Originally published at: Heroes of Fedora - Fedora 40 Contributions – Fedora Community Blog
In this post, we’re shining a light on the unsung heroes of Fedora 40. Our community’s quality contributors have dedicated countless hours to testing, reporting, and improving Fedora. Here’s a deep dive into their achievements and the impact they’ve made.
Test Days
Throughout Fedora 40’s development cycle, our community has been instrumental in identifying and squashing bugs across multiple test days. Here’s a breakdown of the participation:
| Test Day | Testers | Test Run |
| 2023-11-12 Kernel 6.6 Test Week | 57 | 151 |
| 2024-01-21 Kernel 6.7 Test Week | 93 | 274 |
| 2024-01-29 KDE Plasma 6 Test Week | 40 | 290 |
| 2024-02-19 Fedora 40 GNOME 46 Desktop and Core Apps | 25 | 237 |
| 2024-02-22 Fedora 40 GNOME 46 Apps | 10 | 77 |
| 2024-03-05 I18N Test Day | 19 | 138 |
| 2024-03-15 Fedora 40 DNF 5 | 19 | 177 |
| 2024-03-18 Fedora 40 IoT Edition | 4 | 21 |
| 2024-03-20 Podman Desktop | 12 | 54 |
| 2024-03-21 Podman 5 | 17 | 92 |
| 2024-03-24 Kernel 6.8 Test Week | 59 | 93 |
| 2024-03-27 Toolbx | 12 | 12 |
| 2024-04-08 F40 Upgrade Test Day | 33 | 57 |
| 2024-04-09 Intel Open CL | 3 | 3 |
Summary:
Events: 14
Total Tests: 1680
Total Testers: 414
Release Validation
| FAS | Reports Submitted |
| geraldosimiao | 222 |
| lruzicka | 115 |
| kparal | 101 |
| nielsenb | 55 |
| lbrabec | 53 |
| adamwill | 52 |
| frantisekz | 51 |
| robatino | 48 |
| lnie | 44 |
| nixuser | 22 |
| sumantrom | 21 |
| osalbahr | 8 |
| kevin | 5 |
| pwhalen | 4 |
| naraiank | 2 |
| pink_unicorn | 1 |
| jeffiscow | 1 |
| coremodule | 1 |
| nic04 | 1 |
Updates Testing
Test period: 2023-08-08 – 2024-05-14
Testers: 324
Karmas/Comments: 2261
| FAS | Karmas Given |
| geraldosimiao | 516 |
| frantisekz | 176 |
| bojan | 149 |
| nixuser | 126 |
| adamwill | 106 |
| kparal | 69 |
| imabug | 59 |
| dm0 | 57 |
| ngompa | 51 |
| filiperosset | 51 |
| decathorpe | 35 |
| bretth | 33 |
| evillagr | 29 |
| eifr0980 | 26 |
| tecnio | 20 |
| ciupicri | 20 |
| vtrefny | 19 |
| markec | 16 |
| kevin | 16 |
| agurenko | 15 |
| farchord | 14 |
| aleasto | 13 |
| farribeiro | 13 |
| bittin | 13 |
| g6avk | 12 |
| boxjellyfish | 11 |
| genodeftest | 11 |
| fafatheone | 9 |
| atim | 9 |
| dcavalca | 9 |
| salimma | 9 |
| lruzicka | 8 |
| py0xc3 | 8 |
| robatino | 8 |
| jeffiscow | 8 |
| martinpitt | 7 |
| marcdeop | 7 |
| valdyn | 7 |
| pwhalen | 7 |
| lbrabec | 7 |
| vkadlcik | 7 |
| yselkowitz | 6 |
| phantomx | 6 |
| pbrobinson | 6 |
| jannau | 5 |
| nphilipp | 5 |
| xvitaly | 5 |
| santiago | 5 |
| jvanek | 4 |
| mkolar | 4 |
| mcrha | 4 |
| treba | 4 |
