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# * IPv6 enaled installer images available for testing
#   http://lists.debian.org/20110121035943.GK3846@hezmatt.org
# * Join Debconf Team
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# * Release update
#   http://lists.debian.org/20110118193635.GC4061@halon.org.uk
# * Debunking 6 Myths About !Debian's Firmware (Non-)Removal
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# * nearly 150 000 bugs closed with "Squeeze"
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# * Debian XSF News
#   http://blog.ikibiki.org/2011/01/21/DXN-2/
# * Upcoming events
#   http://www.debian.org/events (and there will be a sepperate
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<a name="0"></a>
<p>Welcome to this year's XXXth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:</p>
<ul>
  <li><a href="#1">Bits from Debian GIS</a></li>
  <li><a href="#2">bar</a></li>
  <li><a href="#3">baz</a></li>
  <li><a href="#X">Further <q>This week in Debian</q> interviews</a></li>
  <li><a href="#X">... and much more</a>.</li>
</ul>

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<h2>Bits from Debian GIS</h2>
<p>The mailing list for general discussion of GIS issues in Debian
was moved from Alioth to lists.debian.org and now can be found at
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/">http://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/</a></p>
<p>As usual at lists.debian.org is open also for non-subscribers, has
a more generic name and hopefully can attract more GIS users and
developers in Debian to discuss relevant issues.</p>
<p>The Debian GIS Blend has defined a new task "SAR and earth observation"
at their <a href="http://blends.alioth.debian.org/gis/tasks">tasks page</a>.</p>
<p>which contains a list of not yet official packages which are potential
targets for inclusion into Debian.  Feel free to discuss this task or
other ideas you might have about the GIS relevant packages on the
mailinglist mentioned above.</p>
<p>Please note that Debian GIS also maintains OpenStreetMap-related
packages, together with the Debian OpenStreetMap Team
(<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-osm/">pkg-osm on Alioth</a>).
Feel free to join us!</p>

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<h2>foo</h2>

<p>More details about foo.</p>


<a name="X"></a>
<h2>Further <q>This week in Debian</q> interviews</h2>

<p>Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, two new issues of the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ThisWeekInDebian"><q>This week in
Debian</q> podcast</a> have been published:  with
<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx; and with
<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx.
</p>


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<h2>Other news</h2>

<p>The xxth issue of the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/">miscellaneous news for developers</a> 
has been released and covers the following topics:</p>
<ul>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
</ul>

<p>Aurelien Jarno announced the new <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/20110112184950.GA5244@hall.aurel32.net">debian-ports
archive signing key</a>, which will be used siging the archive with
unofficial ports.</p>

<p>The <a href="http://www.debian-administration.org">Debian
Administration</a> blog published a howto <a
href="http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Installing_an_encrypted_openvpn_on_Lenny">installing
an encrypted openvpn on Lenny</a> and one about <a
href="http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Creating_dynamic_volumes_with_loop_devices">Creating
dynamic volumes with loop devices</a>.</p>


<p>
Marius Bogdan Ursan announced the birth of <a
href="http://debian-linux.ro/">Debian Gnu/Linux Romania</a>, a new community
for Romanian Debian users and enthusiasts, including a website - still under
construction - and a <a
href="http://forum.debian-linux.ro/">forum</a> both in Romanian language.</p>


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<h2>New Debian Contributors</h2>

	<p>
XXX applicants have been
<a href="https://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php#newmaint">accepted</a>
	as Debian Developers and
XXX applicants has been
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/...">accepted</a>
	as Debian Maintainer and
XXX people <a href="http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/new-maintainers.cgi">started
        to maintain packages</a> since the previous issue of the Debian
	Project News. Please welcome
X, Y, and Z
	into our project!</p>


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<h2>Release-critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release</h2>

	<p>According to the <a href="http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi">Bugs Search
        interface of the Ultimate Debian Database</a>, the upcoming release,
	Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q>, is currently affected by
XXX release-critical bugs. Ignoring bugs which are easily solved
	or on the way to being solved, roughly speaking, about
XXX release-critical bugs remain to be solved for the
	release to happen.</p>

	<p>There are also <a
href="http://blog.schmehl.info/Debian/rc-stats/#2010-XX">more detailed
	statistics</a> as well as some <a
	href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/RC-Stats">hints on how to
	interpret</a> these numbers.</p>


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<h2>Important Debian Security Advisories</h2>

	<p>Debian's Security Team recently released
	advisories for these packages (among others):
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2144">wireshark</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2145">libsmi</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2146">mydms</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2147">pimd</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2148">tor</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2149">dbus</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2150">request-tracker3.6</a>,
	Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Backports Team releases advisories for these packages:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/20110115153937.GA10631@edna.deb.at">Removal of egroupware</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/20110115162646.GA15463@edna.deb.at">Removal of kvm</a>
        Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Volatile Team released an update announcement for the package:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/"></a>.
        Please read it carefully and take the proper measures.</p>


<p>Please note that these are a selection of the more important security
advisories of the last weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about
security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please
subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/">security mailing
list</a> (and the separate <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/">backports
list</a> and <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce">volatile list</a>) for announcements.</p>


