[Server-devel] Fwd: Announcing the release of Fedora 24 Beta for aarch64!

Tue May 10 16:39:24 EDT 2016

On May 10, 2016 3:21 PM, "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We do have initial pine64 support, I plan to improve it more for GA and
have a disk image for use.

Great News!

Tangentially: are there opinions emerging on the physical ruggedizability
of 2GB Pine64 v. 1GB RPi3 (incl WiFi) for developing world education, and
harsh environmental/ergonomic conditions, as more people start banging on
both?

> Peter
>
> On 10 May 2016 18:44, "Adam Holt" <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>> Not sure the 64-bit implications of this for RPi3 and Pine64, but FYI.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
>> Date: May 10, 2016 1:34 PM
>> Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora 24 Beta for aarch64!
>> To: <arm at lists.fedoraproject.org>, <
devel-announce at lists.fedoraproject.org>, <announce at lists.fedoraproject.org>,
<secondary at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>> Cc:
>>
>>> The Fedora 24 Beta for aarch64 is here, on schedule for our planned
June final
>>> release. For Beta we have added Cloud and Docker base images.
>>> Download the prerelease from our Get Fedora site:
>>>
>>> -   Get Fedora 24 Beta Server: make use of the very latest server-based
>>>     technologies available in the open source community
>>>
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/24_Beta/Server/aarch64/
>>>
>>> -   Get Fedora 24 Beta Cloud: build scale-out computing and utilize the
next
>>>     generation of container deployment technology
>>>
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/24_Beta/CloudImages/aarch64/
>>>
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/24_Beta/Docker/aarch64/images/
>>>
>>> What is the Beta release?
>>> -------------------------
>>>
>>> The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 24's
>>> editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by
>>> the Fedora QA team, helps us target and identify bugs from the Alpha
>>> version. When most of these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release
>>> available. A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong
>>> resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora
>>> 24 is expected in June. We need your help to make Fedora 24 the best
>>> yet. Please take some time to download and try out the Beta and make
>>> sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a
>>> bug, please report it – every bug you uncover is a chance to improve the
>>> experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. This is a great
>>> opportunity for non-programmers to contribute back to fedora. Together,
>>> we can make Fedora rock-solid. We have a culture of adding new features
>>> to software and pushing fixes to the upstream developers at the same
>>> time. This means your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but
>>> Linux and free software on the whole.
>>>
>>> -   <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/24/Schedule>
>>> -   <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report>
>>>
>>> Fedora-Wide Changes
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> Under the hood, glibc has moved to 2.23. This update includes better
>>> performance, increased security, bugfixes, improvements to POSIX
>>> compliance, and additional locales. The new library is backwards
>>> compatible with the version of glibc that was shipped in Fedora 23.
>>> We've also updated the system compiler to GCC 6 and rebuilt all of our
>>> packages with it, providing greater code optimization and improved
>>> program error catching.
>>>
>>> Server
>>> ------
>>>
>>> Fedora 24 beta server edition has also been more streamlined.
Unnecessary
>>> packages were removed and the installer has a smaller footprint. FreeIPA
>>> 4.3, an integrated security information management solution is now
>>> included. The installation of replicas is streamlined by adding a
>>> replica promotion method for new installs. A new topology plugin has
>>> also been added to this version of FreeIPA that automatically manages
>>> new replication segment creation. An effective replica topology
>>> visualization tool is now available in the webUI.
>>>
>>> Cloud
>>> -----
>>>
>>> We are working hard to make Fedora the best platform for containerized
>>> applications, from base Fedora container images to a full-featured
>>> platform as a service to run and manage them. To meet this goal, we are
>>> packaging OpenShift Origin so it is easy to deploy. OpenShift Origin is
>>> a distribution of Kubernetes, a container cluster manager from Google.
>>> It is optimized for enterprise application development and deployment.
>>> Origin makes it easy for developers to get started building applications
>>> in containers and for operators to manage them.
>>>
>>> Issues and Details
>>> ------------------
>>>
>>> This is a Beta release. As such, we expect that you may encounter bugs
>>> or missing features. To report issues encountered during testing,
>>> contact the Fedora QA team via the mailing list or in #fedora-qa on
>>> Freenode. As testing progresses, common issues are tracked on the Common
>>> F24 Bugs page.
>>>
>>> -   <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F24_bugs>
>>>
>>> For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read "how to file a bug
>>> report."
>>>
>>> -   <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report>
>>>
>>> Release Schedule
>>> ----------------
>>>
>>> The full release schedule is available on the Fedora wiki:
>>>
>>> -   <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/24/Schedule>
>>>
>>> The current schedule calls for a beta release towards the beginning of
>>> May, and the final release in early June. Be aware that these dates are
>>> development targets. Some projects release on a set date regardless of
>>> feature completeness or bugs; others wait until certain thresholds for
>>> functionality or testing are met. Fedora uses a hybrid model, with
>>> milestones subject to adjustment. This allows us to make releases with
>>> new features and newly-integrated and updated upstream software while
>>> also retaining high quality.
>>> --
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>>>
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