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Schedule for today's FESCo meeting (2013-03-13)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting Wednesday at 18:00UTC (2:00pm EST, 19:00 CET) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

(Apologies for the delay, was out ill yesterday.)

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

= New business =

#topic #1095 Fedora 20 schedule proposal
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1095" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1095">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1095</a>

#topic #1096 Rawhide Rebase to Fedora 19 in Bugzilla
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1096" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1096">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1096</a>

#topic #1094 tomcat6 deprecation (fasttrack)
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Retiring packages for Fedora 19

Before we branch for Fedora 19, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 17.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 19.

Schedule for Wednesday's FESCo Meeting (2013-01-23)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting Wednesday at 18:00UTC (1:00pm EST, 19:00 CET) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #896 Refine Feature process
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896</a>

= New business =

#986 F19 Feature: Fix Network Name Resolution - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FixNetworkNameResolution" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FixNetworkNameResolution">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FixNetworkNameResolution</a>
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/986" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/986">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/986</a>

#996 F19 Feature: BIND10 - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F</a>

Schedule for Wednesday's FESCo meeting (2012-12-05)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting Wednesday at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT, 19:00 CEST) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #896 Refine Feature process
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/896</a>

#topic #960 F18 schedule + the holidays
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<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/960" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/960">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/960</a>

= New business =

= Open Floor =

For more complete details, please visit each individual ticket.

Schedule for Wednesday's FESCo meeting (2012-09-05)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting Wednesday at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #932 F18 Features - progress at Feature Freeze
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#topic #936 Clarify non-persistent service permission grant
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= New business =

#topic #940 The tmp-on-tmpfs feature should be disabled by default
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#topic #943 Yum repository format and its effects on Fedora infrastructure
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#topic #941 Support for i

new feature in yum-langpacks - langinstall/langremove

I've added code to yum-langpacks so you can now run:

yum langinstall <language>

and

yum langremove <language>

to install any langpacks for that language. It also now stores what languages
you've done installations for in the past, so it acts consistently on future
installs.

This is in 0.3.0 in rawhide, f18, and f17-updates-testing (soon), so try it
out.

Bill

Comps additions/changes for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups

This is an annoucement/description for what's going to change in comps for:
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups</a>

As you've noticed, the package selection screen has changed in anaconda -
there is a list of choices to install on the left pane, and a list of
options in the right pane. We want to describe these choices in comps. Here
is how.

The choices on the left side are called 'environments'.

Retiring packages for F-18

Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 18. We will block these packages on Monday, August 06.

Note that if you're receiving this mail directly, it's because you are
a co-maintainer of one of these packages.

Retiring packages for F-18

Updated with new list of packages that have failed to build.

Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 18.

Retiring packages for F-18

Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 18. That is currently scheduled to happen on
or around August 7th.

Note that if you're receiving this mail directly, it's because you are
a co-maintainer of one of these packages.

Retiring packages for Fedora 18

Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 18. That is currently scheduled to happen on
or around August 7th.

Note that if you're receiving this mail directly, it's because you are
a co-maintainer of one of these packages.

Schedule for Monday's FESCo meeting (2012-07-16)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting Monday at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

= New business =

#topic #889 Retire orphaned packages only after co-maintainers have been notified as it happens in the nonresponsive maintainers procedure
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#topic #890 F18 Feature: KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.9 - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KDE49" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KDE49">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KDE49</a>
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#topic #891 F18 Feature: Eucalyptus - https:

Proposal: allow *-static as multilib

<a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837901" title="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837901">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837901</a>

has requested boost static libraries be shipped as multilib so that they can
be used with "gcc -m32".

We historically haven't done this for anything besides glibc & libstdc++,
but there's nothing technically preventing us from changing the policy in
this manner. Opinions?

Bill

Retiring packages for Fedora 18

Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
we branch for Fedora 18.

Note: planning to drop upstart support from initscripts

Upstart has been orphaned in rawhide since 2012-04-26.

I would like to drop support for it from the initscripts package proper, but
if someone is willing to maintain upstart, I'd be glad to give you the boot
infrastrucutre bits therein in whatever form you'd like to maintain along
with upstart.

If you would like to pick up upstart, let me know (and pick it up in pkgdb).
Otherwise, I'll likely drop it at some point in the next couple of weeks.

Bill

Support for legacy init script actions for systemd services

THE PROBLEM

We have assorted init scripts that have historically defined custom actions.
Given that this is an unbounded set, it is impossible to handle them
natively in systemd.

Schedule for today's FESCo meeting (2012-05-07)

Apologies for the very late agenda.

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting monday at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #839 Proposal for revitalizing the packager sponsorship model
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= New business =
#topic #841 F18 Feature: Xfce 4.10 - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Xfce-4.10" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Xfce-4.10">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Xfce-4.10</a>
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#topic #842 F18 Feature: Usermode Migration - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsermodeMigration" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsermodeMigration">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsermodeMigration</a>
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Draft schedule for today's FESCo meeting (5 March 2012)

Apologies for the late sending.

