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# * Multiarch in Debian unstable [toc name: multiarch]
#   http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/06/msg00002.html
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# * Seeking package reviewing help by non-DDs
#   http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/06/msg00388.html [toc name: pkgreview]
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# * Bits from the Release Team - minutes (pt 1), retrospective, time based freezes and more! [toc name: releaseteam]
#   http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/06/msg00003.html
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# * DebConf9/10[/11] accounting summary
#   http://lists.debian.org/20110620003536.GE21867@boltzmann.zgib.net
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# * Debian hardware certification
#   http://lists.debian.org/4DD898DF.4020109@goirand.fr (granted, some time
#   ago) but a recent "call for action":
#   http://lists.debian.org/20110704093224.GA31157@upsilon.cc
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# * Call for DebConf13 bids
#   http://lists.debian.org/CAHWF6ZOMtoeH8vDE=1y03qwhOWEVp4BHMy2V6F4ROw2Te9kJNg@mail.gmail.com
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<p>Welcome to this year's eleventh issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:</p>
<toc-display/>


<toc-add-entry name="faq-patent">Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ</toc-add-entry>

<p>
The Debian Project <a href="$(HOME)/News/2011/20110709">just published</a>
the <a href="$(HOME)/reports/patent-faq">Community Distribution Patent
Policy FAQ</a>, a document meant to educate Free Software developers,
and especially distribution editors, about software patent risks.
It has been prepared by lawyers at <a
href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
(SFLC) at the request of and with input from the Debian Project.
</p>


<toc-add-entry name="dpl">Bits from the DPL</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Stefano Zacchiroli sent some <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00001.html">bits
from the DPL</a> where he referred about a lot of interesting topics as
the <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-debbugs/2011/07/msg00000.html">request
for help from Debbugs Team</a>, the <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2011/06/msg00010.html">completion
of the first of DEX initiatives</a>, the sprints approved (one for the
Release Team and one for Debian Edu) and various interviews given.
Another exciting news reported by Stefano is that it was finally filed
the application to extend Debian trademark to United Kingdom, Europe, China and Japan.
</p>

<p>
In a previous mail, Stefano officially appointed <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/07/msg00000.html">\
Alexander Wirt and Gerfried Fuchs as members of the Backports Team</a>.
</p>


<toc-add-entry name="twid">Further interviews</toc-add-entry>

## NOTE:
## should be reworded (this time only)!

	<p>Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, 
 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-27">Jonathan Nadeau</a>,
who gives an update on Frostbite Media; and with
<a href="http://frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/this-week-in-debian-episode-XXX">XXX</a>, xxx.
</p>

	<p>There has also been 
 further <q>People behind Debian</q> interviews: with
<a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/">
</a>, ; and with
<a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/">
</a>, .
</p>


<toc-add-entry name="other">Other news</toc-add-entry>

<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>




<toc-add-entry name="newcontributors">New Debian Contributors</toc-add-entry>

	<p>
XXX applicants have been
<a href="https://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php#newmaint">accepted</a>
	as Debian Developers,
XXX applicants has been
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/...">accepted</a>
	as Debian Maintainer, and
XXX people have <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>


<toc-add-entry name="dsa">Important Debian Security Advisories</toc-add-entry>

	<p>Debian's Security Team recently released
	advisories for these packages (among others):
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2266">php5</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2267">perl</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2268">iceweasel</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2269">iceape</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2270">qemu-kvm</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2271">curl</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2272">bind</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2011/dsa-2273">icedove</a>,

	Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Backports Team released advisories for these packages:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2011/07/msg00000.html">icedove</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2011/07/msg00001.html">iceweasel</a> and
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2011/07/msg00002.html">qemu-kvm</a>.

        Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>

        <p>Debian's Stable Release Team released update announcements for these packages:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/2011/06/msg00001.html">postgresql-8.4</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/2011/06/msg00002.html">dput</a> and
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/2011/07/msg00000.html">clamav</a>.
        Please read it 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/debian-volatile-announce/2011/msg00004.html">clamav</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-stable-announce/">stable updates
list</a> or <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce/">volatile
list</a>, for <q>Lenny</q>, the oldstable distribution) for announcements.</p>


