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New package Falcon
The Falcon Programming Language
New package libx86
Library for making real-mode x86 calls
New package emotion
An Evas smart-object library providing video capabilities
New package compat-guichan06
Compatibility libraries for guichan 0.6
New package email2trac
Utilities for converting emails to trac tickets
New package clustermon
Monitoring and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Suite
New package GMT-doc
Documentation for Generic Mapping Tools
New package figtoipe
FIG to IPE conversion tool
New package virt-top
Utility like top(1) for displaying virtualization stats
New package R-zoo
Z's ordered observations for irregular time series
New package wgrib2
Manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB2 files
New package ricci
Remote Cluster and Storage Management System
New package cluster
Red Hat Cluster
New package GMT
Generic Mapping Tools
New package beecrypt
An open source cryptography library
Removed package cman
Removed package gfs2-utils
Removed package rgmanager
Updated Packages:
gnome-power-manager-2.23.1-2.fc10
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* Tue May 20 18:00:00 2008 Richard Hughes <rhughes(a)redhat.com> - 2.23.1-2
- Add a BR on Policykit-gnome
* Tue May 20 18:00:00 2008 Richard Hughes <rhughes(a)redhat.com> - 2.23.1-1
- Update to 2.23.1
* Fri May 16 18:00:00 2008 Richard Hughes <rhughes(a)redhat.com> - 2.22.1-3
- Add a BR on unique to make the client tools single instance
* Sun Apr 13 18:00:00 2008 Richard Hughes <rhughes(a)redhat.com> - 2.22.1-2
- Fix the homepage URL to http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-power-manager/
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16 years
Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Roberto Cangiamila
LinkedIn
------------
Development,
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
-Roberto
Learn more:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/271962718/SFzmaJy7/
------------------------------------------
What is LinkedIn?
Maintain and develop your professional network:
Like Roberto Cangiamila, you can stay connected to past and present colleagues and classmates who you respect.
------
(c) 2008, LinkedIn Corporation
16 years
Small RFEs for Fedora Accounts System
by Jonathan Underwood
Hi,
I just had the client side certificate expire. On a CVS operation I
recieved the error message:
ERROR: Your Fedora client-side certificate expired.
You need to download a new client-side certificate
from https://admin.fedora.redhat.com/accounts/
RFE#1: Please fix the URL, which should be
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts
On logging in I helpfully see:
Todo queue:
Download a client-side certificate i
Clicking on the "i" I see:
"The client side cert is generally used to grant access to upload
packages to Fedora or for other authentication purposes like with
koji. If you are not a package maintainer there is no need to worry
about the client side cert"
RFE#2: It would be really helpful to add to the end of that info "This
certificate should be saved to ~/.fedora.cert"
RFE#3: Please could we add a FAS component to bugzilla? Or is there
some other component I should be filing these against?
Cheers,
Jonathan.
16 years
F8 -> F9 but keeping KDE3: technically feasible?
by Roberto Ragusa
Hi all,
do you think it can be possible to upgrade a F8 to F9 with
exclusion of the KDE packages?
My idea would be to keep qt, qt4 and kde* packages from F8,
and upgrade all the rest.
Will I run into serious issues about collateral dependencies,
e.g. pulseaudio<->artsd, NM, misc dbus/hal things, etc...?
What is the best way to attempt such a thing?
Can I run anaconda in a "minimal" mode to upgrade
only the basic stuff and then proceed with yum?
Upgrade F8->F9 exclusively via yum?
Hints kindly accepted.
--
Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
16 years
getting rid of vendor prefixes for desktop files
by Matthias Clasen
I'd like to discuss the idea of getting rid of vendor prefixes for
desktop files in Fedora. Right now, we install desktop files with a
mixture of vendor prefixes: gnome-, fedora-, redhat-, nothing.
These prefixes really add no value, and cause actual breakage, since
Fedora is (afaik) the only distro adding vendor prefixes, so we are the
ones that get bitten by upstream changes that don't take vendor prefixes
into account.
The recent breakage that made me write this mail is that the new
gnome-session in rawhide has a list of mandatory session components
stored in gconf, and one of these components was 'nautilus', so it went
looking for nautilus.desktop - which doesn't exist, since we ship
gnome-nautilus.desktop.
Another problem caused by these prefixes is that overlaying a self-built
gnome, e.g. a jhbuild tree on top of a fedora installation gives you
everything doubled in the menus. Once with a vendor prefix, and once
without, instead of the indended effect of the self built tree hiding
the installed desktop files.
