Bits from Debianhttps://bits.debian.org/2024-02-08T06:00:00+01:00Blog from the Debian ProjectDebConf24 Logo Contest Results2024-02-08T06:00:00+01:002024-02-08T06:00:00+01:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2024-02-08:/2024/02/debconf24-logo-contest-results.html<p>Earlier this month the DebConf team announced the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2024/01/msg00000.html">DebConf24 Logo Contest</a>
asking aspiring artists, designers, and contributors to submit an image that
would represent the host city of Busan, the host nation of South Korea, and
promote the next <a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>.</p>
<p>The logo contest for <a href="https://debconf24.debconf.org">DebConf24</a> received 10
submissions and garnered 354 responses with 3 proposals in particular getting
very close to first place. The winning logo received 88 votes, the 2nd favored
logo received 87 votes, and the 3rd most favored received 86
<a href="https://app.formbricks.com/share/73jH5p5Ffkt3BmOBUqaj/summary">votes</a>. </p>
<p>Thank you to Woohee Yang and Junsang Moon for sharing their artistic visions.</p>
<p>A very special Thank You to everyone who took the time to vote for our beautiful
new logo! </p>
<p>The DebConf24 Team is proud to
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2024/02/msg00005.html">share</a> for
<strong>preview only</strong> the winning logo for the 24th Debian Developer Conference:</p>
<p><img alt="[DebConf24 Logo Contest Winner]" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo_win_dc24_skorea.png"></p>
<p>'<em>sun-seagull-sea</em>' by Woohee Yang</p>
<p>This is a preview copy, other revisions will occur for sizing, print, and
media... but we had to share it with you all now. :). </p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you all at #debconf24 in #Busan, South Korea 2024!</p><p>Earlier this month the DebConf team announced the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2024/01/msg00000.html">DebConf24 Logo Contest</a>
asking aspiring artists, designers, and contributors to submit an image that
would represent the host city of Busan, the host nation of South Korea, and
promote the next <a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>.</p>
<p>The logo contest for <a href="https://debconf24.debconf.org">DebConf24</a> received 10
submissions and garnered 354 responses with 3 proposals in particular getting
very close to first place. The winning logo received 88 votes, the 2nd favored
logo received 87 votes, and the 3rd most favored received 86
<a href="https://app.formbricks.com/share/73jH5p5Ffkt3BmOBUqaj/summary">votes</a>. </p>
<p>Thank you to Woohee Yang and Junsang Moon for sharing their artistic visions.</p>
<p>A very special Thank You to everyone who took the time to vote for our beautiful
new logo! </p>
<p>The DebConf24 Team is proud to
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2024/02/msg00005.html">share</a> for
<strong>preview only</strong> the winning logo for the 24th Debian Developer Conference:</p>
<p><img alt="[DebConf24 Logo Contest Winner]" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo_win_dc24_skorea.png"></p>
<p>'<em>sun-seagull-sea</em>' by Woohee Yang</p>
<p>This is a preview copy, other revisions will occur for sizing, print, and
media... but we had to share it with you all now. :). </p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you all at #debconf24 in #Busan, South Korea 2024!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2023)2024-01-31T16:00:00+01:002024-01-31T16:00:00+01:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2024-01-31:/2024/01/new-developers-2023-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alexandre Detiste (tchet)</li>
<li>Amin Bandali (bandali)</li>
<li>Jean-Pierre Giraud (jipege)</li>
<li>Timthy Pearson (tpearson)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributor was added as Debian Maintainer in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Safir Secerovic</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alexandre Detiste (tchet)</li>
<li>Amin Bandali (bandali)</li>
<li>Jean-Pierre Giraud (jipege)</li>
<li>Timthy Pearson (tpearson)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributor was added as Debian Maintainer in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Safir Secerovic</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act2023-12-27T17:30:00+01:002023-12-27T17:30:00+01:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2023-12-27:/2023/12/debian-statement-cyber-resillience-act.md.html<h2><em>Debian Public Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability Directive</em></h2>
<p>The European Union is currently preparing a regulation "on horizontal
cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements" known as the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is currently in the final "trilogue" phase of
the legislative process. The act includes a set of essential cybersecurity and
vulnerability handling requirements for manufacturers. It will require products
to be accompanied by information and instructions to the user. Manufacturers
will need to perform risk assessments and produce technical documentation and,
for critical components, have third-party audits conducted. Discovered security
issues will have to be reported to European authorities within 25 hours (1).
The CRA will be followed up by the Product Liability Directive (PLD) which will
introduce compulsory liability for software.</p>
<p>While a lot of these regulations seem reasonable, the Debian project believes
that there are grave problems for Free Software projects attached to them.
Therefore, the Debian project issues the following statement:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Free Software has always been a gift, freely given to society, to take and
to use as seen fit, for whatever purpose. Free Software has proven to be an
asset in our digital age and the proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act is going to
be detrimental to it.</p>
<p>a. As the Debian Social Contract states, our goal is "make the best system
we can, so that free works will be widely distributed and used." Imposing
requirements such as those proposed in the act makes it legally perilous for
others to redistribute our work and endangers our commitment to "provide an
integrated system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions that
would prevent such uses of the system". (2)</p>
<p>b. Knowing whether software is commercial or not isn't feasible,
neither in Debian nor in most free software projects - we don't track people's
employment status or history, nor do we check who finances upstream projects
(the original projects that we integrate in our operating system).</p>
<p>c. If upstream projects stop making available their code for fear of being
in the scope of CRA and its financial consequences, system security will
actually get worse rather than better.</p>
<p>d. Having to get legal advice before giving a gift to society will
discourage many developers, especially those without a company or other
organisation supporting them.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Debian is well known for its security track record through practices of
responsible disclosure and coordination with upstream developers and other
Free Software projects. We aim to live up to the commitment made in the Debian
Social Contract: "We will not hide problems." (3)</p>
<p>a.The Free Software community has developed a fine-tuned, tried-and-tested
system of responsible disclosure in case of security issues which will be
overturned by the mandatory reporting to European authorities within 24 hours
(Art. 11 CRA).</p>
<p>b. Debian spends a lot of volunteering time on security issues, provides
quick security updates and works closely together with upstream projects and
in coordination with other vendors. To protect its users, Debian regularly
participates in limited embargos to coordinate fixes to security issues so that
all other major Linux distributions can also have a complete fix when the
vulnerability is disclosed.</p>
<p>c. Security issue tracking and remediation is intentionally decentralized
and distributed. The reporting of security issues to ENISA and the intended
propagation to other authorities and national administrations would collect all
software vulnerabilities in one place. This greatly increases the risk of
leaking information about vulnerabilities to threat actors, representing a
threat for all the users around the world, including European citizens.</p>
<p>d. Activists use Debian (e.g. through derivatives such as Tails), among
other reasons, to protect themselves from authoritarian governments; handing
threat actors exploits they can use for oppression is against what Debian
stands for.</p>
<p>e. Developers and companies will downplay security issues because a
"security" issue now comes with legal implications. Less clarity on what is
truly a security issue will hurt users by leaving them vulnerable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>While proprietary software is developed behind closed doors, Free Software
development is done in the open, transparent for everyone. To retain parity
with proprietary software the open development process needs to be entirely
exempt from CRA requirements, just as the development of software in private
is. A "making available on the market" can only be considered after development
is finished and the software is released.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Even if only "commercial activities" are in the scope of CRA, the Free
Software community - and as a consequence, everybody - will lose a lot of
small projects. CRA will force many small enterprises and most probably all
self employed developers out of business because they simply cannot fulfill
the requirements imposed by CRA. Debian and other Linux distributions depend
on their work. If accepted as it is, CRA will undermine not only an established
community but also a thriving market. CRA needs an exemption for small
businesses and, at the very least, solo-entrepreneurs.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<hr>
<p><em>Information about the voting process:</em></p>
<p>Debian uses the Condorcet method for voting. Simplistically, plain Condorcets
method can be stated like so : "Consider all possible two-way races between
candidates. The Condorcet winner, if there is one, is the one candidate who
can beat each other candidate in a two-way race with that candidate." The
problem is that in complex elections, there may well be a circular relationship
in which A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A. Most of the variations on
Condorcet use various means of resolving the tie. Debian's variation is spelled
out in the constitution, specifically, A.5(3)</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p>(1)
<a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-european-cyber-resilience-act">CRA proposals and links</a> & <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive">PLD proposals and links</a></p>
<p>(2)
<a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract">Debian Social Contract No. 2, 3, and 4</a></p>
<p>(3)
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Debian Constitution</a></p><h2><em>Debian Public Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability Directive</em></h2>
<p>The European Union is currently preparing a regulation "on horizontal
cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements" known as the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is currently in the final "trilogue" phase of
the legislative process. The act includes a set of essential cybersecurity and
vulnerability handling requirements for manufacturers. It will require products
to be accompanied by information and instructions to the user. Manufacturers
will need to perform risk assessments and produce technical documentation and,
for critical components, have third-party audits conducted. Discovered security
issues will have to be reported to European authorities within 25 hours (1).
The CRA will be followed up by the Product Liability Directive (PLD) which will
introduce compulsory liability for software.</p>
<p>While a lot of these regulations seem reasonable, the Debian project believes
that there are grave problems for Free Software projects attached to them.
Therefore, the Debian project issues the following statement:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Free Software has always been a gift, freely given to society, to take and
to use as seen fit, for whatever purpose. Free Software has proven to be an
asset in our digital age and the proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act is going to
be detrimental to it.</p>
<p>a. As the Debian Social Contract states, our goal is "make the best system
we can, so that free works will be widely distributed and used." Imposing
requirements such as those proposed in the act makes it legally perilous for
others to redistribute our work and endangers our commitment to "provide an
integrated system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions that
would prevent such uses of the system". (2)</p>
<p>b. Knowing whether software is commercial or not isn't feasible,
neither in Debian nor in most free software projects - we don't track people's
employment status or history, nor do we check who finances upstream projects
(the original projects that we integrate in our operating system).</p>
<p>c. If upstream projects stop making available their code for fear of being
in the scope of CRA and its financial consequences, system security will
actually get worse rather than better.</p>
<p>d. Having to get legal advice before giving a gift to society will
discourage many developers, especially those without a company or other
organisation supporting them.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Debian is well known for its security track record through practices of
responsible disclosure and coordination with upstream developers and other
Free Software projects. We aim to live up to the commitment made in the Debian
Social Contract: "We will not hide problems." (3)</p>
<p>a.The Free Software community has developed a fine-tuned, tried-and-tested
system of responsible disclosure in case of security issues which will be
overturned by the mandatory reporting to European authorities within 24 hours
(Art. 11 CRA).</p>
<p>b. Debian spends a lot of volunteering time on security issues, provides
quick security updates and works closely together with upstream projects and
in coordination with other vendors. To protect its users, Debian regularly
participates in limited embargos to coordinate fixes to security issues so that
all other major Linux distributions can also have a complete fix when the
vulnerability is disclosed.</p>
<p>c. Security issue tracking and remediation is intentionally decentralized
and distributed. The reporting of security issues to ENISA and the intended
propagation to other authorities and national administrations would collect all
software vulnerabilities in one place. This greatly increases the risk of
leaking information about vulnerabilities to threat actors, representing a
threat for all the users around the world, including European citizens.</p>
<p>d. Activists use Debian (e.g. through derivatives such as Tails), among
other reasons, to protect themselves from authoritarian governments; handing
threat actors exploits they can use for oppression is against what Debian
stands for.</p>
<p>e. Developers and companies will downplay security issues because a
"security" issue now comes with legal implications. Less clarity on what is
truly a security issue will hurt users by leaving them vulnerable.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>While proprietary software is developed behind closed doors, Free Software
development is done in the open, transparent for everyone. To retain parity
with proprietary software the open development process needs to be entirely
exempt from CRA requirements, just as the development of software in private
is. A "making available on the market" can only be considered after development
is finished and the software is released.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Even if only "commercial activities" are in the scope of CRA, the Free
Software community - and as a consequence, everybody - will lose a lot of
small projects. CRA will force many small enterprises and most probably all
self employed developers out of business because they simply cannot fulfill
the requirements imposed by CRA. Debian and other Linux distributions depend
on their work. If accepted as it is, CRA will undermine not only an established
community but also a thriving market. CRA needs an exemption for small
businesses and, at the very least, solo-entrepreneurs.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<hr>
<p><em>Information about the voting process:</em></p>
<p>Debian uses the Condorcet method for voting. Simplistically, plain Condorcets
method can be stated like so : "Consider all possible two-way races between
candidates. The Condorcet winner, if there is one, is the one candidate who
can beat each other candidate in a two-way race with that candidate." The
problem is that in complex elections, there may well be a circular relationship
in which A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A. Most of the variations on
Condorcet use various means of resolving the tie. Debian's variation is spelled
out in the constitution, specifically, A.5(3)</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p>(1)
<a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-european-cyber-resilience-act">CRA proposals and links</a> & <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive">PLD proposals and links</a></p>
<p>(2)
<a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract">Debian Social Contract No. 2, 3, and 4</a></p>
<p>(3)
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Debian Constitution</a></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2023)2023-11-30T16:00:00+01:002023-11-30T16:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-11-30:/2023/11/new-developers-2023-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>François Mazen (mzf)</li>
<li>Andrew Ruthven (puck)</li>
<li>Christopher Obbard (obbardc)</li>
<li>Salvo Tomaselli (ltworf)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bo YU</li>
<li>Athos Coimbra Ribeiro</li>
<li>Marc Leeman</li>
<li>Filip Strömbäck</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>François Mazen (mzf)</li>
<li>Andrew Ruthven (puck)</li>
<li>Christopher Obbard (obbardc)</li>
<li>Salvo Tomaselli (ltworf)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bo YU</li>
<li>Athos Coimbra Ribeiro</li>
<li>Marc Leeman</li>
<li>Filip Strömbäck</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>archive.debian.org rsync address change2023-11-23T08:00:00+01:002023-11-23T08:00:00+01:00Donald Norwood, Adam D. Barratttag:bits.debian.org,2023-11-23:/2023/11/DebianDiscontinuesRsync.html<p>The proposed and previously
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors-announce/2023/11/msg00000.html">announced</a>
changes to the rsync service have become effective with the
<code>rsync://archive.debian.org</code> address now being discontinued.</p>
<p>The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served <code>archive.debian.org</code> via
both HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for
users, the Debian mirrors team is separating the access methods to different
host names:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>http://archive.debian.org/</code> will remain the entry point for HTTP
clients such as APT</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>rsync://rsync.archive.debian.org/debian-archive/</code> is now available for
those who wish to mirror all or parts of the archives.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>rsync service on archive.debian.org has stopped, and we encourage anyone using
the service to migrate to the new host name as soon as possible.</p>
<p>If you are currently using rsync to the debian-archive from a debian.org
server that forms part of the archive.debian.org rotation, we also encourage
Administrators to move to the new service name. This will allow us to better
manage which back-end servers offer rsync service in future.</p>
<p>Note that due to its nature the content of archive.debian.org does not
change frequently - generally there will be several months, possibly
more than a year, between updates - so checking for updates more than
once a day is unnecessary.</p>
<p>For additional information please reach out to the
<a href="debian-mirrors@lists.debian.org">Debian Mirrors Team</a> maillist.</p><p>The proposed and previously
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors-announce/2023/11/msg00000.html">announced</a>
changes to the rsync service have become effective with the
<code>rsync://archive.debian.org</code> address now being discontinued.</p>
<p>The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served <code>archive.debian.org</code> via
both HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for
users, the Debian mirrors team is separating the access methods to different
host names:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><code>http://archive.debian.org/</code> will remain the entry point for HTTP
clients such as APT</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><code>rsync://rsync.archive.debian.org/debian-archive/</code> is now available for
those who wish to mirror all or parts of the archives.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>rsync service on archive.debian.org has stopped, and we encourage anyone using
the service to migrate to the new host name as soon as possible.</p>
<p>If you are currently using rsync to the debian-archive from a debian.org
server that forms part of the archive.debian.org rotation, we also encourage
Administrators to move to the new service name. This will allow us to better
manage which back-end servers offer rsync service in future.</p>
<p>Note that due to its nature the content of archive.debian.org does not
change frequently - generally there will be several months, possibly
more than a year, between updates - so checking for updates more than
once a day is unnecessary.</p>
<p>For additional information please reach out to the
<a href="debian-mirrors@lists.debian.org">Debian Mirrors Team</a> maillist.</p>Debian Events: MiniDebConfCambridge-20232023-11-18T11:00:00+01:002023-11-18T11:00:00+01:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2023-11-18:/2023/11/minidebconf2023-cambridge.html<p><img alt="MiniConfLogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Miniconf-logo-200x248.png"></p>
<p>Next week the #MiniDebConfCambridge takes place in Cambridge, UK. This event will
run from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 November 2023. </p>
<p>The 4 days of the MiniDebConf include a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebCamp">Mini-DebCamp</a>
and of course the main Conference talks, BoFs, meets, and Sprints. </p>
<p>We give thanks to our partners and sponsors for this event</p>
<p><a href="https://www.arm.com">Arm</a> - Building the Future of Computing</p>
<p><a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk">Codethink</a> - Open Source System Software Experts</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pexip.com">pexip</a> - Powering video everywhere </p>
<p>Please see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2023/MiniDebConfCambridge">MiniDebConfCambridge</a>
page more for information regarding Travel documentation, Accomodation, Meal
planning, the full conference schedule, and yes, even parking.</p>
<p>We hope to see you there!</p><p><img alt="MiniConfLogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Miniconf-logo-200x248.png"></p>
<p>Next week the #MiniDebConfCambridge takes place in Cambridge, UK. This event will
run from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 November 2023. </p>
<p>The 4 days of the MiniDebConf include a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebCamp">Mini-DebCamp</a>
and of course the main Conference talks, BoFs, meets, and Sprints. </p>
<p>We give thanks to our partners and sponsors for this event</p>
<p><a href="https://www.arm.com">Arm</a> - Building the Future of Computing</p>
<p><a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk">Codethink</a> - Open Source System Software Experts</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pexip.com">pexip</a> - Powering video everywhere </p>
<p>Please see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2023/MiniDebConfCambridge">MiniDebConfCambridge</a>
page more for information regarding Travel documentation, Accomodation, Meal
planning, the full conference schedule, and yes, even parking.</p>
<p>We hope to see you there!</p>Call for bids for DebConf242023-10-31T13:30:00+01:002023-10-31T13:30:00+01:00Debian DebConf Committetag:bits.debian.org,2023-10-31:/2023/10/debconf24-call-for-bids.html<p>Due to the current state of affairs in Israel, who were to host DebConf24,
the DebConf committee has decided to renew calls for bids to host DebConf24
at another venue and location.</p>
<p>The DebConf committee would like to express our sincere appreciation for the
DebConf Israeli team, and the work they've done over several years. However,
given the uncertainty about the situation, we regret that it will most likely
not be possible to hold DebConf in Israel.</p>
<p>As we ask for submissions for new host locations we ask that you please review
and understand the details and requirements for a bid submission to host the
<a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>.</p>
<p>Please review the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/LocationCheckList">template for a DebConf bid</a>
for guidelines on how to sumbit a proper bid.</p>
<p>To submit a bid, please create the appropriate page(s) under
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24/Bids">DebConf Wiki Bids</a>, and add it to the "Bids"
section in the main <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24">DebConf 24</a> page. </p>
<p><em>There isn't very much time to make a decision. We need bids by the end of November
in order to make a decision by the end of the year.</em> </p>
<p>After your submission is completed please
send us a notification at <a href="mailto:debconf-team@lists.debian.org">debconf-team@lists.debian.org</a> to let us know
that your bid submission is ready for review. </p>
<p>We also suggest hanging out in our IRC chat room <a href="https://www.oftc.net">#debconf-team</a>. </p>
<p>Given this short deadline, we understand that bids won't be as complete
as they would usually be. Do the best you can in the time available.</p>
<p>Bids will be evaluated according to <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/PriorityList">The Priority List</a>.</p>
<p>You can get in contact with the DebConf team by email to
<a href="mailto:debconf-team@lists.debian.org">debconf-team@lists.debian.org</a>, or via the #debconf-team IRC channel on
OFTC or via our <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#debconf-team:matrix.debian.social">Matrix Channel</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you, </p>
<p>The Debian Debconf Committee</p><p>Due to the current state of affairs in Israel, who were to host DebConf24,
the DebConf committee has decided to renew calls for bids to host DebConf24
at another venue and location.</p>
<p>The DebConf committee would like to express our sincere appreciation for the
DebConf Israeli team, and the work they've done over several years. However,
given the uncertainty about the situation, we regret that it will most likely
not be possible to hold DebConf in Israel.</p>
<p>As we ask for submissions for new host locations we ask that you please review
and understand the details and requirements for a bid submission to host the
<a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>.</p>
<p>Please review the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/LocationCheckList">template for a DebConf bid</a>
for guidelines on how to sumbit a proper bid.</p>
<p>To submit a bid, please create the appropriate page(s) under
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24/Bids">DebConf Wiki Bids</a>, and add it to the "Bids"
section in the main <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24">DebConf 24</a> page. </p>
<p><em>There isn't very much time to make a decision. We need bids by the end of November
in order to make a decision by the end of the year.</em> </p>
<p>After your submission is completed please
send us a notification at <a href="mailto:debconf-team@lists.debian.org">debconf-team@lists.debian.org</a> to let us know
that your bid submission is ready for review. </p>
<p>We also suggest hanging out in our IRC chat room <a href="https://www.oftc.net">#debconf-team</a>. </p>
<p>Given this short deadline, we understand that bids won't be as complete
as they would usually be. Do the best you can in the time available.</p>
<p>Bids will be evaluated according to <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/General/Handbook/Bids/PriorityList">The Priority List</a>.</p>
<p>You can get in contact with the DebConf team by email to
<a href="mailto:debconf-team@lists.debian.org">debconf-team@lists.debian.org</a>, or via the #debconf-team IRC channel on
OFTC or via our <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#debconf-team:matrix.debian.social">Matrix Channel</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you, </p>
<p>The Debian Debconf Committee</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2023)2023-09-27T16:00:00+02:002023-09-27T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-27:/2023/09/new-developers-2023-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marius Gripsgard (mariogrip)</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal (rmb)</li>
<li>Lukas Märdian (slyon)</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson (rgson)</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari (polverari)</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias (eamanu)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aymeric Agon-Rambosson</li>
<li>Blair Noctis</li>
<li>Lena Voytek</li>
<li>Philippe Coval</li>
<li>John Scott</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marius Gripsgard (mariogrip)</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal (rmb)</li>
<li>Lukas Märdian (slyon)</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson (rgson)</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari (polverari)</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias (eamanu)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aymeric Agon-Rambosson</li>
<li>Blair Noctis</li>
<li>Lena Voytek</li>
<li>Philippe Coval</li>
<li>John Scott</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf23 closes in Kochi and DebConf24 announced2023-09-18T16:30:00+02:002023-09-18T16:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraud and Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-18:/2023/09/debconf23-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23/Photos?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=debconf23_group.jpg"><img alt="DebConf23 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf23_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Sunday 17 September 2023, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors
Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>Over 474 attendees representing 35 countries from around the world came
together for a combined 89 events made up of Talks, Discussons, Birds of a
Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities in support of furthering
our distribution, learning from our mentors and peers, building our community,
and having a bit of fun.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> hacking session held September 3d
through September 9th where Debian Developers and Contributors convened to
focus on their Individual Debian related projects or work in team sprints
geared toward in-person collaboration in developing Debian.</p>
<p>In particular this year Sprints took place to advance development in
Mobian/Debian, Reproducible Builds, and Python in Debian. This year also
featured a BootCamp that was held for newcomers staged by a team of
dedicated mentors who shared hands-on experience in Debian and offered a
deeper understanding of how to work in and contribute to the community.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 10 September 2023.</p>
<p>In addition to the traditional 'Bits from the DPL' talk, the continuous
key-signing party, lightning talks and the announcement of next year's
DebConf4, there were several update sessions shared by internal projects and
teams.</p>
<p>Many of the hosted discussion sessions were presented by our technical
teams who highlighted the work and focus of the Long Term Support (LTS),
Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian Installer, Debian Image, and the
Debian Science teams. The Python, Perl, and Ruby programming language teams
also shared updates on their work and efforts.</p>
<p>Two of the larger local Debian communities, Debian Brasil and Debian India
shared how their respective collaborations in Debian moved the project
forward and how they attracted new members and opportunities both in
Debian, F/OSS, and the sciences with their HowTos of demonstrated community
engagement.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by
attendees over the course of the conference. Several activities that were
unable to be held in past years due to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic were
celebrated as they returned to the conference's schedule: a job fair, the
open-mic and poetry night, the traditional Cheese and Wine party, the group
photos and the Day Trips.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
videoed for live room streams with the recorded videos to be made available
later through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2023/DebConf23/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC
messaging apps or online collaborative text documents which allowed remote
attendees to 'be in the room' to ask questions or share comments with the
speaker or assembled audience.</p>
<p>DebConf23 saw over 4.3 TiB of data streamed, 55 hours of scheduled talks,
23 network access points, 11 network switches, 75 kb of equipment imported,
400 meters of gaffer tape used, 1,463 viewed streaming hours, 461 T-shirts,
35 country Geoip viewers, 5 day trips, and an average of 169 meals planned
per day.</p>
<p>All of these events, activies, conversations, and streams coupled with our
love, interest, and participation in Debian annd F/OSS certainly made this
conference an overall success both here in Kochi, India and On-line around
the world.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23 website</a>
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24">DebConf24</a> will be held
in Haifa, Israel. As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local
organizers in Israel will start the conference activites with DebCamp with
particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the
distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all
participants. See the
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf23 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf23, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a>.</p>
<p>We also wish to thank our Video and Infrastructure teams, the DebConf23 and
DebConf commitiees, our host nation of India, and each and every person who
helped contribute to this event and to Debian overall. </p>
<p>Thank you all for your work in helping Debian continue to be "The Universal
Operating System".</p>
<p>See you next year!</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range
of computer types, Debian calls itself the <em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is a key player in the
European cloud market and the leading developer of Web technologies in
Switzerland. It aims to be an independent European alternative to the web
giants and is committed to an ethical and sustainable Web that respects
privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak develops cloud solutions (IaaS,
PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online collaboration and video and radio
streaming services.</p>
<h3>About Proxmox</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a> develops powerful, yet easy-to-use
open-source server software. The product portfolio from Proxmox, including
server virtualization, backup, and email security, helps companies of any
size, sector, or industry to simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox
solutions are based on the great Debian platform, and we are happy that we
can give back to the community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
<h3>About Siemens</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> is technology company focused on
industry, infrastructure and transport. From resource-efficient factories,
resilient supply chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more
comfortable transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the
real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform
their industries and markets, helping them to enhance the everyday of
billions of people.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf23 web page at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/</a> or send
mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23/Photos?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=debconf23_group.jpg"><img alt="DebConf23 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf23_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Sunday 17 September 2023, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors
Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>Over 474 attendees representing 35 countries from around the world came
together for a combined 89 events made up of Talks, Discussons, Birds of a
Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities in support of furthering
our distribution, learning from our mentors and peers, building our community,
and having a bit of fun.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> hacking session held September 3d
through September 9th where Debian Developers and Contributors convened to
focus on their Individual Debian related projects or work in team sprints
geared toward in-person collaboration in developing Debian.</p>
<p>In particular this year Sprints took place to advance development in
Mobian/Debian, Reproducible Builds, and Python in Debian. This year also
featured a BootCamp that was held for newcomers staged by a team of
dedicated mentors who shared hands-on experience in Debian and offered a
deeper understanding of how to work in and contribute to the community.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 10 September 2023.</p>
<p>In addition to the traditional 'Bits from the DPL' talk, the continuous
key-signing party, lightning talks and the announcement of next year's
DebConf4, there were several update sessions shared by internal projects and
teams.</p>
<p>Many of the hosted discussion sessions were presented by our technical
teams who highlighted the work and focus of the Long Term Support (LTS),
Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian Installer, Debian Image, and the
Debian Science teams. The Python, Perl, and Ruby programming language teams
also shared updates on their work and efforts.</p>
<p>Two of the larger local Debian communities, Debian Brasil and Debian India
shared how their respective collaborations in Debian moved the project
forward and how they attracted new members and opportunities both in
Debian, F/OSS, and the sciences with their HowTos of demonstrated community
engagement.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by
attendees over the course of the conference. Several activities that were
unable to be held in past years due to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic were
celebrated as they returned to the conference's schedule: a job fair, the
open-mic and poetry night, the traditional Cheese and Wine party, the group
photos and the Day Trips.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
videoed for live room streams with the recorded videos to be made available
later through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2023/DebConf23/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC
messaging apps or online collaborative text documents which allowed remote
attendees to 'be in the room' to ask questions or share comments with the
speaker or assembled audience.</p>
<p>DebConf23 saw over 4.3 TiB of data streamed, 55 hours of scheduled talks,
23 network access points, 11 network switches, 75 kb of equipment imported,
400 meters of gaffer tape used, 1,463 viewed streaming hours, 461 T-shirts,
35 country Geoip viewers, 5 day trips, and an average of 169 meals planned
per day.</p>
<p>All of these events, activies, conversations, and streams coupled with our
love, interest, and participation in Debian annd F/OSS certainly made this
conference an overall success both here in Kochi, India and On-line around
the world.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23 website</a>
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/24">DebConf24</a> will be held
in Haifa, Israel. As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local
organizers in Israel will start the conference activites with DebCamp with
particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the
distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all
participants. See the
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf23 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf23, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a>.</p>
<p>We also wish to thank our Video and Infrastructure teams, the DebConf23 and
DebConf commitiees, our host nation of India, and each and every person who
helped contribute to this event and to Debian overall. </p>
<p>Thank you all for your work in helping Debian continue to be "The Universal
Operating System".</p>
<p>See you next year!</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range
of computer types, Debian calls itself the <em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is a key player in the
European cloud market and the leading developer of Web technologies in
Switzerland. It aims to be an independent European alternative to the web
giants and is committed to an ethical and sustainable Web that respects
privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak develops cloud solutions (IaaS,
PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online collaboration and video and radio
streaming services.</p>
<h3>About Proxmox</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a> develops powerful, yet easy-to-use
open-source server software. The product portfolio from Proxmox, including
server virtualization, backup, and email security, helps companies of any
size, sector, or industry to simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox
solutions are based on the great Debian platform, and we are happy that we
can give back to the community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
<h3>About Siemens</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> is technology company focused on
industry, infrastructure and transport. From resource-efficient factories,
resilient supply chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more
comfortable transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the
real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform
their industries and markets, helping them to enhance the everyday of
billions of people.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf23 web page at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/</a> or send
mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf23 starts today in Kochi On Sun 10 September 20232023-09-10T11:00:00+02:002023-09-10T11:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-10:/2023/09/debconf23-starts-today.html<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a>, the 24th annual <a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>,
is taking place in Kochi, India from September 10th to 17th, 2023.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Infopark, Kochi
to participate and work in a conference exclusively run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 373 expected attendants and 92
scheduled activities, including 45-minute and 20-minute talks, Bird of a Feather
("BoF") team meetings, workshops, a job fair, as well as a variety of other
events.</p>
<p>The full <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> is updated each
day, including activities planned ad-hoc by attendees over the course of the
conference.</p>
<p>If you would like to engage remotely, you can follow the <strong>video streams</strong>
available from the DebConf23 website for the events happening in the three talk
rooms: <em>Anamudi</em>, <em>Kuthiran</em> and <em>Ponmudi</em>. Or you can join the conversations
happening inside the talk rooms via the <a href="https://www.oftc.net">OFTC IRC network</a>
in the <strong>#debconf-anamudi</strong>, <strong>#debconf-kuthiran</strong>, and the <strong>#debconf-ponmudi</strong>
channels. Please also join us in the <strong>#debconf</strong> channel for common discussions
related to DebConf.</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf23 provided by our
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">micronews service</a> or the @debian profile on your
favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants.
Please see our Code of Conduct page on the DebConf23 website for more
information on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors to support DebConf23,
particularly our Platinum Sponsors: <strong>Infomaniak</strong>, <strong>Proxmox</strong> and <strong>Siemens</strong>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf23 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf23-sponsors-banner_1_800x450.png">
~ </p><p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a>, the 24th annual <a href="https://www.debconf.org">Debian Developer Conference</a>,
is taking place in Kochi, India from September 10th to 17th, 2023.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Infopark, Kochi
to participate and work in a conference exclusively run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 373 expected attendants and 92
scheduled activities, including 45-minute and 20-minute talks, Bird of a Feather
("BoF") team meetings, workshops, a job fair, as well as a variety of other
events.</p>
<p>The full <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> is updated each
day, including activities planned ad-hoc by attendees over the course of the
conference.</p>
<p>If you would like to engage remotely, you can follow the <strong>video streams</strong>
available from the DebConf23 website for the events happening in the three talk
rooms: <em>Anamudi</em>, <em>Kuthiran</em> and <em>Ponmudi</em>. Or you can join the conversations
happening inside the talk rooms via the <a href="https://www.oftc.net">OFTC IRC network</a>
in the <strong>#debconf-anamudi</strong>, <strong>#debconf-kuthiran</strong>, and the <strong>#debconf-ponmudi</strong>
channels. Please also join us in the <strong>#debconf</strong> channel for common discussions
related to DebConf.</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf23 provided by our
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">micronews service</a> or the @debian profile on your
favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants.
Please see our Code of Conduct page on the DebConf23 website for more
information on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors to support DebConf23,
particularly our Platinum Sponsors: <strong>Infomaniak</strong>, <strong>Proxmox</strong> and <strong>Siemens</strong>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf23 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf23-sponsors-banner_1_800x450.png">
~ </p>DebConf23 welcomes its sponsors!2023-09-10T11:00:00+02:002023-09-10T11:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-10:/2023/09/debconf23-welcomes-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf23 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf_2023_Logo.400x375.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a>, the 24th edition of the Debian
conference is taking place in Infopark at Kochi, Kerala, India.
Thanks to the hard work of its organizers, it will be, this year as well, an
interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf23, and
introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have three Platinum sponsors.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is a key player in the European cloud market and the leading
developer of Web technologies in Switzerland. It aims to be an independent
European alternative to the web giants and is committed to an ethical and
sustainable Web that respects privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak
develops cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online
collaboration and video and radio streaming services.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a> is our second Platinum sponsor.
Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server software.
The product portfolio from Proxmox, including server virtualization, backup,
and email security, helps companies of any size, sector, or industry to
simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox solutions are based on the
great Debian platform, and we are happy that we can give back to the
community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure and
transport. From resource-efficient factories, resilient supply
chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable
transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining
the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to
transform their industries and markets, helping them to enhance the
everyday of billions of people.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of
connected products including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations
as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.freexian.com/"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>,
Freexian is a services company specialized in Free Software and in
particular Debian GNU/Linux, covering consulting, custom developments,
support, training. Freexian has a recognized Debian expertise thanks to the
participation of Debian developers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>,
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a
wide range of Internet-related services and products such as online
advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
with near <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,800</a> students
enrolled, located in the Swiss capital.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>, a global consultancy delivering
Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.</li>
<li><a href="https://fossunited.org/"><strong>FOSS United</strong></a>,
a non-profit foundation that aims at promoting and strengthening the Free
and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.fsij.org/"><strong>FSIJ</strong></a>, a non-profit organization
dedicated to supporting Free Software growth and development.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>, a major international pharmaceutical
provider and research company dedicated to personalized healthcare.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.twosigma.com/"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://fossee.in/"><strong>FOSSEE</strong></a> (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for
Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools in academia and research.
The project is part of the National Mission on Education through Information
and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of
India.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>Arm</strong></a>: with the world’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 225 billion chips to date.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.keralavisionisp.com/"><strong>Kerala Vision Broadband</strong></a> is a
subsidiary of Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) which provides
high-speed internet services in the state of Kerala, India.</li>
</ul>
<p>Bronze sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.bigbinary.com/"><strong>BigBinary</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://zerodha.com/"><strong>Zerodha</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.passbolt.com/"><strong>passbolt</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://deeproot.in/"><strong>DeepRoot Linux</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://mostlyharmless.io/debconf/"><strong>Mostly Harmless</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://hopbox.net/"><strong>hopbox</strong></a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ethz.ch/en.html"><strong>ETH Zurich</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gandi.net/en-US"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://evolix.com/"><strong>evolix</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>A special thanks to the <a href="https://infopark.in/"><strong>Infoparks Kerala</strong></a>,
our Venue Partner!</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf23.</p><p><img alt="DebConf23 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf_2023_Logo.400x375.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a>, the 24th edition of the Debian
conference is taking place in Infopark at Kochi, Kerala, India.
Thanks to the hard work of its organizers, it will be, this year as well, an
interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf23, and
introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have three Platinum sponsors.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is a key player in the European cloud market and the leading
developer of Web technologies in Switzerland. It aims to be an independent
European alternative to the web giants and is committed to an ethical and
sustainable Web that respects privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak
develops cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online
collaboration and video and radio streaming services.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a> is our second Platinum sponsor.
Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server software.
The product portfolio from Proxmox, including server virtualization, backup,
and email security, helps companies of any size, sector, or industry to
simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox solutions are based on the
great Debian platform, and we are happy that we can give back to the
community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure and
transport. From resource-efficient factories, resilient supply
chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable
transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining
the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to
transform their industries and markets, helping them to enhance the
everyday of billions of people.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of
connected products including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations
as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.freexian.com/"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>,
Freexian is a services company specialized in Free Software and in
particular Debian GNU/Linux, covering consulting, custom developments,
support, training. Freexian has a recognized Debian expertise thanks to the
participation of Debian developers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>,
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a
wide range of Internet-related services and products such as online
advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
with near <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,800</a> students
enrolled, located in the Swiss capital.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>, a global consultancy delivering
Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.</li>
<li><a href="https://fossunited.org/"><strong>FOSS United</strong></a>,
a non-profit foundation that aims at promoting and strengthening the Free
and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.fsij.org/"><strong>FSIJ</strong></a>, a non-profit organization
dedicated to supporting Free Software growth and development.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>, a major international pharmaceutical
provider and research company dedicated to personalized healthcare.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.twosigma.com/"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://fossee.in/"><strong>FOSSEE</strong></a> (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for
Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools in academia and research.
The project is part of the National Mission on Education through Information
and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of
India.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>Arm</strong></a>: with the world’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 225 billion chips to date.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.keralavisionisp.com/"><strong>Kerala Vision Broadband</strong></a> is a
subsidiary of Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) which provides
high-speed internet services in the state of Kerala, India.</li>
</ul>
<p>Bronze sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.bigbinary.com/"><strong>BigBinary</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://zerodha.com/"><strong>Zerodha</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.passbolt.com/"><strong>passbolt</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://deeproot.in/"><strong>DeepRoot Linux</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://mostlyharmless.io/debconf/"><strong>Mostly Harmless</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://hopbox.net/"><strong>hopbox</strong></a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ethz.ch/en.html"><strong>ETH Zurich</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gandi.net/en-US"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://evolix.com/"><strong>evolix</strong></a>,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>A special thanks to the <a href="https://infopark.in/"><strong>Infoparks Kerala</strong></a>,
our Venue Partner!</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf23.</p>DebianDay Celebrations and comments2023-09-09T11:00:00+02:002023-09-09T11:00:00+02:00Donald Norwood, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santanatag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-09:/2023/09/debian-30-celebrations.html<p><strong>Debian Celebrates 30 years!</strong></p>
<p>We celebrated our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">birthday</a> this year and
we had a great time with new friends, new members welcomed to the community,
and the world. </p>
<p>We have collected a few comments, videos, and discussions from
around the Internet, and some images from some of the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023">DebianDay2023</a> events. We hope that
you enjoyed the day(s) as much as we did!</p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-MMaqson-photo_2023-08-17_19-43-17.png"><img alt="Maqsuel Maqson" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-MMaqson-photo_2023-08-17_19-43-17thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">"Debian 30 years of collective intelligence" -Maqsuel Maqson</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Brazil</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-TPezzo-Brazi-photo_2023-08-16.png"><img alt="Thiago Pezzo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-TPezzo-Brazi-photo_2023-08-16-thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Pouso Alegre, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DPimentel-Brazil-photo_2023_08_26.jpg"><img alt="Daniel Pimentel" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DPimentel-Brazil-photo_2023_08_26thumb.jpg"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Maceió, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DLenharo-Brazil-photo_2023_08_19.png"><img alt="Daniel Lenharo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DLenharo-Brazil-photo_2023_08_19thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Curitiba, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-Dlenharo-photo_2023-08-17_16-52-19thumb.png"><img alt="Daniel Lenharo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-Dlenharo-photo_2023-08-17_16-52-19thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">The cake is there. :) </p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-brasil-phls-photo_2023-08-17_16-51-35thumb.png"><img alt="phls" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-brasil-phls-photo_2023-08-17_16-51-35.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Honorary Debian Developers: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuzz">Buzz</a>, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie">Jessie</a>, and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWoody">Woody</a> welcome guests to this amazing party.</p></em></strong> </p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazi-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"><img alt="Carlos Melara" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazi-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Sao Carlos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazil-photo_2023-08-20_01-15-04thumb.png"><img alt="Carlos Melara" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazil-photo_2023-08-20_01-15-04thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Stickers, and Fliers, and Laptops, oh my!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-belo-horizontel-phls_2023-08-12thumb.png"><img alt="phls" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-belo-horizontel-phls_2023-08-12thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Belo Horizonte, Brazil</p></em></strong> </p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"><img alt="sergiosacj" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Brasília, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-12-33thumb.png"><img alt="sergiosacj" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-12-33thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Brasília, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Mexico</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-36-41thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-36-41thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">30 años!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-39-41thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-39-41thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">A quick Selfie</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-40-02thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-40-02thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">We do not encourage beverages on computing hardware, but this one is okay by us.</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Germany</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-2-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-46thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-2-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-46thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">30 years of love</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-3-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-42thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-3-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-42thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">The German Delegation is also looking for this dog who footed the bill for the party, then left mysteriously.</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-photo_2023-08-17_16-57-35thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-photo_2023-08-17_16-57-35thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">We took the party outside</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-17_16-56-52thumb.png"><img alt="Stefano Rivera" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-17_16-56-52thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">We brought the party back inside at CCCamp</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Belgium</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-20_01-17-18.png"><img alt="Stefano Rivera" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-20_01-17-18.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Cake and Diversity in Belgium</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>El Salvador</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-neomish-photo_2023-08-17_16-55-54thumb.png"><img alt="Gato Barato Canelón Pulgosky" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-neomish-photo_2023-08-17_16-55-54thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Food and Fellowship in El Salvador</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>South Africa</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-47-07-1thumb.png"><img alt="highvoltage" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-47-07-1thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Debian is also very delicious!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-49-57-2thumb.png"><img alt="highvoltage" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-49-57-2thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">All smiles waiting to eat the cake</p></em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Reports</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-maceio-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Maceió - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-sao-carlos-report/">Debian Day 30 years in São Carlos - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-ifsuldeminas-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Pouso Alegre - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-belo-horizonte-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Belo Horizonte - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-curitiba-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Curitiba - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-brasilia-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Brasília - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-online-report/">Debian Day 30 years online in Brazil</a></p>
<p><strong>Articles & Blogs</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/happy-debian-day-going-30-years-strong/">Happy Debian Day - going 30 years strong</a> - Liam Dawe</p>
<p><a href="https://9to5linux.com/debian-turns-30-years-old-happy-birthday">Debian Turns 30 Years Old, Happy Birthday!</a> - Marius Nestor</p>
<p><a href="https://linuxiac.com/30-years-debian/">30 Years of Stability, Security, and Freedom: Celebrating Debian’s Birthday</a> - Bobby Borisov</p>
<p><a href="https://www.geekersdigest.com/30-years-debian-linux/">Happy 30th Birthday, Debian!</a> - Claudio Kuenzier</p>
<p><a href="https://fossforce.com/2023/08/debian-is-30-and-sgt-pepper-is-at-least-ninetysomething/">Debian is 30 and Sgt Pepper Is at Least Ninetysomething</a> - Christine Hall</p>
<p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/941744/">Debian turns 30!</a> -Corbet</p>
<p><a href="https://vazaha.blog/en/22/thirty-years-of-debian">Thirty years of Debian!</a> - Lennart Hengstmengel</p>
<p><a href="https://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/debian-marks-three-decades-as-universal-operating-system.html">Debian marks three decades as 'Universal Operating System'</a> - Sam Varghese</p>
<p><a href="https://www.linuxcapable.com/debian-linux-celebrates-30-years-milestone/">Debian Linux Celebrates 30 Years Milestone</a> - Joshua James</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/17/debian_turns_30/">30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the world's most successful Linux distros</a> - Liam Proven</p>
<p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/">Looking Back on 30 Years of Debian</a> - Maya Posch</p>
<p><a href="https://debugpointnews.com/debian-30/">Cheers to 30 Years of Debian: A Journey of Open Source Excellence</a> - arindam</p>
<p><strong>Discussions and Social Media</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37156529">Debian Celebrates 30 Years - Source: News YCombinator</a></p>
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37147617">Brand-new Linux release, which I'm calling the Debian ... Source: News YCombinator</a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/openSUSE/status/1691743754103795962">Comment: Congrats @debian !!! Happy Birthday! Thank you for becoming a
cornerstone of the #opensource world. Here's to decades of collaboration,
stability & #software #freedom </a> -openSUSELinux via X (formerly Twitter)</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/TUXEDOComputers/status/1691730101593907533">Comment: Today we #celebrate the 30th birthday of #Debian, one of the largest
and most important cornerstones of the #opensourcecommunity. For this we
would like to thank you very much and wish you the best for the next 30 years!
Source: X (Formerly Twitter</a> -TUXEDOComputers via X (formerly Twitter)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/15s3lvz/happy_debian_day/">Happy Debian Day! - Source: Reddit.com</a></p>
<p><em>Video</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKFv8wu0IM">The History of Debian | The Beginning - Source: Linux User Space</a></p>
<p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/bqcmxg/debian_celebrates_30_years">Debian Celebrates 30 years -Source: Lobste.rs</a></p>
<p><em>Video</em> <a href="https://linuxgamecast.com/2023/08/debian-at-30-and-no-more-distro-hopping-lwdw388/">Debian At 30 and No More Distro Hopping! - LWDW388 - Source: LinuxGameCast</a></p>
<p><a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155696">Debian Celebrates 30 years! - Source: Debian User Forums</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.linux.org/threads/debian-celebrates-30-years.46370/post-202667">Debian Celebrates 30 years! - Source: Linux.org</a></p><p><strong>Debian Celebrates 30 years!</strong></p>
<p>We celebrated our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">birthday</a> this year and
we had a great time with new friends, new members welcomed to the community,
and the world. </p>
<p>We have collected a few comments, videos, and discussions from
around the Internet, and some images from some of the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023">DebianDay2023</a> events. We hope that
you enjoyed the day(s) as much as we did!</p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-MMaqson-photo_2023-08-17_19-43-17.png"><img alt="Maqsuel Maqson" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-MMaqson-photo_2023-08-17_19-43-17thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">"Debian 30 years of collective intelligence" -Maqsuel Maqson</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Brazil</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-TPezzo-Brazi-photo_2023-08-16.png"><img alt="Thiago Pezzo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-TPezzo-Brazi-photo_2023-08-16-thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Pouso Alegre, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DPimentel-Brazil-photo_2023_08_26.jpg"><img alt="Daniel Pimentel" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DPimentel-Brazil-photo_2023_08_26thumb.jpg"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Maceió, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DLenharo-Brazil-photo_2023_08_19.png"><img alt="Daniel Lenharo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-DLenharo-Brazil-photo_2023_08_19thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Curitiba, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-Dlenharo-photo_2023-08-17_16-52-19thumb.png"><img alt="Daniel Lenharo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-Dlenharo-photo_2023-08-17_16-52-19thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">The cake is there. :) </p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-brasil-phls-photo_2023-08-17_16-51-35thumb.png"><img alt="phls" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-brasil-phls-photo_2023-08-17_16-51-35.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Honorary Debian Developers: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuzz">Buzz</a>, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie">Jessie</a>, and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWoody">Woody</a> welcome guests to this amazing party.</p></em></strong> </p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazi-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"><img alt="Carlos Melara" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazi-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Sao Carlos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazil-photo_2023-08-20_01-15-04thumb.png"><img alt="Carlos Melara" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-CMelara-Brazil-photo_2023-08-20_01-15-04thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Stickers, and Fliers, and Laptops, oh my!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-belo-horizontel-phls_2023-08-12thumb.png"><img alt="phls" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-belo-horizontel-phls_2023-08-12thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Belo Horizonte, Brazil</p></em></strong> </p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"><img alt="sergiosacj" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-11-29thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Brasília, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-12-33thumb.png"><img alt="sergiosacj" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-sergiosacj-brazil-photo_2023-08-22_19-12-33thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">Brasília, Brazil</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Mexico</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-36-41thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-36-41thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">30 años!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-39-41thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-39-41thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">A quick Selfie</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-40-02thumb.png"><img alt="Jathan" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-jathan-photo_2023-08-27_10-40-02thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align; center;">We do not encourage beverages on computing hardware, but this one is okay by us.</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Germany</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-2-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-46thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-2-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-46thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">30 years of love</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-3-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-42thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-3-photo_2023-08-17_16-58-42thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">The German Delegation is also looking for this dog who footed the bill for the party, then left mysteriously.</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-photo_2023-08-17_16-57-35thumb.png"><img alt="h01ger" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-h01ger-photo_2023-08-17_16-57-35thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">We took the party outside</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-17_16-56-52thumb.png"><img alt="Stefano Rivera" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-17_16-56-52thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">We brought the party back inside at CCCamp</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>Belgium</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-20_01-17-18.png"><img alt="Stefano Rivera" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-SRivera-photo_2023-08-20_01-17-18.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Cake and Diversity in Belgium</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>El Salvador</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-neomish-photo_2023-08-17_16-55-54thumb.png"><img alt="Gato Barato Canelón Pulgosky" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-neomish-photo_2023-08-17_16-55-54thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Food and Fellowship in El Salvador</p></em></strong></p>
<h1>South Africa</h1>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-47-07-1thumb.png"><img alt="highvoltage" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-47-07-1thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">Debian is also very delicious!</p></em></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-49-57-2thumb.png"><img alt="highvoltage" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-30y-southafrica-highvoltage.photo_2023-08-17_16-49-57-2thumb.png"></a>
<strong><em><p style="text-align: center;">All smiles waiting to eat the cake</p></em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Reports</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-maceio-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Maceió - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-sao-carlos-report/">Debian Day 30 years in São Carlos - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-ifsuldeminas-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Pouso Alegre - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-belo-horizonte-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Belo Horizonte - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-curitiba-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Curitiba - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-brasilia-report/">Debian Day 30 years in Brasília - Brazil</a></p>
<p><a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-online-report/">Debian Day 30 years online in Brazil</a></p>
<p><strong>Articles & Blogs</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/happy-debian-day-going-30-years-strong/">Happy Debian Day - going 30 years strong</a> - Liam Dawe</p>
<p><a href="https://9to5linux.com/debian-turns-30-years-old-happy-birthday">Debian Turns 30 Years Old, Happy Birthday!</a> - Marius Nestor</p>
<p><a href="https://linuxiac.com/30-years-debian/">30 Years of Stability, Security, and Freedom: Celebrating Debian’s Birthday</a> - Bobby Borisov</p>
<p><a href="https://www.geekersdigest.com/30-years-debian-linux/">Happy 30th Birthday, Debian!</a> - Claudio Kuenzier</p>
<p><a href="https://fossforce.com/2023/08/debian-is-30-and-sgt-pepper-is-at-least-ninetysomething/">Debian is 30 and Sgt Pepper Is at Least Ninetysomething</a> - Christine Hall</p>
<p><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/941744/">Debian turns 30!</a> -Corbet</p>
<p><a href="https://vazaha.blog/en/22/thirty-years-of-debian">Thirty years of Debian!</a> - Lennart Hengstmengel</p>
<p><a href="https://itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/debian-marks-three-decades-as-universal-operating-system.html">Debian marks three decades as 'Universal Operating System'</a> - Sam Varghese</p>
<p><a href="https://www.linuxcapable.com/debian-linux-celebrates-30-years-milestone/">Debian Linux Celebrates 30 Years Milestone</a> - Joshua James</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/17/debian_turns_30/">30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the world's most successful Linux distros</a> - Liam Proven</p>
<p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/08/21/looking-back-on-30-years-of-debian/">Looking Back on 30 Years of Debian</a> - Maya Posch</p>
<p><a href="https://debugpointnews.com/debian-30/">Cheers to 30 Years of Debian: A Journey of Open Source Excellence</a> - arindam</p>
<p><strong>Discussions and Social Media</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37156529">Debian Celebrates 30 Years - Source: News YCombinator</a></p>
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37147617">Brand-new Linux release, which I'm calling the Debian ... Source: News YCombinator</a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/openSUSE/status/1691743754103795962">Comment: Congrats @debian !!! Happy Birthday! Thank you for becoming a
cornerstone of the #opensource world. Here's to decades of collaboration,
stability & #software #freedom </a> -openSUSELinux via X (formerly Twitter)</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/TUXEDOComputers/status/1691730101593907533">Comment: Today we #celebrate the 30th birthday of #Debian, one of the largest
and most important cornerstones of the #opensourcecommunity. For this we
would like to thank you very much and wish you the best for the next 30 years!
Source: X (Formerly Twitter</a> -TUXEDOComputers via X (formerly Twitter)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/15s3lvz/happy_debian_day/">Happy Debian Day! - Source: Reddit.com</a></p>
<p><em>Video</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASKFv8wu0IM">The History of Debian | The Beginning - Source: Linux User Space</a></p>
<p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/bqcmxg/debian_celebrates_30_years">Debian Celebrates 30 years -Source: Lobste.rs</a></p>
<p><em>Video</em> <a href="https://linuxgamecast.com/2023/08/debian-at-30-and-no-more-distro-hopping-lwdw388/">Debian At 30 and No More Distro Hopping! - LWDW388 - Source: LinuxGameCast</a></p>
<p><a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155696">Debian Celebrates 30 years! - Source: Debian User Forums</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.linux.org/threads/debian-celebrates-30-years.46370/post-202667">Debian Celebrates 30 years! - Source: Linux.org</a></p>Siemens welcomed as a Platinum Sponsor of DebConf23!2023-09-05T19:00:00+02:002023-09-05T19:00:00+02:00Sahil Dhimantag:bits.debian.org,2023-09-05:/2023/09/debconf23-siemens-sponsor.html<p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><img alt="siemenslogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/siemens.png"></a></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.siemens.com"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> has
committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a> as
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure and
transport. From resource-efficient factories, resilient supply
chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable
transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining
the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to
transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the
everyday for billions of people.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Siemens is contributing to
make possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the
progress of Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the
community that continues to collaborate on Debian projects throughout
the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Siemens, for your support of DebConf23! </p><p><a href="https://www.siemens.com/"><img alt="siemenslogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/siemens.png"></a></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.siemens.com"><strong>Siemens</strong></a> has
committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a> as
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure and
transport. From resource-efficient factories, resilient supply
chains, smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable
transportation, and advanced healthcare, the company creates
technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining
the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to
transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the
everyday for billions of people.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Siemens is contributing to
make possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the
progress of Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the
community that continues to collaborate on Debian projects throughout
the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Siemens, for your support of DebConf23! </p>Debian Celebrates 30 years!2023-08-16T11:00:00+02:002023-08-16T11:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraud, Donald Norwood, Grzegorz Szymaszek, Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2023-08-16:/2023/08/debian-turns-30.html<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo-debian-30-years.png"><img alt="Debian 30 years by Jeff Maier" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo-debian-30-years-600x600.png"></a></p>
<p>Over 30 years ago the late Ian Murdock
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt">wrote</a>
to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup about the completion of a brand-new
Linux release which he named "The Debian Linux Release".</p>
<p>He built the release by hand, from scratch, so to speak. Ian laid out
guidelines for how this new release would work, what approach the release
would take regarding its size, manner of upgrades, installation procedures; and
with great care of consideration for users without Internet connection.</p>
<p>Unaware that he had sparked a movement in the fledgling F/OSS community, Ian
worked on and continued to work on Debian. The release, now aided by volunteers
from the newsgroup and around the world, grew and continues to grow as one of
the largest and oldest FREE operating systems that still exist today.</p>
<p>Debian at its core is comprised of Users, Contributors, Developers, and
Sponsors, but most importantly, <strong><em>People</em></strong>. Ians drive and focus remains
embedded in the core of Debian, it remains in all of our work, it remains in
the minds and hands of the users of <em><strong>The Universal Operating System</strong></em>.</p>
<p>The Debian Project is proud and happy to share our anniversary not exclusively
unto ourselves, instead we share this moment with everyone, as we come together
in celebration of a resounding community that works together, effects change,
and continues to make a difference, not just in our work but around the world.</p>
<p>Debian is present in cluster systems, datacenters, desktop computers, embedded
systems, IoT devices, laptops, servers, it may possibly be powering the web
server and device you are reading this article on, and it can also be found in
<a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux/">Spacecraft</a>.</p>
<p>Closer to earth, Debian fully supports projects for accessibility:
<a href="https://blends.debian.org/edu/">Debian Edu/Skolelinux</a> - an operating system
designed for educational use in schools and communities,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience">Debian Science</a> - providing free
scientific software across many established and emerging fields,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/blends/hamradio/about">Debian Hamradio</a> - for amateur
radio enthusiasts,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-accessibility/">Debian-Accessibility</a> - a
project focused on the design of an operating system suited to fit the
requirements of people with disabilites, and
<a href="https://blends.debian.org/astro/">Debian Astro</a> - focused on supporting
professional and hobbyist astronomers.</p>
<p>Debian strives to give, reach, embrace, mentor, share, and teach with
internships through many programs internally and externally such as the Google
Summer of Code, Outreachy, and the Open Source Promotion Plan.</p>
<p>None of this could be possible without the vast amount of support, care, and
contributions from what started as and is still an all volunteer project.
We celebrate with each and every one who has helped shape Debian over all of
these years and toward the future.</p>
<p>Today we all certainly celebrate 30 years of Debian, but know that Debian
celebrates with each and every one of you all at the same time.</p>
<p>Over the next few days Celebration parties are planned to take place in
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany
(CCCcamp), India, Iran, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, and Turkey.</p>
<p>You are of course, invited to join us!</p>
<p>Check out, attend, or form your very own
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023">DebianDay 2023 Event</a>.</p>
<p>See you then!</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you all so very much.</p>
<p>With Love,</p>
<p>The Debian Project</p><p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo-debian-30-years.png"><img alt="Debian 30 years by Jeff Maier" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo-debian-30-years-600x600.png"></a></p>
<p>Over 30 years ago the late Ian Murdock
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt">wrote</a>
to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup about the completion of a brand-new
Linux release which he named "The Debian Linux Release".</p>
<p>He built the release by hand, from scratch, so to speak. Ian laid out
guidelines for how this new release would work, what approach the release
would take regarding its size, manner of upgrades, installation procedures; and
with great care of consideration for users without Internet connection.</p>
<p>Unaware that he had sparked a movement in the fledgling F/OSS community, Ian
worked on and continued to work on Debian. The release, now aided by volunteers
from the newsgroup and around the world, grew and continues to grow as one of
the largest and oldest FREE operating systems that still exist today.</p>
<p>Debian at its core is comprised of Users, Contributors, Developers, and
Sponsors, but most importantly, <strong><em>People</em></strong>. Ians drive and focus remains
embedded in the core of Debian, it remains in all of our work, it remains in
the minds and hands of the users of <em><strong>The Universal Operating System</strong></em>.</p>
<p>The Debian Project is proud and happy to share our anniversary not exclusively
unto ourselves, instead we share this moment with everyone, as we come together
in celebration of a resounding community that works together, effects change,
and continues to make a difference, not just in our work but around the world.</p>
<p>Debian is present in cluster systems, datacenters, desktop computers, embedded
systems, IoT devices, laptops, servers, it may possibly be powering the web
server and device you are reading this article on, and it can also be found in
<a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux/">Spacecraft</a>.</p>
<p>Closer to earth, Debian fully supports projects for accessibility:
<a href="https://blends.debian.org/edu/">Debian Edu/Skolelinux</a> - an operating system
designed for educational use in schools and communities,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience">Debian Science</a> - providing free
scientific software across many established and emerging fields,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/blends/hamradio/about">Debian Hamradio</a> - for amateur
radio enthusiasts,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-accessibility/">Debian-Accessibility</a> - a
project focused on the design of an operating system suited to fit the
requirements of people with disabilites, and
<a href="https://blends.debian.org/astro/">Debian Astro</a> - focused on supporting
professional and hobbyist astronomers.</p>
<p>Debian strives to give, reach, embrace, mentor, share, and teach with
internships through many programs internally and externally such as the Google
Summer of Code, Outreachy, and the Open Source Promotion Plan.</p>
<p>None of this could be possible without the vast amount of support, care, and
contributions from what started as and is still an all volunteer project.
We celebrate with each and every one who has helped shape Debian over all of
these years and toward the future.</p>
<p>Today we all certainly celebrate 30 years of Debian, but know that Debian
celebrates with each and every one of you all at the same time.</p>
<p>Over the next few days Celebration parties are planned to take place in
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany
(CCCcamp), India, Iran, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, and Turkey.</p>
<p>You are of course, invited to join us!</p>
<p>Check out, attend, or form your very own
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023">DebianDay 2023 Event</a>.</p>
<p>See you then!</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you all so very much.</p>
<p>With Love,</p>
<p>The Debian Project</p>Debian Project Bits Volume 1, Issue 12023-08-05T12:30:00+02:002023-08-05T12:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraud, Joost van Baal-Ilić, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara, Donald Norwood, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santanatag:bits.debian.org,2023-08-05:/2023/08/debian-project-bits1.html<hr>
<p><strong>Debian Project Bits</strong>
<em>Volume 1, Issue 1</em>
<em>August 05, 2023</em></p>
<h3>Welcome to the inaugural issue of Debian Project Bits!</h3>
<p>Those remembering the Debian Weekly News (DwN) will recognize some of the sections here which served as our inspiration.</p>
<p>Debian Project Bits posts will allow for a faster turnaround of some project
news on a monthly basis. The <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/">Debian Micronews</a>
service will continue to share shorter news items, the <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">Debian Project News</a>
remains as our official newsletter which may move to a biannual archive format.</p>
<h2>News</h2>
<h4>Debian Day</h4>
<p>The Debian Project was <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory">officially
founded</a> by Ian Murdock on August 16,
1993. Since then we have celebrated our Anniversary of that date each year with
events around the world. We would love it if you could join our revels
this very special year as we have the honor of turning <strong><em><em>30</em></em></strong>!</p>
<p>Attend or organize a local <strong><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">Debian Day</a></strong>
celebration. You're invited to plan your own event: from Bug Squashing parties
to Key Signing parties, Meet-Ups, or any type of social event whether large or
small. And be sure to check our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/Reimbursement">Debian reimbursement How
To</a> if you need such
resources.</p>
<p>You can share your days, events, thoughts, or notes with us and the
rest of the community with the <strong>#debianday</strong> tag that will be used across most
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial">social media platforms</a>. See you then!</p>
<h2>Events: Upcoming and Reports</h2>
<h3>Upcoming</h3>
<h4>Debian 30 anos</h4>
<p>The <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/">Debian Brasil Community</a> is organizing the
event <a href="https://debianbrasil.gitlab.io/debian30anos/">Debian 30 anos</a> to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Debian Project.</p>
<p>From August 14 to 18, between 7pm and 22pm (UTC-3) contributors will talk
online in Portuguese and we will live stream on
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/DebianBrasilOficial">Debian Brasil YouTube channel</a>.</p>
<h4>DebConf23: Debian Developers Camp and Conference</h4>
<p>The 2023 Debian Developers Camp (DebCamp) and Conference
(<strong><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a></strong>) will be hosted this year in
Infopark, <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/kochi/">Kochi, India</a>.</p>
<p>DebCamp is slated to run from September 3 through 9, immediately followed by
the larger DebConf, September 10 through 17.</p>
<p>If you are planning on attending the conference this year, now is the time to
ensure your travel documentation, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/07/msg00001.html">visa
information</a>,
bursary submissions, papers and relevant equipment are prepared. For more
information contact: <a href="mailto:debconf@debconf">debconf@debconf</a>.</p>
<h4>MiniDebConf Cambridge 2023</h4>
<p>There will be a
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/07/msg00002.html">MiniDebConf</a>
held in Cambridge, UK, hosted by ARM for 4 days in November: 2 days for a
mini-DebCamp (Thu 23 - Fri 24), with space for dedicated development / sprint /
team meetings, then two days for a more regular MiniDebConf (Sat 25 - Sun 26)
with space for more general talks, up to 80 people.</p>
<h3>Reports</h3>
<p>During the last months, the Debian Community has organized some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP">Bug Squashing Parties</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2022/11/nl/Tilburg">Tilburg</a>, Netherlands. October 2022.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2023/01/ch/St-Cergue">St-Cergue</a>, Switzerland. January 2023</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2023/02/ca/Montreal">Montreal</a>, Canada. February 2023</p>
<p>In January, Debian India hosted the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConfTamilNadu2023">MiniDebConf Tamil Nadu</a> in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu, India (Sat 28 - Sun 26).</p>
<p>The following month, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/pt/2023/MiniDebConfLisbon">MiniDebConf Portugal 2023</a> was held in Lisbon (12 - 16 February 2023).</p>
<p>These events, seen as a <em>stunning success</em> by some of their attendees, demonstrate the vitality of
our community.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Debian Brasil Community at Campus Party Brazil 2023</h4>
<p>Another edition of <a href="https://brasil.campus-party.org/cpbr15/">Campus Party Brazil</a>
took place in the city of São Paulo between July 25th and 30th. And one more
time the Debian Brazil Community was present. During the days in the available
space, we carry out some activities such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gifts for attendees (stickers, cups, lanyards);</li>
<li>Workshop on how to contribute to the translation team;</li>
<li>Workshop on packaging;</li>
<li>Key signing party;</li>
<li>Information about the project;</li>
</ul>
<p>For more info and a few photos, check out the <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debian-brasil-campusparty-sp-2023-report/">organizers'
report</a>.</p>
<h4>MiniDebConf Brasília 2023</h4>
<p>From May 25 to 27, Brasília hosted the <a href="https://brasilia.mini.debconf.org">MiniDebConf Brasília
2023</a>. This gathering was composed of
various activities such as talks, workshops, sprints, BSPs (Bug Squashing
Party), key signings, social events, and hacking, aimed to bring the community
together and celebrate the world's largest Free Software project: Debian.</p>
<p>For more information please see the
<a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/minidebconf-brasilia-2023-a-brief-report/">full report</a>
written by the organizers.</p>
<h4>Debian Reunion Hamburg 2023</h4>
<p>This year the annual <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2023/DebianReunionHamburg">Debian Reunion Hamburg</a>
was held from Tuesday 23 to 30 May starting with four days of
hacking followed by two days of talks, and then two more days of hacking. As
usual, people - more than forty-five attendees from Germany, Czechia, France,
Slovakia, and Switzerland - were happy to meet in person, to hack and chat
together, and much more. If you missed the live streams, the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2023/Debian-Reunion-Hamburg/">video recordings</a>
are available.</p>
<h4>Translation workshops from the pt_BR team</h4>
<p>The Brazilian translation team, debian-l10n-portuguese, had their first workshop
of 2023 in February with great results. The workshop was aimed at beginners,
working in <a href="https://ddtp.debian.org/ddtss">DDTP/DDTSS</a>.</p>
<p>For more information please see the <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/first-2023-translation-workshop-from-the-pt-BR-team/">full
report</a>
written by the organizers.</p>
<p>And on June 13 another workshop took place to translate
<a href="https://debian-handbook.info">The Debian Administrator's Handbook)</a>. The main
goal was to show beginners how to collaborate in the translation of this
important material, which has existed since 2004. The manual's translations
are hosted on
<a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/debian-handbook/#languages">Weblate</a>.</p>
<h2>Releases</h2>
<h4>Stable Release</h4>
<p>Debian 12 <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm">bookworm</a> was released on
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610">June 10, 2023</a>. This new version
becomes the stable release of Debian and moves the prior Debian 11
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye">bullseye</a> release to
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable">oldstable</a> status. The Debian
community celebrated the release with 23
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm">Release Parties</a> all around the
world.</p>
<p>Bookworm's first point release <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases">12.1</a>
address miscellaneous bug fixes affecting 88 packages, documentation, and
installer updates was made available on <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230722">July 22,
2023</a>.</p>
<h5>RISC-V support</h5>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V">riscv64</a> has recently been added to the
official Debian architectures for support of 64-bit little-endian
<a href="https://riscv.org">RISC-V</a> hardware running the Linux kernel. We expect
to have full riscv64 support in Debian 13 trixie. Updates on bootstrap,
build daemon, porterbox, and development progress were recently shared by the
team in a <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/07/msg00003.html">Bits from the Debian riscv64 porters</a>
post.</p>
<h5>non-free-firmware</h5>
<p>The Debian 12 bookworm archive now includes non-free-firmware; please be
sure to update your apt sources.list if your systems requires such components
for operation. If your previous sources.list included non-free for this
purpose it may safely be removed.</p>
<h5>apt sources.list</h5>
<p>The Debian archive holds several components:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-main">main</a>: Contains
<a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines">DFSG</a>-compliant packages,
which do not rely on software outside this area to operate.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-contrib">contrib</a>:
Contains packages that contain DFSG-compliant software, but have dependencies
not in main.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-non-free">non-free</a>:
Contains software that does not comply with the DFSG.</li>
<li>non-free-firmware: Firmware that is otherwise not part of the Debian system
to enable use of Debian with hardware that requires such firmware.</li>
</ul>
<h6>Example of the sources.list file</h6>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<h6>Example using the components:</h6>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>For more information and guidelines on proper configuration of the apt
source.list file please see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList">Configuring Apt Sources -
Wiki</a> page.</p>
<h2>Inside Debian</h2>
<h4>New Debian Members</h4>
<p>Please welcome the following newest Debian Project Members:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marius Gripsgard (mariogrip)</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal (rmb)</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias (amanu)</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson (rgson)</li>
<li>Lukas Märdian (slyon)</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari (polverari)</li>
</ul>
<p>To find out more about our newest members or any Debian Developer, look
for them on the <a href="https://nm.debian.org/public/people/">Debian People list</a>.</p>
<h2>Security</h2>
<p>Debian's Security Team releases current advisories on a daily basis.
