Originally published at: Friday's Fedora Facts: 2023-11 – 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)!
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Announcements
- Inactive packagers will be removed after the F38 release.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| DevRelCon London | London, UK | 7–8 Sep | closes 21 Apr |
| Cincy Deliver | Cincinnati, OH, US | 28 Jul | closes 30 Apr |
| ShipIt Con | Dublin, IE | 1 Sep | closes 1 May |
| React Norway | Larvik, NO | 16 Jun | closes 15 May |
| Front Conference | Zurich, CH | 31 Aug–1 Sep | closes 31 May |
| Inclusive Design 24 | virtual | 21 Sep | closes 4 Jun |
Help wanted
- Package review requests:
- Orphaned packages seeking maintainers
Meetings & events
- Blocker review meeting — 1600 UTC Monday in #fedora-blocker-review
- FESCo meeting — 1700 UTC Tuesday in #fedora-meeting
- Program Manager Office Hours — 1300 UTC Wednesday and 1800 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Prioritized bugs meeting — 1400 UTC Wednesday in #fedora-meeting-1
- Fedora Social Hour — 1400 UTC Thursday in #social on Fedora.im
- Mindshare Committee meeting — 2000 UTC Thursday in #fedora-mindshare
Releases
| Release | open bugs |
|---|---|
| F36 | 4507 |
| F37 | 3744 |
| F38 (pre-release) | 1100 |
| Rawhide | 7018 |
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
- 758 packages fail to build from source
- 57 packages fail to install
Blockers
| Bug | Component | Status | Blocker status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2171350 | fcoe-utils | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2177992 | gnome-calendar | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2177995 | gnome-maps | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2177853 | gnome-shell | POST | Accepted (Final) |
| 2173891 | gtk4 | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2176782 | kernel | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2175809 | mutter | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2177982 | mutter | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2176766 | nautilus | VERIFIED | Accepted (Final) |
| 2172956 | openssh | POST | Accepted (Final) |
| 2174563 | sddm | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2113005 | shim | NEW | Accepted (Final) |
| 2178172 | f38-backgrounds | VERIFIED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2177153 | gnome-abrt | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2177993 | gnome-calendar | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
| 2156108 | ibus | MODIFIED | Proposed (Final) |
| 2178167 | mutter | POST | Proposed (Final) |
| 2178971 | xdg-desktop-portal-kde | NEW | Proposed (Final) |
Schedule
Below are some upcoming schedule dates. See the schedule website for the full schedule.
- 2023-04-04 — Final freeze begins
- 2023-04-18 — Final release early target date
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
- 504 packages fail to build from source
- 53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FontAwesome6 | Self-Contained | FESCo #2968 |
| SPDX License Phase 2 | System-Wide | Announced |
Contributing
Have something you want included? You can file an issue or submit a pull request in the fedora-pgm/pgm_communication repo.