<toc-add-entry name="nnwp">New and noteworthy packages</toc-add-entry>

<p>
XXX packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
recently. <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg">Among
many others</a> are:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/bashburn">bashburn &mdash; simplify cd/dvd burning at the command line</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/bppphyview">bppphyview &mdash; Bio++ Phylogenetic Viewer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/bppsuite">bppsuite &mdash; Bio++ program suite</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/codecgraph">codecgraph &mdash; Generates graphviz graphs from HDA-Intel codec information</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/command-runner-applet">command-runner-applet &mdash; panel applet which periodically displays a command output</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/confclerk">confclerk &mdash; offline conference schedule application</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/context-modules">context-modules &mdash; additional ConTeXt modules</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/dc3dd">dc3dd &mdash; patched version of GNU dd with forensic features</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/debconf-kde-helper">debconf-kde-helper &mdash; Debconf KDE GUI frontend tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/developers-reference-de">developers-reference-de &mdash; guidelines and information for Debian developers, in German</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/distro-info">distro-info &mdash; provides information about the distributions' releases</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/drupal7">drupal7 &mdash; fully-featured content management framework</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/epson-escpr">epson-escpr &mdash; Epson Inkjet Printer Driver (ESC/P-R)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fgrun">fgrun &mdash; graphical frontend for running FlightGear</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/freefem++">freefem++ &mdash; Provides the binaries of the FreeFem++ FE suite</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ginkgocadx">ginkgocadx &mdash; Medical Imaging Software and complete DICOM Viewer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0">gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 &mdash; GObject introspection data for AccountService</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gir1.2-gdl-3">gir1.2-gdl-3 &mdash; GObject introspection data for the GDL library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gir1.2-grilo-0.1">gir1.2-grilo-0.1 &mdash; Framework for discovering and browsing media - GObject introspection data</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gir1.2-v-sim-1.0">gir1.2-v-sim-1.0 &mdash; Visualize atomic structures (gir bindings)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/git-sh">git-sh &mdash; a git shell</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/grilo-plugins-0.1">grilo-plugins-0.1 &mdash; Framework for discovering and browsing media - Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gtk-vector-screenshot">gtk-vector-screenshot &mdash; takes screenshots of applications as PDF or SVG files</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gtk3-im-libthai">gtk3-im-libthai &mdash; GTK+ 3 Input Method Module using LibThai</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/haserl">haserl &mdash; CGI scripting program for embedded environments</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/hgsubversion">hgsubversion &mdash; Subversion client as Mercurial extension</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/insanity-tools">insanity-tools &mdash; GStreamer QA system (Insanity) tools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/jtreg">jtreg &mdash; Regression Test Harness for the OpenJDK platform</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/k9copy">k9copy &mdash; KDE tool to backup DVDs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/kpartsplugin">kpartsplugin &mdash; Netscape-compatible plugin to embed KDE file-viewers into browser</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/kst">kst &mdash; scientific data plotting tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ktikz">ktikz &mdash; editor for the TikZ drawing language - KDE version</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/minimodem">minimodem &mdash; software audio Bell-type or RTTY FSK modem</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/mkgmapgui">mkgmapgui &mdash; Graphical User Interface for mkgmap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/mlterm-im-ibus">mlterm-im-ibus &mdash; MultiLingual TERMinal, IBus input method plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/mosquitto">mosquitto &mdash; MQTT version 3.1 compatible message broker</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/mudita24">mudita24 &mdash; ALSA GUI control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) soundcards</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/opennebula-sunstone">opennebula-sunstone &mdash; web interface to which executes the OpenNebula cluster services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/openscenegraph-plugin-citygml-shared">openscenegraph-plugin-citygml-shared &mdash; libcitygml OpenSceneGraph plugin (shared version)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/openscenegraph-plugin-citygml-static">openscenegraph-plugin-citygml-static &mdash; libcitygml OpenSceneGraph plugin (static version)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/optgeo">optgeo &mdash; simulator for geometrical optics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/partclone">partclone &mdash; Utility to clone and restore a pdebian.org/unstable/main/ttf-anonymous-pro">ttf-anonymous-pro &mdash; fixed width sans serif font designed for coders</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ruby-pkg-config">ruby-pkg-config &mdash; pkg-config implementation for Ruby</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ruby-xmlparser">ruby-xmlparser &mdash; Ruby interface for the expat XML parser toolkit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ucommon-utils">ucommon-utils &mdash; lightweight C++ threading and sockets - utilities</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/varnish-doc">varnish-doc &mdash; documentation for Varnish Cache</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/vitables">vitables &mdash; graphical tool to browse and edit PyTables and HDF5 files</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xscreensaver-screensaver-dizzy">xscreensaver-screensaver-dizzy &mdash; Graphics demo that makes you dizzy (XScreenSaver hack)</a></li>
</ul>


<toc-add-entry name="wnpp">Work-needing packages</toc-add-entry>

	<p>Currently <a href="$(DEVEL)/wnpp/orphaned">\
XXX packages are orphaned</a> and <a href="$(DEVEL)/wnpp/rfa">\
XXX packages are up for adoption</a>: please visit the complete 
	list of <a href="$(DEVEL)/wnpp/help_requested">packages
	which need your help</a>.</p>


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