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Debian related information

alt gravatar image Debian homepage of Jari Aalto (LinkedIn), nick name *jaalto* in irc etc.

Debian QA work

See maintained software packages, portofolio and BTS. About 1700 items reported to BTS by 2012-01.

Debian package maintenance

See Developer information. I have LowThresholdNmu and participate in collab-maint, so use Debian git repository for submitting patches to packages:

    apt-get install devscripts    # for debcheckout(1)

    debcheckout PACKAGE
    cd PACKAGE
    git checkout -b my-fixes master

    #  edit & commit cycle
    $EDITOR ...
    git status
    git add <changed files>
    git commit -m "MESSAGE"

    #  When ready, make a patch (set)
    git  format-patch --signoff -M

    #  Submit all git 000-* patches
    #  to Debian BTS http://bugs.debian.org/PACKAGE
    #  or send to PACKAGE@packages.debian.org

If you are a developer, or otherwise deal with bug reports, you may find Colin Watson's blog "about how to treat bugs reports" interesting.

Helping Debian packages

The following list is only an excerpt.

  • 2012-05 cfv: Provided patch to migrate to packaging format 3.0 672377

  • 2012-05 tin: Provided patch to enable -D command line option 671170

  • 2012-05 agg: Provided patch to help to migrate to Copyright Format 1.0 671000

  • 2012-04 gif2png: Provided patch to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670763

  • 2012-04 xsnow: Provided patch to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668016

  • 2012-04 latex-cjk-japanese-wadalab: Provided patch to help to migrate to Copyright Format 1.0 670800

  • 2012-05 tdiary: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670801

  • 2012-04 openvas-plugins-dfsg: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670395

  • 2012-04 didiwiki: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668005

  • 2012-04 docbookwiki: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668489

  • 2012-04 texpower: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668664

  • 2012-04 libdbi: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668338

  • 2012-04 libdbi-drivers: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668342

  • 2012-04 gdis: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 667757

  • 2012-04 gausssum: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670669

  • 2012-04 libpdl-netcdf-perl: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670764

  • 2012-04 aggregate: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670764

  • 2012-04 winpdb: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670968

  • 2012-04 amavisd-new: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670930

  • 2012-04 libunwind: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669713

  • 2012-04 manpages-es: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670493

  • 2012-04 openvas-plugins-dfsg: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670395

  • 2012-04 sitecopy: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669616

  • 2012-04 docbook-to-man: Provided patch to use hardened build flags and migrate to packaging format 3.0 668803

  • 2012-04 rephrase: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668499

  • 2012-04 libunwind: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669713

  • 2012-04 pdfsam: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669258

  • 2012-04 epylog: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668487

  • 2012-04 binclock: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669577

  • 2012-04 libitext-java: Provided patch to help with packaging issues 669157

  • 2012-04 biojava-live: Provided patch to help with packaging issues 669122

  • 2012-04 pdfsam: Provided patch to help with packaging issues 669258

  • 2012-04 elza: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668500

  • 2012-04 icicles: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 6685001

  • 2012-04 libnet-socks-perl: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668502

  • 2012-04 pdl: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670693

  • 2012-04 paros: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668504

  • 2012-04 python-debianbts: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668355

  • 2012-04 infon: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668937

  • 2012-04 normalize-audio: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668782

  • 2012-04 jlha-utils: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668829

  • 2012-04 didiwiki: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668005

  • 2012-04 libdbi: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668338

  • 2012-04 libdbi-drivers: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668342

  • 2012-04 xdu: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668360

  • 2012-04 php-crypt-gpg: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664382

  • 2012-04 docbookwiki: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668489

  • 2012-04 libfilesys-diskspace-perl: Provided patch to help adjust DEP-3 patch headers and other things 668044

  • 2012-04 wmnet: Provided patch for hardened build flags release goal 668014

  • 2012-04 ed: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668352

  • 2012-04 yorick-soy: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668009

  • 2012-04 didiwiki: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668005

  • 2012-04 pyparsing: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670191

  • 2012-04 wapiti: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664377

  • 2012-04 drgeo: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670725

  • 2012-03 autofs5: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 668077

  • 2012-03 apr: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664299

  • 2012-03 ctioga: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670742

  • 2012-03 apr-util: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664307

  • 2012-03 firestarter: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664357

