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Contents

Announcements

Breaking News of the Week and Month

[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines

FUDCon Paris Updates: Subsidy requests opening, hotel reminders

Fedora Infrastructure announces status.fedoraproject.org

Beats are open!

Fedora Development News

New bodhi release in production

Build F-18 collection packages for all language translators

Fedora 18 Alpha to slip by another one week

Fedora Events

Upcoming Events (September 2012 - November 2012)

Past Events

Additional information

Fedora Press Releases

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 ==Announcements==
-In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project, including general announcements<ref>
+Fedora Announcements are the place where you can find the major coverage from the Fedora Project including general announcements<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/</ref>, development announcements<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/</ref> and Fedora Events<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events</ref>.
-http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/</ref>, selected announcements to the Fedora user list<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/</ref>, development announcements<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/</ref> and Events<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events</ref>.
-Contributing Writer: [[User:Pcalarco|Pascal Calarco]]
+Contributing Writer: [[User:rashadul|Rashadul Islam]]
 <references/>
-=== Fedora Announcement News ===
+===Breaking News of the Week and Month===
-==== Fedora 13 Released ====
+====[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines====
-Our top announcement this week was yesterday's release of Fedora 13, which is looking like a very strong release indeed.  [[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002815.html</ref>:
+* Contributor: [[User:Spot|Tom Callaway]<ref>Tom Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Wed Aug 1 19:28:57 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003098.html</ref>
-"I'm proud to announce the release of Fedora 13, the latest innovative
+"A new section has been added to the SysV Initscripts section, discussing
-Linux distribution from the Fedora Project, a global, collaborative
+the proper use of subsys locking. Even though Fedora packages should no
-partnership of free software community members sponsored by Red Hat.
+longer be using SysV Initscripts as a primary service mechanism, Red Hat
+Enterprise Linux and EPEL do. Additionally,
+Red Hat points partners to the Fedora Guidelines when they build for RHEL.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SysVInitScript#Careful_Handling_of_.2Fvar.2Flock.2Fsubsys.2F.3Cservice_name.3E_mechanism</ref>
-If you can't wait to get the distribution, simply visit<ref>http://get.fedoraproject.org?F13an</ref>
+---
-If you want a quick tour of highlights in this release, check out<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_one_page_release_notes?F13an</ref>
+The review guidelines now reflect the use of sha256sum (instead of
+md5sum) to confirm upstream source integrity.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ReviewGuidelines#Things_To_Check_On_Review</ref>
-You can also find this announcement text at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_announcement?F13an</ref>
+---
-Or read on for loads of information about the new release and all the
+The PHP Packaging guidelines have been updated to include guidance about
-leading edge technologies we've packed into it.  More links are
+when it is appropriate to have an explicit Requires on httpd & mod_php,
-available at the end of this message, too.  Enjoy!
+how to handle explicit Requires on PHP extensions, and how to handle a
+Requires for a minimum PHP version.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:PHP#Apache_requirement</ref>
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:PHP#Extensions_Requires</ref>
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:PHP#Requiring_a_Minimum_PHP_version</ref>
-* * *
+---
-Fedora is a leading edge, free and open source operating system that
+A new section on Macros has been added to the Packaging Guidelines,
-continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new
+covering Packaging of Additional RPM Macros.
-release about every six months. We bring to you the latest and
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional_RPM_Macros</ref>
-greatest release of Fedora ever, Fedora 13! Join us and share the joy
