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     fixed input box alignment issue in login box #579

     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

     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'

     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

     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.

     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"

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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>, development announcements<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/</ref> and Events<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events</ref>.
-Contributing Writer: [[User:Rashadul|Rashadul Islam]]
+Contributing Writer: [[User:rashadul|Rashadul Islam]]
 <references/>
-===Fedora Announcement News===
+===Breaking News of the Week and Month===
-====Package update notifications fixed====
-[[User:Jsmith|Jared K. Smith]] on Fri Jul 30 19:56:24 UTC 2010 announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-July/002843.html</ref>,
-"Recent updates to Fedora introduced two unexpected bugs, either of which results in users no longer seeing notifications of or being able to apply new updates.
+====[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines====
-Updates to the relevant packages have been shipped to fix these issues, but users will not receive notifications for them unless they first apply the pending fixed updates using the "yum" tool.  (Please note that these issues should only affect Fedora 13.  Fedora 12 does not appear to be affected.)  Packages fixing these issues were pushed to the Fedora software repositories around July 22, 2010. Users who have done a manual "yum update" since that push may have already
+* Contributor: [[User:Spot|Tom Callaway]<ref>Tom Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com</ref>
-received these fixes.
+* Posted Date: Wed Aug 1 19:28:57 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003098.html</ref>
-To fix the issue, please:
+"A new section has been added to the SysV Initscripts section, discussing
+the proper use of subsys locking. Even though Fedora packages should no
+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>
-. Open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal)
+---
-. Type either of the following commands and enter the password for
+The review guidelines now reflect the use of sha256sum (instead of
-the root user when prompted.
+md5sum) to confirm upstream source integrity.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ReviewGuidelines#Things_To_Check_On_Review</ref>
- a. To choose to apply all pending updates now:
+---
-  su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update"
- b. To choose to apply updates fixing only the specific issues mentioned above:
+The PHP Packaging guidelines have been updated to include guidance about
-  su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update gnome-packagekit selinux-policy"
+when it is appropriate to have an explicit Requires on httpd & mod_php,
+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>
-. Log out and and then log back in, or reboot your computer.  Note that logout/login will complete the fix for the notification issue. However, if you applied all updates in the previous step, you may need to reboot for other updates that require it.
+---
-We apologize for the inconvenience, and we are working on further improvements to our testing and quality assurance processes to avoid this and similar problems in the future.
+A new section on Macros has been added to the Packaging Guidelines,
+covering Packaging of Additional RPM Macros.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional_RPM_Macros</ref>
-If you have any further questions or require additional assistance, please refer to <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help</ref> for ways to get additional help from the Fedora community.
+---
+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 short section on the Group tag in Fedora packages has been added.
+All current versions of Fedora (and their respective RPM versions) treat
+the Group tag as optional. Packages may include a Group: field for
+compatibility with EPEL, but are not required to do so.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Group_tag</ref>
+---
+The RHEL conditionalization has been removed from the Python3 example
+spec file, as it is no longer valid.
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Example_spec_file</ref>
+---
+These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging
+Committee (FPC).
+'''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.'''
+As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If
+you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can
+suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here:
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure</ref>"
+Enclosure: Here is one late change to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines:<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003100.html</ref>
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Systemd</ref>
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure</ref>
+<references/>
+====FUDCon Paris Updates: Subsidy requests opening, hotel reminders====
+* Contributor: Fedora Project Leader-[[User:Rbergero|Robyn Bergeron]<ref>rbergero at redhat.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Fri Aug 3 17:00:53 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003099.html</ref>
+"Greetings! (...or perhaps I should say.... bonjour!)
+I'd like to share a few reminders and announcements regarding the
+upcoming '''FUDCon in Paris, France, on October 13-15, 2012'''.
+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.
+To place a subsidy request, please follow these steps:
+: Pre-register at
+<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Paris_2012#Pre-registration</ref> - and
+put an X in the $$$ column
+: 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>
+Additionally, a few notes regarding the hotel in Paris:
+There are other events in Paris during this time period; most notably,
+our first day of FUDCon will be taking place at the Open World Forum
+conference, on the day in which the public is encouraged to participate
+in and learn about open source projects.  OWF had nearly 2000 attendees
+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. :)