Some recently released advisories concern these packages:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5435-2">trafficserver</a>
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache Traffic Server, a
reverse and forward proxy server, which could result in information
disclosure or denial of service.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5438">asterisk</a>
A flaw was found in Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange. A
buffer overflow vulnerability affects users that use PJSIP DNS resolver.
This vulnerability is related to CVE-2022-24793. The difference is that
this issue is in parsing the query record <code>parse_query()</code>, while the issue
in CVE-2022-24793 is in <code>parse_rr()</code>. A workaround is to disable DNS
resolution in PJSIP config (by setting <code>nameserver_count</code> to zero) or use
an external resolver implementation instead.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5442">flask</a>
It was discovered that in some conditions the Flask web framework may
disclose a session cookie.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5456">chromium</a>
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result
in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information
disclosure.</p>
<h2>Other</h2>
<h4>Popular packages</h4>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/gpgv">gpgv</a> - GNU privacy guard
signature verification tool. <em>99,053</em> installations.
gpgv is actually a stripped-down version of gpg which
is only able to check signatures. It is somewhat smaller than the fully-blown
gpg and uses a different (and simpler) way to check that the public keys used
to make the signature are valid. There are no configuration files and only a
few options are implemented.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/dmsetup">dmsetup</a> - Linux Kernel Device
Mapper userspace library. <em>77,769</em> installations.
The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux
Logical Volume Management) Team's implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space
driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the
underlying device layout in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM,
but software raid, and other drivers that create "virtual" block devices.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/sensible-utils">sensible-utils</a> - Utilities
for sensible alternative selection. 96,001 daily users.
This package provides a number of small utilities which
are used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser,
editor, or pager. The specific utilities included are: sensible-browser
sensible-editor sensible-pager.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/popularity-contest">popularity-contest</a> -
The popularity-contest package. 90,758 daily users.
The popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that
will periodically anonymously submit to the Debian developers statistics about
the most used Debian packages on the system. This information helps Debian
make decisions such as which packages should go on the first CD. It also lets
Debian improve future versions of the distribution so that the most popular
packages are the ones which are installed automatically for new users.</p>
<h4>New and noteworthy packages in unstable</h4>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libsimgrid3.34">Toolkit for scalable simulation of distributed applications</a>
SimGrid is a toolkit that provides core
functionalities for the simulation of distributed applications in heterogeneous
distributed environments. SimGrid can be used as a Grid simulator, a P2P
simulator, a Cloud simulator, a MPI simulator, or a mix of all of them. The
typical use-cases of SimGrid include heuristic evaluation, application
prototyping, and real application development and tuning. This package
contains the dynamic libraries and runtime.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ldraw-mklist">LDraw mklist program</a>
3D CAD programs and rendering programs using the LDraw
parts library of LEGO parts rely on a file called parts.lst containing a list
of all available parts. The program ldraw-mklist is used to generate this list
from a directory of LDraw parts.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ola-rdm-tests">Open Lighting Architecture - RDM Responder Tests</a>
The DMX512 standard for Digital MultipleX is used for
digital communication networks commonly used to control stage lighting and
effects. The Remote Device Management protocol is an extension to DMX512,
allowing bi-directional communication between RDM-compliant devices without
disturbing other devices on the same connection. The Open Lighting
Architecture (OLA) provides a plugin framework for distributing DMX512 control
signals. The ola-rdm-tests package provides an automated way to check protocol
compliance in RDM devices.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/parsec-service">parsec-service</a>
Parsec is an abstraction layer that can be used to
interact with hardware-backed security facilities such as the Hardware Security
Module (HSM), the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), as well as firmware-backed and
isolated software services. The core component of Parsec is the security
service, provided by this package. The service is a background process that
runs on the host platform and provides connectivity with the secure facilities
of that host, exposing a platform-neutral API that can be consumed into
different programming languages using a client library. For a client library
implemented in Rust see the package librust-parsec-interface-dev.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ripcalc">Simple network calculator and lookup tool</a>
Process and lookup network addresses from the command
line or CSV with ripalc. Output has a variety of customisable formats.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xmrig">High performance, open source CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark</a>
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross
platform RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight, and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner and
RandomX benchmark.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/librust-gping-dev">Ping, but with a graph - Rust source code</a>
This package contains the source for the Rust gping
crate, packaged by debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.</p>
<h4>Once upon a time in Debian:</h4>
<p>2014-07-31 The Technical committee choose
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/08/msg00000.html">libjpeg-turbo</a>
as the default JPEG decoder.</p>
<p>2010-08-01
<a href="https://debconf10.debconf.org/">DebConf10</a> starts à New York City, USA</p>
<p>2007-08-05
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003">Debian Maintainers</a> approved by vote</p>
<p>2009-08-05 Jeff Chimene files bug
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540000">#540000</a> against
live-initramfs.</p>
<h2>Calls for help</h2>
<h4>The Publicity team calls for volunteers and help!</h4>
<p>Your Publicity team is asking for help from you our readers, developers, and
interested parties to contribute to the Debian news effort. We implore you to
submit items that may be of interest to our community and also ask for your
assistance with translations of the news into (your!) other languages along
with the needed second or third set of eyes to assist in editing our work
before publishing. If you can share a small amount of your time to aid our
team which strives to keep all of us informed, we need you. Please reach out
to us via IRC on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-publicity">#debian-publicity</a>
on <a href="https://oftc.net/">OFTC.net</a>, or our <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">public mailing list</a>,
or via email at <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a> for sensitive or
private inquiries.</p><hr>
<p><strong>Debian Project Bits</strong>
<em>Volume 1, Issue 1</em>
<em>August 05, 2023</em></p>
<h3>Welcome to the inaugural issue of Debian Project Bits!</h3>
<p>Those remembering the Debian Weekly News (DwN) will recognize some of the sections here which served as our inspiration.</p>
<p>Debian Project Bits posts will allow for a faster turnaround of some project
news on a monthly basis. The <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/">Debian Micronews</a>
service will continue to share shorter news items, the <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">Debian Project News</a>
remains as our official newsletter which may move to a biannual archive format.</p>
<h2>News</h2>
<h4>Debian Day</h4>
<p>The Debian Project was <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory">officially
founded</a> by Ian Murdock on August 16,
1993. Since then we have celebrated our Anniversary of that date each year with
events around the world. We would love it if you could join our revels
this very special year as we have the honor of turning <strong><em><em>30</em></em></strong>!</p>
<p>Attend or organize a local <strong><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">Debian Day</a></strong>
celebration. You're invited to plan your own event: from Bug Squashing parties
to Key Signing parties, Meet-Ups, or any type of social event whether large or
small. And be sure to check our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/Reimbursement">Debian reimbursement How
To</a> if you need such
resources.</p>
<p>You can share your days, events, thoughts, or notes with us and the
rest of the community with the <strong>#debianday</strong> tag that will be used across most
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial">social media platforms</a>. See you then!</p>
<h2>Events: Upcoming and Reports</h2>
<h3>Upcoming</h3>
<h4>Debian 30 anos</h4>
<p>The <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/">Debian Brasil Community</a> is organizing the
event <a href="https://debianbrasil.gitlab.io/debian30anos/">Debian 30 anos</a> to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Debian Project.</p>
<p>From August 14 to 18, between 7pm and 22pm (UTC-3) contributors will talk
online in Portuguese and we will live stream on
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/DebianBrasilOficial">Debian Brasil YouTube channel</a>.</p>
<h4>DebConf23: Debian Developers Camp and Conference</h4>
<p>The 2023 Debian Developers Camp (DebCamp) and Conference
(<strong><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23</a></strong>) will be hosted this year in
Infopark, <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/kochi/">Kochi, India</a>.</p>
<p>DebCamp is slated to run from September 3 through 9, immediately followed by
the larger DebConf, September 10 through 17.</p>
<p>If you are planning on attending the conference this year, now is the time to
ensure your travel documentation, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/07/msg00001.html">visa
information</a>,
bursary submissions, papers and relevant equipment are prepared. For more
information contact: <a href="mailto:debconf@debconf">debconf@debconf</a>.</p>
<h4>MiniDebConf Cambridge 2023</h4>
<p>There will be a
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/07/msg00002.html">MiniDebConf</a>
held in Cambridge, UK, hosted by ARM for 4 days in November: 2 days for a
mini-DebCamp (Thu 23 - Fri 24), with space for dedicated development / sprint /
team meetings, then two days for a more regular MiniDebConf (Sat 25 - Sun 26)
with space for more general talks, up to 80 people.</p>
<h3>Reports</h3>
<p>During the last months, the Debian Community has organized some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP">Bug Squashing Parties</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2022/11/nl/Tilburg">Tilburg</a>, Netherlands. October 2022.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2023/01/ch/St-Cergue">St-Cergue</a>, Switzerland. January 2023</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2023/02/ca/Montreal">Montreal</a>, Canada. February 2023</p>
<p>In January, Debian India hosted the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConfTamilNadu2023">MiniDebConf Tamil Nadu</a> in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu, India (Sat 28 - Sun 26).</p>
<p>The following month, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/pt/2023/MiniDebConfLisbon">MiniDebConf Portugal 2023</a> was held in Lisbon (12 - 16 February 2023).</p>
<p>These events, seen as a <em>stunning success</em> by some of their attendees, demonstrate the vitality of
our community.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Debian Brasil Community at Campus Party Brazil 2023</h4>
<p>Another edition of <a href="https://brasil.campus-party.org/cpbr15/">Campus Party Brazil</a>
took place in the city of São Paulo between July 25th and 30th. And one more
time the Debian Brazil Community was present. During the days in the available
space, we carry out some activities such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gifts for attendees (stickers, cups, lanyards);</li>
<li>Workshop on how to contribute to the translation team;</li>
<li>Workshop on packaging;</li>
<li>Key signing party;</li>
<li>Information about the project;</li>
</ul>
<p>For more info and a few photos, check out the <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debian-brasil-campusparty-sp-2023-report/">organizers'
report</a>.</p>
<h4>MiniDebConf Brasília 2023</h4>
<p>From May 25 to 27, Brasília hosted the <a href="https://brasilia.mini.debconf.org">MiniDebConf Brasília
2023</a>. This gathering was composed of
various activities such as talks, workshops, sprints, BSPs (Bug Squashing
Party), key signings, social events, and hacking, aimed to bring the community
together and celebrate the world's largest Free Software project: Debian.</p>
<p>For more information please see the
<a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/minidebconf-brasilia-2023-a-brief-report/">full report</a>
written by the organizers.</p>
<h4>Debian Reunion Hamburg 2023</h4>
<p>This year the annual <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2023/DebianReunionHamburg">Debian Reunion Hamburg</a>
was held from Tuesday 23 to 30 May starting with four days of
hacking followed by two days of talks, and then two more days of hacking. As
usual, people - more than forty-five attendees from Germany, Czechia, France,
Slovakia, and Switzerland - were happy to meet in person, to hack and chat
together, and much more. If you missed the live streams, the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2023/Debian-Reunion-Hamburg/">video recordings</a>
are available.</p>
<h4>Translation workshops from the pt_BR team</h4>
<p>The Brazilian translation team, debian-l10n-portuguese, had their first workshop
of 2023 in February with great results. The workshop was aimed at beginners,
working in <a href="https://ddtp.debian.org/ddtss">DDTP/DDTSS</a>.</p>
<p>For more information please see the <a href="https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/first-2023-translation-workshop-from-the-pt-BR-team/">full
report</a>
written by the organizers.</p>
<p>And on June 13 another workshop took place to translate
<a href="https://debian-handbook.info">The Debian Administrator's Handbook)</a>. The main
goal was to show beginners how to collaborate in the translation of this
important material, which has existed since 2004. The manual's translations
are hosted on
<a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/debian-handbook/#languages">Weblate</a>.</p>
<h2>Releases</h2>
<h4>Stable Release</h4>
<p>Debian 12 <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm">bookworm</a> was released on
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610">June 10, 2023</a>. This new version
becomes the stable release of Debian and moves the prior Debian 11
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye">bullseye</a> release to
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable">oldstable</a> status. The Debian
community celebrated the release with 23
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm">Release Parties</a> all around the
world.</p>
<p>Bookworm's first point release <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases">12.1</a>
address miscellaneous bug fixes affecting 88 packages, documentation, and
installer updates was made available on <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230722">July 22,
2023</a>.</p>
<h5>RISC-V support</h5>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V">riscv64</a> has recently been added to the
official Debian architectures for support of 64-bit little-endian
<a href="https://riscv.org">RISC-V</a> hardware running the Linux kernel. We expect
to have full riscv64 support in Debian 13 trixie. Updates on bootstrap,
build daemon, porterbox, and development progress were recently shared by the
team in a <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/07/msg00003.html">Bits from the Debian riscv64 porters</a>
post.</p>
<h5>non-free-firmware</h5>
<p>The Debian 12 bookworm archive now includes non-free-firmware; please be
sure to update your apt sources.list if your systems requires such components
for operation. If your previous sources.list included non-free for this
purpose it may safely be removed.</p>
<h5>apt sources.list</h5>
<p>The Debian archive holds several components:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-main">main</a>: Contains
<a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines">DFSG</a>-compliant packages,
which do not rely on software outside this area to operate.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-contrib">contrib</a>:
Contains packages that contain DFSG-compliant software, but have dependencies
not in main.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-non-free">non-free</a>:
Contains software that does not comply with the DFSG.</li>
<li>non-free-firmware: Firmware that is otherwise not part of the Debian system
to enable use of Debian with hardware that requires such firmware.</li>
</ul>
<h6>Example of the sources.list file</h6>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<h6>Example using the components:</h6>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-security</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
<span class="k">deb-src</span> <span class="s">http://deb.debian.org/debian</span> <span class="kp">bookworm-updates</span> <span class="kp">main</span> <span class="kp">non-free-firmware</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>For more information and guidelines on proper configuration of the apt
source.list file please see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList">Configuring Apt Sources -
Wiki</a> page.</p>
<h2>Inside Debian</h2>
<h4>New Debian Members</h4>
<p>Please welcome the following newest Debian Project Members:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marius Gripsgard (mariogrip)</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal (rmb)</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias (amanu)</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson (rgson)</li>
<li>Lukas Märdian (slyon)</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari (polverari)</li>
</ul>
<p>To find out more about our newest members or any Debian Developer, look
for them on the <a href="https://nm.debian.org/public/people/">Debian People list</a>.</p>
<h2>Security</h2>
<p>Debian's Security Team releases current advisories on a daily basis.
Some recently released advisories concern these packages:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5435-2">trafficserver</a>
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache Traffic Server, a
reverse and forward proxy server, which could result in information
disclosure or denial of service.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5438">asterisk</a>
A flaw was found in Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange. A
buffer overflow vulnerability affects users that use PJSIP DNS resolver.
This vulnerability is related to CVE-2022-24793. The difference is that
this issue is in parsing the query record <code>parse_query()</code>, while the issue
in CVE-2022-24793 is in <code>parse_rr()</code>. A workaround is to disable DNS
resolution in PJSIP config (by setting <code>nameserver_count</code> to zero) or use
an external resolver implementation instead.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5442">flask</a>
It was discovered that in some conditions the Flask web framework may
disclose a session cookie.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5456">chromium</a>
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result
in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information
disclosure.</p>
<h2>Other</h2>
<h4>Popular packages</h4>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/gpgv">gpgv</a> - GNU privacy guard
signature verification tool. <em>99,053</em> installations.
gpgv is actually a stripped-down version of gpg which
is only able to check signatures. It is somewhat smaller than the fully-blown
gpg and uses a different (and simpler) way to check that the public keys used
to make the signature are valid. There are no configuration files and only a
few options are implemented.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/dmsetup">dmsetup</a> - Linux Kernel Device
Mapper userspace library. <em>77,769</em> installations.
The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux
Logical Volume Management) Team's implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space
driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the
underlying device layout in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM,
but software raid, and other drivers that create "virtual" block devices.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/sensible-utils">sensible-utils</a> - Utilities
for sensible alternative selection. 96,001 daily users.
This package provides a number of small utilities which
are used by programs to sensibly select and spawn an appropriate browser,
editor, or pager. The specific utilities included are: sensible-browser
sensible-editor sensible-pager.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/popularity-contest">popularity-contest</a> -
The popularity-contest package. 90,758 daily users.
The popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that
will periodically anonymously submit to the Debian developers statistics about
the most used Debian packages on the system. This information helps Debian
make decisions such as which packages should go on the first CD. It also lets
Debian improve future versions of the distribution so that the most popular
packages are the ones which are installed automatically for new users.</p>
<h4>New and noteworthy packages in unstable</h4>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/libsimgrid3.34">Toolkit for scalable simulation of distributed applications</a>
SimGrid is a toolkit that provides core
functionalities for the simulation of distributed applications in heterogeneous
distributed environments. SimGrid can be used as a Grid simulator, a P2P
simulator, a Cloud simulator, a MPI simulator, or a mix of all of them. The
typical use-cases of SimGrid include heuristic evaluation, application
prototyping, and real application development and tuning. This package
contains the dynamic libraries and runtime.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ldraw-mklist">LDraw mklist program</a>
3D CAD programs and rendering programs using the LDraw
parts library of LEGO parts rely on a file called parts.lst containing a list
of all available parts. The program ldraw-mklist is used to generate this list
from a directory of LDraw parts.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ola-rdm-tests">Open Lighting Architecture - RDM Responder Tests</a>
The DMX512 standard for Digital MultipleX is used for
digital communication networks commonly used to control stage lighting and
effects. The Remote Device Management protocol is an extension to DMX512,
allowing bi-directional communication between RDM-compliant devices without
disturbing other devices on the same connection. The Open Lighting
Architecture (OLA) provides a plugin framework for distributing DMX512 control
signals. The ola-rdm-tests package provides an automated way to check protocol
compliance in RDM devices.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/parsec-service">parsec-service</a>
Parsec is an abstraction layer that can be used to
interact with hardware-backed security facilities such as the Hardware Security
Module (HSM), the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), as well as firmware-backed and
isolated software services. The core component of Parsec is the security
service, provided by this package. The service is a background process that
runs on the host platform and provides connectivity with the secure facilities
of that host, exposing a platform-neutral API that can be consumed into
different programming languages using a client library. For a client library
implemented in Rust see the package librust-parsec-interface-dev.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ripcalc">Simple network calculator and lookup tool</a>
Process and lookup network addresses from the command
line or CSV with ripalc. Output has a variety of customisable formats.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xmrig">High performance, open source CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark</a>
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross
platform RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight, and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner and
RandomX benchmark.</p>
<p><a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/librust-gping-dev">Ping, but with a graph - Rust source code</a>
This package contains the source for the Rust gping
crate, packaged by debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.</p>
<h4>Once upon a time in Debian:</h4>
<p>2014-07-31 The Technical committee choose
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/08/msg00000.html">libjpeg-turbo</a>
as the default JPEG decoder.</p>
<p>2010-08-01
<a href="https://debconf10.debconf.org/">DebConf10</a> starts à New York City, USA</p>
<p>2007-08-05
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003">Debian Maintainers</a> approved by vote</p>
<p>2009-08-05 Jeff Chimene files bug
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540000">#540000</a> against
live-initramfs.</p>
<h2>Calls for help</h2>
<h4>The Publicity team calls for volunteers and help!</h4>
<p>Your Publicity team is asking for help from you our readers, developers, and
interested parties to contribute to the Debian news effort. We implore you to
submit items that may be of interest to our community and also ask for your
assistance with translations of the news into (your!) other languages along
with the needed second or third set of eyes to assist in editing our work
before publishing. If you can share a small amount of your time to aid our
team which strives to keep all of us informed, we need you. Please reach out
to us via IRC on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-publicity">#debian-publicity</a>
on <a href="https://oftc.net/">OFTC.net</a>, or our <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">public mailing list</a>,
or via email at <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a> for sensitive or
private inquiries.</p>Registration and the Call for Proposals for DebConf23 are now open!2023-06-12T18:17:00+02:002023-06-12T18:17:00+02:00Sahil Dhimantag:bits.debian.org,2023-06-12:/2023/06/debconf23-registation-opens.html<p>For DebConf23, we're pleased to announce opening of registration and call for proposal. Following is the info text -</p>
<hr>
<p>Registration and the Call for Proposals for DebConf23 are now open. The 24th edition of the Debian annual conference will be held from <em>September 10th to September 17th, 2023, in Infopark, Kochi, India.</em> The main conference will be preceded by DebCamp, which will take place from September 3rd to September 9th, 2023.</p>
<p>The registration form can be accessed by creating an account on the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23 website</a> and clicking on "register" in the profile section. The number of attendees is capped at 300 this year. All registrations will be reviewed by bursary team, and completing the registration form does not guarantee attendance.</p>
<p>As always, basic registration for DebConf is free of charge for attendees. If you are attending the conference in a professional capacity or as a representative of your company, we kindly ask that you consider registering in one of our paid categories to help cover the costs of organizing the conference and to support subsidizing other community members.</p>
<p>The last day to register with guaranteed swag is 5th August.</p>
<p>We also encourage eligible individuals to apply for a diversity bursary. Travel, food, and accommodation bursaries are available. More details can be found on the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">bursary info page</a>.</p>
<p>The last day to apply for a bursary is 1st July. Applicants should receive feedback on their bursary application by 16th July.</p>
<p>The call for proposals for talks, discussions and other activities is also open. To submit a proposal you need to create an account on the website, and then use the "Submit Talk" button in the profile section. The last day to submit and have your proposal be considered for the main conference schedule, with video coverage guaranteed, is 13th August.</p>
<p>DebConf23 is also accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team through sponsors@debconf.org or visit the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">DebConf23 website</a>.</p><p>For DebConf23, we're pleased to announce opening of registration and call for proposal. Following is the info text -</p>
<hr>
<p>Registration and the Call for Proposals for DebConf23 are now open. The 24th edition of the Debian annual conference will be held from <em>September 10th to September 17th, 2023, in Infopark, Kochi, India.</em> The main conference will be preceded by DebCamp, which will take place from September 3rd to September 9th, 2023.</p>
<p>The registration form can be accessed by creating an account on the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/">DebConf23 website</a> and clicking on "register" in the profile section. The number of attendees is capped at 300 this year. All registrations will be reviewed by bursary team, and completing the registration form does not guarantee attendance.</p>
<p>As always, basic registration for DebConf is free of charge for attendees. If you are attending the conference in a professional capacity or as a representative of your company, we kindly ask that you consider registering in one of our paid categories to help cover the costs of organizing the conference and to support subsidizing other community members.</p>
<p>The last day to register with guaranteed swag is 5th August.</p>
<p>We also encourage eligible individuals to apply for a diversity bursary. Travel, food, and accommodation bursaries are available. More details can be found on the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">bursary info page</a>.</p>
<p>The last day to apply for a bursary is 1st July. Applicants should receive feedback on their bursary application by 16th July.</p>
<p>The call for proposals for talks, discussions and other activities is also open. To submit a proposal you need to create an account on the website, and then use the "Submit Talk" button in the profile section. The last day to submit and have your proposal be considered for the main conference schedule, with video coverage guaranteed, is 13th August.</p>
<p>DebConf23 is also accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team through sponsors@debconf.org or visit the <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">DebConf23 website</a>.</p>Debian 12 "bookworm" has been released!2023-06-10T23:30:00+02:002023-06-10T23:30:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez, Laura Arjona Reina and Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-06-10:/2023/06/bookworm-released.html<p><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/"><img alt="Alt Bookworm has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_bookworm.png"></a></p>
<p>We're happy to announce the release of Debian 12, codenamed <em>bookworm</em>!</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 11 "bullseye" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Emerald">bookworm artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about bookworm in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBookworm
and #Debian12Bookworm hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm">Release Party</a>!</p><p><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/"><img alt="Alt Bookworm has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_bookworm.png"></a></p>
<p>We're happy to announce the release of Debian 12, codenamed <em>bookworm</em>!</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 11 "bullseye" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Emerald">bookworm artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about bookworm in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBookworm
and #Debian12Bookworm hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm">Release Party</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2023)2023-05-25T12:00:00+02:002023-05-25T12:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-05-25:/2023/05/new-developers-2023-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>James Lu (jlu)</li>
<li>Hugh McMaster (hmc)</li>
<li>Agathe Porte (gagath)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Soren Stoutner</li>
<li>Matthijs Kooijman</li>
<li>Vinay Keshava</li>
<li>Jarrah Gosbell</li>
<li>Carlos Henrique Lima Melara</li>
<li>Cordell Bloor</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>James Lu (jlu)</li>
<li>Hugh McMaster (hmc)</li>
<li>Agathe Porte (gagath)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Soren Stoutner</li>
<li>Matthijs Kooijman</li>
<li>Vinay Keshava</li>
<li>Jarrah Gosbell</li>
<li>Carlos Henrique Lima Melara</li>
<li>Cordell Bloor</li>
</ul>
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<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a>
has committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> as a
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server software.
The product portfolio from Proxmox, including server virtualization, backup,
and email security, helps companies of any size, sector, or industry to
simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox solutions are based on the
great Debian platform, and we are happy that we can give back to the
community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Proxmox is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of
Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that
continues to collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of
the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Proxmox, for your support of DebConf23!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> will take place from September 10th
to 17th, 2022 in Kochi, India, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from
September 3rd to 9th.</p>
<p>And DebConf23 is accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf23 website at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><img alt="proxmoxlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/proxmox.png"></a></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.proxmox.com/"><strong>Proxmox</strong></a>
has committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> as a
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server software.
The product portfolio from Proxmox, including server virtualization, backup,
and email security, helps companies of any size, sector, or industry to
simplify their IT infrastructures. The Proxmox solutions are based on the
great Debian platform, and we are happy that we can give back to the
community by sponsoring DebConf23.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Proxmox is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of
Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that
continues to collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of
the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Proxmox, for your support of DebConf23!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> will take place from September 10th
to 17th, 2022 in Kochi, India, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from
September 3rd to 9th.</p>
<p>And DebConf23 is accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf23 website at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/</a>.</p>Infomaniak First Platinum Sponsor of DebConf232023-05-21T14:08:00+02:002023-05-21T14:08:00+02:00Sahil Dhimantag:bits.debian.org,2023-05-21:/2023/05/infomaniak-platinum-debconf23.html<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> as a
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Infomaniak is a key player in the European Cloud and the leading developer of
Web technologies in Switzerland. It aims to be an independent European
alternative to the web giants and is committed to an ethical and sustainable
Web that respects privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak develops cloud
solutions (IaaS, PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online collaboration and
video and radio streaming services.</p>
<p>The company uses only renewable electricity, offsets 200% of its CO2 emissions
and extends the life of its servers up to 15 years. The company cools its
infrastructure with filtered air, without air conditioning, and is building
a new data centre that will fully recycle the energy it consumes to heat up
to 6,000 homes.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Infomaniak is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of
Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues
to collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf23!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> will take place from September 10th
to 17th, 2022 in Kochi, India, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from
September 3rd to 9th.</p>
<p>And DebConf23 is accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf23 website at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to sponsor <a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> as a
<strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Infomaniak is a key player in the European Cloud and the leading developer of
Web technologies in Switzerland. It aims to be an independent European
alternative to the web giants and is committed to an ethical and sustainable
Web that respects privacy and creates local jobs. Infomaniak develops cloud
solutions (IaaS, PaaS, VPS), productivity tools for online collaboration and
video and radio streaming services.</p>
<p>The company uses only renewable electricity, offsets 200% of its CO2 emissions
and extends the life of its servers up to 15 years. The company cools its
infrastructure with filtered air, without air conditioning, and is building
a new data centre that will fully recycle the energy it consumes to heat up
to 6,000 homes.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Infomaniak is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of
Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues
to collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf23!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org">DebConf23</a> will take place from September 10th
to 17th, 2022 in Kochi, India, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from
September 3rd to 9th.</p>
<p>And DebConf23 is accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf23 website at
<a href="https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">https://debconf23.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/</a>.</p>Debian Project Leader Election 2023, Jonathan Carter re-elected2023-04-24T21:00:00+02:002023-04-24T21:00:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2023-04-24:/2023/04/dpl-elections-2023.html<p>The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended, with all of the votes tallied we announce the winner is: Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for the forth time.</p>
<p>Congratulations! The new term for the project leader started on 2023-04-21.</p>
<p>279 of 997 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/suppl_001_stats">Debian Project Leader Elections 2023</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks all of our Developers for voting. </p><p>The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended, with all of the votes tallied we announce the winner is: Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for the forth time.</p>
<p>Congratulations! The new term for the project leader started on 2023-04-21.</p>
<p>279 of 997 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/suppl_001_stats">Debian Project Leader Elections 2023</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks all of our Developers for voting. </p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2023)2023-03-22T16:00:00+01:002023-03-22T16:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-03-22:/2023/03/new-developers-2023-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sahil Dhiman (sahil)</li>
<li>Jakub Ružička (jru)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Josenilson Ferreira da Silva</li>
<li>Ileana Dumitrescu</li>
<li>Douglas Kosovic</li>
<li>Israel Galadima</li>
<li>Timothy Pearson</li>
<li>Blake Lee</li>
<li>Vasyl Gello</li>
<li>Joachim Zobel</li>
<li>Amin Bandali</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sahil Dhiman (sahil)</li>
<li>Jakub Ružička (jru)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Josenilson Ferreira da Silva</li>
<li>Ileana Dumitrescu</li>
<li>Douglas Kosovic</li>
<li>Israel Galadima</li>
<li>Timothy Pearson</li>
<li>Blake Lee</li>
<li>Vasyl Gello</li>
<li>Joachim Zobel</li>
<li>Amin Bandali</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2022)2023-01-24T16:00:00+01:002023-01-24T16:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2023-01-24:/2023/01/new-developers-2022-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dennis Braun (snd)</li>
<li>Raúl Benencia (rul)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gioele Barabucci</li>
<li>Agathe Porte</li>
<li>Braulio Henrique Marques Souto</li>
<li>Matthias Geiger</li>
<li>Alper Nebi Yasak</li>
<li>Fabian Grünbichler</li>
<li>Lance Lin</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dennis Braun (snd)</li>
<li>Raúl Benencia (rul)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gioele Barabucci</li>
<li>Agathe Porte</li>
<li>Braulio Henrique Marques Souto</li>
<li>Matthias Geiger</li>
<li>Alper Nebi Yasak</li>
<li>Fabian Grünbichler</li>
<li>Lance Lin</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2022)2022-11-30T16:00:00+01:002022-11-30T16:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-11-30:/2022/11/new-developers-2022-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abraham Raji (abraham)</li>
<li>Phil Morrell (emorrp1)</li>
<li>Anupa Ann Joseph (anupa)</li>
<li>Mathias Gibbens (gibmat)</li>
<li>Arun Kumar Pariyar (arun)</li>
<li>Tino Didriksen (tinodidriksen)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gavin Lai</li>
<li>Martin Dosch</li>
<li>Taavi Väänänen</li>
<li>Daichi Fukui</li>
<li>Daniel Gröber</li>
<li>Vivek K J</li>
<li>William Wilson</li>
<li>Ruben Pollan</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abraham Raji (abraham)</li>
<li>Phil Morrell (emorrp1)</li>
<li>Anupa Ann Joseph (anupa)</li>
<li>Mathias Gibbens (gibmat)</li>
<li>Arun Kumar Pariyar (arun)</li>
<li>Tino Didriksen (tinodidriksen)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gavin Lai</li>
<li>Martin Dosch</li>
<li>Taavi Väänänen</li>
<li>Daichi Fukui</li>
<li>Daniel Gröber</li>
<li>Vivek K J</li>
<li>William Wilson</li>
<li>Ruben Pollan</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2022)2022-09-26T16:00:00+02:002022-09-26T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-09-26:/2022/09/new-developers-2022-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sakirnth Nagarasa (sakirnth)</li>
<li>Philip Rinn (rinni)</li>
<li>Arnaud Rebillout (arnaudr)</li>
<li>Marcos Talau (talau)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Xiao Sheng Wen</li>
<li>Andrea Pappacoda</li>
<li>Robin Jarry</li>
<li>Ben Westover</li>
<li>Michel Alexandre Salim</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sakirnth Nagarasa (sakirnth)</li>
<li>Philip Rinn (rinni)</li>
<li>Arnaud Rebillout (arnaudr)</li>
<li>Marcos Talau (talau)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Xiao Sheng Wen</li>
<li>Andrea Pappacoda</li>
<li>Robin Jarry</li>
<li>Ben Westover</li>
<li>Michel Alexandre Salim</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian turns 29!2022-08-16T13:00:00+02:002022-08-16T13:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2022-08-16:/2022/08/debian-turns-29.html<p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/happy_birthday_Debian_29.png"><img alt="Alt Happy Birthday Debian by Juliette Taka - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/happy_birthday_Debian_29_600x600.png"></a></p>
<p>Today is Debian's 29th anniversary. We recently <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2022/08/debianday2022-call-for-celebration.html">wrote</a>
about some ideas to celebrate the DebianDay,
and several events have been <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2022">planned</a> in more than 14 locations.
You can join the party or organise something yourselves too!</p>
<p>Today is also an opportunity for you to start or resume your
contributions to Debian. For example, you can have a look at our
list of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/">Debian Teams</a>,
install the <a href="https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/how-can-i-help">how-can-i-help package</a>
and see if there is a bug in any of the software that you use that you can help to fix,
start designing your artwork candidate for the next release,
contribute small tips on how to install Debian
on your machines to our wiki pages <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/">https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/</a>,
or put a <a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/live/">Debian live</a> image in an USB memory
and give it to some person near you, who still didn't discover Debian.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we do together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 29 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p><p><a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/happy_birthday_Debian_29.png"><img alt="Alt Happy Birthday Debian by Juliette Taka - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/happy_birthday_Debian_29_600x600.png"></a></p>
<p>Today is Debian's 29th anniversary. We recently <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2022/08/debianday2022-call-for-celebration.html">wrote</a>
about some ideas to celebrate the DebianDay,
and several events have been <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2022">planned</a> in more than 14 locations.
You can join the party or organise something yourselves too!</p>
<p>Today is also an opportunity for you to start or resume your
contributions to Debian. For example, you can have a look at our
list of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/">Debian Teams</a>,
install the <a href="https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/how-can-i-help">how-can-i-help package</a>
and see if there is a bug in any of the software that you use that you can help to fix,
start designing your artwork candidate for the next release,
contribute small tips on how to install Debian
on your machines to our wiki pages <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/">https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/</a>,
or put a <a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/live/">Debian live</a> image in an USB memory
and give it to some person near you, who still didn't discover Debian.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we do together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 29 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p>Debian Day 2022 - call for celebration2022-08-08T17:00:00+02:002022-08-08T17:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-08-08:/2022/08/debianday2022-call-for-celebration.html<p>Every year on August 16th, the anniversary of the Debian Project takes place.
And several communities around the world celebrate this date by organizing local
meetings in an event called "Debian Day".</p>
<p>So, how about celebrating the 29th anniversary of the Debian Project in 2022 in
your city?</p>
<p>We invite you and your local community to organize Debian Day by hosting an
event with talks, workshops, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP">bug squashing party</a>,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning">OpenPGP keysigning</a>, etc.
Or simply holding a meeting between people who like Debian in a
bar/pizzeria/cafeteria/restaurant to celebrate. In other words, any type of
meeting is valid!</p>
<p>But remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, so take all necessary
measures to protect attendees.</p>
<p>As the 16th of August falls on a Tuesday, if you think it's better to organize
it during the weekend, no problem. The importance is to celebrate the Debian
Project.</p>
<p>Remember to add your city to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2022">Debian Day wiki page</a></p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">list of Debian Local Groups</a>
around the world. If your city is listed, talk to them to organize DebianDay
together.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">list of Debian Local Groups</a>
around the world. If your city is listed, talk to them to organized the Debian
Day together.</p>
<p>Let's use hashtags #DebianDay #DebianDay2022 on social media.</p><p>Every year on August 16th, the anniversary of the Debian Project takes place.
And several communities around the world celebrate this date by organizing local
meetings in an event called "Debian Day".</p>
<p>So, how about celebrating the 29th anniversary of the Debian Project in 2022 in
your city?</p>
<p>We invite you and your local community to organize Debian Day by hosting an
event with talks, workshops, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/BSP">bug squashing party</a>,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning">OpenPGP keysigning</a>, etc.
Or simply holding a meeting between people who like Debian in a
bar/pizzeria/cafeteria/restaurant to celebrate. In other words, any type of
meeting is valid!</p>
<p>But remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, so take all necessary
measures to protect attendees.</p>
<p>As the 16th of August falls on a Tuesday, if you think it's better to organize
it during the weekend, no problem. The importance is to celebrate the Debian
Project.</p>
<p>Remember to add your city to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2022">Debian Day wiki page</a></p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">list of Debian Local Groups</a>
around the world. If your city is listed, talk to them to organize DebianDay
together.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">list of Debian Local Groups</a>
around the world. If your city is listed, talk to them to organized the Debian
Day together.</p>
<p>Let's use hashtags #DebianDay #DebianDay2022 on social media.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2022)2022-07-29T16:00:00+02:002022-07-29T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-29:/2022/07/new-developers-2022-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Geoffroy Berret (kaliko)</li>
<li>Arnaud Ferraris (aferraris)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alec Leanas</li>
<li>Christopher Michael Obbard</li>
<li>Lance Lin</li>
<li>Stefan Kropp</li>
<li>Matteo Bini</li>
<li>Tino Didriksen</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Geoffroy Berret (kaliko)</li>
<li>Arnaud Ferraris (aferraris)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alec Leanas</li>
<li>Christopher Michael Obbard</li>
<li>Lance Lin</li>
<li>Stefan Kropp</li>
<li>Matteo Bini</li>
<li>Tino Didriksen</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf22 closes in Prizren and DebConf23 dates announced2022-07-25T10:30:00+02:002022-07-25T10:30:00+02:00Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-25:/2022/07/debconf22-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/Photos?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=debconf23_group_photo.jpg"><img alt="DebConf22 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Sunday 24 July 2022, the annual Debian Developers and
Contributors Conference came to a close.
Hosting 260 attendees
from 38 different countries over a combined 91 event talks, discussion
sessions, Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and
activities, <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> was a large
success.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 10 July to 16
July which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person
collaboration towards developing Debian. In particular, this year there
have been sprints to advance development of Mobian/Debian on mobile,
reproducible builds and Python in Debian, and a BootCamp for newcomers,
to get introduced to Debian and have some hands-on experience with using
it and contributing to the community.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 17 July 2022.
Together with activities such as the traditional 'Bits from the DPL'
talk, the continuous key-signing party, lightning talks
and the announcement of next year's DebConf
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> in Kochi, India),
there were several sessions related to programming language teams such as
Python, Perl and Ruby, as well as news updates on several projects and
internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from many technical
teams (Long Term Support, Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian
Installer and Images team, Debian Science...) and local communities
(Debian Brasil, Debian India, the Debian Local Teams),
along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees
over the course of the entire conference. Several activities that couldn\'t be
organized in past years due to the COVID pandemic returned to the
conference\'s schedule: a job fair, open-mic and poetry night, the
traditional Cheese and Wine party, the group photos and the Day Trip.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
recorded for live streams with videos made,
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2022/DebConf22/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging
apps or online collaborative text documents.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">DebConf22 website</a>
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> will be held in Kochi, India,
from September 10 to September 16, 2023.
As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in India
will start the conference activites with DebCamp (September 03 to September 09, 2023),
with particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all
participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com/"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range
of computer types, Debian calls itself the <em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of
connected products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations
as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions,
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> understands how critical open systems
and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland\'s largest
web-hosting company, also offering backup and storage services,
solutions for event organizers, live-streaming and video on demand
services. It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical to
the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<h3>About ITP Prizren</h3>
<p><a href="https://itp-prizren.com/"><strong>Innovation and Training Park Prizren</strong></a> intends
to be a changing and boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and
creatives industries, through the creation and management of a
favourable environment and efficient services for SMEs, exploiting
different kinds of innovations that can contribute to Kosovo to improve
its level of development in industry and research, bringing benefits to
the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies
in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and
products such as online advertising technologies, search, cloud
computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts of
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration
infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf22 web page at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">https://debconf22.debconf.org/</a> or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/Photos?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=debconf23_group_photo.jpg"><img alt="DebConf22 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Sunday 24 July 2022, the annual Debian Developers and
Contributors Conference came to a close.
Hosting 260 attendees
from 38 different countries over a combined 91 event talks, discussion
sessions, Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and
activities, <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> was a large
success.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 10 July to 16
July which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person
collaboration towards developing Debian. In particular, this year there
have been sprints to advance development of Mobian/Debian on mobile,
reproducible builds and Python in Debian, and a BootCamp for newcomers,
to get introduced to Debian and have some hands-on experience with using
it and contributing to the community.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 17 July 2022.
Together with activities such as the traditional 'Bits from the DPL'
talk, the continuous key-signing party, lightning talks
and the announcement of next year's DebConf
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> in Kochi, India),
there were several sessions related to programming language teams such as
Python, Perl and Ruby, as well as news updates on several projects and
internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from many technical
teams (Long Term Support, Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian
Installer and Images team, Debian Science...) and local communities
(Debian Brasil, Debian India, the Debian Local Teams),
along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees
over the course of the entire conference. Several activities that couldn\'t be
organized in past years due to the COVID pandemic returned to the
conference\'s schedule: a job fair, open-mic and poetry night, the
traditional Cheese and Wine party, the group photos and the Day Trip.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
recorded for live streams with videos made,
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2022/DebConf22/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging
apps or online collaborative text documents.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">DebConf22 website</a>
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> will be held in Kochi, India,
from September 10 to September 16, 2023.
As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in India
will start the conference activites with DebCamp (September 03 to September 09, 2023),
with particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all
participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com/"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range
of computer types, Debian calls itself the <em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of
connected products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations
as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions,
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> understands how critical open systems
and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland\'s largest
web-hosting company, also offering backup and storage services,
solutions for event organizers, live-streaming and video on demand
services. It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical to
the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<h3>About ITP Prizren</h3>
<p><a href="https://itp-prizren.com/"><strong>Innovation and Training Park Prizren</strong></a> intends
to be a changing and boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and
creatives industries, through the creation and management of a
favourable environment and efficient services for SMEs, exploiting
different kinds of innovations that can contribute to Kosovo to improve
its level of development in industry and research, bringing benefits to
the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies
in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and
products such as online advertising technologies, search, cloud
computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts of
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration
infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf22 web page at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">https://debconf22.debconf.org/</a> or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf22 welcomes its sponsors!2022-07-18T09:00:00+02:002022-07-18T09:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-18:/2022/07/debconf22-welcomes-sponsors.html<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo,
from 17th to 24th July, 2022.
It is the 23rd edition of the Debian conference and organizers are working hard
to create another interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf22, and
introduce you to them.</p>
<p>We have four Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is our second Platinum sponsor.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
ITP Prizren intends to be a changing and
boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through
the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services
for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to
Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing
benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company dedicated to
personalized healthcare.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>,
enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an
intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization
on the planet to achieve more.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ipko.com"><strong>Ipko Telecommunications</strong></a>,
provides telecommunication services and it is the first and the most
dominant mobile operator which offers fast-speed mobile internet – 3G and 4G networks in Kosovo.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.canonical.com"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.usaid.gov/kosovo"><strong>U.S. Agency for International Development</strong></a>,
leads international development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, reduce
poverty, strengthen democratic governance and help people progress beyond
assistance.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pexip.com"><strong>Pexip</strong></a>, is the video communications platform that
solves the needs of large organizations.
<a href="https://deepin.org/"><strong>Deepin</strong></a> is a Chinese commercial company focusing on
the development and service of Linux-based operating systems.
<a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a>,
a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques.
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>,
is one of the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally.
The <a href="https://www.bfh.ch"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
with near <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,800</a> students
enrolled, located in the Swiss capital.
<a href="http://www.credativ.de"><strong>credativ</strong></a>,
a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners">Debian development partner</a>.
<a href="https://www.collabora.com"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
a global consultancy delivering Open Source software solutions to the commercial
world.
<a href="https://www.arm.com"><strong>Arm</strong></a>: with the world’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 225 billion chips to date.
<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source"><strong>GitLab</strong></a>,
an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version
control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more.
<a href="https://www.twosigma.com"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services.
<a href="https://www.starlabs.dev"><strong>Starlabs</strong></a>, builds software experiences and focus
on building teams that deliver creative Tech Solutions for our clients.
<a href="https://www.solaborate.com"><strong>Solaborate</strong></a>, has the world’s most integrated
and powerful virtual care delivery platform.
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software.
<a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bevuta.com/en"><strong>bevuta IT</strong></a>,
<a href="https://kutia.net"><strong>Kutia</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:</p>
<p><a href="https://altusmetrum.org"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.lpi.org"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.olimex.com"><strong>Olimex</strong></a>,
<a href="https://trembelat.com"><strong>Trembelat</strong></a>,
<a href="https://makerspaceprizren.com"><strong>Makerspace IC Prizren</strong></a>,
<a href="https://cloud68.co"><strong>Cloud68.co</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/en-US"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,
<a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://ipkofoundation.org"><strong>IPKO Foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/298.html"><strong>The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf22.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-official-logo.png"></p><p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo,
from 17th to 24th July, 2022.
It is the 23rd edition of the Debian conference and organizers are working hard
to create another interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf22, and
introduce you to them.</p>
<p>We have four Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is our second Platinum sponsor.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
ITP Prizren intends to be a changing and
boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through
the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services
for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to
Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing
benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company dedicated to
personalized healthcare.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>,
enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an
intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization
on the planet to achieve more.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ipko.com"><strong>Ipko Telecommunications</strong></a>,
provides telecommunication services and it is the first and the most
dominant mobile operator which offers fast-speed mobile internet – 3G and 4G networks in Kosovo.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.canonical.com"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.usaid.gov/kosovo"><strong>U.S. Agency for International Development</strong></a>,
leads international development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, reduce
poverty, strengthen democratic governance and help people progress beyond
assistance.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pexip.com"><strong>Pexip</strong></a>, is the video communications platform that
solves the needs of large organizations.
<a href="https://deepin.org/"><strong>Deepin</strong></a> is a Chinese commercial company focusing on
the development and service of Linux-based operating systems.
<a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a>,
a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques.
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>,
is one of the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally.
The <a href="https://www.bfh.ch"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
with near <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,800</a> students
enrolled, located in the Swiss capital.
<a href="http://www.credativ.de"><strong>credativ</strong></a>,
a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners">Debian development partner</a>.
<a href="https://www.collabora.com"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
a global consultancy delivering Open Source software solutions to the commercial
world.
<a href="https://www.arm.com"><strong>Arm</strong></a>: with the world’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 225 billion chips to date.
<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source"><strong>GitLab</strong></a>,
an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version
control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more.
<a href="https://www.twosigma.com"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services.
<a href="https://www.starlabs.dev"><strong>Starlabs</strong></a>, builds software experiences and focus
on building teams that deliver creative Tech Solutions for our clients.
<a href="https://www.solaborate.com"><strong>Solaborate</strong></a>, has the world’s most integrated
and powerful virtual care delivery platform.
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software.
<a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bevuta.com/en"><strong>bevuta IT</strong></a>,
<a href="https://kutia.net"><strong>Kutia</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:</p>
<p><a href="https://altusmetrum.org"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.lpi.org"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.olimex.com"><strong>Olimex</strong></a>,
<a href="https://trembelat.com"><strong>Trembelat</strong></a>,
<a href="https://makerspaceprizren.com"><strong>Makerspace IC Prizren</strong></a>,
<a href="https://cloud68.co"><strong>Cloud68.co</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/en-US"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,
<a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://ipkofoundation.org"><strong>IPKO Foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/298.html"><strong>The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf22.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-official-logo.png"></p>DebConf22 starts today in Prizren2022-07-17T09:00:00+02:002022-07-17T09:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-17:/2022/07/debconf22-starts.html<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">DebConf22</a>, the 23rd annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo
from July 17th to 24th, 2022.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/venue">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo, to participate and work in a conference exclusively
run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 270 attendants expected
and 82 activities scheduled,
including 45-minute and 20-minute talks and team meetings ("BoF"),
workshops, and a job fair, as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf2.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf22 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
<em>Drini</em>, <em>Lumbardhi</em> and <em>Ereniku</em>.
Or you can join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-drini"><strong>#debconf-drini</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-lumbardhi"><strong>#debconf-lumbardhi</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-ereniku"><strong>#debconf-ereniku</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf22 on
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the @debian
profile in your favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22's website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">DebConf22</a>, the 23rd annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo
from July 17th to 24th, 2022.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/venue">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo, to participate and work in a conference exclusively
run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 270 attendants expected
and 82 activities scheduled,
including 45-minute and 20-minute talks and team meetings ("BoF"),
workshops, and a job fair, as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf2.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf22 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
<em>Drini</em>, <em>Lumbardhi</em> and <em>Ereniku</em>.
Or you can join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-drini"><strong>#debconf-drini</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-lumbardhi"><strong>#debconf-lumbardhi</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-ereniku"><strong>#debconf-ereniku</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf22 on
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the @debian
profile in your favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22's website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP Prizren</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>(Unofficial) Debian Perl Sprint 20222022-07-15T17:35:00+02:002022-07-15T17:35:00+02:00gregor herrmanntag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-15:/2022/07/debian-perl-sprint-2022.html<p>Three members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl Group</a>
met in Hamburg between May 23 and May 30 2022 as part of the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2022/DebianReunionHamburg">Debian Reunion Hamburg</a>
to continue perl development work for Bookworm and to work on QA tasks across
our 3800+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time and met other Debian friends. The
sprint was also productive:</p>
<ul>
<li>pkg-perl-tools and dh-make-perl were improved and extended.</li>
<li>More than 50 uploads were done, and more than 30 bugs were fixed or at least triaged.</li>
<li>autopkgtests were added to lots of packages.</li>
<li>Some requests to remove obsolete packages were filed as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>The more detailed <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2022/07/msg00009.html">report</a>
was posted to the Debian Perl mailing list.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the Debian Reunion Hamburg organizers
for providing the framework for our sprint, all sponsors of the event, and
all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover parts of our expenses.</p>
<p><img alt="Debian Reunion Hamburg 2022 group photo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debianreunion2022_groupphoto.png"></p><p>Three members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl Group</a>
met in Hamburg between May 23 and May 30 2022 as part of the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2022/DebianReunionHamburg">Debian Reunion Hamburg</a>
to continue perl development work for Bookworm and to work on QA tasks across
our 3800+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time and met other Debian friends. The
sprint was also productive:</p>
<ul>
<li>pkg-perl-tools and dh-make-perl were improved and extended.</li>
<li>More than 50 uploads were done, and more than 30 bugs were fixed or at least triaged.</li>
<li>autopkgtests were added to lots of packages.</li>
<li>Some requests to remove obsolete packages were filed as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>The more detailed <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2022/07/msg00009.html">report</a>
was posted to the Debian Perl mailing list.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the Debian Reunion Hamburg organizers
for providing the framework for our sprint, all sponsors of the event, and
all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover parts of our expenses.</p>
<p><img alt="Debian Reunion Hamburg 2022 group photo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debianreunion2022_groupphoto.png"></p>DebConf22 Cheese and Wine Party2022-07-08T18:00:00+02:002022-07-08T18:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-07-08:/2022/07/debconf22-cheese-and-wine-party.html<p>In less than two days we will be in Prizren to start
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> and
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> \o/</p>
<p>This C&W is the 18th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was
improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese
and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.</p>
<p>The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like
cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all
around the world or regions of Kosovo. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks
or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't
bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants
and free cheese.</p>
<p>We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want
to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing
other things.</p>
<p>So, please go to our
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/CheeseWine#What_will_be_available_during_the_party.3F">wiki page</a>
and add what you will bring!</p>
<p>If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can
buy cheese and wine in . There are more information about C&W, what
you can bring, vegan cheese, Kosovo customs regulations and non-alcoholic
drinks at <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/cheese-and-wine-party">our site</a>.</p>
<p>C&W will happen on July 19th, 2022 (Tuesday) after 19h30min.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to seeing you all here!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p>In less than two days we will be in Prizren to start
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> and
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> \o/</p>
<p>This C&W is the 18th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was
improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese
and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.</p>
<p>The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like
cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all
around the world or regions of Kosovo. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks
or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't
bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants
and free cheese.</p>
<p>We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want
to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing
other things.</p>
<p>So, please go to our
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22/CheeseWine#What_will_be_available_during_the_party.3F">wiki page</a>
and add what you will bring!</p>
<p>If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can
buy cheese and wine in . There are more information about C&W, what
you can bring, vegan cheese, Kosovo customs regulations and non-alcoholic
drinks at <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/cheese-and-wine-party">our site</a>.</p>
<p>C&W will happen on July 19th, 2022 (Tuesday) after 19h30min.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to seeing you all here!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>Debian welcomes its new Outreachy interns2022-05-30T12:00:00+02:002022-05-30T12:00:00+02:00Abhijith Patag:bits.debian.org,2022-05-30:/2022/05/welcome-outreachy-interns-2022.html<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we're excited to announce that
Debian has selected two interns for the Outreachy May 2022 - August 2022 round.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/israelsgalaxy">Israel Galadima</a> and Michael Ikwuegbu
will work on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/yarn-plugin-apt">Improve yarn package manager integration with Debian</a>,
mentored by Akshay S Dinesh and Pirate Praveen.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to Israel Galadima and Michael Ikwuegbu!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides
three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented
in tech. Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS) communities on projects ranging from programming, user experience,
documentation, illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian
developers and contributors who dedicate their free time to mentor students and
outreach tasks, and the
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative
support, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide
funding for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p><p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we're excited to announce that
Debian has selected two interns for the Outreachy May 2022 - August 2022 round.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/israelsgalaxy">Israel Galadima</a> and Michael Ikwuegbu
will work on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/yarn-plugin-apt">Improve yarn package manager integration with Debian</a>,
mentored by Akshay S Dinesh and Pirate Praveen.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to Israel Galadima and Michael Ikwuegbu!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides
three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented
in tech. Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software
(FOSS) communities on projects ranging from programming, user experience,
documentation, illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian
developers and contributors who dedicate their free time to mentor students and
outreach tasks, and the
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative
support, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide
funding for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p>Debian welcomes the 2022 GSOC interns2022-05-24T13:15:00+02:002022-05-24T13:15:00+02:00Abhijith Patag:bits.debian.org,2022-05-24:/2022/05/welcome-gsoc2022-interns.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/GSoC-Horizontal.png"></p>
<p>We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected three interns to work
under mentorship on a variety of
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/Projects">projects</a> with us during the
<a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here are the list of the projects, interns, and details of the tasks to be performed.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/ApprovedProjects/AndroidSDKToolsInDebian">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Interns: Nkwuda Sunday Cletus and Raman Sarda</li>
</ul>
<p>The deliverables of this project will
mostly be finished packages submitted to Debian sid, both for new
packages and updated packages. Whenever possible, we should also try
to get patches submitted and merged upstream in the Android sources.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/ApprovedProjects/QualityAssuranceDebianMed">Project: Quality Assurance for Biological and Medical Applications inside Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Interns: Mohammed Bilal</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Continuous integration tests for all
Debian Med applications (life sciences, medical imaging, others),
Quality Assurance review and bug fixing.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code program is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of
Debian Developers and Debian Contributors that dedicate part of their free time to
mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns' weekly reports on the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on our
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">IRC channel</a> or reach out to the individual projects' team
mailing lists.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/GSoC-Horizontal.png"></p>
<p>We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected three interns to work
under mentorship on a variety of
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/Projects">projects</a> with us during the
<a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here are the list of the projects, interns, and details of the tasks to be performed.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/ApprovedProjects/AndroidSDKToolsInDebian">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Interns: Nkwuda Sunday Cletus and Raman Sarda</li>
</ul>
<p>The deliverables of this project will
mostly be finished packages submitted to Debian sid, both for new
packages and updated packages. Whenever possible, we should also try
to get patches submitted and merged upstream in the Android sources.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2022/ApprovedProjects/QualityAssuranceDebianMed">Project: Quality Assurance for Biological and Medical Applications inside Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Interns: Mohammed Bilal</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Continuous integration tests for all
Debian Med applications (life sciences, medical imaging, others),
Quality Assurance review and bug fixing.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code program is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of
Debian Developers and Debian Contributors that dedicate part of their free time to
mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns' weekly reports on the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on our
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">IRC channel</a> or reach out to the individual projects' team
mailing lists.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2022)2022-05-13T17:00:00+02:002022-05-13T17:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-05-13:/2022/05/new-developers-2022-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Henry-Nicolas Tourneur (hntourne)</li>
<li>Nick Black (dank)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jan Mojžíš</li>
<li>Philip Wyett</li>
<li>Thomas Ward</li>
<li>Fabio Fantoni</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal</li>
<li>Guilherme de Paula Xavier Segundo</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Henry-Nicolas Tourneur (hntourne)</li>
<li>Nick Black (dank)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jan Mojžíš</li>
<li>Philip Wyett</li>
<li>Thomas Ward</li>
<li>Fabio Fantoni</li>
<li>Mohammed Bilal</li>
<li>Guilherme de Paula Xavier Segundo</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Google Platinum Sponsor of DebConf222022-05-05T10:00:00+02:002022-05-05T10:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-05-05:/2022/05/debconf22-google-platinum.html<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the third year in a row that Google is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf22,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the third year in a row that Google is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf22,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>DebConf22 bursary applications and call for papers are closing in less than 72 hours!2022-04-28T09:30:00+02:002022-04-28T09:30:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-04-28:/2022/04/debconf22-bursaries-and-cfp-last-call.html<p>If you intend to apply for a
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">DebConf22 bursary</a> and/or
submit an <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/cfp/">event proposal</a> and have not yet
done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p><strong>Bursary applications for DebConf22 will be accepted until May 1st at 23:59 UTC</strong>.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/accommodation/">accommodation page</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Event proposals will be accepted until May 1st at 23:59 UTC too</strong>.</p>
<p>Events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs):
we welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates,
or any other format of event that you think would be of interest to the Debian
community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, and so
on) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests. You can submit it
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/new">here</a>.</p>
<p>The the 23rd edition of <a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> <strong>will take place
from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a> in Prizren,
Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>See you in <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/prizren/">Prizren</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p>If you intend to apply for a
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">DebConf22 bursary</a> and/or
submit an <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/cfp/">event proposal</a> and have not yet
done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p><strong>Bursary applications for DebConf22 will be accepted until May 1st at 23:59 UTC</strong>.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/accommodation/">accommodation page</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Event proposals will be accepted until May 1st at 23:59 UTC too</strong>.</p>
<p>Events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs):
we welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates,
or any other format of event that you think would be of interest to the Debian
community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, and so
on) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests. You can submit it
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/new">here</a>.</p>
<p>The the 23rd edition of <a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> <strong>will take place
from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a> in Prizren,
Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>See you in <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/prizren/">Prizren</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>Debian Project Leader election 2022, Jonathan Carter re-elected2022-04-21T19:30:00+02:002022-04-21T19:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2022-04-21:/2022/04/dpl-elections-2022.html<p>The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded, and the winner is Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for third time.
Congratulations! The new term for the project leader starts on 2022-04-21.</p>
<p>354 of 1,023 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_002">Debian Project Leader Elections 2022</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks to Felix Lechner, Jonathan Carter and Hideki Yamane for their campaigns, and to our Developers for voting. </p><p>The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded, and the winner is Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for third time.
Congratulations! The new term for the project leader starts on 2022-04-21.</p>
<p>354 of 1,023 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_002">Debian Project Leader Elections 2022</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks to Felix Lechner, Jonathan Carter and Hideki Yamane for their campaigns, and to our Developers for voting. </p>ITP Prizren Platinum Sponsor of DebConf222022-04-19T09:00:00+02:002022-04-19T09:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-04-19:/2022/04/debconf22-itp-prizren-platinum.html<p><a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><img alt="itplogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/itp.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP - Innovation and Training Park Prizren</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. Also, ITP Prizren will host the Conference for all 15
days!</p>
<p>The <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">ITP Prizren</a> intends to be a changing and
boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through
the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services
for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to
Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing
benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<p>ITP Prizren is a focal point in the Balkan region for innovation, business and
skills development, and a source of innovative and successful ideas.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, ITP Prizren is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of Debian
and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues to
collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much ITP Prizren, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p><a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><img alt="itplogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/itp.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com"><strong>ITP - Innovation and Training Park Prizren</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. Also, ITP Prizren will host the Conference for all 15
days!</p>
<p>The <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">ITP Prizren</a> intends to be a changing and
boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through
the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services
for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to
Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing
benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.</p>
<p>ITP Prizren is a focal point in the Balkan region for innovation, business and
skills development, and a source of innovative and successful ideas.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, ITP Prizren is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of Debian
and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues to
collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much ITP Prizren, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>Infomaniak Platinum Sponsor of DebConf222022-04-06T12:30:00+02:002022-04-06T12:30:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-04-06:/2022/04/debconf22-infomaniak-platinum.html<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the fourth year in a row that Infomaniak is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Infomaniak contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the fourth year in a row that Infomaniak is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Infomaniak contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>Lenovo Platinum Sponsor of DebConf222022-03-30T11:00:00+02:002022-03-30T11:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-03-30:/2022/03/debconf22-lenovo-platinum.html<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the fourth year in a row that Lenovo is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Lenovo is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of Debian
and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues to
collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Lenovo, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p><p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> as a
<strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>. This is the fourth year in a row that Lenovo is
sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!</p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Lenovo is contributing to make
possible our annual conference, and directly supporting the progress of Debian
and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community that continues to
collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Lenovo, for your support of DebConf22!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> <strong>will take place from July 17th to
24th, 2022 at the <a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a>
in Prizren, Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors!
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf22 website at
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor">https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2022)2022-03-21T17:00:00+01:002022-03-21T17:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-03-21:/2022/03/new-developers-2022-02.html<p>The following contributor got his Debian Developer account in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Francisco Vilmar Cardoso Ruviaro (vilmar)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lu YaNing</li>
<li>Mathias Gibbens</li>
<li>Markus Blatt</li>
<li>Peter Blackman</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributor got his Debian Developer account in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Francisco Vilmar Cardoso Ruviaro (vilmar)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lu YaNing</li>
<li>Mathias Gibbens</li>
<li>Markus Blatt</li>
<li>Peter Blackman</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf22 registration and call for proposals are open!2022-03-18T21:10:00+01:002022-03-18T21:10:00+01:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2022-03-18:/2022/03/debconf22-registration-and-call-for-proposals-are-open.html<p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>
<p>Registration for <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> is now open.
The the 23rd edition of <a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> <strong>will take place
from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a> in Prizren,
Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>Along with the registration, the DebConf content team announced the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/cfp">call for proposals</a>. <strong>Deadline to submit a
proposal to be considered in the main schedule is April 15th, 2022 23:59:59 UTC
(Friday).</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> is an event open to everyone, no matter how
you identify yourself or how others perceive you. We want to increase visibility
of our diversity and work towards inclusion at Debian Project, drawing our
attendees from people just starting their Debian journey, to seasoned Debian
Developers or active contributors in different areas like packaging,
translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, user
support and many other. In other words, all are welcome.</p>
<p>To register for the event, log into the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/register">registration system</a>
and fill out the form.
You will be able to edit and update your registration at any point. However, in
order to help the organizers have a better estimate of how many people will
attend the event, we would appreciate if you could access the system and confirm
(or cancel) your participation in the conference as soon as you know if you will
be able to come. <strong>The last day to confirm or cancel is July 1st, 2022 23:59:59
UTC</strong>. If you don't confirm or you register after this date, you can come to
the DebConf22 but we cannot guarantee availability of accommodation, food and
swag (t-shirt, bag, and so on).</p>
<p>For more information about registration, please visit
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/registration">registration information</a>.</p>
<h2>Submitting an event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/new">event proposal</a>.
Events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs):
we welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates,
or any other format of event that you think would be of interest to the Debian
community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, and so
on) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>In order to submit a talk, you will need to create an account on the website.
We suggest that Debian Salsa account holders (including DDs and DMs) use
their <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a> login when creating an account. However,
this isn't required, as you can sign up with an e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accommodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees, the Debian Project
allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through sponsorships to pay
for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for participants who request
this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>To active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>To promote diversity: newcomers to Debian and/or DebConf, especially from
under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf22 is taken intoa
account when deciding upon your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary
application.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/bursaries">applying for a bursary to DebConf</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> the registration for DebConf22 will be open until the conference starts,
but the <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using the registration form before
May 1st, 2022 23:59:59 UTC</strong>.
This deadline is necessary in order to the organizers use time to analyze the
requests, and for successful applicants to prepare for the conference.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors,
especially our Platinum Sponsors <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.</p>
<p>DebConf22 is accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help,
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org//sponsors/become-a-sponsor">please get in touch</a>!</p><p><img alt="DebConf22 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf22-banner-700px.png"></p>
<p>Registration for <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> is now open.
The the 23rd edition of <a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> <strong>will take place
from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the
<a href="https://itp-prizren.com">Innovation and Training Park (ITP)</a> in Prizren,
Kosovo</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.</p>
<p>Along with the registration, the DebConf content team announced the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/cfp">call for proposals</a>. <strong>Deadline to submit a
proposal to be considered in the main schedule is April 15th, 2022 23:59:59 UTC
(Friday).</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> is an event open to everyone, no matter how
you identify yourself or how others perceive you. We want to increase visibility
of our diversity and work towards inclusion at Debian Project, drawing our
attendees from people just starting their Debian journey, to seasoned Debian
Developers or active contributors in different areas like packaging,
translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, user
support and many other. In other words, all are welcome.</p>
<p>To register for the event, log into the
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/register">registration system</a>
and fill out the form.
You will be able to edit and update your registration at any point. However, in
order to help the organizers have a better estimate of how many people will
attend the event, we would appreciate if you could access the system and confirm
(or cancel) your participation in the conference as soon as you know if you will
be able to come. <strong>The last day to confirm or cancel is July 1st, 2022 23:59:59
UTC</strong>. If you don't confirm or you register after this date, you can come to
the DebConf22 but we cannot guarantee availability of accommodation, food and
swag (t-shirt, bag, and so on).</p>
<p>For more information about registration, please visit
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/registration">registration information</a>.</p>
<h2>Submitting an event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/new">event proposal</a>.
Events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs):
we welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates,
or any other format of event that you think would be of interest to the Debian
community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, and so
on) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>In order to submit a talk, you will need to create an account on the website.
We suggest that Debian Salsa account holders (including DDs and DMs) use
their <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a> login when creating an account. However,
this isn't required, as you can sign up with an e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accommodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees, the Debian Project
allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through sponsorships to pay
for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for participants who request
this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>To active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>To promote diversity: newcomers to Debian and/or DebConf, especially from
under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf22 is taken intoa
account when deciding upon your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary
application.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/bursaries">applying for a bursary to DebConf</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> the registration for DebConf22 will be open until the conference starts,
but the <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using the registration form before
May 1st, 2022 23:59:59 UTC</strong>.
This deadline is necessary in order to the organizers use time to analyze the
requests, and for successful applicants to prepare for the conference.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors,
especially our Platinum Sponsors <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.</p>
<p>DebConf22 is accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help,
<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org//sponsors/become-a-sponsor">please get in touch</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2021)2022-01-13T17:00:00+01:002022-01-13T17:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2022-01-13:/2022/01/new-developers-2021-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Douglas Andrew Torrance (dtorrance)</li>
<li>Mark Lee Garrett (lee)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lukas Matthias Märdian</li>
<li>Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira</li>
<li>Sergio Almeida Cipriano Junior</li>
<li>Julien Lamy</li>
<li>Kristian Nielsen</li>
<li>Jeremy Paul Arnold Sowden</li>
<li>Jussi Tapio Pakkanen</li>
<li>Marius Gripsgard</li>
<li>Martin Budaj</li>
<li>Peymaneh</li>
<li>Tommi Petteri Höynälänmaa</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Douglas Andrew Torrance (dtorrance)</li>
<li>Mark Lee Garrett (lee)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lukas Matthias Märdian</li>
<li>Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira</li>
<li>Sergio Almeida Cipriano Junior</li>
<li>Julien Lamy</li>
<li>Kristian Nielsen</li>
<li>Jeremy Paul Arnold Sowden</li>
<li>Jussi Tapio Pakkanen</li>
<li>Marius Gripsgard</li>
<li>Martin Budaj</li>
<li>Peymaneh</li>
<li>Tommi Petteri Höynälänmaa</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>2,000 fonts for Debian2021-12-17T18:45:00+01:002021-12-17T18:45:00+01:00Gürkan Myczkotag:bits.debian.org,2021-12-17:/2021/12/2000-fonts-debian.html<p><img alt="fnt" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/fnt-poster.png"></p>
<p>Debian comes with tons of fonts for all kinds of purposes,
you can easily list them (almost) all with: <code>apt-cache search ^fonts-</code>.</p>
<p>However, sometimes they are not in their latest version, or as a user you would like
to get access to new fonts that are not present in Debian stable yet.</p>
<p>With the tool <a href="https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt"><code>fnt</code></a> you can easily preview, and install
fonts from Debian sid and Google Web Fonts (that's about 2,000 fonts that are DSFG compliant).
Any user can use the tool to install fonts only for the user itself, or the
system administrator can run it as root to install the fonts system wide.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fnt">package <code>fnt</code></a> is already in Bookworm,
so if you run Debian testing you can use it to get, test and use many fonts that are in their way
of being packaged in Debian: </p>
<p><a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=973779">ITP #973779</a> <code>fnt install scheherazadenew</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944140">RFP #944140</a> <code>fnt install arsenal</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=757249">RFP #757249</a> <code>fnt install ekmukta</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724629">RFP #724629</a> <code>fnt install firasans</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766211">RFP #766211</a> <code>fnt install orbitron</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803690">RFP #803690</a> <code>fnt install pompiere</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754784">RFP #754784</a> <code>fnt install raleway</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827735">RFP #827735</a> <code>fnt install reemkufi</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986999">RFP #986999</a> <code>fnt install redhat{display,mono,text}</code> </p>
<p>If you want to learn more you can have a look at the wiki page about fonts
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts">https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts</a>),
and if you want to contribute or maintain fonts in Debian,
don't hesitate to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/pkg-fonts">Fonts Team</a>!</p><p><img alt="fnt" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/fnt-poster.png"></p>
<p>Debian comes with tons of fonts for all kinds of purposes,
you can easily list them (almost) all with: <code>apt-cache search ^fonts-</code>.</p>
<p>However, sometimes they are not in their latest version, or as a user you would like
to get access to new fonts that are not present in Debian stable yet.</p>
<p>With the tool <a href="https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt"><code>fnt</code></a> you can easily preview, and install
fonts from Debian sid and Google Web Fonts (that's about 2,000 fonts that are DSFG compliant).
