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Boxes for F27: change to virtio or no?
by Adam Williamson 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi folks! We have a 'situation' for F27 Final that needs resolving. One blocker bug - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164492 - definitely requires a change to gnome-boxes. That change isn't under dispute, and is present in an update, gnome-boxes-3.26.1-4.fc27 . So what's the problem? The problem is that update also includes *another* change, and I'm not at all sure we actually still want that change. gnome-boxes-3.26.1-3.fc27 changed the default video adapter for new VMs to 'virtio', as an attempt to workaround https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491320 . However, that bug now appears to be addressed on the kernel side. Changing the default video adapter for new VMs could only ever be an incomplete workaround (it wouldn't help VMs created on other OSes, or existing VMs, or various other situations), and I believe was a downstream-only change. So do we still actually want to change Boxes' default video adapter for F27? If not, can someone please build and submit a 3.26.1-5.fc27 update which includes the dependency change for #1164492, but reverts the virtio default video adapter change? Thanks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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2017-10-30 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 27 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

# F27 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2017-10-30 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We currently have 2 proposed Final blockers, 1 proposed Final freeze exception, and 1 proposed Server Beta blocker, so let's have a Fedora 27 blocker review meeting. If you have time tonight, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F27 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Note that for the special case of the Server release being split from the main release stream for Fedora 27, we have created separate Server blocker tracking bugs and will be following the same basic process for the Server release dates using those trackers. Have a good night and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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F27 Final validation testing requests
by Adam Williamson 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi folks! So I was looking through testcase_stats for F27 and I noticed several tests that haven't been run for some time, which we will need to run for Final. If folks could help out with running some of these, that'll be great. The current validation candidate (20171020.n.0) is fine, there should be a new one fairly soon too (maybe tomorrow). The Cloud x86_64 tests haven't been checked off since Beta; I'm not sure if there's really a need for those tests to be run manually given that we have autocloud, but if someone could check that'd be great. Several desktop tests haven't been run for x86_64 since Beta candidates: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_login https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_audio_basic https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_panel_basic https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_automount https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_workstation_core_applications https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_menus https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_panel_advanced https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_desktop_keyring It'd be a big help if folks could help run those tests on x86_64 on both blocking desktops (GNOME and KDE). For Installation, we're missing a few: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_install_to_firmware_RAID https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_install_to_hardware_RAID https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_install_to_FCoE_target https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_Basic_Vi… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_gnome-software_current_w… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_gnome-software_previous_… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Arabic_Language_Install https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_help Again, if folks could help with those it'd be great. (I will take care of at least the hardware RAID one tomorrow). As usual, you can use these links to find the 'current' result pages: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Desktop_Test https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Cloud_Test where you can find download links and manually enter results. You can also use the 'relval' CLI tool to enter results a bit more easily if you like, just 'dnf install relval' then 'relval report-results'. Thanks, everyone! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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GNOME Software upgrade image
by Ryan Lerch 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

IIRC, the background image (the default Fedora background for a release) we use as the background for the upgrading slide in GNOME Software was not updated properly until after the F26 Release. Is there anyway we can check that this is showing the correct background before release? If i follow the directions here on the magazine [1], it still shows the flat blue fallback background. cheers, ryanlerch [1] https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrade-fedora-workstation-fedora-27-beta/

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REMINDER: What's New in F27 Workstation - Fedora Magazine article
by Jan Kurik 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi Workstation WG, as the F27 Final release is quickly approaching, it would be nice if the WG would start working on a Fedora Magazine article "What's New in F27 Workstation". For an inspiration you can check an older article for F26 [1]. The article should be finished prior Readiness meeting for F27 Final, planned on 2017-Oct-26. [1] https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-26-workstation/ Regards, Jan -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic

