FWN/Beats/Announcements

Announcements

In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/

Contributing Writer: Max Spevack

Board IRC Public Meeting

Paul Frields reminded us[0] that the Fedora Board's monthly IRC meeting was scheduled for August 12.

[0] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00006.html

Fedora Test Day: Encrypted Installs & Plymouth

James Laska informed us[1] that the Fedora QA team is organizing a test day specifically for working on encrypted installs and plymouth (the replacement for rhgb).

"There will be a cast of testers and developers on hand between 8am - 5pm EDT (12:00 - 21:00 UTC) to help guide testing, answer questions, triage and troubleshoot issues."

[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2008-August/msg00005.html

ACL Changes and New Package Group Policy

Casey Dahlin wrote[2] about the new Fedora Account System group policy, implemented "to encourage greater openness in the community while containing newer members until they have earned the trust of the community". The full text includes a discussion of the changes that have been made.

[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00007.html

Important Infrastructure Announcement

Paul Frields announced[3]:

"The Fedora Infrastructure team is currently investigating an issue in the infrastructure systems. That process may result in service outages, for which we apologize in advance. We're still assessing the end-user impact of the situation, but as a precaution, we recommend you not download or update any additional packages on your Fedora systems."

[3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00008.html