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1 : taffit-gue 1297 t #use wml::debian::projectnews::header PUBDATE="2011-xx-yy" SUMMARY=""
2 : tolimar 3 #use wml::debian::acronyms
3 :    
4 :     <!--
5 : tolimar 15 $Id$
6 :     $Rev$
7 : tolimar 1269 Status: open-for-edit
8 : tolimar 15 -->
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10 : zobel 1054 <define-tag MID whitespace=delete>http://lists.debian.org/$0</define-tag>
11 :    
12 : tolimar 15 <!--
13 : tolimar 3 Copyright (c) 2010 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
14 :     Add other people here
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37 :     OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
38 :     -->
39 :    
40 : tolimar 1270 <!--
41 :     TODO:
42 :    
43 :     Documenting Emdebian - components and filters
44 :     http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/218-Documenting-Emdebian-components-and-filters.html
45 : jeremiah-g 1280 est [ this sounds interesting. (jeremiah)]
46 : tolimar 1270
47 : tolimar 1286 Firmware stuff:
48 :     http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101216
49 :     http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/12/squeeze_your_non-free_firmware_away/
50 :     http://blog.einval.com/2010/12/15#CDs_with_firmware
51 :     http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
52 :    
53 : tolimar 1287 "Debian's Automated Code Analysis" (DACA) project
54 :     http://lists.debian.org/201012161200.31008.geissert@debian.org
55 :    
56 : tolimar 1288 Debian Women tutorial: How to use the Bug Tracking System
57 :     http://lists.debian.org/1292410311.2611.9.camel@celperdut
58 :     http://wiki.debian.org/HowtoUseBTS
59 :    
60 : madamezou- 1289 uest Bits from DPL
61 :     uest http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/12/msg00004.html
62 : madamezou- 1294 uest
63 : madamezou- 1295 uest DEP5 moves to candidate status
64 :     uest http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
65 :     uest http://lists.debian.org/1294347338.20273.5.camel@havelock.lan
66 : tolimar 1296
67 : tolimar 1270 -->
68 :    
69 :    
70 : tolimar 3 <a name="0"></a>
71 : taffit-gue 1297 t <p>Welcome to this year's first issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
72 : tolimar 3 Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:</p>
73 :     <ul>
74 : jeremiah-g 1280 est <li><a href="#1">Squeeze Deep Freeze</a></li>
75 : taffit-gue 156 t <li><a href="#2">bar</a></li>
76 :     t <li><a href="#3">baz</a></li>
77 : zobel 1072 <li><a href="#X">Further <q>This week in Debian</q> interviews</a></li>
78 : tolimar 1123 <li><a href="#X">... and much more</a>.</li>
79 : tolimar 3 </ul>
80 :    
81 :    
82 :     <a name="1"></a>
83 : taffit-gue 1297 t <h2><q>Squeeze</q> Deep Freeze</h2>
84 : tolimar 3
85 : taffit-gue 1297 t <p>Neil McGovern writes in an <a
86 :     t href="http://lists.debian.org/20101213202220.GF3191@halon.org.uk">recent
87 :     t email</a>:
88 :     t <q>Following the plan outlined in the <a
89 :     t href="http://lists.debian.org/20101114192542.GC3191@halon.org.uk">previous
90 :     t release update</a>, we are
91 : jeremiah-g 1281 est now in deep freeze, which means that we'll only be migrating to testing
92 : taffit-gue 1297 t packages that fix RC bugs.</q> A deep freeze is one of the last phases
93 : jeremiah-g 1281 est before a release of Debian. There is lots of bug fixing and documentation
94 : taffit-gue 1297 t still to do and you can help. Check out the <a
95 :     t href="http://wiki.debian.org/NewInSqueeze">New in <q>Squeeze</q> page</a>
96 :     t for example; and if you
97 : jeremiah-g 1281 est find bugs in the installer help report and even fix them. </p>
98 : tolimar 3
99 : taffit-gue 1275 t <a name=""></a>
100 :     t <h2>Debian Installer 6.0 Beta1 release</h2>
101 : tolimar 3
102 : taffit-gue 1275 t <p>
103 :     t The second beta release of the installer for Debian Squeeze has been <a
104 :     t href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2010/20101208">\
105 :     t released on December 8 2010</a>.
106 :     t Many fixes are part of this release of the installer, along with new
107 :     t improvements: better OS and partition detection, new supported hardware, etc.
108 :     t </p>
109 :     t <p>
110 :     t The <a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata">\
111 :     t errata</a> gather details and a full list of known issues.