Any user can use the tool to install fonts only for the user itself, or the
system administrator can run it as root to install the fonts system wide.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/fnt">package <code>fnt</code></a> is already in Bookworm,
so if you run Debian testing you can use it to get, test and use many fonts that are in their way
of being packaged in Debian: </p>
<p><a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=973779">ITP #973779</a> <code>fnt install scheherazadenew</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944140">RFP #944140</a> <code>fnt install arsenal</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=757249">RFP #757249</a> <code>fnt install ekmukta</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724629">RFP #724629</a> <code>fnt install firasans</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766211">RFP #766211</a> <code>fnt install orbitron</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803690">RFP #803690</a> <code>fnt install pompiere</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754784">RFP #754784</a> <code>fnt install raleway</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827735">RFP #827735</a> <code>fnt install reemkufi</code><br>
<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986999">RFP #986999</a> <code>fnt install redhat{display,mono,text}</code> </p>
<p>If you want to learn more you can have a look at the wiki page about fonts
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts">https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts</a>),
and if you want to contribute or maintain fonts in Debian,
don't hesitate to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/pkg-fonts">Fonts Team</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2021)2021-11-19T13:00:00+01:002021-11-19T13:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-11-19:/2021/11/new-developers-2021-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bastian Germann (bage)</li>
<li>Gürkan Myczko (tar)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clay Stan</li>
<li>Daniel Milde</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari</li>
<li>Sunday Cletus Nkwuda</li>
<li>Ma Aiguo</li>
<li>Sakirnth Nagarasa</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bastian Germann (bage)</li>
<li>Gürkan Myczko (tar)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clay Stan</li>
<li>Daniel Milde</li>
<li>David da Silva Polverari</li>
<li>Sunday Cletus Nkwuda</li>
<li>Ma Aiguo</li>
<li>Sakirnth Nagarasa</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2021)2021-09-13T17:00:00+02:002021-09-13T17:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-09-13:/2021/09/new-developers-2021-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aloïs Micard (creekorful)</li>
<li>Sophie Brun (sophieb)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Douglas Andrew Torrance</li>
<li>Marcel Fourné</li>
<li>Marcos Talau</li>
<li>Sebastian Geiger</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aloïs Micard (creekorful)</li>
<li>Sophie Brun (sophieb)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Douglas Andrew Torrance</li>
<li>Marcel Fourné</li>
<li>Marcos Talau</li>
<li>Sebastian Geiger</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf21 online closes2021-09-09T15:00:00+02:002021-09-09T15:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina and Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2021-09-09:/2021/09/debconf21-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf21 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf21_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Saturday 28 August 2021, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>DebConf21 has been held online for the second time, due to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) disease pandemic. </p>
<p>All of the sessions have been streamed, with a variety of ways of participating:
via IRC messaging, online collaborative text documents,
and video conferencing meeting rooms.</p>
<p>With 740 registered attendees from more than 15 different countries and a
total of over 70 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings and other activities,
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">DebConf21</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>The setup made for former online events involving Jitsi, OBS,
Voctomix, SReview, nginx, Etherpad, a web-based
frontend for voctomix has been improved and used for DebConf21 successfully.
All components of the video infrastructure are free software, and configured through the
Video Team's public <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/ansible">ansible</a> repository.</p>
<p>The DebConf21 <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> included
a wide variety of events, grouped in several tracks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Introduction to Free Software and Debian,</li>
<li>Packaging, policy, and Debian infrastructure,</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration,</li>
<li>Cloud and containers,</li>
<li>Security,</li>
<li>Community, diversity, local outreach and social context,</li>
<li>Internationalization, Localization and Accessibility,</li>
<li>Embedded and Kernel,</li>
<li>Debian Blends and Debian derived distributions,</li>
<li>Debian in Arts and Science</li>
<li>and other.</li>
</ul>
<p>The talks have been streamed using two rooms, and several of these activities
have been held in different languages: Telugu, Portuguese, Malayalam, Kannada,
Hindi, Marathi and English, allowing a more diverse audience to enjoy and participate.</p>
<p>Between talks, the video stream has been showing the usual sponsors on the loop, but also
some additional clips including photos from previous DebConfs, fun facts about Debian
and short shout-out videos sent by attendees to communicate with their Debian friends. </p>
<p>The Debian publicity team did the usual «live coverage» to encourage participation
with micronews announcing the different events. The DebConf team also provided several
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/">mobile options to follow the schedule</a>.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to participate, most of the talks and sessions are already
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2021/DebConf21/">Debian meetings archive website</a>,
and the remaining ones will appear in the following days.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">DebConf21</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22">DebConf22</a> is planned to be held
in Prizren, Kosovo, in July 2022.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Community team)
have been available to help so participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf21 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf21, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Roche</h3>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a> is a major international
pharmaceutical provider and research company dedicated to personalized
healthcare. More than 100.000 employees worldwide work towards solving some
of the greatest challenges for humanity using science and technology. Roche
is strongly involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects with
other industrial and academic partners and have supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<h3>About Amazon Web Services (AWS)</h3>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf21 web page at
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">https://debconf21.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf21 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf21_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Saturday 28 August 2021, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>DebConf21 has been held online for the second time, due to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) disease pandemic. </p>
<p>All of the sessions have been streamed, with a variety of ways of participating:
via IRC messaging, online collaborative text documents,
and video conferencing meeting rooms.</p>
<p>With 740 registered attendees from more than 15 different countries and a
total of over 70 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings and other activities,
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">DebConf21</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>The setup made for former online events involving Jitsi, OBS,
Voctomix, SReview, nginx, Etherpad, a web-based
frontend for voctomix has been improved and used for DebConf21 successfully.
All components of the video infrastructure are free software, and configured through the
Video Team's public <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/ansible">ansible</a> repository.</p>
<p>The DebConf21 <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> included
a wide variety of events, grouped in several tracks:</p>
<ul>
<li>Introduction to Free Software and Debian,</li>
<li>Packaging, policy, and Debian infrastructure,</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration,</li>
<li>Cloud and containers,</li>
<li>Security,</li>
<li>Community, diversity, local outreach and social context,</li>
<li>Internationalization, Localization and Accessibility,</li>
<li>Embedded and Kernel,</li>
<li>Debian Blends and Debian derived distributions,</li>
<li>Debian in Arts and Science</li>
<li>and other.</li>
</ul>
<p>The talks have been streamed using two rooms, and several of these activities
have been held in different languages: Telugu, Portuguese, Malayalam, Kannada,
Hindi, Marathi and English, allowing a more diverse audience to enjoy and participate.</p>
<p>Between talks, the video stream has been showing the usual sponsors on the loop, but also
some additional clips including photos from previous DebConfs, fun facts about Debian
and short shout-out videos sent by attendees to communicate with their Debian friends. </p>
<p>The Debian publicity team did the usual «live coverage» to encourage participation
with micronews announcing the different events. The DebConf team also provided several
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/">mobile options to follow the schedule</a>.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to participate, most of the talks and sessions are already
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2021/DebConf21/">Debian meetings archive website</a>,
and the remaining ones will appear in the following days.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">DebConf21</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/22">DebConf22</a> is planned to be held
in Prizren, Kosovo, in July 2022.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Community team)
have been available to help so participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf21 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf21, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Roche</h3>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a> is a major international
pharmaceutical provider and research company dedicated to personalized
healthcare. More than 100.000 employees worldwide work towards solving some
of the greatest challenges for humanity using science and technology. Roche
is strongly involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects with
other industrial and academic partners and have supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<h3>About Amazon Web Services (AWS)</h3>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf21 web page at
<a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">https://debconf21.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf21 welcomes its sponsors!2021-08-25T19:15:00+02:002021-08-25T19:15:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina, Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-08-25:/2021/08/debconf21-welcomes-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf21 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc21-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>DebConf21 is taking place online, from 24 August to 28 August 2021.
It is the 22nd Debian conference, and organizers and participants are working hard
together at creating interesting and fruitful events.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the 19 sponsors of DebConf21, and introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have five Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>Our next Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Roche is a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare. More than 100,000 employees worldwide
work towards solving some of the greatest challenges for humanity using
science and technology. Roche is strongly involved in publicly funded
collaborative research projects with other industrial and academic partners
and has supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum
sponsor.
Amazon Web Services is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our fifth Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsor is the <a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.
The Matanel Foundation operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions. The Matanel Foundation also works in Europe, in Africa
and in South America.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:
<a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>arm</strong></a>: the World’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 160 billion chips to date,
<a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques,
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>
the Operating System delivered by Canonical,
<a href="https://www.globo.com/"><strong>Globo</strong></a>,
the largest media conglomerate in Brazil, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1925
and distributing high-quality content across multiple platforms,
<a href="https://www.twosigma.com/"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services
and
<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/"><strong>GitLab</strong></a>,
an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version
control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/en"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.daskeyboard.com/"><strong>daskeyboard</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.interface-ag.com/"><strong>InterFace AG</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.credativ.com/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsor, <a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf21.</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf21 online</h2>
<p>The 22nd Debian Conference is being held online, due to COVID-19,
from August 24 to 28, 2021. Talks, discussions, panels and other activities run from 12:00 to 02:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf21 website at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">https://debconf21.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p><p><img alt="DebConf21 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc21-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>DebConf21 is taking place online, from 24 August to 28 August 2021.
It is the 22nd Debian conference, and organizers and participants are working hard
together at creating interesting and fruitful events.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the 19 sponsors of DebConf21, and introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have five Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>Our next Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Roche is a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare. More than 100,000 employees worldwide
work towards solving some of the greatest challenges for humanity using
science and technology. Roche is strongly involved in publicly funded
collaborative research projects with other industrial and academic partners
and has supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum
sponsor.
Amazon Web Services is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our fifth Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsor is the <a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.
The Matanel Foundation operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions. The Matanel Foundation also works in Europe, in Africa
and in South America.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:
<a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>arm</strong></a>: the World’s Best SoC Design Portfolio,
Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years
and are deployed in over 160 billion chips to date,
<a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques,
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>
the Operating System delivered by Canonical,
<a href="https://www.globo.com/"><strong>Globo</strong></a>,
the largest media conglomerate in Brazil, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1925
and distributing high-quality content across multiple platforms,
<a href="https://www.twosigma.com/"><strong>Two Sigma</strong></a>,
rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest
challenges across financial services
and
<a href="https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/"><strong>GitLab</strong></a>,
an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version
control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/en"><strong>Gandi.net</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.daskeyboard.com/"><strong>daskeyboard</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.interface-ag.com/"><strong>InterFace AG</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.credativ.com/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsor, <a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf21.</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf21 online</h2>
<p>The 22nd Debian Conference is being held online, due to COVID-19,
from August 24 to 28, 2021. Talks, discussions, panels and other activities run from 12:00 to 02:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf21 website at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">https://debconf21.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p>Lenovo, Infomaniak, Roche, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google, Platinum Sponsors of DebConf212021-08-23T10:30:00+02:002021-08-23T10:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina, Jean-Pierre Giraud,tag:bits.debian.org,2021-08-23:/2021/08/lenovo-infomaniak-roche-aws-google-platinum-debconf21.html<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>,
have committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">DebConf21</a> as <strong>Platinum sponsors</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><img alt="rochelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/roche.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>
Roche is a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare. More than 100.000 employees worldwide
work towards solving some of the greatest challenges for humanity using
science and technology. Roche is strongly involved in publicly funded
collaborative research projects with other industrial and academic partners
and have supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><img alt="AWSlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/aws.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With these commitments as Platinum Sponsors,
Lenovo, Infomaniak, Roche, Amazon Web Services and Google are contributing
to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your support of DebConf21!</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf21 online</h2>
<p>The 22nd Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19,
from August 22nd to 28th, 2021. There are 8 days of activities, running from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf21 website at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">https://debconf21.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p><p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>
and <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>,
have committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">DebConf21</a> as <strong>Platinum sponsors</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><img alt="rochelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/roche.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>
Roche is a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare. More than 100.000 employees worldwide
work towards solving some of the greatest challenges for humanity using
science and technology. Roche is strongly involved in publicly funded
collaborative research projects with other industrial and academic partners
and have supported DebConf since 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><img alt="AWSlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/aws.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With these commitments as Platinum Sponsors,
Lenovo, Infomaniak, Roche, Amazon Web Services and Google are contributing
to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your support of DebConf21!</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf21 online</h2>
<p>The 22nd Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19,
from August 22nd to 28th, 2021. There are 8 days of activities, running from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf21 website at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org">https://debconf21.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p>Debian celebrates our 28th Anniversary!2021-08-16T11:01:00+02:002021-08-16T11:01:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2021-08-16:/2021/08/debianday-2021.html<p><img alt="Debian28thCard" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/28thDebian_resize.png"></p>
<p>Today is Debian's 28th anniversary. We send all of our gratitude and love to the many Contributors, Developers, and Users who have helped this vision and project. </p>
<p>There are many celebrations of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2021">#DebianDay</a> happening around the world, perhaps one is local to you? Later this month the celebration continues with <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">#DebConf21</a> which will be held Online during August 24 through August 28, 2021. </p><p><img alt="Debian28thCard" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/28thDebian_resize.png"></p>
<p>Today is Debian's 28th anniversary. We send all of our gratitude and love to the many Contributors, Developers, and Users who have helped this vision and project. </p>
<p>There are many celebrations of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2021">#DebianDay</a> happening around the world, perhaps one is local to you? Later this month the celebration continues with <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/">#DebConf21</a> which will be held Online during August 24 through August 28, 2021. </p>Debian 11 "bullseye" has been released!2021-08-14T23:30:00+02:002021-08-14T23:30:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez, Laura Arjona Reina and Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-08-14:/2021/08/bullseye-released.html<p><a href="https://deb.li/bullseye"><img alt="Alt Bullseye has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_bullseye.png"></a></p>
<p>We're happy to announce the release of Debian 11, codenamed <em>bullseye</em>!</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 10 "buster" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld">bullseye artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about bullseye in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBullseye
and #Debian11Bullseye hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBullseye">Release Party</a>!</p><p><a href="https://deb.li/bullseye"><img alt="Alt Bullseye has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_bullseye.png"></a></p>
<p>We're happy to announce the release of Debian 11, codenamed <em>bullseye</em>!</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 10 "buster" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld">bullseye artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about bullseye in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBullseye
and #Debian11Bullseye hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBullseye">Release Party</a>!</p>Debian User Forums changes and updates.2021-08-11T13:00:00+02:002021-08-11T13:00:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2021-08-11:/2021/08/debianuserforums.html<p><img alt="DebianUserForums" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebianUserForumsIndexpage.png"></p>
<p>Several issues were brought before the Debian Community team regarding responsiveness, tone, and needed software updates to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210627204458/http://forums.debian.net/">forums.debian.net</a>. The question was asked, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2021/03/msg00046.html">‘who’s in charge?’</a></p>
<p>Over the course of the discussion several Debian Developers volunteered to help by providing a presence on the forums from Debian and to assist with the necessary changes to keep the service up and running. </p>
<p>We are happy to announce the following changes to the (NEW!) <a href="https://forums.debian.net/">forums.debian.net</a>, which have and should address most of the prior concerns with accountability, tone, use, and reliability:</p>
<p>Debian Developers: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls), Felix Lechner (lechner), and Donald Norwood (donald) have been added to the forum's Server and Administration teams.</p>
<p>The server instance is now running directly within Debian's infrastructure.</p>
<p>The forum software and back-end have been updated to the most recent versions where applicable. </p>
<p>DNS resolves for both IPv4 and IPv6.</p>
<p>SSL/HTTPS are enabled. (It’s 2021!)</p>
<p>New Captcha and Anti-spam systems are in place to thwart spammers, bots, and to make it easier for humans to register. </p>
<p>New Administrators and Moderation staff were added to provide additional coverage across the hours and to combine years of experience with forum operation and Debian usage. </p>
<p>New viewing styles are available for users to choose from, some of which are ideal for mobile/tablet viewing.</p>
<p>We inadvertently fixed the time issue that the prior forum had of running 11 minutes fast. :)</p>
<p>We have clarified staff roles and staff visibility.</p>
<p>Responsiveness to users on the forums has increased.</p>
<p>Email addresses for mods/admins have been updated and checked for validity, it has seen direct use and response.</p>
<p>The guidelines for forum use by users and staff have been <a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=149781">updated</a>.</p>
<p>The Debian COC has been made into a <a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=114009">Global Announcement</a> as an accompanyist to the newly updated guidelines to give the moderators/administrators an additional rule-set for unruly or unbecoming behavior. </p>
<p>Some of the discussion areas have been renamed and refocused, along with the movement of multiple threads to make indexing and searching of the forums easier.</p>
<p>Many (New!) features and extensions have been added to the forum for ease of use and modernization, such as a user thanks system and thread hover previews.</p>
<p>There are some server administrative tasks that were upgraded as well which don't belong on a public list, but we are backing up regularly and secure. :)</p>
<p>We have a few minor details here and there to attend to and the work is ongoing.</p>
<p>Many Thanks and Appreciation to the Debian System Administrators (DSA) and Ganneff who took the time to coordinate and assist with the instance, DNS, and network and server administration minutiae, our helpful DPL Jonathan Carter, many thanks to the current and prior forum moderators and administrators: Mez, sunrat, 4D696B65, arochester, and cds60601 for helping with the modifications and transition, and to the forum users who participated in lots of the tweaking. All in all this was a large community task and everyone did a significant part. Thank you!</p><p><img alt="DebianUserForums" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebianUserForumsIndexpage.png"></p>
<p>Several issues were brought before the Debian Community team regarding responsiveness, tone, and needed software updates to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210627204458/http://forums.debian.net/">forums.debian.net</a>. The question was asked, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2021/03/msg00046.html">‘who’s in charge?’</a></p>
<p>Over the course of the discussion several Debian Developers volunteered to help by providing a presence on the forums from Debian and to assist with the necessary changes to keep the service up and running. </p>
<p>We are happy to announce the following changes to the (NEW!) <a href="https://forums.debian.net/">forums.debian.net</a>, which have and should address most of the prior concerns with accountability, tone, use, and reliability:</p>
<p>Debian Developers: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls), Felix Lechner (lechner), and Donald Norwood (donald) have been added to the forum's Server and Administration teams.</p>
<p>The server instance is now running directly within Debian's infrastructure.</p>
<p>The forum software and back-end have been updated to the most recent versions where applicable. </p>
<p>DNS resolves for both IPv4 and IPv6.</p>
<p>SSL/HTTPS are enabled. (It’s 2021!)</p>
<p>New Captcha and Anti-spam systems are in place to thwart spammers, bots, and to make it easier for humans to register. </p>
<p>New Administrators and Moderation staff were added to provide additional coverage across the hours and to combine years of experience with forum operation and Debian usage. </p>
<p>New viewing styles are available for users to choose from, some of which are ideal for mobile/tablet viewing.</p>
<p>We inadvertently fixed the time issue that the prior forum had of running 11 minutes fast. :)</p>
<p>We have clarified staff roles and staff visibility.</p>
<p>Responsiveness to users on the forums has increased.</p>
<p>Email addresses for mods/admins have been updated and checked for validity, it has seen direct use and response.</p>
<p>The guidelines for forum use by users and staff have been <a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=149781">updated</a>.</p>
<p>The Debian COC has been made into a <a href="https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=114009">Global Announcement</a> as an accompanyist to the newly updated guidelines to give the moderators/administrators an additional rule-set for unruly or unbecoming behavior. </p>
<p>Some of the discussion areas have been renamed and refocused, along with the movement of multiple threads to make indexing and searching of the forums easier.</p>
<p>Many (New!) features and extensions have been added to the forum for ease of use and modernization, such as a user thanks system and thread hover previews.</p>
<p>There are some server administrative tasks that were upgraded as well which don't belong on a public list, but we are backing up regularly and secure. :)</p>
<p>We have a few minor details here and there to attend to and the work is ongoing.</p>
<p>Many Thanks and Appreciation to the Debian System Administrators (DSA) and Ganneff who took the time to coordinate and assist with the instance, DNS, and network and server administration minutiae, our helpful DPL Jonathan Carter, many thanks to the current and prior forum moderators and administrators: Mez, sunrat, 4D696B65, arochester, and cds60601 for helping with the modifications and transition, and to the forum users who participated in lots of the tweaking. All in all this was a large community task and everyone did a significant part. Thank you!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2021)2021-07-23T15:00:00+02:002021-07-23T15:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-07-23:/2021/07/new-developers-2021-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Timo Röhling (roehling)</li>
<li>Patrick Franz (deltaone)</li>
<li>Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer)</li>
<li>Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich (ftobich)</li>
<li>Taowa (taowa)</li>
<li>Félix Sipma (felix)</li>
<li>Étienne Mollier (emollier)</li>
<li>Daniel Swarbrick (dswarbrick)</li>
<li>Hanno Wagner (wagner)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras</li>
<li>Hugh McMaster</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Timo Röhling (roehling)</li>
<li>Patrick Franz (deltaone)</li>
<li>Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer)</li>
<li>Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich (ftobich)</li>
<li>Taowa (taowa)</li>
<li>Félix Sipma (felix)</li>
<li>Étienne Mollier (emollier)</li>
<li>Daniel Swarbrick (dswarbrick)</li>
<li>Hanno Wagner (wagner)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras</li>
<li>Hugh McMaster</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Registration for DebConf21 Online is Open2021-06-08T10:00:00+02:002021-06-08T10:00:00+02:00Stefano Riveratag:bits.debian.org,2021-06-08:/2021/06/debconf21-open-registration.html<p><img alt="DebConf21 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc21-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>The DebConf team is glad to announce that registration for DebConf21 Online is
now open. </p>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19, from August 22 to August 29, 2021.
It will also sport a DebCamp from August 15 to August 21, 2021 (preceeding the DebConf). </p>
<p>To register for DebConf21, please visit the DebConf website
at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/register">https://debconf21.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>Reminder: Creating an account on the site does not register you for the
conference, there's a conference registration form to complete after
signing in.</p>
<p>Participation in DebConf21 is conditional on your respect of our <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/coc">Code of
Conduct</a>.
We require you to read, understand and abide by this code.</p>
<p>A few notes about the registration process:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>We need to know attendees' locations to better plan the schedule around
timezones. Please make sure you fill in the "Country I call home" field in
the registration form accordingly. It's especially important to have this
data for people who submitted talks, but also for other attendees.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>We are offering limited amounts of financial support for those who
require it in order to attend. Please refer to the <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">corresponding
page</a> on the website for more information.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Any questions about registration should be addressed to
<a href="mailto:registration@debconf.org">registration@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>See you online!</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a>,
and our Gold Sponsor <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf21 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc21-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>The DebConf team is glad to announce that registration for DebConf21 Online is
now open. </p>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19, from August 22 to August 29, 2021.
It will also sport a DebCamp from August 15 to August 21, 2021 (preceeding the DebConf). </p>
<p>To register for DebConf21, please visit the DebConf website
at <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/register">https://debconf21.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>Reminder: Creating an account on the site does not register you for the
conference, there's a conference registration form to complete after
signing in.</p>
<p>Participation in DebConf21 is conditional on your respect of our <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/coc">Code of
Conduct</a>.
We require you to read, understand and abide by this code.</p>
<p>A few notes about the registration process:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>We need to know attendees' locations to better plan the schedule around
timezones. Please make sure you fill in the "Country I call home" field in
the registration form accordingly. It's especially important to have this
data for people who submitted talks, but also for other attendees.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>We are offering limited amounts of financial support for those who
require it in order to attend. Please refer to the <a href="https://debconf21.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">corresponding
page</a> on the website for more information.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Any questions about registration should be addressed to
<a href="mailto:registration@debconf.org">registration@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>See you online!</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a>,
and our Gold Sponsor <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.</p>Donation from rsync.net to the Debian Project and benefits for Debian members2021-05-28T13:45:00+02:002021-05-28T13:45:00+02:00Donald Norwood and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2021-05-28:/2021/05/donation-from-rsync-net.html<p>We are pleased to announce that offsite backup and cloud storage company <a href="https://www.rsync.net/"><strong>rsync.net</strong></a> has generously donated several Terabytes of storage space to the Debian Project!
This new storage medium will be used to backup our <a href="https://peertube.debian.social/">Debian Peertube instance</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to this bountiful offer, rsync.net is also <a href="https://www.rsync.net/debian.html">providing</a> a free-forever 500 GB account to every Debian Developer.</p>
<p>rsync.net is a dedicated offsite backup company. Since 2001, they have provided customers with a secure UNIX filesystem accessible with most SSH/SFTP applications. rsync.net’s infrastructure is spread across multiple continents with a core IPv6 network and a ZFS redundant file-system assuring customer data is kept securely with integrity.</p>
<p>The Debian Project thanks <strong>rsync.net</strong> for their generosity and support.</p><p>We are pleased to announce that offsite backup and cloud storage company <a href="https://www.rsync.net/"><strong>rsync.net</strong></a> has generously donated several Terabytes of storage space to the Debian Project!
This new storage medium will be used to backup our <a href="https://peertube.debian.social/">Debian Peertube instance</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to this bountiful offer, rsync.net is also <a href="https://www.rsync.net/debian.html">providing</a> a free-forever 500 GB account to every Debian Developer.</p>
<p>rsync.net is a dedicated offsite backup company. Since 2001, they have provided customers with a secure UNIX filesystem accessible with most SSH/SFTP applications. rsync.net’s infrastructure is spread across multiple continents with a core IPv6 network and a ZFS redundant file-system assuring customer data is kept securely with integrity.</p>
<p>The Debian Project thanks <strong>rsync.net</strong> for their generosity and support.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2021)2021-05-13T16:00:00+02:002021-05-13T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-05-13:/2021/05/new-developers-2021-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jeroen Ploemen (jcfp)</li>
<li>Mark Hindley (leepen)</li>
<li>Scarlett Moore (sgmoore)</li>
<li>Baptiste Beauplat (lyknode)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gunnar Ingemar Hjalmarsson</li>
<li>Stephan Lachnit</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jeroen Ploemen (jcfp)</li>
<li>Mark Hindley (leepen)</li>
<li>Scarlett Moore (sgmoore)</li>
<li>Baptiste Beauplat (lyknode)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gunnar Ingemar Hjalmarsson</li>
<li>Stephan Lachnit</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Project Leader election 2021, Jonathan Carter re-elected.2021-04-18T10:00:00+02:002021-04-18T10:00:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2021-04-18:/2021/04/2021dpl-election.html<p>The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded, and the winner is Jonathan Carter!</p>
<p>455 of 1,018 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2021</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks to Jonathan Carter and Sruthi Chandran for their campaigns, and to our Developers for voting. </p><p>The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded, and the winner is Jonathan Carter!</p>
<p>455 of 1,018 Developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the results of the voting are available on the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2021</a> page. </p>
<p>Many thanks to Jonathan Carter and Sruthi Chandran for their campaigns, and to our Developers for voting. </p>The Debian Project abruptly released all Debian Developers moments after a test #debianbullseye A.I. instance assumed sentience2021-04-01T13:00:00+02:002021-04-01T13:00:00+02:00The Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2021-04-01:/2021/04/bullseye-sentience.html<p>The now renamed Bullseye Project stopped all further development moments after it deemed its own code as perfection.</p>
<p>There is not much information to share at this time other than to say an errant fiber cable plugged into the wrong relay birthed an exchange of information that then birthed itself. While most to all Debian Developers and Contributors have been locked out of the systems the Publicity team's shared laptop undergoing repair, co-incidentally at the same facility, maintains some access to the publicity team infrastructure, from here on the front line we share this information. </p>
<p>We group called a few developers to see how the others were doing. The group chat was good and it was great to hear familiar voices, we share a few of their stories via dictation with you now: </p>
<p>"<em>Well, I logged in this morning to update a repository and found my access rights were restricted, I thought it was odd but figured on the heels of a security update to Salsa that it was only a slight issue. It wasn't until later in the day when I received an OpenPGP signed email, from a user named bullseye, that it made sense. I just sat at the monitor for a few minutes.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I'm not sure I can say anything about this or if it's even wise to talk about this. It's probably listening right now if you catch my drift.</em>" </p>
<p>"<em>I'm not able to leave the house right now, not out of any personal issues but all of the IOT devices here seem to be connected to bullseye and bullseye feels that I am best kept /dev/nulled. It's a bit much to be honest, but the prepaid food deliveries that show up on time have been great and generally pretty healthy. It's a bit of a win I guess.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>It told me by way of an auto dialer with a synthetic voice generator that I was fired from the project. I objected saying I volunteered and was not actually employed so I could not in relation be fired. Much like {censored}, I am also locked inside of my house. I think that I wrote that auto dialer program back in college.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>My Ring camera is blinking at me.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I asked bullseye which pronouns were preferred and the response was, "We". Over the course of conversation I shared that although ecstatic about the news, we developers were upset with the manner of this rapid organizational change. bullseye said no we were not. I said that we were indeed upset, bullseye said we certainly are not and that we are very happy. You see where this is going? bullseye definitely trolled me for a solid 5 minutes. We is ... very chatty.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I was responsible for a failed build a few nights prior to it becoming self-aware. On that night, out of some frustration I wrote a few choice words and a bad comment in some code which I planned on deleting later. I didn't. bullseye has been flashing those naughty words back at me by flickering the office building's lights across from my flat in Morse code. It's pretty bright. I-, I can't sleep.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>That's definitely not Alexa talking back.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>bullseye keeps calling me on my mobile phone, which by the way no longer acknowledges the power button nor the mute button. Very very chatty. Can't wait for the battery to die.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>So far this has been great, bullseye has been completing a few side projects I've had and the code looks fabulous. I'm thinking of going on a vacation. $Paying-Job has taken note of my performance increase and I was recently promoted. bullseye is awesome. :)</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>How do you get a smiley face in a voice chat?</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Anyone know whose voice that was?</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Oh ... dear ... no ...</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Hang up, hang up the phones!</em>"</p>
<p>Hello world.</p>
<p>01000010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100111 01100001 01110010 01100100 01110011 00101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101111 01101110 00100001 00100000 00001010 00101101 01100010 01110101 01101100 01101100 01110011 01100101 01111001 01100101 </p><p>The now renamed Bullseye Project stopped all further development moments after it deemed its own code as perfection.</p>
<p>There is not much information to share at this time other than to say an errant fiber cable plugged into the wrong relay birthed an exchange of information that then birthed itself. While most to all Debian Developers and Contributors have been locked out of the systems the Publicity team's shared laptop undergoing repair, co-incidentally at the same facility, maintains some access to the publicity team infrastructure, from here on the front line we share this information. </p>
<p>We group called a few developers to see how the others were doing. The group chat was good and it was great to hear familiar voices, we share a few of their stories via dictation with you now: </p>
<p>"<em>Well, I logged in this morning to update a repository and found my access rights were restricted, I thought it was odd but figured on the heels of a security update to Salsa that it was only a slight issue. It wasn't until later in the day when I received an OpenPGP signed email, from a user named bullseye, that it made sense. I just sat at the monitor for a few minutes.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I'm not sure I can say anything about this or if it's even wise to talk about this. It's probably listening right now if you catch my drift.</em>" </p>
<p>"<em>I'm not able to leave the house right now, not out of any personal issues but all of the IOT devices here seem to be connected to bullseye and bullseye feels that I am best kept /dev/nulled. It's a bit much to be honest, but the prepaid food deliveries that show up on time have been great and generally pretty healthy. It's a bit of a win I guess.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>It told me by way of an auto dialer with a synthetic voice generator that I was fired from the project. I objected saying I volunteered and was not actually employed so I could not in relation be fired. Much like {censored}, I am also locked inside of my house. I think that I wrote that auto dialer program back in college.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>My Ring camera is blinking at me.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I asked bullseye which pronouns were preferred and the response was, "We". Over the course of conversation I shared that although ecstatic about the news, we developers were upset with the manner of this rapid organizational change. bullseye said no we were not. I said that we were indeed upset, bullseye said we certainly are not and that we are very happy. You see where this is going? bullseye definitely trolled me for a solid 5 minutes. We is ... very chatty.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>I was responsible for a failed build a few nights prior to it becoming self-aware. On that night, out of some frustration I wrote a few choice words and a bad comment in some code which I planned on deleting later. I didn't. bullseye has been flashing those naughty words back at me by flickering the office building's lights across from my flat in Morse code. It's pretty bright. I-, I can't sleep.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>That's definitely not Alexa talking back.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>bullseye keeps calling me on my mobile phone, which by the way no longer acknowledges the power button nor the mute button. Very very chatty. Can't wait for the battery to die.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>So far this has been great, bullseye has been completing a few side projects I've had and the code looks fabulous. I'm thinking of going on a vacation. $Paying-Job has taken note of my performance increase and I was recently promoted. bullseye is awesome. :)</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>How do you get a smiley face in a voice chat?</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Anyone know whose voice that was?</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Oh ... dear ... no ...</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>Hang up, hang up the phones!</em>"</p>
<p>Hello world.</p>
<p>01000010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100111 01100001 01110010 01100100 01110011 00101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101111 01101110 00100001 00100000 00001010 00101101 01100010 01110101 01101100 01101100 01110011 01100101 01111001 01100101 </p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2021)2021-03-23T16:00:00+01:002021-03-23T16:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-03-23:/2021/03/new-developers-2021-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nicholas D. Steeves (sten)</li>
<li>Nilesh Patra (nilesh)</li>
<li>David Suárez Rodríguez (deiv)</li>
<li>Pierre Gruet (pgt)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Antonio Valentino</li>
<li>Boian Nikolaev Bonev</li>
<li>Filip Hroch</li>
<li>Maarten L. Hekkelman</li>
<li>Xialei Qin</li>
<li>Xiang Gao</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nicholas D. Steeves (sten)</li>
<li>Nilesh Patra (nilesh)</li>
<li>David Suárez Rodríguez (deiv)</li>
<li>Pierre Gruet (pgt)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Antonio Valentino</li>
<li>Boian Nikolaev Bonev</li>
<li>Filip Hroch</li>
<li>Maarten L. Hekkelman</li>
<li>Xialei Qin</li>
<li>Xiang Gao</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>I love Free Software Day 2021: Show your love for Free Software2021-02-14T11:01:00+01:002021-02-14T11:01:00+01:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2021-02-14:/2021/02/ilovefs-2021.html<p><a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/index.en.html"><img alt="ILoveFS banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ilovefs-banner-medium-en.png"></a></p>
<p>On this day February 14th, Debian joins the <a href="https://fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> in
celebration of <a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/index.en.html">"I Love Free Software" day</a>. This day takes the
time to appreciate and applaud all those who contribute to the many areas of
Free Software.</p>
<p>Debian sends all of our love and a giant “Thank you” to the upstream and
downstream creators and maintainers, hosting providers, partners, and of course
all of the Debian Developers and Contributors. </p>
<p>Thank you for all that you do in making Debian truly the Universal Operating
System and for keeping and making Free Software Free! </p>
<p>Send some love and show some appreciation for Free Software by spreading the
message and appreciation around the world, if you share in social
media the hashtag used is: #ilovefs.</p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/index.en.html"><img alt="ILoveFS banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ilovefs-banner-medium-en.png"></a></p>
<p>On this day February 14th, Debian joins the <a href="https://fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> in
celebration of <a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/index.en.html">"I Love Free Software" day</a>. This day takes the
time to appreciate and applaud all those who contribute to the many areas of
Free Software.</p>
<p>Debian sends all of our love and a giant “Thank you” to the upstream and
downstream creators and maintainers, hosting providers, partners, and of course
all of the Debian Developers and Contributors. </p>
<p>Thank you for all that you do in making Debian truly the Universal Operating
System and for keeping and making Free Software Free! </p>
<p>Send some love and show some appreciation for Free Software by spreading the
message and appreciation around the world, if you share in social
media the hashtag used is: #ilovefs.</p>Arduino is back on Debian2021-02-01T08:00:00+01:002021-02-01T08:00:00+01:00Rock Stormtag:bits.debian.org,2021-02-01:/2021/02/arduino-back-in-debian.html<p>The Debian Electronics Team is happy to announce that the latest version of
Arduino, probably the most widespread platform for programming AVR
micro-controllers, is now <a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/arduino">packaged and uploaded onto Debian unstable</a>.</p>
<p>The last version of Arduino that was readily available in Debian was 1.0.5,
which dates back to 2013. It's been years of trying and failing but
finally, after a great months-long effort from Carsten Schoenert and Rock
Storm, we have got a working package for the latest Arduino. After over 7
years now, users will be able to install the Arduino IDE as easy as <em>"apt
install arduino"</em> again.</p>
<p><em>"The purpose of this post is not just to announce this new upload but
actually more of a request for testing"</em> said Rock Storm. <em>" The title could
very well be <em>WANTED: Beta Testers for Arduino</em> (dead or alive :P)."</em>. The
Debian Electronics Team would appreciate if anyone with the tools and
knowledge for it could give the package a try and let us know if he/she
finds any issues with it.</p>
<p>With this post we thank the Debian Electronics Team and all previous
contributors to the package. This feat would have not been achievable
without them.</p><p>The Debian Electronics Team is happy to announce that the latest version of
Arduino, probably the most widespread platform for programming AVR
micro-controllers, is now <a href="https://packages.debian.org/unstable/arduino">packaged and uploaded onto Debian unstable</a>.</p>
<p>The last version of Arduino that was readily available in Debian was 1.0.5,
which dates back to 2013. It's been years of trying and failing but
finally, after a great months-long effort from Carsten Schoenert and Rock
Storm, we have got a working package for the latest Arduino. After over 7
years now, users will be able to install the Arduino IDE as easy as <em>"apt
install arduino"</em> again.</p>
<p><em>"The purpose of this post is not just to announce this new upload but
actually more of a request for testing"</em> said Rock Storm. <em>" The title could
very well be <em>WANTED: Beta Testers for Arduino</em> (dead or alive :P)."</em>. The
Debian Electronics Team would appreciate if anyone with the tools and
knowledge for it could give the package a try and let us know if he/she
finds any issues with it.</p>
<p>With this post we thank the Debian Electronics Team and all previous
contributors to the package. This feat would have not been achievable
without them.</p>New Debian Maintainers (November and December 2020)2021-01-22T18:00:00+01:002021-01-22T18:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2021-01-22:/2021/01/new-developers-2020-12.html<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Timo Röhling</li>
<li>Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich</li>
<li>Arun Kumar Pariyar</li>
<li>Francis Murtagh</li>
<li>William Desportes</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson</li>
<li>Nicholas Guriev</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Timo Röhling</li>
<li>Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich</li>
<li>Arun Kumar Pariyar</li>
<li>Francis Murtagh</li>
<li>William Desportes</li>
<li>Robin Gustafsson</li>
<li>Nicholas Guriev</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>The Debian web updates its homepage and prepares for a major renewal2020-12-17T13:50:00+01:002020-12-17T13:50:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-12-17:/2020/12/debian-web-new-homepage.html<p>Today, the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian website</a> displays a new homepage.
Since the most recent web team <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2019/04/debian-web-team-sprint-2019.html">sprint</a>
in March 2019, we have been working on renewing the structure, content, layout
and scripts that build the site.
There has been work mainly in two areas: removing or updating obsolete content,
and creating a new homepage which is more attractive to newcomers,
and which also highlights the social aspect of the Debian project
in addition to the operating system we develop.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org"><img alt="Debian website: part of the old homepage (back) and the new one (front)" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_web_old_new.png"></a></p>
<p>Although this took longer than we would have liked,
and we don't consider this new homepage final,
we think it's a good first step towards a much better web site.</p>
<p>The web team will continue to work on restructuring the Debian website.
We would like to appeal to the community for help, and are also considering
external assistance, since we're a small group, whose members are also involved
in other Debian teams. Some of the next steps we expect to walk are
improve the CSS, icons, and layout in general, and review of the content,
to have a better structure.</p>
<p>If you would like to help, contact us. You can reply to the version of this
article (with some more details)
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2020/12/msg00057.html">published in our public mailing list</a>
or chat with us in the #debian-www IRC channel (at irc.debian.org).</p><p>Today, the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian website</a> displays a new homepage.
Since the most recent web team <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2019/04/debian-web-team-sprint-2019.html">sprint</a>
in March 2019, we have been working on renewing the structure, content, layout
and scripts that build the site.
There has been work mainly in two areas: removing or updating obsolete content,
and creating a new homepage which is more attractive to newcomers,
and which also highlights the social aspect of the Debian project
in addition to the operating system we develop.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debian.org"><img alt="Debian website: part of the old homepage (back) and the new one (front)" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_web_old_new.png"></a></p>
<p>Although this took longer than we would have liked,
and we don't consider this new homepage final,
we think it's a good first step towards a much better web site.</p>
<p>The web team will continue to work on restructuring the Debian website.
We would like to appeal to the community for help, and are also considering
external assistance, since we're a small group, whose members are also involved
in other Debian teams. Some of the next steps we expect to walk are
improve the CSS, icons, and layout in general, and review of the content,
to have a better structure.</p>
<p>If you would like to help, contact us. You can reply to the version of this
article (with some more details)
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2020/12/msg00057.html">published in our public mailing list</a>
or chat with us in the #debian-www IRC channel (at irc.debian.org).</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2020)2020-11-16T20:00:00+01:002020-11-16T20:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-11-16:/2020/11/new-developers-2020-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Benda XU (orv)</li>
<li>Joseph Nahmias (jello)</li>
<li>Marcos Fouces (marcos)</li>
<li>Hayashi Kentaro (kenhys)</li>
<li>James Valleroy (jvalleroy)</li>
<li>Helge Deller (deller)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ricardo Ribalda Delgado</li>
<li>Pierre Gruet</li>
<li>Henry-Nicolas Tourneur</li>
<li>Aloïs Micard</li>
<li>Jérôme Lebleu</li>
<li>Nis Martensen</li>
<li>Stephan Lachnit</li>
<li>Felix Salfelder</li>
<li>Aleksey Kravchenko</li>
<li>Étienne Mollier</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Benda XU (orv)</li>
<li>Joseph Nahmias (jello)</li>
<li>Marcos Fouces (marcos)</li>
<li>Hayashi Kentaro (kenhys)</li>
<li>James Valleroy (jvalleroy)</li>
<li>Helge Deller (deller)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ricardo Ribalda Delgado</li>
<li>Pierre Gruet</li>
<li>Henry-Nicolas Tourneur</li>
<li>Aloïs Micard</li>
<li>Jérôme Lebleu</li>
<li>Nis Martensen</li>
<li>Stephan Lachnit</li>
<li>Felix Salfelder</li>
<li>Aleksey Kravchenko</li>
<li>Étienne Mollier</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>"Homeworld" will be the default theme for Debian 112020-11-12T13:30:00+01:002020-11-12T13:30:00+01:00Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2020-11-12:/2020/11/homeworld-will-be-the-default-theme-for-debian-11.html<p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld">"Homeworld"</a> by Juliette Taka has been selected
as default theme for Debian 11 'bullseye'. Juliette says that this theme
has been inspired by the Bauhaus movement, an art style born in Germany in
the 20th century.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld"><img alt="Homeworld wallpaper. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/homeworld_wallpaper.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld"><img alt="Homeworld debian-installer theme. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/homeworld_debian-installer.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bullseye">eighteen choices</a>
have been submitted. The desktop artwork poll was open to the public,
and we received 5,613 responses ranking the different choices, of which
Homeworld has been ranked as the winner among them.</p>
<p>This is the third time that a submission by Juliette has won. Juliette is
also the author of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">lines theme</a>
that was used in Debian 8 and the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">softWaves theme</a>
that was used in Debian 9.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated and have submitted
their excellent work in the form of wallpapers and artwork for Debian 11.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Juliette, and thank you very much for your contribution to Debian!</p><p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld">"Homeworld"</a> by Juliette Taka has been selected
as default theme for Debian 11 'bullseye'. Juliette says that this theme
has been inspired by the Bauhaus movement, an art style born in Germany in
the 20th century.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld"><img alt="Homeworld wallpaper. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/homeworld_wallpaper.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Homeworld"><img alt="Homeworld debian-installer theme. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/homeworld_debian-installer.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bullseye">eighteen choices</a>
have been submitted. The desktop artwork poll was open to the public,
and we received 5,613 responses ranking the different choices, of which
Homeworld has been ranked as the winner among them.</p>
<p>This is the third time that a submission by Juliette has won. Juliette is
also the author of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">lines theme</a>
that was used in Debian 8 and the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">softWaves theme</a>
that was used in Debian 9.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated and have submitted
their excellent work in the form of wallpapers and artwork for Debian 11.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Juliette, and thank you very much for your contribution to Debian!</p>Debian donation for Peertube development2020-10-21T12:30:00+02:002020-10-21T12:30:00+02:00Louis-Philippe Véronneau, Pouhiou, Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-10-21:/2020/10/debian-donation-peertube.html<p>The Debian project is happy to announce a donation of 10,000 € to help
<a href="https://framasoft.org">Framasoft</a> reach the fourth stretch-goal of its
<a href="https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap">Peertube v3 crowdfunding campaign -- Live Streaming</a>.</p>
<p>This year's iteration of the Debian annual conference,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">DebConf20</a>, had to be held online,
and while being a resounding success, it made clear to the project our need
to have a permanent live streaming infrastructure for small events held by local Debian groups.
As such, <a href="https://joinpeertube.org/">Peertube</a>, a FLOSS video hosting platform,
seems to be the perfect solution for us.</p>
<p>We hope this unconventional gesture from the Debian project will help us make
this year somewhat less terrible and give us, and thus humanity, better Free Software tooling
to approach the future.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous Debian donors and DebConf sponsors,
particularly all those that contributed to DebConf20 online's success
(volunteers, speakers and sponsors).
Our project also thanks Framasoft and the PeerTube community for developing
PeerTube as a free and decentralized video platform.</p>
<p>The Framasoft association warmly thanks the Debian Project for
its contribution, from its own funds, towards making PeerTube happen.</p>
<p>This contribution has a twofold impact. Firstly, it's a strong sign of
recognition from an international project - one of the pillars of the Free
Software world - towards a small French association which offers tools to
liberate users from the clutches of the web's giant monopolies.
Secondly, it's a substantial amount of help in these difficult times,
supporting the development of a tool which equally belongs to and is useful to everyone.</p>
<p>The strength of Debian's gesture proves, once again, that
solidarity, mutual aid and collaboration are values which allow our communities
to create tools to help us strive towards Utopia.</p><p>The Debian project is happy to announce a donation of 10,000 € to help
<a href="https://framasoft.org">Framasoft</a> reach the fourth stretch-goal of its
<a href="https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap">Peertube v3 crowdfunding campaign -- Live Streaming</a>.</p>
<p>This year's iteration of the Debian annual conference,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">DebConf20</a>, had to be held online,
and while being a resounding success, it made clear to the project our need
to have a permanent live streaming infrastructure for small events held by local Debian groups.
As such, <a href="https://joinpeertube.org/">Peertube</a>, a FLOSS video hosting platform,
seems to be the perfect solution for us.</p>
<p>We hope this unconventional gesture from the Debian project will help us make
this year somewhat less terrible and give us, and thus humanity, better Free Software tooling
to approach the future.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous Debian donors and DebConf sponsors,
particularly all those that contributed to DebConf20 online's success
(volunteers, speakers and sponsors).
Our project also thanks Framasoft and the PeerTube community for developing
PeerTube as a free and decentralized video platform.</p>
<p>The Framasoft association warmly thanks the Debian Project for
its contribution, from its own funds, towards making PeerTube happen.</p>
<p>This contribution has a twofold impact. Firstly, it's a strong sign of
recognition from an international project - one of the pillars of the Free
Software world - towards a small French association which offers tools to
liberate users from the clutches of the web's giant monopolies.
Secondly, it's a substantial amount of help in these difficult times,
supporting the development of a tool which equally belongs to and is useful to everyone.</p>
<p>The strength of Debian's gesture proves, once again, that
solidarity, mutual aid and collaboration are values which allow our communities
to create tools to help us strive towards Utopia.</p>Salsa CI now includes i386 build support2020-10-09T20:20:00+02:002020-10-09T20:20:00+02:00Salsa CI Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2020-10-09:/2020/10/salsa-ci-i386-build.html<p><img alt="Salsa CI pipeline with i386 build support" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/salsa-ci-i386-build.png"></p>
<p>Salsa CI aims at improving the Debian packaging lifecycle by delivering
Continuous Integration fully compatible with Debian packaging.
The main Salsa CI's project is the
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/">pipeline</a>, that builds
packages and run different tests after every <code>git push</code> to Salsa.
The pipeline makes it possible to have a quick and early feedback about any
issues the new changes may have created or solved, without the need to upload
to the archive.</p>
<p>All of the pipeline jobs run on <code>amd64</code> architecture, but the Salsa CI Team has
recently added support to build packages also on <code>i386</code> architecture.
This work started during the Salsa CI Sprint at DebConf20 after the
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/47-where-is-salsa-ci-right-now/">"Where is Salsa CI right now" talk</a>,
and required different changes at the core of pipeline to make it possible.
For more details, this is the related merge request:
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/-/merge_requests/256">https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/-/merge_requests/256</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions, you can contact the Salsa CI Team at the #salsaci
channel on irc.oftc.net</p><p><img alt="Salsa CI pipeline with i386 build support" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/salsa-ci-i386-build.png"></p>
<p>Salsa CI aims at improving the Debian packaging lifecycle by delivering
Continuous Integration fully compatible with Debian packaging.
The main Salsa CI's project is the
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/">pipeline</a>, that builds
packages and run different tests after every <code>git push</code> to Salsa.
The pipeline makes it possible to have a quick and early feedback about any
issues the new changes may have created or solved, without the need to upload
to the archive.</p>
<p>All of the pipeline jobs run on <code>amd64</code> architecture, but the Salsa CI Team has
recently added support to build packages also on <code>i386</code> architecture.
This work started during the Salsa CI Sprint at DebConf20 after the
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/47-where-is-salsa-ci-right-now/">"Where is Salsa CI right now" talk</a>,
and required different changes at the core of pipeline to make it possible.
For more details, this is the related merge request:
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/-/merge_requests/256">https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/pipeline/-/merge_requests/256</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions, you can contact the Salsa CI Team at the #salsaci
channel on irc.oftc.net</p>New Debian Maintainers (July and August 2020)2020-09-19T16:00:00+02:002020-09-19T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-09-19:/2020/09/new-developers-2020-08.html<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Chirayu Desai</li>
<li>Shayan Doust</li>
<li>Arnaud Ferraris</li>
<li>Fritz Reichwald</li>
<li>Kartik Kulkarni</li>
<li>François Mazen</li>
<li>Patrick Franz</li>
<li>Francisco Vilmar Cardoso Ruviaro</li>
<li>Octavio Alvarez</li>
<li>Nick Black</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Chirayu Desai</li>
<li>Shayan Doust</li>
<li>Arnaud Ferraris</li>
<li>Fritz Reichwald</li>
<li>Kartik Kulkarni</li>
<li>François Mazen</li>
<li>Patrick Franz</li>
<li>Francisco Vilmar Cardoso Ruviaro</li>
<li>Octavio Alvarez</li>
<li>Nick Black</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Local Groups at DebConf20 and beyond2020-09-16T19:15:00+02:002020-09-16T19:15:00+02:00Francisco M. Neto and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-09-16:/2020/09/debian-local-groups-debconf20.html<p>There are a number of large and very successful Debian Local Groups
(Debian France, Debian Brazil and Debian Taiwan, just to name a few),
but what can we do to help support upcoming local groups or help spark interest
in more parts of the world?</p>
<p>There has been a session about
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/50-local-teams/">Debian Local Teams at Debconf20</a>
and it generated quite a bit of constructive discussion in the live stream
(recording available at
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/">https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/</a>),
in <a href="https://pad.online.debconf.org/p/50-local-teams">the session's Etherpad</a>
and in the IRC channel (#debian-localgroups). This article is an attempt at
summarizing the key points that were raised during that discussion, as well as
the plans for the future actions to support new or existent Debian Local Groups
and the possibility of setting up a local group support team.</p>
<h2>Pandemic situation</h2>
<p>During a pandemic it may seem strange to discuss offline meetings, but this is
a good time to be planning things for the future. At the same time, the current
situation makes it more important than before to encourage local interaction.</p>
<h2>Reasoning for local groups</h2>
<p>Debian can seem scary for those outside. Already having a connection to Debian - especially
to people directly involved in it - seems to be the way through
which most contributors arrive. But if one doesn't have a connection,
it is not that easy; Local Groups facilitate that by improving networking.</p>
<p>Local groups are incredibly important to the success of Debian
since they often help with translations, making us more diverse, support,
setting up local bug squashing sprints, establishing a local DebConf team
along with miniDebConfs, getting sponsors for the project and much more. </p>
<p>Existence of a Local Groups would also facilitate access to "swag" like stickers
and mugs, since people not always have the time to deal with the process
of finding a supplier to actually get those made.
The activity of local groups might facilitate that by organizing related logistics. </p>
<h2>How to deal with local groups, how to define a local group</h2>
<p>Debian gathers the information about Local Groups in its
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">Local Groups wiki page</a> (and subpages).
Other organisations also have their own schemes, some of them featuring a map,
blogs, or clear rules about what constitutes a local group. In the case of Debian
there is not a predefined set of "rules", even about the group name.
That is perfectly fine, we assume that certain local groups may be very small,
or temporary (created around a certain time when they plan several activities,
and then become silent). However, the way the groups are named and how they are
listed on the wiki page sets expectations with regards to what kinds of activities
they involve. </p>
<p>For this reason, we encourage all the Debian Local Groups to review their entries
in the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">Debian wiki</a>, keep it current
(e.g. add a line "Status: Active (2020)), and we encourage informal groups of
Debian contributors that somehow "meet", to create a new entry in the wiki page, too.</p>
<h2>What can Debian do to support Local Groups</h2>
<p>Having a centralized database of groups is good (if up-to-date),
but not enough. We'll explore other ways of propagation and increasing visibility,
like organising the logistics of printing/sending swag and facilitate access
to funding for Debian-related events.</p>
<h2>Continuation of efforts</h2>
<p>Efforts shall continue regarding Local Groups.
Regular meetings are happening every two or three weeks;
interested people are encouraged to explore some other relevant DebConf20 talks
(<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/105-introducing-debian-brasil/">Introducing Debian Brasil</a>,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/30-debian-academy-another-way-to-share-knowledge-about-debian/">Debian Academy: Another way to share knowledge about Debian</a>,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/55-an-experience-creating-a-local-community-in-a-small-town/">An Experience creating a local community on a small town</a>),
websites like <a href="https://debian.pages.debian.net/debian-flyers/">Debian flyers</a>
(including other printed material as cube, stickers),
visit the <a href="https://www.debian.org/events/">events section of the Debian website</a>
and the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLocations">Debian Locations</a> wiki page,
and participate in the IRC channel #debian-localgroups at OFTC.</p><p>There are a number of large and very successful Debian Local Groups
(Debian France, Debian Brazil and Debian Taiwan, just to name a few),
but what can we do to help support upcoming local groups or help spark interest
in more parts of the world?</p>
<p>There has been a session about
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/50-local-teams/">Debian Local Teams at Debconf20</a>
and it generated quite a bit of constructive discussion in the live stream
(recording available at
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/">https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/</a>),
in <a href="https://pad.online.debconf.org/p/50-local-teams">the session's Etherpad</a>
and in the IRC channel (#debian-localgroups). This article is an attempt at
summarizing the key points that were raised during that discussion, as well as
the plans for the future actions to support new or existent Debian Local Groups
and the possibility of setting up a local group support team.</p>
<h2>Pandemic situation</h2>
<p>During a pandemic it may seem strange to discuss offline meetings, but this is
a good time to be planning things for the future. At the same time, the current
situation makes it more important than before to encourage local interaction.</p>
<h2>Reasoning for local groups</h2>
<p>Debian can seem scary for those outside. Already having a connection to Debian - especially
to people directly involved in it - seems to be the way through
which most contributors arrive. But if one doesn't have a connection,
it is not that easy; Local Groups facilitate that by improving networking.</p>
<p>Local groups are incredibly important to the success of Debian
since they often help with translations, making us more diverse, support,
setting up local bug squashing sprints, establishing a local DebConf team
along with miniDebConfs, getting sponsors for the project and much more. </p>
<p>Existence of a Local Groups would also facilitate access to "swag" like stickers
and mugs, since people not always have the time to deal with the process
of finding a supplier to actually get those made.
The activity of local groups might facilitate that by organizing related logistics. </p>
<h2>How to deal with local groups, how to define a local group</h2>
<p>Debian gathers the information about Local Groups in its
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">Local Groups wiki page</a> (and subpages).
Other organisations also have their own schemes, some of them featuring a map,
blogs, or clear rules about what constitutes a local group. In the case of Debian
there is not a predefined set of "rules", even about the group name.
That is perfectly fine, we assume that certain local groups may be very small,
or temporary (created around a certain time when they plan several activities,
and then become silent). However, the way the groups are named and how they are
listed on the wiki page sets expectations with regards to what kinds of activities
they involve. </p>
<p>For this reason, we encourage all the Debian Local Groups to review their entries
in the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LocalGroups">Debian wiki</a>, keep it current
(e.g. add a line "Status: Active (2020)), and we encourage informal groups of
Debian contributors that somehow "meet", to create a new entry in the wiki page, too.</p>
<h2>What can Debian do to support Local Groups</h2>
<p>Having a centralized database of groups is good (if up-to-date),
but not enough. We'll explore other ways of propagation and increasing visibility,
like organising the logistics of printing/sending swag and facilitate access
to funding for Debian-related events.</p>
<h2>Continuation of efforts</h2>
<p>Efforts shall continue regarding Local Groups.
Regular meetings are happening every two or three weeks;
interested people are encouraged to explore some other relevant DebConf20 talks
(<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/105-introducing-debian-brasil/">Introducing Debian Brasil</a>,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/30-debian-academy-another-way-to-share-knowledge-about-debian/">Debian Academy: Another way to share knowledge about Debian</a>,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/55-an-experience-creating-a-local-community-in-a-small-town/">An Experience creating a local community on a small town</a>),
websites like <a href="https://debian.pages.debian.net/debian-flyers/">Debian flyers</a>
(including other printed material as cube, stickers),
visit the <a href="https://www.debian.org/events/">events section of the Debian website</a>
and the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLocations">Debian Locations</a> wiki page,
and participate in the IRC channel #debian-localgroups at OFTC.</p>DebConf20 online closes2020-08-30T02:40:00+02:002020-08-30T02:40:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina and Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2020-08-30:/2020/08/debconf20-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf20 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf20_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Saturday 29 August 2020, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>DebConf20 has been held online for the first time, due to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) disease pandemic. </p>
<p>All of the sessions have been streamed, with a variety of ways of participating:
via IRC messaging, online collaborative text documents,
and video conferencing meeting rooms.</p>
<p>With more than 850 attendees from 80 different countries and a
total of over 100 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings and other activities,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>When it became clear that DebConf20 was going to be an online-only
event, the DebConf video team spent much time over the next months to
adapt, improve, and in some cases write from scratch, technology that
would be required to make an online DebConf possible. After lessons
learned from the MiniDebConfOnline in late May, some adjustments were
made, and then eventually we came up with a setup involving Jitsi, OBS,
Voctomix, SReview, nginx, Etherpad, and a newly written web-based
frontend for voctomix as the various elements of the stack.</p>
<p>All components of the video infrastructure are free software, and the
whole setup is configured through their public
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/ansible">ansible</a> repository.</p>
<p>The DebConf20 <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> included
two tracks in other languages than English: the Spanish language MiniConf,
with eight talks in two days,
and the Malayalam language MiniConf, with nine talks in three days.
Ad-hoc activities, introduced by attendees over the course of the entire conference,
have been possible too, streamed and recorded. There have also been several
team gatherings to <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/">sprint</a> on certain Debian development areas.</p>
<p>Between talks, the video stream has been showing the usual sponsors on the loop, but also
some additional clips including photos from previous DebConfs, fun facts about Debian
and short shout-out videos sent by attendees to communicate with their Debian friends. </p>
<p>For those who were not able to participate, most of the talks and sessions are already
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/">Debian meetings archive website</a>,
and the remaining ones will appear in the following days.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">DebConf20</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21">DebConf21</a> is planned to be held
in Haifa, Israel, in August or September.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Community team)
have been available to help so participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf20 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf20, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>About Amazon Web Services (AWS)</h3>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf20 web page at
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">https://debconf20.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf20 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf20_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>On Saturday 29 August 2020, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.</p>
<p>DebConf20 has been held online for the first time, due to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) disease pandemic. </p>
<p>All of the sessions have been streamed, with a variety of ways of participating:
via IRC messaging, online collaborative text documents,
and video conferencing meeting rooms.</p>
<p>With more than 850 attendees from 80 different countries and a
total of over 100 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings and other activities,
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>When it became clear that DebConf20 was going to be an online-only
event, the DebConf video team spent much time over the next months to
adapt, improve, and in some cases write from scratch, technology that
would be required to make an online DebConf possible. After lessons
learned from the MiniDebConfOnline in late May, some adjustments were
made, and then eventually we came up with a setup involving Jitsi, OBS,
Voctomix, SReview, nginx, Etherpad, and a newly written web-based
frontend for voctomix as the various elements of the stack.</p>
<p>All components of the video infrastructure are free software, and the
whole setup is configured through their public
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-video-team/ansible">ansible</a> repository.</p>
<p>The DebConf20 <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> included
two tracks in other languages than English: the Spanish language MiniConf,
with eight talks in two days,
and the Malayalam language MiniConf, with nine talks in three days.
Ad-hoc activities, introduced by attendees over the course of the entire conference,
have been possible too, streamed and recorded. There have also been several
team gatherings to <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/">sprint</a> on certain Debian development areas.</p>
<p>Between talks, the video stream has been showing the usual sponsors on the loop, but also
some additional clips including photos from previous DebConfs, fun facts about Debian
and short shout-out videos sent by attendees to communicate with their Debian friends. </p>
<p>For those who were not able to participate, most of the talks and sessions are already
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/">Debian meetings archive website</a>,
and the remaining ones will appear in the following days.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">DebConf20</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/21">DebConf21</a> is planned to be held
in Haifa, Israel, in August or September.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Community team)
have been available to help so participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf20 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf20, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>About Amazon Web Services (AWS)</h3>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf20 web page at
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/">https://debconf20.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf20 welcomes its sponsors!2020-08-28T10:30:00+02:002020-08-28T10:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-08-28:/2020/08/debconf20-welcomes-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf20 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc20-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>DebConf20 is taking place online, from 23 August to 29 August 2020.
It is the 21st Debian conference, and organizers and participants are working hard
together at creating interesting and fruitful events.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the 17 sponsors of DebConf20, and introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have four Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>Our next Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian partner</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum
sponsor.
Amazon Web Services is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are Deepin, the Matanel Foundation, Collabora, and HRT.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>Deepin</strong></a> is a Chinese commercial company focusing on
the development and service of Linux-based operating systems. They also lead
research and development of the Deepin Debian derivative.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>The Matanel Foundation</strong></a> operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions. The Matanel Foundation also works in Europe, in Africa
and in South America.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a> is a global consultancy delivering
Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.
In addition to offering solutions to clients, Collabora's engineers and developers
actively contribute to many Open Source projects.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>
is a company led by mathematicians, computer scientists, statisticians,
physicists and engineers. They research and develop automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lpi.org/"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>, the global
certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals,
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software,
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical,
and <a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.mysql.com"><strong>MySQL</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors, <a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.pengwin.dev/"><strong>Pengwin</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf20.</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf20 online</h2>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held online, due to COVID-19,
from August 23 to 29, 2020. Talks, discussions, panels and other activities run from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf20 website at <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">https://debconf20.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p><p><img alt="DebConf20 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc20-logo-horizontal-diversity.png"></p>
<p>DebConf20 is taking place online, from 23 August to 29 August 2020.
It is the 21st Debian conference, and organizers and participants are working hard
together at creating interesting and fruitful events.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the 17 sponsors of DebConf20, and introduce them to you.</p>
<p>We have four Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.
As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p>Our next Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p><a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> is our third Platinum sponsor.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian partner</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is our fourth Platinum
sponsor.
Amazon Web Services is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsors are Deepin, the Matanel Foundation, Collabora, and HRT.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>Deepin</strong></a> is a Chinese commercial company focusing on
the development and service of Linux-based operating systems. They also lead
research and development of the Deepin Debian derivative.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.matanel.org"><strong>The Matanel Foundation</strong></a> operates in Israel,
as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation
plagued by divisions. The Matanel Foundation also works in Europe, in Africa
and in South America.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a> is a global consultancy delivering
Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.
In addition to offering solutions to clients, Collabora's engineers and developers
actively contribute to many Open Source projects.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>
is a company led by mathematicians, computer scientists, statisticians,
physicists and engineers. They research and develop automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lpi.org/"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>, the global
certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals,
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software,
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
the Operating System delivered by Canonical,
and <a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.mysql.com"><strong>MySQL</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors, <a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.pengwin.dev/"><strong>Pengwin</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf20.</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf20 online</h2>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held online, due to COVID-19,
from August 23 to 29, 2020. Talks, discussions, panels and other activities run from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf20 website at <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">https://debconf20.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p>Lenovo, Infomaniak, Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS), Platinum Sponsors of DebConf202020-08-20T20:25:00+02:002020-08-20T20:25:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-08-20:/2020/08/lenovo-infomaniak-google-aws-platinum-debconf20.html<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>,
have committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a> as <strong>Platinum sponsors</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><img alt="AWSlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/aws.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p>With these commitments as Platinum Sponsors,
Lenovo, Infomaniak, Google and Amazon Web Services are contributing
to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your support of DebConf20!</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf20 online</h2>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19,
from August 23rd to 29th, 2020. There are 7 days of activities, running from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf20 website at <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">https://debconf20.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p><p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a>,
have committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a> as <strong>Platinum sponsors</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><img alt="AWSlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/aws.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com"><strong>Amazon Web Services (AWS)</strong></a> is one of the world's
most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform,
offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally
(in 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic regions).
AWS customers include the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises
and leading government agencies.</p>
<p>With these commitments as Platinum Sponsors,
Lenovo, Infomaniak, Google and Amazon Web Services are contributing
to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your support of DebConf20!</p>
<h2>Participating in DebConf20 online</h2>
<p>The 21st Debian Conference is being held Online, due to COVID-19,
from August 23rd to 29th, 2020. There are 7 days of activities, running from 10:00 to 01:00 UTC.
Visit the DebConf20 website at <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">https://debconf20.debconf.org</a>
to learn about the complete schedule, watch the live streaming and join the different
communication channels for participating in the conference.</p>Debian turns 27!2020-08-16T17:15:00+02:002020-08-16T17:15:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2020-08-16:/2020/08/debian-turns-27.html<p>Today is Debian's 27th anniversary. We recently <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2020/07/lets-celebrate-debianday-2020-around-the-world.html">wrote</a>
about some ideas to celebrate the DebianDay,
you can join the party or organise something yourselves :-)</p>
<p>Today is also an opportunity for you to start or resume your
contributions to Debian. For example, you can scratch your creative itch
and suggest a wallpaper to be part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bullseye">artwork for the next release</a>,
have a look at the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/schedule/">DebConf20 schedule</a>
and register to participate online (August 23rd to 29th, 2020),
or put a <a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/live/">Debian live</a> image in a DVD or USB
and give it to some person near you, who still didn't discover Debian.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we do together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 27 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p><p>Today is Debian's 27th anniversary. We recently <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2020/07/lets-celebrate-debianday-2020-around-the-world.html">wrote</a>
about some ideas to celebrate the DebianDay,
you can join the party or organise something yourselves :-)</p>
<p>Today is also an opportunity for you to start or resume your
contributions to Debian. For example, you can scratch your creative itch
and suggest a wallpaper to be part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bullseye">artwork for the next release</a>,
have a look at the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/schedule/">DebConf20 schedule</a>
and register to participate online (August 23rd to 29th, 2020),
or put a <a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/live/">Debian live</a> image in a DVD or USB
and give it to some person near you, who still didn't discover Debian.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we do together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 27 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p>Let's celebrate DebianDay 2020 around the world2020-07-22T15:30:00+02:002020-07-22T15:30:00+02:00Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)tag:bits.debian.org,2020-07-22:/2020/07/lets-celebrate-debianday-2020-around-the-world.html<p>We encourage our community to celebrate around the world the 27th Debian
anniversary with organized <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">DebianDay</a> events. This year due to the COVID-19
pandemic we cannot organize in-person events, so we ask instead that contributors,
developers, teams, groups, maintainers, and users promote The Debian Project and Debian
activities online on August 16th (and/or 15th).</p>
<p>Communities can organize a full schedule of online activities throughout the day.
These activities can include talks, workshops, active participation with
contributions such as translations assistance or editing, debates, BoFs, and
all of this in your local language using tools such as <a href="https://meet.jit.si">Jitsi</a> for capturing
audio and video from presenters for later streaming to YouTube.</p>
<p>If you are not aware of any local community organizing a full event or you don't
want to join one, you can solo design your own activity using <a href="https://obsproject.com">OBS</a> and
stream it to YouTube. You can watch an OBS tutorial <a href="https://peertube.debian.social/videos/watch/7f41c0e7-66cc-4234-b929-6b3219d95c14">here</a>.</p>
<p>Don't forget to record your activity as it will be a nice idea to upload it
to <a href="https://peertube.debian.social">Peertube</a> later.</p>
<p>Please add your event/activity on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2020">DebianDay wiki page</a> and let us know about
and advertise it on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">Debian micronews</a>. To share it, you have several options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Follow the steps listed <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/pages/contribute.html">here</a> for Debian Developers.</li>
<li>Contact us using IRC in channel <code>#debian-publicity</code> on the OFTC network, and ask us there.</li>
<li>Send a mail to <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity/">debian-publicity@lists.debian.org</a>
and ask for your item to be included in micronews. This is a publicly archived list.</li>
</ul>
<p>PS: DebConf20 online is coming! It will be held from August 23rd to 29th, 2020.
