From jkeating at redhat.com Thu Mar 1 16:12:11 2007 From: jkeating at redhat.com (Jesse Keating) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:12:11 -0500 Subject: Announcing Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91) Message-ID: <200703011112.12348.jkeating@redhat.com> Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 2 I am please to announce the second test release for Fedora 7. Downloads ======== DVD and network installation are available. Please read the Important Warnings below in this announcement for more details. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site. http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time. ***Important Warnings about the Test Release*** Problems with mkinitrd ======== This test release has an rpm ordering issue that seems to affect some people with regard to mkinitrd being installed correctly. If your install seems to stall at installing the kernel and never continues, please try the updates image http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/updates-f7t2.img. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates for more information on using updates images. Upgrading with PATA Hard Disks ======== If you are using PATA (parallel or "original" style ATA) hard disks and you attempt to do a manual yum upgrade to this release, you may be unable to boot your system when finished. To avoid this problem, use the installer program (Anaconda) to upgrade your system instead of using yum. New in Fedora 7 Test 2 ======== This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. Merger of Core and Extras ======== * The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to which everyone is invited to contribute. * Fedora 7 Test 2 is packaged initially as a Desktop/Development Workstation/Server implementation, called "Prime". This spin is delivered in DVD iso format only as a trial, see https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00993.html for the discussion on this. * Many more packages are available in the development repositories. * Three targetted spins are now under discussion: Fedora Prime, Fedora KDE, and Fedora Everything. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFedoraTargettedSpins for more details. Live CD ======== * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD. This Live CD features the ability to install to a hard disk using the same graphical Anaconda installer as the non-live CD variant. Desktop ======== * This test release features GNOME 2.17.91. * A brand new Echo icon theme is included as the default in this release. This icon theme is incomplete, but with appropriate feedback and progress, may become the default in the general release. * KDE and Xfce, among several other packages, are included in the development repositories, but not on the media. They can be installed using the appropriate software management tools. * Fast User Switching is now available via the fast-user-switch-applet. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFastUserSwitching for more details. Performance ======== * System performance is generally slower in the test releases as compared to the general release since we enable several options that help with debugging. System Administration ======== * System administration tools may be modified under the testing process. System Level Changes ======== * Fedora 7 Test 2 features a 2.6.21rc1 based kernel. Current release information is being tracked on the kernel release notes source page. (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel) Amanda Users who upgrade from older releases need to read the amanda.conf and amanda-client.conf man pages to learn about the the new syntax for calling amandad, as well as edit the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda configuration file to follow the new syntax. Road Map And Release Schedule ======== * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/ Intended Audience for Test Releases ======== Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at their own risk", and contains many bleeding edge packages. Test 2 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 3 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we must have full community participation. Without this participation both hardware and software functionality suffers. Quality Assurance for Test Releases ======== The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest possible quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized and fixed during the testing process. We also have a list of known bugs in this release. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test2TreeTesting for more details. Translations of Release Notes ======== Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of release notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a translation of the release notes included in the test4 release and to allow community review and correction before the general release. As always, the general release is translated following the established practices for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N), which result in comprehensive, high-quality release notes in a variety of languages. About Fedora ======== Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever. You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information. Thank you for your participation. To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web pages: * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ) * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate) * Participate in the Fedora Project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted) -- Jesse Keating Release Engineer: Fedora -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To find out how you can contribute, please visit http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Contributing_to_Fedora_Weekly_News See you in next issue of FWN! -- Thomas Chung FedoraNEWS.ORG (http://fedoranews.org) "..where you can free your knowledge for your free community!" From tchung at fedoranews.org Mon Mar 12 08:16:05 2007 From: tchung at fedoranews.org (Thomas Chung) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:16:05 -0800 Subject: Fedora Weekly News Issue 80 Message-ID: <20070312081556.M13767@fedoranews.org> Welcome to our issue number 80 of Fedora Weekly News. http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Issue_80 In this issue, we have following articles: 1 2 Million Fedora Core 6 Installs 2 Fedora Core 6 Linux Eclipses 2M User Mark 3 Talking points for Fedora 7 release 4 Fedora Infrastructure needs your help! 5 Fedora 7 and the wireless world 6 Ambassadors Report: Chemnitz LinuxTag 7 Review: Fedora 7 Test 2 8 Security Week in Review 2007-03-04 9 Fedora Weekly Reports 2007-03-05 10 Fedora Core 5 and 6 Updates 11 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News 12 Editor's Blog The latest issue can always be found at http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Latest_Issue We need more volunteer writers who watch the Fedora community and report about what is going on. To find out how you can contribute, please visit http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Contributing_to_Fedora_Weekly_News See you in next issue of FWN! -- Thomas Chung FedoraNEWS.ORG (http://fedoranews.org) "..where you can free your knowledge for your free community!" From katzj at redhat.com Thu Mar 29 14:21:59 2007 From: katzj at redhat.com (Jeremy Katz) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:21:59 -0400 Subject: Announcing Fedora 7 Test 3 (6.92) Message-ID: <1175178119.3034.12.camel@aglarond.local> Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 3. I am please to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7. Downloads ======== DVD and network installation are available. http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site. http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time. New in Fedora 7 Test 3 ======== This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. Merger of Core and Extras ======== * The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to which everyone is invited to contribute. * Fedora 7 Test 3 is packaged initially as a Desktop/Development Workstation/Server implementation, called "Prime". This spin is delivered in DVD iso format only as a trial, see https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00993.html for the discussion on this. * Many more packages are available in the development repositories. Live CD ======== * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD. This Live CD features the ability to install to a hard disk using the same graphical Anaconda installer as the non-live CD variant. * This test release also includes an x86_64 ISO for a Desktop Live image. Due to size, this will require a DVD. As with the i386 Live image, the ability to install to a hard disk is available. * This test release features a new i386 ISO for a KDE Live CD. Note that as of this writing, this ISO is only available via bittorrent. It should be available via the mirrors in the near future. Desktop ======== * This test release features GNOME 2.18 * A brand new Echo icon theme is included as the default in this release. This icon theme is incomplete, but with appropriate feedback and progress, may become the default in the general release. * Fast User Switching is now available via the fast-user-switch-applet. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFastUserSwitching for more details. Performance ======== * System performance is generally slower in the test releases as compared to the general release since we enable several options that help with debugging. System Administration ======== * System administration tools may be modified under the testing process. System Level Changes ======== * Fedora 7 Test 3 features a 2.6.21rc5 based kernel. Current release information is being tracked on the kernel release notes source page. (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel) Amanda Users who upgrade from older releases need to read the amanda.conf and amanda-client.conf man pages to learn about the the new syntax for calling amandad, as well as edit the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda configuration file to follow the new syntax. Road Map And Release Schedule ======== * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/ Intended Audience for Test Releases ======== Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at their own risk", and contains many bleeding edge packages. Test 2 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 3 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help to find what is broken. Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we must have full community participation. Without this participation both hardware and software functionality suffers. Quality Assurance for Test Releases ======== The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest possible quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized and fixed during the testing process. We also have a list of known bugs in this release. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test3TreeTesting for more details. Translations of Release Notes ======== Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of release notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a translation of the release notes included in the test4 release and to allow community review and correction before the general release. As always, the general release is translated following the established practices for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N), which result in comprehensive, high-quality release notes in a variety of languages. About Fedora ======== Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever. You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information. Thank you for your participation. To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web pages: * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ) * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate) * Participate in the Fedora Project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted)