR hackfest in Brno, CZ 24–26 April.
Meetings & events
- FESCo meeting — 1700 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- Program Manager Office Hours — 1400 UTC Wednesday and 1900 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Council meeting — 1500 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2359 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F36 | 4529 |
| F37 | 3147 |
| F38 (pre-release) | 999 |
| Rawhide | 6448 |
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
| Bug ID | Component | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2015490 | initial-setup | POST |
| 2149632 | gtk3 | CLOSED |
Fedora Linux 38
- 530 packages fail to build from source
- 40 packages fail to install
Blockers
| Bug | Component | Status | Blocker status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2149246 | distribution | ASSIGNED | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2151495 | distribution | ASSIGNED | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2151497 | distribution | ASSIGNED | Accepted(Beta) |
| 2165433 | anaconda | MODIFIED | Proposed(Beta) |
| 2166412 | grub2 | NEW | Proposed(Beta) |
| 2168034 | kwin | NEW | Proposed(Beta) |
| 2164667 | mesa | ASSIGNED | Proposed(Beta) |
Schedule
Below are some upcoming schedule dates. See the schedule website for the full schedule.
- 2023-02-21 — F38 Change completion deadline (100% complete)
- 2023-02-21 — F38 Beta freeze begins
Changes
The table below lists Changes status. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for more information.
| Status | Count |
|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | 14 |
| POST | 3 |
| MODIFIED | 14 |
| ON_QA | 26 |
| CLOSED | 2 |
Fedora Linux 39
- 531 packages fail to build from source
- 42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Replace DNF with DNF5 | System-Wide | Approved |
| Remove pam_console | System-Wide | Approved |
| Mass Retire Golang Leaves | Self-Contained | FESCo #2954 |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.