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Fedora 27 Final blocker status mail #1
by Adam Williamson 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi folks! As we're now frozen for Final, here's an update on blocker bug status. tl;dr action summary ==================== Accepted blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164492 ACTION: desktop team to make change and submit update 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486002 ACTION: Konrad and pjones to continue collaborating and ship a fix 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491320 ACTION: kernel team to ship official update with fix, QA to test it 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494061 ACTION: desktop team to investigate and fix 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498207 ACTION: dnf team to clarify need for second update Proposed blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503496 ACTION: pjones / anaconda team to review, merge and ship proposed fix 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489942 ACTION: pjones to continue trying to fix (but likely not blocker) 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504059 ACTION: none specific needed (just blocker review to review bug) 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1497691 ACTION: none specific needed (update is tested and ready) 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500834 ACTION: blocker review team to decide blocker/FE status, kernel team to send out fix if accepted as blocker/FE 6. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501762 ACTION: blocker review team to review, otherwise none needed 7. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501362 ACTION: anton to update microcode bundle (but likely not a blocker) Bug-by-bug detail ================= Accepted blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164492 - gnome-boxes - ASSIGNED Please drop libvirt 'default' network dependency for F27 GA, disrupts livecd networking This is a 'greatest hit' we've had to deal with for several releases now. Everyone involved more or less knows what the deal is, we just need to make the change and send out an update. 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486002 - grub2 - NEW grub2-mkconfig does not work if xen.gz is installed. This one seems to be well understood and being worked on by pjones and Konrad (our Xen contact). We just need the proposed fix to be verified by Konrad and then sent out as an update. 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491320 - kernel - NEW heavy screen flicker with latest kernels in qxl+spice VM We've been kicking this one around for a while, but as of today it seems like a kernel-side fix for it may be possible. We now need folks to test and confirm the proposed kernel fix, and kernel team to send out an update containing it (assuming it works). 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494061 - gnome-software - NEW gnome-software doesn't show F25->F27 upgrade even though it should This one seems quite straightforward - Fedora 25 doesn't show F27 as an option for upgrade, even when the gsettings setting to show development releases is toggled. We need the devs to take a look at this and fix it. 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498207 - libdnf - VERIFIED DNF crash during upgrade installation F26 -> F27 This one seems to be pretty much addressed; in fact an update which two reporters claimed already fixed the issue went stable a week ago. There's a newer update now marked as fixing the bug, so I am asking in the bug for clarification as to whether the newer update is really required to fully fix this bug. Proposed blockers ----------------- 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503496 - anaconda - POST FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'grub2-mkconfig' This looks like a fairly clear-cut blocker (the bug entirely prevents Mac installs from working, I think). I have proposed a fix for this; need pjones / anaconda folks to review and apply it, and send out an update. 2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489942 - dbxtool - MODIFIED dbxtool fails at boot 'Could not apply database update "DBXUpdate-2016-08-09-13-16-00.bin": Permission denied' AFAICS this is aarch64-specific, so cannot be accepted as a blocker. pjones keeps trying to fix it, but without any success so far. 3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1504059 - distribution - NEW Include Firefox 57 at compose This is basically a 'make a choice' bug, there's no difficult work needed here as the package is already available (and tested and karmaed). 4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1497691 - dnsmasq - ON_QA CVE-2017-14491 CVE-2017-14492 CVE-2017-14493 CVE-2017-14494 CVE-2017-14495 CVE-2017-14496 dnsmasq: various flaws [fedora-all] This is already accepted as an FE, and the update is available and karma'ed, so there's no work needed here, it'll just get closed when we do another stable push. 5. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500834 - kernel - MODIFIED VirtualBox: black screen on fedora 27 I'd say it's relatively unlikely we'd take this as a blocker, but in any case, a fix appears to be available and in a kernel build already, so we'll likely pull it in along with other required kernel fixes. We'll just need people to verify the fix once it's in an official update. 6. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501762 - kernel - ON_QA CVE-2017-5123 kernel: Missing access_ok() checks in waitid() [fedora-all] This bug is kinda representing several kernel CVEs the team wants fixed as part of the release. Again the update is already there, so the only work needed here is for QA to verify the kernel works OK. 7. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501362 - microcode_ctl - NEW Intel microcode not updating --> [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x25 (or later) I would say this is unlikely to be a blocker (as it doesn't seem to have any really bad consequences, just a scary warning message). It may be worth an FE. Fixing it shouldn't be a lot of work, the packager only needs to update our bundle of Intel microcode updates (it hasn't been updated since July). -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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gnome-initial-setup per-user mode disabled on kickstart installs: intended?
by Adam Williamson 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

