[News]

* 1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 206
o 1.1 Announcements
+ 1.1.1 FEDORA BOARD, FESCO & FAMSCO ELECTIONS
+ 1.1.2 FEDORA DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
# 1.1.2.1 Fedora 10 final updates cutoff: December 11
+ 1.1.3 FEDORA EVENTS
# 1.1.3.1 Upcoming Events
# 1.1.3.2 Past Events
o 1.2 Ambassadors
+ 1.2.1 Fedora 12 release party in Athens, Greece
+ 1.2.2 Fedora 12 release party in Caracas, Venezuela
+ 1.2.3 Fedora Ambassadors active in Tunisia
+ 1.2.4 FAmSCo election now open: Vote
+ 1.2.5 Fedora 12 is here
o 1.3 QualityAssurance
+ 1.3.1 Test Days
+ 1.3.2 Weekly meetings
+ 1.3.3 FUDCon Toronto
+ 1.3.4 BugZappers triaged bugs policy change
+ 1.3.5 Release criteria revision
+ 1.3.6 Bugzilla 3.4 public beta
+ 1.3.7 Fedora 13 schedule
+ 1.3.8 Fedora 13 Alpha release notes
o 1.4 Translation
+ 1.4.1 Fedora 13 Schedule Draft Discussion
+ 1.4.2 FLSCo Election Proposed
+ 1.4.3 Update About translate.fedoraproject.org Issues
+ 1.4.4 Mentoring of New Members
o 1.5 Artwork
+ 1.5.1 Goddard Ahead
+ 1.5.2 Improving the Fedora Community Website
o 1.6 Security Advisories
+ 1.6.1 Fedora 12 Security Advisories
+ 1.6.2 Fedora 11 Security Advisories
+ 1.6.3 Fedora 10 Security Advisories

- Fedora Weekly News Issue 206 -

Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 206[1] for the week ending December
13, 2009. What follows are some highlights from this issue.

This week's issue kicks off with an announcement that the Fedora-related
voting has been extended one day due to some infrastructure outages.
There is still time to vote, if you haven't yet! In news from
Ambassadors, details on Fedora 12 release parties in Greece and
Venezuela, and an Ambassadors update from Tunisia. Also a reminder to
vote before the end of today in the FAMSco elections. In Quality
Assurance news, we have a special double issue for you, including
details from the latest weekly meetings, a report on QA activities at
FUDCon Toronto last weekend, and early news on Fedora 13 work. In Design
news, early details on Goddard theming and looks toward updating the
Fedora community website. Security Advisories brings us up to date on
the latest security patches for F10 through F12. We hope you enjoy FWN 206!

If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see
our 'join' page[2]. We welcome reader feedback: fedora-news-list ( -at -) redhat.com

FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson

1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue206
2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join

-- 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

1. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/
2. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/
3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events

--- FEDORA BOARD, FESCO & FAMSCO ELECTIONS ---

Paul W. Frields announced[1] that elections for the Fedora Board, FESCo
and FAmSCo would be extended one day, now ending at 2009-12-16 UTC 2359.

As a reminder:

All groups have chosen to use the Range Voting method [2]

Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System at [3]. If this is
the first time you've used the voting system, please refer to the Fedora
Elections Guide, currently located at [4].

Fedora Board Election:

This election, the Fedora Board is electing two candidates and will
appoint another two members.

Vacating the seats on the board this election are elected
representatives Matt Domsch & Bill Nottingham, and appointed
representatives Christoher Aillon and Dimitris Glezos[5].

The candidates for this election, in alphabetical order are:

* Chris Tyler (ctyler)
* Colin Walters (walters)
* Matt Domsch (mdomsch)
* Steven M. Parrish (SMParrish)

To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

Vote Here: [6]

Town Hall Logs: [7] [8]


Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Election:

For this election, FESCo will be electing four candidates to sit on the
committee.

Vacating the seats on FESCo this election are Jon Stanley, Dan Horák,
Jarod Wilson, and David Woodhouse.