+We currently have a rate of EUR81 per night at the ibis Paris La Vilette
+Cite des Sciencesfor the nights of the 12th, 13th, and 14th of October.
+However, this rate will expire at the end of August, and any remaining
+rooms in our block will expire.
+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/>
-====Outage: SSL Cert - 2010-07-31 12:00 UTC====
+====Fedora Infrastructure announces status.fedoraproject.org====
-Mike McGrath on Sat Jul 31 12:59:07 UTC 2010 announced <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-July/002844.html</ref>,
+* Contributor: Fedora Infrastructure Leader-[[User:Kevin|Kevin Fenzi ]<ref>kevin at scrye.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 30 20:31:24 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-August/003101.html</ref>
+"I'm happy to announce the general availability of our
+status.fedoraproject.org site.
+This site provides an easy way for Fedora contributors and users to
+check on the status of services provided by Fedora Infrastructure.
+The site auto reloads every minute, and also provides a rss feed at
+<ref>http://status.fedoraproject.org/changes.rss of any changes</ref>.
-"There will be an outage starting at 2010-07-31 12:00 UTC, which will last approximately 3 hours?
+If you run into a problem or issue that is not reflected at
+status.fedoraproject.org, please do report it to us in #fedora-admin on
+irc.freenode.net or via ticket at
+<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/newticket</ref>
+We update the site status information manually so we need to be aware
+of the issue in order to keep the site accurate.
-To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto</ref>
+As with everything in Fedora Infrastructure, this application is open
-or run:
+source. Source is available from:
+<ref>http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedora-status.git</ref>
+and is released under a '''GPLv2+ license'''.
-date -d '2010-07-31 12:00 UTC'
+This application is hosted at the link<ref>https://openshift.redhat.com</ref> to avoid any
+issues with outages in our infrastructure affecting status reporting. "
-=====Reason for outage=====
+<references/>
-Our wildcard cert expired.  Yes we've monitored this in the past.  No we don't know why we weren't alerted this time, researching.  The new purchase is in the works but we've run into some logistical issues.  Will have it replaced as soon as possible.
+====Beats are open!====
-=====Affected Services=====
+* Contributor: Fedora Docs Leader-[[User:Bcotton|Ben Cotton]<ref>kevin at scrye.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Tue Aug 28 15:35:59 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/docs/2012-August/014540.html</ref>
-* Bodhi - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/</ref>
+"The Release Notes beats for Fedora 18 are now open:
-* Docs - <ref>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
+<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_beats</ref>
-* Email system
-* Fedora Account System - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/</ref>
-* Fedora Community - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/</ref>
-* Main Website - <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Mirror List - <ref>https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Mirror Manager - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/</ref>
-* Package Database - <ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/</ref>
-* Spins - <ref>http://spins.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Start - <ref>http://start.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Translation Services - <ref>http://translate.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Wiki - <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/</ref>
-=====Unaffected Services=====
+If you're looking for a way to dip your toes in the water, so to
+speak, writing a beat is a great way to get started. If you're a
+regular, don't forget about the checkBeat program:
+<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/docs/2012-March/014127.html</ref>
-* BFO - <ref>http://boot.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
+As a reminder, the wiki drafts of beats are due on 12 September."
-* Buildsystem - <ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* CVS / Source Control
-* DNS - ns1.fedoraproject.org, ns2.fedoraproject.org</ref>
-* Fedora Hosted - <ref>https://fedorahosted.org/</ref>
-* Fedora People - <ref>http://fedorapeople.org/</ref>
-* Fedora Talk - <ref>http://talk.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-* Smolt - <ref>http://smolts.org/</ref>
-* Torrent - <ref>http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/</ref>
-=====Ticket Link=====
+<references/>
-<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2300</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.
-=====Contact Information=====
+'''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
-Please join #fedora-admin in irc.freenode.net or respond to this email to track the status of this outage."
+'''Unacceptable Types of Announcements'''
+* Periodic automated reports (violates the INFREQUENT rule)
+* Discussion
+* Anything else not mentioned above
 <references/>
-====Announcing FUDCon Tempe 2011 -- Jan. 29-31, 2011====
+====New bodhi release in production====
-[[User:Jsmith|Jared K. Smith]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2010-August/002845.html</ref>,
+* 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>
+"A new release of Bodhi has just been deployed to production.
+<ref>https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates</ref>
+Bugs and enhancement requests can be filed here:
+<ref>http://bodhi.fedorahosted.org</ref>
+Major changes in bodhi 0.9.2
+---------------------------------
+* fedmsg support! Bodhi now fires off messages for various events that occur. Join #fedora-fedmsg to see it in action. (Ralph Bean)
+* Re-organized the links on the front page, and link to the new Update Feedback Guidelines
+* The submitter of an update can no longer effect the karma (Till Maas)
+* Fix duplicate status change email notifications. (Till Maas)
+* Mention age of updates in testing digest mails (Till Maas)
+* Support e-mail threading in notification e-mails (Till Maas)
+* Add X-Bodhi mail headers (Till Maas)
+* Gracefully handle private bugs (Cole Robinson)
+* Set the default request for new updates to 'testing' in the web form
+* 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.
