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===Breaking News of the Week===
===Breaking News of the Week===


====FUDCon APAC 2012 will be in lovely Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!====  
====GSoC : Students application period started====


Robyn Bergeron<ref>Robyn Bergeron rbergero at redhat.com</ref> on Mon Mar 5 12:55:23 UTC 2012 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003045.html</ref>,
Fedora Ambassador - APAC region and Event Liaison - Design Team: Buddhike Kurera<ref>bckurera at fedoraproject.org</ref> on Mon Mar 26 17:53:07 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003053.html</ref> announced to the Fedora community specially to those who are students about the '''Google Summer of Code: Students application period started'''.


"I'm delighted to announce that the '''APAC FUDCon for 2012 will be in Kuala
"The students application period will be open<ref>http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline</ref> from today, 26th March 1900 UTC. Interested students can start submitting their applications (proposals) to the Fedora project and google-melange.
Lumpur, Malaysia'''.


Thanks to all of those who submitted bids for this FUDCon - I am very
Please make sure you complete following on or before the deadline, 06th April, 1900 UTC. Do not wait till the last minute, no late proposals will be entertained by gsoc program admins or Fedora project.
happy to see so much interest, and I believe the recent APAC FUDCon in
Pune truly helped to show the high interest in having ongoing FUDCons in
this region of the world.


Please stay tuned for further announcements clarifying the details of
Complete how-to guide on submitting proposals <ref>http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/ch008_writing-a-proposal/</ref> to the Fedora project can be found at wiki <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_Guide_students</ref> and each and every proposal should be submitted via the google-melange.com as well. (get registered with the program if you dont) You should create your proposal on the wiki<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_Guide_students#Create_your_proposal</ref> and send the link to the summer-coding mailing list. One student can submit more than one proposal<ref>http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#more_than_one</ref>
attendance, including dates/times/places, registration, as well as
but bare mind the quality matters than the quantity.
information for those seeking subsidies for attendance.


Cheers!"
A template of the application<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Template</ref> should be followed. Every question should be answered on the application template. Feel free to add anything important and related except the questions noted on the application template. But make sure all the questions on the application template will be answered.


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If anything is not clear please do contact me or admins or your mentor. Further please keep in touch with the summer-coding mailing list and GSOC 2012 wiki page<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012</ref>, important notifications/ notices will be forwarded/ displayed.


====FUDCon Kuala Lumpur travel subsidy requests are now open==== 
Happy Summer Coding !!!"
 
Robyn Bergeron<ref>Robyn Bergeron rbergero at redhat.com</ref> on Thu Mar 15 14:41:44 UTC 2012 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003046.html</ref>,
 
"Greetings,
 
As you may know, there is a planned '''APAC FUDCon in Kuala Lumpur coming
up soon, May 18-20 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia'''<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:KualaLumpur_2012
</ref>.
 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:KualaLumpur_2012
 
If you are planning to attend FUDCon Kuala Lumpur and need a travel
subsidy, the ticketing system is currently open for requests. Requests
will be accepted through March 27, 2012. Please note that funding
requests without a ticket will not be considered.  The travel budget is
limited, and preference will be given to attendees from the APAC region
who are actively contributing to Fedora, and have detailed their
participation plans for FUDCon in their subsidy request.
 
To place a subsidy request, please follow these steps:
 
1: Pre-register at<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:KualaLumpur_2012#Pre-registration
</ref>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:KualaLumpur_2012#Pre-registration
 
2: Put an X in the $$$ column
 
3: Read about the funding request process and place a funding request
ticket in the FUDCon-planning ticket tracker here<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/wiki/FundingRequest</ref>:
 
'''https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/wiki/FundingRequest'''
 
Thank you!"
 
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====Fedora is featuring on GSoC 2012==== 
 
Fedora Ambassador from Srilanka - Buddhike Kurera<ref>bckurera at fedoraproject.org</ref> on Fri Mar 16 19:10:32 UTC 2012 announced broadly<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003047.html</ref> the GSoC 2012 program with the following details,
 
"I am delighted to announce that the Fedora Project has been accepted
for the GSoC 2012 program<ref>http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2012</ref>.
This would be the 7th time where the Fedora project represents the
program since 2005.
 
