Projects/WeeklyReports/2006-Jan-16

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Week in Wrapup

 * Inclusion of beagle/f-spot/tomboy in core.
 * Better support for dmraid devices (Motherboard based raid)
 * Development frozen for Test2 cleanup
 * Test2 trees created and tested, finally deliverd to mirroring system
 * Rawhide opened back up for package submissions
 * Rescue images for i386, x86_64, ppc delivered nightly and in releases
 * PPC rescue CD booting and CD1/DVD booting fixed (but not in time for Test2)

Extras
This is the first  Fedora Extras  Weekly Report.

Ambassadors & Marketing

 * GregDeKoenigsberg announces that the  Steering Commitee  will be in charge of deciding which events shall recieve Fedora Goodies


 * ["Ambassadors"] should join the 'Ambassadors' group in the Account System. All Ambassadors will then recieve @fedora.redhat.com alias, which will become an @fedoraproject.org alias as soon as possible


 * TejasDinkar requested early access to Fedora Core 5 for Ambassadors for Distibution Purposes which was put on hold.


 * We are not yet ready to take donations for the  Fedora Foundation.


 * Ambassadors must sign the  CLA  to Submit  Presentations . These presentations will be downloadable, and will be used to represent Fedora at talks.


 * Ambassadors can get a sign-off to use the trademark and ["Logo"] to create their own business cards.  They are encouraged to submit templates to the list.


 * Ambassadors who want IRC cloaks must sign on this page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Cloaks


 * ChitleshGoorah starts the  Fedora in Libraries Effort  - to make sure every Library has Fedora CDs/DVDs for lending


 * Merlin requests funding for PLD Linux Day (Poland)

Event Notes
GeroldKassube announces the Cfp of German LinuxTag 2006

GeroldKassube regrettably announced that he will not be able to participate in MiniBit 2006

JackAboutboul Announced Fedora's Participation in Linux World, and proposes a potential FUDCon in Boston University

Confirmed visits from Greg and Blizzard to FUDCon Delhi 2006 alias LinuxAsia

ThomasChung has requested schwag for SCALE

ChitleshGoorah has unofficially reserved a booth for Strasbourg

Documentation

 * StuartEllis continues to update the Installation Guide to match the latest developments in test2.  ScottGlaser is also working on a branch to simplify the installation workflow for novices.
 * TommyReynolds and PaulWFrields are polishing the build and packaging process with the goal of having at least some documentation packages available for test3.
 * A number of documents are available at Docs/Drafts for community involvement.  These drafts will eventually be ported to CVS and form the canon of beginners' documentation for the Core distribution.

The FDP steering committee  meets every week on freenode IRC (#fedora-docs), Tuesdays at 2100 GMT.

Kadischi
This is the first [wiki:Self:Kadischi Kadischi] Weekly Report.  After one week, when ThijsHulshof called for developers to work with the Kadischi Project, some   contributors  popped in.

Contributors

 * MikaelJacobsson ([wiki:se_SE/Tools/Kadischi/Documentation Swedish translation] )
 * LuyaTshimbalanga and ThomasCanniot ([wiki:fr_FR/Outils/Kadischi French translation] )
 * JasperHartline (Kadischi research and testing)
 * MennoSlaats (Documentation)
 * ThijsHulshof (Dutch Translation, Testing)
 * Thierry Jules (Testing and documentation)
 * and I, ChitleshGoorah (wiki maintainer and documentation.)

Objectives
Our objective is to give life to the Kadischi Project and finally get a maintainer to push the gears to 100%. With the participation of PatrickBarnes, we have established some kind of hierarchy in the www.fedoraproject.org wiki.

PatrickBarnes pointed out that  Fedora Derived Distribution's LiveCD's list  isn't really related to ["Kadischi"], and should be left as it is.

Conclusion
The  Kadischi Contributors  are looking forward to the following:


 * We plan to create a OpenOffice.org Impress presentation about Kadischi after we complete updating the Kadischi related wiki pages. Fedora Ambassadors can help spread the good word.
 * Weekly meetings
 * Russian translation for the Kadischi Documentation.

The [wiki:Self:Kadischi Kadischi] Project is still without a permanent maintainer. Meanwhile ChitleshGoorah is coordinating the project with the help of other  contributors.

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