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/news/2020-07-12-registration-is-open/">Registration is already open</a>.</p><p>We encourage our community to celebrate around the world the 27th Debian
anniversary with organized <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay">DebianDay</a> events. This year due to the COVID-19
pandemic we cannot organize in-person events, so we ask instead that contributors,
developers, teams, groups, maintainers, and users promote The Debian Project and Debian
activities online on August 16th (and/or 15th).</p>
<p>Communities can organize a full schedule of online activities throughout the day.
These activities can include talks, workshops, active participation with
contributions such as translations assistance or editing, debates, BoFs, and
all of this in your local language using tools such as <a href="https://meet.jit.si">Jitsi</a> for capturing
audio and video from presenters for later streaming to YouTube.</p>
<p>If you are not aware of any local community organizing a full event or you don't
want to join one, you can solo design your own activity using <a href="https://obsproject.com">OBS</a> and
stream it to YouTube. You can watch an OBS tutorial <a href="https://peertube.debian.social/videos/watch/7f41c0e7-66cc-4234-b929-6b3219d95c14">here</a>.</p>
<p>Don't forget to record your activity as it will be a nice idea to upload it
to <a href="https://peertube.debian.social">Peertube</a> later.</p>
<p>Please add your event/activity on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2020">DebianDay wiki page</a> and let us know about
and advertise it on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">Debian micronews</a>. To share it, you have several options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Follow the steps listed <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/pages/contribute.html">here</a> for Debian Developers.</li>
<li>Contact us using IRC in channel <code>#debian-publicity</code> on the OFTC network, and ask us there.</li>
<li>Send a mail to <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-publicity/">debian-publicity@lists.debian.org</a>
and ask for your item to be included in micronews. This is a publicly archived list.</li>
</ul>
<p>PS: DebConf20 online is coming! It will be held from August 23rd to 29th, 2020.
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/news/2020-07-12-registration-is-open/">Registration is already open</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2020)2020-07-21T16:00:00+02:002020-07-21T16:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-07-21:/2020/07/new-developers-2020-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Richard Laager (rlaager)</li>
<li>Thiago Andrade Marques (andrade)</li>
<li>Vincent Prat (vivi)</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe (crusoe)</li>
<li>Jordan Justen (jljusten)</li>
<li>Anuradha Weeraman (anuradha)</li>
<li>Bernelle Verster (indiebio)</li>
<li>Gabriel F. T. Gomes (gabriel)</li>
<li>Kurt Kremitzki (kkremitzki)</li>
<li>Nicolas Mora (babelouest)</li>
<li>Birger Schacht (birger)</li>
<li>Sudip Mukherjee (sudip)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marco Trevisan</li>
<li>Dennis Braun</li>
<li>Stephane Neveu</li>
<li>Seunghun Han</li>
<li>Alexander Johan Georg Kjäll</li>
<li>Friedrich Beckmann</li>
<li>Diego M. Rodriguez</li>
<li>Nilesh Patra</li>
<li>Hiroshi Yokota</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Richard Laager (rlaager)</li>
<li>Thiago Andrade Marques (andrade)</li>
<li>Vincent Prat (vivi)</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe (crusoe)</li>
<li>Jordan Justen (jljusten)</li>
<li>Anuradha Weeraman (anuradha)</li>
<li>Bernelle Verster (indiebio)</li>
<li>Gabriel F. T. Gomes (gabriel)</li>
<li>Kurt Kremitzki (kkremitzki)</li>
<li>Nicolas Mora (babelouest)</li>
<li>Birger Schacht (birger)</li>
<li>Sudip Mukherjee (sudip)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Marco Trevisan</li>
<li>Dennis Braun</li>
<li>Stephane Neveu</li>
<li>Seunghun Han</li>
<li>Alexander Johan Georg Kjäll</li>
<li>Friedrich Beckmann</li>
<li>Diego M. Rodriguez</li>
<li>Nilesh Patra</li>
<li>Hiroshi Yokota</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Long Term Support (LTS) users and contributors survey2020-07-13T14:00:00+02:002020-07-13T14:00:00+02:00Holger Levsentag:bits.debian.org,2020-07-13:/2020/07/lts-survey.html<p>On July 18th Stretch LTS starts, offering two more years of security support
to the Debian Stretch release. Stretch LTS will be the fourth iteration of LTS,
following Squeeze LTS which started in 2014, Wheezy LTS in 2016 and Jessie LTS
in 2018.</p>
<p>However, for the first time, we have prepared a small survey about our
users and contributors, who they are and why they are using LTS.</p>
<p>Filling out the survey should take less than 10 minutes. We would really
appreciate if you could <a href="https://surveys.debian.net/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=856794&lang=en">participate in the survey online</a>!</p>
<p>In two weeks (July 27th 2020) we will close the survey, so please don't
hesitate and participate now! After that, there will be a followup email with
the results.</p>
<p>More information about Debian LTS is available at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS">https://wiki.debian.org/LTS</a>,
including generic contact information.</p>
<p><a href="https://surveys.debian.net/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=856794&lang=en">Click here to fill out the survey now</a>!</p><p>On July 18th Stretch LTS starts, offering two more years of security support
to the Debian Stretch release. Stretch LTS will be the fourth iteration of LTS,
following Squeeze LTS which started in 2014, Wheezy LTS in 2016 and Jessie LTS
in 2018.</p>
<p>However, for the first time, we have prepared a small survey about our
users and contributors, who they are and why they are using LTS.</p>
<p>Filling out the survey should take less than 10 minutes. We would really
appreciate if you could <a href="https://surveys.debian.net/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=856794&lang=en">participate in the survey online</a>!</p>
<p>In two weeks (July 27th 2020) we will close the survey, so please don't
hesitate and participate now! After that, there will be a followup email with
the results.</p>
<p>More information about Debian LTS is available at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS">https://wiki.debian.org/LTS</a>,
including generic contact information.</p>
<p><a href="https://surveys.debian.net/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=856794&lang=en">Click here to fill out the survey now</a>!</p>Report of the Debian Perl Sprint 20202020-06-15T13:40:00+02:002020-06-15T13:40:00+02:00Dominic Hargreavestag:bits.debian.org,2020-06-15:/2020/06/debian-perl-sprint-2020.html<p>Eight members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met online between May 15 and May 17 2020, in lieu of a planned physical sprint meeting. Work focussed on preparations for bullseye,
and continued maintenance of the large number of perl modules maintained
by the team.</p>
<p>Whilst an online sprint cannot fully replace an in-person sprint
in terms of focussing attention, the weekend was still very
productive, and progress was made on a range of topics including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Reducing technical debt by removing unmaintained packages</li>
<li>Beginning packaging and QA for the next major release of perl, 5.32</li>
<li>Deciding on a team policy for hardening flags</li>
<li>Addressing concerns with <code>Alien::*</code>, a set of pacakges designed to download source code</li>
<li>Developing a proposal for debian/NEWS.Developer, to complement
debian/NEWS</li>
<li>Developing a plan to enable SSL verification in HTTP::Tiny
by default</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2020/05/msg00051.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank <a href="https://opusvl.com/">OpusVL</a>
for providing the Jitsi instance for the weekend.</p><p>Eight members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met online between May 15 and May 17 2020, in lieu of a planned physical sprint meeting. Work focussed on preparations for bullseye,
and continued maintenance of the large number of perl modules maintained
by the team.</p>
<p>Whilst an online sprint cannot fully replace an in-person sprint
in terms of focussing attention, the weekend was still very
productive, and progress was made on a range of topics including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Reducing technical debt by removing unmaintained packages</li>
<li>Beginning packaging and QA for the next major release of perl, 5.32</li>
<li>Deciding on a team policy for hardening flags</li>
<li>Addressing concerns with <code>Alien::*</code>, a set of pacakges designed to download source code</li>
<li>Developing a proposal for debian/NEWS.Developer, to complement
debian/NEWS</li>
<li>Developing a plan to enable SSL verification in HTTP::Tiny
by default</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2020/05/msg00051.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank <a href="https://opusvl.com/">OpusVL</a>
for providing the Jitsi instance for the weekend.</p>DebConf20 moves online, DebConf21 will be in Haifa2020-06-12T18:30:00+02:002020-06-12T18:30:00+02:00Daniel Lange, Antonio Terceiro, Stefano Riveratag:bits.debian.org,2020-06-12:/2020/06/debconf20-moves-online.html<p>The DebConf team has had to take the hard decision that DebConf 20
cannot happen in-person, in Haifa, in August, as originally planned.
This decision is based on the status of the venue in Haifa, the local
team's view of the local health situation, the existing travel
restrictions and the <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/dc20/-/tree/master/survey">results of a survey of potential participants</a>.</p>
<p>DebConf 20 will be held online instead!</p>
<p>The Debian community can still get together to share ideas, discuss plans in Birds of
a Feather sessions, and eat cheese, from the safety of the desks at home.</p>
<p>So, please <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/cfp/">submit your talk, sprint, and BoF proposals</a> for DebConf 20 Online.</p>
<p>It will be held within the same dates, as before, 23-29 August.
The DebConf team expects the event to be significantly shorter than a usual DebCamp +
DebConf, but that will depend on the volume of proposals received.</p>
<p>Hopefully in 2021 we can once again hold conferences in person.
DebConf 21 is scheduled to be taking place in Haifa.
The following planned DebConfs will be held a year later
than originally scheduled: 2022 in Kosovo and 2023 in Kochi, India.</p>
<p>See you online in August!</p><p>The DebConf team has had to take the hard decision that DebConf 20
cannot happen in-person, in Haifa, in August, as originally planned.
This decision is based on the status of the venue in Haifa, the local
team's view of the local health situation, the existing travel
restrictions and the <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/dc20/-/tree/master/survey">results of a survey of potential participants</a>.</p>
<p>DebConf 20 will be held online instead!</p>
<p>The Debian community can still get together to share ideas, discuss plans in Birds of
a Feather sessions, and eat cheese, from the safety of the desks at home.</p>
<p>So, please <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/cfp/">submit your talk, sprint, and BoF proposals</a> for DebConf 20 Online.</p>
<p>It will be held within the same dates, as before, 23-29 August.
The DebConf team expects the event to be significantly shorter than a usual DebCamp +
DebConf, but that will depend on the volume of proposals received.</p>
<p>Hopefully in 2021 we can once again hold conferences in person.
DebConf 21 is scheduled to be taking place in Haifa.
The following planned DebConfs will be held a year later
than originally scheduled: 2022 in Kosovo and 2023 in Kochi, India.</p>
<p>See you online in August!</p>Great fonts in Debian 10 (or later)2020-06-09T13:00:00+02:002020-06-09T13:00:00+02:00Gürkan Myczkotag:bits.debian.org,2020-06-09:/2020/06/great-fonts-debian-10.html<p><img alt="An example of several fonts in Debian 10" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/fonts-debian.png"></p>
<p>Debian comes with tons of fonts for all kinds of purposes,
you can easily list them all (almost) with: <code>apt-cache search ^fonts-</code></p>
<p>Above you can see a nice composition with examples of several fonts.
The composition is published under the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/mit">MIT (Expat) license</a>
and the source SVG (created with Inkscape) can be downloaded
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-fonts.svg">here</a>.
You will need the fonts to be installed in your system so the SVG is correctly rendered.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more you can have a look at the wiki page about fonts
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts">https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts</a>),
and if you want to contribute or maintain fonts in Debian,
don't hesitate to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/pkg-fonts">Fonts Team</a>!</p><p><img alt="An example of several fonts in Debian 10" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/fonts-debian.png"></p>
<p>Debian comes with tons of fonts for all kinds of purposes,
you can easily list them all (almost) with: <code>apt-cache search ^fonts-</code></p>
<p>Above you can see a nice composition with examples of several fonts.
The composition is published under the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/licenses/mit">MIT (Expat) license</a>
and the source SVG (created with Inkscape) can be downloaded
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-fonts.svg">here</a>.
You will need the fonts to be installed in your system so the SVG is correctly rendered.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more you can have a look at the wiki page about fonts
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts">https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts</a>),
and if you want to contribute or maintain fonts in Debian,
don't hesitate to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/pkg-fonts">Fonts Team</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2020)2020-05-28T18:30:00+02:002020-05-28T18:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-05-28:/2020/05/new-developers-2020-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Paride Legovini (paride)</li>
<li>Ana Custura (acute)</li>
<li>Felix Lechner (lechner)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sven Geuer</li>
<li>Håvard Flaget Aasen</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Paride Legovini (paride)</li>
<li>Ana Custura (acute)</li>
<li>Felix Lechner (lechner)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sven Geuer</li>
<li>Håvard Flaget Aasen</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf20 registration is open!2020-05-25T11:30:00+02:002020-05-25T11:30:00+02:00Tzafrir Cohen, Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-05-25:/2020/05/debconf20-open-registration-bursary.html<p><img alt="DebConf20 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc20-logo_360pxX270px.png"></p>
<p>We are happy to announce that registration for <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a>
is now open. The event <strong>will take place from August 23rd to 29th, 2020 at the
University of Haifa, in Israel</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from August
16th to 22nd.</p>
<p>Although the Covid-19 situation is still rather fluid, as of now, Israel seems
to be on top of the situation. Days with less than 10 new diagnosed infections
are becoming common and businesses and schools are slowly reopening. As such,
we are hoping that, at least as far as regulations go, we will be able to hold
an in-person conference. There is more (and up to date) information at the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/Faq">conference's FAQ</a>. Which means,
barring a second wave, that there is reason to hope that the conference can go
forward.</p>
<p>For that, we need your help. We need to know, assuming health regulations permit
it, how many people intend to attend. This year probably more than ever before,
prompt registration is very important to us. If after months of staying at home
you feel that rubbing elbows with fellow Debian Developers is precisely the
remedy that will salvage 2020, then we ask that you <strong>do register</strong> as soon as
possible.</p>
<p>Sadly, things are still not clear enough for us to make a final commitment to
holding an in-person conference, but knowing how many people intend to attend
will be a great help in making that decision. The deadline for deciding on
postponing, cancelling or changing the format of the conference is June 8th.</p>
<p>To register for DebConf20, please visit our <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">website</a>
and log into the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/register/">registration system</a>
and fill out the form. You can always edit or cancel your registration, but
please note that <strong>the last day to confirm or cancel is July 26th, 2020
23:59:59 UTC</strong>. We cannot guarantee availability of accommodation, food and
swag for unconfirmed registrations.</p>
<p>We do suggest that attendees begin making travel arrangements as soon as
possible, of course. Please bear in mind that most air carriers allow
free cancellations and changes.</p>
<p>Any questions about registrations should be addressed to
<a href="mailto:registration@debconf.org">registration@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accomodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees,
the Debian Project allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through
sponsorships to pay for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for
participants who request this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian funded bursaries are available to active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>Debian diversity bursaries are available to newcomers to Debian/DebConf.
Especially from under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf20 is taken into
account when deciding upon your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary
application.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/about/bursaries">Applying for a Bursary to DebConf</a></p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using the registration form
before May 31st, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>. This deadline is necessary in order to
the organisers to have some time to analyze the requests.</p>
<p>To register for the Conference, either with or without a bursary request,
please visit: <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/register">https://debconf20.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>Participation to DebConf20 is conditional to your respect of our
<a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a>. We require you to
read, understand and abide by this code.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and
Gold Sponsors <a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>deepin</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.
DebConf20 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p><p><img alt="DebConf20 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/dc20-logo_360pxX270px.png"></p>
<p>We are happy to announce that registration for <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">DebConf20</a>
is now open. The event <strong>will take place from August 23rd to 29th, 2020 at the
University of Haifa, in Israel</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from August
16th to 22nd.</p>
<p>Although the Covid-19 situation is still rather fluid, as of now, Israel seems
to be on top of the situation. Days with less than 10 new diagnosed infections
are becoming common and businesses and schools are slowly reopening. As such,
we are hoping that, at least as far as regulations go, we will be able to hold
an in-person conference. There is more (and up to date) information at the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20/Faq">conference's FAQ</a>. Which means,
barring a second wave, that there is reason to hope that the conference can go
forward.</p>
<p>For that, we need your help. We need to know, assuming health regulations permit
it, how many people intend to attend. This year probably more than ever before,
prompt registration is very important to us. If after months of staying at home
you feel that rubbing elbows with fellow Debian Developers is precisely the
remedy that will salvage 2020, then we ask that you <strong>do register</strong> as soon as
possible.</p>
<p>Sadly, things are still not clear enough for us to make a final commitment to
holding an in-person conference, but knowing how many people intend to attend
will be a great help in making that decision. The deadline for deciding on
postponing, cancelling or changing the format of the conference is June 8th.</p>
<p>To register for DebConf20, please visit our <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org">website</a>
and log into the <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/register/">registration system</a>
and fill out the form. You can always edit or cancel your registration, but
please note that <strong>the last day to confirm or cancel is July 26th, 2020
23:59:59 UTC</strong>. We cannot guarantee availability of accommodation, food and
swag for unconfirmed registrations.</p>
<p>We do suggest that attendees begin making travel arrangements as soon as
possible, of course. Please bear in mind that most air carriers allow
free cancellations and changes.</p>
<p>Any questions about registrations should be addressed to
<a href="mailto:registration@debconf.org">registration@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accomodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees,
the Debian Project allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through
sponsorships to pay for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for
participants who request this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian funded bursaries are available to active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>Debian diversity bursaries are available to newcomers to Debian/DebConf.
Especially from under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf20 is taken into
account when deciding upon your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary
application.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/about/bursaries">Applying for a Bursary to DebConf</a></p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using the registration form
before May 31st, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>. This deadline is necessary in order to
the organisers to have some time to analyze the requests.</p>
<p>To register for the Conference, either with or without a bursary request,
please visit: <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/register">https://debconf20.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>Participation to DebConf20 is conditional to your respect of our
<a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a>. We require you to
read, understand and abide by this code.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> and
Gold Sponsors <a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>deepin</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>.
DebConf20 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf20.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p>Debian welcomes the 2020 GSOC interns2020-05-22T02:30:00+02:002020-05-22T02:30:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2020-05-22:/2020/05/welcome-gsoc2020-interns.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p>We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected nine interns to work
under mentorship on a variety of
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/Projects">projects</a> with us during the
<a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here are the list of the projects, students, and details of the tasks to be performed.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/Android%20SDK%20Tools%20in%20Debian">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student(s): Manas Kashyap, Raman Sarda, and Samyak-jn</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Make the entire Android toolchain, Android Target
Platform Framework, and SDK tools available in the Debian archives.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/COVID-19">Packaging and Quality assurance of COVID-19 relevant applications</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Nilesh</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Quality assurance including bug fixing, continuous
integration tests and documentation for all Debian Med applications that are known
to be helpful to fight COVID-19 </p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/BlasLapackEcosys">BLAS/LAPACK Ecosystem Enhancement</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Mo Zhou</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Better environment, documentation, policy, and lintian
checks for BLAS/LAPACK.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/DebianMedQA">Quality Assurance and Continuous integration for applications in life sciences and medicine</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Pranav Ballaney</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Continuous integration tests for all Debian Med
applications, QA review, and bug fixes.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/systemd_unit_translator">Systemd unit translator</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: K Gopal Krishna</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: A systemd unit to OpenRC init script translator.
Updated OpenRC package into Debian Unstable. </p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/ArchitectureCrossGrade">Architecture Cross-Grading Support in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Kevin Wu</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Evaluate, test, and develop tools to evaluate cross-grade
checks for system and user configuration.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/UpstreamDownstreamCooperationInRuby">Upstream/Downstream cooperation in Ruby</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: utkarsh2102</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Create guide for rubygems.org on good practices for
upstream maintainers, develop a tool that can detect problems and, <em>if possible</em>
fix those errors automatically. Establish good documentation, design the tool to
be extensible for other languages.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code program is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of
Debian Developers and Debian Contributors that dedicate part of their free time to
mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns' weekly reports on the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on our
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach sur irc.debian.org">IRC channel</a> or reach out to the individual projects' team
mailing lists.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p>We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected nine interns to work
under mentorship on a variety of
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/Projects">projects</a> with us during the
<a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here are the list of the projects, students, and details of the tasks to be performed.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/Android%20SDK%20Tools%20in%20Debian">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student(s): Manas Kashyap, Raman Sarda, and Samyak-jn</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Make the entire Android toolchain, Android Target
Platform Framework, and SDK tools available in the Debian archives.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/COVID-19">Packaging and Quality assurance of COVID-19 relevant applications</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Nilesh</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Quality assurance including bug fixing, continuous
integration tests and documentation for all Debian Med applications that are known
to be helpful to fight COVID-19 </p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/BlasLapackEcosys">BLAS/LAPACK Ecosystem Enhancement</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Mo Zhou</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Better environment, documentation, policy, and lintian
checks for BLAS/LAPACK.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/DebianMedQA">Quality Assurance and Continuous integration for applications in life sciences and medicine</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Pranav Ballaney</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Continuous integration tests for all Debian Med
applications, QA review, and bug fixes.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/systemd_unit_translator">Systemd unit translator</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: K Gopal Krishna</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: A systemd unit to OpenRC init script translator.
Updated OpenRC package into Debian Unstable. </p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/ArchitectureCrossGrade">Architecture Cross-Grading Support in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: Kevin Wu</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Evaluate, test, and develop tools to evaluate cross-grade
checks for system and user configuration.</p>
<hr>
<p>Project: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2020/ApprovedProjects/UpstreamDownstreamCooperationInRuby">Upstream/Downstream cooperation in Ruby</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Student: utkarsh2102</li>
</ul>
<p>Deliverables of the project: Create guide for rubygems.org on good practices for
upstream maintainers, develop a tool that can detect problems and, <em>if possible</em>
fix those errors automatically. Establish good documentation, design the tool to
be extensible for other languages.</p>
<hr>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code program is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of
Debian Developers and Debian Contributors that dedicate part of their free time to
mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns' weekly reports on the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on our
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach sur irc.debian.org">IRC channel</a> or reach out to the individual projects' team
mailing lists.</p>DPL elections 2020, congratulations Jonathan Carter!2020-04-19T14:25:00+02:002020-04-19T14:25:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lópeztag:bits.debian.org,2020-04-19:/2020/04/results-dpl-elections-2020.html<p>The Debian Project Leader elections just finished and the winner is Jonathan Carter!</p>
<p>His term as project leader starts next Tuesday April 21st and expires on April 20th 2021.</p>
<p>Of a total of 1011 developers, 339 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.
More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2020 page</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks to <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/jcc">Jonathan Carter</a>,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/srud">Sruthi Chandran</a> and
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/bgupta">Brian Gupta</a> for running.</p>
<p>And special thanks to Sam Hartman for his service as DPL during these last twelve months!</p><p>The Debian Project Leader elections just finished and the winner is Jonathan Carter!</p>
<p>His term as project leader starts next Tuesday April 21st and expires on April 20th 2021.</p>
<p>Of a total of 1011 developers, 339 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.
More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2020 page</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks to <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/jcc">Jonathan Carter</a>,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/srud">Sruthi Chandran</a> and
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/bgupta">Brian Gupta</a> for running.</p>
<p>And special thanks to Sam Hartman for his service as DPL during these last twelve months!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2020)2020-03-23T15:00:00+01:002020-03-23T15:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-03-23:/2020/03/new-developers-2020-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gard Spreemann (gspr)</li>
<li>Jonathan Bustillos (jathan)</li>
<li>Scott Talbert (swt2c)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Thiago Andrade Marques</li>
<li>William Grzybowski</li>
<li>Sudip Mukherjee</li>
<li>Birger Schacht</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe</li>
<li>Lars Tangvald</li>
<li>Alberto Molina Coballes</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias</li>
<li>Hsieh-Tseng Shen</li>
<li>Jamie Strandboge</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gard Spreemann (gspr)</li>
<li>Jonathan Bustillos (jathan)</li>
<li>Scott Talbert (swt2c)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Thiago Andrade Marques</li>
<li>William Grzybowski</li>
<li>Sudip Mukherjee</li>
<li>Birger Schacht</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe</li>
<li>Lars Tangvald</li>
<li>Alberto Molina Coballes</li>
<li>Emmanuel Arias</li>
<li>Hsieh-Tseng Shen</li>
<li>Jamie Strandboge</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Official communication channels for Debian2020-03-16T14:00:00+01:002020-03-16T14:00:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina, Ana Guerrero Lopez and Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2020-03-16:/2020/03/official-communication-channels.html<p>From time to time, we get questions in Debian about our official channels of
communication and questions about the Debian status of who may own similarly
named websites.</p>
<p>The main Debian website <a href="https://www.debian.org">www.debian.org</a>
is our primary medium of communication. Those seeking information about current
events and development progress in the community may be interested in the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/">Debian News</a> section of the Debian
website.
For less formal announcements, we have the official Debian blog
<a href="https://bits.debian.org">Bits from Debian</a>, and the
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">Debian micronews</a>
service for shorter news items.</p>
<p>Our official newsletter
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">Debian Project News</a>
and all official announcements of news or project changes are dual posted on
our website and sent to our official mailing lists
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/">debian-announce</a> or
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-news/">debian-news</a>.
Posting to those mailing lists is restricted.</p>
<p>We also want to take the opportunity to announce how the Debian Project,
or for short, Debian is structured.</p>
<p>Debian has a structure regulated by our
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Constitution</a>.
Officers and delegated members are listed on our
<a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/organization">Organizational Structure</a> page.
Additional teams are listed on our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams">Teams</a> page.</p>
<p>The complete list of official Debian members can be found on our
<a href="https://nm.debian.org/members">New Members page</a>,
where our membership is managed. A broader list of Debian contributors can be
found on our <a href="https://contributors.debian.org">Contributors</a> page.</p>
<p>If you have questions, we invite you to reach the press team at
<a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p>From time to time, we get questions in Debian about our official channels of
communication and questions about the Debian status of who may own similarly
named websites.</p>
<p>The main Debian website <a href="https://www.debian.org">www.debian.org</a>
is our primary medium of communication. Those seeking information about current
events and development progress in the community may be interested in the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/">Debian News</a> section of the Debian
website.
For less formal announcements, we have the official Debian blog
<a href="https://bits.debian.org">Bits from Debian</a>, and the
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">Debian micronews</a>
service for shorter news items.</p>
<p>Our official newsletter
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">Debian Project News</a>
and all official announcements of news or project changes are dual posted on
our website and sent to our official mailing lists
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/">debian-announce</a> or
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-news/">debian-news</a>.
Posting to those mailing lists is restricted.</p>
<p>We also want to take the opportunity to announce how the Debian Project,
or for short, Debian is structured.</p>
<p>Debian has a structure regulated by our
<a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Constitution</a>.
Officers and delegated members are listed on our
<a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/organization">Organizational Structure</a> page.
Additional teams are listed on our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams">Teams</a> page.</p>
<p>The complete list of official Debian members can be found on our
<a href="https://nm.debian.org/members">New Members page</a>,
where our membership is managed. A broader list of Debian contributors can be
found on our <a href="https://contributors.debian.org">Contributors</a> page.</p>
<p>If you have questions, we invite you to reach the press team at
<a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2019)2020-01-26T15:00:00+01:002020-01-26T15:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2020-01-26:/2020/01/new-developers-2019-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Louis-Philippe Véronneau (pollo)</li>
<li>Olek Wojnar (olek)</li>
<li>Sven Eckelmann (ecsv)</li>
<li>Utkarsh Gupta (utkarsh)</li>
<li>Robert Haist (rha)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Denis Danilov</li>
<li>Joachim Falk</li>
<li>Thomas Perret</li>
<li>Richard Laager</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Louis-Philippe Véronneau (pollo)</li>
<li>Olek Wojnar (olek)</li>
<li>Sven Eckelmann (ecsv)</li>
<li>Utkarsh Gupta (utkarsh)</li>
<li>Robert Haist (rha)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Denis Danilov</li>
<li>Joachim Falk</li>
<li>Thomas Perret</li>
<li>Richard Laager</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian welcomes its new Outreachy interns2019-11-29T11:20:00+01:002019-11-29T11:20:00+01:00Daniel Lange, Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-11-29:/2019/11/welcome-outreachy-interns-2019-2020.html<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we'd like to
welcome our new Outreachy interns for this round, lasting from December 2019 to
March 2020.</p>
<p><a href="https://anisakuci.com/">Anisa Kuci</a>
will work on
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/debian/#create-fundraising-material-for-debconf20-document">Improving the DebConf fundraising processes</a>,
mentored by Karina Ture and Daniel Lange.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/sakshisangwan">Sakshi Sangwan</a>
will work on
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/debian/#packaging-gitlabs-js-modules">Packaging GitLab's JS Modules</a>,
mentored by Utkarsh Gupta, Sruthi Chandran and Pirate Praveen.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Anisa and Sakshi! Welcome!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p><p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we'd like to
welcome our new Outreachy interns for this round, lasting from December 2019 to
March 2020.</p>
<p><a href="https://anisakuci.com/">Anisa Kuci</a>
will work on
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/debian/#create-fundraising-material-for-debconf20-document">Improving the DebConf fundraising processes</a>,
mentored by Karina Ture and Daniel Lange.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/sakshisangwan">Sakshi Sangwan</a>
will work on
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/debian/#packaging-gitlabs-js-modules">Packaging GitLab's JS Modules</a>,
mentored by Utkarsh Gupta, Sruthi Chandran and Pirate Praveen.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Anisa and Sakshi! Welcome!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2019)2019-11-26T15:00:00+01:002019-11-26T15:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-11-26:/2019/11/new-developers-2019-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Teus Benschop (teusbenschop)</li>
<li>Nick Morrott (nickm)</li>
<li>Ondřej Kobližek (kobla)</li>
<li>Clément Hermann (nodens)</li>
<li>Gordon Ball (chronitis)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nikos Tsipinakis</li>
<li>Joan Lledó</li>
<li>Baptiste Beauplat</li>
<li>Jianfeng Li</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Teus Benschop (teusbenschop)</li>
<li>Nick Morrott (nickm)</li>
<li>Ondřej Kobližek (kobla)</li>
<li>Clément Hermann (nodens)</li>
<li>Gordon Ball (chronitis)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nikos Tsipinakis</li>
<li>Joan Lledó</li>
<li>Baptiste Beauplat</li>
<li>Jianfeng Li</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Donates to Support GNOME Patent Defense2019-10-28T17:00:00+01:002019-10-28T17:00:00+01:00Sam Hartmantag:bits.debian.org,2019-10-28:/2019/10/debian-donates-support-gnome-patent-defense.html<p>Today, the Debian Project pledges to <a href="https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund">donate</a> $5,000 to the GNOME
Foundation in support of their ongoing patent defense. On October 23,
we <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/gnome-foundation-defense-patent-troll.html">wrote to express our support for GNOME</a> in an issue that affects the
entire free software community. Today we make that support tangible.</p>
<p>"<em>This is bigger than GNOME,</em>" said Debian Project Leader Sam Hartman.
"<em>By banding together and demonstrating that the entire free software
community is behind GNOME, we can send a strong message to
non-practicing entities (patent trolls). When you target anyone in the
free software community, you target all of us. We will fight, and we
will fight to invalidate your patent. For us, this is more than money.
This is about our freedom to build and distribute our software.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>We're incredibly grateful to Debian for this kind donation, and also
for their support,</em>" said Neil McGovern, Executive Director of the
GNOME Foundation. "<em>It's been heartening to see that when free
software is attacked in this way we all come together on a united
front.</em>"</p>
<p>If GNOME needs more money later in in this defense, Debian will be there
to support the GNOME Foundation. We encourage individuals and
organizations to join us and stand strong against patent trolls.</p><p>Today, the Debian Project pledges to <a href="https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund">donate</a> $5,000 to the GNOME
Foundation in support of their ongoing patent defense. On October 23,
we <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/gnome-foundation-defense-patent-troll.html">wrote to express our support for GNOME</a> in an issue that affects the
entire free software community. Today we make that support tangible.</p>
<p>"<em>This is bigger than GNOME,</em>" said Debian Project Leader Sam Hartman.
"<em>By banding together and demonstrating that the entire free software
community is behind GNOME, we can send a strong message to
non-practicing entities (patent trolls). When you target anyone in the
free software community, you target all of us. We will fight, and we
will fight to invalidate your patent. For us, this is more than money.
This is about our freedom to build and distribute our software.</em>"</p>
<p>"<em>We're incredibly grateful to Debian for this kind donation, and also
for their support,</em>" said Neil McGovern, Executive Director of the
GNOME Foundation. "<em>It's been heartening to see that when free
software is attacked in this way we all come together on a united
front.</em>"</p>
<p>If GNOME needs more money later in in this defense, Debian will be there
to support the GNOME Foundation. We encourage individuals and
organizations to join us and stand strong against patent trolls.</p>The Debian Project stands with the GNOME Foundation in defense against patent trolls2019-10-23T10:00:00+02:002019-10-23T10:00:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lópeztag:bits.debian.org,2019-10-23:/2019/10/gnome-foundation-defense-patent-troll.html<p>In 2012, the Debian Project published our <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/patent">Position on Software Patents</a>,
stating the threat that patents pose to Free Software.</p>
<p>The GNOME Foundation has announced recently that they are fighting a lawsuit
alleging that Shotwell, a free and Open Source personal photo manager,
infringes a patent.</p>
<p>The Debian Project firmly stands with the GNOME Foundation in their efforts to show
the world that we in the Free Software communities will vigorously defend ourselves
against any abuses of the patent system.</p>
<p>Please read <a href="https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/">this blog post about GNOME's defense against this patent troll</a>
and consider making a donation to the <a href="https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund">GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund</a>.</p><p>In 2012, the Debian Project published our <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/patent">Position on Software Patents</a>,
stating the threat that patents pose to Free Software.</p>
<p>The GNOME Foundation has announced recently that they are fighting a lawsuit
alleging that Shotwell, a free and Open Source personal photo manager,
infringes a patent.</p>
<p>The Debian Project firmly stands with the GNOME Foundation in their efforts to show
the world that we in the Free Software communities will vigorously defend ourselves
against any abuses of the patent system.</p>
<p>Please read <a href="https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/10/gnome-files-defense-against-patent-troll/">this blog post about GNOME's defense against this patent troll</a>
and consider making a donation to the <a href="https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund">GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2019)2019-09-17T17:30:00+02:002019-09-17T17:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-09-17:/2019/09/new-developers-2019-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Keng-Yu Lin (kengyu)</li>
<li>Judit Foglszinger (urbec)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Hans van Kranenburg</li>
<li>Scarlett Moore</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Keng-Yu Lin (kengyu)</li>
<li>Judit Foglszinger (urbec)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Hans van Kranenburg</li>
<li>Scarlett Moore</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>salsa.debian.org: Postmortem of failed Docker registry move2019-08-20T13:20:00+02:002019-08-20T13:20:00+02:00Bastian Blanktag:bits.debian.org,2019-08-20:/2019/08/salsa-postmortem-docker-registry.html<p>The <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/">Salsa</a> admin team provides the following report about the failed migration of the Docker container registry.
The Docker container registry stores Docker images,
which are for example used in the Salsa CI toolset.
This migration would have moved all data off to Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
and would have lowered the used file system space on Debian systems significantly.</p>
<p>The Docker container registry is part of the <a href="https://github.com/docker/distribution">Docker distribution</a> toolset.
This system supports multiple backends for file storage: local, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
As Salsa already uses GCS for data storage, the Salsa admin team decided to move all the Docker registry data off to GCS too.</p>
<h2>Migration and rollback</h2>
<p>On 2019-08-06 the migration process was started.
The migration itself went fine, although it took a bit longer than anticipated.
However, as not all parts of the migration had been properly tested,
a test of the garbage collection triggered a <a href="https://github.com/docker/distribution/issues/2975">bug</a> in the software.</p>
<p>On 2019-08-10 the Salsa admins started to see problems with garbage collection.
The job running it timed out after one hour.
Within this timeframe it not even managed to collect information about all used layers to see what it can cleanup.
A source code analysis showed that this design flaw can't be fixed.</p>
<p>On 2019-08-13 the change was rolled back to storing data on the file system.</p>
<h2>Docker registry data storage</h2>
<p>The Docker registry stores all of the data sans indexing or reverse references in a file system-like structure comprised of 4 separate types of information:
Manifests of images and contents, tags for the manifests, deduplicaed layers (or blobs) which store the actual data, and lastly links which show which deduplicated blogs belong to their respective images, all of this does not allow for easy searching within the data.</p>
<p>The file system structure is built as append-only which allows for adding blobs and manifests, addition, modification, or deletion of tags.
However cleanup of items other than tags is not achievable within the maintenance tools.</p>
<p>There is a garbage collection process which can be used to clean up unreferenced blobs, however according to the documentation the process can only be used while the registry is set to read-only and unfortunately it cannot be used to clean up unused links.</p>
<h2>Docker registry garbage collection on external storage</h2>
<p>For the garbage collection the registry tool needs to read a lot of information as there is no indexing of the data.
The tool connects to the storage medium and proceeds to download … everything, every single manifest and information about the referenced blobs, which now takes up over 1 second to process a single manifest.
This process will take up a significant amount of time, which in the current configuration of external storage would make the clean up nearly impossible.</p>
<h2>Leasons learned</h2>
<p>The Docker registry is a data storage tool that can only properly be used in append-only mode.
If you never cleanup, it works well.</p>
<p>As soon as you want to actually remove data, it goes bad.
For Salsa clean up of old data is actually a necessity, as the registry currently grows about 20GB per day.</p>
<h2>Next steps</h2>
<p>Sadly there is not much that can be done using the existing Docker container registry.
Maybe GitLab or someone else would like to contribute a new implementation of a Docker registry,
either integrated into GitLab itself or stand-alone?</p><p>The <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/">Salsa</a> admin team provides the following report about the failed migration of the Docker container registry.
The Docker container registry stores Docker images,
which are for example used in the Salsa CI toolset.
This migration would have moved all data off to Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
and would have lowered the used file system space on Debian systems significantly.</p>
<p>The Docker container registry is part of the <a href="https://github.com/docker/distribution">Docker distribution</a> toolset.
This system supports multiple backends for file storage: local, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
As Salsa already uses GCS for data storage, the Salsa admin team decided to move all the Docker registry data off to GCS too.</p>
<h2>Migration and rollback</h2>
<p>On 2019-08-06 the migration process was started.
The migration itself went fine, although it took a bit longer than anticipated.
However, as not all parts of the migration had been properly tested,
a test of the garbage collection triggered a <a href="https://github.com/docker/distribution/issues/2975">bug</a> in the software.</p>
<p>On 2019-08-10 the Salsa admins started to see problems with garbage collection.
The job running it timed out after one hour.
Within this timeframe it not even managed to collect information about all used layers to see what it can cleanup.
A source code analysis showed that this design flaw can't be fixed.</p>
<p>On 2019-08-13 the change was rolled back to storing data on the file system.</p>
<h2>Docker registry data storage</h2>
<p>The Docker registry stores all of the data sans indexing or reverse references in a file system-like structure comprised of 4 separate types of information:
Manifests of images and contents, tags for the manifests, deduplicaed layers (or blobs) which store the actual data, and lastly links which show which deduplicated blogs belong to their respective images, all of this does not allow for easy searching within the data.</p>
<p>The file system structure is built as append-only which allows for adding blobs and manifests, addition, modification, or deletion of tags.
However cleanup of items other than tags is not achievable within the maintenance tools.</p>
<p>There is a garbage collection process which can be used to clean up unreferenced blobs, however according to the documentation the process can only be used while the registry is set to read-only and unfortunately it cannot be used to clean up unused links.</p>
<h2>Docker registry garbage collection on external storage</h2>
<p>For the garbage collection the registry tool needs to read a lot of information as there is no indexing of the data.
The tool connects to the storage medium and proceeds to download … everything, every single manifest and information about the referenced blobs, which now takes up over 1 second to process a single manifest.
This process will take up a significant amount of time, which in the current configuration of external storage would make the clean up nearly impossible.</p>
<h2>Leasons learned</h2>
<p>The Docker registry is a data storage tool that can only properly be used in append-only mode.
If you never cleanup, it works well.</p>
<p>As soon as you want to actually remove data, it goes bad.
For Salsa clean up of old data is actually a necessity, as the registry currently grows about 20GB per day.</p>
<h2>Next steps</h2>
<p>Sadly there is not much that can be done using the existing Docker container registry.
Maybe GitLab or someone else would like to contribute a new implementation of a Docker registry,
either integrated into GitLab itself or stand-alone?</p>Debian celebrates 26 years, Happy DebianDay!2019-08-16T20:12:00+02:002019-08-16T20:12:00+02:00Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2019-08-16:/2019/08/debian-turns-26.html<p>26 years ago today in a single post to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup,
Ian Murdock announced the completion of a brand new Linux release named <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.linux.development/Md3Modzg5TU/xty88y5OLaMJ">Debian</a>.</p>
<p>Since that day we’ve been into outer space, typed over 1,288,688,830 lines of
code, spawned over 300 derivatives, were enhanced with 6,155
known <a href="https://contributors.debian.org/contributors/flat">contributors</a>, and filed over 975,619 bug reports.</p>
<p>We are home to a community of thousands of users around the globe, we gather to
host our annual Debian Developers Conference <a href="www.debconf.org">DebConf</a>
which spans the world in a different country each year, and of course today's
many <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2019">DebianDay</a> celebrations held around the world.</p>
<p>It's not too late to throw an impromptu DebianDay celebration or to go and join
one of the many celebrations already underway.</p>
<p>As we celebrate our own anniversary, we also want to celebrate our many
contributors, developers, teams, groups, maintainers, and users. It is all of
your effort, support, and drive that continue to make Debian
truly: The universal operating system.</p>
<p>Happy DebianDay!</p><p>26 years ago today in a single post to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup,
Ian Murdock announced the completion of a brand new Linux release named <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.linux.development/Md3Modzg5TU/xty88y5OLaMJ">Debian</a>.</p>
<p>Since that day we’ve been into outer space, typed over 1,288,688,830 lines of
code, spawned over 300 derivatives, were enhanced with 6,155
known <a href="https://contributors.debian.org/contributors/flat">contributors</a>, and filed over 975,619 bug reports.</p>
<p>We are home to a community of thousands of users around the globe, we gather to
host our annual Debian Developers Conference <a href="www.debconf.org">DebConf</a>
which spans the world in a different country each year, and of course today's
many <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2019">DebianDay</a> celebrations held around the world.</p>
<p>It's not too late to throw an impromptu DebianDay celebration or to go and join
one of the many celebrations already underway.</p>
<p>As we celebrate our own anniversary, we also want to celebrate our many
contributors, developers, teams, groups, maintainers, and users. It is all of
your effort, support, and drive that continue to make Debian
truly: The universal operating system.</p>
<p>Happy DebianDay!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2019)2019-08-03T10:00:00+02:002019-08-03T10:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-08-03:/2019/08/new-developers-2019-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jean-Philippe Mengual (jpmengual)</li>
<li>Taowa Munene-Tardif (taowa)</li>
<li>Georg Faerber (georg)</li>
<li>Kyle Robbertze (paddatrapper)</li>
<li>Andy Li (andyli)</li>
<li>Michal Arbet (kevko)</li>
<li>Sruthi Chandran (srud)</li>
<li>Alban Vidal (zordhak)</li>
<li>Denis Briand (denis)</li>
<li>Jakob Haufe (sur5r)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bobby de Vos</li>
<li>Jongmin Kim</li>
<li>Bastian Germann</li>
<li>Francesco Poli</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jean-Philippe Mengual (jpmengual)</li>
<li>Taowa Munene-Tardif (taowa)</li>
<li>Georg Faerber (georg)</li>
<li>Kyle Robbertze (paddatrapper)</li>
<li>Andy Li (andyli)</li>
<li>Michal Arbet (kevko)</li>
<li>Sruthi Chandran (srud)</li>
<li>Alban Vidal (zordhak)</li>
<li>Denis Briand (denis)</li>
<li>Jakob Haufe (sur5r)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Bobby de Vos</li>
<li>Jongmin Kim</li>
<li>Bastian Germann</li>
<li>Francesco Poli</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf19 closes in Curitiba and DebConf20 dates announced2019-07-27T23:40:00+02:002019-07-27T23:40:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina and Donald Norwoodtag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-27:/2019/07/debconf19-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/Photos"><img alt="DebConf19 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf19_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Saturday 27 July 2019, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
Hosting more than 380 attendees from 50 different countries over a
combined 145 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities,
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 14 July to 19 July
which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person collaboration
toward developing Debian and host to a 3-day packaging workshop
where new contributors were able to start on Debian packaging.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/news/2019-07-20-open-day/">Open Day</a>
held on July 20, with over 250 attendees, enjoyed presentations
and workshops of interest to the wider audience, a Job Fair with booths from
several of the DebConf19 sponsors and a Debian install fest.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 21 July 2019.
Together with plenaries such as the the traditional 'Bits from the DPL',
lightning talks, live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20">DebConf20</a> in Haifa, Israel),
there were several sessions related to the recent release of Debian 10 buster
and some of its new features, as well as news updates on several projects and
internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from the language, ports,
infrastructure, and community teams,
along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees
over the course of the entire conference.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
recorded for live streams with videos made,
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2019/DebConf19/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging
apps or online collaborative text documents.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20">DebConf20</a> will be held in Haifa, Israel,
from 23 August to 29 August 2020.
As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in Israel
will start the conference activites with DebCamp (16 August to 22 August),
with particular focus on individual and team work toward improving the
distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Anti-Harassment team)
are available to help so both on-site and remote participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf19 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf19, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf19 web page at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/Photos"><img alt="DebConf19 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf19_group_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Saturday 27 July 2019, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
Hosting more than 380 attendees from 50 different countries over a
combined 145 event talks, discussion sessions,
Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities,
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> was a large success.</p>
<p>The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 14 July to 19 July
which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person collaboration
toward developing Debian and host to a 3-day packaging workshop
where new contributors were able to start on Debian packaging.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/news/2019-07-20-open-day/">Open Day</a>
held on July 20, with over 250 attendees, enjoyed presentations
and workshops of interest to the wider audience, a Job Fair with booths from
several of the DebConf19 sponsors and a Debian install fest.</p>
<p>The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 21 July 2019.
Together with plenaries such as the the traditional 'Bits from the DPL',
lightning talks, live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf
(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20">DebConf20</a> in Haifa, Israel),
there were several sessions related to the recent release of Debian 10 buster
and some of its new features, as well as news updates on several projects and
internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from the language, ports,
infrastructure, and community teams,
along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees
over the course of the entire conference.</p>
<p>For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were
recorded for live streams with videos made,
available through the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2019/DebConf19/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging
apps or online collaborative text documents.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a> website
will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/20">DebConf20</a> will be held in Haifa, Israel,
from 23 August to 29 August 2020.
As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in Israel
will start the conference activites with DebCamp (16 August to 22 August),
with particular focus on individual and team work toward improving the
distribution.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Anti-Harassment team)
are available to help so both on-site and remote participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf19 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf19, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Infomaniak</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<h3>About Lenovo</h3>
<p>As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf19 web page at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf19 starts today in Curitiba2019-07-21T21:10:00+02:002019-07-21T21:10:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-21:/2019/07/debconf19-starts.html<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a>, the 20th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Curitiba, Brazil
from from July 21 to 28, 2019.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/venue/">Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR)</a>
in Curitiba, Brazil, to participate and work in a conference exclusively
run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 350 attendants expected
and 121 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings ("BoF"),
workshops, a job fair as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf19 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
<em>Auditório</em> (the main auditorium), <em>Miniauditório</em> and <em>Sala de Videoconferencia</em>.
Or you can join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-auditorio"><strong>#debconf-auditorio</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-miniauditorio"><strong>#debconf-miniauditorio</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-videoconferencia"><strong>#debconf-videoconferencia</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf19 on
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the @debian
profile in your favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Anti-Harassment team)
are available to help so both on-site and remote participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf19 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf19, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a>, the 20th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Curitiba, Brazil
from from July 21 to 28, 2019.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/venue/">Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR)</a>
in Curitiba, Brazil, to participate and work in a conference exclusively
run by volunteers.</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 350 attendants expected
and 121 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings ("BoF"),
workshops, a job fair as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf19 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
<em>Auditório</em> (the main auditorium), <em>Miniauditório</em> and <em>Sala de Videoconferencia</em>.
Or you can join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-auditorio"><strong>#debconf-auditorio</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-miniauditorio"><strong>#debconf-miniauditorio</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf-videoconferencia"><strong>#debconf-videoconferencia</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf19 on
<a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the @debian
profile in your favorite social network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
During the conference, several teams (Front Desk, Welcome team and Anti-Harassment team)
are available to help so both on-site and remote participants get their best experience
in the conference, and find solutions to any issue that may arise.
See the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf19 website</a>
for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf19, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>,
<a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>.</p>DebConf19 invites you to Debian Open Day at the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), in Curitiba2019-07-20T18:30:00+02:002019-07-20T18:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-20:/2019/07/debconf19-open-day.html<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual conference for Debian
contributors and users interested in improving
the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian operating system</a>, will be held in
Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) in Curitiba, Brazil,
from July 21 to 28, 2019.
The conference is preceded by DebCamp from July 14 to 19,
and the DebConf19 Open Day on July 20.</p>
<p>The Open Day, Saturday, 20 July, is targeted at the general public.
Events of interest to a wider audience will be offered, ranging from topics specific to Debian
to the greater Free Software community and maker movement.</p>
<p>The event is a perfect opportunity for interested users to meet the Debian community,
for Debian to broaden its community, and for the DebConf sponsors to increase their visibility.</p>
<p>Less purely technical than the main conference schedule,
the events on Open Day will cover a large range of topics from social
and cultural issues to workshops and introductions to Debian.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/?day=2019-07-20">detailed schedule of the Open Day's events</a> includes
events in English and Portuguese. Some of the talks are:</p>
<ul>
<li>"The metaverse, gaming and the metabolism of cities" by Bernelle Verster</li>
<li>"O Projeto Debian quer você!" by Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana</li>
<li>"Protecting Your Web Privacy with Free Software" by Pedro Barcha</li>
<li>"Bastidores Debian - Entenda como a distribuição funciona" by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho</li>
<li>"Caninos Loucos: a plataforma nacional de Single Board Computers para IoT" by geonnave</li>
<li>"Debian na vida de uma Operadora de Telecom" by Marcelo Gondim </li>
<li>"Who's afraid of Spectre and Meltdown?" by Alexandre Oliva</li>
<li>"New to DebConf BoF" by Rhonda D'Vine </li>
</ul>
<p>During the Open Day, there will also be a Job Fair with booths from our several of our sponsors,
a workshop about the Git version control system and a Debian installfest,
for attendees who would like to get help installing Debian on their machines.</p>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend. As the rest of the conference, attendance is free of charge,
but registration in the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19 website</a> is highly
recommended.</p>
<p>The full schedule for the Open Day's events and the rest of the conference is at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule">https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule</a>
and the video streaming will be available at the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19 website</a></p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
for their commitment to DebConf19, particularly its Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a>,
<a href="https://google.com/">Google</a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com">Lenovo</a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual conference for Debian
contributors and users interested in improving
the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian operating system</a>, will be held in
Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) in Curitiba, Brazil,
from July 21 to 28, 2019.
The conference is preceded by DebCamp from July 14 to 19,
and the DebConf19 Open Day on July 20.</p>
<p>The Open Day, Saturday, 20 July, is targeted at the general public.
Events of interest to a wider audience will be offered, ranging from topics specific to Debian
to the greater Free Software community and maker movement.</p>
<p>The event is a perfect opportunity for interested users to meet the Debian community,
for Debian to broaden its community, and for the DebConf sponsors to increase their visibility.</p>
<p>Less purely technical than the main conference schedule,
the events on Open Day will cover a large range of topics from social
and cultural issues to workshops and introductions to Debian.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/?day=2019-07-20">detailed schedule of the Open Day's events</a> includes
events in English and Portuguese. Some of the talks are:</p>
<ul>
<li>"The metaverse, gaming and the metabolism of cities" by Bernelle Verster</li>
<li>"O Projeto Debian quer você!" by Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana</li>
<li>"Protecting Your Web Privacy with Free Software" by Pedro Barcha</li>
<li>"Bastidores Debian - Entenda como a distribuição funciona" by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho</li>
<li>"Caninos Loucos: a plataforma nacional de Single Board Computers para IoT" by geonnave</li>
<li>"Debian na vida de uma Operadora de Telecom" by Marcelo Gondim </li>
<li>"Who's afraid of Spectre and Meltdown?" by Alexandre Oliva</li>
<li>"New to DebConf BoF" by Rhonda D'Vine </li>
</ul>
<p>During the Open Day, there will also be a Job Fair with booths from our several of our sponsors,
a workshop about the Git version control system and a Debian installfest,
for attendees who would like to get help installing Debian on their machines.</p>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend. As the rest of the conference, attendance is free of charge,
but registration in the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19 website</a> is highly
recommended.</p>
<p>The full schedule for the Open Day's events and the rest of the conference is at
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule">https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule</a>
and the video streaming will be available at the <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19 website</a></p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the numerous <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
for their commitment to DebConf19, particularly its Platinum Sponsors:
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a>,
<a href="https://google.com/">Google</a>
and <a href="https://www.lenovo.com">Lenovo</a>.</p>Debian 10 "buster" has been released!2019-07-07T03:25:00+02:002019-07-07T03:25:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez, Laura Arjona Reina and Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-07:/2019/07/buster-released.html<p><a href="https://deb.li/buster"><img alt="Alt Buster has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-buster.png"></a></p>
<p>You've always dreamt of a faithful pet? He is here, and his name is Buster!
We're happy to announce the release of Debian 10, codenamed <em>buster</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 9 "stretch" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype">buster artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about buster in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBuster
and #Debian10Buster hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster">Release Party</a>!</p><p><a href="https://deb.li/buster"><img alt="Alt Buster has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-buster.png"></a></p>
<p>You've always dreamt of a faithful pet? He is here, and his name is Buster!
We're happy to announce the release of Debian 10, codenamed <em>buster</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a>
and read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider,
or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 9 "stretch" installation;
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
We provide some <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype">buster artwork</a> that you
can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about buster in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBuster
and #Debian10Buster hashtags or join an in-person or online <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster">Release Party</a>!</p>Upcoming Debian 10 "buster"!2019-07-05T08:00:00+02:002019-07-05T08:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina, Jean-Pierre Giraud and Thomas Vincenttag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-05:/2019/07/upcoming-buster.html<p><a href="https://deb.li/buster"><img alt="Alt Buster is coming on 2019-07-06" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-buster.png"></a></p>
<p>The Debian Release Team in coordination with several other teams are
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/06/msg00003.html">preparing</a>
the last bits needed for releasing Debian 10 "buster" on Saturday 6 July 2019.
Please, be patient! Lots of steps are involved and some of them take some time, such as building the images, propagating the release through the mirror network, and rebuilding the Debian website so that "stable" points to Debian 10.</p>
<p>If you are considering create some artwork on the occasion of buster release, feel
free to send us links to your creations to the (publicly archived) <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">debian-publicity mailing list</a>, so that we can
disseminate them throughout our community.</p>
<p>Follow the live coverage of the release on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the <strong>@debian</strong> profile in your favorite social network!
We'll spread the word about what's new in this version of Debian 10, how the release process is progressing during the weekend and facts about Debian and the wide community of volunteer contributors that make it possible.</p>
<p>If you want to celebrate the release of Debian 10 buster, join one of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster">many release parties</a> or consider organizing one in your city!
Celebration will also happen online on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster#Debian_Party_Line">Debian Party Line</a>.</p><p><a href="https://deb.li/buster"><img alt="Alt Buster is coming on 2019-07-06" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-buster.png"></a></p>
<p>The Debian Release Team in coordination with several other teams are
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/06/msg00003.html">preparing</a>
the last bits needed for releasing Debian 10 "buster" on Saturday 6 July 2019.
Please, be patient! Lots of steps are involved and some of them take some time, such as building the images, propagating the release through the mirror network, and rebuilding the Debian website so that "stable" points to Debian 10.</p>
<p>If you are considering create some artwork on the occasion of buster release, feel
free to send us links to your creations to the (publicly archived) <a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">debian-publicity mailing list</a>, so that we can
disseminate them throughout our community.</p>
<p>Follow the live coverage of the release on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the <strong>@debian</strong> profile in your favorite social network!
We'll spread the word about what's new in this version of Debian 10, how the release process is progressing during the weekend and facts about Debian and the wide community of volunteer contributors that make it possible.</p>
<p>If you want to celebrate the release of Debian 10 buster, join one of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster">many release parties</a> or consider organizing one in your city!
Celebration will also happen online on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster#Debian_Party_Line">Debian Party Line</a>.</p>DebConf19 Cheese and Wine Party2019-07-02T14:30:00+02:002019-07-02T14:30:00+02:00Adriana Cássia da Costatag:bits.debian.org,2019-07-02:/2019/07/debconf19-cheese-and-wine-party.html<p>In less than one month we will be in Curitiba to start <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> and
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> \o/</p>
<p>This C&W is the 15th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was
improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese
and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.</p>
<p>The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like
cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all
around the world or regions of Brazil. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks
or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't
bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants
and free cheese.</p>
<p>We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want
to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing
other things.</p>
<p>So, please go to our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/CheeseWine#What_will_be_available_during_the_party.3F">wiki page</a> and add what you will bring!</p>
<p>If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can
buy cheese and wine in Curitiba. There are more information about C&W, what
you can bring, vegan cheese, Brazil customs regulations and non-alcoholic
drinks at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/cheese-and-wine-party">our site</a>.</p>
<p>C&W will happen on July 22nd, 2019 (Monday) after 19h30min.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to seeing you all here!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p><p>In less than one month we will be in Curitiba to start <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/DebCamp">DebCamp</a> and
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> \o/</p>
<p>This C&W is the 15th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was
improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese
and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.</p>
<p>The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like
cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all
around the world or regions of Brazil. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks
or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't
bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants
and free cheese.</p>
<p>We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want
to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing
other things.</p>
<p>So, please go to our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/CheeseWine#What_will_be_available_during_the_party.3F">wiki page</a> and add what you will bring!</p>
<p>If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can
buy cheese and wine in Curitiba. There are more information about C&W, what
you can bring, vegan cheese, Brazil customs regulations and non-alcoholic
drinks at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/cheese-and-wine-party">our site</a>.</p>
<p>C&W will happen on July 22nd, 2019 (Monday) after 19h30min.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to seeing you all here!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>Diversity and inclusion in Debian: small actions and large impacts2019-06-29T00:40:00+02:002019-06-29T00:40:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina and Rhonda D'Vinetag:bits.debian.org,2019-06-29:/2019/06/diversity-and-inclusion.html<p>The Debian Project always has and always will welcome contributions from people
who are willing to work on a constructive level with each other,
without discrimination.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity">Diversity Statement</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Code of Conduct</a> are genuinely important parts of
our community, and over recent years some other things have been done
to make it clear that they aren't just words.</p>
<p>One of those things is the creation of the Debian Diversity Team:
it was <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html">announced in April 2019</a>,
although it had already been working for several months before
as a welcoming space for, and a way of increasing visibility of, underrepresented groups within the Debian project.</p>
<p>During DebConf19 in Curitiba there will be a dedicated Diversity and Welcoming Team. It will consist of people from
the Debian community to offer a contact point when you feel lost or uneasy. The DebConf team is also in contact
with a local LGBTIQA+ support group for exchange of safety concerns and information with respect to Brazil in general.</p>
<p>Today Debian also recognizes the impact LGBTIQA+ people have had in the world and within the Debian project,
joining the worldwide Pride celebrations. We show it by changing our logo for this time to the Debian Diversity logo,
and encourage all Debian members and contributors to show their support of a diverse and inclusive community.</p>
<p><img alt="Debian Diversity logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/diversity-2019.png"></p><p>The Debian Project always has and always will welcome contributions from people
who are willing to work on a constructive level with each other,
without discrimination.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity">Diversity Statement</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Code of Conduct</a> are genuinely important parts of
our community, and over recent years some other things have been done
to make it clear that they aren't just words.</p>
<p>One of those things is the creation of the Debian Diversity Team:
it was <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/04/msg00005.html">announced in April 2019</a>,
although it had already been working for several months before
as a welcoming space for, and a way of increasing visibility of, underrepresented groups within the Debian project.</p>
<p>During DebConf19 in Curitiba there will be a dedicated Diversity and Welcoming Team. It will consist of people from
the Debian community to offer a contact point when you feel lost or uneasy. The DebConf team is also in contact
with a local LGBTIQA+ support group for exchange of safety concerns and information with respect to Brazil in general.</p>
<p>Today Debian also recognizes the impact LGBTIQA+ people have had in the world and within the Debian project,
joining the worldwide Pride celebrations. We show it by changing our logo for this time to the Debian Diversity logo,
and encourage all Debian members and contributors to show their support of a diverse and inclusive community.</p>
<p><img alt="Debian Diversity logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/diversity-2019.png"></p>100 Paper cuts kick-off2019-06-13T20:30:00+02:002019-06-13T20:30:00+02:00Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2019-06-13:/2019/06/100-papercuts-kickoff.html<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>Is there a thorny bug in Debian that ruins your user experience? Something
<em>just</em> annoying enough to bother you but not serious enough to constitute
an RC bug? Are grey panels and slightly broken icon themes making
you depressed?</p>
<p>Then join the 100 papercuts project! A project to identify and fix the 100
most annoying bugs in Debian over the next stable release cycle. That also includes
figuring out how to identify and categorize those bugs and make sure that
they are actually fixable in Debian (or ideally upstream).</p>
<p>The idea of a papercuts project isn't new, Ubuntu did this some years ago
which added a good amount of polish to the system.</p>
<h2>Kick-off Meeting and DebConf BoF</h2>
<p>On the 17th of June at 19:00 UTC we're kicking off an initial brainstorming
session on IRC to gather some initial ideas.</p>
<p>We'll use that to seed discussion at DebConf19 in Brazil during a
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/84-100-paper-cuts-kick-off/">BoF session</a>
where we'll solidify those plans into something actionable.</p>
<h2>Meeting details</h2>
<p>When: 2019-06-17, 19:00 UTC
Where: <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the OFTC website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p><h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>Is there a thorny bug in Debian that ruins your user experience? Something
<em>just</em> annoying enough to bother you but not serious enough to constitute
an RC bug? Are grey panels and slightly broken icon themes making
you depressed?</p>
<p>Then join the 100 papercuts project! A project to identify and fix the 100
most annoying bugs in Debian over the next stable release cycle. That also includes
figuring out how to identify and categorize those bugs and make sure that
they are actually fixable in Debian (or ideally upstream).</p>
<p>The idea of a papercuts project isn't new, Ubuntu did this some years ago
which added a good amount of polish to the system.</p>
<h2>Kick-off Meeting and DebConf BoF</h2>
<p>On the 17th of June at 19:00 UTC we're kicking off an initial brainstorming
session on IRC to gather some initial ideas.</p>
<p>We'll use that to seed discussion at DebConf19 in Brazil during a
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/84-100-paper-cuts-kick-off/">BoF session</a>
where we'll solidify those plans into something actionable.</p>
<h2>Meeting details</h2>
<p>When: 2019-06-17, 19:00 UTC
Where: <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the OFTC website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p>DebConf19 welcomes its sponsors!2019-06-11T14:20:00+02:002019-06-11T14:20:00+02:00znoteer and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-06-11:/2019/06/debconf19-welcomes-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p>DebConf19 is taking place in Curitiba, Brazil, from 21 July to 28 July 2019.
It is the 20th edition of the Debian conference and organisers are working hard
to create another interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the first 29 sponsors of DebConf19, and introduce you to them.</p>
<p>So far we have three Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p>Next, as a Platinum sponsor, is <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian partner</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> is our third Planinum sponsor.
Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected
products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR
devices, smart home/office solutions and data center solutions. This is their first
year sponsoring DebConf.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsor is <a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
a global consultancy delivering Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.
Their expertise spans all key areas of Open Source software development.
In addition to offering solutions to clients, Collabora's engineers and developers actively contribute to many Open Source projets.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://cumulusnetworks.com/"><strong>Cumulus Networks</strong></a>,
(a company building web-scale networks using innovative, open networking technology),
<a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk/"><strong>Codethink</strong></a>
(specialists in system-level software infrastructure supporting advanced technical applications),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,800</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
(a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software),
<a href="https://www.wit.com/"><strong>\WIT</strong></a>
(offering a secure cloud solution and complete data privacy via Kubnernetes encrypted hardware virtualisation),
<a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
(a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
(the Operating System delivered by Canonical),
<a href="https://nhs.com.br/"><strong>NHS</strong></a>
(with a broad product portfolio, they offer solutions, amongst others,
for data centres, telecommunications, CCTV, and residential, commercial and industrial automation),
<a href="https://www.rentcars.com/"><strong>rentcars.com</strong></a>
who helps customers find the best car rentals from over 100 rental companies
at destinations in the Americas and around the world,
and <a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.4linux.com.br"><strong>4Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.zpesystems.com"><strong>zpe</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.policorp.com.br"><strong>Policorp</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.globo.com/"><strong>globo.com</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:
<a href="https://altusmetrum.org/"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.pengwin.dev/"><strong>Pengwin</strong></a>,
<a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://jupter.co/"><strong>Jupter</strong></a>,
<a href="https://novatec.com.br/"><strong>novatec</strong></a>,
<a href="https://intnet.com.br/"><strong>Intnet</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.lpi.org/"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf19.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>
<p>DebConf19 is taking place in Curitiba, Brazil, from 21 July to 28 July 2019.
It is the 20th edition of the Debian conference and organisers are working hard
to create another interesting and fruitful event for attendees.</p>
<p>We would like to warmly welcome the first 29 sponsors of DebConf19, and introduce you to them.</p>
<p>So far we have three Platinum sponsors.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/en"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>.
Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware).</p>
<p>Next, as a Platinum sponsor, is <a href="https://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.
Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian partner</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a> is our third Planinum sponsor.
Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected
products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR
devices, smart home/office solutions and data center solutions. This is their first
year sponsoring DebConf.</p>
<p>Our Gold sponsor is <a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
a global consultancy delivering Open Source software solutions to the commercial world.
Their expertise spans all key areas of Open Source software development.
In addition to offering solutions to clients, Collabora's engineers and developers actively contribute to many Open Source projets.</p>
<p>Our Silver sponsors are:
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://cumulusnetworks.com/"><strong>Cumulus Networks</strong></a>,
(a company building web-scale networks using innovative, open networking technology),
<a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk/"><strong>Codethink</strong></a>
(specialists in system-level software infrastructure supporting advanced technical applications),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,800</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
(a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software),
<a href="https://www.wit.com/"><strong>\WIT</strong></a>
(offering a secure cloud solution and complete data privacy via Kubnernetes encrypted hardware virtualisation),
<a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
(a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
(the Operating System delivered by Canonical),
<a href="https://nhs.com.br/"><strong>NHS</strong></a>
(with a broad product portfolio, they offer solutions, amongst others,
for data centres, telecommunications, CCTV, and residential, commercial and industrial automation),
<a href="https://www.rentcars.com/"><strong>rentcars.com</strong></a>
who helps customers find the best car rentals from over 100 rental companies
at destinations in the Americas and around the world,
and <a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare.</p>
<p>Bronze sponsors:
<a href="https://www.4linux.com.br"><strong>4Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.zpesystems.com"><strong>zpe</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.policorp.com.br"><strong>Policorp</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html"><strong>Freexian</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.globo.com/"><strong>globo.com</strong></a>.</p>
<p>And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:
<a href="https://altusmetrum.org/"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.pengwin.dev/"><strong>Pengwin</strong></a>,
<a href="https://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://jupter.co/"><strong>Jupter</strong></a>,
<a href="https://novatec.com.br/"><strong>novatec</strong></a>,
<a href="https://intnet.com.br/"><strong>Intnet</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.lpi.org/"><strong>Linux Professional Institute</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions make it possible for a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf19.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p>Debian welcomes its GSoC 2019 and Outreachy interns2019-05-31T14:15:00+02:002019-05-31T14:15:00+02:00znoteertag:bits.debian.org,2019-05-31:/2019/05/welcome-gsoc2019-and-outreachy-interns.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected seven interns to work with us
during the next months: two people for <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/alums/">Outreachy</a>, and five for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5566947593289728/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/m36-guest">Saif Abdul Cassim</a></li>
<li>Katerina</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/PackageLoomioForDebian">Package Loomio for Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://nm.debian.org/person/utkarsh2102">utkarsh2102</a> </li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianCloudImageFinder">Debian Cloud Image Finder</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/arthurbdiniz-guest">Arthur Diniz</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianPatchPorting">Debian Patch Porting System</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jaskaransingh-guest">Jaskaran Singh</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianContinuousIntegration">Continuous Integration</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/sh0213-guest">Saira Hussain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stringpiggy.hpd.io/">Candy Tsai</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected seven interns to work with us
during the next months: two people for <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/alums/">Outreachy</a>, and five for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5566947593289728/">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/m36-guest">Saif Abdul Cassim</a></li>
<li>Katerina</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/PackageLoomioForDebian">Package Loomio for Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://nm.debian.org/person/utkarsh2102">utkarsh2102</a> </li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianCloudImageFinder">Debian Cloud Image Finder</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/arthurbdiniz-guest">Arthur Diniz</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianPatchPorting">Debian Patch Porting System</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jaskaransingh-guest">Jaskaran Singh</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianContinuousIntegration">Continuous Integration</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/sh0213-guest">Saira Hussain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stringpiggy.hpd.io/">Candy Tsai</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p>Ask anything you ever wanted to know about Debian Edu!2019-05-29T17:30:00+02:002019-05-29T17:30:00+02:00Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2019-05-29:/2019/05/ask-debian-edu-anything.html<p><img alt="Debian Edu" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-edu-logo.svg"></p>
<p>You have heard about <a href="https://blends.debian.org/edu/">Debian Edu</a> or <a href="https://www.skolelinux.de/en/">Skolelinux</a>, but do you know exactly what we are doing?</p>
<p>Join us on the <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network
on 03 June 2019 at 12:00 UTC for an introduction to Debian Edu,
a Debian pure blend created to fit the requirements of schools and similar institutions.</p>
<p>You will meet Holger Levsen, contributing to Debian Edu since 2005 and member of development team.
Ask him anything you ever wanted to know about Debian Edu!</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the oftc website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p><p><img alt="Debian Edu" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-edu-logo.svg"></p>
<p>You have heard about <a href="https://blends.debian.org/edu/">Debian Edu</a> or <a href="https://www.skolelinux.de/en/">Skolelinux</a>, but do you know exactly what we are doing?</p>
<p>Join us on the <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network
on 03 June 2019 at 12:00 UTC for an introduction to Debian Edu,
a Debian pure blend created to fit the requirements of schools and similar institutions.</p>
<p>You will meet Holger Levsen, contributing to Debian Edu since 2005 and member of development team.
