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Fedora 18 Accepted Features
These features have been accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for the Fedora 18 Release.
| % Complete | Name | Summary | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | Boost 1.50 | Update Boost to the upstream (latest) 1.50 release. | 2012-05-28 |
| 60% | GHC 7.4 | Update Fedora Haskell packages to the latest major version 7.4.1 of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler. | 2012-05-08 |
| 10% | KRB5 Credential Cache Move | Changes the default location of Kerberos credential cache from living in /tmp/krb5cc_UID_XXXXXX to being /run/user/$USERNAME/krb5cc | 2012-02-23 |
| 25% | KRB5 DIR: Credential Caches | Kerberos 1.10 added a new cache storage type, DIR: which allows Kerberos to maintain TGTs for multiple KDCs simultaneously and auto-select between them when negotiating with Kerberized resources. Fedora should switch to using the DIR: cache format over the older FILE: cache format to support accessing mulitple Kerberos realms. | 2012-05-01 |
| 30% | NetworkManager Hotspots | This enhancement to NetworkManager will enable easy-to-use AP-mode for supported hardware, which solves compatibility problems and provides a smoother user experience. | 2012-01-24 |
| 50% | New Installer UI | Enhancing the anaconda installer with a new user interface, improving both the end-user experience as well as ease of implementation of new features, particularly new storage technologies, for developers. | 2012-05-07 |
| 0% | OpenShift Origin | OpenShift Origin is a cloud application platform as a service (PaaS). It is the open-sourced, community-supported version of the OpenShift service. | 2012-05-08 |
| 100% | PCRE 8.30 | Upgrade to PCRE (Perl-Compatible Regular Expression) library 8.30 or newer. | 2012-02-28 |
| 100% | procps-ng | Migration from legacy procps tools to procps-ng (next generation procps tools) | 2012-03-07 |
| 0% | Rework Package Groups | Reorganize how the distribution is constructed. | 2012-02-14 |
| 0% | RPM 4.10 | Update RPM to 4.10 | 2011-12-02 |
| 100% | /tmp on tmpfs | Mount a tmpfs on /tmp by default. (Administrators can override this.) | 2012-04-02 |
| 20% | Usermode Migration | Access control of privileged operations for ordinary users should be handled exclusively by a centrally managed authority. Usermode/consolehelper should be phased out and be replaced entirely by PolicyKit. | 2012-04-03 |
| 100% | Xfce 4.10 | Updates the Fedora Xfce desktop to version 4.10. This release incorporates major changes to the core of the Xfce desktop environment, and includes numerous bugfixes and improvements. | 2012-05-04 |
Fedora 18 Spins
Feature Process
- The process for adding, proposing, and accepting new features into Fedora is on the Feature Process page.
- The deadline for proposing new features is the Feature Submission Deadline Fedora 18 Schedule
- Feature pages in process but not targeted for a particular release can be found in Category:FeaturePageIncomplete