Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2023-10 – 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)!
The F38 Beta is go for release on the early target date (2023-03-14).
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
- Inactive packagers will be removed after the F38 release.
- Fedora Discussion now supports saved searches.
- API keys in Red Hat Bugzilla are now set to expire after one year.
- The Fedora Council is considering a policy to create a Code of Conduct Committee.
- Check your meetings for upcoming summer time changes.
CfPs
| Conference | Location | Date | CfP |
|---|---|---|---|
| DevConf.CZ | Brno, Czech Republic | 16-18 Jun | closes 10 Mar |
| WE23 | Los Angeles, CA, US | 26–28 Oct | closes 14 Mar |
| DevOpsDays Chicago | Chicago, IL, US | 9–10 Aug | closes 17 Mar |
| FOSSY call for tracks | Portland, OR, US | 13–16 Jul | closes 19 Mar |
| Akademy | Thessaloniki, GR | 15–16 July | closes 30 Mar |
| Container Days | Hamburg, DE | 11–13 Sep | closes 31 Mar |
| All Things Open | Raleigh, NC, US | 15–17 Oct | closes 31 Mar |
| The Perl and Raku Conference | Toronto, ON, CA | 11–13 Jul | closes 31 Mar |
| DevConf US | Boston, MA, US | 16–18 Aug | closes 3 Apr |
| Upstream | virtual | 7 Jun | closes 7 Apr |
| openSUSE Conference 2023 | Nürnberg, DE | 26–28 May | closes 9 Apr |
| TechBash | Mount Pocono, PA, US | 7–10 Nov | closes 11 Apr |
| Web Weekend Kathmandu | Kathmandu, NP | 23–24 Sep | closes 21 Apr |
| ShipIt Con | Dublin, IE | 1 Sep | closes 1 May |
| React Norway | Larvik, NO | 16 Jun | closes 15 May |
| Inclusive Design 24 | virtual | 21 Sep | closes 4 Jun |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
- Participants wanted for the Display/HDR hackfest in Brno, CZ 24–26 April.
Upcoming test days
- 5–12 March — Kernel 6.2 Test Week
- 9–10 March — GNOME 44 Apps
- 14 March — DNF 5
Meetings & events
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- Mindshare Committee meeting — 1200 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-mindshare
- FESCo meeting — 1700 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- SPDX Change office hours — 1600 UTC Tuesday in Google Meet (dial-in numbers available)
- Program Manager Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 1800 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Council meeting — 1400 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting
- Fedora Social Hour — 2300 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F36 | 4517 |
| F37 | 3603 |
| F38 (pre-release) | 1045 |
| Rawhide | 7046 |
Prioritized Bugs
See the Prioritized Bugs documentation for information on the process, including how to nominate bugs.
| Bug ID | Component | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2015490 | initial-setup | ON_QA |
Fedora Linux 38
- 796 packages fail to build from source
- 55 packages fail to install
Blockers
| Bug | Component | Status | Blocker status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2171350 | fcoe-utils | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2173891 | gtk4 | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2174563 | sddm | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2165762 | anaconda | ON_QA | Proposed (Final) |
| 2175708 | gnome-boxes | ON_QA | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176166 | gnome-contacts | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176038 | gnome-photos | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176043 | gnome-photos | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176732 | gnome-photos | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2175809 | mutter | POST | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176766 | nautilus | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176782 | sddm | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2176726 | totem | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
Schedule
Below are some upcoming schedule dates. See the schedule website for the full schedule.
- 2023-03-14 — F38 Beta early target release date
- 2023-04-04 — Final freeze begins
Changes
The table below lists Changes status. See the ChangeSet page or Bugzilla for more information.
| Status | Count |
|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | 3 |
| MODIFIED | 1 |
| ON_QA | 45 |
| CLOSED | 2 |
Fedora Linux 39
- 514 packages fail to build from source
- 73 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernize Thread Building Blocks for Fedora 39 | System-Wide | Approved |
| MinGW toolchain update | System-Wide | Approved |
| FontAwesome6 | Self-Contained | Announced |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.
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