-"In the past, the planning and execution of FUDCon events was handled completely by a few Red Hat employees.  This seemed out of alignment with the principles of Fedora, so in late January of this year, we kicked off an effort to fix that issue.  We wanted to increase the effectiveness and transparency of FUDCon, and our other premier Fedora events.  So we assembled a Fedora Activity Day specifically to change the way that we plan FUDCon.
+* Fixed the input box alignment in the login box (Kalpa Welivitigoda)
-In accordance with those changes, we opened a bid process for FUDCon events.  The process encourages Fedora contributors to propose locations for the FUDCon event in their region, pursuant to their commitment to help with the logistics of the event.  The first event that went through this lightweight process is the upcoming FUDCon in Zurich, Switzerland, which happens September 17-19, and is being planned by long-time Fedora contributors including Sandro Mathys and Marcus Moeller.  In April of this year, we opened bids for the next North American FUDCon event.
-As a result of that process, and thanks to the continuing work of Fedora contributors Robyn Bergeron and Ryan Rix, our next community-powered, North American FUDCon event will be held in Tempe, Arizona from January 29-31, 2011, on the Arizona State University campus.  We'd also like to thank Adam McCullough from the ASU LUG and the faculty of the ASU School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE) for their invaluable assistance thus far.
+Full list of changes since 0.8.7
+--------------------------------
-* * *
+Kalpa Welivitigoda (1):
+      fixed input box alignment issue in login box #579
-FUDCon events are held around the globe each year.  Our most recent event was held just a couple weeks ago in Santiago, Chile, where contributors from around the Latin American region gathered to exchange information, share ideas, and collaborate on various aspects of Fedora.  In the past we've held other FUDCons in diverse places like Berlin, Porto Alegre, Brno, and Boston.
+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'
-Our last North American FUDCon was in Toronto, Canada.  The year previous it was in Boston, MA.  We always encourage feedback from the contributors, and the one answer that popped up more often than any other was, "Let's go somewhere warm this coming winter!"  So we're pleased our fellow community members in a warmer part of the USA took up that challenge, and stepped forward to work on organizing the next FUDCon.
+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
-With that warmer climate in winter, of course, comes higher demand for travel lodging where people vacation.  So as with previous FUDCons, we'll once again provide travel subsidies for contributors. Furthermore, our sponsor Red Hat is making an even larger commitment to these subsidies than in previous years, to offset the higher lodging costs.  We all want to do our part to help everyone stay together at the conference, for the best possible collaborative experience after hours -- because collaboration is what FUDCon is all about!
+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.
-* * *
+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"
-As in the past, we encourage our community members to get involved by offering talks and other sessions of interest.  The content provided by the attendees is what makes FUDCon events so special and exciting. Over the next few days planners will be setting up more information at the event wiki page:  <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011</ref>
+<references/>
-We'll have more details appearing soon there, including but not limited to:
+====Build F-18 collection packages for all language translators====
-* A schedule that makes it easier to see more of the talks you enjoy and value
+* Contributor: Fedora Infrastructure Leader-[[User:Noriko|Noriko Mizumoto]<ref>noriko.mizumoto at gmail.com</ref>
+* Posted Date: Thu Aug 30 09:17:01 UTC 2012<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2012-August/000968.html</ref>
-* Lightning talks and hackfest pitches to get attendees excited and motivated to collaborate
+"Hi Fedora package maintainers
-* The ever popular FUDPub event!
+Please build and push your package with latest translation file (e.g.
+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.
-We hope you'll join us for the best North American FUDCon yet.  If you want to get involved and help plan the details of the event, you're welcome to join our planning list:<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fudcon-planning</ref>"
+Thank you so much.
+noriko
+Fedora Localization Project"
 <references/>
-===Fedora Development News===
+====Fedora 18 Alpha to slip by another one week====
-====Software translation====
-Noriko announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-August/000651.html</ref>,
-"
-Dear package maintainers
-This is kind reminder that it is F14 Software String Freeze today 03-Aug. Please update your POT with latest strings. All translators will be working hard to update your package translation.
+* 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>
-To ensure high quality translations in the final release, please be aware Software String Freeze Policy <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy</ref>. If you think that you need to break the string freeze, then please ask for approval from the  Fedora Localization Team prior to breaking the freeze <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy</ref>."
+"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
+full log is at <ref>http://bit.ly/PC16PF</ref>.
+As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks,
+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 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 (June 2010 - August 2010)====
+=== Fedora Events ===
-* North America (NA)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29</ref>
-* Central & South America (LATAM) <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_2</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_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_3</ref>
-* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q2_.28June_2010_-_August_2010.29_4</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/>
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 * [[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