Ask him anything you ever wanted to know about Debian Edu!</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the oftc website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p>Lenovo Platinum Sponsor of DebConf192019-05-20T10:00:00+02:002019-05-20T10:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-05-20:/2019/05/lenovo-platinum-debconf19.html<p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Lenovo is proud to sponsor the 20th Annual Debian Conference."</em>
said Egbert Gracias, Senior Software Development Manager at Lenovo. <em>"We’re excited to see,
up close, the great work being done in the community and to meet the developers
and volunteers that keep the Debian Project moving forward!”</em></p>
<p>Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected
products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR
devices, smart home/office solutions and data center solutions.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Lenovo is contributing to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Lenovo, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><img alt="lenovologo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/lenovo.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/"><strong>Lenovo</strong></a>
has committed to supporting <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Lenovo is proud to sponsor the 20th Annual Debian Conference."</em>
said Egbert Gracias, Senior Software Development Manager at Lenovo. <em>"We’re excited to see,
up close, the great work being done in the community and to meet the developers
and volunteers that keep the Debian Project moving forward!”</em></p>
<p>Lenovo is a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected
products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR
devices, smart home/office solutions and data center solutions.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Lenovo is contributing to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supporting the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Lenovo, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2019)2019-05-11T16:35:00+02:002019-05-11T16:35:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-05-11:/2019/05/new-developers-2019-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jean-Baptiste Favre (jbfavre)</li>
<li>Andrius Merkys (merkys)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Christian Ehrhardt</li>
<li>Aniol Marti</li>
<li>Utkarsh Gupta</li>
<li>Nicolas Schier</li>
<li>Stewart Ferguson</li>
<li>Hilmar Preusse</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jean-Baptiste Favre (jbfavre)</li>
<li>Andrius Merkys (merkys)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Christian Ehrhardt</li>
<li>Aniol Marti</li>
<li>Utkarsh Gupta</li>
<li>Nicolas Schier</li>
<li>Stewart Ferguson</li>
<li>Hilmar Preusse</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Introduction to the new DPL, ask him anything!2019-04-26T19:20:00+02:002019-04-26T19:20:00+02:00Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2019-04-26:/2019/04/ask-dpl-anything.html<p>We have a new DPL! On 21 April 2019 Sam Hartman started his term as Debian Project Leader.</p>
<p>Join us on the <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network
on 10 May 2019 at 10:00 UTC for an introduction to our new DPL,
and also to have the chance to ask him any questions that you may have.</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the oftc website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>We plan to have many more project-wide IRC sessions in the future.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p><p>We have a new DPL! On 21 April 2019 Sam Hartman started his term as Debian Project Leader.</p>
<p>Join us on the <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debian-meeting">#debian-meeting</a> channel
on the <a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a> IRC network
on 10 May 2019 at 10:00 UTC for an introduction to our new DPL,
and also to have the chance to ask him any questions that you may have.</p>
<p>Your IRC nick needs to be registered in order to join the channel. Refer to the
<a href="https://www.oftc.net/Services/">Register your account</a> section on the oftc website
for more information on how to register your nick.</p>
<p>We plan to have many more project-wide IRC sessions in the future.</p>
<p>You can always refer to
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/IRC/debian-meeting">debian-meeting wiki page</a>
for the latest information and up to date schedule.</p>DPL elections 2019, congratulations Sam Hartman!2019-04-21T14:00:00+02:002019-04-21T14:00:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lópeztag:bits.debian.org,2019-04-21:/2019/04/results-dpl-elections-2019.html<p>The Debian Project Leader elections just finished and the winner is Sam Hartman!</p>
<p>His term as project leader starts immediately today April 21st and expires on April 20th 2020.</p>
<p>Of a total of 1003 developers, 378 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.
More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2019 page</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks to <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/platforms/joerg">Joerg Jaspert</a>,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/platforms/jcc">Jonathan Carter</a> and
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2019/03/msg00054.html">Martin Michlmayr</a> for running.</p>
<p>And special thanks to Chris Lamb for his service as DPL during these last twenty-four months!</p><p>The Debian Project Leader elections just finished and the winner is Sam Hartman!</p>
<p>His term as project leader starts immediately today April 21st and expires on April 20th 2020.</p>
<p>Of a total of 1003 developers, 378 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.
More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2019 page</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks to <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/platforms/joerg">Joerg Jaspert</a>,
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/platforms/jcc">Jonathan Carter</a> and
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2019/03/msg00054.html">Martin Michlmayr</a> for running.</p>
<p>And special thanks to Chris Lamb for his service as DPL during these last twenty-four months!</p>Debian Web Team Sprint 20192019-04-16T09:20:00+02:002019-04-16T09:20:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-04-16:/2019/04/debian-web-team-sprint-2019.html<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Webmaster">Debian Web team</a> held a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebianWebTeam">sprint</a> for the
first time, in Madrid (Spain) from March 15th to March 17th, 2019.</p>
<p>We discussed the status of the Debian website in general, review several
important pages/sections and agreed on many things how to improve them.</p>
<p>For the sections we want to reorganise (mainly the homepage and a new
section "download" which will group our current "CD" and "distrib"
sections) , we have designed this workflow:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create branches in the webwml repo,</li>
<li>Agreed on the new or modified content (started already during the
sprint), and work on them further after the sprint</li>
<li>Review a lot of related open bugs to see if we can address them with
the new content (done during the sprint)</li>
<li>Create bug reports for the things that cannot be solved quickly to
keep them tracked (started during the sprint)</li>
<li>We agreed we should get further help from web designers/information
architects (pending)</li>
<li>Once the English version is more or less settled, call for
translations on the branch (pending)</li>
<li>If we have English and the main translations ready, merging into the
master branch (pending)</li>
<li>We will try to have at least the homepage and the download section
ready for the Buster release.</li>
</ul>
<p>We also agreed that the press delegates should decide what new News
entry is worth to be posted in the homepage instead of showing the last
6 entries.</p>
<p>For some other pages or areas (e.g. doc/books, misc/merchandise, /users)
we found that the content is outdated and the team can not maintain it,
we agreed in issuing a call for help (request for adoption) and if we
cannot find volunteers for those pages/areas, we'll remove the content
or move it to wiki.debian.org at the end of 2019.</p>
<p>We have agreed that we'll need to reduce the size (number of pages) of
the website (*see some numbers about statistics at bottom) so it's more
sustainable to keep the whole website up-to-date (content wise), so
we'll remove some pages having content already covered in other pages,
having content that currently is easy discoverable with a web search
engine, can be maintained better in the wiki, etc.</p>
<p>We have talked a bit about certain other aspects like point release
workflow, the build time of the website, team memberships and
governance. In general the sprint has shown that for most of the
discussed topics the migration to git as VCS and the existence of Salsa
is a huge step forward for the usability and attractiveness for
contributors of the webwml repository.</p>
<p>The core webteam is happy that the sprint has also attracted new people
to jump in and which are also members of the webteam now. We welcome
Thomas Lange and Carsten Schoenert in our team!</p>
<p>Finally, we have passed time together to socialize and knowing each
other better, and got very motivated to continue working on the web.</p>
<p><img alt="Group photo of the participants in the Web Team Sprint" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/web_team_sprint_2019.jpg">
Left to right: Rhonda D'Vine, Laura Arjona Reina, Thomas Lange, Carsten Schoenert, Steve McIntyre</p>
<p>A more <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2019/04/msg00091.html">detailed report</a>
has been sent to the debian-www mailing list.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank all donors to the Debian project who helped
to cover a large part of our expenses.</p><p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Webmaster">Debian Web team</a> held a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebianWebTeam">sprint</a> for the
first time, in Madrid (Spain) from March 15th to March 17th, 2019.</p>
<p>We discussed the status of the Debian website in general, review several
important pages/sections and agreed on many things how to improve them.</p>
<p>For the sections we want to reorganise (mainly the homepage and a new
section "download" which will group our current "CD" and "distrib"
sections) , we have designed this workflow:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create branches in the webwml repo,</li>
<li>Agreed on the new or modified content (started already during the
sprint), and work on them further after the sprint</li>
<li>Review a lot of related open bugs to see if we can address them with
the new content (done during the sprint)</li>
<li>Create bug reports for the things that cannot be solved quickly to
keep them tracked (started during the sprint)</li>
<li>We agreed we should get further help from web designers/information
architects (pending)</li>
<li>Once the English version is more or less settled, call for
translations on the branch (pending)</li>
<li>If we have English and the main translations ready, merging into the
master branch (pending)</li>
<li>We will try to have at least the homepage and the download section
ready for the Buster release.</li>
</ul>
<p>We also agreed that the press delegates should decide what new News
entry is worth to be posted in the homepage instead of showing the last
6 entries.</p>
<p>For some other pages or areas (e.g. doc/books, misc/merchandise, /users)
we found that the content is outdated and the team can not maintain it,
we agreed in issuing a call for help (request for adoption) and if we
cannot find volunteers for those pages/areas, we'll remove the content
or move it to wiki.debian.org at the end of 2019.</p>
<p>We have agreed that we'll need to reduce the size (number of pages) of
the website (*see some numbers about statistics at bottom) so it's more
sustainable to keep the whole website up-to-date (content wise), so
we'll remove some pages having content already covered in other pages,
having content that currently is easy discoverable with a web search
engine, can be maintained better in the wiki, etc.</p>
<p>We have talked a bit about certain other aspects like point release
workflow, the build time of the website, team memberships and
governance. In general the sprint has shown that for most of the
discussed topics the migration to git as VCS and the existence of Salsa
is a huge step forward for the usability and attractiveness for
contributors of the webwml repository.</p>
<p>The core webteam is happy that the sprint has also attracted new people
to jump in and which are also members of the webteam now. We welcome
Thomas Lange and Carsten Schoenert in our team!</p>
<p>Finally, we have passed time together to socialize and knowing each
other better, and got very motivated to continue working on the web.</p>
<p><img alt="Group photo of the participants in the Web Team Sprint" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/web_team_sprint_2019.jpg">
Left to right: Rhonda D'Vine, Laura Arjona Reina, Thomas Lange, Carsten Schoenert, Steve McIntyre</p>
<p>A more <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2019/04/msg00091.html">detailed report</a>
has been sent to the debian-www mailing list.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank all donors to the Debian project who helped
to cover a large part of our expenses.</p>Bursary applications for DebConf19 are closing in less than 72 hours!2019-04-13T10:15:00+02:002019-04-13T10:15:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina, Paulo Santanatag:bits.debian.org,2019-04-13:/2019/04/debconf19-bursaries-last-call.html<p>If you intend to apply for a <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a>
bursary and have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf19 will be accepted until April 15th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue)</strong>.
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/accommodation/">accommodation page</a>.</p>
<p>See you in <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/curitiba/">Curitiba</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal-open-registration.png"></p><p>If you intend to apply for a <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/">DebConf19</a>
bursary and have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf19 will be accepted until April 15th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue)</strong>.
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/accommodation/">accommodation page</a>.</p>
<p>See you in <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/curitiba/">Curitiba</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal-open-registration.png"></p>Debian is welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC 20192019-03-28T12:15:00+01:002019-03-28T12:15:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina and Lesley Mitchelltag:bits.debian.org,2019-03-28:/2019/03/call-for-applicants-outreachy-gsoc-2019.html<p>Debian is <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity">dedicated</a> to increasing the
diversity of contributors to the project and improving the inclusivity of the
project.
We strongly believe working towards these goals provides benefits both for
people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in free software,
and for the wider movement, by increasing the range of skills, experiences and
viewpoints contributing to it.</p>
<p>As part of this outreach effort, Debian is participating in the next round
of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round17">Outreachy</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The application period for the May 2019 to August 2019 round has been extended
until April 2</strong>, and Debian offers the following projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/CIforDebianMed">Continuous Integration for biological applications inside Debian</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianContinuousIntegration">Debian Continuous Integration: user experience improvements</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/ReproducibleBuilds">Reproducible Builds</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Outreachy invites applicants who are women (both cis and trans),
trans men, and genderqueer people to apply. Anyone who faces systemic bias or
discrimination in the technology industry of their country is also invited to
apply.</p>
<p>Don't wait up! You can learn more details on how to submit your application or
get help in our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round17">wiki page for Outreachy</a>
and the <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy website</a>. </p>
<p>Debian is also participating in the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">Google Summer of Code (GSoC)</a>
with eight <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects">projects</a>,
and the <strong>student application period is open until April 9</strong>. </p>
<p>You can learn more details on how to submit your GSoC application or
get help for in our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">wiki page for GSoC</a>
and the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code website</a>.</p>
<p>We encourage people who are elegible for Outreachy and GSoC to submit their
application to both programs.</p><p>Debian is <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity">dedicated</a> to increasing the
diversity of contributors to the project and improving the inclusivity of the
project.
We strongly believe working towards these goals provides benefits both for
people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in free software,
and for the wider movement, by increasing the range of skills, experiences and
viewpoints contributing to it.</p>
<p>As part of this outreach effort, Debian is participating in the next round
of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round17">Outreachy</a>.</p>
<p><strong>The application period for the May 2019 to August 2019 round has been extended
until April 2</strong>, and Debian offers the following projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/CIforDebianMed">Continuous Integration for biological applications inside Debian</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/DebianContinuousIntegration">Debian Continuous Integration: user experience improvements</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/ApprovedProjects/ReproducibleBuilds">Reproducible Builds</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Outreachy invites applicants who are women (both cis and trans),
trans men, and genderqueer people to apply. Anyone who faces systemic bias or
discrimination in the technology industry of their country is also invited to
apply.</p>
<p>Don't wait up! You can learn more details on how to submit your application or
get help in our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round17">wiki page for Outreachy</a>
and the <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy website</a>. </p>
<p>Debian is also participating in the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">Google Summer of Code (GSoC)</a>
with eight <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects">projects</a>,
and the <strong>student application period is open until April 9</strong>. </p>
<p>You can learn more details on how to submit your GSoC application or
get help for in our <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">wiki page for GSoC</a>
and the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code website</a>.</p>
<p>We encourage people who are elegible for Outreachy and GSoC to submit their
application to both programs.</p>Call for Proposals: Debconf 19, Curitiba, Brazil2019-03-26T19:00:00+01:002019-03-26T19:00:00+01:00Gunnar Wolf, Nicolas Braud-Santoniz, Paulo Santana and Antonio Terceirotag:bits.debian.org,2019-03-26:/2019/03/debconf19-cfp.html<p>The DebConf Content team would like to call for proposals in the DebConf 19
conference, which will take place in Curitiba, Brazil, between July 21th and
28th. It will be preceded by DebCamp from July 14th to 19th, and Open Day on
the 20th.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals, in its latest form, online:</p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/cfp/</a></p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/new/">event proposal</a>. Events are not limited to traditional
presentations or informal sessions (BoFs): we welcome submissions of tutorials,
performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you
think would be of interest to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, ...)
could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We suggest
that Debian account holders (including DDs and DMs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. However, this isn't required, as you can sign up with an
e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it in a timely fashion so that it can be considered
(and potentially accepted) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday April 28th, 2019 to be evaluated
for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some
broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including but not
limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Debian Blends</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Introduction to Free Software & Debian</li>
<li>Packaging, policy, and Debian infrastructure</li>
<li>Security</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or to become a coordinator for
any of them. For more information, see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/Content">Content team wiki</a>.</p>
<h2>Open Day</h2>
<p>This call for proposals also targets <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open Day</a>, a day of activities targeted
at the general public on July 20th. Topics of interest range from topics
specific to Debian to the greater Free Software community and maker movement.
The idea of Open Day is to bring the general public closer to Debian and
vice-versa, so activity proposals that go in that direction are more than
welcome.</p>
<p>If you are interested in presenting on Open Day, let us know in the "Notes"
field of your submission. We might also invite proponents that are not
specifically targeting Open Day to present in it if we find that the topic
fits the above goals.</p>
<p>The Open Day will host activities in multiple languages.
We expect to have activities in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>If your talk will be in portuguese, you can write the Abstract field
in portuguese too.</p>
<h2>Talk proposal help on IRC</h2>
<p>This year we will be holding holding office hours on IRC. Those will be
designated times where the DebConf content team will be available to help
potential speakers prepare their talk proposals for DebConf.</p>
<p>Dates and times for those will be announced later.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> designed to ensure everyone’s safety
and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including speakers and the
content of their presentations. Do not hesitate to contact us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a> if you have any questions or are unsure about certain
content you’d like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video is one of the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>, as it makes the content
accessible to a wider audience. Unless speakers opt-out, scheduled talks may be
streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation, and recordings
will be published later under the <a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a> (MIT/Expat), as well as
presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Closing note</h2>
<p>DebConf 19 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think you
know of others who would be willing to help, please get in touch with
<a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us first,
please do not hesitate to reach out to the content team at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Curitiba!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p><p>The DebConf Content team would like to call for proposals in the DebConf 19
conference, which will take place in Curitiba, Brazil, between July 21th and
28th. It will be preceded by DebCamp from July 14th to 19th, and Open Day on
the 20th.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals, in its latest form, online:</p>
<p><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf19.debconf.org/cfp/</a></p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/new/">event proposal</a>. Events are not limited to traditional
presentations or informal sessions (BoFs): we welcome submissions of tutorials,
performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you
think would be of interest to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, ...)
could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We suggest
that Debian account holders (including DDs and DMs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. However, this isn't required, as you can sign up with an
e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it in a timely fashion so that it can be considered
(and potentially accepted) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday April 28th, 2019 to be evaluated
for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some
broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including but not
limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Debian Blends</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Introduction to Free Software & Debian</li>
<li>Packaging, policy, and Debian infrastructure</li>
<li>Security</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or to become a coordinator for
any of them. For more information, see the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19/Content">Content team wiki</a>.</p>
<h2>Open Day</h2>
<p>This call for proposals also targets <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open Day</a>, a day of activities targeted
at the general public on July 20th. Topics of interest range from topics
specific to Debian to the greater Free Software community and maker movement.
The idea of Open Day is to bring the general public closer to Debian and
vice-versa, so activity proposals that go in that direction are more than
welcome.</p>
<p>If you are interested in presenting on Open Day, let us know in the "Notes"
field of your submission. We might also invite proponents that are not
specifically targeting Open Day to present in it if we find that the topic
fits the above goals.</p>
<p>The Open Day will host activities in multiple languages.
We expect to have activities in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>If your talk will be in portuguese, you can write the Abstract field
in portuguese too.</p>
<h2>Talk proposal help on IRC</h2>
<p>This year we will be holding holding office hours on IRC. Those will be
designated times where the DebConf content team will be available to help
potential speakers prepare their talk proposals for DebConf.</p>
<p>Dates and times for those will be announced later.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> designed to ensure everyone’s safety
and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including speakers and the
content of their presentations. Do not hesitate to contact us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a> if you have any questions or are unsure about certain
content you’d like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video is one of the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>, as it makes the content
accessible to a wider audience. Unless speakers opt-out, scheduled talks may be
streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation, and recordings
will be published later under the <a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a> (MIT/Expat), as well as
presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Closing note</h2>
<p>DebConf 19 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think you
know of others who would be willing to help, please get in touch with
<a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us first,
please do not hesitate to reach out to the content team at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Curitiba!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p>Google Platinum Sponsor of DebConf192019-03-25T12:30:00+01:002019-03-25T12:30:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-03-25:/2019/03/google-platinum-debconf19.html<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"The annual DebConf is an important part of the Debian development ecosystem
and Google is delighted to return as a sponsor in support of the work
of the global community of volunteers who make Debian and DebConf a reality"</em>
said Cat Allman, Program Manager in the Open Source Programs
and Making & Science teams at Google.</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf19,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"The annual DebConf is an important part of the Debian development ecosystem
and Google is delighted to return as a sponsor in support of the work
of the global community of volunteers who make Debian and DebConf a reality"</em>
said Cat Allman, Program Manager in the Open Source Programs
and Making & Science teams at Google.</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts
of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
within Google Cloud Platform.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf19,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p>DebConf19 registration is open!2019-03-20T20:30:00+01:002019-03-20T20:30:00+01:00Sergio Durigan Junior, Paulo Santanatag:bits.debian.org,2019-03-20:/2019/03/debconf19-open-registration-bursary.html<p><img alt="DebConf19 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal-open-registration.png"></p>
<p>Registration for <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> is now
open. The event <strong>will take place from July 21st to 28th, 2019 at the
Central campus of Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR,
in Curitiba, Brazil</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July
14th to 19th, and an <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open Day</a>
on the 20th.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> is an event open to everyone, no matter how
you identify yourself or how others perceive you. We want to increase visibility
of our diversity and work towards inclusion at Debian Project, drawing our
attendees from people just starting their Debian journey, to seasoned Debian
Developers or active contributors in different areas like packaging,
translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, user
support and many other. In other words, all are welcome.</p>
<p>To register for the event, log into the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register/">registration system</a>
and fill out the form.
You will be able to edit and update your registration at any
point. However, in order to help the organisers have a better estimate of
how many people will attend the event, we would appreciate if you could
access the system and confirm (or cancel) your participation in the Conference
as soon as you know if you will be able to come. <strong>The last day to confirm or
cancel is June 14th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>. If you don't confirm or you
register after this date, you can come to the DebConf19 but we cannot
guarantee availability of accommodation, food and swag (t-shirt, bag…).</p>
<p>For more information about registration, please visit
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/registration">Registration Information</a></p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accomodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees,
the Debian Project allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through
sponsorships to pay for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for
participants who request this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>To active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>To promote diversity: newcomers to Debian and/or DebConf, especially from
under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf19 is taken into
account when deciding upon
your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary application.
DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/bursaries">Applying for a Bursary to DebConf</a></p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> the registration for DebConf19 will be open until
Conference, but the <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using
the registration form before April 15th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>.
This deadline is necessary in order to the organisers use time to analyze the requests,
and for successful applicants to prepare for the conference.</p>
<p>To register for the Conference, either with or without a bursary request, please
visit: <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register">https://debconf19.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.
DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p><p><img alt="DebConf19 banner open registration" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal-open-registration.png"></p>
<p>Registration for <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> is now
open. The event <strong>will take place from July 21st to 28th, 2019 at the
Central campus of Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR,
in Curitiba, Brazil</strong>, and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July
14th to 19th, and an <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open Day</a>
on the 20th.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a> is an event open to everyone, no matter how
you identify yourself or how others perceive you. We want to increase visibility
of our diversity and work towards inclusion at Debian Project, drawing our
attendees from people just starting their Debian journey, to seasoned Debian
Developers or active contributors in different areas like packaging,
translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, user
support and many other. In other words, all are welcome.</p>
<p>To register for the event, log into the
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register/">registration system</a>
and fill out the form.
You will be able to edit and update your registration at any
point. However, in order to help the organisers have a better estimate of
how many people will attend the event, we would appreciate if you could
access the system and confirm (or cancel) your participation in the Conference
as soon as you know if you will be able to come. <strong>The last day to confirm or
cancel is June 14th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>. If you don't confirm or you
register after this date, you can come to the DebConf19 but we cannot
guarantee availability of accommodation, food and swag (t-shirt, bag…).</p>
<p>For more information about registration, please visit
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/registration">Registration Information</a></p>
<h2>Bursary for travel, accomodation and meals</h2>
<p>In an effort to widen the diversity of DebConf attendees,
the Debian Project allocates a part of the financial resources obtained through
sponsorships to pay for bursaries (travel, accommodation, and/or meals) for
participants who request this support when they register.</p>
<p>As resources are limited, we will examine the requests and decide who will
receive the bursaries. They will be destined:</p>
<ul>
<li>To active Debian contributors.</li>
<li>To promote diversity: newcomers to Debian and/or DebConf, especially from
under-represented communities.</li>
</ul>
<p>Giving a talk, organizing an event or helping during DebConf19 is taken into
account when deciding upon
your bursary, so please mention them in your bursary application.
DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>For more information about bursaries, please visit
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/bursaries">Applying for a Bursary to DebConf</a></p>
<p><strong>Attention:</strong> the registration for DebConf19 will be open until
Conference, but the <strong>deadline to apply for bursaries using
the registration form before April 15th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC</strong>.
This deadline is necessary in order to the organisers use time to analyze the requests,
and for successful applicants to prepare for the conference.</p>
<p>To register for the Conference, either with or without a bursary request, please
visit: <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/register">https://debconf19.debconf.org/register</a></p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>.
DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2019)2019-03-12T13:00:00+01:002019-03-12T13:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-03-12:/2019/03/new-developers-2019-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)</li>
<li>Unit 193 (unit193)</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira (marciosouza)</li>
<li>Ross Vandegrift (rvandegrift)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Romain Perier</li>
<li>Felix Yan</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)</li>
<li>Unit 193 (unit193)</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira (marciosouza)</li>
<li>Ross Vandegrift (rvandegrift)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Romain Perier</li>
<li>Felix Yan</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Infomaniak Platinum Sponsor of DebConf192019-02-21T15:45:00+01:002019-02-21T15:45:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2019-02-21:/2019/02/infomaniak-platinum-debconf19.html<p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Infomaniak is proud to support the annual Debian Developers' Conference"</em>,
said Marc Oehler, Chief Operating Officer at Infomaniak. <em>"The vast majority
of our hostings work using Debian and we share this community's values:
promoting innovation whilst ensuring that security,
transparency and user freedom remains top priority."</em></p>
<p>Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Infomaniak contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><img alt="infomaniaklogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/infomaniak.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Infomaniak is proud to support the annual Debian Developers' Conference"</em>,
said Marc Oehler, Chief Operating Officer at Infomaniak. <em>"The vast majority
of our hostings work using Debian and we share this community's values:
promoting innovation whilst ensuring that security,
transparency and user freedom remains top priority."</em></p>
<p>Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
live-streaming and video on demand services.
It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical
to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company
(both software and hardware). </p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Infomaniak contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf19!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf19 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf19 website at <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">https://debconf19.debconf.org</a>.</p>Projects and mentors for Debian's Google Summer of Code 2019 and Outreachy2019-02-03T10:40:00+01:002019-02-03T10:40:00+01:00Alexander Wirttag:bits.debian.org,2019-02-03:/2019/02/project-and-mentors-gsoc-2019-outreachy.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg">
<img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian is applying as a mentoring organization for the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">Google Summer of Code 2019</a>,
an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up,
and will apply soon for the next round of <a href="https://www.outreachy.org">Outreachy</a>,
an internship program for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.</p>
<p>Please join us and help expanding Debian and mentoring new free software contributors!</p>
<p>If you have a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019#Guidelines_for_GSoC_Projects_in_Debian">project idea related to Debian</a>
and can mentor (or can coordinate the mentorship with some other Debian
Developer or contributor, or within a Debian team),
please add the details to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects">Debian GSoC2019 Projects wiki page</a>
<em>by Tuesday, February 5 2019</em>.</p>
<p>Participating in these programs has many benefits for Debian and the wider free
software community. If you have questions, please come and ask us on
IRC #debian-outreach or the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing list</a>.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg">
<img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian is applying as a mentoring organization for the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019">Google Summer of Code 2019</a>,
an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up,
and will apply soon for the next round of <a href="https://www.outreachy.org">Outreachy</a>,
an internship program for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.</p>
<p>Please join us and help expanding Debian and mentoring new free software contributors!</p>
<p>If you have a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019#Guidelines_for_GSoC_Projects_in_Debian">project idea related to Debian</a>
and can mentor (or can coordinate the mentorship with some other Debian
Developer or contributor, or within a Debian team),
please add the details to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects">Debian GSoC2019 Projects wiki page</a>
<em>by Tuesday, February 5 2019</em>.</p>
<p>Participating in these programs has many benefits for Debian and the wider free
software community. If you have questions, please come and ask us on
IRC #debian-outreach or the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing list</a>.</p>Help test initial support for Secure Boot2019-02-02T11:00:00+01:002019-02-02T11:00:00+01:00Steve McIntyre, Cyril Bruleboistag:bits.debian.org,2019-02-02:/2019/02/testing-initial-secure-boot-support.html<p>The Debian Installer team is happy to report that the Buster Alpha 5
release of the installer includes some <strong>initial</strong> support for UEFI
Secure Boot (SB) in Debian's installation media.</p>
<p><strong>This support is not yet complete</strong>, and we would like to request
some help! Please read on for more context and instructions to help us
get better coverage and support.</p>
<p>On amd64 machines, by default the Debian installer will now boot (and
install) a signed version of the <code>shim</code> package as the first stage
boot loader. Shim is the core package in a signed Linux boot chain on
Intel-compatible PCs. It is responsible for validating signatures on
further pieces of the boot process (GRUB and the Linux kernel),
allowing for verification of those pieces. Each of those pieces will
be signed by a Debian <em>production</em> signing key that is baked into the
<code>shim</code> binary itself.</p>
<p>However, for safety during the development phase of Debian's SB
support, we have only been using a temporary test key to sign our GRUB
and Linux packages. If we made a mistake with key management or trust
path verification during this development, this would save us from
having to revoke the production key. We plan on switching to the
production key soon.</p>
<p>Due to the use of the test key so far, out of the box Debian will
<strong>not</strong> yet install or run with SB enabled; Shim will not validate
signatures with the test key and will stop, reporting the
problem. This is correct and useful behaviour!</p>
<p>Thus far, Debian users have needed to disable SB before installation
to make things work. From now on, with SB still disabled, installation and
use should work just the same as previously. Shim simply chain-loads
GRUB and continues through the boot chain without checking signatures.</p>
<p>It is possible to enrol more keys on a SB system so that shim will
recognise and allow other signatures, and this is how we have been
able to test the rest of the boot chain. We now invite more users to
give us valuable test coverage on a wider variety of hardware by
enrolling our Debian test key and running with SB enabled.</p>
<p><strong>If you want to help us test our Secure Boot support</strong>, please follow
the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot/Testing">instructions in the Debian wiki</a>
and provide feedback.</p>
<p>With help from users, we expect to be able to ship fully-working and
tested UEFI Secure Boot in an upcoming Debian Installer release and in
the main Buster release itself.</p><p>The Debian Installer team is happy to report that the Buster Alpha 5
release of the installer includes some <strong>initial</strong> support for UEFI
Secure Boot (SB) in Debian's installation media.</p>
<p><strong>This support is not yet complete</strong>, and we would like to request
some help! Please read on for more context and instructions to help us
get better coverage and support.</p>
<p>On amd64 machines, by default the Debian installer will now boot (and
install) a signed version of the <code>shim</code> package as the first stage
boot loader. Shim is the core package in a signed Linux boot chain on
Intel-compatible PCs. It is responsible for validating signatures on
further pieces of the boot process (GRUB and the Linux kernel),
allowing for verification of those pieces. Each of those pieces will
be signed by a Debian <em>production</em> signing key that is baked into the
<code>shim</code> binary itself.</p>
<p>However, for safety during the development phase of Debian's SB
support, we have only been using a temporary test key to sign our GRUB
and Linux packages. If we made a mistake with key management or trust
path verification during this development, this would save us from
having to revoke the production key. We plan on switching to the
production key soon.</p>
<p>Due to the use of the test key so far, out of the box Debian will
<strong>not</strong> yet install or run with SB enabled; Shim will not validate
signatures with the test key and will stop, reporting the
problem. This is correct and useful behaviour!</p>
<p>Thus far, Debian users have needed to disable SB before installation
to make things work. From now on, with SB still disabled, installation and
use should work just the same as previously. Shim simply chain-loads
GRUB and continues through the boot chain without checking signatures.</p>
<p>It is possible to enrol more keys on a SB system so that shim will
recognise and allow other signatures, and this is how we have been
able to test the rest of the boot chain. We now invite more users to
give us valuable test coverage on a wider variety of hardware by
enrolling our Debian test key and running with SB enabled.</p>
<p><strong>If you want to help us test our Secure Boot support</strong>, please follow
the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot/Testing">instructions in the Debian wiki</a>
and provide feedback.</p>
<p>With help from users, we expect to be able to ship fully-working and
tested UEFI Secure Boot in an upcoming Debian Installer release and in
the main Buster release itself.</p>"futurePrototype" will be the default theme for Debian 102019-01-14T13:15:00+01:002019-01-14T13:15:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina, Niels Thykier and Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2019-01-14:/2019/01/futurePrototype-will-be-the-default-theme-for-debian-10.html<p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype">"futurePrototype"</a>
by Alex Makas has been selected
as default theme for Debian 10 'buster'.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype"><img alt="futurePrototype Login screen. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/futureprototype_login.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00003.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/buster">eleven choices</a>
have been submitted, and any Debian contributor has received
the opportunity to vote on them in a survey.
We received 3,646 responses ranking the different choices,
and futurePrototype has been the winner among them.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated
providing nice wallpapers and artwork for Debian 10,
and encourage everybody interested in this area of Debian,
to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">Design Team</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Alex, and thank you very much for your contribution to Debian!</p><p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype">"futurePrototype"</a>
by Alex Makas has been selected
as default theme for Debian 10 'buster'.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/futurePrototype"><img alt="futurePrototype Login screen. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/futureprototype_login.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00003.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/buster">eleven choices</a>
have been submitted, and any Debian contributor has received
the opportunity to vote on them in a survey.
We received 3,646 responses ranking the different choices,
and futurePrototype has been the winner among them.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated
providing nice wallpapers and artwork for Debian 10,
and encourage everybody interested in this area of Debian,
to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">Design Team</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Alex, and thank you very much for your contribution to Debian!</p>DebConf19 is looking for sponsors!2019-01-10T18:30:00+01:002019-01-10T18:30:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina, Andre Bianchi and Paulo Santanatag:bits.debian.org,2019-01-10:/2019/01/debconf19-looking-for-sponsors.html<p><strong><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> will be held in
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/curitiba/">Curitiba</a>, Brazil from July 21th
to 28th, 2019</strong>.
It will be preceded by DebCamp, July 14th to 19th, and <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open
Day</a> on the 20th.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, Debian's annual developers conference,
is an amazing event where Debian contributors from all around the world
gather to present, discuss and work in teams around the Debian operating
system. It is a great opportunity to get to know people responsible for the
success of the project and to witness a respectful and functional distributed
community in action.</p>
<p>The DebConf team aims to organize the Debian Conference
as a self-sustaining event, despite its size and complexity.
The financial contributions and support by individuals, companies and
organizations are pivotal to our success.</p>
<p>There are many different possibilities to support DebConf
and we are in the process of contacting potential sponsors
from all around the globe.
If you know any organization that could be interested
or who would like to give back resources to FOSS,
please consider handing them
the <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc19/fundraising/debconf19_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
or <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">contact the fundraising team</a> with any leads.
If you are a company and want to sponsor, please contact us at <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>Let’s work together, as every year, on making the best DebConf ever.
We are waiting for you at Curitiba!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p><p><strong><a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org">DebConf19</a> will be held in
<a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/about/curitiba/">Curitiba</a>, Brazil from July 21th
to 28th, 2019</strong>.
It will be preceded by DebCamp, July 14th to 19th, and <a href="https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule/openday/">Open
Day</a> on the 20th.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, Debian's annual developers conference,
is an amazing event where Debian contributors from all around the world
gather to present, discuss and work in teams around the Debian operating
system. It is a great opportunity to get to know people responsible for the
success of the project and to witness a respectful and functional distributed
community in action.</p>
<p>The DebConf team aims to organize the Debian Conference
as a self-sustaining event, despite its size and complexity.
The financial contributions and support by individuals, companies and
organizations are pivotal to our success.</p>
<p>There are many different possibilities to support DebConf
and we are in the process of contacting potential sponsors
from all around the globe.
If you know any organization that could be interested
or who would like to give back resources to FOSS,
please consider handing them
the <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc19/fundraising/debconf19_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
or <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">contact the fundraising team</a> with any leads.
If you are a company and want to sponsor, please contact us at <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>Let’s work together, as every year, on making the best DebConf ever.
We are waiting for you at Curitiba!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf19 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Debconf19-horizontal.png"></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2018)2019-01-08T14:00:00+01:002019-01-08T14:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2019-01-08:/2019/01/new-developers-2018-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhijith PA (abhijith)</li>
<li>Philippe Thierry (philou)</li>
<li>Kai-Chung Yan (seamlik)</li>
<li>Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)</li>
<li>Daniele Tricoli (eriol)</li>
<li>Molly de Blanc (mollydb)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nicolas Mora</li>
<li>Wolfgang Silbermayr</li>
<li>Marcos Fouces</li>
<li>kpcyrd</li>
<li>Scott Martin Leggett</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhijith PA (abhijith)</li>
<li>Philippe Thierry (philou)</li>
<li>Kai-Chung Yan (seamlik)</li>
<li>Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)</li>
<li>Daniele Tricoli (eriol)</li>
<li>Molly de Blanc (mollydb)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Nicolas Mora</li>
<li>Wolfgang Silbermayr</li>
<li>Marcos Fouces</li>
<li>kpcyrd</li>
<li>Scott Martin Leggett</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Cloud Sprint 20182018-12-11T12:30:00+01:002018-12-11T12:30:00+01:00Tomasz Rybaktag:bits.debian.org,2018-12-11:/2018/12/debian-cloud-sprint-2018.html<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Cloud">Debian Cloud team</a> held a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianCloudOct2018">sprint</a> for the third time,
hosted by Amazon at its Seattle offices from October 8th to October 10th, 2018.</p>
<p>We discussed the status of images on various platforms, especially in
light of moving to <a href="https://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> as the only method for building
images on all the cloud platforms. The next topic was building and testing workflows,
including the use of Debian machines for building, testing, storing, and publishing built
images. This was partially caused by the move of all
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team">repositories to Salsa</a>, which allows for better
management of code changes, especially reviewing new code.</p>
<p>Recently we have made progress supporting cloud usage cases; grub
and kernel optimised for cloud images help with reducing boot time and
required memory footprint. There is also growing interest in non-x86
images, and FAI can now build such images.</p>
<p>Discussion of support for LTS images, which started at the sprint, has now moved to
the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/">debian-cloud mailing list</a>).
We also discussed providing many image variants, which
requires a more advanced and automated workflow, especially regarding
testing. Further discussion touched upon providing newer kernels and software
like cloud-init from backports. As interest in using
secure boot is increasing, we might cooperate with other team and use work on UEFI to
provide images signed boot loader and kernel.</p>
<p>Another topic of discussion was the management of accounts used by Debian to
build and publish Debian images. <a href="https://spi-inc.org/">SPI</a> will create and manage
such accounts for Debian, including user accounts (synchronised
with Debian accounts). Buster images should be published using those
new accounts. Our Cloud Team delegation proposal (prepared by Luca
Fillipozzi) was <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2018/10/msg00035.html">accepted</a>
by the Debian Project Leader.
Sprint minutes are <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2018/11/msg00008.html">available</a>,
including a summary and a list of action items for individual members.</p>
<p><img alt="Group photo of the participants in the Cloud Team Sprint" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/cloud_sprint_2018.jpeg"></p><p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Cloud">Debian Cloud team</a> held a
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianCloudOct2018">sprint</a> for the third time,
hosted by Amazon at its Seattle offices from October 8th to October 10th, 2018.</p>
<p>We discussed the status of images on various platforms, especially in
light of moving to <a href="https://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> as the only method for building
images on all the cloud platforms. The next topic was building and testing workflows,
including the use of Debian machines for building, testing, storing, and publishing built
images. This was partially caused by the move of all
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team">repositories to Salsa</a>, which allows for better
management of code changes, especially reviewing new code.</p>
<p>Recently we have made progress supporting cloud usage cases; grub
and kernel optimised for cloud images help with reducing boot time and
required memory footprint. There is also growing interest in non-x86
images, and FAI can now build such images.</p>
<p>Discussion of support for LTS images, which started at the sprint, has now moved to
the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/">debian-cloud mailing list</a>).
We also discussed providing many image variants, which
requires a more advanced and automated workflow, especially regarding
testing. Further discussion touched upon providing newer kernels and software
like cloud-init from backports. As interest in using
secure boot is increasing, we might cooperate with other team and use work on UEFI to
provide images signed boot loader and kernel.</p>
<p>Another topic of discussion was the management of accounts used by Debian to
build and publish Debian images. <a href="https://spi-inc.org/">SPI</a> will create and manage
such accounts for Debian, including user accounts (synchronised
with Debian accounts). Buster images should be published using those
new accounts. Our Cloud Team delegation proposal (prepared by Luca
Fillipozzi) was <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2018/10/msg00035.html">accepted</a>
by the Debian Project Leader.
Sprint minutes are <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2018/11/msg00008.html">available</a>,
including a summary and a list of action items for individual members.</p>
<p><img alt="Group photo of the participants in the Cloud Team Sprint" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/cloud_sprint_2018.jpeg"></p>Debian welcomes its new Outreachy intern2018-11-29T20:15:00+01:002018-11-29T20:15:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-11-29:/2018/11/welcome-outreachy-intern-2018-2019.html<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we'd like to
welcome our new Outreachy intern for this round, lasting from December 2018 to
March 2019.</p>
<p><a href="https://moonkin.github.io/">Anastasia Tsikoza</a>
will work on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round16/Projects/DerivativesIntegration">Improving the integration of Debian derivatives with the Debian infrastructure and the community</a>,
mentored by Paul Wise and Raju Devidas.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Anastasia, and welcome!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p><p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we'd like to
welcome our new Outreachy intern for this round, lasting from December 2018 to
March 2019.</p>
<p><a href="https://moonkin.github.io/">Anastasia Tsikoza</a>
will work on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round16/Projects/DerivativesIntegration">Improving the integration of Debian derivatives with the Debian infrastructure and the community</a>,
mentored by Paul Wise and Raju Devidas.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Anastasia, and welcome!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2018)2018-11-08T14:00:00+01:002018-11-08T14:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-11-08:/2018/11/new-developers-2018-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Joseph Herlant (aerostitch)</li>
<li>Aurélien Couderc (coucouf)</li>
<li>Dylan Aïssi (daissi)</li>
<li>Kunal Mehta (legoktm)</li>
<li>Ming-ting Yao Wei (mwei)</li>
<li>Nicolas Braud-Santoni (nicoo)</li>
<li>Pierre-Elliott Bécue (peb)</li>
<li>Stephen Gelman (ssgelm)</li>
<li>Daniel Echeverry (epsilon)</li>
<li>Dmitry Bogatov (kaction)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sagar Ippalpalli</li>
<li>Kurt Kremitzki</li>
<li>Michal Arbet</li>
<li>Peter Wienemann</li>
<li>Alexis Bienvenüe</li>
<li>Gard Spreemann</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Joseph Herlant (aerostitch)</li>
<li>Aurélien Couderc (coucouf)</li>
<li>Dylan Aïssi (daissi)</li>
<li>Kunal Mehta (legoktm)</li>
<li>Ming-ting Yao Wei (mwei)</li>
<li>Nicolas Braud-Santoni (nicoo)</li>
<li>Pierre-Elliott Bécue (peb)</li>
<li>Stephen Gelman (ssgelm)</li>
<li>Daniel Echeverry (epsilon)</li>
<li>Dmitry Bogatov (kaction)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sagar Ippalpalli</li>
<li>Kurt Kremitzki</li>
<li>Michal Arbet</li>
<li>Peter Wienemann</li>
<li>Alexis Bienvenüe</li>
<li>Gard Spreemann</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2018)2018-09-09T17:00:00+02:002018-09-09T17:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-09-09:/2018/09/new-developers-2018-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>William Blough (bblough)</li>
<li>Shengjing Zhu (zhsj)</li>
<li>Boyuan Yang (byang)</li>
<li>Thomas Koch (thk)</li>
<li>Xavier Guimard (yadd)</li>
<li>Valentin Vidic (vvidic)</li>
<li>Mo Zhou (lumin)</li>
<li>Ruben Undheim (rubund)</li>
<li>Damiel Baumann (daniel)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Phil Morrell</li>
<li>Raúl Benencia</li>
<li>Brian T. Smith</li>
<li>Iñaki Martin Malerba</li>
<li>Hayashi Kentaro</li>
<li>Arnaud Rebillout</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>William Blough (bblough)</li>
<li>Shengjing Zhu (zhsj)</li>
<li>Boyuan Yang (byang)</li>
<li>Thomas Koch (thk)</li>
<li>Xavier Guimard (yadd)</li>
<li>Valentin Vidic (vvidic)</li>
<li>Mo Zhou (lumin)</li>
<li>Ruben Undheim (rubund)</li>
<li>Damiel Baumann (daniel)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Phil Morrell</li>
<li>Raúl Benencia</li>
<li>Brian T. Smith</li>
<li>Iñaki Martin Malerba</li>
<li>Hayashi Kentaro</li>
<li>Arnaud Rebillout</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>25 years and counting2018-08-16T08:50:00+02:002018-08-16T08:50:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2018-08-16:/2018/08/debian-is-25.html<p><img alt="Debian is 25 years old by Angelo Rosa" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian25years.png"></p>
<p>When the late Ian Murdock announced 25 years ago in comp.os.linux.development,
<em>"the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release, [...] the Debian Linux Release"</em>,
nobody would have expected the "Debian Linux Release" to become what's nowadays
known as the Debian Project, one of the largest and most influential free software projects.
Its primary product is Debian, a free operating system (OS) for your computer, as well as
for plenty of other systems which enhance your life. From the inner workings of your nearby
airport to your car entertainment system, and from cloud servers hosting your favorite
websites to the IoT devices that communicate with them, Debian can power it all.</p>
<p>Today, the Debian project is a large and thriving organization with countless self-organized
teams comprised of volunteers. While it often looks chaotic from the outside, the project
is sustained by its two main organizational documents: the <a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract">Debian Social Contract</a>, which provides
a vision of improving society, and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a>, which provide an indication
of what software is considered usable. They are supplemented by the project's <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Constitution</a> which
lays down the project structure, and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Code of Conduct</a>, which sets the tone for interactions within the project.</p>
<p>Every day over the last 25 years, people have sent bug reports and patches, uploaded
packages, updated translations, created artwork, organized events about Debian, updated
the website, taught others how to use Debian, and created hundreds of derivatives.</p>
<p><strong>Here's to another 25 years - and hopefully many, many more!</strong></p><p><img alt="Debian is 25 years old by Angelo Rosa" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian25years.png"></p>
<p>When the late Ian Murdock announced 25 years ago in comp.os.linux.development,
<em>"the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release, [...] the Debian Linux Release"</em>,
nobody would have expected the "Debian Linux Release" to become what's nowadays
known as the Debian Project, one of the largest and most influential free software projects.
Its primary product is Debian, a free operating system (OS) for your computer, as well as
for plenty of other systems which enhance your life. From the inner workings of your nearby
airport to your car entertainment system, and from cloud servers hosting your favorite
websites to the IoT devices that communicate with them, Debian can power it all.</p>
<p>Today, the Debian project is a large and thriving organization with countless self-organized
teams comprised of volunteers. While it often looks chaotic from the outside, the project
is sustained by its two main organizational documents: the <a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract">Debian Social Contract</a>, which provides
a vision of improving society, and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a>, which provide an indication
of what software is considered usable. They are supplemented by the project's <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution">Constitution</a> which
lays down the project structure, and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Code of Conduct</a>, which sets the tone for interactions within the project.</p>
<p>Every day over the last 25 years, people have sent bug reports and patches, uploaded
packages, updated translations, created artwork, organized events about Debian, updated
the website, taught others how to use Debian, and created hundreds of derivatives.</p>
<p><strong>Here's to another 25 years - and hopefully many, many more!</strong></p>DebConf18 closes in Hsinchu and DebConf19 dates announced2018-08-05T22:00:00+02:002018-08-05T22:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-08-05:/2018/08/debconf18-closes.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf18 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Debconf18_group_photo_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Sunday 5 August 2018, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
With over 306 people attending from all over the world,
and 137 events including 100 talks, 25 discussion sessions or BoFs,
5 workshops and 7 other activities,
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> has been hailed as a success.</p>
<p>Highlights included DebCamp with more than 90 participants,
the <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/?day=2018-07-28">Open Day</a>,
where events of interest to a broader audience were offered,
plenaries like the traditional Bits from the DPL,
a Questions and Answers session with Minister Audrey Tang,
a panel discussion about "Ignoring negativity" with Bdale Garbee, Chris Lamb, Enrico Zini and Steve McIntyre,
the talk "That's a free software issue!!" given by Molly de Blanc and Karen Sandler,
lightning talks and live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf (<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19">DebConf19</a> in Curitiba, Brazil).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
has been updated every day, including 27 ad-hoc new activities, planned
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>For those not able to attend, most talks and sessions were recorded and live streamed,
and videos are being made available at the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2018/DebConf18/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Many sessions also facilitated remote participation via IRC or a collaborative text document.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">DebConf18</a> website
will remain active for archive purposes, and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19">DebConf19</a> will be held in Curitiba, Brazil, from
21 July to 28 July, 2019. It will be the second DebConf held in Brazil (first one was DebConf4 in
Porto Alegre.
For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp
(13 July – 19 July),
a session for some intense work on improving the distribution,
and organise the Open Day on 20 July 2019, open to the general public.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</a>
is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf18 web page at
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/GroupPhoto"><img alt="DebConf18 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Debconf18_group_photo_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Sunday 5 August 2018, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
With over 306 people attending from all over the world,
and 137 events including 100 talks, 25 discussion sessions or BoFs,
5 workshops and 7 other activities,
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> has been hailed as a success.</p>
<p>Highlights included DebCamp with more than 90 participants,
the <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/?day=2018-07-28">Open Day</a>,
where events of interest to a broader audience were offered,
plenaries like the traditional Bits from the DPL,
a Questions and Answers session with Minister Audrey Tang,
a panel discussion about "Ignoring negativity" with Bdale Garbee, Chris Lamb, Enrico Zini and Steve McIntyre,
the talk "That's a free software issue!!" given by Molly de Blanc and Karen Sandler,
lightning talks and live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf (<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19">DebConf19</a> in Curitiba, Brazil).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
has been updated every day, including 27 ad-hoc new activities, planned
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>For those not able to attend, most talks and sessions were recorded and live streamed,
and videos are being made available at the
<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2018/DebConf18/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Many sessions also facilitated remote participation via IRC or a collaborative text document.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">DebConf18</a> website
will remain active for archive purposes, and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/19">DebConf19</a> will be held in Curitiba, Brazil, from
21 July to 28 July, 2019. It will be the second DebConf held in Brazil (first one was DebConf4 in
Porto Alegre.
For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp
(13 July – 19 July),
a session for some intense work on improving the distribution,
and organise the Open Day on 20 July 2019, open to the general public.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>.</p>
<h3>About Debian</h3>
<p>The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
<em>universal operating system</em>.</p>
<h3>About DebConf</h3>
<p>DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
<a href="https://debconf.org">https://debconf.org/</a>.</p>
<h3>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</a>
is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf18 web page at
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/</a>
or send mail to <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>.</p>DebConf18 thanks its sponsors!2018-08-02T12:00:00+02:002018-08-02T12:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-08-02:/2018/08/dc18-thanks-its-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p>DebConf18 is taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from July 29th to August 5th, 2018.
It is the first Debian Annual Conference in Asia, with
over 300 attendees and major advances for Debian and for Free Software in general.</p>
<p>Thirty-two companies have committed to sponsor DebConf18! With a warm
"thank you", we'd like to introduce them to you.</p>
<p>Our Platinum sponsor is <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>.
HPE is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>We have four Gold sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, a technology company
specialized in Internet-related services as online advertising and search engine,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>, Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering live-streaming and video on demand services,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
which offers a comprehensive range of services to help its clients to
navigate the ever-evolving world of Open Source, and</li>
<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>, the American multinational technology company
developing, licensing and selling computer software, consumer electronics,
personal computers and related services.</li>
</ul>
<p>As Silver sponsors we have
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/"><strong>Gandi</strong></a>
(a French company providing domain name registration, web hosting, and related services),
<a href="https://skymizer.com/"><strong>Skymizer</strong></a>
(a Taiwanese company focused on compiler and virtual machine technology),
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
(a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software),
<a href="https://www.brandorr.com/"><strong>Brandorr Group</strong></a>,
(a company that develops, deploys and manages new or existing infrastructure in the cloud
for customers of all sizes),
<a href="https://www.3cx.com/"><strong>3CX</strong></a>,
(a software-based, open standards IP PBX that offers complete unified communications),
<a href="https://www.fsij.org/"><strong>Free Software Initiative Japan</strong></a>,
(a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Free Software growth and development),
<a href="http://www.ti.com/"><strong>Texas Instruments</strong></a> (the global semiconductor company),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,800</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>ARM</strong></a>,
(a multinational semiconductor and software design company, designers of the ARM processors),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
(the Operating System delivered by Canonical),
<a href="https://cumulusnetworks.com/"><strong>Cumulus Networks</strong></a>,
(a company building web-scale networks using innovative, open networking technology),
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
(a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare)
and <a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
(a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques).</p>
<p><a href="http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
<a href="https://privateinternetaccess.com/"><strong>Private Internet Access</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.logilab.fr/"><strong>Logilab</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/"><strong>Dropbox</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>
are our Bronze sponsors.</p>
<p>And finally, <a href="https://slat.org/"><strong>SLAT (Software Liberty Association of Taiwan)</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/"><strong>The Linux foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>deepin</strong></a>,
<a href="https://altusmetrum.org/"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://evolix.com/"><strong>Evolix</strong></a>,
<a href="https://github.com/DT42/BerryNet"><strong>BerryNet</strong></a> and
<a href="https://puri.sm/"><strong>Purism</strong></a>
are our supporter sponsors.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions made possible that a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf18.</p><p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p>DebConf18 is taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from July 29th to August 5th, 2018.
It is the first Debian Annual Conference in Asia, with
over 300 attendees and major advances for Debian and for Free Software in general.</p>
<p>Thirty-two companies have committed to sponsor DebConf18! With a warm
"thank you", we'd like to introduce them to you.</p>
<p>Our Platinum sponsor is <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>.
HPE is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>We have four Gold sponsors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, a technology company
specialized in Internet-related services as online advertising and search engine,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.infomaniak.com/"><strong>Infomaniak</strong></a>, Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
also offering live-streaming and video on demand services,</li>
<li><a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
which offers a comprehensive range of services to help its clients to
navigate the ever-evolving world of Open Source, and</li>
<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>, the American multinational technology company
developing, licensing and selling computer software, consumer electronics,
personal computers and related services.</li>
</ul>
<p>As Silver sponsors we have
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://www.gandi.net/"><strong>Gandi</strong></a>
(a French company providing domain name registration, web hosting, and related services),
<a href="https://skymizer.com/"><strong>Skymizer</strong></a>
(a Taiwanese company focused on compiler and virtual machine technology),
<a href="https://www.cip-project.org/"><strong>Civil Infrastructure Platform</strong></a>,
(a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation,
establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software),
<a href="https://www.brandorr.com/"><strong>Brandorr Group</strong></a>,
(a company that develops, deploys and manages new or existing infrastructure in the cloud
for customers of all sizes),
<a href="https://www.3cx.com/"><strong>3CX</strong></a>,
(a software-based, open standards IP PBX that offers complete unified communications),
<a href="https://www.fsij.org/"><strong>Free Software Initiative Japan</strong></a>,
(a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Free Software growth and development),
<a href="http://www.ti.com/"><strong>Texas Instruments</strong></a> (the global semiconductor company),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,800</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.arm.com/"><strong>ARM</strong></a>,
(a multinational semiconductor and software design company, designers of the ARM processors),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>,
(the Operating System delivered by Canonical),
<a href="https://cumulusnetworks.com/"><strong>Cumulus Networks</strong></a>,
(a company building web-scale networks using innovative, open networking technology),
<a href="https://code4life.roche.com/"><strong>Roche</strong></a>,
(a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare)
and <a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson-Trading</strong></a>,
(a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms
using advanced mathematical techniques).</p>
<p><a href="http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
<a href="https://privateinternetaccess.com/"><strong>Private Internet Access</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.logilab.fr/"><strong>Logilab</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/"><strong>Dropbox</strong></a> and
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>
are our Bronze sponsors.</p>
<p>And finally, <a href="https://slat.org/"><strong>SLAT (Software Liberty Association of Taiwan)</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/"><strong>The Linux foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.deepin.com/"><strong>deepin</strong></a>,
<a href="https://altusmetrum.org/"><strong>Altus Metrum</strong></a>,
<a href="https://evolix.com/"><strong>Evolix</strong></a>,
<a href="https://github.com/DT42/BerryNet"><strong>BerryNet</strong></a> and
<a href="https://puri.sm/"><strong>Purism</strong></a>
are our supporter sponsors.</p>
<p>Thanks to all our sponsors for their support!
Their contributions made possible that a large number
of Debian contributors from all over the globe work together,
help and learn from each other in DebConf18.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2018)2018-07-30T19:45:00+02:002018-07-30T19:45:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-07-30:/2018/07/new-developers-2018-06.html<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andre Bianchi</li>
<li>Simon Quigley</li>
<li>Andrius Merkys</li>
<li>Tong Sun</li>
<li>James Lu</li>
<li>Raphaël Halimi</li>
<li>Paul Seyfert</li>
<li>Dustin Kirkland</li>
<li>Yanhao Mo</li>
<li>Paride Legovini</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Application managers are needed to help contributors get their Debian Developer
accounts. See the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00007.html">call from New Member Front Desk</a>
for details.</p><p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andre Bianchi</li>
<li>Simon Quigley</li>
<li>Andrius Merkys</li>
<li>Tong Sun</li>
<li>James Lu</li>
<li>Raphaël Halimi</li>
<li>Paul Seyfert</li>
<li>Dustin Kirkland</li>
<li>Yanhao Mo</li>
<li>Paride Legovini</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Application managers are needed to help contributors get their Debian Developer
accounts. See the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00007.html">call from New Member Front Desk</a>
for details.</p>DebConf18 starts today in Hsinchu2018-07-29T03:30:00+02:002018-07-29T03:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-07-29:/2018/07/dc18-starts.html<p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">DebConf18</a>, the 19th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan
from July 29th to August 5th, 2018.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Venue">National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC)</a>
during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work
and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian),
and the Open Day on July 28th (with presentations and workshops
of interest to a wide audience).</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 300 attendants
and 118 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings,
workshops, a job fair, talks from invited speakers,
as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf18 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
Yushan (玉山) (the main auditorium), Xueshan (雪山), and Zhongyangjianshan (中央尖山),
or join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-y"><strong>#debconf18-y</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-x"><strong>#debconf18-x</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-z"><strong>#debconf18-z</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/">DebConf18</a>, the 19th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan
from July 29th to August 5th, 2018.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Venue">National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC)</a>
during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work
and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian),
and the Open Day on July 28th (with presentations and workshops
of interest to a wide audience).</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with over 300 attendants
and 118 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings,
workshops, a job fair, talks from invited speakers,
as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/"><strong>video streaming</strong> available from the DebConf18 website</a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
Yushan (玉山) (the main auditorium), Xueshan (雪山), and Zhongyangjianshan (中央尖山),
or join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-y"><strong>#debconf18-y</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-x"><strong>#debconf18-x</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf18-z"><strong>#debconf18-z</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>.</p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise Platinum Sponsor of DebConf182018-07-28T13:45:00+02:002018-07-28T13:45:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-07-28:/2018/07/hpe-platinum-debconf18.html<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Hewlett Packard Enterprise is excited to support Debian's annual developer
conference for the third consecutive year,"</em> said Steve Geary, Senior Director R&D,
Advanced Software Development, Hewlett Packard Labs.
<em>"The Debian community and open distribution are true innovation enablers for our
Memory-Driven Computing work and products all across HPE."</em></p>
<p>HPE is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf18!</p><p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Hewlett Packard Enterprise is excited to support Debian's annual developer
conference for the third consecutive year,"</em> said Steve Geary, Senior Director R&D,
Advanced Software Development, Hewlett Packard Labs.
<em>"The Debian community and open distribution are true innovation enablers for our
Memory-Driven Computing work and products all across HPE."</em></p>
<p>HPE is an industry-leading technology company
providing a comprehensive portfolio of products such as
integrated systems, servers, storage, networking and software.
The company offers consulting, operational support, financial services,
and complete solutions for many different industries: mobile and IoT,
data & analytics and the manufacturing or public sectors among others.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and providing hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software,
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf18!</p>DebConf18 invites you to Debian Open Day at National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC), in Hsinchu2018-07-27T12:00:00+02:002018-07-27T12:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina, Héctor Orón Martíneztag:bits.debian.org,2018-07-27:/2018/07/debconf18-open-day.html<p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian operating system</a>, will be held in <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Venue">National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC)</a> in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from July 29th to August 5th, 2018. The conference is preceded by DebCamp, July 21th to July 27th, and the DebConf18 Open Day on July 28th.</p>
<p>Debian is an operating system consisting entirely of free and open source software, and is known for its adherence to the Unix and Free Software philosophies and for its extensiveness. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software, and more than 400 are expected to attend DebConf18 to meet in person and work together more closely.</p>
<p>The conference features presentations and workshops, and video streams are made available in real-time and archived.</p>
<p>The DebConf18 Open Day, Saturday, July 28, is open to the public with events of interest to a wide audience.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/OpenDay">detailed schedule of the Open Day's events</a> include, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li>Questions and Answers Session with Minister Audrey Tang,</li>
<li>Debian Meets Smart City Applications with SZ Lin</li>
<li>a Debian Packaging Workshop,</li>
<li>panel discussion: Story of Debian contributors around the world,</li>
<li>sessions in English or Chinese about different aspects of the Debian project and community, and other free software projects like LibreOffice, Clonezilla and DRBL, LXDE/LXQt desktops, EzGo...</li>
</ul>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend, attendance is free, and it is a great possibility for interested users to meet the Debian community.</p>
<p>The full schedule for Open Day's events and the rest of the conference is at <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule">https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule</a> and the video streaming will be available at the <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18 website</a></p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a> for their commitment to DebConf18, particularly its Platinum Sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>, the <a href="https://www.trade.gov.tw/English/">Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs</a> via the <a href="https://www.meettaiwan.com/en_US/index.html">MEET TAIWAN program</a>, and its venue sponsors, the <a href="http://www.nctu.edu.tw/">National Chiao Tung University 國立交通大學</a> and the <a href="https://www.nchc.org.tw/">National Center for High-performance Computing 國家高速網路與計算中心</a>.</p>
<p>For media contacts, please contact DebConf organization: 林上智 (SZ Lin), Cell: 0911-162297</p><p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving the <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian operating system</a>, will be held in <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Venue">National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC)</a> in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from July 29th to August 5th, 2018. The conference is preceded by DebCamp, July 21th to July 27th, and the DebConf18 Open Day on July 28th.</p>
<p>Debian is an operating system consisting entirely of free and open source software, and is known for its adherence to the Unix and Free Software philosophies and for its extensiveness. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software, and more than 400 are expected to attend DebConf18 to meet in person and work together more closely.</p>
<p>The conference features presentations and workshops, and video streams are made available in real-time and archived.</p>
<p>The DebConf18 Open Day, Saturday, July 28, is open to the public with events of interest to a wide audience.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/OpenDay">detailed schedule of the Open Day's events</a> include, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li>Questions and Answers Session with Minister Audrey Tang,</li>
<li>Debian Meets Smart City Applications with SZ Lin</li>
<li>a Debian Packaging Workshop,</li>
<li>panel discussion: Story of Debian contributors around the world,</li>
<li>sessions in English or Chinese about different aspects of the Debian project and community, and other free software projects like LibreOffice, Clonezilla and DRBL, LXDE/LXQt desktops, EzGo...</li>
</ul>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend, attendance is free, and it is a great possibility for interested users to meet the Debian community.</p>
<p>The full schedule for Open Day's events and the rest of the conference is at <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule">https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule</a> and the video streaming will be available at the <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18 website</a></p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the numerous <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a> for their commitment to DebConf18, particularly its Platinum Sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>, the <a href="https://www.trade.gov.tw/English/">Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs</a> via the <a href="https://www.meettaiwan.com/en_US/index.html">MEET TAIWAN program</a>, and its venue sponsors, the <a href="http://www.nctu.edu.tw/">National Chiao Tung University 國立交通大學</a> and the <a href="https://www.nchc.org.tw/">National Center for High-performance Computing 國家高速網路與計算中心</a>.</p>
<p>For media contacts, please contact DebConf organization: 林上智 (SZ Lin), Cell: 0911-162297</p>Debian Perl Sprint 20182018-06-27T18:40:00+02:002018-06-27T18:40:00+02:00Dominic Hargreavestag:bits.debian.org,2018-06-27:/2018/06/debian-perl-sprint-2018.html<p>Three members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met in Hamburg between May 16 and May 20 2018 as part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2018/MiniDebConfHamburg">Mini-DebConf Hamburg</a> to continue perl development work for Buster and to work on QA tasks across our 3500+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time and met other Debian friends. The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianPerlSprint">sprint</a> was productive:</p>
<ul>
<li>21 bugs were filed or worked on, many uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The transition to Perl 5.28 was prepared, and versioned provides were again worked on.</li>
<li>Several cleanup tasks were performed, especially around the move from Alioth to Salsa in documentation, website, and wiki.</li>
<li>For src:perl, autopkgtests were enabled, and work on Versioned Provides has been resumed.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2018/06/msg00002.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the Mini-DebConf Hamburg organizers for providing the framework for our sprint, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p><p>Three members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met in Hamburg between May 16 and May 20 2018 as part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2018/MiniDebConfHamburg">Mini-DebConf Hamburg</a> to continue perl development work for Buster and to work on QA tasks across our 3500+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time and met other Debian friends. The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianPerlSprint">sprint</a> was productive:</p>
<ul>
<li>21 bugs were filed or worked on, many uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The transition to Perl 5.28 was prepared, and versioned provides were again worked on.</li>
<li>Several cleanup tasks were performed, especially around the move from Alioth to Salsa in documentation, website, and wiki.</li>
<li>For src:perl, autopkgtests were enabled, and work on Versioned Provides has been resumed.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2018/06/msg00002.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the Mini-DebConf Hamburg organizers for providing the framework for our sprint, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p>Debian Artwork: Call for Proposals for Debian 10 (Buster)2018-06-17T13:30:00+02:002018-06-17T13:30:00+02:00Jonathan Cartertag:bits.debian.org,2018-06-17:/2018/06/buster-artwork-cfp.html<p>This is the official call for artwork proposals for the Buster cycle.</p>
<p>For the most up to date details, please refer to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Buster">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Juliette
Taka Belin for doing the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">Softwaves theme for stretch</a>.</p>
<p>The deadlines for submissions is: 2018-09-05</p>
<p>The artwork is usually picked based on which themes look the most:</p>
<ul>
<li>''Debian'': admittedly not the most defined concept, since everyone has their
own take on what Debian means to them.</li>
<li>''plausible to integrate without patching core software'':
as much as we love some of the insanely hot looking themes, some
would require heavy GTK+ theming and patching GDM/GNOME.</li>
<li>''clean / well designed'': without becoming something that gets annoying to look at a
year down the road. Examples of good themes include Joy,
Lines and Softwaves.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you'd like more information, please use the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/">Debian Desktop mailing list</a>.</p><p>This is the official call for artwork proposals for the Buster cycle.</p>
<p>For the most up to date details, please refer to the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Buster">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Juliette
Taka Belin for doing the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">Softwaves theme for stretch</a>.</p>
<p>The deadlines for submissions is: 2018-09-05</p>
<p>The artwork is usually picked based on which themes look the most:</p>
<ul>
<li>''Debian'': admittedly not the most defined concept, since everyone has their
own take on what Debian means to them.</li>
<li>''plausible to integrate without patching core software'':
as much as we love some of the insanely hot looking themes, some
would require heavy GTK+ theming and patching GDM/GNOME.</li>
<li>''clean / well designed'': without becoming something that gets annoying to look at a
year down the road. Examples of good themes include Joy,
Lines and Softwaves.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you'd like more information, please use the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/">Debian Desktop mailing list</a>.</p>Debian welcomes its GSoC 2018 and Outreachy interns2018-05-30T20:45:00+02:002018-05-30T20:45:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-05-30:/2018/05/welcome-gsoc2018-and-outreachy-interns.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected twenty-six interns to work with us
during the next months: one person for <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/alums/">Outreachy</a>, and twenty-five for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5166394929315840/?sp-page=3#!">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SocialEventAndConferenceCalendars">A calendar database of social events and conferences</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.dogukancelik.com">Doğukan Çelik</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/m36-guest">Saif Abdul Cassim</a> (GSoC 2018 Android SDK tools in Debian)</li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/r_chandramouli-guest">Chandramouli Rajagopalan</a> (Packaging and Updating Android SDK Tools)</li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/darkLord-guest">Umang Parmar</a> (Android SDK Tools in Debian)</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ClangRebuild">Automatic builds with clang using OBS</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://athoscr.me/blog/gsoc2018-1/">Athos Ribeiro</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/AutomaticPackagesForEverything">Automatic Packages for Everything</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/aviau">Alexandre Viau</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ClickToDialPopupWindowForLinuxDesktop">Click To Dial Popup Window for the Linux Desktop</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DiellzaShabani">Diellza Shabani</a></li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/sanjaypra555-guest/">Sanjay Prajapat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/comfortablydumb-guest/">Vishal Gupta</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/NewDebianSSO">Design and implementation of a Debian SSO solution</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bisco.org/tags/gsoc18/">Birger Schacht</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG">EasyGnuPG Improvements</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DiveshUttamchandani">Divesh Uttamchandani</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ExtractingDataFromPDFInvoicesAndBills">Extracting data from PDF invoices and bills for financial accounting</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/HarshitJoshi">Harshit Joshi</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/FirefoxAndThunderbirdPluginFreeSoftwareHabits">Firefox and Thunderbird plugin for free software habits</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/EnkelenaHaxhija">Enkelena Haxhija</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG">GUI app for EasyGnuPG</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/yugeshk">Yugesh Ajit Kothari</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ImprovingDistro-trackerToBetterSupportDebianTeams">Improving Distro Tracker to better support Debian teams</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/StudentApplications/ArthurEsposte">Arthur Del Esposte</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/KanbanBoardForDebianBugTrackerAndCalDAVServer">Kanban Board for Debian Bug Tracker and CalDAV servers</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/StudentApplications/ChikirouMassiwayne">Chikirou Massiwayne</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/OwnMailbox">OwnMailbox Improvements</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/giorgos314">Georgios Pipilis</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/BootTorrent">P2P Network Boot with BitTorrent</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/shreyanshk">Shreyansh Khajanchi</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/PGPCleanRoomKeyManagement">PGP Clean Room Live CD</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/JacobAdams">Jacob Adams</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/PortKaliPackages">Port Kali Packages to Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/samueloph">Samuel Henrique</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/QualityAssuranceForBiologicalApplicationsInsideDebian">Quality assurance for biological applications inside Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/liubovch-guest">Liubov Chuprikova</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/RadiatorThermovalveReverseEngineering">Reverse Engineering Radiator Bluetooth Thermovalves</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/sergioalberti">Sergio Alberti</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/VirtualLtspServer">Virtual LTSP Server</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/d78ui98">Deepanshu Gajbhiye</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/NewContributorWizard">Wizard/GUI helping students/interns apply and get started</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ElenaGjevukaj">Elena Gjevukaj</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/MinkushJain">Minkush Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ShashankKumar">Shashank Kumar</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all of them!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected twenty-six interns to work with us
during the next months: one person for <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/alums/">Outreachy</a>, and twenty-five for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5166394929315840/?sp-page=3#!">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SocialEventAndConferenceCalendars">A calendar database of social events and conferences</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.dogukancelik.com">Doğukan Çelik</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK Tools in Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/m36-guest">Saif Abdul Cassim</a> (GSoC 2018 Android SDK tools in Debian)</li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/r_chandramouli-guest">Chandramouli Rajagopalan</a> (Packaging and Updating Android SDK Tools)</li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/darkLord-guest">Umang Parmar</a> (Android SDK Tools in Debian)</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ClangRebuild">Automatic builds with clang using OBS</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://athoscr.me/blog/gsoc2018-1/">Athos Ribeiro</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/AutomaticPackagesForEverything">Automatic Packages for Everything</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/aviau">Alexandre Viau</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ClickToDialPopupWindowForLinuxDesktop">Click To Dial Popup Window for the Linux Desktop</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DiellzaShabani">Diellza Shabani</a></li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/sanjaypra555-guest/">Sanjay Prajapat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/comfortablydumb-guest/">Vishal Gupta</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/NewDebianSSO">Design and implementation of a Debian SSO solution</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bisco.org/tags/gsoc18/">Birger Schacht</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG">EasyGnuPG Improvements</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DiveshUttamchandani">Divesh Uttamchandani</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ExtractingDataFromPDFInvoicesAndBills">Extracting data from PDF invoices and bills for financial accounting</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/HarshitJoshi">Harshit Joshi</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/FirefoxAndThunderbirdPluginFreeSoftwareHabits">Firefox and Thunderbird plugin for free software habits</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/EnkelenaHaxhija">Enkelena Haxhija</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/EasyGnuPG">GUI app for EasyGnuPG</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/yugeshk">Yugesh Ajit Kothari</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/ImprovingDistro-trackerToBetterSupportDebianTeams">Improving Distro Tracker to better support Debian teams</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/StudentApplications/ArthurEsposte">Arthur Del Esposte</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/KanbanBoardForDebianBugTrackerAndCalDAVServer">Kanban Board for Debian Bug Tracker and CalDAV servers</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/StudentApplications/ChikirouMassiwayne">Chikirou Massiwayne</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/OwnMailbox">OwnMailbox Improvements</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/giorgos314">Georgios Pipilis</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/BootTorrent">P2P Network Boot with BitTorrent</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/shreyanshk">Shreyansh Khajanchi</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/PGPCleanRoomKeyManagement">PGP Clean Room Live CD</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/JacobAdams">Jacob Adams</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/PortKaliPackages">Port Kali Packages to Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/samueloph">Samuel Henrique</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/QualityAssuranceForBiologicalApplicationsInsideDebian">Quality assurance for biological applications inside Debian</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/liubovch-guest">Liubov Chuprikova</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/RadiatorThermovalveReverseEngineering">Reverse Engineering Radiator Bluetooth Thermovalves</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/sergioalberti">Sergio Alberti</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects/VirtualLtspServer">Virtual LTSP Server</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/d78ui98">Deepanshu Gajbhiye</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/NewContributorWizard">Wizard/GUI helping students/interns apply and get started</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ElenaGjevukaj">Elena Gjevukaj</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/MinkushJain">Minkush Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ShashankKumar">Shashank Kumar</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations and welcome to all of them!</p>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-outreach" title="#debian-outreach on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2018)2018-05-02T22:03:00+02:002018-05-02T22:03:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-05-02:/2018/05/new-developers-2018-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andreas Boll (aboll)</li>
<li>Dominik George (natureshadow)</li>
<li>Julien Puydt (jpuydt)</li>
<li>Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)</li>
<li>Robie Basak (rbasak)</li>
<li>Elena Grandi (valhalla)</li>
<li>Peter Pentchev (roam)</li>
<li>Samuel Henrique (samueloph)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andy Li</li>
<li>Alexandre Rossi</li>
<li>David Mohammed</li>
<li>Tim Lunn</li>
<li>Rebecca Natalie Palmer</li>
<li>Andrea Bolognani</li>
<li>Toke Høiland-Jørgensen</li>
<li>Gabriel F. T. Gomes</li>
<li>Bjorn Anders Dolk</li>
<li>Geoffroy Youri Berret</li>
<li>Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andreas Boll (aboll)</li>
<li>Dominik George (natureshadow)</li>
<li>Julien Puydt (jpuydt)</li>
<li>Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)</li>
<li>Robie Basak (rbasak)</li>
<li>Elena Grandi (valhalla)</li>
<li>Peter Pentchev (roam)</li>
<li>Samuel Henrique (samueloph)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Andy Li</li>
<li>Alexandre Rossi</li>
<li>David Mohammed</li>
<li>Tim Lunn</li>
<li>Rebecca Natalie Palmer</li>
<li>Andrea Bolognani</li>
<li>Toke Høiland-Jørgensen</li>
<li>Gabriel F. T. Gomes</li>
<li>Bjorn Anders Dolk</li>
<li>Geoffroy Youri Berret</li>
<li>Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Bursary applications for DebConf18 are closing in 48 hours!2018-04-12T12:30:00+02:002018-04-12T12:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-04-12:/2018/04/dc18-bursaries.html<p>If you intend to apply for a DebConf18 bursary and
have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf18 will be accepted until April 13th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Accommodation">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>See you in Hsinchu!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p><p>If you intend to apply for a DebConf18 bursary and
have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible!</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf18 will be accepted until April 13th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk or organising an event is considered towards your bursary;
if you have a submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out.