  • 2012-03 mopac7: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664304

  • 2012-03 bandwidthd: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664414

  • 2012-03 gperiodic: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664316

  • 2012-03 mimefilter: Provided patch to fix depends 665049

  • 2012-03 kuvert: Provided patch to fix depends 665044

  • 2012-03 debbugs: Provided patch to fix depends 665001

  • 2012-03 lintian: Provided patch to improve documentation of warning text 663038

  • 2012-03 libnss-mysql-bg: Provided patch to fix depends 664438

  • 2012-03 git-buildpackage: Provided patch to write manual page for the program configuration file 661748

  • 2012-03 dns-flood-detector: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664409

  • 2012-03 sl: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664331

  • 2012-03 subtitleeditor: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664344

  • 2012-03 file-kanji: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664330

  • 2012-03 kodos: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 670086

  • 2012-03 sl: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664331

  • 2012-03 inadyn: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664352

  • 2012-03 gpivtools: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See 0.6.0-2.

  • 2012-03 sniffit: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664401

  • 2012-03 popfile: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664324

  • 2012-03 mp3check: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 669612:

  • 2012-03 tacacs+: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664395

  • 2012-03 aqualung: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 664221

  • 2012-03 anubis: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661030

  • 2012-03 cfi: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661031

  • 2012-03 fileschanged: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661049

  • 2012-03 tiemu: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661033

  • 2012-03 wbar: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661034

  • 2012-03 tclodbc: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661042

  • 2012-03 apbs: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661045

  • 2012-03 musescore: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See debian/changelog.

  • 2012-03 lxmusic: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See 0.4.4+git20100802-3.

  • 2012-03 pfb2t1c2pfb: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0, See 0.3-8.

  • 2012-03 net-dns-fingerprint: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See 0.9.3-4.

  • 2012-03 purifyeps: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See 1.1-2.

  • 2012-03 patcher: Helped to migrate to packaging format 3.0. See 0.0.20040521-6.

  • 2012-02 easychem: Provided patch to help to migrate to packaging format 3.0 661046

  • 2012-02 dpkg: Provided patch to correct hunk checking 661218

  • 2012-02 hostname: Provided patches to improve improve documentation 660106

  • 2012-02 devscripts: Provided patch for debsign to improve POSIXeness 659084

  • 2012-02 devscripts: Provided patch for checkbashisms to improve options 659086

  • 2012-02 devscripts: Provided patch for licensecheck to improve options 659088

  • 2012-01 gitolite: Provided patch for gl-setup to improve Emacs integration 653968

  • 2012-01 gitolite: Provided patches to improve program 654022 654178

  • 2011-12 hostname: Provided patch to improve manual page 653269

  • 2011-12 apt-file: Provided patches to improve program help and manual page 651684 651695

  • 2011-11 dpkg-dev: Provided patches to improve manual page 650499

  • 2011-10 efax: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 642830

  • 2011-09 wv: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 566762

  • 2011-09 fweb: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 601268

  • 2011-09 funnelweb: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 642894

  • 2011-09 devscripts: Provided patches to improve ignore regexps.

  • 2011-04 debhelper: Provided patches to improve manual page. 623890

  • 2011-04 dh-make: Provided patch to license templates. 623305

  • 2011-04 spamassassin: Provided patches to improve manual page. 620762

  • 2011-04 audacious: Provided patches to improve manual page. 620731

  • 2011-04 xmms2: Provided 8 patches to improve manual page. 620665

  • 2011-03 mdadm: Provided 11 patches to improve manual pages. 619265

  • 2011-03 mdadm: Provided patch to improve mdadm recipes. 619043

  • 2011-01 ocrad: Provided patch to improve manual page. 602479

  • 2010-12 debhelper: Provided patches to add new feature to dh_installman: support installing manual pages in *.pod format. 562030

  • 2010-12 conkeror: Provided patches to improve manual pages. 606878 606880

  • 2010-12 byzanz: Provided patches to improve manual pages. 606733 606734

  • 2010-12 gifsicle: Provided patches to improve manual page. 606730

  • 2010-11 pngnq: Provided patches to improve manual page. 602592

  • 2010-11 pngnq: Provided patches to improve program call syntax. 602590

  • 2010-11 pngquant: Provided patches to improve program call syntax. 602585

  • 2010-11 ocrad: Provided patches to improve program help, manual page and texinfo. 602495