| pampelmuse | 4 |
| daandemeyer | 4 |
| marok | 4 |
| augenauf | 4 |
| music | 4 |
| job79 | 4 |
| dustymabe | 4 |
| jandrlik | 4 |
| nucleo | 4 |
| stephent98 | 3 |
| secureblue | 3 |
| rishi | 3 |
| cmorris | 3 |
| johnthacker | 3 |
| serg43 | 3 |
| churchyard | 3 |
| jamatos | 3 |
| jamacku | 3 |
| itrymybest80 | 3 |
| zbyszek | 3 |
| tyrbiter | 3 |
| catanzaro | 3 |
| lis | 3 |
| lsm5 | 3 |
| alexfails | 3 |
| frenaud | 3 |
| tuliom | 3 |
| ausil | 3 |
| jwakely | 3 |
| gui1ty | 3 |
| buckaroogeek | 3 |
| mjg | 3 |
| galileo | 3 |
| yaneti | 3 |
| orion | 3 |
| kalev | 3 |
| neil | 3 |
| mochaa | 3 |
| nicosss | 2 |
| vgaetera | 2 |
| nnyby | 2 |
| amusil | 2 |
| dimitrisk | 2 |
| zawertun | 2 |
| targetedpanda | 2 |
| bug2k24 | 2 |
| grumpey | 2 |
| js | 2 |
| robertu94 | 2 |
| js314592 | 2 |
| johnh99 | 2 |
| pirespro | 2 |
| raphgro | 2 |
| calosis | 2 |
| henryng222 | 2 |
| imsedgar | 2 |
| mattia | 2 |
| macemoneta | 2 |
| ankursinha | 2 |
| jgrulich | 2 |
| scorreia | 2 |
| standby24x7x365 | 2 |
| mariolimonciello | 2 |
| mhjacks | 2 |
| timaeos | 2 |
| davdunc | 2 |
| ellert | 2 |
| abulimov | 2 |
| okram | 2 |
| siosm | 2 |
| psss | 2 |
| mprchlik | 2 |
| mvadkert | 2 |
| rathann | 2 |
| thunderbirdtr | 2 |
| topazus | 2 |
| sumantrom | 2 |
| sweettea | 2 |
| 0xdeafbeef | 2 |
| ofourdan | 2 |
| jonathanspw | 2 |
| germano | 2 |
| jnsamyak | 2 |
| jrische | 2 |
| mattf | 2 |
| jkurik | 2 |
| jcline | 2 |
| tflink | 2 |
| mizdebsk | 2 |
| mkoncek | 2 |
| kkoukiou | 2 |
| mtasaka | 2 |
| mperina | 2 |
| fweimer | 2 |
| renich | 2 |
| mgautier | 1 |
| romaingeissler1a | 1 |
| lbalhar | 1 |
| huembert | 1 |
| de-clan-c | 1 |
| fschwarz | 1 |
| megger | 1 |
| mcermak | 1 |
| dmoerner | 1 |
| jistone | 1 |
| charlieduece | 1 |
| gfieni | 1 |
| trn | 1 |
| nerijus | 1 |
| omoris | 1 |
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| mcmult | 1 |
| jflory7 | 1 |
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| fernando-debian | 1 |
| dmtaylor | 1 |
| swaroopkunapuli | 1 |
| praiskup | 1 |
| pirx3 | 1 |
| nick123pig | 1 |
| gromic | 1 |
| lzachar | 1 |
| dhcpme | 1 |
| mbaldessari | 1 |
| alternateved | 1 |
| deathwish | 1 |
| supakeen | 1 |
| numans | 1 |
| dkeefe | 1 |
| mulhern | 1 |
| maztaim | 1 |
| bilias | 1 |
| mgc-v | 1 |
| codyrobertson | 1 |
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| zalnars | 1 |
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| pjolt | 1 |
| sgallagh | 1 |
| dherrera | 1 |
| spaceboy | 1 |
| fmarcos | 1 |
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| c4rt0 | 1 |
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