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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/

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents

Contributing Writer: Max Spevack

General

Your faithful correspondent announced^[1] that this year's European FUDCon will be held in Berlin from June 26 - 28, overlapping partially with LinuxTag. Everyone is encouraged to read the full announcement and to register^[2] for the event.

Ben Williams, whose wife knits incredible scarves with Tux on them, announced^[3] that a new set of Fedora 10 respins have been released by the Fedora Unity^[4] team, containing all updates through February 10.

Technical

Jesse Keating reminded^[5] the community that "due to a number of features, every package in Fedora 11 needs to be rebuilt." A wiki page^[6] has been created that package maintainers should look to for more information.

Peter Gordon announced^[7] that an update to rb_libtorrent includes a soname bump that impacts other packages.

Upcoming Events

February 27 - March 1: FOSSMeet @ NITC^[8] in Calicut, India.

February 28: Fedora Round Table^[9] in Karlsruhe, Germany.

March 5-7: Computer Using Educatiors^[10] in Palm Springs, CA.

March 9: Florida Linux Show^[11] in Jacksonville, FL.

March 10-12: FOSE^[12] in Washington, DC.

March 13-15: Chemnitzer Linux Tage^[13] in Chemnitz, Germany.

FUDCon Berlin 2009

FUDCon Berlin^[14] will be held from June 26 - 28 in Berlin, Germany.

[1] ttp://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00010.html

[2] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Berlin_2009_attendees

[3] ttp://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00009.html

[4] ttp://fedoraunity.org

[5] ttp://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00011.html

[6] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild

[7] ttp://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00014.html

[8] ttp://nitc.fossmeet.in/

[9] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FRT

[10] ttp://www.cue.org/conference/

[11] ttp://floridalinuxshow.com/

[12] ttp://fose.com/

[13] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/CLT

[14] ttps://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConBerlin2009

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 Contributing Writer: [[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]]
-=== Slow News Week ===
+=== General ===
-It was a quiet week on the announcements front, with nothing more than a few outage notifications being sent to the primary Fedora announcements mailing lists.
+[[MaxSpevack|Your faithful correspondent]] announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00010.html</ref> that this year's European FUDCon will be held in Berlin from June 26 - 28, overlapping partially with LinuxTag.  Everyone is encouraged to read the full announcement and to register<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Berlin_2009_attendees</ref> for the event.
-Your correspondent promises to make an announcement this week, so that this space may be used to its full potential in next week's issue.
+[[BenWilliams|Ben Williams]], whose wife knits incredible scarves with Tux on them, announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00009.html</ref> that a new set of Fedora 10 respins have been released by the Fedora Unity<ref>http://fedoraunity.org</ref> team, containing all updates through February 10.
+=== Technical ===
+[[JesseKeating|Jesse Keating]] reminded<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00011.html</ref> the community that "due to a number of features, every package in Fedora 11 needs to be rebuilt."  A wiki page<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild</ref> has been created that package maintainers should look to for more information.
+[[PeterGordon|Peter Gordon]] announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00014.html</ref> that an update to rb_libtorrent includes a soname bump that impacts other packages.
 === Upcoming Events ===
-February 20: Fedora Activity Day @ SCaLE<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_at_SCaLE_7x</ref>
+February 27 - March 1: FOSSMeet @ NITC<ref>http://nitc.fossmeet.in/</ref> in Calicut, India.
+February 28: Fedora Round Table<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FRT</ref> in Karlsruhe, Germany.
+March 5-7: Computer Using Educatiors<ref>http://www.cue.org/conference/</ref> in Palm Springs, CA.
+March 9: Florida Linux Show<ref>http://floridalinuxshow.com/</ref> in Jacksonville, FL.
+March 10-12: FOSE<ref>http://fose.com/</ref> in Washington, DC.
+March 13-15: Chemnitzer Linux Tage<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/CLT</ref> in Chemnitz, Germany.
-February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE)<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCaLE_7x_Event</ref>
+==== FUDCon Berlin 2009 ====
-Also, people are encouraged to register for Fedora or JBoss.org related speaking slots at LinuxTag 2009.<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon_Berlin_and_LinuxTag_2009_talks</ref>
+FUDCon Berlin<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConBerlin2009</ref> will be held from June 26 - 28 in Berlin, Germany.
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