112 :     t You are welcome to test the installer and report bugs;
113 :     t media and other information are available on the <a
114 :     t href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer">\
115 :     t Debian Installer pages</a>.
116 :     t </p>
117 :     t
118 :     t
119 : madamezou- 1290 uest
120 :     uest
121 :     uest
122 : tolimar 1123 <a name="X"></a>
123 :     <h2>Further <q>This week in Debian</q> interviews</h2>
124 : tolimar 3
125 : taffit-gue 1298 t <p>Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, four new issues of the
126 : tolimar 1123 <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ThisWeekInDebian"><q>This week in
127 :     Debian</q> podcast</a> have been published: with
128 : taffit-gue 1298 t <a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-11">Asheesh
129 :     t Laroia</a>, member of the Debian Mentor Community; with
130 :     t <a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-12">Dave
131 :     t Yates</a>, host of the <a href="http://lottalinuxlinks.com/podcast/">Lotta
132 :     t Linux Links Podcast</a>; with
133 :     t <a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-13">George
134 :     t Castro</a>, discussing Ubuntu as a Debian derivative; and with
135 :     t <a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-14">Jonathan
136 :     t Nadeau</a>, about the latest Debian news, and the upcoming release of <q>Squeeze</q>.
137 : tolimar 1123 </p>
138 : tolimar 3
139 : tolimar 1306 <p>There have also been two new <q>people behind Debian</q> interviews with
140 :     <a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/23/people-behind-debian-mehdi-dogguy-release-assistant/">Mehdi
141 :     Dogguy</a>, who became a member of Debian's Release team even though he's
142 :     a Debian Developer for barely a year, and with David Kalnischkies, one of
143 :     the developers of APT, Debian's package management system. In the spirit
144 :     of these Interviews, there has also been a <q><a
145 :     href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/04/go2linux-interviewed-me-the-biggest-problem-of-debian/">Reverse
146 :     people behind Debian</a></q> interview with <a
147 :     href="http://www.go2linux.org/linux/2010/12/interview-debian-developer-rapha-l-hertzog-ubuntu-beneficial-debian-853">
148 :     Rapha&euml;l Herzog</a>.</p>
149 : tolimar 1123
150 : tolimar 1306
151 : tolimar 3 <a name="10"></a>
152 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>Other news</h2>
153 : tolimar 3
154 :     <p>The xxth issue of the
155 :     <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/">miscellaneous news for developers</a>
156 : taffit-gue 291 t has been released and covers the following topics:</p>
157 : tolimar 3 <ul>
158 :     <li></li>
159 :     <li></li>
160 :     <li></li>
161 :     <li></li>
162 :     <li></li>
163 :     </ul>
164 :    
165 : tolimar 1307 <p>Luca Capello <a
166 :     href="http://lists.debian.org/87bp3v2yzg.fsf@gismo.pca.it">announced, that
167 :     the annual general meeting</a> of the <a
168 :     href="http://debian.ch/">debian.ch</a> is the official representation of
169 :     the Debian project in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein,
170 :     will take place 31st of January in Aareheim in the center of Bern.</p>
171 :    
172 : taffit-gue 1276 t <p>
173 : tolimar 1307 Sjoerd Simons <a
174 : tolimar 1304 href="http://sjoerd.luon.net/posts/2010/12/pkg_pulseaudio_needs_you/">
175 : taffit-gue 1276 t asked for help</a> in <a
176 : tolimar 1304 href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-pulseaudio/">
177 : taffit-gue 1276 t PulseAudio Debian packaging</a>.
178 :     t </p>
179 : tolimar 3
180 : taffit-gue 1278 t <p>
181 :     t Richard Darst reported about the <a
182 : tolimar 1304 href="http://debian-administration.org/users/rkd/weblog/12">
183 : taffit-gue 1278 t successful first Debian-NYC Novice Night</a>, which is a meeting for
184 :     t everyone who would like to install or configure Debian for his needs.
185 :     t Next session will probably be <a
186 : tolimar 1304 href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianNYC/NoviceNights">
187 : taffit-gue 1278 t in January or Feburary</a>, some <a
188 : tolimar 1304 href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianNYC/NoviceNights/Planning">
189 : taffit-gue 1278 t planning hints</a> are also in place.
