<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sept. 16, 2014</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br><div>Read it online: <a href="http://bit.ly/Xvy9up" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Xvy9up</a><br>Contact: David Wilcox <<a href="mailto:dwilcox@duraspace.org" target="_blank">dwilcox@duraspace.org</a>><br><br><i>From The <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Project+Team" target="_blank">Fedora Steering Group</a></i><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">The Quarterly Report from Fedora</font></strong><br>April-June 2014</font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora Development - In the past quarter, the development team released one Alpha and three Beta releases of Fedora 4; detailed release notes are here:</font></p><ul style="margin:0.25em 0px 0.25em 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Alpha+5+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4.0 Alpha 5 Release Notes</font></a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Beta+1+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4.0 Beta 1 Release Notes</font></a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Beta+2+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4.0 Beta 2 Release Notes</font></a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Beta+3+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4.0 Beta 3 Release Notes</font></a></li></ul><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">These four releases bring us much closer to the Fedora 4.0 production release. Features of note include enhanced object and datastream versioning, improved support for linked data, a XACML authorization implementation, REST-API improvements, transparent file system export, and many other improvements. In addition to these features, a great deal of effort has been put into improving the test coverage and overall performance of Fedora 4. We encourage the community to download and install Fedora 4 (a <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Downloads" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">one-click installer</a> is available) and test out the new features.</font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4.0 is only the first release in the 4.x line - <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Roadmap" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">a number of features</a>, including <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+3+to+Fedora+4+Concept+Mapping" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">support for Fedora 3 to Fedora 4 migrations</a>, are planned for subsequent 4.x releases. While releasing Fedora 4.0 into production is our top development priority, we must also start scheduling the<a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Production+Sprint+Schedule" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"> 2015 January to June block of code sprints</a> to work on the next 4.x release. Please consider contributing developer time to these sprints by contacting Andrew Woods (<a href="mailto:awoods@duraspace.org" target="_blank">awoods@duraspace.org</a>), the Fedora Technical Lead.</font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fundraising</font></strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are in the midst of our annual membership campaign, which runs from early May until the end of October. The annual membership goal for 2014 is $500,000, and as of this report we have raised $478,000. The Fedora project has a total of 51 members; this includes 13 new members and 38 renewals from last year's members. The Fedora Product Manager will continue to coordinate with members of the Fedora Steering Group to expand the pool of DuraSpace members supporting the Fedora project to reach the annual funding target for 2014.</font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Community Engagement and Outreach</font></strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.538em">In the past quarter, developers have continued to hold daily meetings in conjunction with development sprints, as well as weekly Fedora committer calls attended by the broader community. In June, the Fedora community came together for </span><a href="http://or2014.helsinki.fi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.538em">Open Repositories</a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.538em"> in Helsinki, Finland. Fedora featured prominently at the conference, with workshops, presentations, user group sessions, and the official announcement of Fedora 4.0 Beta.</span></font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fedora 4 Training</font></strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As we approach the production release of Fedora 4.0, we expect members of the Fedora community to work toward deploying Fedora 4 locally. Consequently, many community members have raised the issue of training as a priority. In response to this demand, three Fedora 4 training workshops have been scheduled alongside events in October:</font></p><ul style="margin:0.25em 0px 0.25em 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Washington+D.C.+Fedora+User+Group+Meeting+-+6-7+Oct+2014" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">DC Fedora User Group Meeting (Oct. 6-7)</font></a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Denver%2C+CO+Fedora+4+Training+Workshop+-+16+Oct+2014" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Islandora Camp Colorado (Oct. 16)</font></a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://eresearchau.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/eresau2014_submission_8.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">eResearch Australasia (Oct. 31)</font></a></li></ul><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In preparation for these events, the Fedora Product Manager and Technical Lead have been building <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Training" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">reusable training modules</a> for a one-day curriculum. These training modules will serve as a basis for expanding to longer, more in-depth training workshops in 2015.</font></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upcoming Conferences</font></strong></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In September, Fedora will be featured in presentations at <a href="http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/fii.html?&L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">The Future of Information Infrastructure</a> and <a href="http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/events/agenda.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">PASIG</a> in Karlsruhe, Germany, immediately followed by a <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/Events/Karlsruhe+Fedora+User+Group+Meeting+-+19+Sept+2014" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">Fedora User Group meeting</a>. Members of the Fedora Leadership Group, along with the Fedora Product Manager, will also be present at the <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-fourth-plenary-meeting.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,116,189);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none">4th RDA Plenary</a> in Amsterdam to discuss the project with the research data community.</font></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Carol Minton Morris<br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br>cmmorris@DuraSpace.org<br>Skype: carolmintonmorris<br>607 592-3135<br><a href="http://twitter.com/duraspace" target="_blank">Twitter@DuraSpace</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/duracloud" target="_blank">Twitter@DuraCloud</a><br><a href="http://DuraSpace.org" target="_blank">http://DuraSpace.org</a>
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