-of Free software and the community with friends and family. We have
-several major new features with special focus on desktops, netbooks,
-virtualization and system administration.
-==== What's New in Fedora 13? ====
+---
-===== For desktop users =====
+A new section on the Documentation= field in systemd unit files (F17+)
+has been added.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Documentation_field</ref>
-A universe of new features for end users:
+---
-* Streamlined Installer. The user interface of Anaconda, the Fedora
+A short section on the Group tag in Fedora packages has been added.
-  installer, has changed to handle storage devices and partitioning in
+All current versions of Fedora (and their respective RPM versions) treat
-  an easy and streamlined manner, with helpful hints in the right
+the Group tag as optional. Packages may include a Group: field for
-  places. Thanks to Chris Lumens and others on the Anaconda team, and
+compatibility with EPEL, but are not required to do so.
-  Máirín Duffy, Fedora Design team lead, for her user interface
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Group_tag</ref>
-  review.
-* Automatic print driver installation. We're using RPM and PackageKit
+---
-  for automatic installation of printer drivers, so when you plug in a
-  printer, Fedora will automatically offer to install drivers for it
-  if needed. Thanks to Tim Waugh and Richard Hughes.
-* New desktop applications and enhancements. The Shotwell photo
+The RHEL conditionalization has been removed from the Python3 example
-  manager, Deja-dup backup software, Pino Identi.ca/Twitter client,
+spec file, as it is no longer valid.
-  and Simple Scan scanning utility are all delivered by default to
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Example_spec_file</ref>
-  provide an enhanced desktop experience out of the box. Palimpsest,
-  the desktop utility for handling storage devices, can now manage LVM
-  and RAID disks easily. As with the past several releases, Fedora 13
-  includes enhanced webcam support. Hans de Goede from Red Hat has
-  specially focussed on better support for dual mode camera's for this
-  release.
-* NetworkManager improvements include better Mobile Broadband,
+---
-  Bluetooth, and new CLI abilities. NetworkManager was introduced in
-  Fedora 7 and has become the de facto network configuration solution
-  for distributions everywhere. NetworkManager is now a one-stop shop
-  for all of your networking needs in Fedora, be it dial-up,
-  broadband, wifi, or even Bluetooth. In Fedora 13 NetworkManager adds
-  mobile broadband enhancements to show signal strength; support for
-  old-style dial-up networking (DUN) over Bluetooth; and command line
-  support in addition to the improved graphical user interface. Thanks
-  to Dan Williams of Red Hat for his extensive work on these features
-  upstream and within Fedora.
-* Color management. Do you like your printouts to look the same as
+These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging
-  they do on screen - or your scanner output to look the same as what
+Committee (FPC).
-  you just scanned? Color Management allows you to better set and
-  control your colors for displays, printers, and scanners, through
-  the gnome-color-manager package. Thanks to Richard Hughes from Red
-  Hat for his involvement upstream and in Fedora.
-* Enhanced iPod functionality. Newer Apple iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone
+'''Many thanks to Remi Collet, David Malcolm, Vit Ondruch, Lennart Poettering, Michael Scherer, Dave Sullivan, and all of the members of the FPC, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines.'''
-  models are supported by some of your favorite photo management
-  software and music library applications such as Rhythmbox. The
-  devices are automatically attached using the libimobiledevice
-  library, so you can work with your content more easily.
-* Enhanced streaming and buffering support in Totem. Totem's Movie
+As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If
-  Player and web browser plugins are now better at handling large
+you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can
-  streaming media, such as HD movies and Podcasts, thanks to the new
+suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here:
-  disk-buffering support in GStreamer.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure</ref>"
-* 3D support for ATI cards (R600 and R700) via Radeon driver. In
+Enclosure: Here is one late change to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines:<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003100.html</ref>
