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Fedora 10 Release Schedule and Accepted Features

After releasing Fedora 9 on May 13, Fedora scheduled the Fedora 10 final release for November–December, with November 25 as the planned date. (I expect it will miss the schedule.) Some may wonder why new releases appear so often. Fedora has a six-month release cycle. The real reason for this frequency is to try new packages, testing and developing them for eventual inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL.

Fedora 10 Release Schedule

2008-05-13Fedora 9 Release
Fedora 10 Planning & Development Begins
2008-07-22Fedora 10 Alpha freeze
2008-08-05Fedora 10 Alpha release
2008-09-11Fedora 10 Beta freeze
Fedora 10 Feature Freeze—Planning & Development Ends
Fedora 10 String freeze
2008-09-30Fedora 10 Beta release
Allow Fedora 10 pre-branch
2008-10-21Fedora 10 Translation deadline
2008-10-28Final Development freeze
2008-11-04Fedora 10 Preview Release
2008-11-25Fedora 10 final release (GA)

Fedora 10 Accepted Feature

% CompleteNameSummary
100%AMQP InfrastructureA technology that makes it easy to build scalable, interoperable, high-performance enterprise applications
100%Appliance ToolsTools and meta-data that make it easier for anyone (ISVs, developers, OEMS, etc) to create and deploy virtual appliances
100%Artistic 1.0 License RemovalRemove all packages licensed under only the Artistic 1.0 license before Fedora 10
100%Better PrintingImprove management and handling of printers
100%Better Remote SupportMake it easier to connect to remote controls and have them just work with many applications.
95%Better Start-upStream line graphical start up
90%Better Webcam SupportImproved webcam support
100%Connection SharingEnable adhoc network sharing
92%Echo Icon ThemeMake the Echo Icon theme the default for Fedora 10
100%Eclipse 3.4Rebase Eclipse to version 3.4
85%EFIAdd new UEFI functionality to Fedora
100%Evdev Input DriverEvdev is being used as the default input driver for X.Org.
100%Faster StartupDescrease the amount of time it takes to start and stop fedora
100%First Aid KitFirst Aid Kit is an automated recovery tool that brings together common recovery processes and applies them to a system
100%Glitch Free AudioRewrite the PulseAudio sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling
100%Gnome 2.24Re-base Fedora to Gnome 2.24
90%GStreamer RPM dependenciesAssist automated installation of GStreamer codecs provided by third-party repositories
45%Haskell SupportProvide good support for Haskell development and use, with a high number of quality libraries and tools available
66%HDTV EnhancementsThe X server in Fedora 10 has been enhanced to support HDTVs better
85%Kernel Modes Setting for GraphicsMove graphic mode initialization from the X server’s DDX drivers to the kernel
90%LXDE DesktopMake the LXDE lightweight X11 desktop environment available in Fedora
100%NetBeans IDEAdd the NetBeans IDE to Fedora
100%Online Accounts ServiceProvides applications with credentials for user’s online accounts listed on online.gnome.org or stored in GConf.
100%Python NSS BindingsInclude a newly developed package which provides python bindings for NSS
100%Remote Virtual InstallEnable the creation of virtual machines on remote hosts
95%RPM 4.6Update RPM to 4.6
90%Save to BugzillaAuto create bugzilla entry with anaconda tracebacks
100%Sbin SanityAdd /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin to the PATH for normal users to simplify command-line administration tasks
100%Security AuditA new security audit system and intrusion detection system
75%Sugar DesktopInclude the Sugar Desktop (used in OLPC) in Fedora
100%Virtual StorageMake storage provisioning over libvirt connections (local and remote) virtual machines as simple as possible.
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