Meeting Minutes 2026
- Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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(This summary is assisted by AI)
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Essentials at a glance
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Flock 2026: The Server talk and workshop proposals have been accepted for Flock 2026.
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F44 Release Testing
Successful tests were reported for single-disk BIOS and UEFI installations, BIOS RAID installation, KVM virtualization, and functionality of PostgreSQL and MariaDB.
UEFI RAID and aarch64 SBC installation tests are still pending.
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Project "Streamlined backup & restore"
Agreed: The 3 proposals of ticket #184 are accepted.
Project leads were assigned for the projects agreed upon so far:
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Strengthening Server updates: eseyman & pboy
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Streamlining regular Server backups: eseyman & korora
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Providing Backup Service for local network clients Not yet decided
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Homeserver spin-off: pboy & mowest
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Actions summary
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pboy: Test the F44 Beta UEFI RAID installation and on an aarch64 SBC.
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eseyman: Contact the Fedora maintainers of timeshift.
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All: Look at the new LocalKDC related package and demos provided by abbra before the next meeting.
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- Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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Essentials at a glance
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F44 release testing
Jocelyn has been going through our docs and making sure that they still apply to F44 and has been updating them as they go. Starting early we should achieve a better covering this release.
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Project "Streamlined backup & restore"
Further disussion of this project required.
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- Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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(This summary is assisted by AI)
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Essentials at a glance
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Testing release F44 branched
We organized testing tasks for the F44 Beta release. With regard to the KVM image, particular attention should be paid to that the root filesystem is LVM and there are no partition gaps. Results should be recorded in both ticket #186 and the test matrix.
AGREED: We will develop issue templates for various purposes as well as a template chooser.
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Project Streamlined backup and restore
AGREED: The discussion about the project goals was postponed to allow time to study the proposal in the wiki and discuss it asynchronously on Matrix.
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Project home server spin-off
The use of BTRFS for the spin-off was discussed (pros: easier for home users, and cons: potential database performance issues, deviation from the main server edition).
AGREED: The project’s wiki page will be used as a shared space to gather further ideas and define goals.
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Actions summary
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mowest: Test the F44 Beta installation on his Dell desktop (either BIOS or UEFI) with two hard drives if possible.
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pboy: Test the F44 Beta RAID installation (BIOS and/or UEFI dependend on mowest’s hardware capabilities) and also test on an aarch64 SBC.
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korora: Test the F44 Beta single-disk installation on both UEFI and BIOS, and perform KVM virtualization tests.
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eseyman: Test PostgreSQL and MariaDB on a fresh installation of F44 Server.
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korora: Start working on creating an issue template for the Server WG’s Forgejo instance.
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All: While testing, make note of any documentation that needs to be updated.
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All: Review the "Streamlined Backup and Restore" proposal and discuss it on Matrix before the next meeting. . All: Add ideas and planning notes for the "Home Server Spin-off" to its wiki page.
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- Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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(This summary is assisted by AI)
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Essentials at a glance
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Reviewing our governance rules
Tracking ticket #183
The wording suggested by pboy was generally agreed upon. Two points still need to be discussed:
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Should we send reminders to inactive members
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How can we better express our expectation that someone should give us some confidence that their contributions are long term.
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Meeting Routine Changes
We agreed to adopt a more structured meeting routine, including
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assigning a moderator for each topic
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concluding topics with a clear wrap-up, agreement, or action item.
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Matrix does not have a concept of 'chair' anymore. Any member in the meeting can and should use meetbot commands like !action and !agreed.
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Testing release F44 branched
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Jocelyn (korora) reported that the F44 qcow (KVM) image is now working correctly after initial setup.
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Beta Freeze deadline has passed and testing of beta candidates is now a priority.
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Actions summary
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pboy: Create a ticket with a draft meeting guide
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Jocelyn (korora) and Peter (pboy): Prepare a ticket outlining the procedure for testing the F44 release.
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- Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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(This summary is assisted by AI)
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Essentials at a glance
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Our program and working plan for the upcomming year
The working group decided on four main projects for the upcoming year:
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Home server spin
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Backup documentation/tooling
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Net-boot (PXE) documentation and Ansible support
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Ansible/NFS projects
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Contribution to Flock 2026
pboy, eseyman, and possibly conan_kudo plan to attend. They are considering a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session and will work on a proposal.
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Actions summary
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pboy: Create four project trackers in Forge for the agreed-upon yearly projects (home server spin, backup, net-boot, and Ansible/NFS).
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The group: To work on a Call for Proposals (CfP) for Flock 2026 during the following week.
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- Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Because of lacking out quorum we had a open discussion about various topics
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Essentials at a glance
(This summary is AI generated and edited)
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Flock Conference Submission
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We discussed submitting a proposal for the upcoming Flock conference, suggesting a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session, a talk, or both.
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BoF sessions at Flock are planned for "Day 0" and will not be officially recorded or streamed, which is acceptable to the group.
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Working Plan Progress
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Progress on creating topics for the working plan in the repository has been slow due to time constraints.
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pboy is evaluating the "backup / rescue" topic and notes it seems to be a long-term project.
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Next Release Testing
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Testing for the next release (Fedora 44) is urgent as the branch date is the following week (2026-02-03).
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The KVM and aarch64 Server images are flawed, specifically with the wrong file type on the root partition.
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Actions summary
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pboy & eseyman: Brainstorm a Flock submission while at FOSDEM.
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pboy: Create the homeserver topic in the repository.
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eseyman: Create the entry for the netboot / install topic in the repository.
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korora: Add to the netboot / install topic once it is created.
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korora: Test the flawed KVM virtual machine image for the upcoming release.
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- Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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Essentials at a glance
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Announcements
Several members, including pboy and eseyman, will will be attending FOSDEM. A Fedora/Fedora Docs meeting is planned for the Friday evening of the event.
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Our program and working plan for the upcomming year
We decided on four main projects for the upcoming year:
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Home server spin
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Backup documentation/tooling
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Net-boot (PXE) documentation and Ansible support
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Ansible/NFS projects
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Contribution to Flock 2026
A possible relevant topic is the home server spin-off. But we need one or two professional usage topics, too.Details to be discussed further.
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Actions summary
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pboy will create a project entry on Forge for each project planned for the coming year
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- Wednesday, January 07, 2026
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Essentials at a glance
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Status migration to forge.fedoraproject.org
All work has been completed. Ticket 173 closed.
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Restructuring the Server User Documentation
The stg branch has been removed from the public Server Documentation. The repository no longer contains any relevant text.
AGREED: The stg branch can now finally be removed.
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Our program and working plan for the upcomming year
We finally agreed to create a home server/home lab spin-off. Other new projects include pxe boot support and backup/rescue system. Details are still being discussed.
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