-  Fedora 13, 3D support for many ATI cards has moved out of
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Systemd</ref>
-  experimental status and is enabled by default. 2D support for the
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure</ref>
-  latest generation (R800) is integrated as well in this
-  release. Thanks to Red Hat's Dave Airlie and many others for
-  involvement upstream and in Fedora.
-* Experimental 3D graphics support extended to free Nouveau driver for
+<references/>
-  NVidia cards. This release also adds experimental 3D support to a
-  wide range of NVidia cards, adding them to the list of liberated
-  video capabilities. Install the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental
-  package to try out the work in progress. Thanks to Red Hat's Ben
-  Skeggs for involvement upstream and in Fedora.
-* KDE improvements. KDE in Fedora continues to provide tight
+====FUDCon Paris Updates: Subsidy requests opening, hotel reminders====
-  integration with the latest technologies in Fedora. In this release,
-  we have improved integration with PulseAudio via Phonon and the
-  volume control KMix, which controls per-application volumes and
-  moves application sounds between hardware devices, as well as with
-  the latest PolicyKit authorization framework. We have also
-  integrated new major versions, based on the KDE Development Platform
-, of the KOffice office suite, the K3b CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning
-  application and, for developers, the KDevelop IDE, which provide
-  better integration with the KDE 4 Plasma Desktop and no longer
-  require the KDE 3 compatibility libraries. Thanks to the work of a
-   growing community of KDE contributors in Fedora.
-* DisplayPort support improvements. Fedora 12 added initial support
+* Contributor: Fedora Project Leader-[[User:Rbergero|Robyn Bergeron]<ref>rbergero at redhat.com</ref>
-  for the new DisplayPort display connector for Intel graphics
+* Posted Date: Fri Aug 3 17:00:53 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003099.html</ref>
-  chips. Support for Nvidia and ATI systems has now been added in this
-  release. Thanks to Red Hat's Xorg team.
-* Experimental user management interface. The user account tool has
+"Greetings! (...or perhaps I should say.... bonjour!)
-  been completely redesigned, and the accountsdialog and
-  accountsservice test packages are available to make it easy to
-  configure personal information, make a personal profile picture or
-  icon, generate a strong passphrase, and set up login options for
-  your Fedora system. Try out the work in progress. Thanks to Matthias
-  Clasen from Red Hat's Desktop team and others.
-===== For developers =====
+I'd like to share a few reminders and announcements regarding the
+upcoming '''FUDCon in Paris, France, on October 13-15, 2012'''.
-For developers there are all sorts of additional goodies:
+If you are planning to attend FUDCon and need a travel subsidy to do so,
+the ticketing system is now open for those requests.  Requests will be
+accepted through August 15, 2012. Please note that funding requests
+without a ticket will not be considered. Preference will be given to
+attendees from the EMEA region who are actively contributing to Fedora,
+and have detailed their participation plans for FUDCon in their request.
-* SystemTap static probes. SystemTap now has expanded capabilities to
+To place a subsidy request, please follow these steps:
-  monitor higher-level language runtimes like Java, Python, and Tcl,
-  and also user space applications, starting with PostgreSQL. In the
-  future, Fedora will add support for even more user space
-  applications, greatly increasing the scope and power of monitoring
-  for application developers. Thanks to Mark Wielaard from Red Hat.
-* Easier Python debugging. We've added new support that allows
+: Pre-register at
-  developers working with mixed libraries (Python and C/C++) in Fedora
+<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012#Pre-registration</ref> - and
-  to get more complete information when debugging with gdb, making
+put an X in the $$$ column
-  Fedora an exceptional platform for powerful, rapid application
+: Read about the funding request process and place a funding request
-  development. Thanks to David Malcolm from Red Hat.
+ticket in the FUDCon-planning ticket tracker here:
+<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/wiki/FundingRequest</ref>
-* Parallel-installable Python 3 stack. The parallel-installable Python
+Additionally, a few notes regarding the hotel in Paris:
