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<p>Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, two new issues of the |
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ThisWeekInDebian"><q>This week in |
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Debian</q> podcast</a> have been published: with |
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<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx; and with |
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Project News. Please welcome |
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security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please |
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list</a> (and the separate <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/">backports |
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list</a> and <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce">volatile list</a>) for announcements.</p> |
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