  • 2010-11 lsb-base: Provided multiple patches to improve init-functions library for POSIX compliance and maintainability. 602035 602037 602038 602039 602042 602044 602048

  • 2010-11 initscripts: Provided patch to improve init.d program. 602021

  • 2010-11 alsa-utils: Provided patch to improve init.d program. 602020

  • 2010-10 bootlogs: Provided patch to improve init.d program. 602021

  • 2010-10 abiword: Helped to put together new abiword that fixed many crashes for the release team (squeeze). 577871

  • 2010-10 saytime: Sent debdiff to BTS to help the maintainer. 587124

  • 2010-10 ember, teamspeak-server: Arranged sponsoring of two packages for Etienne Millon <etienne.millon(at)gmail.com> to fix grave security bugs CVE-2010-3355 598288 and CVE-2010-3383 598305

  • 2010-10 vstream-client: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 535423

  • 2010-10 pvpgn: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload. 530166

  • 2010-10 lintian: Provided patch to improve manual page. 600906

  • 2010-10 lintian: Provided patch to improve --help of lintian program. 600905

  • 2010-10 dossizola: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload to fix all bugs. 549545

  • 2010-10 dict-xdict: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for serious bug. 574219

  • 2010-10 flumotion: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3386. 573691

  • 2010-10 phppgadmin: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3386. 571220

  • 2010-10 libportaudio2: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3386. 563192

  • 2010-10 ust-bin: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3386. 598309

  • 2010-10 cowbell: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3353. 598286

  • 2010-10 debianutils: Provided patch to improve manual page and --help of tempfile(1). 600542

  • 2010-10 vdr-dbg: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for normal security bug CVE-2010-3387. 598308

  • 2010-10 cluster-agents: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3389. 598549

  • 2010-10 libmagics++-dev: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for important security bug CVE-2010-3393. 598418

  • 2010-10 mono-debugger: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for grave security bug CVE-2010-3369. 598299

  • 2010-10 mailman: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for grave security bug CVE-2010-3089. 599833

  • 2010-10 libportaudio2: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for grave bug. 563192

  • 2010-10 genisoimage: Sent nmudiff to BTS to offer NMU upload for serious bug. 596681

  • 2010-05 lintian: Improve lintian-into(1) for python-script-but-no-python-dep. 582763

  • 2010-05 dwm-tools: Provided patch to improve Debian package description. 582727

  • 2010-05 xserver-xephyr: Provided patch to improve documentation. 582650

  • 2010-05 lintian: Provided patch to improve description of ancient-libtool. 580789

  • 2010-05 lintian: Provided patch to improve description of copyright-without-copyright-notice. 580767

  • 2010-05 xpilot-ng: Provided NMU diff to help packaging format "3.0 (quilt)" transition. 580648

  • 2010-05 nss-updatedb: Provided NMU diff to help packaging format "3.0 (quilt)" transition. 482729

  • 2010-05 http://packages.debian.org/flexml: Provided patch to fix Lintian errors. 572966

  • 2010-05 tclthread: Provided NMU diff to help packaging format "3.0 (quilt)" transition. 482711

  • 2010-05 tcludp: Provided NMU diff to help packaging format "3.0 (quilt)" transition. 484922

  • 2010-04 harden-doc: Provided patch to improve build process. 579902

  • 2010-04 devscripts: Provided patch to debsign(1) to add support for gpg-agent. 579784

  • 2010-04 pbuilder: Provided patch to improve pbuilderrc(5) manual page. 579705

  • 2010-04 devscripts: Provided patch to suggest improvements to bts.el. 578999

  • 2010-04 devscripts: Provided patch to adjust bts(1) manual page. 578997

  • 2010-04 grub: Provided patch to adjust /etc configuration file. 578734

  • 2010-04 apt: Provided patch to adjust Debian package build process. 5577804

  • 2010-04 apt: Provided patch to adjust displayed messages. 577168

  • 2010-04 apt: Provided patch to improve install script (POSIX syntax). 577116

  • 2010-04 apt: Provided patch to improve install script (shell syntax). 577117

  • 2010-03 html2text: Provided patch to improve debian/copyright. 576033

  • 2010-03 dpkg-dev: Provided patch to adjust POD code. 575697

  • 2010-03 dpkg-dev: Provided patch to display more information if DH_VERBOSE is on. 575304

