vala-mode.el included in the current vala package is dated as: ;; Modified: May 2008 while the latest version on the Web is: ;; Modified: April 2011 It would be nice to have the new version in Fedora, since it contains support for preprocessor macros and some new keywords. https://live.gnome.org/Vala/Emacs
vala-0.16.0-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-5390/vala-0.16.0-2.fc17
vala-0.14.2-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vala-0.14.2-2.fc16
Package vala-0.16.0-2.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing vala-0.16.0-2.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-5390/vala-0.16.0-2.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
vala-0.16.0-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
vala-0.14.2-3.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.