Hi folks! So I just spent an hour or two debugging an unexpected change in behaviour in the openQA base images. I've figured out what's going on, but I'm unsure if it's intended. There was a change to anaconda between Fedora 25 and Fedora 26 which causes it to write a line: post_install_tools_disabled=1 to /etc/sysconfig/anaconda for all kickstarted installs where there is no explicit 'firstboot' directive in the kickstart. (Prior to Fedora 26, anaconda would disable 'initial-setup.service' by default for kickstarted installs, but it didn't write that line, or disable gnome- initial-setup - either mode - in any way.) It seems that gnome-initial-setup reads that file on startup, and if it sees that post_install_tools_disabled is set, it will kinda short- circuit - it won't display its UI at all, it'll just do its shutdown tasks (create ~/.config/gnome-initial-setup-done and so on) and then quit. It doesn't only do this in its system-wide, 'run before gdm if no user accounts exist' mode - it also does it when running in its 'first login to GNOME as any user' mode. So an effect of this change - which may not have been intended - is that on most kickstarted installs of Fedora 26+, gnome-initial-setup does not run *even in 'first login to a user account' mode*. (This is the change that affected openQA). I can't immediately see that it makes logical sense to disable this g-i-s mode on kickstarted installs by default, but maybe someone disagrees. Anyway, just wanted to raise this issue for discussion between desktop and anaconda folks (who are CCed on this), before filing bugs anywhere. Thanks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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Workstation WG meeting recap 2017-10-23
by Paul W. Frields 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-10-23/workstation.2… Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-10-23/workstation.2… Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-10-23/workstation.2… * * * ================================= #fedora-meeting-2: Workstation WG ================================= Meeting started by stickster at 13:00:30 UTC. The full logs are available at https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2017-10-23/workstation.2… . Meeting summary --------------- * Roll call (stickster, 13:00:35) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting (stickster, 13:03:29) * Colo(u)r emoji (stickster, 13:03:58) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/30 (stickster, 13:04:06) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/blob/master/f/comps-f27.xml.in#_6603 (mcatanzaro, 13:08:25) * LINK: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-themes-standard-3.22.3-5.fc27… (mcatanzaro, 13:16:29) * long discussion on temporary use of emojione vs. later emojitwo for better coverage (stickster, 13:38:09) * will need to revisit this ~F29 time to get rid of gnome-themes-standard dep on the font (stickster, 13:38:35) * ACTION: juhp_ submit PR to add color font to @fonts in comps (stickster, 13:41:27) * Update frequency policy (stickster, 13:42:48) * LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/28 (stickster, 13:42:49) * ACTION: stickster close ticket (stickster, 13:48:42) * ACTION: mcatanzaro to talk to hughsie about nightly flatpak update notifications (mcatanzaro, 13:53:26) Meeting ended at 13:55:21 UTC. Action Items ------------ * juhp_ submit PR to add color font to @fonts in comps * stickster close ticket * mcatanzaro to talk to hughsie about nightly flatpak update notifications Action Items, by person ----------------------- * juhp * juhp_ submit PR to add color font to @fonts in comps * juhp_ * juhp_ submit PR to add color font to @fonts in comps * mcatanzaro * mcatanzaro to talk to hughsie about nightly flatpak update notifications * stickster * stickster close ticket * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * stickster (61) * mcatanzaro (45) * juhp_ (42) * hadess (29) * zodbot (12) * cschalle (10) * otaylor (9) * ryanlerch (6) * kparal (4) * juhp (0) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Workstation WG
by stickster＠gmail.com 21 Oct '17

21 Oct '17

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Workstation WG on 2017-10-23 from 09:00:00 to 10:00:00 America/New_York At fedora-meeting-2(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: Regular meeting for the Workstation Working Group. Agenda: [https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting](https… More information available at: [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/… Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/6411/

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2017-10-23 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 27 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 20 Oct '17

20 Oct '17

# F27 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2017-10-23 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: #fedora-blocker-review on irc.freenode.net Hi folks! We currently have 8 proposed Final blockers, 9 proposed Final freeze exceptions, 5 proposed Server Beta blockers, and 1 proposed Server Beta freeze exception to review, so let's have a Fedora 27 blocker review meeting. If you have time this weekend, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F27 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Note that for the special case of the Server release being split from the main release stream for Fedora 27, we have created separate Server blocker tracking bugs and will be following the same basic process for the Server release dates using those trackers. Have a good weekend and see you on Monday! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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