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2 | Title: Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode | |
3 | Author: Justin W. Flory (jflory7) | |
4 | Date: 2016-12-21T12:00-05:00 | |
5 | Slug: celebrating-fedora-freenode | |
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7 | ||
8 | ![Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode](static/img/celebrating-fedora-freenode.png) | |
9 | ||
10 | On November 22nd, 2016, the [Fedora | |
11 | Project](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) released Fedora 25, | |
12 | the latest and greatest version of our | |
13 | [Linux-based](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel) operating | |
14 | system. For [over thirteen | |
15 | years](https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2003-November/msg00000.html), | |
16 | the Fedora community has worked to bring the leading edge of open source | |
17 | development to the world. Fedora's focus is guided by its [Four | |
18 | Foundations](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations): *Freedom, | |
19 | Friends, Features, First*. *Freedom* is representative of Fedora's | |
20 | commitment to championing free and open source software and contributing | |
21 | back to upstream projects for the benefit of the open source community. | |
22 | *Features* stands for Fedora's commitment to driving some of the newest | |
23 | features *First*. Some of these examples include the [Wayland display | |
24 | server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)), | |
25 | [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd), and [GNOME | |
26 | 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_3). Perhaps most | |
27 | importantly, *Friends* are for the friendships made by contributors from | |
28 | around the world who help make every release of Fedora possible. Part of | |
29 | why *Friends* is an important part of the Four Foundations is | |
30 | communication. Fedora community members come from all over the planet, | |
31 | including six out of seven continents. The tools we use to communicate | |
32 | help us collaborate, solve problems, and build friendships. IRC and | |
33 | freenode are an important part of how we communicate. Fedora registered | |
34 | our first channel on freenode on December 29, 2002. As we celebrate | |
35 | thirteen years of open source collaboration and the newest release of | |
36 | Fedora 25, the Fedora community wanted to reflect on our longstanding | |
37 | relationship with freenode. | |
38 | ||
39 | How Fedora uses freenode | |
40 | ------------------------ | |
41 | ||
42 | As a large open source project, there are many different teams and | |
43 | sub-projects in Fedora that help move us toward a new release. Just like | |
44 | there are many parts to a car's engine, there are many parts to Fedora's | |
45 | engine. Some of these groups are officially recognized sub-projects like | |
46 | the [Design team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design), [Community | |
47 | Operations](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps), or [Docs | |
48 | team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project). Other times, they | |
49 | are informal [Special Interest | |
50 | Groups](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs) (SIGs) that bring | |
51 | contributors together to focus on specific topics like programming | |
52 | languages or desktop environments, like the [Python | |
53 | SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Python) or [KDE | |
54 | SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE). Usually, each of these | |
55 | groups or teams will have their own IRC channel to coordinate in. The | |
56 | Design team uses `#fedora-design`, the Python SIG uses `#fedora-python`… | |
57 | and so on. In total, Fedora has over 175 registered channels to its | |
58 | name. Frequently, teams will hold public meetings in the freenode | |
59 | channels to work through tickets, plan ahead on upcoming tasks, or | |
60 | discuss important topics for their team. There are a series of special | |
61 | meeting channels used for this purpose. Using the | |
62 | [MeetBot](http://meetbot.debian.net/Manual.html) plugin, Fedora uses our | |
63 | own [zodbot](https://github.com/fedora-infra/supybot-fedora) to help run | |
64 | meetings, mark up links or important ideas, and create a pretty HTML | |
65 | summary at the end of the meeting. All of these summaries and full logs | |
66 | are found at | |
67 | [meetbot.fedoraproject.org](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/). | |
68 | ||
69 | Tips to using IRC effectively | |
70 | ----------------------------- | |
71 | ||
72 | There are countless different workflows, IRC clients, and handy plugins | |
73 | available to customize the IRC experience. In the spirit of the | |
74 | *Friends* Foundation and the Code of Conduct, Fedora contributors are | |
75 | encouraged to [always be excellent to one | |
76 | another](https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct). It's important to | |
77 | follow good manners in any IRC channel, Fedora or any other. Having good | |
78 | manners in IRC are as important as it is in real life. Be courteous to | |
79 | others, and if in doubt, it's good to assume the best intentions by | |
80 | others. IRC is important for Fedora, and many contributors have put | |
81 | together guides of our own as well. You can read more tips from the | |
82 | Fedora team in our [IRC Beginner's | |
83 | Guide](https://fedoramagazine.org/beginners-guide-irc/) on the [Fedora | |
84 | Magazine](https://fedoramagazine.org/). | |
85 | ||
86 | What's next for Fedora? | |
87 | ----------------------- | |
88 | ||
89 | As 2016 comes to an end, we're wrapping up on our own new release of | |
90 | Fedora 25. The Fedora community is looking forward to helping drive open | |
91 | source innovation and contributing to the Linux community for many years | |
92 | to come. Fedora currently has more than 2,000 contributors, and in the | |
93 | tenth percentile of active contributors, 65% of them are from the | |
94 | community ([State of Fedora, Flock | |
95 | 2016](https://mattdm.org/fedora/2016flock/StateofFedoraAugust2016-v160731a.pdf)). | |
96 | The Fedora steam engine is chugging ahead, and we're excited to see | |
97 | where it takes us next. We're happy to be able to have shared past, | |
98 | current, and future milestones together with the freenode community. | |
99 | Keep an eye out for Fedora Ambassadors in Europe during | |
100 | [DevConf](https://devconf.cz/) and [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/). | |
101 | You can also find us in North America at [BrickHack | |
102 | 2017](https://brickhack.io/). And there will be more events all through | |
103 | the year you can keep an eye out for us at! |