Thus, I'd like to propose that we change the packaging guidelines to
stop recommending the addition of a vendor prefix, and remove existing
vendor prefixes in F10. This will cause a mild one-time pain for
existing users with customized menus. We can probably discuss ways to
avoid that.
Comments ?
Matthias
16 years
Should I upgrade to Fedora 9 / KDE 4?
by Philip Ashmore
Hi there.
People can only "look before you leap" if they are presented with enough
information to make an informed choice.
From my experience I wish I had known more.
1. The xorg update meant that the nvidia drivers couldn't simply have
the portable part recompiled for each new kernel. This is what the Livna
repo hosts.
2. On my install of KDE 4 (other problems may have caused this so please
confirm) I have no Kate, no science screensaver, no ksysguard.
I filed a bug against ksysguard / KDE 4 -
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447471
I have no CD/DVD drive and no other machine.
After reformatting my hard disk twice, trying to copy the DVD image to a
hard disk partition to boot off it and eventually using VMware server to
boot off the ISO and install to a physical hard disk, I wish I hadn't
started.
I've downgraded to Fedora 8 and was going to wait for the nvidia drivers
to catch up, but now it looks like I'll be waiting for KDE 4.2.
Ho hum.
16 years
Red Hat Bugzilla 3.2 Upgrade Beta 1
by John Poelstra
Hi,
I'm passing the following information on for the team that maintains the
Bugzilla instance Fedora runs in. It provides a peak into the upcoming
Bugzilla update and an opportunity to evaluate it in a test instance.
Check it out.
John
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Greetings,
The Red Hat Bugzilla team is happy to announce the first beta release
of the next version of Red Hat Bugzilla. The next version will be based
on the upcoming upstream 3.2 code base soon to be released.
https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com
Along the way to the final release, we will be deploying several
beta releases that will be used for obtaining user feedback
and for finding bugs in our code changes. Red Hat has made substantial
customizations to our current 2.18 based Bugzilla system that have been
ported to the new release. Several of which we are working on having
them accepted
by the upstream community which will help in future bug fixes and
lower maintenance. We are also hoping to use the upgrade process as a
stepping stone to becoming more active in the future road map of Bugzilla
itself by providing help with bug fixes and enhancements and taking
part in future discussions.
Areas of focus for beta1:
Ajax optimizations:
Speedup one component/version/milestone population on the advanced query
screen due
to large volume of data for some products such as RHEL and Fedora.
Speedup of the show_bug.cgi page by reducing amount of HTML needed to
download
by not loading all components unless you want to change the value.
Needinfo actor support:
Using the flags functionality, we are able to specify whom additional
information
is being required of for a report. In the current 2.18 release a
combination of
a bug status called NEEDINFO and needinfo flag were used. In 3.2 only a
needinfo flag
is being used and the bug status will be removed.
Guided bug entry:
Modified stock guided bug entry page used to help non experts report bugs
with proper information.
UI enhancements:
Upstream Bugzilla developers have done extension work on streamlining
the show_bug.cgi page. The page should have a cleaner less cluttered
feel as well as show only editable fields for the values the user is
allowed
to change only. One of the more noticeable things is the removal of the
"Bug Status Change" area and moving it up to the basic bug information
area.
External bug references:
Ability to add links to outside bug trackers.
XMLRPC API:
The Red Hat Bugzilla system was one of the first Bugzilla installations
to utilize
XMLRPC extensively. Upstream as of 3.0 has a new framework for providing
Web Services
to clients to manipulate Bugzilla data. We have worked to help the
upstream to
add features to this framework to support similar functionality to what
we have
had in operation for some time. Some of the core functions are there
such as Bug.get(),
Bug.create(), Bug.search() and Bug.update() which can be used to do most
things needed.
Some of the operations available in our version are not yet available so
we are also
providing most of the old 2.18 API so that your applications and scripts
should continue
to work properly for the time being. Please try your scripts against the
test Bugzilla
system to make sure they are working properly. Let us know if there are
any errors
such as data not being returned in the proper format, certain methods
missing,
or bugs in general.
New methods available (Note: these are subject to change before final
release):
1. Bug.get() - Can be used to get all attributes of one or more bug
reports.
2. Bug.create() - Can create a new bug report in the system.
3. Bug.update() - Can update most attributes of one or more current
bug reports.
4. Bug.search() - Search the database for bugs matching search
criteria similar to advanced search UI.
Also supports quicksearch keywords and reloading of saved searches
saved in the Bugzilla UI.