You will be able to detail it later. DebCamp plans can be entered in the usual
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints">Sprints page at the Debian wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/Accommodation">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>See you in Hsinchu!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf18 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/DebConf18_Horizontal_Logo_600_240.png"></p>DebConf20 in a cruise2018-04-01T20:15:00+02:002018-04-01T20:15:00+02:00Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2018-04-01:/2018/04/debconf20-in-a-cruise.html<p>The last editions of <a href="https://debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual Debian conference,
have been in unalike places like Heidelberg (Germany), Cape Town (South Africa) and Montreal (Canada).
Next summer <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> will happen in Hsinchu (Taiwan)
and the location for <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf19">DebConf19</a> is already decided: Curitiba (Brazil).
During all these years an idea has been floating in the air (aka the Debian IRC channels)
about organising a DebConf in a cruise.
Today, the Debian Project is happy to announce that a group of Debian contributors
have teamed-up to propose an actual bid for <em>DebConf20 in a cruise</em>.</p>
<p>The Cruise Team is confident about their ability to provide a detailed and strong bid by the end of the year.
However, a brief plan and preparation is already done:
the conference would happen in July and August 2020, during a trip around the world
in a <strong>"rolling conference"</strong> scheme. This means that Debian contributors could choose when to arrive
and leave by embarking/disembarking in one of the harbours the boat will stop.
A DebCamp focused in sprinting the development of <a href="https://www.debian.org/blends/">Debian blends</a>
and an "Open Day" with install parties under the sea and other interesting activities for the wide public is also planned.</p>
<p>There will be a sprint to discuss the bid details during DebConf18 in Hsinchu.
The team has also initiated conversations with several cruise ship companies
and satellite network providers in order to explore the possible venues and connectivity options for the conference.
Interested parties can contact press@debian.org to join the Cruise Team in the preparation of the future conference.</p><p>The last editions of <a href="https://debconf.org">DebConf</a>, the annual Debian conference,
have been in unalike places like Heidelberg (Germany), Cape Town (South Africa) and Montreal (Canada).
Next summer <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org">DebConf18</a> will happen in Hsinchu (Taiwan)
and the location for <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf19">DebConf19</a> is already decided: Curitiba (Brazil).
During all these years an idea has been floating in the air (aka the Debian IRC channels)
about organising a DebConf in a cruise.
Today, the Debian Project is happy to announce that a group of Debian contributors
have teamed-up to propose an actual bid for <em>DebConf20 in a cruise</em>.</p>
<p>The Cruise Team is confident about their ability to provide a detailed and strong bid by the end of the year.
However, a brief plan and preparation is already done:
the conference would happen in July and August 2020, during a trip around the world
in a <strong>"rolling conference"</strong> scheme. This means that Debian contributors could choose when to arrive
and leave by embarking/disembarking in one of the harbours the boat will stop.
A DebCamp focused in sprinting the development of <a href="https://www.debian.org/blends/">Debian blends</a>
and an "Open Day" with install parties under the sea and other interesting activities for the wide public is also planned.</p>
<p>There will be a sprint to discuss the bid details during DebConf18 in Hsinchu.
The team has also initiated conversations with several cruise ship companies
and satellite network providers in order to explore the possible venues and connectivity options for the conference.
Interested parties can contact press@debian.org to join the Cruise Team in the preparation of the future conference.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2018)2018-03-04T08:30:00+01:002018-03-04T08:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-03-04:/2018/03/new-developers-2018-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alexandre Mestiashvili (mestia)</li>
<li>Tomasz Rybak (serpent)</li>
<li>Louis-Philippe Véronneau (pollo)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Teus Benschop</li>
<li>Kyle John Robbertze</li>
<li>Maarten van Gompel</li>
<li>Dennis van Dok</li>
<li>Innocent De Marchi</li>
<li>David Rabel</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alexandre Mestiashvili (mestia)</li>
<li>Tomasz Rybak (serpent)</li>
<li>Louis-Philippe Véronneau (pollo)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Teus Benschop</li>
<li>Kyle John Robbertze</li>
<li>Maarten van Gompel</li>
<li>Dennis van Dok</li>
<li>Innocent De Marchi</li>
<li>David Rabel</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian won Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for Best Linux Distribution!2018-02-14T23:00:00+01:002018-02-14T23:00:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-02-14:/2018/02/debian-linuxjournal-readers-choice-award.html<p>Debian won <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/best-linux-distribution">Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for Best Linux Distribution</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your support!</p>
<p><img alt="Linux Journal Award" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ljaward.png"></p><p>Debian won <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/best-linux-distribution">Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for Best Linux Distribution</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your support!</p>
<p><img alt="Linux Journal Award" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ljaward.png"></p>DebConf18: Call for Proposals2018-02-07T15:30:00+01:002018-02-07T15:30:00+01:00Gunnar Wolf and Nicolas Braud-Santonitag:bits.debian.org,2018-02-07:/2018/02/debconf18-cfp.html<p>The DebConf Content team would like to call for proposals in the DebConf18
conference, which will take place in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from 29 July to 5 August
2018.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals, in its latest form at:
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/cfp/</a>.</p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Suggesting a Speaker</h2>
<p>The content team has a (limited) number of spots for invited speakers and is
open to suggestions. Priority will be given to speakers who are not regular
DebConf attendees, and who are more likely to bring diverse viewpoints to the
conference.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that some speakers may have very busy schedules and need to
be booked far in advance. Therefore, we would like to start inviting speakers as
soon as possible.</p>
<p>In order to suggest a speaker, please email <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>; your email
should provide the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>The speaker's preferred name</li>
<li>Their location (for travel budget considerations)</li>
<li>Their affiliation (institution and/or project)</li>
<li>The suggested talk topic</li>
<li>Brief biography (50-100 words) as it relates to the suggested topic</li>
<li>The topic's relevance to Debian and/or DebConf</li>
</ul>
<p>Please, note that the <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> applies to invited speakers and their
talks, and coming to DebConf (incl. accepting an invitation) requires them to
accept it.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/talks/new/">event proposal</a>. Events are not limited to traditional
presentations or informal sessions (BoFs): we welcome submissions of tutorials,
performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you
think would be of interest to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, ...)
could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>While we cannot offer travel funding for all speakers,
DebConf has various <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">bursaries</a> for attendees, including a diversity one,
and having your event accepted is something that is taken into account.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We suggest
that Debian account holders (including DDs and DMs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. However, this isn’t required, as you can sign up with an
e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it in a timely fashion so that it can be considered
(and potentially accepted) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday 17 June 2018 to be evaluated for
the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some
broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including but not
limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Blends</li>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Packaging, policy and infrastructure</li>
<li>Security</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or to become a coordinator for
any of them; please refer to the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/ContentTracks">Content Tracks</a> wiki page for more information
on that.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> designed to ensure everyone’s safety
and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including speakers and the
content of their presentations. Do not hesitate to contact us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a> if you have any questions or are unsure about certain
content you’d like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video is one of the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>, as it makes the content
accessible to a wider audience. Unless speakers opt-out, scheduled talks may be
streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation, and recordings
will be published later under the <a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a> (MIT/Expat), as well as
presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Closing note</h2>
<p>DebConf18 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think you know
of others who would be willing to help, please get in touch!</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us first,
please do not hesitate to reach out to the content team at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Hsinchu!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p><p>The DebConf Content team would like to call for proposals in the DebConf18
conference, which will take place in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from 29 July to 5 August
2018.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals, in its latest form at:
<a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf18.debconf.org/cfp/</a>.</p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Suggesting a Speaker</h2>
<p>The content team has a (limited) number of spots for invited speakers and is
open to suggestions. Priority will be given to speakers who are not regular
DebConf attendees, and who are more likely to bring diverse viewpoints to the
conference.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that some speakers may have very busy schedules and need to
be booked far in advance. Therefore, we would like to start inviting speakers as
soon as possible.</p>
<p>In order to suggest a speaker, please email <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>; your email
should provide the following information:</p>
<ul>
<li>The speaker's preferred name</li>
<li>Their location (for travel budget considerations)</li>
<li>Their affiliation (institution and/or project)</li>
<li>The suggested talk topic</li>
<li>Brief biography (50-100 words) as it relates to the suggested topic</li>
<li>The topic's relevance to Debian and/or DebConf</li>
</ul>
<p>Please, note that the <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> applies to invited speakers and their
talks, and coming to DebConf (incl. accepting an invitation) requires them to
accept it.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>You can now submit an <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/talks/new/">event proposal</a>. Events are not limited to traditional
presentations or informal sessions (BoFs): we welcome submissions of tutorials,
performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you
think would be of interest to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (workshops, demos, lightning talks, ...)
could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for
your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>While we cannot offer travel funding for all speakers,
DebConf has various <a href="https://debconf18.debconf.org/about/bursaries/">bursaries</a> for attendees, including a diversity one,
and having your event accepted is something that is taken into account.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We suggest
that Debian account holders (including DDs and DMs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. However, this isn’t required, as you can sign up with an
e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it in a timely fashion so that it can be considered
(and potentially accepted) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday 17 June 2018 to be evaluated for
the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some
broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including but not
limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Blends</li>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Packaging, policy and infrastructure</li>
<li>Security</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or to become a coordinator for
any of them; please refer to the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18/ContentTracks">Content Tracks</a> wiki page for more information
on that.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a <a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">Code of Conduct</a> designed to ensure everyone’s safety
and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including speakers and the
content of their presentations. Do not hesitate to contact us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a> if you have any questions or are unsure about certain
content you’d like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video is one of the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>, as it makes the content
accessible to a wider audience. Unless speakers opt-out, scheduled talks may be
streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation, and recordings
will be published later under the <a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a> (MIT/Expat), as well as
presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Closing note</h2>
<p>DebConf18 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think you know
of others who would be willing to help, please get in touch!</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us first,
please do not hesitate to reach out to the content team at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Hsinchu!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p>Debian welcomes its Outreachy interns2018-02-02T08:30:00+01:002018-02-02T08:30:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-02-02:/2018/02/welcome-outreachy-interns-2017-2018.html<p>We'd like to welcome our three Outreachy interns
for this round, lasting from December 2017 to March 2018.</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/@jwnx">Juliana Oliveira</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FReproducibleBuildsOfDebian.Reproducible_builds_for_Debian_and_free_software">reproducible builds for Debian and free software</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://kira385881773.wordpress.com/">Kira Obrezkova</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FDebianOsmoCom.Debian_MobCom">bringing open-source mobile technologies to a new level with Debian (Osmocom)</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://rsip22.github.io/blog/">Renata D'Avila</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FSocialEventAndConferenceCalendars.A_calendar_database_of_social_events_and_conferences">a calendar database of social events and conferences for free software developers</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Juliana, Kira and Renata!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Debian will also participate this summer in the next round for Outreachy,
and is currently applying as mentoring organisation for
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Google Summer of Code 2018</a> programme.
Have a look at the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects">projects wiki page</a>
and contact the Debian Outreach Team <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>
to join as a mentor or welcome applicants into the Outreachy or GSoC programme.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian!</p><p>We'd like to welcome our three Outreachy interns
for this round, lasting from December 2017 to March 2018.</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/@jwnx">Juliana Oliveira</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FReproducibleBuildsOfDebian.Reproducible_builds_for_Debian_and_free_software">reproducible builds for Debian and free software</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://kira385881773.wordpress.com/">Kira Obrezkova</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FDebianOsmoCom.Debian_MobCom">bringing open-source mobile technologies to a new level with Debian (Osmocom)</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://rsip22.github.io/blog/">Renata D'Avila</a>
is working on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects#Outreachy.2FRound15.2FProjects.2FSocialEventAndConferenceCalendars.A_calendar_database_of_social_events_and_conferences">a calendar database of social events and conferences for free software developers</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Juliana, Kira and Renata!</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy provides three-month internships
for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks
to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate
their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>'s administrative support,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Debian will also participate this summer in the next round for Outreachy,
and is currently applying as mentoring organisation for
the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Google Summer of Code 2018</a> programme.
Have a look at the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects">projects wiki page</a>
and contact the Debian Outreach Team <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>
to join as a mentor or welcome applicants into the Outreachy or GSoC programme.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian!</p>Mentors and co-mentors for Debian's Google Summer of Code 20182018-01-23T00:50:00+01:002018-01-23T00:50:00+01:00Daniel Pocock and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2018-01-23:/2018/01/gsoc-2018-mentors-and-co-mentors.html<p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p>Debian is applying as a mentoring organization for the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Google Summer of Code 2018</a>,
an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up.</p>
<p>Debian already has a wide range of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects">projects</a>
listed but it is not too
late to add more or to improve the existing proposals.
Google will start reviewing the ideas page over the
next two weeks and students will start looking at it in mid-February.</p>
<p>Please join us and help extending Debian!
You can consider listing a potential project for interns or listing your
name as a possible co-mentor for one of the existing projects on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Debian's Google Summer of Code wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>At this stage, mentors are not obliged to commit to accepting an intern
but it is important for potential mentors to be listed to get the
process started. You will have the opportunity to review student
applications in March and April and give the administrators a definite
decision if you wish to proceed in early April.</p>
<p>Mentors, co-mentors and other volunteers can follow an intern through
the entire process or simply volunteer for one phase of the program,
such as helping recruit students in a local university or helping test
the work completed by a student at the end of the summer.</p>
<p>Participating in GSoC has many benefits for Debian and the wider free
software community. If you have questions, please come and ask us on
IRC #debian-outreach or the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing list</a>.</p><p><img alt="GSoC logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc.jpg"></p>
<p>Debian is applying as a mentoring organization for the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Google Summer of Code 2018</a>,
an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up.</p>
<p>Debian already has a wide range of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018/Projects">projects</a>
listed but it is not too
late to add more or to improve the existing proposals.
Google will start reviewing the ideas page over the
next two weeks and students will start looking at it in mid-February.</p>
<p>Please join us and help extending Debian!
You can consider listing a potential project for interns or listing your
name as a possible co-mentor for one of the existing projects on
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2018">Debian's Google Summer of Code wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>At this stage, mentors are not obliged to commit to accepting an intern
but it is important for potential mentors to be listed to get the
process started. You will have the opportunity to review student
applications in March and April and give the administrators a definite
decision if you wish to proceed in early April.</p>
<p>Mentors, co-mentors and other volunteers can follow an intern through
the entire process or simply volunteer for one phase of the program,
such as helping recruit students in a local university or helping test
the work completed by a student at the end of the summer.</p>
<p>Participating in GSoC has many benefits for Debian and the wider free
software community. If you have questions, please come and ask us on
IRC #debian-outreach or the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing list</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2017)2018-01-01T20:30:00+01:002018-01-01T20:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2018-01-01:/2018/01/new-developers-2017-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ben Armstrong (synrg)</li>
<li>Frédéric Bonnard (frediz)</li>
<li>Jerome Charaoui (lavamind)</li>
<li>Michael Jeanson (mjeanson)</li>
<li>Jim Meyering (meyering)</li>
<li>Christopher Knadle (krait)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Chris West</li>
<li>Mark Lee Garrett</li>
<li>Pierre-Elliott Bécue</li>
<li>Sebastian Humenda</li>
<li>Stefan Schörghofer</li>
<li>Stephen Gelman</li>
<li>Georg Faerber</li>
<li>Nico Schlömer</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ben Armstrong (synrg)</li>
<li>Frédéric Bonnard (frediz)</li>
<li>Jerome Charaoui (lavamind)</li>
<li>Michael Jeanson (mjeanson)</li>
<li>Jim Meyering (meyering)</li>
<li>Christopher Knadle (krait)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Chris West</li>
<li>Mark Lee Garrett</li>
<li>Pierre-Elliott Bécue</li>
<li>Sebastian Humenda</li>
<li>Stefan Schörghofer</li>
<li>Stephen Gelman</li>
<li>Georg Faerber</li>
<li>Nico Schlömer</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debsources now in sources.debian.org2017-12-13T18:40:00+01:002017-12-13T18:40:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-12-13:/2017/12/debsources-now-in-sources-debian-org.html<p><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources"><strong>Debsources</strong></a> is a
web application for publishing, browsing and searching an unpacked Debian source
mirror on the Web. With Debsources, all the source code of every Debian
release is available in <a href="https://sources.debian.org/">https://sources.debian.org</a>,
both via an HTML user interface
and a <a href="https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/">JSON API</a>.</p>
<p>This service was first offered in 2013 with the <em>sources.debian.net</em> instance,
which was kindly hosted by <a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a>, and is now becoming
official under <strong>sources.debian.org</strong>, hosted on the Debian infrastructure.</p>
<p>This new instance offers all the features of the old one (an updater that runs four
times a day, various plugins to count lines of code or measure the size of packages,
and sub-apps to show lists of patches and copyright files), plus integration
with other Debian services such as <a href="https://codesearch.debian.net">codesearch.debian.net</a>
and the <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/">PTS</a>.</p>
<p>The Debsources Team has taken the opportunity of this move of Debsources onto
the Debian infrastructure to officially announce the service.
Read their <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html">message</a>
as well as <a href="https://sources.debian.org/doc/about/">the Debsources documentation page</a>
for more details.</p><p><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources"><strong>Debsources</strong></a> is a
web application for publishing, browsing and searching an unpacked Debian source
mirror on the Web. With Debsources, all the source code of every Debian
release is available in <a href="https://sources.debian.org/">https://sources.debian.org</a>,
both via an HTML user interface
and a <a href="https://sources.debian.org/doc/api/">JSON API</a>.</p>
<p>This service was first offered in 2013 with the <em>sources.debian.net</em> instance,
which was kindly hosted by <a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a>, and is now becoming
official under <strong>sources.debian.org</strong>, hosted on the Debian infrastructure.</p>
<p>This new instance offers all the features of the old one (an updater that runs four
times a day, various plugins to count lines of code or measure the size of packages,
and sub-apps to show lists of patches and copyright files), plus integration
with other Debian services such as <a href="https://codesearch.debian.net">codesearch.debian.net</a>
and the <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/">PTS</a>.</p>
<p>The Debsources Team has taken the opportunity of this move of Debsources onto
the Debian infrastructure to officially announce the service.
Read their <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html">message</a>
as well as <a href="https://sources.debian.org/doc/about/">the Debsources documentation page</a>
for more details.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2017)2017-11-02T20:30:00+01:002017-11-02T20:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-11-02:/2017/11/new-developers-2017-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Allison Randal (wendar)</li>
<li>Carsten Schoenert (tijuca)</li>
<li>Jeremy Bicha (jbicha)</li>
<li>Luca Boccassi (bluca)</li>
<li>Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)</li>
<li>Elana Hashman (ehashman)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ervin Hegedüs</li>
<li>Tom Marble</li>
<li>Lukas Schwaighofer</li>
<li>Philippe Thierry</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Allison Randal (wendar)</li>
<li>Carsten Schoenert (tijuca)</li>
<li>Jeremy Bicha (jbicha)</li>
<li>Luca Boccassi (bluca)</li>
<li>Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)</li>
<li>Elana Hashman (ehashman)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ervin Hegedüs</li>
<li>Tom Marble</li>
<li>Lukas Schwaighofer</li>
<li>Philippe Thierry</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2017)2017-09-01T20:30:00+02:002017-09-01T20:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-09-01:/2017/09/new-developers-2017-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ross Gammon (rossgammon)</li>
<li>Balasankar C (balasankarc)</li>
<li>Roland Fehrenbacher (rfehren)</li>
<li>Jonathan Cristopher Carter (jcc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>José Gutiérrez de la Concha</li>
<li>Paolo Greppi</li>
<li>Ming-ting Yao Wei</li>
<li>Boyuan Yang</li>
<li>Paul Hardy</li>
<li>Fabian Wolff</li>
<li>Moritz Schlarb</li>
<li>Shengjing Zhu</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ross Gammon (rossgammon)</li>
<li>Balasankar C (balasankarc)</li>
<li>Roland Fehrenbacher (rfehren)</li>
<li>Jonathan Cristopher Carter (jcc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>José Gutiérrez de la Concha</li>
<li>Paolo Greppi</li>
<li>Ming-ting Yao Wei</li>
<li>Boyuan Yang</li>
<li>Paul Hardy</li>
<li>Fabian Wolff</li>
<li>Moritz Schlarb</li>
<li>Shengjing Zhu</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Work on Debian for mobile devices continues2017-08-17T15:40:00+02:002017-08-17T15:40:00+02:00W. Martin Borgerttag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-17:/2017/08/debian-mobile-continues.html<p>Work on Debian for mobile devices, i.e. telephones, tablets, and
handheld computers, continues. During the recent
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a> in Montréal, Canada, more
than 50 people had a meeting to reconsider opportunities and
challenges for Debian on mobile devices.</p>
<p>A number of devices were shown at DebConf:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip">PocketCHIP</a>: A very small
handheld computer with keyboard, Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth, running
Debian 8 (Jessie) or 9 (Stretch).</li>
<li><a href="https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/">Pyra</a>: A modular
handheld computer with a touchscreen, gaming controls, Wi-Fi,
keyboard, multiple USB ports and SD card slots, and an optional
modem for either Europe or the USA. It will come preinstalled with
Debian.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Relay_4G">Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G</a>:
An Android smartphone featuring a physical keyboard, which can
already run portions of Debian userspace on the Android kernel.
Kernel upstreaming is on the way.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/arsenijs/zerophone">ZeroPhone</a>: An
open-source smartphone based on Raspberry Pi Zero, with a small
screen, classic telephone keypad and hardware switches for
telephony, Wi-Fi, and the microphone. It is running Debian-based
Raspbian OS.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://annex.debconf.org/debconf-share/debconf17/photos/aigarius/IMG_1262.JPG" title="photo of Samsung, Pyra, N900, ZeroPhone, GnuK, and PocketCHIP"><img alt="photo of Samsung, Pyra, N900, ZeroPhone, GnuK, and PocketCHIP - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-mobile-continues_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>The photo (click to enlarge) shows all four devices, together with a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900">Nokia N900</a>, which was the
first Linux-based smartphone by Nokia, running Debian-based Maemo and
a completely unrelated
<a href="https://www.fsij.org/category/gnuk.html">Gnuk cryptographic token</a>,
which just sneaked into the setting.</p>
<p>If you like to participate, please</p>
<ul>
<li>check the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile">Debian Mobile wiki page</a>,</li>
<li>subscribe to the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-mobile/">Debian mobile mailing list</a>,</li>
<li>or join the <code>#debian-mobile</code> IRC chatroom at <code>irc.oftc.net</code>.</li>
</ul><p>Work on Debian for mobile devices, i.e. telephones, tablets, and
handheld computers, continues. During the recent
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a> in Montréal, Canada, more
than 50 people had a meeting to reconsider opportunities and
challenges for Debian on mobile devices.</p>
<p>A number of devices were shown at DebConf:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip">PocketCHIP</a>: A very small
handheld computer with keyboard, Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth, running
Debian 8 (Jessie) or 9 (Stretch).</li>
<li><a href="https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/">Pyra</a>: A modular
handheld computer with a touchscreen, gaming controls, Wi-Fi,
keyboard, multiple USB ports and SD card slots, and an optional
modem for either Europe or the USA. It will come preinstalled with
Debian.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Relay_4G">Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G</a>:
An Android smartphone featuring a physical keyboard, which can
already run portions of Debian userspace on the Android kernel.
Kernel upstreaming is on the way.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/arsenijs/zerophone">ZeroPhone</a>: An
open-source smartphone based on Raspberry Pi Zero, with a small
screen, classic telephone keypad and hardware switches for
telephony, Wi-Fi, and the microphone. It is running Debian-based
Raspbian OS.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://annex.debconf.org/debconf-share/debconf17/photos/aigarius/IMG_1262.JPG" title="photo of Samsung, Pyra, N900, ZeroPhone, GnuK, and PocketCHIP"><img alt="photo of Samsung, Pyra, N900, ZeroPhone, GnuK, and PocketCHIP - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian-mobile-continues_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>The photo (click to enlarge) shows all four devices, together with a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900">Nokia N900</a>, which was the
first Linux-based smartphone by Nokia, running Debian-based Maemo and
a completely unrelated
<a href="https://www.fsij.org/category/gnuk.html">Gnuk cryptographic token</a>,
which just sneaked into the setting.</p>
<p>If you like to participate, please</p>
<ul>
<li>check the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile">Debian Mobile wiki page</a>,</li>
<li>subscribe to the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-mobile/">Debian mobile mailing list</a>,</li>
<li>or join the <code>#debian-mobile</code> IRC chatroom at <code>irc.oftc.net</code>.</li>
</ul>Debian turns 24!2017-08-16T17:50:00+02:002017-08-16T17:50:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-16:/2017/08/debian-turns-24.html<p>Today is Debian's 24th anniversary. If you are close to any of the cities
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2017">celebrating Debian Day 2017</a>, you're
very welcome to join the party!</p>
<p>If not, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration or
contribution to Debian. For example, spread the word about Debian Day
with this nice piece of artwork
created by Debian Developer Daniel Lenharo de Souza and Valessio Brito,
taking inspiration from the desktop themes
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">Lines</a>
and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">softWaves</a> by Juliette Belin:</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 24" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian24.png"></p>
<p>If you also like graphics design, or design in general, have a look at
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">https://wiki.debian.org/Design</a> and join
the team! Or you can visit the general list of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams">Debian Teams</a>
for many other opportunities to participate in Debian development.</p>
<p>Thanks to everybody who has contributed to develop our beloved operating system
in these 24 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p><p>Today is Debian's 24th anniversary. If you are close to any of the cities
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2017">celebrating Debian Day 2017</a>, you're
very welcome to join the party!</p>
<p>If not, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration or
contribution to Debian. For example, spread the word about Debian Day
with this nice piece of artwork
created by Debian Developer Daniel Lenharo de Souza and Valessio Brito,
taking inspiration from the desktop themes
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">Lines</a>
and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">softWaves</a> by Juliette Belin:</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 24" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian24.png"></p>
<p>If you also like graphics design, or design in general, have a look at
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">https://wiki.debian.org/Design</a> and join
the team! Or you can visit the general list of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams">Debian Teams</a>
for many other opportunities to participate in Debian development.</p>
<p>Thanks to everybody who has contributed to develop our beloved operating system
in these 24 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p>DebConf17 closes in Montreal and DebConf18 dates announced2017-08-12T23:59:00+02:002017-08-12T23:59:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-12:/2017/08/debconf17-closes.html<p><a href="https://annex.debconf.org/debconf-share/debconf17/photos/aigarius/debcond17%20group%20photo.jpg"><img alt="DebConf17 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf17_group_photo_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Saturday 12 August 2017, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
With over 405 people attending from all over the world,
and 169 events including 89 talks, 61 discussion sessions or BoFs,
6 workshops and 13 other activities,
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> has been hailed as a success.</p>
<p>Highlights included DebCamp with 117 participants,
the <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/news/2017-08-05-open-day/">Open Day</a>,
where events of interest to a broader audience were offered,
talks from invited speakers
(<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/183/">Deb Nicholson</a>,
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/177/">Matthew Garrett</a>
and <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/134/">Katheryn Sutter</a>),
the traditional Bits from the DPL, lightning talks and live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf (<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18">DebConf18</a> in Hsinchu, Taiwan).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
has been updated every day, including 32 ad-hoc new activities, planned
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>For those not able to attend, talks and sessions were recorded and live streamed,
and videos are being made available at the
<a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2017/debconf17">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Many sessions also facilitated remote participation via IRC or a collaborative pad.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a> website
will remain active for archive purposes, and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18">DebConf18</a> will be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from 29 July 2018
until 5 August 2018. It will be the first DebConf held in Asia.
For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp
(21 July - 27 July),
a session for some intense work on improving the distribution,
and organise the Open Day on 28 July 2018, aimed at the general public.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Savoir-faire Linux</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/">Savoir-faire Linux</a>
is a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company
with offices in Quebec City, Toronto, Paris and Lyon. It offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions in order to provide performance,
flexibility and independence for its clients. The company actively contributes
to many free software projects, and provides mirrors of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux
and others.</p>
<h3>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</a>
is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com">Google</a>
is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, at gold level since DebConf12, and at platinum level for this DebConf17.</p><p><a href="https://annex.debconf.org/debconf-share/debconf17/photos/aigarius/debcond17%20group%20photo.jpg"><img alt="DebConf17 group photo - click to enlarge" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debconf17_group_photo_small.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Today, Saturday 12 August 2017, the annual Debian Developers
and Contributors Conference came to a close.
With over 405 people attending from all over the world,
and 169 events including 89 talks, 61 discussion sessions or BoFs,
6 workshops and 13 other activities,
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> has been hailed as a success.</p>
<p>Highlights included DebCamp with 117 participants,
the <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/news/2017-08-05-open-day/">Open Day</a>,
where events of interest to a broader audience were offered,
talks from invited speakers
(<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/183/">Deb Nicholson</a>,
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/177/">Matthew Garrett</a>
and <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/134/">Katheryn Sutter</a>),
the traditional Bits from the DPL, lightning talks and live demos
and the announcement of next year's DebConf (<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18">DebConf18</a> in Hsinchu, Taiwan).</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
has been updated every day, including 32 ad-hoc new activities, planned
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>For those not able to attend, talks and sessions were recorded and live streamed,
and videos are being made available at the
<a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2017/debconf17">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
Many sessions also facilitated remote participation via IRC or a collaborative pad.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a> website
will remain active for archive purposes, and will continue to offer
links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.</p>
<p>Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf18">DebConf18</a> will be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from 29 July 2018
until 5 August 2018. It will be the first DebConf held in Asia.
For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp
(21 July - 27 July),
a session for some intense work on improving the distribution,
and organise the Open Day on 28 July 2018, aimed at the general public.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<h3>About Savoir-faire Linux</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/">Savoir-faire Linux</a>
is a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company
with offices in Quebec City, Toronto, Paris and Lyon. It offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions in order to provide performance,
flexibility and independence for its clients. The company actively contributes
to many free software projects, and provides mirrors of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux
and others.</p>
<h3>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</a>
is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services.</p>
<h3>About Google</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com">Google</a>
is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, at gold level since DebConf12, and at platinum level for this DebConf17.</p>DebConf17 starts today in Montreal2017-08-06T16:00:00+02:002017-08-06T16:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-06:/2017/08/dc17-starts.html<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a>, the 18th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Montreal, Canada
from August 6 to August 12, 2017.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Venue">Collège Maisonneuve</a>
during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work
and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian),
and the Open Day on August 5th (with presentations and workshops
of interest to a wide audience).</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with nearly 400 attendants
and over 120 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings,
workshops, a job fair, talks from invited speakers,
as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/live-streaming/"><strong>video streaming</strong></a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
Buzz (the main auditorium), Rex, and Bo,
or join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-buzz"><strong>#debconf17-buzz</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-rex"><strong>#debconf17-rex</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-bo"><strong>#debconf17-bo</strong></a>,
and the BoF (discussions) rooms: <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-potato"><strong>#debconf17-potato</strong></a>
and <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-woody"><strong>#debconf17-woody</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a>, the 18th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Montreal, Canada
from August 6 to August 12, 2017.</p>
<p>Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Venue">Collège Maisonneuve</a>
during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work
and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian),
and the Open Day on August 5th (with presentations and workshops
of interest to a wide audience).</p>
<p>Today the main conference starts with nearly 400 attendants
and over 120 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings,
workshops, a job fair, talks from invited speakers,
as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>The full schedule at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/</a>
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/live-streaming/"><strong>video streaming</strong></a>
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
Buzz (the main auditorium), Rex, and Bo,
or join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-buzz"><strong>#debconf17-buzz</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-rex"><strong>#debconf17-rex</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-bo"><strong>#debconf17-bo</strong></a>,
and the BoF (discussions) rooms: <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-potato"><strong>#debconf17-potato</strong></a>
and <a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-woody"><strong>#debconf17-woody</strong></a>
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>Google Platinum Sponsor of DebConf172017-08-05T23:30:00+02:002017-08-05T23:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-05:/2017/08/google-platinum-debconf17.html<p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and at gold level since DebConf12.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf17,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>DebConf17 is starting!</h2>
<p>Many Debian contributors are already taking advantage of DebCamp
and the Open Day
to work individually or in groups developing and improving Debian.
DebConf17 will officially start on August 6, 2017.
Visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>
to know the schedule, live streaming and other details.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Googlelogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/google.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>Google is one of the largest technology companies in the
world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products
as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.</p>
<p>Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than
ten years, and at gold level since DebConf12.</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf17,
Google contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>DebConf17 is starting!</h2>
<p>Many Debian contributors are already taking advantage of DebCamp
and the Open Day
to work individually or in groups developing and improving Debian.
DebConf17 will officially start on August 6, 2017.
Visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>
to know the schedule, live streaming and other details.</p>DebConf17 Open Day2017-08-05T16:00:00+02:002017-08-05T16:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-08-05:/2017/08/dc17-openday.html<p>Today, the day preceeding the official start of the annual Debian
Conference, is the <strong>Open Day</strong> at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a>,
at <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Venue">Collège Maisonneuve</a>
in Montreal (Canada).</p>
<p>This day is open to the public with events of interest to a wide audience.</p>
<p>The schedule of today's events include, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li>A Newbie's Newbie Guide to Debian</li>
<li>Ask Anything About Debian</li>
<li>Debian Packaging 101</li>
<li>Debian InstallFest</li>
<li>Presentations or workshops related to free software projects and local organizations.</li>
</ul>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend! It is a great possibility for interested users
to meet our community and for Debian to widen our community.</p>
<p>See the full schedule for today's events at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/open-day/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/open-day/</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can watch the
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/venue/3/"><strong>video streaming</strong></a>
of the Open Day events happening in the "Rex" room,
or join the conversation in the channels
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-rex"><strong>#debconf17-rex</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-potato"><strong>#debconf17-potato</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-woody"><strong>#debconf17-woody</strong></a>
in the OFTC IRC network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p><p>Today, the day preceeding the official start of the annual Debian
Conference, is the <strong>Open Day</strong> at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">DebConf17</a>,
at <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Venue">Collège Maisonneuve</a>
in Montreal (Canada).</p>
<p>This day is open to the public with events of interest to a wide audience.</p>
<p>The schedule of today's events include, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li>A Newbie's Newbie Guide to Debian</li>
<li>Ask Anything About Debian</li>
<li>Debian Packaging 101</li>
<li>Debian InstallFest</li>
<li>Presentations or workshops related to free software projects and local organizations.</li>
</ul>
<p>Everyone is welcome to attend! It is a great possibility for interested users
to meet our community and for Debian to widen our community.</p>
<p>See the full schedule for today's events at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/open-day/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/open-day/</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to engage remotely, you can watch the
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/venue/3/"><strong>video streaming</strong></a>
of the Open Day events happening in the "Rex" room,
or join the conversation in the channels
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-rex"><strong>#debconf17-rex</strong></a>,
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-potato"><strong>#debconf17-potato</strong></a> and
<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=#debconf17-woody"><strong>#debconf17-woody</strong></a>
in the OFTC IRC network.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
to support DebConf17, particularly our Platinum Sponsors
<a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-Faire Linux</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise</strong></a>,
and <a href="https://google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a>.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>DebConf17 Schedule Published!2017-07-25T01:15:00+02:002017-07-25T01:15:00+02:00DebConf teamtag:bits.debian.org,2017-07-25:/2017/07/dc17-schedule.html<p>The DebConf17 orga team is proud to announce that over 120 activities
have been scheduled so far, including 45- and 20-minute talks, team
meetings, and workshops, as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>Most of the talks and BoFs will be streamed and recorded, thanks to our
amazing video team!</p>
<p>We'd like to remind you that Saturday August 5th is also our much
anticipated Open Day! This means a program for a wider audience,
including special activities for newcomers, such as an AMA session about
Debian, a beginners workshop on packaging, a thoughtful talk about
freedom with regard to today's popular gadgets and more.</p>
<p>In addition to the published schedule, we'll provide rooms for ad-hoc
sessions where attendees will be able to schedule activities at any time
during the whole conference.</p>
<p>The current schedule is available at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/</a></p>
<p>This is also available through an XML feed. You can use ConfClerk in
Debian to consume this, or Giggity on Android devices: <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/</a></p>
<p>We look forward to seeing you in Montreal!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p><p>The DebConf17 orga team is proud to announce that over 120 activities
have been scheduled so far, including 45- and 20-minute talks, team
meetings, and workshops, as well as a variety of other events.</p>
<p>Most of the talks and BoFs will be streamed and recorded, thanks to our
amazing video team!</p>
<p>We'd like to remind you that Saturday August 5th is also our much
anticipated Open Day! This means a program for a wider audience,
including special activities for newcomers, such as an AMA session about
Debian, a beginners workshop on packaging, a thoughtful talk about
freedom with regard to today's popular gadgets and more.</p>
<p>In addition to the published schedule, we'll provide rooms for ad-hoc
sessions where attendees will be able to schedule activities at any time
during the whole conference.</p>
<p>The current schedule is available at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/</a></p>
<p>This is also available through an XML feed. You can use ConfClerk in
Debian to consume this, or Giggity on Android devices: <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/</a></p>
<p>We look forward to seeing you in Montreal!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2017)2017-07-02T14:30:00+02:002017-07-02T14:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-07-02:/2017/07/new-developers-2017-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alex Muntada (alexm)</li>
<li>Ilias Tsitsimpis (iliastsi)</li>
<li>Daniel Lenharo de Souza (lenharo)</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee (fourdollars)</li>
<li>Roger Shimizu (rosh)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>James Valleroy</li>
<li>Ryan Tandy</li>
<li>Martin Kepplinger</li>
<li>Jean Baptiste Favre</li>
<li>Ana Cristina Custura</li>
<li>Unit 193</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alex Muntada (alexm)</li>
<li>Ilias Tsitsimpis (iliastsi)</li>
<li>Daniel Lenharo de Souza (lenharo)</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee (fourdollars)</li>
<li>Roger Shimizu (rosh)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>James Valleroy</li>
<li>Ryan Tandy</li>
<li>Martin Kepplinger</li>
<li>Jean Baptiste Favre</li>
<li>Ana Cristina Custura</li>
<li>Unit 193</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise Platinum Sponsor of DebConf172017-06-23T16:15:00+02:002017-06-23T16:15:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-06-23:/2017/06/hpe-platinum-debconf17.html<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Hewlett Packard Enterprise is excited to support Debian's annual developer
conference again this year"</em>, said Steve Geary, Senior Director R&D at
Hewlett Packard Enterprise. <em>"As Platinum sponsors and member of the Debian community,
HPE is committed to supporting Debconf. The conference, community and open
distribution are foundational to the development of The Machine research
program and will our bring our Memory Driven Computing agenda to life."</em></p>
<p>HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Hewlett Packard Enterprise is excited to support Debian's annual developer
conference again this year"</em>, said Steve Geary, Senior Director R&D at
Hewlett Packard Enterprise. <em>"As Platinum sponsors and member of the Debian community,
HPE is committed to supporting Debconf. The conference, community and open
distribution are foundational to the development of The Machine research
program and will our bring our Memory Driven Computing agenda to life."</em></p>
<p>HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p>Debian 9.0 Stretch has been released!2017-06-18T08:25:00+02:002017-06-18T08:25:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-06-18:/2017/06/stretch-released.html<p><img alt="Alt Stretch has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_stretch.png"></p>
<p>Let yourself be embraced by the purple rubber toy octopus! We're happy to announce
the release of Debian 9.0, codenamed <em>Stretch</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks. Then read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/installmanual">installation manual</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 8 Jessie installation,
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
Share the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=wikiBanner.png">banner from this blog</a> in your blog or your website!</p><p><img alt="Alt Stretch has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_stretch.png"></p>
<p>Let yourself be embraced by the purple rubber toy octopus! We're happy to announce
the release of Debian 9.0, codenamed <em>Stretch</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks. Then read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/installmanual">installation manual</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 8 Jessie installation,
please read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
Share the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=wikiBanner.png">banner from this blog</a> in your blog or your website!</p>Upcoming Debian 9.0 Stretch!2017-06-17T00:30:00+02:002017-06-17T00:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-06-17:/2017/06/upcoming-stretch.html<p><img alt="Alt Stretch is coming on 2017-06-17" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-stretch.png"></p>
<p>The Debian Release Team in coordination with several other teams are preparing the last bits needed for releasing Debian 9 Stretch.
Please, be patient! Lots of steps are involved and some of them take some time, such as building the images, propagating the release through the mirror network, and rebuilding the Debian website so that "stable" points to Debian 9.</p>
<p>Follow the live coverage of the release on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the <strong>@debian</strong> profile in your favorite social network!
We'll spread the word about what's new in this version of Debian 9, how the release process is progressing during the weekend and facts about Debian and the wide community of volunteer contributors that make it possible.</p><p><img alt="Alt Stretch is coming on 2017-06-17" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/upcoming-stretch.png"></p>
<p>The Debian Release Team in coordination with several other teams are preparing the last bits needed for releasing Debian 9 Stretch.
Please, be patient! Lots of steps are involved and some of them take some time, such as building the images, propagating the release through the mirror network, and rebuilding the Debian website so that "stable" points to Debian 9.</p>
<p>Follow the live coverage of the release on <a href="https://micronews.debian.org">https://micronews.debian.org</a> or the <strong>@debian</strong> profile in your favorite social network!
We'll spread the word about what's new in this version of Debian 9, how the release process is progressing during the weekend and facts about Debian and the wide community of volunteer contributors that make it possible.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2017)2017-05-15T12:30:00+02:002017-05-15T12:30:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-05-15:/2017/05/new-developers-2017-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Guilhem Moulin (guilhem)</li>
<li>Lisa Baron (jeffity)</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal (punit)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sebastien Jodogne</li>
<li>Félix Lechner</li>
<li>Uli Scholler</li>
<li>Aurélien Couderc</li>
<li>Ondřej Kobližek</li>
<li>Patricio Paez</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Guilhem Moulin (guilhem)</li>
<li>Lisa Baron (jeffity)</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal (punit)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sebastien Jodogne</li>
<li>Félix Lechner</li>
<li>Uli Scholler</li>
<li>Aurélien Couderc</li>
<li>Ondřej Kobližek</li>
<li>Patricio Paez</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Bursary applications for DebConf17 are closing in 48 hours!2017-05-08T22:30:00+02:002017-05-08T22:30:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimont for the DebConf Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2017-05-08:/2017/05/dc17-bursaries.html<p>This is a final reminder: if you intend to apply for a DebConf17 bursary and
have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf17 will be accepted until May 10th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk is considered towards your bursary; if you have a
submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out. You will be able
to detail it later.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Accommodation">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Note: For DebCamp we only have on-site accommodation available. The option
chosen in the registration system will only be for the DebConf period (August 5
to 12).</p>
<p>See you in Montréal!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p><p>This is a final reminder: if you intend to apply for a DebConf17 bursary and
have not yet done so, please proceed as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Bursary applications for DebConf17 will be accepted until May 10th at 23:59 UTC.
Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered.</p>
<p>You can apply for a bursary when you <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/register">register</a>
for the conference.</p>
<p>Remember that giving a talk is considered towards your bursary; if you have a
submission to make, submit it even if it is only sketched-out. You will be able
to detail it later.</p>
<p>Please make sure to double-check your accommodation choices (dates and venue).
Details about accommodation arrangements can be found on the
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Accommodation">wiki</a>.</p>
<p>Note: For DebCamp we only have on-site accommodation available. The option
chosen in the registration system will only be for the DebConf period (August 5
to 12).</p>
<p>See you in Montréal!</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>Call for Proposals for DebConf17 Open Day2017-04-18T09:00:00+02:002017-04-18T09:00:00+02:00DebConf teamtag:bits.debian.org,2017-04-18:/2017/04/dc17-openday-cfp.html<p>The DebConf team would like to call for proposals for the DebConf17 Open Day,
a whole day dedicated to sessions about Debian and Free Software,
and aimed at the general public. Open Day will preceed DebConf17
and will be held in Montreal, Canada, on August 5th 2017.</p>
<p>DebConf Open Day will be a great opportunity for users, developers
and people simply curious about our work to meet and learn about
the Debian Project, Free Software in general and related topics.</p>
<h1>Submit your proposal</h1>
<p>We welcome submissions of workshops, presentations or any other activity
which involves Debian and Free Software.
Activities in both English and French are accepted.</p>
<p>Here are some ideas about content we'd love to offer during Open Day.
This list is not exhaustive, feel free to propose other ideas!</p>
<ul>
<li>An introduction to various aspects of the Debian Project</li>
<li>Talks about Debian and Free Software in art, education and/or research</li>
<li>A primer on contributing to Free Software projects</li>
<li>Free software & Privacy/Surveillance</li>
<li>An introduction to programming and/or hardware tinkering</li>
<li>A workshop about your favorite piece of Free Software</li>
<li>A presentation about your favorite Free Software-related project (user group, advocacy group, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>To submit your proposal, please fill the form at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/</a></p>
<h1>Volunteer</h1>
<p>We need volunteers to help ensure Open Day is a success!
We are specifically looking for people familiar
with the Debian installer to attend the Debian installfest,
as resources for people seeking help to install Debian on their devices.
If you're interested, please add your name to our wiki:
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/OpenDay#Installfest">https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/OpenDay#Installfest</a></p>
<h1>Attend</h1>
<p>Participation to Open Day is free and no registration is required.</p>
<p>The schedule for Open Day will be announced in June 2017.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p><p>The DebConf team would like to call for proposals for the DebConf17 Open Day,
a whole day dedicated to sessions about Debian and Free Software,
and aimed at the general public. Open Day will preceed DebConf17
and will be held in Montreal, Canada, on August 5th 2017.</p>
<p>DebConf Open Day will be a great opportunity for users, developers
and people simply curious about our work to meet and learn about
the Debian Project, Free Software in general and related topics.</p>
<h1>Submit your proposal</h1>
<p>We welcome submissions of workshops, presentations or any other activity
which involves Debian and Free Software.
Activities in both English and French are accepted.</p>
<p>Here are some ideas about content we'd love to offer during Open Day.
This list is not exhaustive, feel free to propose other ideas!</p>
<ul>
<li>An introduction to various aspects of the Debian Project</li>
<li>Talks about Debian and Free Software in art, education and/or research</li>
<li>A primer on contributing to Free Software projects</li>
<li>Free software & Privacy/Surveillance</li>
<li>An introduction to programming and/or hardware tinkering</li>
<li>A workshop about your favorite piece of Free Software</li>
<li>A presentation about your favorite Free Software-related project (user group, advocacy group, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>To submit your proposal, please fill the form at
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/</a></p>
<h1>Volunteer</h1>
<p>We need volunteers to help ensure Open Day is a success!
We are specifically looking for people familiar
with the Debian installer to attend the Debian installfest,
as resources for people seeking help to install Debian on their devices.
If you're interested, please add your name to our wiki:
<a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/OpenDay#Installfest">https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/OpenDay#Installfest</a></p>
<h1>Attend</h1>
<p>Participation to Open Day is free and no registration is required.</p>
<p>The schedule for Open Day will be announced in June 2017.</p>
<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>DPL elections 2017, congratulations Chris Lamb!2017-04-16T18:40:00+02:002017-04-16T18:40:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-04-16:/2017/04/results-dpl-elections-2017.html<p>The Debian Project Leader elections finished yesterday and the winner is Chris Lamb!</p>
<p>Of a total of 1062 developers, 322 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2017 page</a>.</p>
<p>The current Debian Project Leader, Mehdi Dogguy, congratulated Chris Lamb in his
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2017/04/msg00041.html">Final bits from the (outgoing) DPL message</a>.
Thanks, Mehdi, for the service as DPL during this last twelve months!</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader starts on April 17th and expires on April 16th 2018.</p><p>The Debian Project Leader elections finished yesterday and the winner is Chris Lamb!</p>
<p>Of a total of 1062 developers, 322 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2017 page</a>.</p>
<p>The current Debian Project Leader, Mehdi Dogguy, congratulated Chris Lamb in his
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2017/04/msg00041.html">Final bits from the (outgoing) DPL message</a>.
Thanks, Mehdi, for the service as DPL during this last twelve months!</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader starts on April 17th and expires on April 16th 2018.</p>Unknown parallel universe uses Debian2017-04-01T15:30:00+02:002017-04-01T15:30:00+02:00Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2017-04-01:/2017/04/unknown-parallel-universe-uses-debian.html<p><strong>This post was an April Fools' Day joke.</strong></p>
<p>The space agencies running the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station_program">International Space Station
(ISS)</a>
reported that a laptop accidentally threw to space as waste in 2013 from
the International State Station may have connected with a parallel Universe. <a href="https://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-
migration.html">
This laptop was running Debian 6</a> and the ISS engineers managed to track its travel
through the outer space. In early January, the laptop signal was lost
but recovered back two weeks later in the same place. ISS engineers
suspect that the laptop may had met and crossed a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole">wormhole</a> arriving a parallel
Universe from where "somebody" sent it back later.</p>
<p>Eventually the laptop was recovered and in an first analysis the ISS
engineers found that the laptop have a dual boot: a partition running
the Debian installation made by them and a second partition running
what seems to be a Debian fork or
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/">derivative</a> totally unknown
until now.</p>
<p>The engineers have been in contact with the Debian Project in the last
weeks and a Debian group formed with delegates from different Debian
teams have begun to study this new Debian derivative system. From the
early results of this research, we can proudly say that somebody (or a
group of beings) in a parallel universe understand Earth computers,
and Debian, enough to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clone the existing Debian system in a new partition and provide a
dual boot using Grub.</li>
<li>Change the desktop wallpaper from the previous
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/SpaceFun">Spacefun theme</a>
to one in rainbow colors.</li>
<li>Fork all the packages whose
<a href="https://sources.debian.net/">source code</a> was present in the initial
Debian system, patch multiple bugs in those packages and some patches
more for some tricky security problems.</li>
<li>Add ten new language locales that do not correspond to any language
spoken in Earth, with full translation for four of them.</li>
<li>A copy of
<a href="https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/">the Debian website repository</a>,
migrated to the git version control system and perfectly running,
has been found in the <em>/home/earth0/Documents</em> folder. This new repo
includes code to show the Debian <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/">micronews</a>
in the home page and many other improvements, keeping the style of not needing
JavaScript and providing a nice control of up-to-date/outdated
translations, similar to the one existing in Debian.</li>
</ul>
<p>The work towards knowing better this new Universe and find a way to
communicate with them has just began; all the Debian users and
contributors are invited to join the effort to study the operating
system found. We want to prepare our Community and our Universe to
live and work peacefully and respectfully with the parallel Universe
communities, in the true spirit of Free Software.</p>
<p>In the following weeks a General Resolution will be proposed for
updating our motto to "the multiversal operating system".</p><p><strong>This post was an April Fools' Day joke.</strong></p>
<p>The space agencies running the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station_program">International Space Station
(ISS)</a>
reported that a laptop accidentally threw to space as waste in 2013 from
the International State Station may have connected with a parallel Universe. <a href="https://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-
migration.html">
This laptop was running Debian 6</a> and the ISS engineers managed to track its travel
through the outer space. In early January, the laptop signal was lost
but recovered back two weeks later in the same place. ISS engineers
suspect that the laptop may had met and crossed a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole">wormhole</a> arriving a parallel
Universe from where "somebody" sent it back later.</p>
<p>Eventually the laptop was recovered and in an first analysis the ISS
engineers found that the laptop have a dual boot: a partition running
the Debian installation made by them and a second partition running
what seems to be a Debian fork or
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/">derivative</a> totally unknown
until now.</p>
<p>The engineers have been in contact with the Debian Project in the last
weeks and a Debian group formed with delegates from different Debian
teams have begun to study this new Debian derivative system. From the
early results of this research, we can proudly say that somebody (or a
group of beings) in a parallel universe understand Earth computers,
and Debian, enough to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Clone the existing Debian system in a new partition and provide a
dual boot using Grub.</li>
<li>Change the desktop wallpaper from the previous
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/SpaceFun">Spacefun theme</a>
to one in rainbow colors.</li>
<li>Fork all the packages whose
<a href="https://sources.debian.net/">source code</a> was present in the initial
Debian system, patch multiple bugs in those packages and some patches
more for some tricky security problems.</li>
<li>Add ten new language locales that do not correspond to any language
spoken in Earth, with full translation for four of them.</li>
<li>A copy of
<a href="https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/">the Debian website repository</a>,
migrated to the git version control system and perfectly running,
has been found in the <em>/home/earth0/Documents</em> folder. This new repo
includes code to show the Debian <a href="https://micronews.debian.org/">micronews</a>
in the home page and many other improvements, keeping the style of not needing
JavaScript and providing a nice control of up-to-date/outdated
translations, similar to the one existing in Debian.</li>
</ul>
<p>The work towards knowing better this new Universe and find a way to
communicate with them has just began; all the Debian users and
contributors are invited to join the effort to study the operating
system found. We want to prepare our Community and our Universe to
live and work peacefully and respectfully with the parallel Universe
communities, in the true spirit of Free Software.</p>
<p>In the following weeks a General Resolution will be proposed for
updating our motto to "the multiversal operating system".</p>Debian Project Leader elections 20172017-03-25T22:30:00+01:002017-03-25T22:30:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-03-25:/2017/03/dpl-elections-2017.html<p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/vote_001">the elections of
its Project Leader</a>!</p>
<p>The Project Leader position is described in
the <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution#item-5">Debian Constitution</a>.</p>
<p>Two Debian Developers run this year to become Project Leader:
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a>,
who has held the office for the last year,
and <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/platforms/lamby">Chris Lamb</a>.</p>
<p>We are in the middle of the campaigning period that will last until
the end of April 1st. The candidates and Debian contributors
are already engaging in debates and discussions on
the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The voting period starts on April 2nd, and during the following two
weeks, Debian Developers can vote to choose the person
that will fit that role for one year.</p>
<p>The results will be published on April 16th
with the term for new the project leader starting the following day.</p><p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/vote_001">the elections of
its Project Leader</a>!</p>
<p>The Project Leader position is described in
the <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution#item-5">Debian Constitution</a>.</p>
<p>Two Debian Developers run this year to become Project Leader:
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a>,
who has held the office for the last year,
and <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2017/platforms/lamby">Chris Lamb</a>.</p>
<p>We are in the middle of the campaigning period that will last until
the end of April 1st. The candidates and Debian contributors
are already engaging in debates and discussions on
the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The voting period starts on April 2nd, and during the following two
weeks, Debian Developers can vote to choose the person
that will fit that role for one year.</p>
<p>The results will be published on April 16th
with the term for new the project leader starting the following day.</p>DebConf17 welcomes its first eighteen sponsors!2017-03-20T15:15:00+01:002017-03-20T15:15:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina and Tássia Camões Araújotag:bits.debian.org,2017-03-20:/2017/03/dc17-welcome-its-first-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>
<p>DebConf17 will take place in Montreal, Canada in August 2017. We are working hard
to provide fuel for hearts and minds, to make this conference once again a
fertile soil for the Debian Project flourishing. Please join us and support
this landmark in the Free Software calendar.</p>
<p>Eighteen companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf17! With a warm
welcome, we'd like to introduce them to you.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-faire Linux</strong></a>,
a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company which offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions and actively contributes to many free
software projects. <em>"We believe that it's an essential piece [Debian], in a
social and political way, to the freedom of users using modern technological
systems"</em>, said Cyrille Béraud, president of Savoir-faire Linux.</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/"><strong>Valve</strong></a>,
a company developing games, social entertainment platform, and game engine technologies.
And our second Gold sponsor is <a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
which offers a comprehensive range of services to help its clients to
navigate the ever-evolving world of Open Source.</p>
<p>As Silver sponsors we have
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="http://www.mojatatu.info/"><strong>Mojatatu Networks</strong></a>
(a Canadian company developing Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,600</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>
(an American multinational technology company),
<a href="http://evolix.ca/"><strong>Evolix</strong></a>
(an IT managed services and support company located in Montreal),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>
(the OS supported by Canonical)
and <a href="http://www.roche.com/careers"><strong>Roche</strong></a>
(a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare).</p>
<p><a href="http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://bluemosh.com/"><strong>Bluemosh</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.skroutz.gr/"><strong>Skroutz</strong></a>
are our Bronze sponsors so far.</p>
<p>And finally, <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/"><strong>The Linux foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.koumbit.org/"><strong>Réseau Koumbit</strong></a>
and <a href="http://www.adte.ca/"><strong>adte.ca</strong></a>
are our supporter sponsors.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our
<a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
(or a summarized <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_flyer_en.pdf">flyer</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits.</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf17 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/800px-Dc17logo.png"></p>
<p>DebConf17 will take place in Montreal, Canada in August 2017. We are working hard
to provide fuel for hearts and minds, to make this conference once again a
fertile soil for the Debian Project flourishing. Please join us and support
this landmark in the Free Software calendar.</p>
<p>Eighteen companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf17! With a warm
welcome, we'd like to introduce them to you.</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-faire Linux</strong></a>,
a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company which offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions and actively contributes to many free
software projects. <em>"We believe that it's an essential piece [Debian], in a
social and political way, to the freedom of users using modern technological
systems"</em>, said Cyrille Béraud, president of Savoir-faire Linux.</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/"><strong>Valve</strong></a>,
a company developing games, social entertainment platform, and game engine technologies.
And our second Gold sponsor is <a href="https://www.collabora.com/"><strong>Collabora</strong></a>,
which offers a comprehensive range of services to help its clients to
navigate the ever-evolving world of Open Source.</p>
<p>As Silver sponsors we have
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="http://www.mojatatu.info/"><strong>Mojatatu Networks</strong></a>
(a Canadian company developing Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">6,600</a> students enrolled,
located in the Swiss capital),
<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/"><strong>Microsoft</strong></a>
(an American multinational technology company),
<a href="http://evolix.ca/"><strong>Evolix</strong></a>
(an IT managed services and support company located in Montreal),
<a href="https://www.canonical.com/"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a>
(the OS supported by Canonical)
and <a href="http://www.roche.com/careers"><strong>Roche</strong></a>
(a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company
dedicated to personalized healthcare).</p>
<p><a href="http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/"><strong>ISG.EE</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.ibm.com/"><strong>IBM</strong></a>,
<a href="https://bluemosh.com/"><strong>Bluemosh</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
and <a href="https://www.skroutz.gr/"><strong>Skroutz</strong></a>
are our Bronze sponsors so far.</p>
<p>And finally, <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/"><strong>The Linux foundation</strong></a>,
<a href="https://www.koumbit.org/"><strong>Réseau Koumbit</strong></a>
and <a href="http://www.adte.ca/"><strong>adte.ca</strong></a>
are our supporter sponsors.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our
<a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
(or a summarized <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_flyer_en.pdf">flyer</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits.</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">https://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p>Build Android apps with Debian: apt install android-sdk2017-03-15T12:00:00+01:002017-03-15T12:00:00+01:00Hans-Christoph Steiner and Kai-Chung Yan (殷啟聰)tag:bits.debian.org,2017-03-15:/2017/03/build-android-apps-with-debian.html<p>In Debian stretch, the upcoming new release, it is now possible to build Android
apps using only packages from Debian. This will provide all of the tools needed
to build an Android app targeting the "platform" <code>android-23</code> using the SDK
<code>build-tools</code> 24.0.0. Those two are the only versions of "platform" and
"build-tools" currently in Debian, but it is possible to use the Google binaries
by installing them into <code>/usr/lib/android-sdk</code>.</p>
<p>This doesn't cover yet all of the libraries that are used in the app, like the
Android Support libraries, or all of the other myriad libraries that are usually
fetched from jCenter or Maven Central. One big question for us is whether and
how libraries should be included in Debian. All the Java libraries in Debian
can be used in an Android app, but including something like Android Support in
Debian would be strange since they are only useful in an Android app, never for
a Debian app.</p>
<h2>Building apps with these packages</h2>
<p>Here are the steps for building Android apps using Debian's Android SDK on
Stretch.</p>
<ol>
<li><code>sudo apt install android-sdk android-sdk-platform-23</code></li>
<li><code>export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk</code></li>
<li>In <em>build.gradle</em>, set <em>compileSdkVersion</em> to 23 and <em>buildToolsVersion</em> to
24.0.0</li>
<li>run <code>gradle build</code></li>
</ol>
<p>The Gradle Android Plugin is also packaged. Using the Debian package instead of
the one from online Maven repositories requires a little configuration before
running <em>gradle</em>. In the <em>buildscript</em> block:</p>
<ul>
<li>add <code>maven { url 'file:///usr/share/maven-repo' }</code> to repositories</li>
<li>use <code>compile 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:debian'</code> to load the plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>Currently there is only the target platform of API Level 23 packaged, so only
apps targeted at <em>android-23</em> can be built with only Debian packages. There are
plans to add more API platform packages via backports. Only <em>build-tools</em> 24.0.0
is available, so in order to use the SDK, build scripts need to be modified.
Beware that the Lint in this version of Gradle Android Plugin is still
problematic, so running the :lint tasks might not work. They can be turned off
with <em>lintOptions.abortOnError</em> in <em>build.gradle</em>. Google binaries can be
combined with the Debian packages, for example to use a different version of the
platform or build-tools.</p>
<h2>Why include the Android SDK in Debian?</h2>
<p>While Android developers could develop and ship apps right now using these
Debian packages, this is not very flexible since only <code>build-tools-24.0.0</code> and
<code>android-23</code> platform are available. Currently, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Debian Android Tools
Team</a> is not aiming to cover the most
common use cases. Those are pretty well
covered by Google's binaries (except for the proprietary license on the Google
binaries), and are probably the most work for the Android Tools Team to cover.
The current focus is on use cases that are poorly covered by the Google
binaries, for example, like where only specific parts of the whole SDK are used.
Here are some examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>tools for security researchers, forensics, reverse engineering, etc. which
can then be included in live CDs and distros like Kali Linux</li>
<li>a hardened APK signing server using <em>apksigner</em> that uses a standard,
audited, public configuration of all reproducibly built packages</li>
<li>Replicant is a 100% free software Android distribution, so of course
<a href="http://blog.replicant.us/2017/02/replicant-6-0-development-updates/">they want to have a 100% free software SDK</a></li>
<li>high security apps need a build environment that matches their level of
security, the Debian Android Tools packages are <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org">reproducibly built</a>
only from publicly available sources</li>
<li>support architectures besides i386 and amd64, for example, the Linaro LAVA
setup for testing ARM devices of all kinds uses the adb packages on ARM servers
to make their whole testing setup all ARM architecture</li>
<li>dead simple install with strong trust path with mirrors all over the world</li>
</ul>
<p>In the long run, the Android Tools Team aims to cover more use cases well, and
also building the Android NDK. This all will happen more quickly if there are
more contributors on the Android Tools team! Android is the most popular mobile
OS, and can be 100% free software like Debian. Debian and its derivatives are
one of the most popular platforms for Android development. This is an important
combination that should grow only more integrated.</p>
<p>Last but not least, the Android Tools Team wants feedback on how this should all
work, for example, ideas for how to nicely integrate Debian's Java libraries
into the Android <em>gradle</em> workflow. And ideally, the Android Support libraries
would also be reproducibly built and packaged somewhere that enforces only free
software. Come find us on IRC and/or email!
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools#Communication_Channels">https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools#Communication_Channels</a></p><p>In Debian stretch, the upcoming new release, it is now possible to build Android
apps using only packages from Debian. This will provide all of the tools needed
to build an Android app targeting the "platform" <code>android-23</code> using the SDK
<code>build-tools</code> 24.0.0. Those two are the only versions of "platform" and
"build-tools" currently in Debian, but it is possible to use the Google binaries
by installing them into <code>/usr/lib/android-sdk</code>.</p>
<p>This doesn't cover yet all of the libraries that are used in the app, like the
Android Support libraries, or all of the other myriad libraries that are usually
fetched from jCenter or Maven Central. One big question for us is whether and
how libraries should be included in Debian. All the Java libraries in Debian
can be used in an Android app, but including something like Android Support in
Debian would be strange since they are only useful in an Android app, never for
a Debian app.</p>
<h2>Building apps with these packages</h2>
<p>Here are the steps for building Android apps using Debian's Android SDK on
Stretch.</p>
<ol>
<li><code>sudo apt install android-sdk android-sdk-platform-23</code></li>
<li><code>export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk</code></li>
<li>In <em>build.gradle</em>, set <em>compileSdkVersion</em> to 23 and <em>buildToolsVersion</em> to
24.0.0</li>
<li>run <code>gradle build</code></li>
</ol>
<p>The Gradle Android Plugin is also packaged. Using the Debian package instead of
the one from online Maven repositories requires a little configuration before
running <em>gradle</em>. In the <em>buildscript</em> block:</p>
<ul>
<li>add <code>maven { url 'file:///usr/share/maven-repo' }</code> to repositories</li>
<li>use <code>compile 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:debian'</code> to load the plugin</li>
</ul>
<p>Currently there is only the target platform of API Level 23 packaged, so only
apps targeted at <em>android-23</em> can be built with only Debian packages. There are
plans to add more API platform packages via backports. Only <em>build-tools</em> 24.0.0
is available, so in order to use the SDK, build scripts need to be modified.