190 :     t </p>
191 :     t
192 : madamezou- 1290 uest <p>
193 : taffit-gue 1299 t Alexander Wirt reported on his blog that <a
194 :     t href="http://blog.snow-crash.org/2010/12/new-debian-mailinglists.html">six
195 :     t new mailing lists are now available on lists.debian.org</a>:
196 : madamezou- 1290 uest </p>
197 :     uest <ul>
198 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-gis">debian-gis</a></li>
199 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-dug-in">debian-dug-in</a></li>
200 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-tamil">debian-user-tamil</a></li>
201 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-vietnamese">debian-l10n-vietnamese</a></li>
202 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-indonesian">debian-l10n-indonesian</a></li>
203 :     uest <li><a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce">debian-stable-announce</a></li>
204 :     uest </ul>
205 :     uest
206 : madamezou- 1291 uest <p>
207 : tolimar 1307 Kumar Appaiah <a
208 : madamezou- 1291 uest href="http://www.debian-administration.org/users/kumanna/weblog/13">noted</a>
209 :     uest that <a href="http://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</a> has setted up
210 :     uest some shortcuts (the so called !bang) to searching into various Debian sites:
211 :     uest <tt>!dpkg</tt> goes to <a
212 :     uest href="http://packages.debian.org/">packages.debian.org</a>, <tt>!dpts</tt>
213 :     uest goes to <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org">packages.qa.debian.org</a> and
214 :     uest <tt>!dbugs</tt> goes to <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/">bugs.debian.org</a>.
215 :     uest </p>
216 :     uest
217 : madamezou- 1292 uest <p>
218 :     uest Sandro Tosi mentions on his blog that <a
219 :     uest href="http://sandrotosi.blogspot.com/2010/12/bts-link-has-new-home.html">bts-link
220 :     uest has a new home</a>. Since several weeks, in fact, <a
221 :     uest href="http://bts-link.alioth.debian.org/">bts-link</a> was migrated from
222 :     uest merkel.debian.org to busoni.debian.org.
223 :     uest </p>
224 :     uest
225 : taffit-gue 1301 t <p>
226 :     t Christian Perrier noticed that <a
227 :     t href="http://www.perrier.eu.org/weblog/2010/12/21#german-french-100percent-squeeze">German
228 :     t and French localization reach 100% for po-debconf</a>.
229 :     t Russian, Swedish, Portuguese and Czech localization may also be able
230 :     t to make it, while it shouldn't be the case for Spanish this time.
231 :     t </p>
232 :     t
233 : taffit-gue 1303 t <p>
234 :     t Stefano Zacchiroli gathered various existing
235 :     t documentation in order to answer the question <q><a
236 :     t href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/12/how_to_contribute_to_Debian/">how
237 :     t to contribute to Debian?</a><q> and thus pointed to the <a
238 :     t href="http://www.debian.org/intro/help">official contribution
239 :     t page of the website</a>, and its equivalent on the <a
240 :     t href="http://wiki.debian.org/HelpDebian">wiki</a> and on the <a
241 :     t href="http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-contributing.en.html">FAQ</a>.
242 :     t He also pointed less documented <q>cultural</q> aspects
243 :     t of Debian technical life such as coordination over IRC
244 :     t or interacting with package maintainers via the BTS.
245 :     t </p>
246 :     t
247 : tolimar 1307
248 : tolimar 3 <a name="11"></a>
249 : tolimar 800 <h2>New Debian Contributors</h2>
250 : tolimar 3
251 : taffit-gue 537 t <p>
252 :     t XXX applicants have been
253 : tolimar 899 <a href="https://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php#newmaint">accepted</a>
254 : taffit-gue 537 t as Debian Developers and
255 :     t XXX applicants has been
256 : tolimar 800 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/...">accepted</a>
257 : tolimar 771 as Debian Maintainer and
258 :     XXX people <a href="http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/new-maintainers.cgi">started
259 :     to maintain packages</a> since the previous issue of the Debian
260 :     Project News. Please welcome
261 : taffit-gue 537 t X, Y, and Z
262 :     t into our project!</p>
263 : tolimar 3
264 :    
265 :     <a name="12"></a>
266 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>Release-critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release</h2>
267 : tolimar 3
268 : taffit-gue 991 t <p>According to the <a href="http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi">Bugs Search
269 : tolimar 1008 interface of the Ultimate Debian Database</a>, the upcoming release,
270 : taffit-gue 537 t Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q>, is currently affected by
271 :     t XXX release-critical bugs. Ignoring bugs which are easily solved
272 : taffit-gue 912 t or on the way to being solved, roughly speaking, about
273 :     t XXX release-critical bugs remain to be solved for the
274 : taffit-gue 537 t release to happen.</p>
275 : tolimar 3
276 : taffit-gue 537 t <p>There are also <a
277 : tolimar 531 href="http://blog.schmehl.info/Debian/rc-stats/#2010-XX">more detailed
278 : taffit-gue 537 t statistics</a> as well as some <a
279 :     t href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/RC-Stats">hints on how to
280 : fcestrada- 782 uest interpret</a> these numbers.</p>
281 : tolimar 3
282 : tolimar 531
283 : tolimar 3 <a name="13"></a>
284 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>Important Debian Security Advisories</h2>
285 : tolimar 3
286 : taffit-gue 537 t <p>Debian's Security Team recently released
287 :     t advisories for these packages (among others):
288 : taffit-gue 1274 t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2131">exim4</a>,
289 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2130">bind9</a>,
290 : taffit-gue 1277 t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2132">xulrunner</a>,
291 : tolimar 1279 <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2133">collectd</a>,
292 : taffit-gue 1300 t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2135">xpdf</a>,
293 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2136">tor</a>,
294 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137">libxml2</a>,
295 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2138">wordpress</a>,
296 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2139">phpmyadmin</a>,
297 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2140">libapache2-mod-fcgid</a>,
298 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2141">openssl, nss and apache2</a>, and
299 :     t <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2142">dpkg</a>.
