Announcements
In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project, including general announcements[1], development announcements[2] and Events[3].
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Fedora Announcement News
Fedora Unity Fedora Re-spin 20100303 released
Ben Williams announced[1] on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 13:10:44 UTC 2010, "The Fedora Unity Project is proud to announce the release of new ISO Re-Spins of Fedora 12.
These Re-Spin ISOs are based on the officially released Fedora 12 installation media and include all updates released as of March 3, 2010. The ISO images are available for i386, x86_64, architectures via Jigdo or Torrent starting Thursday, March 19th, 2010. Despite problems in this Re-Spin we, Fedora Unity, have decided to release this Re-Spin with the following side-note:
- We regrettably release this as a DVD only Re-Spin due to
issues we found while testing the CD images. We are working hard to fix these issues, the CD images will be in future releases.
Testing Results A full test matrix can be found at our Test Matrix.([2])
Please Notice the missing packages stated in the Gold vs Re-Spin Comments. Most of these are caused by packages being replaced or no longer needed by other packages over the lifespan of the release, some are missing because of changes to comps.xml.
We would like to give a special thanks to the following for testing this Re-Spin:
- vwbusguy Scott Williams
- Southern_Gentleman Ben Williams
- kanarip Jeroen van Meeuwen
- fenrus2 Dennis Johnson
- BobLfoot Bob Lightfoot
- Sonar_Guy Scott Glaser
- EvilBob Robert 'Bob' Jensen
About Fedora Unity Re-Spins
Fedora Unity has taken up the Re-Spin task to provide the community with the chance to install Fedora with recent updates already included. This is a community project, for and by the community. You can contribute to the community by joining our test process.
Go to [3] to get the bits!
Assistance Needed
If you are interested in helping with the testing or mirroring efforts, please contact the Fedora Unity team.
Contact information is available at [4] or the #fedora-unity channel on the Freenode IRC Network (irc.freenode.net).
To report bugs in the Re-Spins please use[5]
Fedora Development News
Google Summer of Code proposal: Better iptables management
Zubin Mithra[1] invited comments[2] on a Google Summer of Code proposal to improve iptables in Fedora:
"My name is Zubin Mithra and I am aspiring to get into GSoC on behalf of Fedora. I wish to work on making a library for better iptables management. Details can be viewed in the proposal which I have attached along with the email.
I would love to hear your views on it."
A PDF[3] of the proposal is available.
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)
- North America (NA)[1]
- Central & South America (LATAM) [2]
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
- India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_2
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY11_Q1_.28March_2010_-_May_2010.29_3
Past Events
Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]
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.