This is the July 2020 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora community over the last month.
News
Call for Proposals: Online Fedora Users Group Meeting
The first Online Fedora Users Group Meeting will take place the week of August 10 over several days. This meeting is free and open to anyone who would like to attend; it will provide an opportunity for members of the Fedora community to connect, share information, and provide updates on local projects and initiatives. This meeting will be based around American time zones, but anyone is welcome to attend. We are also planning a future meeting that will be based around European timezones.
If you would like to present at the Online Fedora Users Group, please complete the online form.
Online Fedora Workshop Recording and Survey
We recently held an online, introductory Fedora workshop, and the slides and recording are now available.
If you’d like to follow along with the hands-on exercises you’ll need a local Fedora installation (we used version 5.1.0 for the workshop). If you don’t already have a local instance you can try the new Docker build. Please follow the directions in the readme after installing Docker, and let us know if anything is unclear. The 5.x-maintenance branch will build Fedora 5.1.0, while the main branch can be used to get the latest 6.0 development snapshot.
This workshop was our first attempt to bring some of our training materials online, and we’d like to continue building out these resources for the community. Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief survey and let us know which training topics are of most interest to you.
Fedora Sprints
The current Fedora code sprint takes place July 6-10. The goals include:
- Add additional fields to simple search
- Refine how resources are persisted
- Finalize Web Access Controls
- Tie up loose ends
Through December of 2020 we will be holding one-week-long Fedora 6 mini-sprints during the first week of each month.
This will allow for consistent progress towards the Fedora 6 release, as well as a clear schedule for you to plan towards. If you miss one month, you can join the next!
The next sprint will take place August 3-7. Please add your name to any of the upcoming sprint dates on the wiki.
Activities in Related Communities
Islandora
- On July 14, the Islandora Foundation will be presenting the session "Drupal as a Digital Asset Management System" at DrupalCon Global, and joining the Libraries Summit for a short talk
- Drupal 7 is getting 1 more year of extended support
- A recording of the Islandora Webinar: Islandora and Drupal Views is now available
Samvera
- The Hyku for Consortia project has released a new update
- Samvera is hiring for its inaugural Community Manager. Please see the job posting for more details
Oxford Common File Layout
The latest OCFL community meeting took place on June 10. Notes and video from the call are available online. The meeting focused on editorial updates, including discussion around releasing 1.0 and finalizing a validator, and discussion around open tickets and pull requests. The next community call will take place on July 8.
Conferences and events
In an attempt to simplify the task of keeping up with Fedora-related meetings and events, a Fedora calendar is available to the community as HTML and iCal .
If you have not already joined the fedora-project Slack workspace please start by visiting the self-registration form. Come join the conversation!
Islandora Online
Islandora Online will take place throughout July and August. It is a series four online events, around five hours each (including breaks), focused on a specific topic of interest to the Islandora community. Each event contains a mix of presentations, panel discussions, and small group discussions, with optional social events during breaks. Please register in advance to attend.
Online Fedora Users Group Meeting
The first Online Fedora Users Group Meeting will take place the week of August 10 over several days. This meeting is free and open to anyone who would like to attend; it will provide an opportunity for members of the Fedora community to connect, share information, and provide updates on local projects and initiatives. If you would like to present at the Online Fedora Users Group, please complete this form.
Membership
Fedora is funded entirely through the contributions of members that allocate their annual funding to Fedora. This funding supports full-time staff to work on Fedora and provide technical leadership, direct strategic planning, organize community outreach, and coordinate timely software releases. Membership also provides opportunities to participate in project governance and influence the direction of the software. If your institution is not yet a member in support of Fedora, please join us today!
Register Your Repository
Is your repository listed in the registry? Help us maintain reliable information on the community of Fedora users around the world by registering your repository today. You can also request an update to an existing entry by selecting your entry and filling out the online form.
Get Involved
Fedora is designed, built, used, and supported by the community. An easy and important way that you can contribute to the effort is by helping resolve outstanding bugs. If you have an interest in gaining a better understanding of the Fedora code base, or a specific interest in any of these bugs, please add a comment to a ticket and we can work together to move your interest forward.