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting today at 18:00UTC (1:00pm EST) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= New business =

#topic #812 Mass rename request for all mingw32-* packages because of new packaging guidelines
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#topic #815 abrt bugzilla deduplicator
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= Fedora Engineering Services tickets =

<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6">https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6</a>

= Open Floor =

For more complete details, please v

Fedora 18 Development - orphaned & retired packages

Just a quick note - now that Fedora 18 development is open, we encourage
mantainers who are planning on orphaning or retiring their packages to do so
as early in the process as possible. That gives other maintainers a longer
runway to fix dependencies and possibly pick up maintenance if they so
desire.

Bill

Retired packages for F-17

As stated eariler, the following packages have been retired in F-17 (and
therefore rawhide), due to either failing to build, or not having maintainers.

adaptx
ario
asa
autodafe
avant-window-navigator
avl
awn-extras-applets
bit
blam
camstream
ccsm
compiz
compiz-bcop
compizconfig-backend-gconf
compizconfig-backend-kconfig4
compizconfig-python
compiz-fusion-extras
compiz-fusion-unsupported
compiz-manager
conexus
dbus-cxx
eazykeyboard
eclipse-setools
eclipse-slide
erlang-erlzmq2
expatmm
gestikk
gget
gimpfx-foundry
gkrellm-volume
gnome-paint
gnubversion
gpx-viewer
higlayout
intellij-idea
intuitive

Retiring packages for F-17

(comaintainers bcc'd)

Each release, before branching, we block currently orphaned packages.
It's that time again for Fedora 17.

New this go-round is that we are also blocking packages that have
failed to build since before Fedora 15.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build.

Retiring packages for F-17

Each release, before branching, we block currently orphaned packages.
It's that time again for Fedora 17.

New this go-round is that we are also blocking packages that have
failed to build since before Fedora 15.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build.

Retiring packages for F-17

Each release, before branching, we block currently orphaned packages.
It's that time again for Fedora 17.

New this go-round is that we are also blocking packages that have
failed to build since before Fedora 15.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build.

Retiring packages for F-17

Each release, before branching, we block currently orphaned packages.
It's that time again for Fedora 17.

New this go-round is that we are also blocking packages that have
failed to build since before Fedora 15.

The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build.

Package categorization and distribution construction

AKA, taking a blowtorch to the comps file.

TL;DR version - come to the talk at FUDCon!

I'm here to propose a reworking of how we handle the data in the comps file.
(If you don't know what that is, it likely doesn't concern you.)

Currently, we have two main use cases for the package groups and listings in
the comps file:

1) Distribution construction

We define groups of packages, that are then organized into:

- Live spins
- Install media
- Installation package sets (via package selection in anaconda, yum,
kickstart, etc.)

Examples would be 'core', 'base', 'gnome-desktop', 'electronics-l

Agenda for today's FESCo meeting (19 December 2011)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting today at 18:00UTC (1:00pm EST) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #718 New meeting time?
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= New business =
#topci #722 F17 Feature: Multitouch support - <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Multitouch_support" title="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Multitouch_support">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Multitouch_support</a>
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= Fedora Engineering Services tickets =

<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6">https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6</a>

= Open Floor =

For more complete details, please visit each individua

Agenda for today's FESCo meeting (12 December 2011)

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting today at 18:00UTC (1:00pm EST) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Init =
#topic Welcome new FESCo members

= Followups =

#topic #712 need update kBuild on F15
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#topic #470 Look at buildid repo request from jkratoch
.fesco 470

= New business =
#topic #715 Provenpackager education/status/brainstorming
.fesco 715

= Fedora Engineering Services tickets =

<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6">https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6</a>

=

An update on critical path packages

As of this week, bodhi is using the Fedora Package Database to determine the
critical path package list.

As part of this effort, the critical path package lists have been
regenerated for Fedora 15, Fedora 16, and rawhide.

FESCo meeting agenda for 2011-10-17

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting today at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #667 Request to fix CRITPATH update process
.fesco 667

#topic #663 Late F16 Feature Java7
.fesco 663

= New business =

#topic #677 FreeIPA in Fedora 16
.fesco 677

= Fedora Engineering Services tickets =

<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6">https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/report/6</a>

= Open Floor =

For more complete details, please visit each individual

Agenda for July 25 FESCo meeting

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FESCo
meeting on 2011-07-25 at 17:00UTC (1:00pm EDT) in #fedora-meeting on
irc.freenode.net.

Links to all tickets below can be found at:
<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9" title="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9">https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/report/9</a>

= Followups =

#topic #563 suggested policy: all daemons must set RELRO and PIE flags
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#topic #615 Strategy for services that do not have systemd native unit files
.fesco 615

= New business =

#topic #650 May DBUS autostart?
.fesco 650

#topic #651 Updated installation/live image needed
.fesco 651

= Fedora Engineering Services tickets =