The candidates for this election, in alphabetical order are:

* Adam Jackson (ajax)
* Christoph Wickert (cwickert)
* Justin M. Forbes (jforbes)
* Matthew Garrett (mjg59)
* Peter Jones (pjones)
* Richard June (rjune)
* Robert Scheck (rsc)

To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA) and
be a member of another Fedora group.

Vote Here: [9]

Town Hall Logs: [10] [11]


Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Election:

This election FAmSCo will be electing all 7 seats on the committee.

These seats were previously held by Max Spevack, Joerg Simon, Francesco
Ugolini, Thomas Canniot, Rodrigo Padula, David Nalley and Susmit
Shannigrahi.

The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:

* David Nalley
* Jean-Francois Saucier
* Joerg Simon
* Luca Foppiano
* Maria Gracia Leandro
* Max Spevack
* Robert Scheck
* Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira
* Sandro Mathys
* Scott Seiersen
* Shakthi Kannan
* Susmit Shannigrahi

To vote, you must be a member of the ambassadors group in the Fedora
Account System.

Vote Here: [12]

Townhall Log: [13] [14]

I'd also like to point out the following from Paul Frields' announcement
for the June 2008 Board Election:

"I'd like everyone voting to remember that this isn't a popularity
contest, or a reward system. Think about how you'd like to Board to look
when you vote, the same way you think about how you'd like any
government body to look when you cast votes for their elections. We have
a lot of worthy candidates on this list, and you should pick the ones
that you feel will best represent you in advancing the Fedora Project.

This is one of numerous ways in which our community makes decisions
about the leadership of Fedora. Your vote counts, and I hope you take
advantage of it."

This advice is still valid, not just for the Fedora Board election but
for all three elections.

Thanks also go to John Rose and other volunteers who have helped with
organising and running Town Hall meetings for these elections.”

1.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-December/msg00009.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting
3. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting
4. http://nigelj.fedorapeople.org/feg/
5. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/History
6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/boardf13
7.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2009-12-01/fedora-board-town-hall-2009-12-01.2009-12-01-03.00.log.html
8.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2009-12-02/fedora-townhall.2009-12-02-15.01.log.html
9. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/fescof13
10.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2009-12-01/fesco-town-hall-2009-12-01.2009-12-01-22.00.log.html
11.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2009-12-03/fesco-town-hall-2009-12-03.2009-12-03-18.07.log.html
12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/famscof13
13.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meetings:Town_Hall_FAmSCo_2009-11-28_1800
14.
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2009-11-30/famsco-townhall.2009-11-30-17.58.log.html

--- FEDORA DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ---
---- Fedora 10 final updates cutoff: December 11 ----

Josh Boyer reminded[1] the community on the fedora-devel-announce list
that December 11 would be the final day for any remaining Fedora 10 updates:

"Just a friendly reminder that Dec 11 00:00:00 UTC is the cutoff for F10
updates submission. Ideally these would just be the final stable
updates, as pushes to updates-testing would basically be stuck there
forever.

Please take a few moments to review your pending requests, add any final
stable updates you'd like pushed, and clear out any update requests that
don't make much sense for a soon to be EOL'd distro."

1.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-December/msg00005.html

--- 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 ----

* North America (NA)[1]
* Central & South America (LATAM) [2]
* Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)[3]
* India, Asia, Australia (India/APJ)[4]

1.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28December_2009_-_February_2010.29
2.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28December_2009_-_February_2010.29_2
3.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28December_2009_-_February_2010.29_3
4.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Events#FY10_Q4_.28December_2009_-_February_2010.29_4

---- Past Events ----

Archive of Past Fedora Events[1]

1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/PastEvents


-- Ambassadors --

In this section, we cover Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].

Contributing Writer: Larry Cafiero

1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors

--- Fedora 12 release party in Athens, Greece ---

Pierros Papadeas reports that on Saturday, December 12, a Fedora 12
Release party was held in Athens. Many people showed up to learn about
Constantine and Fedora Project in general. A presentation on Fedora
Project and Fedora 12 was given and afterwards some hands-on testing was
done on network sharing, virtualization enhancements, Moblin platform
and other hints on support!