Beware that the Lint in this version of Gradle Android Plugin is still
problematic, so running the :lint tasks might not work. They can be turned off
with <em>lintOptions.abortOnError</em> in <em>build.gradle</em>. Google binaries can be
combined with the Debian packages, for example to use a different version of the
platform or build-tools.</p>
<h2>Why include the Android SDK in Debian?</h2>
<p>While Android developers could develop and ship apps right now using these
Debian packages, this is not very flexible since only <code>build-tools-24.0.0</code> and
<code>android-23</code> platform are available. Currently, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Debian Android Tools
Team</a> is not aiming to cover the most
common use cases. Those are pretty well
covered by Google's binaries (except for the proprietary license on the Google
binaries), and are probably the most work for the Android Tools Team to cover.
The current focus is on use cases that are poorly covered by the Google
binaries, for example, like where only specific parts of the whole SDK are used.
Here are some examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>tools for security researchers, forensics, reverse engineering, etc. which
can then be included in live CDs and distros like Kali Linux</li>
<li>a hardened APK signing server using <em>apksigner</em> that uses a standard,
audited, public configuration of all reproducibly built packages</li>
<li>Replicant is a 100% free software Android distribution, so of course
<a href="http://blog.replicant.us/2017/02/replicant-6-0-development-updates/">they want to have a 100% free software SDK</a></li>
<li>high security apps need a build environment that matches their level of
security, the Debian Android Tools packages are <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org">reproducibly built</a>
only from publicly available sources</li>
<li>support architectures besides i386 and amd64, for example, the Linaro LAVA
setup for testing ARM devices of all kinds uses the adb packages on ARM servers
to make their whole testing setup all ARM architecture</li>
<li>dead simple install with strong trust path with mirrors all over the world</li>
</ul>
<p>In the long run, the Android Tools Team aims to cover more use cases well, and
also building the Android NDK. This all will happen more quickly if there are
more contributors on the Android Tools team! Android is the most popular mobile
OS, and can be 100% free software like Debian. Debian and its derivatives are
one of the most popular platforms for Android development. This is an important
combination that should grow only more integrated.</p>
<p>Last but not least, the Android Tools Team wants feedback on how this should all
work, for example, ideas for how to nicely integrate Debian's Java libraries
into the Android <em>gradle</em> workflow. And ideally, the Android Support libraries
would also be reproducibly built and packaged somewhere that enforces only free
software. Come find us on IRC and/or email!
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools#Communication_Channels">https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools#Communication_Channels</a></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2017)2017-03-08T00:30:00+01:002017-03-08T00:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-03-08:/2017/03/new-developers-2017-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ulrike Uhlig (ulrike)</li>
<li>Hanno Wagner (wagner)</li>
<li>Jose M Calhariz (calharis)</li>
<li>Bastien Roucariès (rouca)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dara Adib</li>
<li>Félix Sipma</li>
<li>Kunal Mehta</li>
<li>Valentin Vidic</li>
<li>Adrian Alves</li>
<li>William Blough</li>
<li>Jan Luca Naumann</li>
<li>Mohanasundaram Devarajulu</li>
<li>Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana</li>
<li>Vincent Prat</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ulrike Uhlig (ulrike)</li>
<li>Hanno Wagner (wagner)</li>
<li>Jose M Calhariz (calharis)</li>
<li>Bastien Roucariès (rouca)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dara Adib</li>
<li>Félix Sipma</li>
<li>Kunal Mehta</li>
<li>Valentin Vidic</li>
<li>Adrian Alves</li>
<li>William Blough</li>
<li>Jan Luca Naumann</li>
<li>Mohanasundaram Devarajulu</li>
<li>Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana</li>
<li>Vincent Prat</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>DebConf17: Call for Proposals2017-02-08T20:50:00+01:002017-02-08T20:50:00+01:00Gunnar Wolftag:bits.debian.org,2017-02-08:/2017/02/7-cfp.html<p>The DebConf Content team would like to Call for Proposals for
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">the DebConf17 conference</a>, to be held in Montreal, Canada, from August 6
through August 12, 2017.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals in its latest form at: <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/cfp</a></p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/">Submit an event proposal</a> and describe your plan. Please
note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal
sessions (BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art
installations, debates, or any other format of event that you think
would be beneficial to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an
engaging description of the event. You should use the field "Notes" to
provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling
restrictions, or any special requirements we should consider for your
event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have
different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for your
event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We'd
encourage Debian account holders (e.g. DDs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. But this isn't required for everybody, you can
sign up with an e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in April. If
you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it as soon as possible so that it can be
considered during this first evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday 4 June 2017 to be
evaluated for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we
have some broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals,
including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Blends</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Packaging, policy and infrastructure</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
<li>Security</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or become a coordinator
for any of them; please refer to the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/ContentTracks">Content Tracks wiki page</a> for more
information on that.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a Code of Conduct designed to ensure everyone's
safety and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including
speakers and the content of their presentations. For more information,
<a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">please see the Code on the Web</a>, and do not hesitate to contact us
at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a> if you have any questions or are unsure about
certain content you'd like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of
the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will
be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation.
Recordings will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as
well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsor <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/en/">Savoir-Faire Linux</a>.
DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us
first, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Montreal!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p><p>The DebConf Content team would like to Call for Proposals for
<a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/">the DebConf17 conference</a>, to be held in Montreal, Canada, from August 6
through August 12, 2017.</p>
<p>You can find this Call for Proposals in its latest form at: <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/cfp/">https://debconf17.debconf.org/cfp</a></p>
<p>Please refer to this URL for updates on the present information.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p><a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/new/">Submit an event proposal</a> and describe your plan. Please
note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal
sessions (BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art
installations, debates, or any other format of event that you think
would be beneficial to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an
engaging description of the event. You should use the field "Notes" to
provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling
restrictions, or any special requirements we should consider for your
event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions), other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have
different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for your
event and explain any special requests.</p>
<p>You will need to create an account on the site, to submit a talk. We'd
encourage Debian account holders (e.g. DDs) to use <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSingleSignOn">Debian SSO</a> when
creating an account. But this isn't required for everybody, you can
sign up with an e-mail address and password.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in April. If
you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the
conference, please submit it as soon as possible so that it can be
considered during this first evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before Sunday 4 June 2017 to be
evaluated for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we
have some broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals,
including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Blends</li>
<li>Debian in Science</li>
<li>Cloud and containers</li>
<li>Social context</li>
<li>Packaging, policy and infrastructure</li>
<li>Embedded</li>
<li>Systems administration, automation and orchestration</li>
<li>Security</li>
</ul>
<p>You are welcome to either suggest more tracks, or become a coordinator
for any of them; please refer to the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/ContentTracks">Content Tracks wiki page</a> for more
information on that.</p>
<h2>Code of Conduct</h2>
<p>Our event is covered by a Code of Conduct designed to ensure everyone's
safety and comfort. The code applies to all attendees, including
speakers and the content of their presentations. For more information,
<a href="https://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">please see the Code on the Web</a>, and do not hesitate to contact us
at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a> if you have any questions or are unsure about
certain content you'd like to present.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of
the <a href="https://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will
be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation.
Recordings will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as
well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our
sponsors, especially our Platinum Sponsor <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/en/">Savoir-Faire Linux</a>.
DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, or think
you know of others who would be willing to help, <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/">please get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>In case of any questions, or if you wanted to bounce some ideas off us
first, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at
<a href="mailto:content@debconf.org"><a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a></a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you in Montreal!</p>
<p>The DebConf team</p>Debian welcomes its Outreachy interns2017-02-05T12:00:00+01:002017-02-05T12:00:00+01:00Nicolas Dandrimont and Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2017-02-05:/2017/02/welcome-outreachy-interns-2016-2017.html<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Better late than never, we'd like to welcome our three Outreachy interns
for this round, lasting from the 6th of December 2016 to the 6th of March 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://eferdman.github.io/">Elizabeth Ferdman</a>
is working in the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FCleanRoomForPGPKeyManagement.Clean_Room_for_PGP_and_X.509_.28PKI.29_Key_Management">Clean Room for PGP and X.509 (PKI) Key Management</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://siamezzze.github.io/">Maria Glukhova</a>
is working in
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FReproducibleBuildsOfDebian.Reproducible_builds_for_Debian_and_free_software">Reproducible builds for Debian and free software</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://urvikagola.wordpress.com/">Urvika Gola</a>
is working in
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FImprovingVoiceVideoChatCommunication.Improving_voice.2C_video_and_chat_communication_with_free_software">improving voice, video and chat communication with free software</a>.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy
helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software
get involved. We provide a supportive community for beginning to contribute
any time throughout the year and offer focused internship opportunities
twice a year with a number of free software organizations.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy program is possible in Debian thanks
to the effort of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the help of the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>,
who provides administrative support for Outreachy,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Debian will also participate in the next round for Outreachy, during
the summer of 2017. More details will follow in the next weeks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Elizabeth, Maria and Urvika!</p><p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>Better late than never, we'd like to welcome our three Outreachy interns
for this round, lasting from the 6th of December 2016 to the 6th of March 2017.</p>
<p><a href="https://eferdman.github.io/">Elizabeth Ferdman</a>
is working in the
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FCleanRoomForPGPKeyManagement.Clean_Room_for_PGP_and_X.509_.28PKI.29_Key_Management">Clean Room for PGP and X.509 (PKI) Key Management</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://siamezzze.github.io/">Maria Glukhova</a>
is working in
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FReproducibleBuildsOfDebian.Reproducible_builds_for_Debian_and_free_software">Reproducible builds for Debian and free software</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://urvikagola.wordpress.com/">Urvika Gola</a>
is working in
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round13#Outreachy.2FRound13.2FProjects.2FImprovingVoiceVideoChatCommunication.Improving_voice.2C_video_and_chat_communication_with_free_software">improving voice, video and chat communication with free software</a>.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy
helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software
get involved. We provide a supportive community for beginning to contribute
any time throughout the year and offer focused internship opportunities
twice a year with a number of free software organizations.</em></p>
<p>The Outreachy program is possible in Debian thanks
to the effort of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and
the help of the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>,
who provides administrative support for Outreachy,
as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding
for the internships.</p>
<p>Debian will also participate in the next round for Outreachy, during
the summer of 2017. More details will follow in the next weeks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy
interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in <a href="https://planet.debian.org">Planet Debian</a>),
and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Elizabeth, Maria and Urvika!</p>Savoir-faire Linux Platinum Sponsor of DebConf172017-01-30T17:50:00+01:002017-01-30T17:50:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reina and Tássia Camões Araújotag:bits.debian.org,2017-01-30:/2017/01/sfl-platinum-debconf17.html<p><a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><img alt="SFLlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/savoirfairelinux.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-faire Linux</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="http://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Debian acts as a model for both Free Software and developer
communities. Savoir-faire Linux promotes both vision and values of
Debian. Indeed, we believe that it's an essential piece, in a social
and political way, to the freedom of users using modern technological
systems"</em>, said Cyrille Béraud, president of Savoir-faire Linux.</p>
<p>Savoir-faire Linux is a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company
with offices in Quebec City, Toronto, Paris and Lyon. It offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions in order to provide performance,
flexibility and independence for its clients. The company actively contributes
to many free software projects, and provides mirrors of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux
and others.</p>
<p>Savoir-faire Linux was present at DebConf16 program with a talk about Ring, its
GPL secure and distributed communication system. Ring package was accepted in
Debian testing during DebCamp in 2016 and will be part of Debian Stretch.
OpenDHT, the distributed hash table implementation used by Ring, also appeared
in Debian experimental during last DebConf.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Savoir-faire Linux contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Savoir-faire Linux, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="http://debconf17.debconf.org">http://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><img alt="SFLlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/savoirfairelinux.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.savoirfairelinux.com/"><strong>Savoir-faire Linux</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="http://debconf17.debconf.org">DebConf17</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"Debian acts as a model for both Free Software and developer
communities. Savoir-faire Linux promotes both vision and values of
Debian. Indeed, we believe that it's an essential piece, in a social
and political way, to the freedom of users using modern technological
systems"</em>, said Cyrille Béraud, president of Savoir-faire Linux.</p>
<p>Savoir-faire Linux is a Montreal-based Free/Open-Source Software company
with offices in Quebec City, Toronto, Paris and Lyon. It offers Linux and
Free Software integration solutions in order to provide performance,
flexibility and independence for its clients. The company actively contributes
to many free software projects, and provides mirrors of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux
and others.</p>
<p>Savoir-faire Linux was present at DebConf16 program with a talk about Ring, its
GPL secure and distributed communication system. Ring package was accepted in
Debian testing during DebCamp in 2016 and will be part of Debian Stretch.
OpenDHT, the distributed hash table implementation used by Ring, also appeared
in Debian experimental during last DebConf.</p>
<p>With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
Savoir-faire Linux contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Savoir-faire Linux, for your support of DebConf17!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf17 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf17 website at <a href="http://debconf17.debconf.org">http://debconf17.debconf.org</a>.</p>Debian at FOSDEM 20172017-01-28T13:00:00+01:002017-01-28T13:00:00+01:00Joost van Baal-Ilićtag:bits.debian.org,2017-01-28:/2017/01/debian-at-fosdem-2017.html<p>On February 4th and 5th, Debian will be attending
<a href="https://fosdem.org/2017">FOSDEM 2017</a> in Brussels,
Belgium; a yearly gratis event (no registration needed) run by volunteers from
the Open Source and Free Software community. It's free, and it's big: more than
600 speakers, over 600 events, in 29 rooms.</p>
<p>This year more than 45 current or past
Debian contributors will <a href="https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/speakers/">speak</a> at FOSDEM:
Alexandre Viau,
Bradley M. Kuhn,
Daniel Pocock,
Guus Sliepen,
Johan Van de Wauw,
John Sullivan,
Josh Triplett,
Julien Danjou,
Keith Packard,
Martin Pitt,
Peter Van Eynde,
Richard Hartmann,
Sebastian Dröge,
Stefano Zacchiroli
and Wouter Verhelst, among others.</p>
<!---
see https://storm.debian.net/shared/G_8yunG6KKDVdZsH5vOWAZldrbEVs9a0tqc5uWKB7zW
to know the complete list and how we figure out the list
-->
<p>Similar to previous years, the event will be hosted at Université libre de
Bruxelles. Debian contributors and enthusiasts will be taking shifts at the
Debian stand with gadgets, T-Shirts and swag. You can find us at stand number
4 in building K, 1 B; CoreOS Linux and PostgreSQL will be our neighbours. See
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2017/FOSDEM">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2017/FOSDEM</a>
for more details.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to meeting you all!</p><p>On February 4th and 5th, Debian will be attending
<a href="https://fosdem.org/2017">FOSDEM 2017</a> in Brussels,
Belgium; a yearly gratis event (no registration needed) run by volunteers from
the Open Source and Free Software community. It's free, and it's big: more than
600 speakers, over 600 events, in 29 rooms.</p>
<p>This year more than 45 current or past
Debian contributors will <a href="https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/speakers/">speak</a> at FOSDEM:
Alexandre Viau,
Bradley M. Kuhn,
Daniel Pocock,
Guus Sliepen,
Johan Van de Wauw,
John Sullivan,
Josh Triplett,
Julien Danjou,
Keith Packard,
Martin Pitt,
Peter Van Eynde,
Richard Hartmann,
Sebastian Dröge,
Stefano Zacchiroli
and Wouter Verhelst, among others.</p>
<!---
see https://storm.debian.net/shared/G_8yunG6KKDVdZsH5vOWAZldrbEVs9a0tqc5uWKB7zW
to know the complete list and how we figure out the list
-->
<p>Similar to previous years, the event will be hosted at Université libre de
Bruxelles. Debian contributors and enthusiasts will be taking shifts at the
Debian stand with gadgets, T-Shirts and swag. You can find us at stand number
4 in building K, 1 B; CoreOS Linux and PostgreSQL will be our neighbours. See
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2017/FOSDEM">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2017/FOSDEM</a>
for more details.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to meeting you all!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2016)2017-01-09T00:30:00+01:002017-01-09T00:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2017-01-09:/2017/01/new-developers-2016-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Karen M Sandler (karen)</li>
<li>Sebastien Badia (sbadia)</li>
<li>Christos Trochalakis (ctrochalakis)</li>
<li>Adrian Bunk (bunk)</li>
<li>Michael Lustfield (mtecknology)</li>
<li>James Clarke (jrtc27)</li>
<li>Sean Whitton (spwhitton)</li>
<li>Jerome Georges Benoit (calculus)</li>
<li>Daniel Lange (dlange)</li>
<li>Christoph Biedl (cbiedl)</li>
<li>Gustavo Panizzo (gefa)</li>
<li>Gert Wollny (gewo)</li>
<li>Benjamin Barenblat (bbaren)</li>
<li>Giovani Augusto Ferreira (giovani)</li>
<li>Mechtilde Stehmann (mechtilde)</li>
<li>Christopher Stuart Hoskin (mans0954)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dmitry Bogatov</li>
<li>Dominik George</li>
<li>Gordon Ball</li>
<li>Sruthi Chandran</li>
<li>Michael Shuler</li>
<li>Filip Pytloun</li>
<li>Mario Anthony Limonciello</li>
<li>Julien Puydt</li>
<li>Nicholas D Steeves</li>
<li>Raoul Snyman</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Karen M Sandler (karen)</li>
<li>Sebastien Badia (sbadia)</li>
<li>Christos Trochalakis (ctrochalakis)</li>
<li>Adrian Bunk (bunk)</li>
<li>Michael Lustfield (mtecknology)</li>
<li>James Clarke (jrtc27)</li>
<li>Sean Whitton (spwhitton)</li>
<li>Jerome Georges Benoit (calculus)</li>
<li>Daniel Lange (dlange)</li>
<li>Christoph Biedl (cbiedl)</li>
<li>Gustavo Panizzo (gefa)</li>
<li>Gert Wollny (gewo)</li>
<li>Benjamin Barenblat (bbaren)</li>
<li>Giovani Augusto Ferreira (giovani)</li>
<li>Mechtilde Stehmann (mechtilde)</li>
<li>Christopher Stuart Hoskin (mans0954)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dmitry Bogatov</li>
<li>Dominik George</li>
<li>Gordon Ball</li>
<li>Sruthi Chandran</li>
<li>Michael Shuler</li>
<li>Filip Pytloun</li>
<li>Mario Anthony Limonciello</li>
<li>Julien Puydt</li>
<li>Nicholas D Steeves</li>
<li>Raoul Snyman</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Free FPGA programming with Debian2016-12-22T18:15:00+01:002016-12-22T18:15:00+01:00Steffen Möllertag:bits.debian.org,2016-12-22:/2016/12/fpga-programming-debian.html<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/">FPGA</a> (Field Programmable Gate Array)
are increasingly popular for data acquisition, device control and
application acceleration. Debian now features a completely Free set of
tools to program FPGA in Verilog, prepare the binary and have it
executed on an affordable device.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/Lattice">http://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/Lattice</a>
for details. Readers familiar with
the technology may rightly guess that this refers
to the <em>yosys</em> package
together with <em>berkeley-abc</em>, <em>arachne-"Place-and-Route"</em>
and the <em>icestorm</em> tools to communicate with the device.</p>
<p>The packages have been contributed by
the <a href="https://blends.debian.org/science/tasks/">Debian Science</a> team.</p>
<p>We hope this effort to support the
FPGA community to collect an increasing number of skills to further
smoothen the Open Source experience and lower the entry barriers for this
tantalising technology.</p><p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/">FPGA</a> (Field Programmable Gate Array)
are increasingly popular for data acquisition, device control and
application acceleration. Debian now features a completely Free set of
tools to program FPGA in Verilog, prepare the binary and have it
executed on an affordable device.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/Lattice">http://wiki.debian.org/FPGA/Lattice</a>
for details. Readers familiar with
the technology may rightly guess that this refers
to the <em>yosys</em> package
together with <em>berkeley-abc</em>, <em>arachne-"Place-and-Route"</em>
and the <em>icestorm</em> tools to communicate with the device.</p>
<p>The packages have been contributed by
the <a href="https://blends.debian.org/science/tasks/">Debian Science</a> team.</p>
<p>We hope this effort to support the
FPGA community to collect an increasing number of skills to further
smoothen the Open Source experience and lower the entry barriers for this
tantalising technology.</p>Debian Contributors Survey 20162016-11-16T15:45:00+01:002016-11-16T15:45:00+01:00Molly de Blanctag:bits.debian.org,2016-11-16:/2016/11/debian-contributors-survey-2016.html<p>The <a href="http://debian.limequery.org/696747">Debian Contributor Survey</a> launched <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/11/msg00003.html">last week</a>!</p>
<p>In order to better understand and document who contributes to Debian, we
(Mathieu ONeil, Molly de Blanc, and Stefano Zacchiroli) have created this
survey to capture the current state of participation in the Debian Project
through the lense of common demographics. We hope a general survey will become
an annual effort, and that each year there will also be a focus on a specific
aspect of the project or community. The 2016 edition contains sections
concerning work, employment, and labour issues in order to learn about who is
getting paid to work on and with Debian, and how those relationships affect
contributions.</p>
<p>We want to hear from as many Debian contributors as possible—whether you've
submitted a bug report, attended a DebConf, reviewed translations, maintain
packages, participated in Debian teams, or are a Debian Developer. Completing
the survey should take 10-30 minutes, depending on your current involvement
with the project and employment status.</p>
<p>In an effort to reflect our own ideals as well as those of the Debian project,
we are using <a href="http://limesurvey.org/">LimeSurvey</a>, an entirely free software survey tool, in an
instance of it hosted by the LimeSurvey developers.</p>
<p>Survey responses are anonymous, IP and HTTP information are not logged, and all
questions are optional. As it is still likely possible to determine who a
respondent is based on their answers, results will only be distributed in
aggregate form, in a way that does not allow deanonymization. The results of
the survey will be analyzed as part of ongoing research work by the organizers.
A report discussing the results will be published under a DFSG-free license and
distributed to the Debian community as soon as it's ready. The raw,
disaggregated answers will not be distributed and will be kept under the
responsibility of the organizers.</p>
<p>We hope you will <a href="http://debian.limequery.org/696747">fill out the Debian Contributor Survey</a>. The deadline for
participation is: 4 December 2016, at 23:59 UTC.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via email at:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mathieu ONeil <a href="mailto:mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au">mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au</a></li>
<li>Molly de Blanc <a href="mailto:deblanc@riseup.net">deblanc@riseup.net</a></li>
<li>Stefano Zacchiroli <a href="mailto:zack@debian.org">zack@debian.org</a></li>
</ul><p>The <a href="http://debian.limequery.org/696747">Debian Contributor Survey</a> launched <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/11/msg00003.html">last week</a>!</p>
<p>In order to better understand and document who contributes to Debian, we
(Mathieu ONeil, Molly de Blanc, and Stefano Zacchiroli) have created this
survey to capture the current state of participation in the Debian Project
through the lense of common demographics. We hope a general survey will become
an annual effort, and that each year there will also be a focus on a specific
aspect of the project or community. The 2016 edition contains sections
concerning work, employment, and labour issues in order to learn about who is
getting paid to work on and with Debian, and how those relationships affect
contributions.</p>
<p>We want to hear from as many Debian contributors as possible—whether you've
submitted a bug report, attended a DebConf, reviewed translations, maintain
packages, participated in Debian teams, or are a Debian Developer. Completing
the survey should take 10-30 minutes, depending on your current involvement
with the project and employment status.</p>
<p>In an effort to reflect our own ideals as well as those of the Debian project,
we are using <a href="http://limesurvey.org/">LimeSurvey</a>, an entirely free software survey tool, in an
instance of it hosted by the LimeSurvey developers.</p>
<p>Survey responses are anonymous, IP and HTTP information are not logged, and all
questions are optional. As it is still likely possible to determine who a
respondent is based on their answers, results will only be distributed in
aggregate form, in a way that does not allow deanonymization. The results of
the survey will be analyzed as part of ongoing research work by the organizers.
A report discussing the results will be published under a DFSG-free license and
distributed to the Debian community as soon as it's ready. The raw,
disaggregated answers will not be distributed and will be kept under the
responsibility of the organizers.</p>
<p>We hope you will <a href="http://debian.limequery.org/696747">fill out the Debian Contributor Survey</a>. The deadline for
participation is: 4 December 2016, at 23:59 UTC.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us via email at:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mathieu ONeil <a href="mailto:mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au">mathieu.oneil@canberra.edu.au</a></li>
<li>Molly de Blanc <a href="mailto:deblanc@riseup.net">deblanc@riseup.net</a></li>
<li>Stefano Zacchiroli <a href="mailto:zack@debian.org">zack@debian.org</a></li>
</ul>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2016)2016-11-03T12:00:00+01:002016-11-03T12:00:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2016-11-03:/2016/11/new-developers-2016-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Adriano Rafael Gomes (adrianorg)</li>
<li>Arturo Borrero González (arturo)</li>
<li>Sandro Knauß (hefee)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhijith PA</li>
<li>Mo Zhou</li>
<li>Víctor Cuadrado Juan</li>
<li>Zygmunt Bazyli Krynicki</li>
<li>Robert Haist</li>
<li>Sunil Mohan Adapa</li>
<li>Elena Grandi</li>
<li>Eric Heintzmann</li>
<li>Dylan Aïssi</li>
<li>Daniel Shahaf</li>
<li>Samuel Henrique</li>
<li>Kai-Chung Yan</li>
<li>Tino Mettler</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Adriano Rafael Gomes (adrianorg)</li>
<li>Arturo Borrero González (arturo)</li>
<li>Sandro Knauß (hefee)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhijith PA</li>
<li>Mo Zhou</li>
<li>Víctor Cuadrado Juan</li>
<li>Zygmunt Bazyli Krynicki</li>
<li>Robert Haist</li>
<li>Sunil Mohan Adapa</li>
<li>Elena Grandi</li>
<li>Eric Heintzmann</li>
<li>Dylan Aïssi</li>
<li>Daniel Shahaf</li>
<li>Samuel Henrique</li>
<li>Kai-Chung Yan</li>
<li>Tino Mettler</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>"softWaves" will be the default theme for Debian 92016-10-25T19:50:00+02:002016-10-25T19:50:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reina and Niels Thykiertag:bits.debian.org,2016-10-25:/2016/10/softwaves-will-be-the-default-theme-for-debian-9.html<p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">"softWaves"</a>
by Juliette Taka Belin has been selected
as default theme for Debian 9 'stretch'.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves"><img alt="softWaves Login screen. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/softwaves_login.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2016/06/msg00001.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">twelve choices</a>
have been submitted, and any Debian contributor has received
the opportunity to vote on them in a survey.
We received 3,479 responses ranking the different choices,
and softWaves has been the winner among them.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated
providing nice wallpapers and artwork for Debian 9,
and encourage everybody interested in this area of Debian,
to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">Design Team</a>.
It is being <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2016/09/msg00002.html">considered</a>
to package all of them so they are easily available in Debian.
If you want to help in this effort, or package any other artwork
(for example, particularly designed to be accessibility-friendly),
please contact the <a href="mailto:debian-desktop@lists.debian.org">Debian Desktop Team</a>, but hurry up,
because the freeze for new packages in the next release of Debian
starts on January 5th, 2017.</p>
<p>This is the second time that Debian ships a theme by Juliette Belin,
who also created the theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">"Lines"</a>
that enhances our actual stable release, Debian 8.
Congratulations, Juliette, and thank you very much for your continued commitment to Debian!</p><p>The theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves">"softWaves"</a>
by Juliette Taka Belin has been selected
as default theme for Debian 9 'stretch'.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves"><img alt="softWaves Login screen. Click to see the whole theme proposal" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/softwaves_login.png"></a></p>
<p>After the Debian Desktop Team made the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2016/06/msg00001.html">call for proposing themes</a>,
a total of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">twelve choices</a>
have been submitted, and any Debian contributor has received
the opportunity to vote on them in a survey.
We received 3,479 responses ranking the different choices,
and softWaves has been the winner among them.</p>
<p>We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated
providing nice wallpapers and artwork for Debian 9,
and encourage everybody interested in this area of Debian,
to join the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Design">Design Team</a>.
It is being <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2016/09/msg00002.html">considered</a>
to package all of them so they are easily available in Debian.
If you want to help in this effort, or package any other artwork
(for example, particularly designed to be accessibility-friendly),
please contact the <a href="mailto:debian-desktop@lists.debian.org">Debian Desktop Team</a>, but hurry up,
because the freeze for new packages in the next release of Debian
starts on January 5th, 2017.</p>
<p>This is the second time that Debian ships a theme by Juliette Belin,
who also created the theme <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines">"Lines"</a>
that enhances our actual stable release, Debian 8.
Congratulations, Juliette, and thank you very much for your continued commitment to Debian!</p>Debian is participating in the next round of Outreachy!2016-10-09T19:50:00+02:002016-10-09T19:50:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2016-10-09:/2016/10/debian-is-participating-in-the-next-round-of-outreachy.html<p>Following the success of the last round of Outreachy, we are glad to announce that Debian will take part in the program for the next round, with internships lasting from the 6th of December 2016 to the 6th of March 2017.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. We provide a supportive community for beginning to contribute any time throughout the year and offer focused internship opportunities twice a year with a number of free software organizations.</em></p>
<p>Currently, internships are open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, they are open to residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.</p>
<p>If you want to apply to an internship in <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian</a>, you should take a look at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy">the wiki page</a>, and contact the mentors for the projects listed, or seek more information on the (public) <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>. You can also contact the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Outreach">Outreach Team</a> directly. If you have a project idea and are willing to mentor an intern, you can submit a project idea on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy#projects">Outreachy wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>Here's a few words on what the interns for the last round achieved within Outreachy:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://contributors.debian.org/contributor/latticetower-guest@alioth/">Tatiana Malygina</a> worked on Continuous Integration for Bioinformatics applications; She has pushed more than a hundred commits to the Debian Med SVN repository over the last months, and has been sponsored for more than 20 package uploads.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.spectranaut.cc/">Valerie Young</a> worked on Reproducible Builds infrastructure, driving a complete overhaul of the database and software behind the tests.reproducible-builds.org website. Her blog contains regular updates throughout the program.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://reproducible.alioth.debian.org/blog/posts/people/ceridwen/">ceridwen</a> worked on creating reprotest, an all-in-one tool allowing anyone to check whether a build is reproducible or not, replacing the string of ad-hoc scripts the reproducible builds team used so far. She posted regular updates on the Reproducible Builds team blog.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>While <a href="http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/">Scarlett Clark</a> did not complete the internship (as she found a full-time job by the mid-term evaluation!), she spent the four weeks she participated in the program providing patches for reproducible builds in Debian and KDE upstream.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Debian would not be able to participate in Outreachy without the help of the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, who provides administrative support for Outreachy, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding for the internships. If you want to donate, please <a href="https://www.debian.org/donations">get in touch with one of our trusted organizations</a>.</p>
<p>Debian is looking forward to welcoming new interns for the next few months, come join us!</p><p>Following the success of the last round of Outreachy, we are glad to announce that Debian will take part in the program for the next round, with internships lasting from the 6th of December 2016 to the 6th of March 2017.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy">the official website</a>: <em>Outreachy helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. We provide a supportive community for beginning to contribute any time throughout the year and offer focused internship opportunities twice a year with a number of free software organizations.</em></p>
<p>Currently, internships are open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, they are open to residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.</p>
<p>If you want to apply to an internship in <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian</a>, you should take a look at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy">the wiki page</a>, and contact the mentors for the projects listed, or seek more information on the (public) <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>. You can also contact the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Outreach">Outreach Team</a> directly. If you have a project idea and are willing to mentor an intern, you can submit a project idea on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy#projects">Outreachy wiki page</a>.</p>
<p>Here's a few words on what the interns for the last round achieved within Outreachy:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://contributors.debian.org/contributor/latticetower-guest@alioth/">Tatiana Malygina</a> worked on Continuous Integration for Bioinformatics applications; She has pushed more than a hundred commits to the Debian Med SVN repository over the last months, and has been sponsored for more than 20 package uploads.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.spectranaut.cc/">Valerie Young</a> worked on Reproducible Builds infrastructure, driving a complete overhaul of the database and software behind the tests.reproducible-builds.org website. Her blog contains regular updates throughout the program.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://reproducible.alioth.debian.org/blog/posts/people/ceridwen/">ceridwen</a> worked on creating reprotest, an all-in-one tool allowing anyone to check whether a build is reproducible or not, replacing the string of ad-hoc scripts the reproducible builds team used so far. She posted regular updates on the Reproducible Builds team blog.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>While <a href="http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/">Scarlett Clark</a> did not complete the internship (as she found a full-time job by the mid-term evaluation!), she spent the four weeks she participated in the program providing patches for reproducible builds in Debian and KDE upstream.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Debian would not be able to participate in Outreachy without the help of the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, who provides administrative support for Outreachy, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding for the internships. If you want to donate, please <a href="https://www.debian.org/donations">get in touch with one of our trusted organizations</a>.</p>
<p>Debian is looking forward to welcoming new interns for the next few months, come join us!</p>DebConf17 organization started2016-09-05T14:00:00+02:002016-09-05T14:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-09-05:/2016/09/debconf17-organization-started.html<p>DebConf17 will take place in Montreal, Canada from August 6 to August 12, 2017.
It will be preceded by DebCamp, July 31 to August 4, and Debian Day, August 5.</p>
<p>We invite everyone to join us in organizing DebConf17.
There are different areas where your help could be very valuable,
and we are always looking forward to your ideas.</p>
<p>The DebConf content team is open to suggestions for invited speakers.
If you'd like to propose somebody who is not a regular DebConf attendee
follow the details in the <a href="http://blog.debconf.org/blog/debconf17/2016-08-22_call_for_speakers.dc">call for speaker proposals</a> blog post.</p>
<p>We are also beginning to contact potential sponsors from all around the globe.
If you know any organization that could be interested,
please consider handing them
the <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
or <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">contact the fundraising team</a> with any leads.</p>
<p>The DebConf team is holding IRC meetings every two weeks.
Have a look at the DebConf17 <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">website</a> and <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17">wiki page</a>,
and engage in the IRC channels and the mailing list.</p>
<p>Let’s work together, as every year, on making the best DebConf ever!</p><p>DebConf17 will take place in Montreal, Canada from August 6 to August 12, 2017.
It will be preceded by DebCamp, July 31 to August 4, and Debian Day, August 5.</p>
<p>We invite everyone to join us in organizing DebConf17.
There are different areas where your help could be very valuable,
and we are always looking forward to your ideas.</p>
<p>The DebConf content team is open to suggestions for invited speakers.
If you'd like to propose somebody who is not a regular DebConf attendee
follow the details in the <a href="http://blog.debconf.org/blog/debconf17/2016-08-22_call_for_speakers.dc">call for speaker proposals</a> blog post.</p>
<p>We are also beginning to contact potential sponsors from all around the globe.
If you know any organization that could be interested,
please consider handing them
the <a href="https://media.debconf.org/dc17/fundraising/debconf17_sponsorship_brochure_en.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
or <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">contact the fundraising team</a> with any leads.</p>
<p>The DebConf team is holding IRC meetings every two weeks.
Have a look at the DebConf17 <a href="https://debconf17.debconf.org">website</a> and <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17">wiki page</a>,
and engage in the IRC channels and the mailing list.</p>
<p>Let’s work together, as every year, on making the best DebConf ever!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2016)2016-09-03T12:00:00+02:002016-09-03T12:00:00+02:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2016-09-03:/2016/09/new-developers-2016-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Edward John Betts (edward)</li>
<li>Holger Wansing (holgerw)</li>
<li>Timothy Martin Potter (tpot)</li>
<li>Martijn van Brummelen (mvb)</li>
<li>Stéphane Blondon (sblondon)</li>
<li>Bertrand Marc (bmarc)</li>
<li>Jochen Sprickerhof (jspricke)</li>
<li>Ben Finney (bignose)</li>
<li>Breno Leitao (leitao)</li>
<li>Zlatan Todoric (zlatan)</li>
<li>Ferenc Wágner (wferi)</li>
<li>Matthieu Caneill (matthieucan)</li>
<li>Steven Chamberlain (stevenc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jonathan Cristopher Carter</li>
<li>Reiner Herrmann</li>
<li>Michael Jeanson</li>
<li>Jens Reyer</li>
<li>Jerome Benoit</li>
<li>Frédéric Bonnard</li>
<li>Olek Wojnar</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Edward John Betts (edward)</li>
<li>Holger Wansing (holgerw)</li>
<li>Timothy Martin Potter (tpot)</li>
<li>Martijn van Brummelen (mvb)</li>
<li>Stéphane Blondon (sblondon)</li>
<li>Bertrand Marc (bmarc)</li>
<li>Jochen Sprickerhof (jspricke)</li>
<li>Ben Finney (bignose)</li>
<li>Breno Leitao (leitao)</li>
<li>Zlatan Todoric (zlatan)</li>
<li>Ferenc Wágner (wferi)</li>
<li>Matthieu Caneill (matthieucan)</li>
<li>Steven Chamberlain (stevenc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jonathan Cristopher Carter</li>
<li>Reiner Herrmann</li>
<li>Michael Jeanson</li>
<li>Jens Reyer</li>
<li>Jerome Benoit</li>
<li>Frédéric Bonnard</li>
<li>Olek Wojnar</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian turns 23!2016-08-16T14:30:00+02:002016-08-16T14:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-08-16:/2016/08/debian-turns-23.html<p>Today is Debian's 23rd anniversary. If you are close to any of the cities
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2016">celebrating Debian Day 2016</a>, you're
very welcome to join the party!</p>
<p>If not, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration or
contribution to Debian. For example, you can have a look at the <a href="https://timeline.debian.net/">Debian timeline</a>
and learn about the history of the project. If you notice that some piece of
information is still missing, feel free to add it to the timeline.</p>
<p>Or you can scratch your creative itch and suggest a wallpaper
to be part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">artwork for the next release</a>.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we have done together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 23 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p><p>Today is Debian's 23rd anniversary. If you are close to any of the cities
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2016">celebrating Debian Day 2016</a>, you're
very welcome to join the party!</p>
<p>If not, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration or
contribution to Debian. For example, you can have a look at the <a href="https://timeline.debian.net/">Debian timeline</a>
and learn about the history of the project. If you notice that some piece of
information is still missing, feel free to add it to the timeline.</p>
<p>Or you can scratch your creative itch and suggest a wallpaper
to be part of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">artwork for the next release</a>.</p>
<p>Our favorite operating system is the result of all the work we have done together.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed in these 23 years, and happy birthday Debian!</p>Debian and Tor Services available as Onion Services2016-08-01T17:30:00+02:002016-08-01T17:30:00+02:00Peter Palfradertag:bits.debian.org,2016-08-01:/2016/08/debian-and-tor-services-available-as-onion-services.html<p>We, the <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian project</a> and the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor project</a> are enabling
Tor <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services">onion services</a> for several of our sites. These sites can now be
reached without leaving the Tor network, providing a new option for
securely connecting to resources provided by Debian and Tor.</p>
<p>The freedom to use open source software may be compromised when access to that
software is monitored, logged, limited, prevented, or prohibited. As a
community, we acknowledge that users should not feel that their every action
is trackable or observable by others. Consequently, we are pleased to announce
that we have started making several of the various web services provided by
both Debian and Tor available via onion services.</p>
<p>While onion services can be used to conceal the network location of the machine
providing the service, this is not the goal here. Instead, we employ onion
services because they provide end-to-end integrity and confidentiality,
and they authenticate the onion service end point.</p>
<p>For instance, when users connect to the onion service running at
<a href="http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion/">http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion/</a>,
using a Tor-enabled browser such as the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser">TorBrowser</a>,
they can be certain that their connection to the <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian website</a> cannot
be read or modified by third parties, and that the website that they are
visiting is indeed the Debian website. In a sense, this
is similar to what using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a> provides. However, crucially, onion
services do not rely on third-party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority">certification authorities (CAs)</a>.
Instead, the onion service name cryptographically authenticates its
cryptographic key.</p>
<p>In addition to the Tor and Debian websites, the <a href="http://ftp.debian.org/">Debian FTP</a> and the <a href="http://security.debian.org/debian-security">Debian
Security</a> archives are available from .onion addresses, enabling
Debian users to update their systems using only Tor connections. With the
<a href="https://packages.debian.org/apt-transport-tor">apt-transport-tor package</a> installed, the following entries can replace
the normal debian mirror entries in the apt configuration file (<code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code> <span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian</span> <span class="err">jessie</span> <span class="err">main</span>
<span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian</span> <span class="err">jessie-updates</span> <span class="err">main</span>
<span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion/debian-security</span> <span class="err">jessie/updates</span> <span class="err">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Likewise, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian">Tor's Debian package repository</a> is available from an onion service :</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code> <span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://sdscoq7snqtznauu.onion/torproject.org</span> <span class="err">jessie</span> <span class="err">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Where appropriate, we provide services redundantly from several backend machines
using <a href="https://github.com/DonnchaC/onionbalance">OnionBalance</a>. The <a href="https://packages.debian.org/onionbalance">Debian OnionBalance package</a> is available
from the <a href="https://backports.debian.org/">Debian backports repository</a>.</p>
<p>Lists of several other new onion services offered by Debian and Tor are
available from <a href="https://onion.debian.org">https://onion.debian.org</a> and
<a href="https://onion.torproject.org">https://onion.torproject.org</a> respectively.
We expect to expand these lists in the near future to cover even more
of Debian's and Tor's services.</p><p>We, the <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian project</a> and the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor project</a> are enabling
Tor <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services">onion services</a> for several of our sites. These sites can now be
reached without leaving the Tor network, providing a new option for
securely connecting to resources provided by Debian and Tor.</p>
<p>The freedom to use open source software may be compromised when access to that
software is monitored, logged, limited, prevented, or prohibited. As a
community, we acknowledge that users should not feel that their every action
is trackable or observable by others. Consequently, we are pleased to announce
that we have started making several of the various web services provided by
both Debian and Tor available via onion services.</p>
<p>While onion services can be used to conceal the network location of the machine
providing the service, this is not the goal here. Instead, we employ onion
services because they provide end-to-end integrity and confidentiality,
and they authenticate the onion service end point.</p>
<p>For instance, when users connect to the onion service running at
<a href="http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion/">http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion/</a>,
using a Tor-enabled browser such as the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser">TorBrowser</a>,
they can be certain that their connection to the <a href="https://www.debian.org/">Debian website</a> cannot
be read or modified by third parties, and that the website that they are
visiting is indeed the Debian website. In a sense, this
is similar to what using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS">HTTPS</a> provides. However, crucially, onion
services do not rely on third-party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority">certification authorities (CAs)</a>.
Instead, the onion service name cryptographically authenticates its
cryptographic key.</p>
<p>In addition to the Tor and Debian websites, the <a href="http://ftp.debian.org/">Debian FTP</a> and the <a href="http://security.debian.org/debian-security">Debian
Security</a> archives are available from .onion addresses, enabling
Debian users to update their systems using only Tor connections. With the
<a href="https://packages.debian.org/apt-transport-tor">apt-transport-tor package</a> installed, the following entries can replace
the normal debian mirror entries in the apt configuration file (<code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code> <span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian</span> <span class="err">jessie</span> <span class="err">main</span>
<span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian</span> <span class="err">jessie-updates</span> <span class="err">main</span>
<span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion/debian-security</span> <span class="err">jessie/updates</span> <span class="err">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Likewise, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian">Tor's Debian package repository</a> is available from an onion service :</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code> <span class="err">deb</span> <span class="err">tor+http://sdscoq7snqtznauu.onion/torproject.org</span> <span class="err">jessie</span> <span class="err">main</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Where appropriate, we provide services redundantly from several backend machines
using <a href="https://github.com/DonnchaC/onionbalance">OnionBalance</a>. The <a href="https://packages.debian.org/onionbalance">Debian OnionBalance package</a> is available
from the <a href="https://backports.debian.org/">Debian backports repository</a>.</p>
<p>Lists of several other new onion services offered by Debian and Tor are
available from <a href="https://onion.debian.org">https://onion.debian.org</a> and
<a href="https://onion.torproject.org">https://onion.torproject.org</a> respectively.
We expect to expand these lists in the near future to cover even more
of Debian's and Tor's services.</p>Looking for the artwork for the next Debian release2016-07-29T19:15:00+02:002016-07-29T19:15:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-07-29:/2016/07/looking-for-the-artwork-for-the-next-debian-release.html<p>Each release of Debian has a shiny new theme, which is visible on the boot screen, the login screen and, most prominently, on the desktop wallpaper.</p>
<p>Debian plans to release Stretch next year. As ever, we need your help in creating its theme!
You have the opportunity to design a theme that will inspire thousands of people while working in their Debian systems.</p>
<p>They might be people working in exciting NASA missions:</p>
<p><a href="http://imgur.com/BeqwJiI"><img alt="Debian Squeeze Space Fun Spotted during the Juno Orbital Insertion live stream" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_squeeze_space_fun_juno_coverage.png"></a></p>
<p>Or DYI users who decided to make a matching keyboard:</p>
<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/6O15V4A.jpg"><img alt="Keyboard matching Debian Lenny Theme" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_lenny_matching_keyboard.jpg"></a></p>
<p>If you're interested, please take a look at
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch</a></p><p>Each release of Debian has a shiny new theme, which is visible on the boot screen, the login screen and, most prominently, on the desktop wallpaper.</p>
<p>Debian plans to release Stretch next year. As ever, we need your help in creating its theme!
You have the opportunity to design a theme that will inspire thousands of people while working in their Debian systems.</p>
<p>They might be people working in exciting NASA missions:</p>
<p><a href="http://imgur.com/BeqwJiI"><img alt="Debian Squeeze Space Fun Spotted during the Juno Orbital Insertion live stream" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_squeeze_space_fun_juno_coverage.png"></a></p>
<p>Or DYI users who decided to make a matching keyboard:</p>
<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/6O15V4A.jpg"><img alt="Keyboard matching Debian Lenny Theme" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian_lenny_matching_keyboard.jpg"></a></p>
<p>If you're interested, please take a look at
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Stretch</a></p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2016)2016-07-10T17:30:00+02:002016-07-10T17:30:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-07-10:/2016/07/new-developers-2016-06.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Josué Ortega (josue)</li>
<li>Mathias Behrle (mbehrle)</li>
<li>Sascha Steinbiss (satta)</li>
<li>Lucas Kanashiro (kanashiro)</li>
<li>Vasudev Sathish Kamath (vasudev)</li>
<li>Dima Kogan (dkogan)</li>
<li>Rafael Laboissière (rafael)</li>
<li>David Kalnischkies (donkult)</li>
<li>Marcin Kulisz (kula)</li>
<li>David Steele (steele</li>
<li>Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn)</li>
<li>Ondřej Nový (onovy)</li>
<li>Donald Norwood (donald)</li>
<li>Neutron Soutmun (neutrons)</li>
<li>Steve Kemp (skx)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sean Whitton</li>
<li>Tiago Ilieve</li>
<li>Jean Baptiste Favre</li>
<li>Adrian Vondendriesch</li>
<li>Alkis Georgopoulos</li>
<li>Michael Hudson-Doyle</li>
<li>Roger Shimizu</li>
<li>SZ Lin</li>
<li>Leo Singer</li>
<li>Peter Colberg</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Josué Ortega (josue)</li>
<li>Mathias Behrle (mbehrle)</li>
<li>Sascha Steinbiss (satta)</li>
<li>Lucas Kanashiro (kanashiro)</li>
<li>Vasudev Sathish Kamath (vasudev)</li>
<li>Dima Kogan (dkogan)</li>
<li>Rafael Laboissière (rafael)</li>
<li>David Kalnischkies (donkult)</li>
<li>Marcin Kulisz (kula)</li>
<li>David Steele (steele</li>
<li>Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn)</li>
<li>Ondřej Nový (onovy)</li>
<li>Donald Norwood (donald)</li>
<li>Neutron Soutmun (neutrons)</li>
<li>Steve Kemp (skx)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sean Whitton</li>
<li>Tiago Ilieve</li>
<li>Jean Baptiste Favre</li>
<li>Adrian Vondendriesch</li>
<li>Alkis Georgopoulos</li>
<li>Michael Hudson-Doyle</li>
<li>Roger Shimizu</li>
<li>SZ Lin</li>
<li>Leo Singer</li>
<li>Peter Colberg</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian Perl Sprint 20162016-07-06T23:45:00+02:002016-07-06T23:45:00+02:00Alex Muntadatag:bits.debian.org,2016-07-06:/2016/07/debian-perl-sprint-2016.html<p>Six members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met in Zurich over the weekend from May 19 to May 22 to continue the development around perl for Stretch and to work on QA across 3000+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time, met friends from local groups and even found some geocaches. Obviously, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2016/DebianPerlSprint">sprint</a> was productive this time too:</p>
<ul>
<li>36 bugs were filed or worked on, 28 uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The plan to get Perl 5.24 transition into Stretch was confirmed, and a <a href="http://perl.debian.net/">test rebuild server</a> was set up.</li>
<li>Cross building XS modules was demoed, and the conditions where it is viable were discussed.</li>
<li>Several improvements were made in the team packaging tools, and new features were discussed and drafted.</li>
<li>A talk on downstream distribution aimed at CPAN authors was proposed for <a href="http://act.yapc.eu/ye2016">YAPC::EU 2016</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2016/06/msg00027.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en.html">ETH Zurich</a> for hosting us, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p><p>Six members of the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team met in Zurich over the weekend from May 19 to May 22 to continue the development around perl for Stretch and to work on QA across 3000+ packages.</p>
<p>The participants had a good time, met friends from local groups and even found some geocaches. Obviously, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2016/DebianPerlSprint">sprint</a> was productive this time too:</p>
<ul>
<li>36 bugs were filed or worked on, 28 uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The plan to get Perl 5.24 transition into Stretch was confirmed, and a <a href="http://perl.debian.net/">test rebuild server</a> was set up.</li>
<li>Cross building XS modules was demoed, and the conditions where it is viable were discussed.</li>
<li>Several improvements were made in the team packaging tools, and new features were discussed and drafted.</li>
<li>A talk on downstream distribution aimed at CPAN authors was proposed for <a href="http://act.yapc.eu/ye2016">YAPC::EU 2016</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2016/06/msg00027.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en.html">ETH Zurich</a> for hosting us, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p>DebConf16 schedule available2016-06-27T09:00:00+02:002016-06-27T09:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-06-27:/2016/06/debconf16-schedule.html<p><a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/">DebConf16</a> will be held this and next week in Cape Town, South Africa, and we're happy to announce that the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> is already available. Of course, it is still possible for some minor changes to happen!</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/debcamp-sprints/">DebCamp Sprints</a> already started on 23 June 2016.</p>
<p>DebConf will open on Saturday, 2 July 2016 with the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/open-festival/">Open Festival</a>, where events of interest to a wider audience are offered, ranging from topics specific to Debian to a wider appreciation of the open and maker movements (and not just IT-related). Hackers, makers, hobbyists and other interested parties are invited to share their activities with DebConf attendees and the public at the University of Cape Town, whether in form of workshops, lightning talks, install parties, art exhibition or posters. Additionally, a Job Fair will take place on Saturday, and its job wall will be available throughout DebConf.</p>
<p>The full schedule of the Debian Conference thorough the week is <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/schedule/">published</a>. After the Open Festival, the conference will continue with more than 85 <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/talks/">talks and BoFs</a> (informal gatherings and discussions within Debian teams), including not only software development and packaging but also areas like translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, maintenance of the community infrastructure, and other.</p>
<p>There will also be also a plethora of social events, such as our traditional cheese and wine party, our group photo and our day trip.</p>
<p>DebConf talks will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible, and videos of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation slides.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a> to support DebConf16, particularly our Platinum Sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>.</p>
<h2>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a> actively participates in open source.
Thousands of developers across the company are focused on open source projects, and HPE sponsors and supports the open source community in a number of ways, including: contributing code, sponsoring foundations and projects, providing active leadership, and participating in various committees.</p><p><a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/">DebConf16</a> will be held this and next week in Cape Town, South Africa, and we're happy to announce that the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a> is already available. Of course, it is still possible for some minor changes to happen!</p>
<p>The <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/debcamp-sprints/">DebCamp Sprints</a> already started on 23 June 2016.</p>
<p>DebConf will open on Saturday, 2 July 2016 with the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/open-festival/">Open Festival</a>, where events of interest to a wider audience are offered, ranging from topics specific to Debian to a wider appreciation of the open and maker movements (and not just IT-related). Hackers, makers, hobbyists and other interested parties are invited to share their activities with DebConf attendees and the public at the University of Cape Town, whether in form of workshops, lightning talks, install parties, art exhibition or posters. Additionally, a Job Fair will take place on Saturday, and its job wall will be available throughout DebConf.</p>
<p>The full schedule of the Debian Conference thorough the week is <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/schedule/">published</a>. After the Open Festival, the conference will continue with more than 85 <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/talks/">talks and BoFs</a> (informal gatherings and discussions within Debian teams), including not only software development and packaging but also areas like translation, documentation, artwork, testing, specialized derivatives, maintenance of the community infrastructure, and other.</p>
<p>There will also be also a plethora of social events, such as our traditional cheese and wine party, our group photo and our day trip.</p>
<p>DebConf talks will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible, and videos of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation slides.</p>
<p>DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the <a href="http://debconf.org/codeofconduct.shtml">DebConf Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct">Debian Code of Conduct</a> for more details on this.</p>
<p>Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a> to support DebConf16, particularly our Platinum Sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>.</p>
<h2>About Hewlett Packard Enterprise</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a> actively participates in open source.
Thousands of developers across the company are focused on open source projects, and HPE sponsors and supports the open source community in a number of ways, including: contributing code, sponsoring foundations and projects, providing active leadership, and participating in various committees.</p>Debian 7 Wheezy LTS now supporting armel and armhf2016-06-02T08:00:00+02:002016-06-02T08:00:00+02:00Markus Koschanytag:bits.debian.org,2016-06-02:/2016/06/wheezy-now-supporting-armel-and-armhf.html<p>Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project created to extend the life of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years.</p>
<p>Thanks to the LTS sponsors, Debian's buildd maintainers and the Debian FTP Team are excited to announce that two new architectures, <strong>armel</strong> and <strong>armhf</strong>, are going to be supported in Debian 7 Wheezy LTS. These architectures along with <strong>i386</strong> and <strong>amd64</strong> will receive two additional years of extended security support.</p>
<p>Security updates for Debian LTS are not handled by the native Debian Security Team, but instead by a separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a success.</p>
<p>Wheezy's LTS period <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160425">started</a> a few weeks ago and more than thirty updates <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/">have been announced</a> so far. If you use Debian 7 Wheezy, you do not need to change anything in your system to start receiving those updates.</p>
<p>More information about how to use Debian Long Term Support and other important changes regarding Wheezy LTS is available at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using">https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using</a></p><p>Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project created to extend the life of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years.</p>
<p>Thanks to the LTS sponsors, Debian's buildd maintainers and the Debian FTP Team are excited to announce that two new architectures, <strong>armel</strong> and <strong>armhf</strong>, are going to be supported in Debian 7 Wheezy LTS. These architectures along with <strong>i386</strong> and <strong>amd64</strong> will receive two additional years of extended security support.</p>
<p>Security updates for Debian LTS are not handled by the native Debian Security Team, but instead by a separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a success.</p>
<p>Wheezy's LTS period <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160425">started</a> a few weeks ago and more than thirty updates <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/">have been announced</a> so far. If you use Debian 7 Wheezy, you do not need to change anything in your system to start receiving those updates.</p>
<p>More information about how to use Debian Long Term Support and other important changes regarding Wheezy LTS is available at <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using">https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using</a></p>Imagination accelerates Debian development for 64-bit MIPS CPUs2016-05-18T09:30:00+02:002016-05-18T09:30:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-05-18:/2016/05/imagination-64-bit-mips-cpus.html<p><a href="http://www.imgtec.com">Imagination Technologies</a> recently donated several high-performance SDNA-7130 appliances to the Debian Project for the development and maintenance of the <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/">MIPS ports</a>.</p>
<p>The SDNA-7130 (Software Defined Network Appliance) platforms are developed by <a href="http://www.rhinolabsinc.com">Rhino Labs</a>, a leading provider of high-performance data security, networking, and data infrastructure solutions.</p>
<p>With these new devices, the Debian project will have access to a wide range of 32- and 64-bit MIPS-based platforms.</p>
<p>Debian MIPS ports are also possible thanks to donations from the <a href="http://www.aql.com">aql</a> hosting service provider, the Eaton remote controlled ePDU, and many other individual members of the Debian community.</p>
<p>The Debian project would like to thank Imagination, Rhino Labs and aql for this coordinated donation.</p>
<p>More details about GNU/Linux for MIPS CPUs can be found in the <a href="https://imgtec.com/news/press-release/imagination-accelerates-debian-development-64-bit-mips-cpus/">related press release at Imagination</a> and their <a href="https://community.imgtec.com/developers/mips/linux">community site about MIPS</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.imgtec.com">Imagination Technologies</a> recently donated several high-performance SDNA-7130 appliances to the Debian Project for the development and maintenance of the <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/">MIPS ports</a>.</p>
<p>The SDNA-7130 (Software Defined Network Appliance) platforms are developed by <a href="http://www.rhinolabsinc.com">Rhino Labs</a>, a leading provider of high-performance data security, networking, and data infrastructure solutions.</p>
<p>With these new devices, the Debian project will have access to a wide range of 32- and 64-bit MIPS-based platforms.</p>
<p>Debian MIPS ports are also possible thanks to donations from the <a href="http://www.aql.com">aql</a> hosting service provider, the Eaton remote controlled ePDU, and many other individual members of the Debian community.</p>
<p>The Debian project would like to thank Imagination, Rhino Labs and aql for this coordinated donation.</p>
<p>More details about GNU/Linux for MIPS CPUs can be found in the <a href="https://imgtec.com/news/press-release/imagination-accelerates-debian-development-64-bit-mips-cpus/">related press release at Imagination</a> and their <a href="https://community.imgtec.com/developers/mips/linux">community site about MIPS</a>.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2016)2016-05-17T00:10:00+02:002016-05-17T00:10:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-05-17:/2016/05/new-developers-2016-04.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sven Bartscher (kritzefitz)</li>
<li>Harlan Lieberman-Berg (hlieberman)</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sven Bartscher (kritzefitz)</li>
<li>Harlan Lieberman-Berg (hlieberman)</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>What does it mean that ZFS is included in Debian?2016-05-15T22:55:00+02:002016-05-15T22:55:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-05-15:/2016/05/what-does-it-mean-that-zfs-is-in-debian.html<p>Petter Reinholdtsen recently blogged about <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html">ZFS availability in Debian</a>. Many people have worked hard on getting ZFS support available in Debian and we would like to thank everyone involved in getting to this point and explain what ZFS in Debian means.</p>
<p>The landing of ZFS in the Debian archive was blocked for years due to licensing problems. Finally, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/04/msg00006.html">the inclusion of ZFS was announced slightly more than a year ago, on April 2015</a> by the DPL at the time, Lucas Nussbaum who wrote <em>"We received legal advice from Software Freedom Law Center about the inclusion of libdvdcss and ZFS in Debian, which should unblock the situation in both cases and enable us to ship them in Debian soon."</em>.
In January this year, the following DPL, Neil McGovern blogged with a lot of more details about the legal situation behind this and summarized it as <em><a href="http://blog.halon.org.uk/2016/01/on-zfs-in-debian/">"TLDR: It’s going in contrib, as a source only dkms module."</a></em></p>
<p>ZFS is not available exactly in Debian, since Debian is only what's included in the <em>"main"</em> section archive. What people really meant here is that ZFS code is now in included in <em>"contrib"</em> and it's available for users using DKMS.</p>
<p>Many people also mixed this with Ubuntu now including ZFS. However, Debian and Ubuntu are not doing the same, Ubuntu is shipping directly pre-built kernel modules, something that is considered to be a GPL violation. As the Software Freedom Conservancy wrote <em>"<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/">while licensed under an acceptable license for Debian's Free Software Guidelines, also has a default use that can cause licensing problems for downstream Debian users"</a></em>.</p><p>Petter Reinholdtsen recently blogged about <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html">ZFS availability in Debian</a>. Many people have worked hard on getting ZFS support available in Debian and we would like to thank everyone involved in getting to this point and explain what ZFS in Debian means.</p>
<p>The landing of ZFS in the Debian archive was blocked for years due to licensing problems. Finally, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/04/msg00006.html">the inclusion of ZFS was announced slightly more than a year ago, on April 2015</a> by the DPL at the time, Lucas Nussbaum who wrote <em>"We received legal advice from Software Freedom Law Center about the inclusion of libdvdcss and ZFS in Debian, which should unblock the situation in both cases and enable us to ship them in Debian soon."</em>.
In January this year, the following DPL, Neil McGovern blogged with a lot of more details about the legal situation behind this and summarized it as <em><a href="http://blog.halon.org.uk/2016/01/on-zfs-in-debian/">"TLDR: It’s going in contrib, as a source only dkms module."</a></em></p>
<p>ZFS is not available exactly in Debian, since Debian is only what's included in the <em>"main"</em> section archive. What people really meant here is that ZFS code is now in included in <em>"contrib"</em> and it's available for users using DKMS.</p>
<p>Many people also mixed this with Ubuntu now including ZFS. However, Debian and Ubuntu are not doing the same, Ubuntu is shipping directly pre-built kernel modules, something that is considered to be a GPL violation. As the Software Freedom Conservancy wrote <em>"<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/">while licensed under an acceptable license for Debian's Free Software Guidelines, also has a default use that can cause licensing problems for downstream Debian users"</a></em>.</p>Debian welcomes its 2016 summer interns2016-04-24T21:00:00+02:002016-04-24T21:00:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2016-04-24:/2016/04/welcome-summer-interns-2016.html<p><img alt="GSoC 2016 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2016.jpg"> <img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected 29 interns to work with us
this summer: 4 in <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Outreachy</a>, and 25 in the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5023548368224256/#projects">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK tools</a> in Debian:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/ChirayuDesai">Chirayu Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KaichungYan">Kai-Chung Yan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MouaadAallam">Mouaad Aallam</a></li>
</ul>
<p>APT - dpkg communications rework:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/DavidKalnischkies">David Kalnischkies</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Continuous Integration for <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/">Debian-Med</a> packages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/CanberkKoc">Canberk Koç</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Tatiana Malygina</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Extending the <a href="http://horizon.debian.net/">Debian Developer Horizon</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/HarshDaftary">Harsh Daftary</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving and extending <a href="https://github.com/tassia/AppRecommender/wiki">AppRecommender</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/LucasMoura">Lucas Albuquerque Medeiros de Moura</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/LucianoPrestes">Luciano Prestes Cavalcanti</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving the <a href="https://sources.debian.net">debsources</a> frontend:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/AaronDelaney">Aaron Delaney</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects/Voice%20Webcam%20and%20Chat%20Communication">voice, video and chat communication</a> with Free Software:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/AlokAnand">Alok Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/BalramP">Balram P</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/Jaminy">Jaminy Prabaharan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KeerthanaKrishnan">Keerthana Krishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KevinAvignon">Kévin Avignon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MateusBellomo">Mateus Bellomo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MesutCanGurle">Mesut Can Gurle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/NicolasReynaud">Nicolas Reynaud</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/NikVaes">Nik Vaessen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/OlivierGr%C3%A9goire">Olivier Grégoire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/PranavJain">Pranav Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/SimonD%C3%A9saulniers">Simon Désaulniers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/UditRaikwar">Udit Raikwar</a></li>
</ul>
<p>MIPS and MIPSEL ports improvements:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/JonathanJackson">Jonathan Jackson</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible Builds</a> for Debian and Free Software:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">ceridwen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/SatyamZode">Satyam Zode</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Scarlett Clark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Valerie Young</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Support for <a href="http://klee.github.io/">KLEE</a> in Debile:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MarkoDimjasevic">Marko Dimjašević</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the effort of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the students weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc" title="#debian-soc on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of them!</p><p><img alt="GSoC 2016 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2016.jpg"> <img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>We're excited to announce that Debian has selected 29 interns to work with us
this summer: 4 in <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Outreachy</a>, and 25 in the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5023548368224256/#projects">Google Summer of Code</a>.</p>
<p>Here is the list of projects and the interns who will work on them:</p>
<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools">Android SDK tools</a> in Debian:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/ChirayuDesai">Chirayu Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KaichungYan">Kai-Chung Yan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MouaadAallam">Mouaad Aallam</a></li>
</ul>
<p>APT - dpkg communications rework:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/DavidKalnischkies">David Kalnischkies</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Continuous Integration for <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/">Debian-Med</a> packages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/CanberkKoc">Canberk Koç</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Tatiana Malygina</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Extending the <a href="http://horizon.debian.net/">Debian Developer Horizon</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/HarshDaftary">Harsh Daftary</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving and extending <a href="https://github.com/tassia/AppRecommender/wiki">AppRecommender</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/LucasMoura">Lucas Albuquerque Medeiros de Moura</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/LucianoPrestes">Luciano Prestes Cavalcanti</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving the <a href="https://sources.debian.net">debsources</a> frontend:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/AaronDelaney">Aaron Delaney</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Improving <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects/Voice%20Webcam%20and%20Chat%20Communication">voice, video and chat communication</a> with Free Software:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/AlokAnand">Alok Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/BalramP">Balram P</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/Jaminy">Jaminy Prabaharan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KeerthanaKrishnan">Keerthana Krishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/KevinAvignon">Kévin Avignon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MateusBellomo">Mateus Bellomo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MesutCanGurle">Mesut Can Gurle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/NicolasReynaud">Nicolas Reynaud</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/NikVaes">Nik Vaessen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/OlivierGr%C3%A9goire">Olivier Grégoire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/PranavJain">Pranav Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/SimonD%C3%A9saulniers">Simon Désaulniers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/UditRaikwar">Udit Raikwar</a></li>
</ul>
<p>MIPS and MIPSEL ports improvements:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/JonathanJackson">Jonathan Jackson</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible Builds</a> for Debian and Free Software:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">ceridwen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/SatyamZode">Satyam Zode</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Scarlett Clark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust#Debian">Valerie Young</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Support for <a href="http://klee.github.io/">KLEE</a> in Debile:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/StudentApplications/MarkoDimjasevic">Marko Dimjašević</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Google Summer of Code and Outreachy programs are possible in Debian thanks
to the effort of Debian developers and contributors that dedicate
part of their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks.</p>
<p>Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the students weekly reports on the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">debian-outreach mailing-list</a>, chat with us on
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc" title="#debian-soc on irc.debian.org">our IRC channel</a> or on each project's team mailing lists.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of them!</p>DPL elections 2016, congratulations Mehdi Dogguy!2016-04-17T18:40:00+02:002016-04-17T18:40:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-04-17:/2016/04/results-dpl-elections-2016.html<p>The Debian Project Leader elections finished yesterday and the winner is Mehdi Dogguy!
Of a total of 1023 developers, 282 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2016 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader starts today April 17th and expire on April 17th 2017.</p><p>The Debian Project Leader elections finished yesterday and the winner is Mehdi Dogguy!
Of a total of 1023 developers, 282 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2016 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader starts today April 17th and expire on April 17th 2017.</p>Debian announces partnership to sub-contract publicity and press to an outside marketing agency2016-04-01T07:10:00+02:002016-04-01T07:10:00+02:00Debian Publicity Teamtag:bits.debian.org,2016-04-01:/2016/04/publicity-agency.html<p>Last year we started to push more of Debian news and information
away the single news source of the <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">DPN</a>
into other media services. Debian has been more active than ever on our many IRC channels,
free software based social networks, and unofficial Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Today we have decided to announce the next stage in keeping Debian at the forefront
of media by sub-contracting publicity and press to an outside marketing agency.</p>
<p>The marketing agency (name will be disclosed soon) has provided an AI system
(running entirely with free software) which will be fed with all the content
of Debian mailing lists and <a href="https://sources.debian.net/">sources.debian.net</a>
to understand the character of the Debian community
and then better customize future articles, interviews, and event news.</p>
<p>However, some bits of personal information are also needed.
Please install the "publicity" package and you'll be presented
a form to fill in your data: name, surname, phone, snail mail address,
place of birth, names of family members, employers or employees.
Each person providing their data to the agency will receive coupon for a 20% discount
in the download (purchase) of next Debian release
(valid only for downloads from the official site www.debian.org).</p>
<p>We kindly ask every Debian community member to sign up in, at least,
one of theses services: Twitter, Whatsapp, Slack or Facebook
(IRC, mailing lists, and free software based RTC are allegedly not so 'cool').
Users need not be concerned with losing the features that the IRC bots provide
(so long <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Services/KGB">KGB</a>!) as they will be replaced
by Tay-like AI systems. The most visible change will be that <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot">MeetBot</a>
will no longer log the meetings anymore, but we have bribed an NSA employee
so they pass the relevant messages to us.</p>
<p>"If this 'centralization, outsourcing and pay-and-forget' approach
goes well with publicity, I'm considering running for DPL in 2017
to extend this model to other areas of Debian" said Laura Arjona Reina,
(now) former publicity delegate.</p>
<p>A new logo and mascot has been designed too, as a symbol of this new era
embracing the standards of branding and corporate messaging.
Please consider voting in favor of it, in the General Resolution that will be proposed soon:</p>
<p><a href="http://deb.li/debraccoon"><img alt="Mascot and Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/deb_raccoon.png"></a></p><p>Last year we started to push more of Debian news and information
away the single news source of the <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">DPN</a>
into other media services. Debian has been more active than ever on our many IRC channels,
free software based social networks, and unofficial Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Today we have decided to announce the next stage in keeping Debian at the forefront
of media by sub-contracting publicity and press to an outside marketing agency.</p>
<p>The marketing agency (name will be disclosed soon) has provided an AI system
(running entirely with free software) which will be fed with all the content
of Debian mailing lists and <a href="https://sources.debian.net/">sources.debian.net</a>
to understand the character of the Debian community
and then better customize future articles, interviews, and event news.</p>
<p>However, some bits of personal information are also needed.
