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Jon Stanley announced that he and Dennis Gilmore "are beginning an effort to migrate fedora-* redhat com to lists.fedoraproject.org." There are several benefits to this move, including greater control of the Fedora lists, a stronger Fedora identity (@lists.fedoraproject.org as opposed to @redhat.com), and the ability to be more responsive to community requests. | Jon Stanley announced that he and Dennis Gilmore "are beginning an effort to migrate fedora-* redhat com to lists.fedoraproject.org." There are several benefits to this move, including greater control of the Fedora lists, a stronger Fedora identity (@lists.fedoraproject.org as opposed to @redhat.com), and the ability to be more responsive to community requests. | ||
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora- | ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-January/msg00012.html | ||
Jesse Keating announced that on January 20th, "we will be doing a non-blocking freeze of Rawhide to be the basis of Fedora 11 Alpha. Only targeted fixes will be pulled into the Alpha tag after the freeze. Rawhide itself will continue on as to not disrupt development." | Jesse Keating announced that on January 20th, "we will be doing a non-blocking freeze of Rawhide to be the basis of Fedora 11 Alpha. Only targeted fixes will be pulled into the Alpha tag after the freeze. Rawhide itself will continue on as to not disrupt development." | ||
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Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks. Feel free to join us, | Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks. Feel free to join us, | ||
February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo. | February 6 - 8: Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM) | ||
February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) | |||
Also, people are encouraged to register for Fedora or JBoss.org related speaking slots at LinuxTag 2009. | |||
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009 | |||
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCALE7X_Event | |||
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxTag_2009_talks | |||
Revision as of 11:23, 19 January 2009
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/
Contributing Writer: Max Spevack
Fedora 11 Release Name
At FUDCon Boston, Paul Frields announced that "Leonidas" had won the vote, and will be the code name of Fedora 11. There was much screaming and yelling, and reciting of lines from "The 300".
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00004.html
FUDCon Boston
FUDCon Boston was a great success. Not only are many videos from the sessions available on the Fedora Wiki, but there is also a collection of blog posts from various attendees.
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-January/msg00013.html
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:FUDConF11_blogs
Technical Announcements
Jon Stanley announced that he and Dennis Gilmore "are beginning an effort to migrate fedora-* redhat com to lists.fedoraproject.org." There are several benefits to this move, including greater control of the Fedora lists, a stronger Fedora identity (@lists.fedoraproject.org as opposed to @redhat.com), and the ability to be more responsive to community requests.
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-January/msg00012.html
Jesse Keating announced that on January 20th, "we will be doing a non-blocking freeze of Rawhide to be the basis of Fedora 11 Alpha. Only targeted fixes will be pulled into the Alpha tag after the freeze. Rawhide itself will continue on as to not disrupt development."
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00005.html
Upcoming Events
Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks. Feel free to join us,
February 6 - 8: Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM)
February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)
Also, people are encouraged to register for Fedora or JBoss.org related speaking slots at LinuxTag 2009.
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009