  • 2010-03 squishdot: Provided NMU diff to fix a RC bug. 569368

  • 2010-03 xtalk: Provided NMU diff to fix a RC bug. 569446

  • 2010-03 dvi2dvi: Provided NMU diff to fix a RC bug. 562291

  • 2010-03 wiggle: Provided patch to fix Gcc 4.5 warning. 574577

  • 2010-03 wiggle: Provided patch to fix manual page. 574576

  • 2010-03 mmorp: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 552881

  • 2010-03 lintian: Provided patch to improve manpage-has-bad-whatis-entry. 573837

  • 2010-03 lintian: Provided patch to improve native-package-with-dash-version. 573839

  • 2010-03 openswan: Provided 100's of changes in form of patches to fix Debian packaging. See OpenSwan changelog.

  • 2010-03 lrzip: Provided patch to fix typo in code. 573200

  • 2010-03 lrzip: Provided patch to add a manual page. 573204

  • 2010-03 lrzip: Provided patch to add a manual page. 573203

  • 2010-03 lrzip: Provided patch to fix manual page. 573198

  • 2010-03 lrzip: Provided patch to fix manual page. 573197

  • 2010-03 lintian: Provided patch to improve warning:native-package-with-dash-version.

  • 2010-02 levee: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 548965

  • 2010-01 doc-debian: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 562306

  • 2010-01 openswan: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 505600

  • 2010-01 chise-base: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 552853

  • 2010-01 singular: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 560476

  • 2010-01 audiere: Provided patch to fix FTBFS partially. 560491

  • 2010-01 hexxagon: Provided patch to fix FTBFS. 560503

  • 2010-01 frackzip: Provided patch to add C-code function to deal with special file names. 430387

  • 2010-01 leafpad: Provided patch to update old FSF addresses in several code files 563813

  • 2009-12 xtail: Provided patch to improve program 562903

  • 2009-12 devscripts: Provided patch to improve debdiff manual page 562725

  • 2009-12 svn-buildpackage: Provided patch to improve manual page 351355

  • 2009-12 desproxy: Provided patch to fix compiling problems 561389

  • 2009-12 vnstat: Provided patches to improve all 4 manual pages 561304

  • 2009-12 debhelper: Provided patch to improve debhelper documentation 560600

  • 2009-12 dh-make: Provided patches to improve license template files 560593

  • 2009-11 devscripts: Provided patch to improve checkbashism program 556113

  • 2009-10 alien: Provided patch to improve manual page 550265

  • 2009-10 mon: Provided patch to use ISO 8601 in alerts 550265

  • 2009-10 mon: Provided multiple patches to improve manual page 551731

  • 2009-10 pod2pdf: Provided patch to make --timestamp use ISO 8601 550265

  • 2009-10 pod2pdf: Provided patch to improve pod2pdf manual page 550248

  • 2009-10 bash-completion: Provided 360 patches to correct problems in package's use of name space in user environment 549550

  • 2009-10 posh: reported POSIX violation in /bin/posh 548688

  • 2009-10 dash: reported POSIX violation in /bin/dash 548687

  • 2009-10 mksh: reported POSIX violation in /bin/mksh 549179

  • 2009-09 fslint: Provided patch to improve command line handling 548699

  • 2009-09 munin-mode: Provided patch to improve /etc configuration file content 546149

  • 2009-09 gdb: Provided patch to upstream improve manual page 540811

  • 2009-09 groff: Provided patch to improve manual page 545807

  • 2009-09 devscripts: Provided patch to improve output dch manual page 544333

  • 2009-09 devscripts: Provided patch to improve output debchange --help 544333

  • 2009-08 devscripts: Provided patch to improve output formatting 542703

  • 2009-08 logcheck: Provided patch to add ntpd rule 542536

  • 2009-08 emacs23-el: Provided patch to fix info.el. An example of use of complex BTS control message used to manipulate the bug: reassign, found, tags etc. 531094

  • 2009-08 install-info: Provided patch to improve update-info-dir command and its manual page 541468

  • 2009-08 dropbear: Provided patch to improve /etc/init.d/dropbear control script 541432