-stack will help programmers write and test code for use in both
-  Python 2.6 and Python 3 environments, so you can future-proof your
-  applications now using Fedora. Thanks to David Malcolm from Red Hat.
-* NetBeans Java EE 6 support. The NetBeans 6.8 integrated development
+There are other events in Paris during this time period; most notably,
-  environment is the first IDE to offer complete support for the
+our first day of FUDCon will be taking place at the Open World Forum
-  entire Java EE 6 specification. Thanks to Victor G. Vasilyev from
+conference, on the day in which the public is encouraged to participate
-  Sun/Oracle for his maintenance and support of NetBeans in
+in and learn about open source projects.  OWF had nearly 2000 attendees
-  collaboration with Fedora.
+last year.  Accordingly, rooms might be in short supply as we approach
+FUDCon; please, book your hotel as soon as possible, not only for
+affordability purposes, but also so that you have a bed to sleep in. :)
-* IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, Java IDE. Along with Eclipse and
+We currently have a rate of EUR81 per night at the ibis Paris La Vilette
-  NetBeans already provided by Fedora, IDEA is a popular Java-based
+Cite des Sciencesfor the nights of the 12th, 13th, and 14th of October.
-  development environment newly introduced in this release. It comes
+However, this rate will expire at the end of August, and any remaining
-  with an intuitive GUI, integration with Ant and Maven, extensive
+rooms in our block will expire.
-  language support, version control systems and test tools integration
-  and compatibility with Eclipse projects. Thanks to Lubomir Rintel
-  and Michal Ingeli, Fedora community volunteers, for packaging and
-  integration of this feature.
-===== For system administrators =====
+For instructions on booking your hotel, please read the Lodging/Hotel
+section of the FUDCon: Paris wiki:
+<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012#Lodging_.2F_Hotel</ref>"
+<references/>
-And don't think we forgot the system administrators:
+====Fedora Infrastructure announces status.fedoraproject.org====
-* boot.fedoraproject.org (BFO). BFO allows users to download a single,
+* Contributor: Fedora Infrastructure Leader-[[User:Kevin|Kevin Fenzi ]<ref>kevin at scrye.com</ref>
-  tiny image (could fit on a floppy) and install current and future
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 30 20:31:24 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003101.html</ref>
-  versions of Fedora without having to download additional
-  images. Thanks to Mike McGrath, Fedora Infrastructure lead.
-* System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). SSSD provides expanded
+"I'm happy to announce the general availability of our
-  features for logging into managed domains, including caching for
+status.fedoraproject.org site.
-  offline authentication. Now users on laptops can still login when
-  disconnected from the company's managed network. The authentication
-  configuration tool in Fedora has already been updated to support
-  SSSD, and work is underway to make it even more attractive and
-  functional. Thanks to Stephen Gallagher from Red Hat.
-* Pioneering NFS features. Fedora offers the latest version 4 of the
+This site provides an easy way for Fedora contributors and users to
-  NFS protocol for better performance, and, in conjunction with recent
+check on the status of services provided by Fedora Infrastructure.
-  kernel modifications, includes IPv6 support for NFS as well. Thanks
-  to Steve Dickson from Red Hat.
-* Zarafa Open Source edition Groupware. Zarafa Open Source edition is
+The site auto reloads every minute, and also provides a rss feed at
-  a complete, 100% free and open source groupware suite that can be
+<ref>http://status.fedoraproject.org/changes.rss of any changes</ref>.
-  used as a drop-in Microsoft Exchange replacement for Web-based mail,
-  calendaring, collaboration, and tasks. Features include IMAP/POP and
-  iCal/CalDAV capabilities, native mobile phone support, the ability
-  to integrate with existing Linux mail servers, a full set of
-  programming interfaces, and a comfortable look and feel using modern
-  Ajax technologies. Thanks to Robert Scheck, Fedora community
-  volunteer, for packaging and integration of this feature.
-* Btrfs snapshots integration. Btrfs is capable of creating
+If you run into a problem or issue that is not reflected at
-  lightweight, copy-on-write filesystem snapshots that can be mounted
+status.fedoraproject.org, please do report it to us in #fedora-admin on