The students' application procedure and other relevant information will be published soon. If you are interested in joining with the Fedora project as a student or a mentor please explore following URLs.
 
First of all subscribe for the summer-coding mailing list<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/summer-coding</ref> and explore the Idea list<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012</ref>, feel free to contact us for more information."
 
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====It is time for another episode of: NAME THAT FEDORA RELEASE==== 
 
Robyn Bergeron<ref>rbergero at redhat.com</ref> on Tue Mar 20 06:08:07 UTC 2012 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003048.html</ref>,
 
"Oh, Beefy Miracle, I have relished your name for months, but as your day for widespread consumption (release day) approaches, it is time for the community to choose the name of Fedora 18.  This process begins with *you,* dear readers and contributors, as potential names are accepted for submission over the course of the next week, beginning now, March 20th, and ending March 27th (at 23:59:59 UTC, for those of you who can't mustard up any ideas until the last possible second).
 
Frankly, I'm expecting an a-bun-dance of suggestions, and not just from people who cannot take my punni-ness any longer.  Rules and guidelines for suggestions, as well as the location in which you may make your name suggestions, are on this wiki page:<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Name_suggestions_for_Fedora_18</ref>
 
A quick word on details:
 
You *must* follow the guidelines at the page listed above for your name to be considered.  These guidelines include the following items:
 
* There must be an "is-a" link between the name "Beefy Miracle" (the name of F17) and your suggested name.
 
* That link must be different from any previous links between release names.
 
* Names of living people and well-known trademarks will likely be rejected as well.
 
Schedule details for release naming are also shown on the F18 naming wiki page.
 
I know that it may be hard to *top* Beefy Miracle (ahahahaha, get it? As in toppings!) but I do have every bit of faith that many of you have already thought of name suggestions that may or may not be more mature, or more neutral with regards to dietary restrictions. :) I do look forward to seeing your suggested names and recommend, as always, to have fun.
 
Cheers,"
 
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====Outage: fedorapeople.org - 2012-03-26 21:00 UTC==== 
 
Kevin Fenzi<ref>kevin at scrye.com</ref> on Wed Mar 21 22:17:27 UTC 2012 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003049.html</ref>,
 
"Outage: fedorapeople.org - 2012-03-26 21:00 UTC
 
There will be an outage starting at 2012-03-26 21:00 UTC, which will last approximately 2 hours.
 
To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
or run:
date -d '2012-03-26 21:00 UTC'
 
=====Reason for outage:=====
 
We are moving the main fedorapeople.org host to another site. This site will allow us to provide additional group storage for various groups that need download space, as well as being closer to our backup server to allow for quicker backups.
 
=====Affected Services:=====
 
* Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/
* Unaffected Services:
* Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/
* BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/
* Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/
* Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/
* GIT / Source Control
* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org
* Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
* Email system
* Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/
* Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/
* Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/
* Fedora Insight - https://insight.fedoraproject.org/
* Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/
* Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/
* Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/
* QA Services
* Secondary Architectures
* Smolt - http://smolts.org/
* Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
* Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/
* Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
* Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
* Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/3213
 
=====Contact Information:=====
 
Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above."


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Revision as of 13:27, 29 March 2012

Announcements

Fedora Announcements are the place where you can find the major coverage from the Fedora Project including general announcements[1], development announcements[2] and Fedora Events[3].

Contributing Writer: Rashadul Islam

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events

Breaking News of the Week

GSoC : Students application period started

Fedora Ambassador - APAC region and Event Liaison - Design Team: Buddhike Kurera[1] on Mon Mar 26 17:53:07 UTC 2012[2] announced to the Fedora community specially to those who are students about the Google Summer of Code: Students application period started.

"The students application period will be open[3] from today, 26th March 1900 UTC. Interested students can start submitting their applications (proposals) to the Fedora project and google-melange.

