Projects/WeeklyReports/2006-Feb-06

Extras

 * New packages added to Fedora Extras: bidiv, asa, xfce4-screenshooter-plugin, lagan, lacewing, smb4k, perl-Text-Unidecode, perl-DBD-CSV, perl-UNIVERSAL-isa, spicctrl, overgod, sblim-cmpi-base, fftw2, perl-Class-Loader, translate-toolkit, python-enchant, tog-pegasus, fonttools, perl-Crypt-DES, python-cheetah, ncarg, ruby-mysql, cpanspec, numpy, itcl, python-jsonpython-TestGears, freealut, libopensync-plugin-irmc, mediawiki
 * Major Topics in this weeks FESCo  meeting :
 * EOL Policy for FE
 * Encourage reviews
 * Create Special Interest Groups
 * Review days
 * Broken Deps report
 * FESCo membership
 * More discussions on public lists
 * Highlights from fedora-extras-list
 * New tracker bugs for the use of ExcludeArchs in packages
 * Request for Help: Writer(s) needed for Fedora Extras Weekly Reports
 * Best way to help a maintainer?
 * non building packages list
 * ScriptletSnippets: desktop-database,mimeinfo
 * FE package status Thu Feb 2 2006
 * Povray, fedora extras and licensing

Ambassadors & Marketing

 * MikaelJacobsson joins as Swedish Ambassador
 * PrudhviKrishna joins as Indian Ambassador
 * PabloBarrera joins as ambassador from Argentina
 * ThomasChung announces the  FreeMedia  project, and attempts to launch it along with FC5
 * GregDeKoenigsberg announces the current schwag plan

Event Notes

 * TejasDinkar requests funding for travel to FUDConDelhi2006
 * Aurelien Bompard announces the success of Fedora at Solutions Linux
 * RahulSundaram attends GNUnify, although he is not speaking there
 * Indian Ambassadors are prepared for FUDConDelhi2006
 * Loads of Ownerless events!!!! Volunteer at FedoraEvents

Documentation

 * The Documentation Project infrastructure is now able to build RPM packages. The results are currently undergoing technical review, before FDP packages move in Fedora Extras.


 * Work on migrating the translations infrastructure to the Fedora CVS is due to begin after the release of FC5 test3.

Kadischi

 * Kadischi is working fine under Fedora Core 4. But officially, it hasn't yet been declared to be working under FC5 Test*. A lot of research and testing is being done by the  contributors  to make it possible. This Weekly Report of Kadischi describes the progress being made.


 * This of course only applies to FC5 Test platform testers.


 * JasperHartline's patch was accepted by upstream. This patch, included into anaconda-10.91.14-1, allows Kadischi to be used without patching Anaconda by users, and without the --livecd switch, eliminating the partitioning screens.


 * There are still some broken elements in the post-install scripts of kadischi such as livecd-mkinitrd.sh, linking in the libsepol.so libselinux.so and libdl.so, plus switching /sbin/nash with losetup.


 * The  Development  wiki page entails more information about Kadischi versus Fedora Core 5 Test *. I reminds that this page is a hard coding ground.


 * Last week's  meeting  was mainly targeted to what   contributors  [are looking forward]  with the Kadischi project.


 * Last week's meeting also ensured progress among  contributors . AndyBurns became  Kadischi's CVS Maintainer.

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