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From: Shaun McCance Davide is one of the founding members of the Hyperscale SIG, which he
+ currently co-chairs, and also serves as a director on the CentOS Board.
+ In his day job, Davide is a Production Engineer on the Linux Userspace
+ team at Meta, which is responsible for the CentOS deployment on the
+ production fleet. Neal is a developer and contributor in Fedora; CentOS; Mageia; and openSUSE,
+ focusing primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and
+ software management, as well as the Linux desktop. He's a big believer in
+ "upstream first", which has led him all over the open source world. Our call for proposals is open until December 18. We're interested in hearing about any topic
-around the CentOS ecosystem, including from projects built on or with CentOS. Talks may be either
-25 or 50 minutes long. We generally prefer shorter talks, but allow longer talks for more technical
-deep dives. Update on what the Hyperscale SIG has been working on, what deliverables are
+ available and how to use them, and what's coming up next. We are also hosting meetups on the morning of Thursday, February 1. Meetups are designed for
-SIGs, teams, and interest groups to have either working sessions or discussions. Meetups may be
-either 2 hours (quarter day) or 4 hours (half day). All meetups are public to all attendees. Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) is a yum repository of community
+ maintained packages for use on CentOS Stream and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
+ In EPEL 9, package maintainers were able to build against CentOS Stream 9 early
+ to have packages ready before the RHEL 9.0 launch. For EPEL 10, the EPEL Steering
+ Committee is planning on expanding that strategy to all minor versions of RHEL 10.
+ Attend this talk to learn more about this initiative and the progress towards it
+ so far. As the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, we take the testing seriously while pioneering
+ on the speed of the delivery. When you have multiple major versions with the
+ support of multiple architecutes, testing of a GNU/Linux distribution can be
+ exhausting. One of the phase on our journey of testing was the automation. We
+ will talk about the openQA and Testinfra as the technologies choice of us, the
+ challenges we faced while adopting them and how we handled them with contributing
+ back to upstream and Enterprise Linux ecosystem. Are you a package maintainer striving for a seamless integration with upstream
+ projects? Are you an upstream project developer aiming to ensure your software
+ functions flawlessly on CentOS Stream? Look no further – Packit is your solution! Since the beginning of CentOS Stream, Packit has allowed developers to execute
+ CentOS Stream RPM builds directly from their upstream changes. But that's just
+ the beginning – delve into the possibilities of running tmt-based tests on a
+ pristine virtual machine with the newly-built RPMs installed. This approach
+ enables you to identify and address potential issues as they are introduced
+ to the codebase, ensuring robust and reliable software when the new code
+ reaches the user. More and more projects are using Packit to automatically synchronise upstream
+ releases to Fedora. And we are pleased to announce that the very same is now
+ available for CentOS Stream as well! In this talk, we will guide you through the functionalities Packit brings
+ to the table specifically tailored for CentOS Stream. Discover how you can
+ effortlessly enhance collaboration between upstream projects and CentOS
+ Stream, fostering a more efficient and reliable development process. It is time to gather a feedback! CentOS Stream upstream and downstream communities rely on infrastructure bits
+ provided by FreeIPA project. Fedora uses FreeIPA since 2017, providing the shared
+ infrastructure together with the CentOS project. FreeIPA team would like to hear a community feedback! At this session let us dive
+ into what is working and what could be improved in CentOS community's usage of
+ FreeIPA. Did you know we have SIGs for Promo and Docs? The Promo SIG has been recently
+ revitalized, while Docs has finally been officially recognized as a SIG. This
+ talk will showcase the work being done in both SIGs, and show you how you can
+ get involved. Spoiler: we're having a working day on Monday after FOSDEM, and
+ you're invited!Speakers
+ Davide Cavalca
+ Neal Gompa
+ Call for Proposals
+Sessions
-Hyperscale SIG update
+
+ EPEL 10 Overview
+
+ AlmaLinux: How we automated testing without inventing the wheel and instead improving it
+
+ Briging the Gap: Packit automation for CentOS and upstream projects
+
+ Discuss your identity: how FreeIPA helps running CentOS community infrastructure
+
+ Promo SIG and Docs SIG Updates
+
+
In-person meetup for the CentOS Hyperscale SIG. + The meetup is open to everybody interested -- you don't have to be a member + of the SIG to attend, and we'd welcome participation from anyone interested + in this space.
+ +Meetup for face-to-face meeting and roadmap for the next year of Alternative + Images. Primary focus on looking forward to CentOS Stream 10.
+Are you an RPM packager? Do you work with packages downstream? Do you + have experience with automation and build systems, or are you just + learning how to approach this world?
+Whether you work with Fedora, CentOS, Enterprise solutions or other RPM + environments, join me to discuss the state of packaging in the domain of + RPM-based distributions. This will be an opportunity to connect with + people involved in the creation, delivery, and maintenance of packages + in different distributions.
+Both beginners and experienced packagers will be able to introduce + themselves, share their experiences with different RPM systems, and + learn from each other. There is no set plan or schedule. Everybody is + welcome, and we will have an open discussion. Bring a topic or question + you would like to discuss and meet the people that work behind the spec + files.
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