[cross-posted from fedora-test-list - any devs who have suggestions for other things that need attention, *please* speak up.] Fedora 9 will have a lot of new and exciting things. Naturally, we want those things to be stable and well-polished for the final release. With that in mind, here's a list of things that deserve especially close attention. 1) PackageKit This *replaces* pup and pirut, by default, on all new installs. If you're following rawhide, *please* disable or remove pup and pirut and test this. It's very important that you file bugs about *any* problems with PackageKit. Use the "gnome-packagekit" component in bugzilla for bugs about confusing (or missing) UI pieces, and "PackageKit" for bugs about backend errors, missing capabilities, or other (non-UI) problems. 2) NetworkManager At long last, NetworkManager is installed and enabled by default for all new installs. It is *supposed* to play nice with the system configuration set up by Anaconda and the old system-config-network tool. I'd recommend that all testers install and enable NetworkManager if possible. File bugs about network configuration problems (not honoring static IP configurations, for instance) against "NetworkManager". 3) Upstart Upstart has replaced sysvinit. Everything should be working as it did in F8, but if you have problems with serial consoles, boot-time arguments, changing runlevels (using telinit or similar), or the like, make sure bugs get filed. The runlevels are now controlled by the Upstart event scripts in /etc/event.d. If you have problems changing runlevels file bugs against "event-compat-sysv". Other upstart bugs should probably be filed under "upstart". 4) evdev Xorg is now using the new "evdev" generic input driver. This driver is intended to automatically handle all input devices recognized by the kernel - keyboards, mice, joysticks, whatever. Unfortunately its handling of keyboards is still a bit messy and probably won't be ready for F9. Therefore, ajax modified it to let the old, working driver claim your keyboard. So as of F9Beta, keyboards *should* work just like they did in F8. If you have *new* problems with your keyboard layout (and you're not having lingering evdev problems from older rawhide[1]), check Xorg.0.log to see if evdev has claimed your keyboard. If so, file a bug against "xorg-x11-drv-evdev". Otherwise, use "xorg-x11-drv-keyboard". If there's any other things that people think need closer attention.. now would be a good time to mention them. Happy testing! -w [1] https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-March/msg00710.html
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