-  (and booted into) selectively. Automated snapshots allow system
+irc.freenode.net or via ticket at
-  owners to easily revert to a filesystem from the previous day, or
+<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/newticket</ref>
-  from before a yum update using the yum-plugin-fs-snapshot
+We update the site status information manually so we need to be aware
-  plugin. Btrfs is still an experimental filesystem in this release
+of the issue in order to keep the site accurate.
-  and requires a "btrfs" installation option to enable support for
-  it. (This option is only available for non-live images.) Upcoming
-  releases will integrate the snapshot functionality into the desktop
-  while working on stabilization of the filesystem in parallel. Thanks
-  to Josef Bacik, Btrfs filesystem developer at Red Hat, for
-  filesystem work and the new yum plugin and Chris Ball from OLPC team
-  for leading this effort.
-* LVM Snapshots merging support. Recent LVM (and device-mapper)
+As with everything in Fedora Infrastructure, this application is open
-  snapshot advances included in Fedora 13 allow system owners to merge
+source. Source is available from:
-  an LVM snapshot back into the origin. In the process you can
+<ref>http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedora-status.git</ref>
-  rollback the origin LV to the state it was in before the system
+and is released under a '''GPLv2+ license'''.
-  upgrade. As noted earlier, the yum-snapshot-fs-plugin can work with
-  both Btrfs and LVM volumes exposing this functionality and making it
-  easier to use. This feature was developed and merged upstream by Red
-  Hat's storage team.
-* Virtualization enhancements. Fedora continues its leadership in
+This application is hosted at the link<ref>https://openshift.redhat.com</ref> to avoid any
-  virtualization technologies with improvements to KVM such as Stable
+issues with outages in our infrastructure affecting status reporting. "
-  PCI Addresses and Virt Shared Network Interface technologies. Having
-  stable PCI addresses will enable virtual guests to retain PCI
-  addresses' space on a host machine. The shared network interface
-  technology enables virtual machines to use the same physical network
-  interface cards (NICs) as the host operating system. Fedora 13 also
-  enhances performance of virtualization via VHostNet acceleration of
-  KVM networking, Virtx2apic for enhanced guest performance on large
-  multi-processor systems, and Virtio-Serial for simple IO between the
-  guest and host user spaces. Thanks to the Red Hat virtualization
-  team for their ongoing contributions.
-* Dogtag Certificate System Dogtag is an enterprise-class open source
+<references/>
-  Certificate Authority (CA) supporting all aspects of certificate
-  lifecycle management including key archival, OCSP and smart card
-  management. Brought into the fold as part of the Red Hat acquisition
-  of Netscape technologies, this certificate server is fully free and
-  open source and now included in Fedora. Thanks to the PKI team at
-  Red Hat.
-And that's only the beginning. A more complete list with details of
+====Beats are open!====
-all the new features on board Fedora 13 is available at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/13/FeatureList?F13an</ref>
-OK, go get it.<ref>
+* Contributor: Fedora Docs Leader-[[User:Bcotton|Ben Cotton]<ref>kevin at scrye.com</ref>
-http://get.fedoraproject.org?F13an</ref> You know you can't wait.
+* Posted Date: Tue Aug 28 15:35:59 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/docs/2012-August/014540.html</ref>
-If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading?F13an</ref>
+"The Release Notes beats for Fedora 18 are now open:
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_beats</ref>
-In particular, Fedora has made preupgrade a more robust solution and
+If you're looking for a way to dip your toes in the water, so to
-pushed several bug fixes to older releases of Fedora to enable an easy
+speak, writing a beat is a great way to get started. If you're a
-upgrade to Fedora 13.
+regular, don't forget about the checkBeat program:
+<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/docs/2012-March/014127.html</ref>
-For an quick tour of features in Fedora 13 and pictures of many
+As a reminder, the wiki drafts of beats are due on 12 September."
-friends of Fedora, check out our "short-form" release notes<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_one_page_release_notes?F13an</ref>
-Fedora 13 full release notes and guides for several languages are
+<references/>