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<h2>New and noteworthy packages</h2>

<p>The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
recently (<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg">among
others</a>):</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/clipit">clipit &mdash; lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/devrplay3">devrplay3 &mdash; rplay network audio system - basic library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/evernote-mode">evernote-mode &mdash; Emacs major mode for editing Evernote directly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fgfs-aircraft-base">fgfs-aircraft-base &mdash; Flight Gear Flight Simulator -- standard aircraft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fgfs-models-base">fgfs-models-base &mdash; Flight Gear Flight Simulator -- standard models</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/focuswriter">focuswriter &mdash; A fullscreen, distraction-free writing program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gammu-doc">gammu-doc &mdash; The Gammu Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/geotranz-help">geotranz-help &mdash; GEOgraphic coordinates TRANslator (help files)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/kde">kde &mdash; a dummy transitional package (lenny to squeeze)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/kde-core">kde-core &mdash; a dummy transitional package (lenny to squeeze)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libconqat-simulink-java">libconqat-simulink-java &mdash; Simulink parsing library for Java</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libconqat-simulink-java-doc">libconqat-simulink-java-doc &mdash; Simulink parsing library for Java</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libcsv-java-doc">libcsv-java-doc &mdash; CSV IO library for Java (documentation)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libdist-zilla-plugins-cjm-perl">libdist-zilla-plugins-cjm-perl &mdash; collection of CJM's plugins for Dist --:Zilla</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libgeotranz3">libgeotranz3 &mdash; GEOgraphic coordinates TRANslator (runtime library)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libgeotranz3-dev">libgeotranz3-dev &mdash; GEOgraphic coordinates TRANslator (development files)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libghc6-hfuse-dev">libghc6-hfuse-dev &mdash; Haskell binding for the Linux FUSE library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libghc6-hfuse-doc">libghc6-hfuse-doc &mdash; Haskell binding for the Linux FUSE library; documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libghc6-hfuse-prof">libghc6-hfuse-prof &mdash; Haskell binding for the Linux FUSE library; profiling library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libmtdev-dev">libmtdev-dev &mdash; Multitouch Protocol Translation Library - dev files</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libmtdev1">libmtdev1 &mdash; Multitouch Protocol Translation Library - shared library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libocrad-dev">libocrad-dev &mdash; Optical character recognition library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libparrot2.9.1">libparrot2.9.1 &mdash; Parrot shared library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libpe-rules2">libpe-rules2 &mdash; The Pacemaker libraries - rules for P-Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libpe-rules2-dev">libpe-rules2-dev &mdash; Development file for pacemaker's rules library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libpe-status2">libpe-status2 &mdash; The Pacemaker libraries - status for P-Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libpe-status2-dev">libpe-status2-dev &mdash; Development file for pacemaker's status library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/librplay-perl">librplay-perl &mdash; rplay network audio system - perl modules</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/mtdev-tools">mtdev-tools &mdash; Multitouch Protocol Translation Library - test tools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ocamlify">ocamlify &mdash; include files in OCaml code</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/openvswitch-ipsec">openvswitch-ipsec &mdash; Open vSwitch GRE-over-IPsec support</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/pd-windowing">pd-windowing &mdash; a library of windowing functions in Pd</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/psi-plus-plugin-psimedia">psi-plus-plugin-psimedia &mdash; Plugin for Psi/Psi+ for audio and video calls</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-jsonrpc2">python-jsonrpc2 &mdash; Python WSGI Framework for JSON RPC 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-lunch">python-lunch &mdash; distributed process launcher</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-openvswitch">python-openvswitch &mdash; Python bindings for Open vSwitch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-pgmagick">python-pgmagick &mdash; Yet Another Python wrapper for GraphicsMagick</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-pyalsa">python-pyalsa &mdash; Official ALSA Python binding library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-pytc">python-pytc &mdash; Python bindings for the Tokyo Cabinet database</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/python-pytc-dbg">python-pytc-dbg &mdash; Python bindings for the Tokyo Cabinet database (debug extension)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/rdfind">rdfind &mdash; find duplicate files utility</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/simgear2.0.0">simgear2.0.0 &mdash; Simulator Construction Gear -- shared libraries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/spamassassin-heatu">spamassassin-heatu &mdash; Heuristic Email Address Tracker Utility for Spamassassin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/tilestache">tilestache &mdash; map tiles caching system</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/u-boot-tools">u-boot-tools &mdash; companion tools for Das U-Boot</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-686">xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-686 &mdash; Xen system with Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-amd64">xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-amd64 &mdash; Xen system with Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Please note that due to the <a
href="$(HOME)/News/2010/20100806">freeze of the upcoming
Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q></a> acceptance of new packages has almost ceased.</p>


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<h2>Work-needing packages</h2>

	<p>Currently
XXX packages are orphaned and
XXX packages are up for adoption. Please take a look at the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">recent</a>
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">reports</a>
	to see if there are packages you are interested in or view the complete
	list of <a href="$(DEVEL)/wnpp/help_requested">packages
	which need your help</a>.</p>


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