#meeting:fedoraproject.org: Fedora Linux 43 Beta Go/No-Go

Meeting started by @amoloney:fedora.im at 17:01:27 UTC

INFO: info Purpose of this meeting is to check whether or not 43 Beta is ready for shipment, according to the release criteria. (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:06:57)
INFO: This is determined in a few ways (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:07:15)
INFO: There is a release candidate compose available (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:07:40)
INFO: 2. No remaining blocker bugs (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:07:46)
INFO: 3. Test matrices are fully completed (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:07:57)
INFO: 4. Fedora CoreOS and IoT are ready (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:08:23)

INFO: The current RC for this meeting to discuss and determine release readiness is beta-1.3 (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:10:28)

INFO: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/43/beta/buglist (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:11:20)
INFO: QA will lead this part of the festivities (@amoloney:fedora.im, 17:11:38)
LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1878 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:12:07)

TOPIC:(2389105) blivet-gui only show one disk from a mdraid device which was created on two disks (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:12:07)

LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389105 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:12:07)
INFO: Accepted Blocker, blivet-gui, ASSIGNED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:12:07)
AGREED: 2389105 - RejectedBlocker (Beta) - this is rejected on the basis that anaconda team says the current behavior is as intended, and previous releases had the same behavior as initially reported. the criteria don't clearly require that it must be possible to delete RAID sets created directly on disks (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:50)
LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388785 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:57)
LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1873 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:57)
INFO: Accepted Blocker, cockpit, VERIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:57)

TOPIC:(2388785) [webui] cockpit storage getting hidden on small screens behing non scrollable content (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:57)

AGREED: 2388785 - RejectedBlocker (Beta) - this is changed to rejected blocker on the basis that a workaround is available and can be documented, so all operations are possible even in cases affected by this bug (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:36:12)
LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392391 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:08)
LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1898 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:08)

TOPIC:(2392391) gnome-initial-setup start in F43 gets delayed by 90 seconds (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:08)

INFO: Accepted Blocker, gnome-initial-setup, VERIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:08)
INFO: the fix for this is verified in beta-1.3 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:14)
LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2354865 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:19)
INFO: Accepted Blocker, libdnf, VERIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:19)

TOPIC:(2354865) libdnf (DNF4) should read DNF5 repo overrides (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:19)

LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1854 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:19)
INFO: the fix for this is verified in beta-1.3 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:25)
INFO: Accepted Blocker, mutter, VERIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:31)
LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2390900 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:31)

TOPIC:(2390900) Some blivet-gui installer dialogs unusable due to placement/sizing bug in Mutter 49 alpha (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:31)

LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1881 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:31)
INFO: the fix for this is verified in beta-1.3 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:37:36)
INFO: all outstanding blockers, after the re-reviews, are addressed in the candidate (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:53:06)

LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_43_Test_Results (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:56:35)
INFO: Test coverage is sufficient for F43 Beta (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:13:14)

TOPIC:Current Status - Fedora CoreOS and IoT check in (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:13:30)

INFO: Fedora CoreOS and IoT have confirmed they are beta release ready (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:28:02)

INFO: I will now poll each team for their decision - Releng, FESCo and QA. Please reply 'Go' or 'No-Go' when called (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:29:37)
AGREED: Fedora Linux 43 Beta is GO (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:31:47)
INFO: Fedora Linux 43 Beta will release on the early target date of 2025-09-16 (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:32:20)
INFO: F39 Final shifts to target date #1: Tuesday 2026-10-21 (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:32:58)
INFO: Aoife copy-pasted the last line wrong (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:33:11)
INFO: F43 Beta shifts to target date #1: Tuesday 2025-10-21 (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:33:26)
ACTION: @amoloney to announce decision (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:34:12)

INFO: F43 Final shifts to target the early release date of 2025-10-21. F43 Beta will ship on 2025-09-16 (@amoloney:fedora.im, 18:38:01)

Meeting ended at 18:41:33 UTC