Fedora 8 Feature List
Contents
Fedora 8 Release Summary
Fedora 8 Approved Features
The following is a list of features approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee
CategoryApprovedFedora8 (alpha order)
% Complete |
Name |
Summary |
Updated |
100% |
Enhancements to Bluetooth |
2007-09-07 |
|
100% |
Make core dumps self-identifying enough to find the exact correct versions of all relevant binaries and debuginfo |
2007-10-04 |
|
100% |
Helper app promotes Free alternatives and guides users trying to play content under restricted codecs |
2007-09-11 |
|
100% |
Re-base Eclipse stack to Europa release |
2007-10-04 |
|
100% |
Introduction to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Flow.(Micro-Nano Electronic Engineering) |
2007-10-03 |
|
100% |
Create generic logos to allow generic branding of Fedora |
2007-09-28 |
|
100% |
New completely Free and open source Java environment from Red Hat and others derived from OpenJDK |
2007-09-25 |
|
100% |
Improved support for using Fedora on Laptops |
2007-10-11 |
|
100% |
System wide default network manager integration |
2007-10-26 |
|
100% |
Support for Nepali Language |
2007-08-22 |
|
100% |
New default theme for GNOME |
2007-08-25 |
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100% |
We need to remove pam_console and migrate all users to use the ACLs as set by HAL |
2007-10-03 |
|
100% |
Easy and painless administration |
2007-10-03 |
|
100% |
Feature rich sound server |
2007-10-02 |
|
100% |
Make rsyslog the new default syslog daemon--Rsyslog has a assorted set of new features that makes system administration easier |
2007-08-22 |
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100% |
Make the default x86_64 kernel tickless |
2007-08-20 |
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100% |
Use Fedora Web-based tools to contribute to any upstream project, large or small, through one translator-oriented Web interface |
2007-10-03 |
|
100% |
Snapshot of a redesigned desktop experience around online services |
2007-08-30 |
|
100% |
Secure remote management for Xen, KVM & QEMU virtualization |
2007-10-11 |
|
100% |
Powertop is included. Need to start tracking egregious offenders |
2007-10-03 |
|
100% |
Don't start XFS font server daemon by default and fix font packages. Savings on performance and bootup time |
2007-10-02 |
Fedora 8 Proposed Features
The deadline (Feature Freeze) for proposing and completing new features in F8 is past.
Features for future releases of Fedora may be proposed at any time--Fedora 9 is not that far away!
Already proposed for Fedora9: CategoryProposedFedora9
Not proposed for a specific release: CategoryProposedFeature
Feature Process
The process for adding new features to Fedora is here: Feature Policy