  • 2009-08 mail-notification: Provided patch to improve manual page 540892

  • 2009-08 gdb: Provided patch to improve manual page 540811

  • 2009-04 cups-bsd: Provided patch to improve many manual pages 525968

  • 2009-04 cups: Provided patch to improve /etc/init.d/cups 523399

  • 2009-04 apache2: Provided patch to improve /etc/init.d/apache 523398

  • 2009-04 partimage: Provided patch to improve manual page 493677

  • 2009-04 openssh-server: Provided patch to improve security in default setup 522745

  • 2009-04 mon: Provided patch to improve /etc/init.d/mon 522546

  • 2009-03 procps: Provided patch to adjust ps(1) manual page's options in alphabetical order. 518620

  • 2009-03 munin: Provided patch to convert /etc/init.d script from bash to /bin/sh. Added /etc/default/munin-node and option ENABLED. 518389

  • 2009-03 dh-make: Provided patch to improve GPL template 518162

  • 2009-02 wcd: provided patch to reformat and improve manual pages 517334

  • 2009-02 pbzip2: provided patches to improve program's help texts and manual pages 517259, 517268

  • 2008-11 dpkg-dev-el: Provided patch to mark debian/changelog etc. files in UTC ISO 8601 format 503700

  • 2008-10 joe: helped to work out bugs 163628, 204449, 386883, 430565, 443181, 459687, 258435, 343284, 343462, 368530, 440158, 42631, 283953, 392749, 356267, 389410, 414245, 504122, 504439, 402565, 453310

  • 2008-09 dh-make: Provided patch to replace obsolete dh_clean 502698

  • 2007-09 dpkg-dev: provided patch to implement default value for -I option in dpk-source command; 440972

  • 2007-03 devscripts: provided patch to add more VCS files; 414794

  • 2006-11 hostname: Fixed all bugs 400078

  • 2006-11 dh-make: Provided new GPL debian/copyright template and other improvements 310110, 360640, 399820

  • 2005-12 rootkit: provided patch to improve output formatting 343284

  • 2005-08 logcheck: provided patch to add GNU --long option support 322054

  • Other patches (just examples; see full listing at archived bugs): 294073, 298789, 309893, 326874, 354972, 361200, 373929, 399673, 409132, 436429, 465985, 470446, 472197, 479877, 479956, 479958, 482563, 500913, 501893, 502512, 502522, 502524, 502698, 502933, 503896, 518579, 518581

Debian project

  • 2012 Helped maintainers to move to packaging format 3.0 due to long deprecated dpatch. Sent several hundred patches to all package maintainers.

  • 2012 Suggested to extend debhelper to support JAR manifest files 669236.

  • 2012 Suggested improvements to DEP5 (debian/copyright)

  • 2010 Suggested patch to improve DEP5 (debian/copyright)

  • 2010 Suggested to extend debhelper to support included manual pages in Perl POD format. The POD format is more redable and require no external tools compared to existing nroff and docbook formats. Provided patch to debhelper to implement this feature. 562030.

  • 2009 Debian BTS: suggestion to implement debhelper control file debian/dh_norun 560423

  • 2008 Wiki: CopyrightFormat. Contributed to new debian/copyright format: EBNF, licensing tables, license clarifications (OpenSSL, Font etc.), Examined and added numerous links to mailing lists regarding the version numbering and use of licenses. See revision log for complete list of changes. See also previous format 360640

  • 2008 Wiki: DebianIRCChannelGuidelines (former ?PoundDebianGuidelines). Added headings and related subjects. Changed the tone of the page page into more user friendly direction. See revision log for list of changes.

  • 2006 Policy improvement: "Proposed new POSIX sh policy" and proposal to change /bin/sh -> /bin/dash at Debian Devel

  • 2006 Debian BTS: Suggestion for new notbug tag 376594

  • 2006 Proposal to add Licence field to debian/control file.

  • 2006 update-alternatives proposal to add new categories for WORD, EXCEL, MEDIA-PLAYER etc. 363486

External Projects

IRC/Bug reporter nick: jaalto

Contributed patches and fixes to numerous Open Source projects during past years, those of Emacs, XEmacs, Perl Language itself, Git, Bzr, Quilt, Parted, Splint, GNU gdb, GNU binutils, GNU findutils, GNU groff, GNU Bash, OpenSwan etc. Check Google and Gmane lists for "Jari Aalto".

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