-available at<ref>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?F13an</ref>
-Fedora 13 common bugs are documented at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F13_bugs?F13an</ref>
+=== Fedora Development News ===
+The Development Announcement<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce</ref> list is intended to be a LOW TRAFFIC announce-only list for Fedora development.
-=== Fedora Spins ===
+'''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
-Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora tailored for various
+'''Unacceptable Types of Announcements'''
-types of users via hand-picked application set or
+* Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
-customizations. Fedora 13 includes four completely new spins in
+* Discussion
-addition to the several already available, including Fedora Security
+* Anything else not mentioned above
-Lab, Design Suite, Sugar on a Stick and Moblin spin. More information
-on these spins and much more is available at<ref>http://spins.fedoraproject.org/?F13an</ref>
-== Power PC Support ==
+<references/>
-With Apple moving to Intel based machines and Sony PlayStation
+====New bodhi release in production====
-dropping Linux support, Fedora PowerPC (PPC) usage has dropped
-considerably. In Fedora 13, PPC is now a secondary architecture and
-the Fedora release engineering team no longer manages PPC releases. If
-you would like to participate in the PPC effort or any of the
-secondary architecture teams, refer to<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures?F13an</ref>
-== Contributing ==
+* Contributor: [[User:Lmacken|Luke Macken ]<ref>lmacken at redhat.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 9 21:53:41 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-August/000961.html</ref>
-For more information including common and known bugs, tips on how to
+"A new release of Bodhi has just been deployed to production.
-report bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the
+<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates</ref>
-release notes<ref>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?F13an</ref>
-There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help
+Bugs and enhancement requests can be filed here:
-translate software and content, test and give feedback on software
+<ref>http://bodhi.fedorahosted.org</ref>
-updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help
-with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software
-for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit
-http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
-== Fedora 14 ==
+Major changes in bodhi 0.9.2
+---------------------------------
-Even as we continue to provide updates with enhancements and bug fixes
+* fedmsg support! Bodhi now fires off messages for various events that occur. Join #fedora-fedmsg to see it in action. (Ralph Bean)
-to improve the Fedora 13 experience, our next release, Fedora 14, is
-already being developed in parallel, and has been open for active
-development for several months already. We have an early schedule for
-an end of Oct 2010 release<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/Schedule?F13an</ref>
-===== Contact information =====
+* Re-organized the links on the front page, and link to the new Update Feedback Guidelines
-If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional
+* The submitter of an update can no longer effect the karma (Till Maas)
-information at<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press?F13an</ref>
-<references/>
+* Fix duplicate status change email notifications. (Till Maas)
-==== Fedora Community Gaming Session 4 - Hedgewars ====
-Bruno Wolff III announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002814.html</ref>:
+* Mention age of updates in testing digest mails (Till Maas)
-"There will be another Fedora Community Gaming session this weekend.
+* Support e-mail threading in notification e-mails (Till Maas)
-We will be playing hedgewars which is semi-realtime game.
-We will be starting at:
+* Add X-Bodhi mail headers (Till Maas)
-UTC: 1700 Saturday May 29, 2010
-EDT: 1pm Saturday May 29, 2010
-The game seems like it will be short depending on choices made for the game.
+* Gracefully handle private bugs (Cole Robinson)
-I'll be hanging around at least two hours, and can let the server run as
-long as people want to play.
-This game comes recommended by a third party, but I'm still acting as
+* Set the default request for new updates to 'testing' in the web form
-the organizer.
-We'll meet pregame in #fedora-games . If any experienced players want to
