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#use wml::debian::projectnews::header PUBDATE="2010-XX-XX" SUMMARY=""
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#use wml::debian::acronyms
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Copyright (c) 2010 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
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All rights reserved.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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met:
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* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
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IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
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PARTicular purpose ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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<p>Welcome to this year's second issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
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Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:</p>
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<li>foo</li>
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<li>bar</li>
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<li>baz</li>
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<h2>foo</h2>
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<p>More details about foo.</p>
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<h2>Other news</h2>
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<p>The xxth issue of the
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/">miscellaneous news for developers</a>
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has been released and covers the following topics:</p>
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<li></li>
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<h2>New Developers and Maintainer</h2>
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<p>XXX applicants have been
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2009/01/msg00009.html">accepted</a>
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as Debian Developers and XXX applicant has been
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/12/msg00086.html">accepted</a>
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as Debian Maintainer since the previous issue of the Debian
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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>
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<p>According to the <a href="http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php">unofficial
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RC-bugs count</a>, the upcoming release Debian 6.0
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<q>Squeeze</q> is currently affected by XXrelease critical bugs. XX of them
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have already been fixed in Debian's <q>unstable</q> branch. Of the remaining
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XX release critical bugs, XX already have a patch (which might need
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testing) and XXX are marked as pending.</p>
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<p>Ignoring these bugs as well as release critical bugs for packages in
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contrib or non-free, XXX release critical bugs remain to be solved for the
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release to happen.</p>
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<h2>Important Debian Security Advisories</h2>
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<p>Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages
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(among others):
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-"></a>,
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Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>
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<p>Please note that these are a selection of the more important security
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advisories of the last weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about
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security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please
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subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/">security mailing
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list</a> for announcements.</p>
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<h2>New and noteworthy packages</h2>
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<p>The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
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recently (<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg">among
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others</a>):</p>
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<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/XXX">\
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XXXX — XXXX</a></li>
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<h2>Work-needing packages</h2>
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<p>Currently XXX packages are orphaned and XXX packages are up for adoption.
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Please take a look at the
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">recent</a>
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/...">reports</a>
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to see if there are packages you are interested in or view the complete list of
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested">packages which need
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your help</a>.</p>
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<h2>Want to continue reading DPN?</h2>
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<p>Please help us create this newsletter. We still need more volunteer writers
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to watch the Debian community and report about what is going on. Please see the
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/HowToContribute">contributing
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page</a> to find out how to help. We're looking forward to receiving your mail
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at <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">debian-publicity@lists.debian.org</a>.</p>
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#use wml::debian::projectnews::footer editor="XXX, XXX, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl"
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