Please make sure you complete following on or before the deadline, 06th April, 1900 UTC. Do not wait till the last minute, no late proposals will be entertained by gsoc program admins or Fedora project.

Complete how-to guide on submitting proposals [4] to the Fedora project can be found at wiki [5] and each and every proposal should be submitted via the google-melange.com as well. (get registered with the program if you dont) You should create your proposal on the wiki[6] and send the link to the summer-coding mailing list. One student can submit more than one proposal[7] 

but bare mind the quality matters than the quantity.

A template of the application[8] should be followed. Every question should be answered on the application template. Feel free to add anything important and related except the questions noted on the application template. But make sure all the questions on the application template will be answered.

If anything is not clear please do contact me or admins or your mentor. Further please keep in touch with the summer-coding mailing list and GSOC 2012 wiki page[9], important notifications/ notices will be forwarded/ displayed.

Happy Summer Coding !!!"

  1. ↑ bckurera at fedoraproject.org
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-March/003053.html
  3. ↑ http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline
  4. ↑ http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/ch008_writing-a-proposal/
  5. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_Guide_students
  6. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_Guide_students#Create_your_proposal
  7. ↑ http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#more_than_one
  8. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Template
  9. ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012

Fedora Development News

The Development Announcement[1] list is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only list for Fedora development.

Acceptable Types of Announcements

  • Policy or process changes that affect developers.
  • Infrastructure changes that affect developers.
  • Tools changes that affect developers.
  • Schedule changes
  • Freeze reminders

Unacceptable Types of Announcements

  • Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
  • Discussion
  • Anything else not mentioned above
  1. ↑ https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce

Please pull latest translation, re-package and push to koji for L10N QA test

From Fedora Localization Project Noriko Mizumoto[1] on Thu Mar 1 02:37:44 UTC 2012 announced[2],

"Hi Fedora package maintainers

Could you please pull latest translation for your package, re-package with it and push to koji for L10N QA test by 2-Mar? We will have a live image to be composed for this particular test on 5-Mar. The focus is to test translations availability and accuracy in desktop applications. This test covers all Fedora packages. This is only one chance for translators to check translation quality. It is highly appreciated your help."

  1. ↑ noriko.mizumoto at gmail.com
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-March/000901.html

Bodhi comment emails issue fixed

Kevin Fenzi[1] on Sat Mar 10 23:40:00 UTC 2012 announced[2],

"Greetings.

In the last week or so, there was an issue with bodhi sending emails to update submitters when comments were left on their updates. Note that this issue did not effect bodhi comments (ie, pushed to testing, pushed to stable, being pushed, etc), only comments left by users / autoqa.

This issue has been corrected, so any comments left should now email correctly.

Maintainers may wish to look over their pending updates for any comments they may have missed.

Sorry for the trouble,"

  1. ↑ kevin at scrye.com
  2. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-March/000902.html

Fedora Events

The purpose of event is to build a global Fedora events calendar, and to identify responsible Ambassadors for each event. The event page is laid out by quarter and by region. Please maintain the layout, as it is crucial for budget planning. Events can be added to this page whether or not they have an Ambassador owner. Events without an owner are not eligible for funding, but being listed allows any Ambassador to take ownership of the event and make it eligible for funding. In plain words, Fedora events are the exclusive and source of marketing, learning and meeting all the fellow community people around you. So, please mark your agenda with the following events to consider attending or volunteering near you!

Upcoming Events (December 2011 - May 2012)

  • North America (NA)[1]
  • Central & South America (LATAM): [2]
  • Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
  • India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29
  2. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_2
  3. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY12_Q4_.28December_2012_-_February_2013.29
  4. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q1_.28March_2012_-_May_2012.29_3

Past Events

Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]

  1. ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents

Additional information

  • Reimbursements -- reimbursement guidelines.
  • Budget -- budget for the current quarter (as distributed by FAMSCo).
  • Sponsorship -- how decisions are made to subsidize travel by community members.
  • Organization -- event organization, budget information, and regional responsibility.
  • Event reports -- guidelines and suggestions.
  • LinuxEvents -- a collection of calendars of Linux events.
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