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http://www.debian.org/News/project/2008/17 Debian Project News - December 15th, 2008
Welcome to this year's 17th issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:
- ... and much more.
TODO:
Summarize noteworthy articles from http://times.debian.net/
Mention [http://www.debian.org/events/ upcoming events]
Tokyo Area Debian Meeting, 20 Dec 2008 in Ogikubo, http://tokyodebian.alioth.debian.org/2008-12.html
Add new and noteworthy packages from http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg (done by a script directly creating HTML)
- Future of GTK 1.2:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00294.html (Packages still depending on GTK 1.2; list of alternatives)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00304.html (Please don't let it go)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00355.html (Adopt it and its 43 bugs)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00368.html (It should be gone before gtk 3.0 is uploaded)
Better backports.org Support: http://alfie.ist.org/blog/2008/12/09#backports-support
- Project membership procedures GR:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/12/msg00002.html
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=322 (Exlanation by Lucas)
- Results when they are available
List of modified packages between two distributions: http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2008/12/msg00074.html
New ftp-team member: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/12/msg00003.html
Can we help the release by proposing package removals? http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/12/msg00108.html (might be worth a sentence in "other news")
Other news
The 11th issue of the [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/12/msg00001.html miscellaneous news for developers] has been released and covers the following topics:
- CD/DVD images for Lenny
- License AGPL v3.0 is suitable for main
- Building CD/DVD images made easier
- Mono 2.0 transition in progress
- SOAP interface to the PTS
- Tracking GCC 4.4 related build errors
- Mirror of git repositories on Alioth
New Developers
X applicants have been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/... accepted] as Debian Developers since the prior issue of the Debian Project News. Please welcome Foo, Bar and Baz in our project!
New maintainer
One applicant has been [http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/12/msg00049.html accepted] as Debian Maintainer since the prior issue of the Debian Project News. Please welcome Eugene V. Lyubimkin into our project!
Important Debian Security Advisories
Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages (among others): [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1677 cups], [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678 perl], [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1680 clamav], [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 Linux 2.6.24] and [http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1682 squirrelmail].
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]):
Debian Package of the Day featured the packages [http://debaday.debian.net/2008/12/07/gcompris-educational-suite-for-children/ gcompris] (an educational suite for children) and [http://debaday.debian.net/2008/12/14/ferm-a-straightforward-firewall-configuration-tool/ ferm] (a straightforward firewall configuration tool).
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/2008/12/msg00285.html 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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