It’s not an epithet, it’s a slogan. I’ll be up in Boston (Westford, actually) for the week of July 28. During that time there are a few things I’d like to accomplish, like: getting together with some of the Red Hat managers who don’t see me often (you know, out …
As we approach the Fedora 10 Alpha release, the Docs team finds our list of beat writers for the Release Notes is sadly outdated. We need to get it updated with people who are willing to write information on Fedora 10 changes. A “beat” is like a policeman’s or a …
The privacy policy we’ve used in Fedora for years has been causing us some conflicts recently. The only big surprise is that it’s lasted for this long! That’s because it’s Red Hat’s privacy policy — and it’s designed for a commercial entity that deals with customers, not an open and …
You might remember the AllemaniACs Robocup@Home team from this Red Hat News article. They use Fedora for all their programming and onboard their robot soccer team, and they’re in Suzhou, China this week for the RoboCup@Home world finals, after winning the German Open in Hannover earlier this spring. Earlier today, …
One of the last things I want to worry about as the Fedora Project Leader is the appearance of our community. We have so many bright, energetic, talented, and wonderful people helping build the future of free and open source software, that I sometimes take it for granted. The work …
A quick note on my geography, for those who care. When I was hired by Red Hat, it was by the Engineering department. Previously, my position, as held by the illustrious Max Spevack, was located in the Corporate Marketing deparment of Red Hat. My intention was (and remains) to relocate …
A couple of days ago, the big heads-up about new RPM hit the lists. Today the other shoe has dropped. Thanks to the RPM hackers working on this codebase — many distributions are going to benefit directly from this work, including but not limited to Fedora.
I think everyone can agree that when one gives Fedora help to someone, one should give the right answer. There’s been a little confusion over in #fedora about making bootable Live USB keys. In the old days, you used to be able to use a command like this to make …
Another thought about the feature process: I suppose you could look at quality as a concept driving the feature process, and quality is what dictates having an acceptance bar. Because if you’re not going to make any judgment on quality, then really, anything goes. This might, to some, beg the …
True to form, Fedora marches on! As I look at the proposed Fedora 10 features this morning, I see a lot of changes since yesterday. The number of feature proposals has dropped significantly, meaning these features have been simply moved to a more general pool while their owners update them …