300 : taffit-gue 537 t Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>
301 : tolimar 3
302 : tolimar 1030 <p>Debian's Backports Team releases advisories for these packages:
303 : tolimar 1308 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/20101222074418.GH8143@anguilla.noreply.org">Tor</a>
304 :     <a href="http://lists.debian.org/20110102194528.GB5290@glandium.org">iceweasel</a>
305 : taffit-gue 1300 t <a href="http://lists.debian.org/20101213101706.889441A983F@taggart.lackof.org">wordpress</a> and
306 :     t <a href="http://lists.debian.org/20110106142003.GD1999@downhill.g.la">exim4</a>.
307 : tolimar 1030 Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>
308 :    
309 : tolimar 1199 <p>Debian's Volatile Team released an update announcement for the package:
310 :     <a href="http://lists.debian.org/"></a>.
311 :     Please read it carefully and take the proper measures.</p>
312 : tolimar 1030
313 : tolimar 1199
314 : taffit-gue 291 t <p>Please note that these are a selection of the more important security
315 :     t advisories of the last weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about
316 :     t security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please
317 :     t subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/">security mailing
318 : madamezou- 1076 uest list</a> (and the separate <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/">backports
319 : tolimar 1199 list</a> and <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce">volatile list</a>) for announcements.</p>
320 : tolimar 3
321 :    
322 :     <a name="14"></a>
323 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>New and noteworthy packages</h2>
324 : tolimar 3
325 : taffit-gue 291 t <p>The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
326 :     t recently (<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg">among
327 :     t others</a>):</p>
328 : tolimar 3
329 :     <ul>
330 : tolimar 1272 <li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/debian-reference-pt">debian-reference-pt &mdash; Debian system administration guide, Portuguese translation</a></li>
331 : taffit-gue 1274 t <li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/pyppd">pyppd &mdash; CUPS PostScript Printer Description's compressor and generator</a></li>
332 : tolimar 3 </ul>
333 :    
334 : tolimar 803 <p>Please note that due to the <a
335 :     href="http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100806">freeze of the upcoming
336 : fcestrada- 842 uest Debian 6.0 <q>Squeeze</q></a> acceptance of new packages has almost ceased.</p>
337 : tolimar 803
338 :    
339 : tolimar 3 <a name="15"></a>
340 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>Work-needing packages</h2>
341 : tolimar 3
342 : taffit-gue 537 t <p>Currently
343 : taffit-gue 281 t XXX packages are orphaned and
344 :     t XXX packages are up for adoption. Please take a look at the
345 : tolimar 3 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">recent</a>
346 :     <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">reports</a>
347 : taffit-gue 537 t to see if there are packages you are interested in or view the complete
348 :     t list of <a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested">packages
349 :     t which need your help</a>.</p>
350 : tolimar 3
351 :    
352 :     <a name="16"></a>
353 : taffit-gue 291 t <h2>Want to continue reading DPN?</h2>
354 : tolimar 3
355 : taffit-gue 291 t <p>Please help us create this newsletter. We still need more volunteer writers
356 :     t to watch the Debian community and report about what is going on. Please see the
357 :     t <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/HowToContribute">contributing
358 :     t page</a> to find out how to help. We're looking forward to receiving your mail
359 :     t at <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">debian-publicity@lists.debian.org</a>.</p>
360 : tolimar 3
361 :    
362 :     #use wml::debian::projectnews::footer editor="XXX, XXX, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl"
363 : tolimar 700 <!-- Translators may also add a translator="foo, bar, baz" to the previous line -->

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