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New proposal to track maintenance status of all packages

To avoid big delays in releases we need to have an active maintainer for each package so that we don't end up with thousands of RC bugs rotting in unstable. To achieve this we must detect as early and as accurately as possible when a package needs a new maintainer. [http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2008/12/msg00046.html This proposal] aims to solve this problem by regularly asking each maintainer to self-assess the kind of maintenance that he's doing with each of his packages. Feel free to share your comments on the idea!

-- Raphael Hertzog

Packages-arch-specific maintainance changes

The wanna-build admins have put Packages-arch-specific (the file which states what packages are excluded from which architectures) into their hands. This means that the submission rules for changes to this important file that controls our building infrastructure changed a bit:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00340.html

-- Philipp Kern

Githubredir available

Gunnar Wolf [http://gwolf.org/node/1873 announced] [http://githubredir.debian.net/ ?GitHub-Redir]. The main target for this site is uscan: given that ?GitHub allows for downloading as a .zip or as a .tar.gz any given commit, it suddenly becomes enough to git tag with a version number, and ?GitHub magically makes that version available for download. Which is sweet!

Sometimes it is a bit problematic, though, to follow their format. Github gives a listing of the tags for each particular project, and each of those tags has a download page, with both archiving formats.

-- ReneMayorga

Babelbox updated for Lenny

The "Babelbox" demo system has been updated for Lenny. It's been tested with D-I Lenny RC1, but should also work without further changes with RC2.

As a result of various changes in the installer, installation and use of Babelbox is somewhat simpler than it was for Etch.

Babelbox is a system designed to demonstrate the automation capabilities of the Debian Installer. It also shows the high number and the quality of translations available for the installer. It is well suited for a live demo on a booth in an expo or any other event.

For further information, see: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/BabelBox

-- Frans Pop

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