There was even a birthday cake to go along with the swag given out, as
well as Live-USB sticks available.

Pierros says thanks to my fellow organizers -- Anastasis, Thalia and
Pantelis -- and to everyone else who attended.

A report on the event can be found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F12_Athens

Photos from the evvent can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.gr/saliyath/Fedora12AthensReleaseParty

--- Fedora 12 release party in Caracas, Venezuela ---

Maria Leandro reports that about 30 people attended a Fedora 12 Release
Party held in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, December 12.

Guillermo Gomez (gomix) made the official presentation of RPMDEV.
Several Live CDs along with stickers and tattoos were given out prior to
everyone having lunch.

Maria also reports that the event exceeded several goals. First, they
got twice as many people to attend than was expected. Also, some
ambassadors who had been inactive came back into the fold.

Future plans in Caracas include having a Fedora hacklab every two months
to teach people to be productive using Fedora and encourage them to join
the Fedora team.

Special thanks go to Edwind Contreras (Richzendy), who gave an excelent
RPM workshop; to Guillermo Gómez (gomix), who brings awesome ideas; to
Wilmer Jaramillo (k0k), who is "coming to town" again encouraging new
users to be developers like he is; and to Ricardo Fernandez (KOSHrf),
who cheers us up all at every moment.

Photos, videos, and a report can be found at the links below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tatadbb/sets/72157622973046968/

http://tatica.blip.tv

http://tatica.org/2009/12/12/fedora-release-party-caracas/

--- Fedora Ambassadors active in Tunisia ---

Zied Fakhfakh reports that while Tunisian Fedora ambassadors have been
silent for a while, "we are not sleeping."

Zied, Nihed Mbarek and Wael Ammar have started a lobbying strategy
around Fedora in the nation's universities by creating local "Fedora Clubs."

Two clubs have already been formed -- one in ISET Charguia:
http://www.isetch.rnu.tn (a public university); and one in ESPRIT:
http://www.esprit.ens.tn (a private university).

Activities have already taken place at ISET CH, including:

* A private mirror: created by Zied;
* A Fedora 12 release party, where the following was presented:
o What's new in Fedora 12, by Nihed;
o Virtualization, by Imed Chihi, former Red Hat employee;
o How to contribute to Fedora, by Zied;
o Open source software, by our friend Mohamed Nejib Bejar;
o There was a real celebration, with cake, soda, candy;
* Soon we are to migrate computers at the school to Fedora or
CentOS, and
* The group will start as soon as possible translating and
contributing.

--- FAmSCo election now open: Vote ---

Among other elected bodies in the Fedora Project, the Fedora Ambassadors
Steering Committee (FAmSCo) elections are now open for voting. If you
haven't done yet visit https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/ to cast
your vote. Voting ends Monday, December 14, at 23:59:59 UTC. Your vote
is important and crucial.

--- Fedora 12 is here ---

With Fedora 12 Constantine now here, this is a reminder that posting an
announcement of your event on Fedora Weekly News can help get the word
out. Contact FWN Ambassador correspondent Larry Cafiero at
lcafiero-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org with announcements of upcoming events
-- and don't forget to e-mail reports after the events as well.


-- QualityAssurance --

In this section, we cover the activities of the QA team[1].

Contributing Writer: Adam Williamson

1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA

--- Test Days ---

There was no Test Day last week, and no Test Day is currently planned
for this week. If you would like to propose a main track Test Day for
the Fedora 13 cycle, please contact the QA team via email or IRC, or
file a ticket in QA Trac[1].

1. http://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/

--- Weekly meetings ---

As the QA beat was unfortunately not present for Fedora Weekly News
#205, we will cover two weeks' worth of events below.

A QA group weekly meeting[1] was held on 2009-11-30. No meeting was held
on 2009-12-07 due to many group members being absent at FUDCon or
elsewhere. The full log of the 2009-11-30 meeting is available[2]. Adam