+* Fix a bug in our critpath policy that occurs when a critical path update to a pre-release reaches the minimum amount of time in testing, but is unable to push to stable.
-recommend server settings, please speak up in the pre-game meet up.
-We'll use the in-game chat once we get started and I'll have Fedora Talk set
-up for those that want to use that in addition.
-We need to match versions, so players on F11 or F12 systems will need to
+* Fixed the input box alignment in the login box (Kalpa Welivitigoda)
-install scratch builds.
-New players will definitely be welcome as I definitely qualify as one. So
-expect some teaching to be going on.
-A bit more information is at<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Gaming#Upcoming_game_sessions</ref>.
+Full list of changes since 0.8.7
+--------------------------------
-<references/>
+Kalpa Welivitigoda (1):
+      fixed input box alignment issue in login box #579
-==== ATrpms for Fedora 13; upcoming EOL for Fedora 11 ====
+Luke Macken (25):
+      Convert our tags_url to a byte string before passing it to urlgrabber.
+      Add a script to detect when older builds become the 'latest' in stable
+      Update our test suite to reproduce ticket [ticket:683]
+      Fix a bug in our critpath policy ([ticket:683]).
+      Set the default request for new updates to 'testing'
+      Clean up EOL buildroot overrides in our rmrelease tool (bz#818617)
+      Fix a busted unit test (test_push_EPEL_critpath_before_tested)
+      Add pkg_resources __requires__ hacks to bodhi tools to mitigate version
+conflicts
+      Handle the case where a release doesn't have any overrides
+      Change our X-Bodhi-Update-Release header to use the short name
+      Apply a modified patch from Cole Robinson to gracefully handle private bugs (#639605)
+      Update our unit tests to assume submitters cannot alter karma
+      Merge branch 'bodhi1-fedmsg' into feature/bodhi1-fedmsg
+      Merge branch 'feature/bodhi1-fedmsg' into develop
+      Fix a typo in the metrics tool
+      Fix a typo in the new mail headers
+      Re-organize our links, and add one to the new update feedback guidelines
+      Clean up stray buildroot overrides
+      Version bump for 0.9.2
+      Our build script uses bz2
+      Merge branch 'release/0.9.2'
-Axel Thimm announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-May/002816.html</ref>:
+Mathieu Bridon (6):
+      Have bodhi-init create all the tables
+      masher: Fix the comparison
+      masher: Reuse variable
+      setup: Fix the Turbogears version requirement
+      Don't version control auto-generated files
+      setup: Add missing dependencies
-"ATrpms is officially launching Fedora 13 support.
+Ralph Bean (19):
+      Sending messages with fedmsg.
+      No longer using fedmsg schema/validation.
+      fedmsg.ini -> fedmsg-config.py
+      More detail in the update.complete message.
+      More concise send_message calls.
+      Ignore dev db.
+      Merge branch 'master' into bodhi1-fedmsg
+      Updates for the latest fedmsg.  Getting tests passing.
+      Merge branch 'master' into bodhi1-fedmsg
+      Ignore mashing fedora file.
+      Fixed what I think is a regression in login template.
+      Merge branch 'master' into bodhi1-fedmsg
+      Update to test fedmsg config.  Work with both tests and under WSGI.
+      Version bump for fedmsg in staging.
+      Only send the comment with a comment is added, not the whole update.
+      Using a "bodhi" user/group for mod_wsgi.
+      fedmsg+ssl changes to bodhi.spec.
+      Use modern fedmsg config format.
+      Disable message signing for bodhi tests.
-        http://ATrpms.net/dist/f13/
+Till Maas (8):
+      Add X-Bodhi mail headers
+      Support e-mail threading in notification e-mails
+      Mention age of updates in testing digest mails
+      Use format string instead of string concatenation
+      Import exceptions from sqlite3
+      Remove files used by mercurial
+      model.py: Change karma from Submitter to 0
+      Fix notification on automatic status change"
-o The actual download location is<ref>http://dl.atrpms.net/</ref>. Mirrors are listed<ref>http://atrpms.net/mirrors/</ref>
+<references/>
-o "stable", "testing" and "bleeding", the three subrepos per
+====Build F-18 collection packages for all language translators====
-  distribution are not cumulative inclusive on the server
-  side.
-  E.g. you need to add "stable" for "testing", and both "stable"
-  and "testing" for "bleeding".
-ATrpms is a 3rd party general purpose package repository. It currently
+* Contributor: Fedora Infrastructure Leader-[[User:Noriko|Noriko Mizumoto]<ref>noriko.mizumoto at gmail.com</ref>
