Is Fedora (the project) always this "busy"?

I feel like I “joined” the Fedora project at a time where there’s a lot going on; there’s a lot of big major changes (new Git forge, DNF5, bootc and the Atomic stuff, a new installer UX, KDE as an Edition, and on top of all of that, the desktops on offer seem to be changing and growing at breakneck speed) being discussed and implemented, there are more Spins than ever, etc. Is this a “right now” thing, or is the project always this active and busy?

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Well, proposals like the one that might facilitate a KDE edition is something that does not occur annually or so: this is indeed not an average “daily occurrence” or so.

However, that there is always a lot going on is indeed normal. I would say we have a 6 month wave with a peak and a low: when it goes towards the next release and the immediate time after release is usually the time at which most is going on (peak in activities). The time in between is the time at which (in comparison) less is going on. Yet, given that we collaborate upstream with a lot of projects and that a lot of changes and technologies are tested on and integrated in Fedora, even in the “less active” time you will find a lot of activities throughout Fedora channels. Most releases contain major changes (although not all are obvious to the users), and these changes need careful preparations, and many implications are to be considered (which often makes it necessary that many people test and many teams have to exchange), to ensure stability of the system.

So, get used to a lot of stuff going on, and a lot to experience :classic_smiley:

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There is an ebb and flow to things. Things usually slow down a bit after the November release until the end of the year and then slowly start ramping back up after the new year.

Also, FWIW, the Fedora Project release schedules can be found here: Fedora Project schedules

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It’s also a bit busier because we’re in the middle of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux development cycle: CentOS Stream 10 was forked from Fedora Linux 40 and is continually incorporating work done in Fedora right up until the edge of when they cannot anymore. So lots of Changes are proposed and worked on from Fedora Linux 39 through Fedora Linux 42 that are aimed to be included in RHEL 10 too.

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Interesting growth trend in Rawhide

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That is 3 years old data would be interest to know what that looks like now.

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