5. Bug.get_activity() - Retrieve full history of one or more bug reports.
6. Bug.add_comment() - Can add a comment to a current bug report.
7. User.login() - Can take a username and password as parameters that
will return cookies that can be
used for all subsequent XMLRPC method calls. (Note: required to use
the new methods such as Bug.*)
8. User.create() - Create a new user if you have proper permissions.
9. User.get() - Get information about one or more current users if you
have proper permissions.
10. User.update() - Allows updating of email, real name, disabled, etc
for one or more current users.
11. Product.get_products() - Get information about one or more
products in Bugzilla.
12. Component.get() - Get information about one or more Bugzilla
components.
13. Component.create() - Create a new Bugzilla component for a
specific product.
14. Component.update() - Updated the attributes of one or more
Bugzilla components.
Old methods ported to 3.2 (for backwards compatibility):
1. bugzilla.runQuery()
2. bugzilla.getBug()
3. bugzilla.addIT()
4. bugzilla.getBugActivity()
5. bugzilla.nameToId()
6. bugzilla.login()
7. bugzilla.getBugSimple()
8. bugzilla.editComponent()
9. bugzilla.idToName()
10. bugzilla.getBugModified()
11. bugzilla.addComment()
12. bugzilla.updateFlags()
13. bugzilla.closeBug()
14. bugzilla.changeStatus()
15. bugzilla.updateCC()
16. bugzilla.getProdInfo()
17. bugzilla.createBug()
18. bugzilla.changeAssignment()
19. bugzilla.updateDepends()
20. bugzilla.getProdCompDetails()
21. bugzilla.addComponent()
22. bugzilla.updateMilestone()
23. bugzilla.getCompInfo()
24. bugzilla.getProductDetails()
25. bugzilla.getProductDetails()
26. bugzilla.userInfo()
27. bugzilla.addUser()
28. bugzilla.disableAccount()
The newer API is likely to change before the next release of upstream
Bugzilla
so we will be maintaining the older API during the time from 3.2 leading
up to
the next release. We do encourage people to try out the new API also so
as to
be ready for the eventual transition.
There are numerous other changes behind the scenes that we haven't
listed. The goal
is to make sure that functionality that people have come to expect in
2.18 is
possible in the new system.
There are also numerous new features/fixes that are part of the upcoming
3.2
release provided by the upstream Bugzilla community. For more detailed
information
on what has changed since the last release, check out the
[https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/page.cgi?id=release-notes.html
Release Notes].
The database is a recent snapshot of the live database so should be useful
for testing to make sure the information is displayed properly and
changeable.
Also with a full snapshot it is possible to test for any performance
related
issues. Email has been disabled so that unnecessary spam is not sent
out. So
feel free to make changes to bugs to verify proper working order.
We are asking for everyone to get involved as much as possible with
testing and feedback
on the beta releases to help us make this the most robust and stable
release possible.
We have done extensive work at laying out what we feel the requirements
are to maintain feature
parity with our current system as well as compiled a list of feature
enhancements
that people would like to see in the next release. Our goal is to deliver a
working bugzilla with the bare essential requirements similar to what is
currently being used
in our current 2.18 system. After that we will begin work on
enhancements as time and resources
permit. To view the final release requirements list please refer to our
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=406071 Bugzilla 3 Tracker].
Please file any enhancement requests or bug reports in our current
Bugzilla system
at [https://bugzilla.redhat.com bugzilla.redhat.com]. File them under
the Bugzilla
product and relevant component with the version 3.2. With everyones help
we can make
this a great release.
Thanks
The Red Hat Bugzilla Team
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16 years
Re: Should I upgrade to Fedora 9 / KDE 4?
by Philip Ashmore
> Philip Ashmore wrote:
>> Hi there.
>>
>> People can only "look before you leap" if they are presented with
>> enough information to make an informed choice.
>
>>
>> I have no CD/DVD drive and no other machine.
>> After reformatting my hard disk twice, trying to copy the DVD image
>> to a hard disk partition to boot off it and eventually using VMware
>> server to boot off the ISO and install to a physical hard disk, I
>> wish I hadn't started.
>
> Another great option would have been to try LiveUSB with persistence
> on a $10 2GB USB stick. With LiveUSB and persistence you can even
> install/upgrade RPMS. Very safe and easy way to try a new Fedora
> without risk.
>
> Warren Togami
> wtogami(a)redhat.com
If I had a laptop that could boot of USB drives then you would be correct.
I have a 2002 Dell Inspiron 8000.
If only computer manufacturers open-sourced their BIOS software I could
add USB boot capability to my Flash BIOS and be good to go...(TODO).
Yes it may be getting on a bit now but not many laptops sport a
1600x1200 display!
Philip
16 years