Fedora Workstation Working Group Meeting 2025-09-23 (Gemini-assisted Summary)

Unfortunately I forgot to turn on Gemini until halfway through this 
meeting. During the first half of the meeting, we discussed outstanding 
Fedora 43 blocker bugs. Below is the summary of the second half of the 
meeting.

Summary

Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) and Michael Catanzaro discussed the issue of 
access to Fedora repositories in blocked countries and the status of 
Fedora 43 wallpapers. Michael Catanzaro, Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo), and 
Matthias Clasen agreed to reject the proposal to revert to ext4 + LVM 
as the default file system, and Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) reported that 
Orca is not working in the Fedora 43 Beta. Veronika Holatkova reminded 
the group about the Fedora Linux 43 final freeze.

Details

Access to Fedora Repositories in Blocked Countries

The Working Group discussed the mismatch between countries blocked by 
Fedora mirrors vs. countries blocked by Cisco. Michael Catanzaro 
decided to not post Gemini's summary of the discussion on this mailing 
list.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2397163

Fedora 43 Wallpapers

Michael Catanzaro brought up the wallpaper issue for Fedora 43, noting 
that Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) and Allan had a shared action item to 
report on their conversation with the wallpaper team. Neal Gompa (Conan 
Kudo) confirmed discussions with the team about aligning on art style 
and incorporating color data for HDR, mentioning that the team 
initially misunderstood the request for color profile data but that it 
would be included in Fedora 43 wallpapers. Matthias Clasen thanked Neal 
Gompa (Conan Kudo) for facilitating this, and Michael Catanzaro 
requested a status update in the issue report.

https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/293

XFS + LVM as Default File System Proposal

Michael Catanzaro proposed rejecting the suggestion to revert to XFS + 
LVM as the default file system. Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) and Matthias 
Clasen agreed that the proposal should be rejected and closed, as the 
underlying issue that prompted the suggestion, a "btrfs mishap," had 
already been addressed and fixed. Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) clarified 
that the issue was not data loss but a problem with log replay, which 
has since been resolved.

https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/485

Orca Not Working in Fedora 43 Beta

Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) reported a new issue regarding Orca, a screen 
reader, not working in the Fedora 43 Beta. Matthias Clasen noted that 
they had been doing extensive accessibility work and had Orca running 
on their system, suggesting the issue might be related to a late fix 
for launching Orca that may not have made it into the beta. Michael 
Catanzaro stated that the fix should be present in the beta, and Neal 
Gompa (Conan Kudo) stressed the seriousness of a non-functional screen 
reader at the welcome screen, emphasizing the need for a formal bug 
report in Red Hat Bugzilla if confirmed.

Fedora Linux 43 Final Freeze

Veronika Holatkova reminded the group about the Fedora Linux 43 final 
freeze scheduled for October 7th, highlighting its proximity. Matthias 
Clasen explained the significance of the freeze period, noting that it 
is a phase where the team focuses exclusively on resolving blocker bugs 
to prepare for the Fedora 43 release in November.

Suggested next steps

Neal Gompa (Conan Kudo) will post the status update regarding the 
desktop wallpapers in the issue report to add context.


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