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- Debian Project News
http://www.debian.org/News/project/2008/11 Debian Project News - September 15, 2008
Welcome to this year's 11th issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Some of the topics covered in this issue include:
- ... and much more.
TODO:
- Release Update: freeze guidelines, testing, BSP, rc bug fixes
- Lenny upgrade-advisor
internationalizes messages -> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/09/msg00145.html
- Debian/m68k meeting in Kiel / State of m68k
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/09/msg00001.html
- Got already covered in last issue, but this is a more detailed report, we should mention
- Bubulle is sending mails about the translation status of the install in short intervalls; we should mention his latest status report
- Title of mails: e.g. "Lenny installer string freeze status 20080908"
Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters
Michael Banck [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/09/msg00004.html send] bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters. In the three years since the last bits had been posted, a lot development took place, including the release of several snapshot releases. Michael also reports, that the base packages and the basic toolchain is in pretty good shape and most toolchain packages from Debians repository can be used without any changes. He also refers to the possibility of testing Debian GNU/Hurd using XEN and ongoing work to make a Debian GNU/Hurd box available to all Debian Developers. He closes with a call for help, since Debian GNU/Hurd still misses an installer.
Other news
The 10th issue of the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/09/msg00003.html miscellaneous news for developers] has been released and covers the following topics:
- Package Tracking System news
- Casals replaced by mahler (MIPS porter machine for Debian Developers)
- Personnel changes (Martin Zobel-Helas joines Debian System Administrators, becomes Stable Release Wizard; Philipp Kern joines Stable Release Management)
- Delayed queue moves to ravel (new people.debian.org machine)
- Git user survey 2008
Brazilian government owned IT enterprise SERPRO selects Debian GNU/Linux for its servers and wishes to collaborate
The Servico Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO), (a US$ 1 billion annual revenue Brazilian government owned IT enterprise), announced during the Debian Day Brasil 2008 Porto Alegre that it has selected Debian GNU/Linux as the preferred distribution for its hundreds of GNU/Linux development and production servers.
SERPRO has decided to increase supplier independence, flexibility, agility, and participation in technical solutions by direct interaction with the Debian Project community. This is the first time that a federal government institution of this size has reached out to the Debian Project community for a closer relationship.
http://times.debian.net/?category=success-stories#1272
Important Debian Security Advisories
Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages (among others): [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa- foo], [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-... bar] and [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-... baz]. Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.
Please note that these are a selection of the more important security advisories of the last two weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please subscribe to the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ security mailing list] for announcements.
New and noteworthy packages
The following packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently ([http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg among others]):
Work-needing packages
Currently x packages are orphaned and y packages are up for adoption. Please take a look at the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/... recent] [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/... reports] to see if there are packages you are interested in or view the complete list of [http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested packages which need your help].
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AndreFelipeMachado, Y and Z contributed to this issue of the Debian Project News.