-supports
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 30 09:17:01 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-August/000968.html</ref>
-o F13/i386, F13/x86_64, F12/i386, F12/x86_64, F11/i386,
+"Hi Fedora package maintainers
-  F11/x86_64
-o RHEL6beta/i386, RHEL6beta/x86_64, RHEL5/i386, RHEL5/x86_64,
-  RHEL4/i386, RHEL4/x86_64, RHEL3/i386, RHEL3/x86_64
-F11 support will be EOL'd once the Fedora Project drops support for it
+Please build and push your package with latest translation file (e.g.
-(e.g. in about a month's time).
+pull from Transifex/Zanata) for L10N QA test BY THIS FRIDAY 2012-08-31.
+Your packages with latest translation will be composed into test live
+image on 3-Sep Monday. Then various language translators worldwide will
+test the image in their own languages. Any issue will be filed as bug.
+This is only one chance for translators to check and modify Localization
+quality of your packages by checking UI, and we need your help.
-Configuration for package resolvers (replace i386 with x86_64 as
+Thank you so much.
-needed)
-o yum
+noriko
-[atrpms]
+Fedora Localization Project"
-name=Fedora 13 - i386 - ATrpms
-baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f13-i386/atrpms/stable
-o smart
+<references/>
-[atrpms]
-name=Fedora 13 - i386 - ATrpms
-baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f13-i386/atrpms/stable
-type=rpm-md
-o apt
+====Fedora 18 Alpha to slip by another one week====
-repomd http://dl.atrpms.net f13-i386/atrpms/stable
-you can provide feedback or request support on the ATrpms lists<ref>http://lists.atrpms.net/</ref>, or the common bug tracker<ref>http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/</ref>.
+* Contributor: [[User:JaroslavReznik|Jaroslav Reznik]<ref>jreznik at redhat.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 30 23:26:35 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-August/000970.html</ref>
-Enjoy!
+"Today at Go/No-Go meeting it was decided to slip Fedora 18
---
+Alpha release by one week due to remaining open blocker bugs<ref>http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current</ref> and incomplete test matrices for Alpha <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test</ref><ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test</ref><ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test</ref>. Meeting's
-Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
+full log is at <ref>http://bit.ly/PC16PF</ref>.
-===Fedora Development News===
+As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks,
-==== 2010-05-18 - F-13-Final go / no go meeting recap ====
+will be pushed out by one week.
+The next Go/No-Go meeting is on Thursday Sep 06, same place
+but different time (19:00 UTC, 3 PM EDT, 21:00 CEST
+#fedora-meeting).
+If you have an accepted blocker bug, please try to fix it
+as soon as possible to help us with Fedora 18 Alpha release!"
 <references/>
-===Fedora Events===
-Fedora events are the 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 (March 2010 to May 2010)====
+=== Fedora Events ===
-* North America (NA)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29</ref>
-* Central & South America (LATAM) ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29</ref>
+The purpose of Fedora 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 and press releases.
-* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_2</ref>
-* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_3</ref>
+====Upcoming Events (September 2012 - November 2012)====
+* '''North America (NA)'''<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q3_.28Sept_2012_-_Nov_2012.29</ref>
+* '''Central & South America (LATAM)'''<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q3_.28September_2012_-_November_2012.29</ref>
+* '''Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)'''<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q3_.28September_2012_-_November_2012.29_2</ref>
+* '''India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)'''<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY13_Q3_.28September_2012_-_November_2012.29_3</ref>
+Guideline to write Fedora Press Releases<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_write_a_Fedora_press_release</ref>
 <references/>
@@ Line 429: / Line 372: @@
 * [[Event reports]] -- guidelines and suggestions.
 * [[FedoraEvents/LinuxEvents| LinuxEvents]] -- a collection of calendars of Linux events.
+===Fedora Press Releases===
+Fedora press releases will be found at the link:
+http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_archive#Fedora_Press_Releases