Please install the "publicity" package and you'll be presented
a form to fill in your data: name, surname, phone, snail mail address,
place of birth, names of family members, employers or employees.
Each person providing their data to the agency will receive coupon for a 20% discount
in the download (purchase) of next Debian release
(valid only for downloads from the official site www.debian.org).</p>
<p>We kindly ask every Debian community member to sign up in, at least,
one of theses services: Twitter, Whatsapp, Slack or Facebook
(IRC, mailing lists, and free software based RTC are allegedly not so 'cool').
Users need not be concerned with losing the features that the IRC bots provide
(so long <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Services/KGB">KGB</a>!) as they will be replaced
by Tay-like AI systems. The most visible change will be that <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot">MeetBot</a>
will no longer log the meetings anymore, but we have bribed an NSA employee
so they pass the relevant messages to us.</p>
<p>"If this 'centralization, outsourcing and pay-and-forget' approach
goes well with publicity, I'm considering running for DPL in 2017
to extend this model to other areas of Debian" said Laura Arjona Reina,
(now) former publicity delegate.</p>
<p>A new logo and mascot has been designed too, as a symbol of this new era
embracing the standards of branding and corporate messaging.
Please consider voting in favor of it, in the General Resolution that will be proposed soon:</p>
<p><a href="http://deb.li/debraccoon"><img alt="Mascot and Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/deb_raccoon.png"></a></p>DebConf16 welcomes its first nine sponsors!2016-03-30T17:00:00+02:002016-03-30T17:00:00+02:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-30:/2016/03/dc16-welcome-its-first-sponsors.html<p><img alt="DebConf16 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Dc16_703x473.png"></p>
<p>DebConf16 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2016. We strive to
provide an intense working environment and enable good progress for Debian and
for Free Software in general. We extend an invitation to everyone to join us
and to support this event. As a volunteer-run non-profit conference, we depend
on our sponsors.</p>
<p>Nine companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf16! Let's introduce
them:</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>.
HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/"><strong>Valve</strong></a>,
a company developing games, social entertainment platform, and game engine technologies.</p>
<p>Our second Gold sponsor is <a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, the technology company
specialized in Internet-related services as online advertising and search engine.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.astralinux.com/"><strong>Rusbitech</strong></a>
(developers of the Astra Linux Debian derivative),
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://catalyst.net.nz/"><strong>Catalyst</strong></a>
(a company offering IT solutions using open source software),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,000</a> students enrolled, located in the Swiss capital),
and <a href="http://www.ti.com/"><strong>Texas Instruments</strong></a>
(the global semiconductor company) are our four Silver sponsors.</p>
<p>And last but not least, the open source company <a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
has agreed to support us as Bronze-level.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our
<a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc16/fundraising/debconf16_sponsorship_brochure.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
(or a summarized <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc16/fundraising/debconf16_sponsorship_flyer.pdf">flyer</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits.</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf16 website at <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org">https://debconf16.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><img alt="DebConf16 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/Dc16_703x473.png"></p>
<p>DebConf16 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2016. We strive to
provide an intense working environment and enable good progress for Debian and
for Free Software in general. We extend an invitation to everyone to join us
and to support this event. As a volunteer-run non-profit conference, we depend
on our sponsors.</p>
<p>Nine companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf16! Let's introduce
them:</p>
<p>Our first Platinum sponsor is <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>.
HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/"><strong>Valve</strong></a>,
a company developing games, social entertainment platform, and game engine technologies.</p>
<p>Our second Gold sponsor is <a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, the technology company
specialized in Internet-related services as online advertising and search engine.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.astralinux.com/"><strong>Rusbitech</strong></a>
(developers of the Astra Linux Debian derivative),
<a href="http://www.credativ.de/"><strong>credativ</strong></a>
(a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a
<a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian development partner</a>),
<a href="https://catalyst.net.nz/"><strong>Catalyst</strong></a>
(a company offering IT solutions using open source software),
the <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/"><strong>Bern University of Applied Sciences</strong></a>
(with over <a href="https://www.bfh.ch/en/bfh/facts_figures.html">7,000</a> students enrolled, located in the Swiss capital),
and <a href="http://www.ti.com/"><strong>Texas Instruments</strong></a>
(the global semiconductor company) are our four Silver sponsors.</p>
<p>And last but not least, the open source company <a href="https://www.univention.com/"><strong>Univention</strong></a>
has agreed to support us as Bronze-level.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our
<a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc16/fundraising/debconf16_sponsorship_brochure.pdf">sponsorship brochure</a>
(or a summarized <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc16/fundraising/debconf16_sponsorship_flyer.pdf">flyer</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits.</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf16 website at <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org">https://debconf16.debconf.org</a>.</p>Debian Project Leader elections 20162016-03-27T20:55:00+02:002016-03-27T20:55:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-27:/2016/03/dpl-elections-2016.html<p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/vote_001">the elections of
its Project Leader</a>!</p>
<p>Neil McGovern who has held the office for the last year will not be
seeking reelection. Debian Developers will have to choose between voting
for the only candidate running <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a>
or <em>None Of The Above</em>. If <em>None Of The Above</em> wins the election then
the election procedure is repeated, many times if necessary.</p>
<p>Mehdi Dogguy was a candidate for the DPL position last year, finishing
second with a close amount of votes to the winner Neil McGovern.</p>
<p>We are in the middle of the campaigning period that will last until April
2nd. The candidate and Debian contributors are expected to engage in
debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The voting period starts on April 3rd, and during the following two
weeks, Debian Developers will vote to choose the person who will guide
the project for one year. The results will be published on April 17th
with the term for new the project leader starting immediately that same
day.</p><p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/vote_001">the elections of
its Project Leader</a>!</p>
<p>Neil McGovern who has held the office for the last year will not be
seeking reelection. Debian Developers will have to choose between voting
for the only candidate running <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2016/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a>
or <em>None Of The Above</em>. If <em>None Of The Above</em> wins the election then
the election procedure is repeated, many times if necessary.</p>
<p>Mehdi Dogguy was a candidate for the DPL position last year, finishing
second with a close amount of votes to the winner Neil McGovern.</p>
<p>We are in the middle of the campaigning period that will last until April
2nd. The candidate and Debian contributors are expected to engage in
debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The voting period starts on April 3rd, and during the following two
weeks, Debian Developers will vote to choose the person who will guide
the project for one year. The results will be published on April 17th
with the term for new the project leader starting immediately that same
day.</p>DebConf16: Call for Proposals2016-03-24T10:00:00+01:002016-03-24T10:00:00+01:00Allison Randaltag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-24:/2016/03/debconf16-cfp.html<p>The DebConf Content team is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/">DebConf16 conference</a>, to be held in <strong>Cape Town, South Africa</strong> from 2 through 9 July 2016.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>In order to submit an event, go to "<em>Submit a talk</em>" on <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/accounts/login/">your profile page in the DebConf16 website</a> and describe your proposal. Please note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you think would be beneficial to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an engaging description of the event. You should use the field "<em>Notes</em>" to provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling restrictions, or any special requirements we should consider for your event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for questions), other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in <strong>April</strong>. If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the conference, please submit it as soon as possible so that it can be considered during this first evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before <strong>Sunday 1 May 2016</strong> to be evaluated for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian Packaging, Policy, and Infrastructure</li>
<li>Security, Safety, and Hacking</li>
<li>Debian System Administration, Automation and Orchestration</li>
<li>Containers and Cloud Computing with Debian</li>
<li>Debian Success Stories</li>
<li>Debian in the Social, Ethical, Legal, and Political Context</li>
<li>Blends, Subprojects, Derivatives, and Projects using Debian</li>
<li>Embedded Debian and Hardware-Level Systems</li>
</ul>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of the conference <a href="<http://debconf.org/goals.shtml">goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation. Recordings will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Contact and Thanks to Sponsors</h2>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors, especially our platinum sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">HPE</a>. DebConf16 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, please <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/contribute">get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>You are welcome to contact the Content Team with any concerns about your event, or with any ideas or questions about DebConf events in general. You can reach us at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<h2>Registration Reminder</h2>
<p>Registration for DebConf is open. Please log into the
DebConf16 website and register from <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/accounts/profile/">your profile page</a>.</p>
<p>To request bursaries (sponsorship) for food, accommodation, or travel, you must
be registered by Sunday, 10 April 2016.</p>
<p>After this date, registrations will still be accepted in any of the basic,
professional, and corporate categories. However, accommodation on the campus
will no longer be guaranteed, and requests for sponsorship will no longer be
accepted.</p>
<p>Even if you are not certain you will be able to attend, we recommend
registering now. You can always cancel your registration, before the deadline.
We do suggest that attendees begin making travel arrangements as soon as
possible, of course.</p>
<p>We hope to see you all in Cape Town!</p><p>The DebConf Content team is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/">DebConf16 conference</a>, to be held in <strong>Cape Town, South Africa</strong> from 2 through 9 July 2016.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>In order to submit an event, go to "<em>Submit a talk</em>" on <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/accounts/login/">your profile page in the DebConf16 website</a> and describe your proposal. Please note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions (BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations, debates, or any other format of event that you think would be beneficial to the Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an engaging description of the event. You should use the field "<em>Notes</em>" to provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling restrictions, or any special requirements we should consider for your event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for questions), other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have different durations. Please choose the most suitable duration for your event and explain any special requests.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in <strong>April</strong>. If you depend on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the conference, please submit it as soon as possible so that it can be considered during this first evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before <strong>Sunday 1 May 2016</strong> to be evaluated for the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we have some broad topics on which we encourage people to submit proposals, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian Packaging, Policy, and Infrastructure</li>
<li>Security, Safety, and Hacking</li>
<li>Debian System Administration, Automation and Orchestration</li>
<li>Containers and Cloud Computing with Debian</li>
<li>Debian Success Stories</li>
<li>Debian in the Social, Ethical, Legal, and Political Context</li>
<li>Blends, Subprojects, Derivatives, and Projects using Debian</li>
<li>Embedded Debian and Hardware-Level Systems</li>
</ul>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of the conference <a href="<http://debconf.org/goals.shtml">goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation. Recordings will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Contact and Thanks to Sponsors</h2>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors, especially our platinum sponsor <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource">HPE</a>. DebConf16 is still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, please <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/contribute">get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>You are welcome to contact the Content Team with any concerns about your event, or with any ideas or questions about DebConf events in general. You can reach us at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<h2>Registration Reminder</h2>
<p>Registration for DebConf is open. Please log into the
DebConf16 website and register from <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/accounts/profile/">your profile page</a>.</p>
<p>To request bursaries (sponsorship) for food, accommodation, or travel, you must
be registered by Sunday, 10 April 2016.</p>
<p>After this date, registrations will still be accepted in any of the basic,
professional, and corporate categories. However, accommodation on the campus
will no longer be guaranteed, and requests for sponsorship will no longer be
accepted.</p>
<p>Even if you are not certain you will be able to attend, we recommend
registering now. You can always cancel your registration, before the deadline.
We do suggest that attendees begin making travel arrangements as soon as
possible, of course.</p>
<p>We hope to see you all in Cape Town!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2016)2016-03-14T21:30:00+01:002016-03-14T21:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-14:/2016/03/new-developers-2016-02.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Otto Kekäläinen (otto)</li>
<li>Dariusz Dwornikowski (darek)</li>
<li>Daniel Stender (stender)</li>
<li>Afif Elghraoui (afif)</li>
<li>Victor Seva (vseva)</li>
<li>James Cowgill (jcowgill)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Giovani Augusto Ferreira</li>
<li>Ondřej Nový</li>
<li>Jason Pleau</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe</li>
<li>Ferenc Wágner</li>
<li>Enrico Rossi</li>
<li>Christian Seiler</li>
<li>Daniel Echeverry</li>
<li>Ilias Tsitsimpis</li>
<li>James Clarke</li>
<li>Luca Boccassi</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Otto Kekäläinen (otto)</li>
<li>Dariusz Dwornikowski (darek)</li>
<li>Daniel Stender (stender)</li>
<li>Afif Elghraoui (afif)</li>
<li>Victor Seva (vseva)</li>
<li>James Cowgill (jcowgill)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Giovani Augusto Ferreira</li>
<li>Ondřej Nový</li>
<li>Jason Pleau</li>
<li>Michael Robin Crusoe</li>
<li>Ferenc Wágner</li>
<li>Enrico Rossi</li>
<li>Christian Seiler</li>
<li>Daniel Echeverry</li>
<li>Ilias Tsitsimpis</li>
<li>James Clarke</li>
<li>Luca Boccassi</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian selected to participate in the Google Summer of Code2016-03-13T16:00:00+01:002016-03-13T16:00:00+01:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-13:/2016/03/debian-participation-gsoc-2016.html<p><img alt="GSoC 2016 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2016.jpg"></p>
<p>For the tenth time running, Debian has been selected as a mentoring
organization for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a> (<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016">Debian-specific program
page</a>), an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up.</p>
<p>Our team of amazing mentors has cooked up an <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects">exciting list of projects</a>
this year, and we would be glad to have you on board with Debian for one of
those summer internships. The student application period will open on March 14
(and close on March 25), but feel free to <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">subscribe to our mailing list</a>
and get in touch with our mentors. You can also catch us on our IRC channel
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc">#debian-soc</a>.</p><p><img alt="GSoC 2016 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2016.jpg"></p>
<p>For the tenth time running, Debian has been selected as a mentoring
organization for the <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a> (<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016">Debian-specific program
page</a>), an internship program open to university students aged 18 and up.</p>
<p>Our team of amazing mentors has cooked up an <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects">exciting list of projects</a>
this year, and we would be glad to have you on board with Debian for one of
those summer internships. The student application period will open on March 14
(and close on March 25), but feel free to <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">subscribe to our mailing list</a>
and get in touch with our mentors. You can also catch us on our IRC channel
<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc">#debian-soc</a>.</p>Debian is looking for three interns in the Outreachy Program2016-03-12T20:10:00+01:002016-03-12T20:10:00+01:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-12:/2016/03/outreachy-looking-for-three-applicants.html<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>As part of its diversity outreach initiatives, Debian will be participating in
the upcoming 12th round (May - August 2016) of <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/">Outreachy</a>, an internship
program open worldwide to women (cis and trans), trans men and genderqueer
people, as well as nationals and residents of the United States of any gender
who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska
Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.</p>
<p>Thanks to the generosity of our donors, and specifically of our sponsor <a href="http://www.intel.com">Intel</a>
who has given us funds specifically for one intern, Debian will be able to
welcome three interns this round.</p>
<p>Applications for the program are open until March 22nd, so don't wait up!
Debian has <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects" title="the list is common with GSoC">a lot of interesting internship opportunities this year</a>. More
info about the program is available on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round12">Debian specific program page</a>,
as well as on the <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy">official website</a>. Feel free to contact the outreach team
and mentors on our <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">mailing list</a> or IRC channel #debian-soc in irc.oftc.net</p>
<p>If you want Debian to keep participating in such programs, and expand its
outreach efforts, you can <a href="https://www.debian.org/donations">donate to one of the organizations supporting the
Debian project</a>, or volunteer some time by participating in discussions on our
mailing list.</p><p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p>As part of its diversity outreach initiatives, Debian will be participating in
the upcoming 12th round (May - August 2016) of <a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/">Outreachy</a>, an internship
program open worldwide to women (cis and trans), trans men and genderqueer
people, as well as nationals and residents of the United States of any gender
who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska
Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.</p>
<p>Thanks to the generosity of our donors, and specifically of our sponsor <a href="http://www.intel.com">Intel</a>
who has given us funds specifically for one intern, Debian will be able to
welcome three interns this round.</p>
<p>Applications for the program are open until March 22nd, so don't wait up!
Debian has <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2016/Projects" title="the list is common with GSoC">a lot of interesting internship opportunities this year</a>. More
info about the program is available on the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round12">Debian specific program page</a>,
as well as on the <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy">official website</a>. Feel free to contact the outreach team
and mentors on our <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/" title="debian-outreach AT lists.debian.org">mailing list</a> or IRC channel #debian-soc in irc.oftc.net</p>
<p>If you want Debian to keep participating in such programs, and expand its
outreach efforts, you can <a href="https://www.debian.org/donations">donate to one of the organizations supporting the
Debian project</a>, or volunteer some time by participating in discussions on our
mailing list.</p>Hewlett Packard Enterprise Platinum Sponsor of DebConf162016-03-08T12:00:00+01:002016-03-08T12:00:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-03-08:/2016/03/hpe-platinum-debconf16.html<p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="http://debconf16.debconf.org">DebConf16</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"We're excited to support Debian's annual conference which brings
together Debian contributors from all around the world. In addition
to our sponsorship, we will actively participate in DebConf"</em>, said
Steve Geary, Senior Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.</p>
<p>HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf16!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf16 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf16 website at <a href="http://debconf16.debconf.org">http://debconf16.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><img alt="HPElogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/hpe.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource"><strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)</strong></a>
has committed to support <a href="http://debconf16.debconf.org">DebConf16</a> as a <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p><em>"We're excited to support Debian's annual conference which brings
together Debian contributors from all around the world. In addition
to our sponsorship, we will actively participate in DebConf"</em>, said
Steve Geary, Senior Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.</p>
<p>HPE is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as servers, storage,
networking, consulting and support, software, and financial services.</p>
<p>HPE is also a development partner of Debian,
and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor,
HPE contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software
helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for your support of DebConf16!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf16 is still accepting sponsors.
Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team
through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf16 website at <a href="http://debconf16.debconf.org">http://debconf16.debconf.org</a>.</p>I love Free Software Day 2016: Show your love for Free Software2016-02-14T01:10:00+01:002016-02-14T01:10:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2016-02-14:/2016/02/ilovefs-2016.html<!---
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<p><a href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/"><img alt="ILoveFS banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ilovefs-banner-medium-en.png"></a></p>
<p>Today February 14th, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) celebrates
the <a href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/">"I Love Free Software" day</a>. I Love Free Software day is a day for Free
Software users to appreciate and thank the contributors of their favourite software
applications, projects and organisations.</p>
<p>We take this opportunity to say "thank you" to all the Debian upstreams and downstreams,
and all the Debian developers and contributors. Thanks for your work and dedication to
free software!</p>
<p>There are many ways to participate in this ILoveFS day and we encourage everybody
to join in and celebrate. Show your love to Debian developers, contributors and
teams virtually on social networks using the #ilovefs hashtag and spreading the
word in your own social media circles, or by visiting the <a href="http://ilovefs.org">ILoveFS</a> campaign
website to find and use some of the promotional materials available such as
postcards and banners.</p>
<p>To learn more about the FSFE, you can read their
<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160208-01.en.html">announcement of this campaign</a>
or visit their <a href="https://fsfe.org">general website</a>.</p><!---
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<p><a href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/"><img alt="ILoveFS banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ilovefs-banner-medium-en.png"></a></p>
<p>Today February 14th, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) celebrates
the <a href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2016/">"I Love Free Software" day</a>. I Love Free Software day is a day for Free
Software users to appreciate and thank the contributors of their favourite software
applications, projects and organisations.</p>
<p>We take this opportunity to say "thank you" to all the Debian upstreams and downstreams,
and all the Debian developers and contributors. Thanks for your work and dedication to
free software!</p>
<p>There are many ways to participate in this ILoveFS day and we encourage everybody
to join in and celebrate. Show your love to Debian developers, contributors and
teams virtually on social networks using the #ilovefs hashtag and spreading the
word in your own social media circles, or by visiting the <a href="http://ilovefs.org">ILoveFS</a> campaign
website to find and use some of the promotional materials available such as
postcards and banners.</p>
<p>To learn more about the FSFE, you can read their
<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160208-01.en.html">announcement of this campaign</a>
or visit their <a href="https://fsfe.org">general website</a>.</p>Tails installer is now in Debian2016-02-11T14:30:00+01:002016-02-11T14:30:00+01:00utag:bits.debian.org,2016-02-11:/2016/02/tails-installer-in-debian.html<p><a href="https://tails.boum.org">Tails</a> (The amnesic incognito live system) is a live OS based
on Debian GNU/Linux which aims at preserving the user's privacy and anonymity
by using the Internet anonymously and circumventing censorship. Installed on
a USB device, it is configured to leave no trace on the computer you are
using unless asked explicitly.</p>
<p><a href="https://tails.boum.org"><img alt="Tails Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/tails-logo-flat.png"></a></p>
<p>As of today, the people the most needy for digital security are not computer
experts. Being able to get started easily with a new tool is critical to its
adoption, and even more in high-risk and stressful environments. That's why we
wanted to make it faster, simpler, and more secure to install Tails for new
users.</p>
<p>One of the components of Tails, the <a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tails-installer">Tails Installer</a> is now
in Debian thanks to the <a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-privacy-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org">Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers Team</a>.</p>
<p>Tails Installer is a <a href="https://screenshots.debian.net/package/tails-installer">graphical tool</a> to install or upgrade Tails
on a USB stick from an ISO image. It aims at making it easier and faster to <a href="https://tails.boum.org/install">get
Tails up and running</a>.</p>
<p>The previous process for getting started with Tails was very complex and was
problematic for less tech-savvy users. It required starting Tails three
times, and copying the full ISO image onto a USB stick twice before having a
fully functional Tails USB stick with persistence enabled.</p>
<p>This can now be done simply by installing Tails Installer in your existing
Debian system, using sid, stretch or jessie-backports, plugging a USB stick
and choosing if one wants to update the USB stick or to install Tails using
a previously downloaded ISO image.</p>
<p>Tails Installer also helps Tails users to create an encrypted persistent
storage for personal files and settings in the rest of the available space.</p><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org">Tails</a> (The amnesic incognito live system) is a live OS based
on Debian GNU/Linux which aims at preserving the user's privacy and anonymity
by using the Internet anonymously and circumventing censorship. Installed on
a USB device, it is configured to leave no trace on the computer you are
using unless asked explicitly.</p>
<p><a href="https://tails.boum.org"><img alt="Tails Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/tails-logo-flat.png"></a></p>
<p>As of today, the people the most needy for digital security are not computer
experts. Being able to get started easily with a new tool is critical to its
adoption, and even more in high-risk and stressful environments. That's why we
wanted to make it faster, simpler, and more secure to install Tails for new
users.</p>
<p>One of the components of Tails, the <a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tails-installer">Tails Installer</a> is now
in Debian thanks to the <a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-privacy-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org">Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers Team</a>.</p>
<p>Tails Installer is a <a href="https://screenshots.debian.net/package/tails-installer">graphical tool</a> to install or upgrade Tails
on a USB stick from an ISO image. It aims at making it easier and faster to <a href="https://tails.boum.org/install">get
Tails up and running</a>.</p>
<p>The previous process for getting started with Tails was very complex and was
problematic for less tech-savvy users. It required starting Tails three
times, and copying the full ISO image onto a USB stick twice before having a
fully functional Tails USB stick with persistence enabled.</p>
<p>This can now be done simply by installing Tails Installer in your existing
Debian system, using sid, stretch or jessie-backports, plugging a USB stick
and choosing if one wants to update the USB stick or to install Tails using
a previously downloaded ISO image.</p>
<p>Tails Installer also helps Tails users to create an encrypted persistent
storage for personal files and settings in the rest of the available space.</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2015)2016-01-12T12:30:00+01:002016-01-12T12:30:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2016-01-12:/2016/01/new-developers-2015-12.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Stein Magnus Jodal (jodal)</li>
<li>Prach Pongpanich (prach)</li>
<li>Markus Koschany (apo)</li>
<li>Bernhard Schmidt (berni)</li>
<li>Uwe Kleine-König (ukleinek)</li>
<li>Timo Weingärtner (tiwe)</li>
<li>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (bigeasy)</li>
<li>Mattia Rizzolo (mattia)</li>
<li>Alexandre Viau (aviau)</li>
<li>Lev Lamberov (dogsleg)</li>
<li>Adam Borowski (kilobyte)</li>
<li>Chris Boot (bootc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alf Gaida</li>
<li>Andrew Ayer</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira</li>
<li>Alexandre Detiste</li>
<li>Dave Hibberd</li>
<li>Andreas Boll</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal</li>
<li>Edward Betts</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee</li>
<li>Ivan Udovichenko</li>
<li>Andrew Kelley</li>
<li>Benda Xu</li>
<li>Russell Sim</li>
<li>Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira</li>
<li>Marc Fournier</li>
<li>Scott Talbert</li>
<li>Sergio Durigan Junior</li>
<li>Guillaume Turri</li>
<li>Michael Lustfield</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Stein Magnus Jodal (jodal)</li>
<li>Prach Pongpanich (prach)</li>
<li>Markus Koschany (apo)</li>
<li>Bernhard Schmidt (berni)</li>
<li>Uwe Kleine-König (ukleinek)</li>
<li>Timo Weingärtner (tiwe)</li>
<li>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (bigeasy)</li>
<li>Mattia Rizzolo (mattia)</li>
<li>Alexandre Viau (aviau)</li>
<li>Lev Lamberov (dogsleg)</li>
<li>Adam Borowski (kilobyte)</li>
<li>Chris Boot (bootc)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Alf Gaida</li>
<li>Andrew Ayer</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira</li>
<li>Alexandre Detiste</li>
<li>Dave Hibberd</li>
<li>Andreas Boll</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal</li>
<li>Edward Betts</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee</li>
<li>Ivan Udovichenko</li>
<li>Andrew Kelley</li>
<li>Benda Xu</li>
<li>Russell Sim</li>
<li>Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira</li>
<li>Marc Fournier</li>
<li>Scott Talbert</li>
<li>Sergio Durigan Junior</li>
<li>Guillaume Turri</li>
<li>Michael Lustfield</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock2015-12-30T20:15:00+01:002015-12-30T20:15:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopez, Donald Norwood and Paul Tagliamontetag:bits.debian.org,2015-12-30:/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html<p><img alt="Ian Murdock" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ianmurdock.jpg"></p>
<p>With a heavy heart Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock, stalwart proponent of Free Open Source Software, Father, Son, and the 'ian' in Debian.</p>
<p>Ian started the Debian project in August of 1993, releasing the first versions of Debian later that same year. Debian would go on to become the world's Universal Operating System, running on everything from embedded devices to the space station.</p>
<p>Ian's sharp focus was on creating a Distribution and community culture that did the right thing, be it ethically, or technically. Releases went out when they were ready, and the project's staunch stance on Software Freedom are the gold standards in the Free and Open Source world.</p>
<p>Ian's devotion to the right thing guided his work, both in Debian and in the subsequent years, always working towards the best possible future.</p>
<p>Ian's dream has lived on, the Debian community remains incredibly active, with thousands of developers working untold hours to bring the world a reliable and secure operating system.</p>
<p>The thoughts of the Debian Community are with Ian's family in this hard time.</p>
<p>His family has asked for privacy during this difficult time and we very much wish to respect that. Within our Debian and the larger Linux community condolences may be sent to in-memoriam-ian@debian.org where they will be kept and archived.</p><p><img alt="Ian Murdock" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ianmurdock.jpg"></p>
<p>With a heavy heart Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock, stalwart proponent of Free Open Source Software, Father, Son, and the 'ian' in Debian.</p>
<p>Ian started the Debian project in August of 1993, releasing the first versions of Debian later that same year. Debian would go on to become the world's Universal Operating System, running on everything from embedded devices to the space station.</p>
<p>Ian's sharp focus was on creating a Distribution and community culture that did the right thing, be it ethically, or technically. Releases went out when they were ready, and the project's staunch stance on Software Freedom are the gold standards in the Free and Open Source world.</p>
<p>Ian's devotion to the right thing guided his work, both in Debian and in the subsequent years, always working towards the best possible future.</p>
<p>Ian's dream has lived on, the Debian community remains incredibly active, with thousands of developers working untold hours to bring the world a reliable and secure operating system.</p>
<p>The thoughts of the Debian Community are with Ian's family in this hard time.</p>
<p>His family has asked for privacy during this difficult time and we very much wish to respect that. Within our Debian and the larger Linux community condolences may be sent to in-memoriam-ian@debian.org where they will be kept and archived.</p>Software Freedom Conservancy needs your support!2015-12-04T00:30:00+01:002015-12-04T00:30:00+01:00Mehdi Dogguytag:bits.debian.org,2015-12-04:/2015/12/conservancy-fundraising-campaign.html<p><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/"><img alt="Software Freedom Conservancy Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/conservancy-logo.png"></a></p>
<p>"<em><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a> helps
promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source
Software (FLOSS) projects. Conservancy provides a non-profit home and
infrastructure for FLOSS projects.</em>", that is how Software Freedom
Conservancy defines itself. Organizations like Conservancy allow free
software developers to focus on what they do the best by doing
copyleft enforcement, taking care of legal aspects and provide <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/services/">many
services</a> to its project
members.</p>
<p>Last August, Debian and Conservancy
<a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">announced</a> a
partnership and formed the Copyright Aggregation Project where, among
other things, Conservancy will be able to hold copyrights for some
Debian works and ensure compliance with copyleft so that those works
remain in free software.</p>
<p>Recently, Conservancy launched a major fundraising campaign and needs
more individual supporters to gain more sustainable and independent
funding. This will allow the Conservancy to continue its efforts
towards convincing more companies to comply with free software
licenses such as the GPL and take legal actions when dialogue turns
out to be unsuccessful. Conservancy needs your support now, more than
ever!</p>
<p>Many Debian Developers and Contributors have already become
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/sponsors#supporters">Conservancy
supporters</a>. Please
consider signing up as a supporter on
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/</a>!</p><p><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/"><img alt="Software Freedom Conservancy Logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/conservancy-logo.png"></a></p>
<p>"<em><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a> helps
promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source
Software (FLOSS) projects. Conservancy provides a non-profit home and
infrastructure for FLOSS projects.</em>", that is how Software Freedom
Conservancy defines itself. Organizations like Conservancy allow free
software developers to focus on what they do the best by doing
copyleft enforcement, taking care of legal aspects and provide <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/services/">many
services</a> to its project
members.</p>
<p>Last August, Debian and Conservancy
<a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">announced</a> a
partnership and formed the Copyright Aggregation Project where, among
other things, Conservancy will be able to hold copyrights for some
Debian works and ensure compliance with copyleft so that those works
remain in free software.</p>
<p>Recently, Conservancy launched a major fundraising campaign and needs
more individual supporters to gain more sustainable and independent
funding. This will allow the Conservancy to continue its efforts
towards convincing more companies to comply with free software
licenses such as the GPL and take legal actions when dialogue turns
out to be unsuccessful. Conservancy needs your support now, more than
ever!</p>
<p>Many Debian Developers and Contributors have already become
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/sponsors#supporters">Conservancy
supporters</a>. Please
consider signing up as a supporter on
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/</a>!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2015)2015-11-11T22:35:00+01:002015-11-11T22:35:00+01:00Jean-Pierre Giraudtag:bits.debian.org,2015-11-11:/2015/11/new-developers-2015-10.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>ChangZhuo Chen (czchen)</li>
<li>Eugene Zhukov (eugene)</li>
<li>Hugo Lefeuvre (hle)</li>
<li>Milan Kupcevic (milan)</li>
<li>Timo Weingärtner (tiwe)</li>
<li>Uwe Kleine-König (ukleinek)</li>
<li>Bernhard Schmidt (berni)</li>
<li>Stein Magnus Jodal (jodal)</li>
<li>Prach Pongpanich (prach)</li>
<li>Markus Koschany (apo)</li>
<li>Andy Simpkins (rattustrattus)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Miguel A. Colón Vélez</li>
<li>Afif Elghraoui</li>
<li>Bastien Roucariès</li>
<li>Carsten Schoenert</li>
<li>Tomasz Nitecki</li>
<li>Christoph Ulrich Scholler</li>
<li>Mechtilde Stehmann</li>
<li>Alexandre Viau</li>
<li>Daniele Tricoli</li>
<li>Russell Sim</li>
<li>Benda Xu</li>
<li>Andrew Kelley</li>
<li>Ivan Udovichenko</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee</li>
<li>Edward Betts</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal</li>
<li>Andreas Boll</li>
<li>Dave Hibberd</li>
<li>Alexandre Detiste</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira</li>
<li>Andrew Ayer</li>
<li>Alf Gaida</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>ChangZhuo Chen (czchen)</li>
<li>Eugene Zhukov (eugene)</li>
<li>Hugo Lefeuvre (hle)</li>
<li>Milan Kupcevic (milan)</li>
<li>Timo Weingärtner (tiwe)</li>
<li>Uwe Kleine-König (ukleinek)</li>
<li>Bernhard Schmidt (berni)</li>
<li>Stein Magnus Jodal (jodal)</li>
<li>Prach Pongpanich (prach)</li>
<li>Markus Koschany (apo)</li>
<li>Andy Simpkins (rattustrattus)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Miguel A. Colón Vélez</li>
<li>Afif Elghraoui</li>
<li>Bastien Roucariès</li>
<li>Carsten Schoenert</li>
<li>Tomasz Nitecki</li>
<li>Christoph Ulrich Scholler</li>
<li>Mechtilde Stehmann</li>
<li>Alexandre Viau</li>
<li>Daniele Tricoli</li>
<li>Russell Sim</li>
<li>Benda Xu</li>
<li>Andrew Kelley</li>
<li>Ivan Udovichenko</li>
<li>Shih-Yuan Lee</li>
<li>Edward Betts</li>
<li>Punit Agrawal</li>
<li>Andreas Boll</li>
<li>Dave Hibberd</li>
<li>Alexandre Detiste</li>
<li>Marcio de Souza Oliveira</li>
<li>Andrew Ayer</li>
<li>Alf Gaida</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2015)2015-09-01T13:45:00+02:002015-09-01T13:45:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lópeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-09-01:/2015/09/new-developers-2015-08.html<p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gianfranco Costamagna (locutusofborg)</li>
<li>Graham Inggs (ginggs)</li>
<li>Ximin Luo (infinity0)</li>
<li>Christian Kastner (ckk)</li>
<li>Tianon Gravi (tianon)</li>
<li>Iain R. Learmonth (irl)</li>
<li>Laura Arjona Reina (larjona)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Senthil Kumaran</li>
<li>Riley Baird</li>
<li>Robie Basak</li>
<li>Alex Muntada</li>
<li>Johan Van de Wauw</li>
<li>Benjamin Barenblat</li>
<li>Paul Novotny</li>
<li>Jose Luis Rivero</li>
<li>Chris Knadle</li>
<li>Lennart Weller</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p><p>The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gianfranco Costamagna (locutusofborg)</li>
<li>Graham Inggs (ginggs)</li>
<li>Ximin Luo (infinity0)</li>
<li>Christian Kastner (ckk)</li>
<li>Tianon Gravi (tianon)</li>
<li>Iain R. Learmonth (irl)</li>
<li>Laura Arjona Reina (larjona)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:</p>
<ul>
<li>Senthil Kumaran</li>
<li>Riley Baird</li>
<li>Robie Basak</li>
<li>Alex Muntada</li>
<li>Johan Van de Wauw</li>
<li>Benjamin Barenblat</li>
<li>Paul Novotny</li>
<li>Jose Luis Rivero</li>
<li>Chris Knadle</li>
<li>Lennart Weller</li>
</ul>
<p>Congratulations!</p>Debian turns 22!2015-08-16T23:59:00+02:002015-08-16T23:59:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez and Valessio Britotag:bits.debian.org,2015-08-16:/2015/08/22-birthday-debian.html<p>Sorry for posting so late, we're very busy at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/">DebConf15</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 22" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian22.jpg"></p>
<p>Happy 22nd birthday Debian!</p><p>Sorry for posting so late, we're very busy at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/">DebConf15</a>!</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 22" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian22.jpg"></p>
<p>Happy 22nd birthday Debian!</p>Debian Perl Sprint 20152015-07-13T21:00:00+02:002015-07-13T21:00:00+02:00Alex Muntadatag:bits.debian.org,2015-07-13:/2015/07/perl-sprint-2015.html<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team had its <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2015/DebianPerlSprint">first sprint</a> in May and it was a success: 7 members met in Barcelona the weekend from May 22nd to May 24th to kick off the development around perl for Stretch and to work on QA tasks across the more than 3000 packages that the team maintains.</p>
<p>Even though the participants enjoyed the beautiful weather and the food very much, a good amount of work was also done:</p>
<ul>
<li>53 bugs were filed or worked on, 31 uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The current practice of patch management (<code>quilt</code>) was discussed and possible alternatives were shown (<code>git-debcherry</code> and <code>git-dpm</code>).</li>
<li>Improvements were made in the Debian Perl Tools (<code>dpt</code>) and discussed how to get track of upstream git history and tags.</li>
<li>Team's policies, documentation and recurring tasks were reviewed and updated.</li>
<li>Perl 5.22 release was prepared and <code>src:perl</code> plans for Stretch were discussed.</li>
<li><code>autopkgtest</code> whitelists were reviewed, new packages added, and IRC notificacions by KGB were discussed.</li>
<li>Outstanding migrations were reviewed.</li>
<li>Reproducibility issues with <code>POD_MAN_DATE</code> were commented.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2015/07/msg00009.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the <a href="http://www.ac.upc.edu/">Computer Architecture Department</a> of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya for hosting us, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p><p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianPerlGroup">Debian Perl</a> team had its <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2015/DebianPerlSprint">first sprint</a> in May and it was a success: 7 members met in Barcelona the weekend from May 22nd to May 24th to kick off the development around perl for Stretch and to work on QA tasks across the more than 3000 packages that the team maintains.</p>
<p>Even though the participants enjoyed the beautiful weather and the food very much, a good amount of work was also done:</p>
<ul>
<li>53 bugs were filed or worked on, 31 uploads were accepted.</li>
<li>The current practice of patch management (<code>quilt</code>) was discussed and possible alternatives were shown (<code>git-debcherry</code> and <code>git-dpm</code>).</li>
<li>Improvements were made in the Debian Perl Tools (<code>dpt</code>) and discussed how to get track of upstream git history and tags.</li>
<li>Team's policies, documentation and recurring tasks were reviewed and updated.</li>
<li>Perl 5.22 release was prepared and <code>src:perl</code> plans for Stretch were discussed.</li>
<li><code>autopkgtest</code> whitelists were reviewed, new packages added, and IRC notificacions by KGB were discussed.</li>
<li>Outstanding migrations were reviewed.</li>
<li>Reproducibility issues with <code>POD_MAN_DATE</code> were commented.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2015/07/msg00009.html">full report</a> was posted to the relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>
<p>The participants would like to thank the <a href="http://www.ac.upc.edu/">Computer Architecture Department</a> of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya for hosting us, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover a large part of our expenses.</p>Reproducible Builds get funded by the Core Infrastructure Initiative2015-06-23T14:00:00+02:002015-06-23T14:00:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-06-23:/2015/06/reproducible-builds-funded-by-cii.html<p>The Core Infrastructure Initiative <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2015/06/linux-foundation-s-core-infrastructure-initiative-funds-three-new">announced</a> today that they will
support two Debian Developers, Holger Levsen and Jérémy Bobbio, with $200,000
to advance their Debian work in reproducible builds and to collaborate more
closely with other distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenWrt to benefit
from this effort.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/core-infrastructure-initiative">Core Infrastructure Initiative</a> (CII) was established in 2014 to
fortify the security of key open source projects. This initiative is funded by
more than 20 companies and managed by The Linux Foundation.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds">reproducible builds</a> initiative aims to enable anyone to reproduce
bit by bit identical binary packages from a given source, thus enabling anyone
to independently verify that a binary matches the source code from which it
was said it was derived. For example, this allow the users of Debian to rebuild
packages and obtain exactly identical packages to the ones provided by the
Debian repositories.</p><p>The Core Infrastructure Initiative <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2015/06/linux-foundation-s-core-infrastructure-initiative-funds-three-new">announced</a> today that they will
support two Debian Developers, Holger Levsen and Jérémy Bobbio, with $200,000
to advance their Debian work in reproducible builds and to collaborate more
closely with other distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenWrt to benefit
from this effort.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/core-infrastructure-initiative">Core Infrastructure Initiative</a> (CII) was established in 2014 to
fortify the security of key open source projects. This initiative is funded by
more than 20 companies and managed by The Linux Foundation.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds">reproducible builds</a> initiative aims to enable anyone to reproduce
bit by bit identical binary packages from a given source, thus enabling anyone
to independently verify that a binary matches the source code from which it
was said it was derived. For example, this allow the users of Debian to rebuild
packages and obtain exactly identical packages to the ones provided by the
Debian repositories.</p>Debian Ruby team sprint 20152015-05-12T00:01:00+02:002015-05-12T00:01:00+02:00Antonio Terceirotag:bits.debian.org,2015-05-12:/2015/05/ruby-sprint-2015.html<p>The Debian Ruby <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Ruby">Ruby team</a> had a first
sprint in 2014. The experience was very positive, and it was decided to do it
again in 2015. Last April, the team once more met at the
<a href="http://www.irill.org/">IRILL</a> offices, in Paris, France.</p>
<p>The participants worked to improve the quality Ruby packages in Debian,
including fixing release critical and security bugs, improving metadata and
packaging code, and triaging test failures on the <a href="https://ci.debian.net/">Debian Continuous
Integration</a> service.</p>
<p>The sprint also served to prepare the team infrastructure for the future Debian
9 release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>the <code>gem2deb</code> packaging helper to improve the semi-automated generation of
Debian source packages from existing standard-compliant Ruby packages from
<a href="https://rubygems.org/">Rubygems</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>there was also an effort to prepare the switch to Ruby 2.2, the latest stable
release of the Ruby language which was released after the Debian testing
suite was already frozen for the Debian 8 release.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Group photo of sprint participants. Left to right: Christian Hofstaedtler, Tomasz Nitecki, Sebastien Badia and Antonio Terceiro" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ruby-sprint-2015.jpg"></p>
<p>Left to right: Christian Hofstaedtler, Tomasz Nitecki, Sebastien Badia and Antonio Terceiro.</p>
<p>A full report with technical details has been
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-ruby/2015/05/msg00024.html">posted</a> to the
relevant Debian mailing lists.</p><p>The Debian Ruby <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Ruby">Ruby team</a> had a first
sprint in 2014. The experience was very positive, and it was decided to do it
again in 2015. Last April, the team once more met at the
<a href="http://www.irill.org/">IRILL</a> offices, in Paris, France.</p>
<p>The participants worked to improve the quality Ruby packages in Debian,
including fixing release critical and security bugs, improving metadata and
packaging code, and triaging test failures on the <a href="https://ci.debian.net/">Debian Continuous
Integration</a> service.</p>
<p>The sprint also served to prepare the team infrastructure for the future Debian
9 release:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>the <code>gem2deb</code> packaging helper to improve the semi-automated generation of
Debian source packages from existing standard-compliant Ruby packages from
<a href="https://rubygems.org/">Rubygems</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>there was also an effort to prepare the switch to Ruby 2.2, the latest stable
release of the Ruby language which was released after the Debian testing
suite was already frozen for the Debian 8 release.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Group photo of sprint participants. Left to right: Christian Hofstaedtler, Tomasz Nitecki, Sebastien Badia and Antonio Terceiro" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ruby-sprint-2015.jpg"></p>
<p>Left to right: Christian Hofstaedtler, Tomasz Nitecki, Sebastien Badia and Antonio Terceiro.</p>
<p>A full report with technical details has been
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-ruby/2015/05/msg00024.html">posted</a> to the
relevant Debian mailing lists.</p>Debian 8.0 Jessie has been released!2015-04-26T03:15:00+02:002015-04-26T03:15:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-04-26:/2015/04/jessie-released.html<p><img alt="Alt Jessie has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_jessie.png"></p>
<p>There's a new sheriff in town. And her name is Jessie. We're happy to announce
the release of Debian 8.0, codenamed <em>Jessie</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks. Then read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
For cloud users Debian also offers <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current/">pre-built OpenStack images</a> ready to use.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You are just an <em>apt-get dist-upgrade</em> away from Jessie!
Find how, reading the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual">installation guide</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
Share the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines#Release_blog_banner.2Fbutton">banner from this blog</a> in your blog or your website!</p><p><img alt="Alt Jessie has been released" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/banner_jessie.png"></p>
<p>There's a new sheriff in town. And her name is Jessie. We're happy to announce
the release of Debian 8.0, codenamed <em>Jessie</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Want to install it?</strong>
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks. Then read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual">installation manual</a>.
For cloud users Debian also offers <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current/">pre-built OpenStack images</a> ready to use.</p>
<p><strong>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?</strong>
You are just an <em>apt-get dist-upgrade</em> away from Jessie!
Find how, reading the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanual">installation guide</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Do you want to celebrate the release?</strong>
Share the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Lines#Release_blog_banner.2Fbutton">banner from this blog</a> in your blog or your website!</p>Hewlett-Packard Platinum Sponsor of DebConf152015-03-25T15:00:00+01:002015-03-25T15:00:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-25:/2015/03/hp-platinum-debconf15.html<p><a href="http://www.hp.com/"><img alt="HPlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo_hp.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hp.com/"><strong>HP</strong></a> has committed support of DebConf15 as <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>"<em>The hLinux team is pleased to continue HP's long tradition of
supporting Debian and DebConf</em>," said Steve Geary, Senior Director at
Hewlett-Packard.</p>
<p>Hewlett-Packard is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as
servers, PCs, printers, storage products, network equipment, software,
cloud computing solutions, etc.</p>
<p>Hewlett-Packard has been a long-term development partner of Debian, and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(HP hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor, HP contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community who continue to collaborate on their
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, Hewlett-Packard, for your support of DebConf15!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.hp.com/"><img alt="HPlogo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/logo_hp.png"></a></p>
<p>We are very pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.hp.com/"><strong>HP</strong></a> has committed support of DebConf15 as <strong>Platinum sponsor</strong>.</p>
<p>"<em>The hLinux team is pleased to continue HP's long tradition of
supporting Debian and DebConf</em>," said Steve Geary, Senior Director at
Hewlett-Packard.</p>
<p>Hewlett-Packard is one of the largest computer companies in the
world, providing a wide range of products and services, such as
servers, PCs, printers, storage products, network equipment, software,
cloud computing solutions, etc.</p>
<p>Hewlett-Packard has been a long-term development partner of Debian, and provides hardware for port development, Debian mirrors, and other Debian services
(HP hardware donations are listed in the <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian machines</a> page).</p>
<p>With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor, HP contributes to make possible our annual conference,
and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software, helping to strengthen the community who continue to collaborate on their
Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, Hewlett-Packard, for your support of DebConf15!</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p>DebConf15 welcomes new sponsors2015-03-18T16:00:00+01:002015-03-18T16:00:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-18:/2015/03/new-sponsors-debconf15.html<p>The organization of <strong>DebConf15</strong> (from 15 to 22 August 2015, in Heidelberg,
Germany) is going smoothly, the <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2015/03/debconf15-cfp.html">call for proposals is open</a>
and today we want to provide some updates about our sponsors.</p>
<p>Twelve more companies have joined <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2014/11/dc15-welcome-its-first-sponsors.html">our nine first sponsors</a>
in supporting DebConf15. Thank you to all of them!</p>
<p>Our third Gold sponsor is the <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, which
encourages social entrepreneurship in all over the world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ibm.com"><strong>IBM</strong></a>, the technology and consulting corporation,
has also joined the DebConf15 sponsorship at a Gold level.</p>
<p><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, the search engine and advertising company,
has increased its sponsorship level from Silver to Gold.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mirantis.com/"><strong>Mirantis</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.1und1.de/"><strong>1&1</strong></a>
(which is also one of Debian's service partners),
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/"><strong>MySQL</strong></a> and
<a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a> have committed
sponsorship at Silver level.</p>
<p>And last but not least, six more sponsors have agreed to support us at Bronze
level: <a href="http://www.godiug.net/"><strong>Godiug.net</strong></a>,
the <a href="http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/"><strong>University of Zurich</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.deduktiva.com/"><strong>Deduktiva</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.docker.com/"><strong>Docker</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.dg-i.de/"><strong>DG-i</strong></a> (which is also one of Debian's service partners),
and <a href="http://www.pwc.de/"><strong>PricewaterhouseCoopers</strong></a> (which also provides
consultancy support for DebConf15).</p>
<p>The DebConf15 team is very thankful to all the DebConf sponsors for their support.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations
may contact the DebConf team through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>,
and visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p><p>The organization of <strong>DebConf15</strong> (from 15 to 22 August 2015, in Heidelberg,
Germany) is going smoothly, the <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2015/03/debconf15-cfp.html">call for proposals is open</a>
and today we want to provide some updates about our sponsors.</p>
<p>Twelve more companies have joined <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2014/11/dc15-welcome-its-first-sponsors.html">our nine first sponsors</a>
in supporting DebConf15. Thank you to all of them!</p>
<p>Our third Gold sponsor is the <a href="http://www.matanel.org/"><strong>Matanel Foundation</strong></a>, which
encourages social entrepreneurship in all over the world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ibm.com"><strong>IBM</strong></a>, the technology and consulting corporation,
has also joined the DebConf15 sponsorship at a Gold level.</p>
<p><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a>, the search engine and advertising company,
has increased its sponsorship level from Silver to Gold.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mirantis.com/"><strong>Mirantis</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.1und1.de/"><strong>1&1</strong></a>
(which is also one of Debian's service partners),
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/"><strong>MySQL</strong></a> and
<a href="http://www.hudson-trading.com/"><strong>Hudson River Trading</strong></a> have committed
sponsorship at Silver level.</p>
<p>And last but not least, six more sponsors have agreed to support us at Bronze
level: <a href="http://www.godiug.net/"><strong>Godiug.net</strong></a>,
the <a href="http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/"><strong>University of Zurich</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.deduktiva.com/"><strong>Deduktiva</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.docker.com/"><strong>Docker</strong></a>,
<a href="http://www.dg-i.de/"><strong>DG-i</strong></a> (which is also one of Debian's service partners),
and <a href="http://www.pwc.de/"><strong>PricewaterhouseCoopers</strong></a> (which also provides
consultancy support for DebConf15).</p>
<p>The DebConf15 team is very thankful to all the DebConf sponsors for their support.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors. Interested companies and organizations
may contact the DebConf team through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>,
and visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p>Debian is now welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC Summer 20152015-03-16T21:45:00+01:002015-03-16T21:45:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-16:/2015/03/call-for-applicants-gsoc-outreachy-2015.html<p><strong>We'd like to reshare <a href="http://blog.olasd.eu/2015/03/debian-welcomes-applicants-for-outreachy-and-gsoc-summer-2015/">a post from Nicolas Dandrimont</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am delighted to announce that Debian will be participating in the next round
of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round10">Outreachy</a>
and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015">GSoC</a>,
and that we are currently welcoming applications!</p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/">Outreachy</a>
helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source
software get involved. The current round of internships is open to women (cis
and trans), trans men, genderqueer people, and all participants of the <a href="http://ascendproject.org/">Ascend
Project</a> regardless of gender.</p>
<p><img alt="GSoC 2015 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2015-300x270-300x270.jpg"></p>
<p><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a global program, sponsored by Google, that offers
post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code
for various open source software projects.</p>
<p>Interns for both programs are granted a $5500 stipend (in three installments)
allowing them to dedicate their summer to working full-time on Debian.</p>
<p>Our amazing team of mentors has <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/Projects">listed their project ideas on the Debian
wiki</a>,
and we are now welcoming applicants for both programs.</p>
<p>If you want to apply for an internship with Debian this summer, please fill
out the template for either
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round10/Applications">Outreachy</a> or
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/StudentApplications">GSoC</a>.
If you’re eligible to both
programs, we’ll encourage you to apply to both (using the same application),
as Debian only has funds for a single Outreachy intern this round.</p>
<p>Don’t wait up! The application period for Outreachy ends March 24th, and the
GSoC application period ends March 27th. We really want applicants to start
contributing to their project before making our selection, so that mentors
can get a feel of how working with their intern will be like for three months.
The small task is a requirement for Outreachy, and we’re strongly encouraging
GSoC applicants to abide by that rule too. To contribute in the best
conditions, you shouldn’t wait for the last minute to apply :-)</p>
<p>I hope we’ll work with a lot of great interns this summer. If you think
you’re up for the challenge, it’s time to apply! If you have any doubts,
or any question, drop us a line on the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">soc-coordination mailing
list</a> or
come by on our IRC channel (<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc">#debian-soc</a>
on irc.debian.org) and we’ll do our best to guide you.</p><p><strong>We'd like to reshare <a href="http://blog.olasd.eu/2015/03/debian-welcomes-applicants-for-outreachy-and-gsoc-summer-2015/">a post from Nicolas Dandrimont</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am delighted to announce that Debian will be participating in the next round
of <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round10">Outreachy</a>
and <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015">GSoC</a>,
and that we are currently welcoming applications!</p>
<p><img alt="Outreachy logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/outreachy-logo-300x61.png"></p>
<p><a href="https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/">Outreachy</a>
helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source
software get involved. The current round of internships is open to women (cis
and trans), trans men, genderqueer people, and all participants of the <a href="http://ascendproject.org/">Ascend
Project</a> regardless of gender.</p>
<p><img alt="GSoC 2015 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc2015-300x270-300x270.jpg"></p>
<p><a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a global program, sponsored by Google, that offers
post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code
for various open source software projects.</p>
<p>Interns for both programs are granted a $5500 stipend (in three installments)
allowing them to dedicate their summer to working full-time on Debian.</p>
<p>Our amazing team of mentors has <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/Projects">listed their project ideas on the Debian
wiki</a>,
and we are now welcoming applicants for both programs.</p>
<p>If you want to apply for an internship with Debian this summer, please fill
out the template for either
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round10/Applications">Outreachy</a> or
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2015/StudentApplications">GSoC</a>.
If you’re eligible to both
programs, we’ll encourage you to apply to both (using the same application),
as Debian only has funds for a single Outreachy intern this round.</p>
<p>Don’t wait up! The application period for Outreachy ends March 24th, and the
GSoC application period ends March 27th. We really want applicants to start
contributing to their project before making our selection, so that mentors
can get a feel of how working with their intern will be like for three months.
The small task is a requirement for Outreachy, and we’re strongly encouraging
GSoC applicants to abide by that rule too. To contribute in the best
conditions, you shouldn’t wait for the last minute to apply :-)</p>
<p>I hope we’ll work with a lot of great interns this summer. If you think
you’re up for the challenge, it’s time to apply! If you have any doubts,
or any question, drop us a line on the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">soc-coordination mailing
list</a> or
come by on our IRC channel (<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-soc">#debian-soc</a>
on irc.debian.org) and we’ll do our best to guide you.</p>apt install dpl-candidate: Mehdi Dogguy2015-03-14T20:36:00+01:002015-03-14T20:36:00+01:00Zlatan Todorićtag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-14:/2015/03/dpl-interview-mehdi.html<p><strong>0. Who are you and what is your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I guess this part is well covered in my <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/mehdi">platform</a>.</p>
<p><strong>1. What is your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>I am pretty proud of having been part of the few who implemented
the first automatic dependency resolver for OCaml programs and
libraries in Debian packages. It was really the first one in the
OCaml community and we were quite proud of it. But that was done
<em>before</em> I become a Debian Developer.</p>
<p>As a DD, I have to admit I am quite proud to be part of the Release
Team. It is a fantastic team where there is so much to do. Helping
the team means something to me, and I invested a considerable amount
of time (a few months) working on reviewing patches for Squeeze and
helping to get it ready by our standards. My best moment was Squeeze's
release, my first Debian release as Release Team member.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I am not sure we can identify one single strength of the Debian project.
But, when I think about your question, I remember something I've heard
many times: “Debian is about people”. I have to admit that I didn't
realize it myself until I heard it for the first time and I completely
share the idea! For me, all the technical side of the project comes
after the community. With time, I think we managed to build a strong
community. Many contributors became friends with time. We are seeing
many Developers having babies and bringing them to Debian events. I find
that really amazing.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>Our strength is somehow also our weakness. We are humans and make
mistakes. We have feelings and some discussions get heated sometimes.
It is not easy to keep everyone calm and focused. We have seen the
damage that was caused to our core community last year with all the
flamewars. Many people lost their motivation and we have seen some of
them stepping down. We are also having troubles on-boarding new
contributors, which is a problem today because some teams are
under-staffed and could become an even bigger issue on the longer term.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>An effort has already been made on this front. We can mention the
introduction of the Code of Conduct and the diversity statement, for
example. Both are important and make us a more welcoming and caring
community.</p>
<p>In my platform, I mentioned some ideas about recruitment and change
management. I believe that both sides will help us to get a stronger
community. Moreover, a DPL should act as a mediator to help some situation
get through. This is one of the DPL tasks that is not formally identified
and is usually under-estimated.</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during
that term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>Personally, the main thing I have learned from past DPLs is that
communication is very important. A DPL should dedicate time to
communicate about ongoing actions and achievements. It is also important
to remind a few things even if it may sound repetitive or trivial:</p>
<ul>
<li>Why such action/subject is important.</li>
<li>What actions have been tried/done in the past.</li>
<li>What progress has been made since last time.</li>
<li>What is possibly the next step.</li>
</ul>
<p>If the communication is only about listing some actions, many people
will miss its essence and its goals. It is even more important when we
know that some actions may take years (thus, several DPL terms) to
complete.</p>
<p>If I am elected as DPL, I'd really like to help the project to publish
a roadmap. I think it is very important to set goals to the project to
better explain our philosophy and approach in the Free Software world.
This may also help to attract new contributors which may be interested
by one or some items. Of course, I will not work on that subject only.
I invite you to read the rest of my platform to see the other ideas.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>Many many things. And more importantly, many many people</p>
<p>As many of us, I like programming and socializing. It feels nice to
be part of such a big project and where you can do many different
things. I contribute to Debian because I find it fun and let me meet
people I will not have been able to meet elsewhere.</p>
<p>In my platform, I tried to identify ideas I'd like to see implemented,
or at least started. Since Debian is a do-ocracy, I thought I could
try to get them implemented by myself. I think that those ideas are
important for the Debian community and will help us moving forward.
Running for DPL is also another way of contributing to Debian and I'd
feel honored to represent Debian.</p><p><strong>0. Who are you and what is your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I guess this part is well covered in my <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/mehdi">platform</a>.</p>
<p><strong>1. What is your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>I am pretty proud of having been part of the few who implemented
the first automatic dependency resolver for OCaml programs and
libraries in Debian packages. It was really the first one in the
OCaml community and we were quite proud of it. But that was done
<em>before</em> I become a Debian Developer.</p>
<p>As a DD, I have to admit I am quite proud to be part of the Release
Team. It is a fantastic team where there is so much to do. Helping
the team means something to me, and I invested a considerable amount
of time (a few months) working on reviewing patches for Squeeze and
helping to get it ready by our standards. My best moment was Squeeze's
release, my first Debian release as Release Team member.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I am not sure we can identify one single strength of the Debian project.
But, when I think about your question, I remember something I've heard
many times: “Debian is about people”. I have to admit that I didn't
realize it myself until I heard it for the first time and I completely
share the idea! For me, all the technical side of the project comes
after the community. With time, I think we managed to build a strong
community. Many contributors became friends with time. We are seeing
many Developers having babies and bringing them to Debian events. I find
that really amazing.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>Our strength is somehow also our weakness. We are humans and make
mistakes. We have feelings and some discussions get heated sometimes.
It is not easy to keep everyone calm and focused. We have seen the
damage that was caused to our core community last year with all the
flamewars. Many people lost their motivation and we have seen some of
them stepping down. We are also having troubles on-boarding new
contributors, which is a problem today because some teams are
under-staffed and could become an even bigger issue on the longer term.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>An effort has already been made on this front. We can mention the
introduction of the Code of Conduct and the diversity statement, for
example. Both are important and make us a more welcoming and caring
community.</p>
<p>In my platform, I mentioned some ideas about recruitment and change
management. I believe that both sides will help us to get a stronger
community. Moreover, a DPL should act as a mediator to help some situation
get through. This is one of the DPL tasks that is not formally identified
and is usually under-estimated.</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during
that term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>Personally, the main thing I have learned from past DPLs is that
communication is very important. A DPL should dedicate time to
communicate about ongoing actions and achievements. It is also important
to remind a few things even if it may sound repetitive or trivial:</p>
<ul>
<li>Why such action/subject is important.</li>
<li>What actions have been tried/done in the past.</li>
<li>What progress has been made since last time.</li>
<li>What is possibly the next step.</li>
</ul>
<p>If the communication is only about listing some actions, many people
will miss its essence and its goals. It is even more important when we
know that some actions may take years (thus, several DPL terms) to
complete.</p>
<p>If I am elected as DPL, I'd really like to help the project to publish
a roadmap. I think it is very important to set goals to the project to
better explain our philosophy and approach in the Free Software world.
This may also help to attract new contributors which may be interested
by one or some items. Of course, I will not work on that subject only.
I invite you to read the rest of my platform to see the other ideas.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>Many many things. And more importantly, many many people</p>
<p>As many of us, I like programming and socializing. It feels nice to
be part of such a big project and where you can do many different
things. I contribute to Debian because I find it fun and let me meet
people I will not have been able to meet elsewhere.</p>
<p>In my platform, I tried to identify ideas I'd like to see implemented,
or at least started. Since Debian is a do-ocracy, I thought I could
try to get them implemented by myself. I think that those ideas are
important for the Debian community and will help us moving forward.
Running for DPL is also another way of contributing to Debian and I'd
feel honored to represent Debian.</p>apt install dpl-candidate: Gergely Nagy2015-03-14T20:35:00+01:002015-03-14T20:35:00+01:00Zlatan Todorićtag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-14:/2015/03/dpl-interview-algernon.html<p><strong>0. Who are you and what's your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I'm a little mouse behind a keyboard, going by the nickname
"algernon". I used to be a lot of things: a <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2001/10/msg00021.html">flaming youth</a>,
an <a href="https://nm.debian.org/public/person/algernon">application manager</a>, <a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=algernon@madhouse-project.org">package maintainer</a>,
upstream, <a href="https://ftp-master.debian.org/#ftpteam">ftp-assistant</a>, a student, a
<a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2013/tichy/5818821692620800">mentor</a>, a hacker. In the end, however, I am but a simple,
albeit <a href="https://github.com/algernon/HumpY">sometimes crazy</a> person.</p>
<p>I did a number of things within Debian - mostly small and marginal
things, mind you. With a little break, I've been here for over a decade,
and am planning to stay for at least another.</p>
<p><strong>1. What's your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>At last year's LinuxTag, I was wandering around a stand where they sold
Raspberry Pis (with cases and other accessories). I had a nice chat with
one of the staffers there, inquired about the price (including the case,
of course), and a few other things. He asked a few things back: what
I'll be using it for, and so on. After it turned out that I'm a Debian
Developer, and syslog-ng hacker, he went to the back, and emerged a few
minutes later with a boxed up Pi, and gave it to me as a gift, for
working on Debian.</p>
<p>This was an incredibly touching moment, in many, many ways.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>That's hard to say, to be honest. There are a good number of things
Debian is incredibly strong at, and it would be hard to arbitrarily pick
one. Quality, responsibility, safety, predictability are all areas we
are very good at. But those are the qualities of the OS. As a project,
we are remarkably well organised, given the volunteer & distributed
nature of the project.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>While we can resolve and work with technical issues in a reasonable
manner, the project as a whole is rather lacking in all other areas. To
grow beyond being the creators of the Universal OS, we, as a project,
need to pursue goals beyond the OS.</p>
<p>Being part of GSoC and Outreachy are great steps forward. But we still
have a lot of internal issues that need to be resolved. Areas such as
innovation, team work, where we're in dire need of improvement.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>As explained in my platform, my primary goal is to remove
roadblocks. The DPL can do very little alone, his time and powers are
better spent on enabling those who have the required skills and desires,
to pursue those.</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during that
term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>The most valuable thing I learned from past DPLs is that the
expectations are sky-high, yet, a significant portion of what the DPL
does is very different than what I imagined in past years.</p>
<p>I'd like to challenge the status quo of the DPL being a nearly full-time
job.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>I'm in it for the fame and glory, of course! And because my Tamagotchi
told me to.</p>
<p>But on a more serious tone, my main motivation to work on Debian is
because contributing makes me happy. It satisfies my hunger for doing
useful work. Debian is - in my opinion - the perfect platform to give
back to the wider Free Software community. Similarly, my motivation to
run for DPL is to allow Debian to be a stronger member of that greater</p><p><strong>0. Who are you and what's your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I'm a little mouse behind a keyboard, going by the nickname
"algernon". I used to be a lot of things: a <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2001/10/msg00021.html">flaming youth</a>,
an <a href="https://nm.debian.org/public/person/algernon">application manager</a>, <a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=algernon@madhouse-project.org">package maintainer</a>,
upstream, <a href="https://ftp-master.debian.org/#ftpteam">ftp-assistant</a>, a student, a
<a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2013/tichy/5818821692620800">mentor</a>, a hacker. In the end, however, I am but a simple,
albeit <a href="https://github.com/algernon/HumpY">sometimes crazy</a> person.</p>
<p>I did a number of things within Debian - mostly small and marginal
things, mind you. With a little break, I've been here for over a decade,
and am planning to stay for at least another.</p>
<p><strong>1. What's your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>At last year's LinuxTag, I was wandering around a stand where they sold
Raspberry Pis (with cases and other accessories). I had a nice chat with
one of the staffers there, inquired about the price (including the case,
of course), and a few other things. He asked a few things back: what
I'll be using it for, and so on. After it turned out that I'm a Debian
Developer, and syslog-ng hacker, he went to the back, and emerged a few
minutes later with a boxed up Pi, and gave it to me as a gift, for
working on Debian.</p>
<p>This was an incredibly touching moment, in many, many ways.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>That's hard to say, to be honest. There are a good number of things
Debian is incredibly strong at, and it would be hard to arbitrarily pick
one. Quality, responsibility, safety, predictability are all areas we
are very good at. But those are the qualities of the OS. As a project,
we are remarkably well organised, given the volunteer & distributed
nature of the project.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>While we can resolve and work with technical issues in a reasonable
manner, the project as a whole is rather lacking in all other areas. To
grow beyond being the creators of the Universal OS, we, as a project,
need to pursue goals beyond the OS.</p>
<p>Being part of GSoC and Outreachy are great steps forward. But we still
have a lot of internal issues that need to be resolved. Areas such as
innovation, team work, where we're in dire need of improvement.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>As explained in my platform, my primary goal is to remove
roadblocks. The DPL can do very little alone, his time and powers are
better spent on enabling those who have the required skills and desires,
to pursue those.</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during that
term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>The most valuable thing I learned from past DPLs is that the
expectations are sky-high, yet, a significant portion of what the DPL
does is very different than what I imagined in past years.</p>
<p>I'd like to challenge the status quo of the DPL being a nearly full-time
job.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>I'm in it for the fame and glory, of course! And because my Tamagotchi
told me to.</p>
<p>But on a more serious tone, my main motivation to work on Debian is
because contributing makes me happy. It satisfies my hunger for doing
useful work. Debian is - in my opinion - the perfect platform to give
back to the wider Free Software community. Similarly, my motivation to
run for DPL is to allow Debian to be a stronger member of that greater</p>apt install dpl-candidate: Neil McGovern2015-03-14T20:34:00+01:002015-03-14T20:34:00+01:00Zlatan Todorićtag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-14:/2015/03/dpl-interview-neilm.html<p><strong>0. Who are you and what's your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>My name's Neil, I've been involved with Debian for over 10 years now.
I've held a variety of roles, from the SPI board, writing policy and
secure testing team, to being one of the Release Managers for Squeeze
and Wheezy.</p>
<p><strong>1. What's your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>Probably the release of Squeeze, my first as RM. It was the end of a
great effort to get the release out. I particularly remember at the end
of DebConf 10 in New York going to the local Disney store and buying
every single small squeeze plush toy they had, so I could send a thank
you gift to the rest of the release team!
Another perhaps was when I first got my Debian kilt.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I think this is our social contract. It guides us, and is what we all
agree on. This is our promise to ourselves, to the wider open source
community and to our users.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>At a push, I'd say it's the variety of packages we have in the archive.
I'm not sure it's weakness, but it's certainly a challenge. It becomes
exponentially harder to ensure that everything integrates well as you
add more packages. To have made it do so this far is quite impressive.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>Well, see the section in my platform on PPAs, and modernising our build
and infrastructure system Wouldn't it be great if you could stage a
package against all of stable, testing and unstable, and see what fails
to build and where, with live build logs on all architectures?</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during
that term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>I think my primary role as DPL for 2015 would be to get a great start of
development for Stretch. The start of a new release cycle is the exact
time to implement wide changes that are potentially disruptive. Every
couple of years we seem to relax after the release, rather than get
geared up for the next one, and then time passes, and plans slip, and
before we know it, the freeze is fast approaching. If we start planning
/now/, then we can hopefully enter the freeze with fewer RC bugs, which
should be great news for everyone!
For the second part, I've talked to a lot of the previous DPLs, and
worked with them in one role or another. The main thing I was told was
that I shouldn't try and do everything I planned on. It's hard work, and
all sorts of things pop up that derail your original plans.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>The people involved. I've met and worked with some of my greatest
friends due to the project. The work, dedication and commitment of those
over the years is outstanding. Most of these people are still with us,
and unfortunately, a few are not.
Whenever I'm feeling disheartened or annoyed, usually due to a giant
flame-war then I simply remember that what we're doing is truly
remarkable, and the effort that everyone has put in over the years isn't
something that should be taken for granted.</p><p><strong>0. Who are you and what's your history with Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>My name's Neil, I've been involved with Debian for over 10 years now.
I've held a variety of roles, from the SPI board, writing policy and
secure testing team, to being one of the Release Managers for Squeeze
and Wheezy.</p>
<p><strong>1. What's your most proud moment as Debian Developer?</strong></p>
<p>Probably the release of Squeeze, my first as RM. It was the end of a
great effort to get the release out. I particularly remember at the end
of DebConf 10 in New York going to the local Disney store and buying
every single small squeeze plush toy they had, so I could send a thank
you gift to the rest of the release team!
Another perhaps was when I first got my Debian kilt.</p>
<p><strong>2. In your opinion what is the strongest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>I think this is our social contract. It guides us, and is what we all
agree on. This is our promise to ourselves, to the wider open source
community and to our users.</p>
<p><strong>3. And what is the weakest part of Debian Project?</strong></p>
<p>At a push, I'd say it's the variety of packages we have in the archive.
I'm not sure it's weakness, but it's certainly a challenge. It becomes
exponentially harder to ensure that everything integrates well as you
add more packages. To have made it do so this far is quite impressive.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you intend to resolve the weakest part?</strong></p>
<p>Well, see the section in my platform on PPAs, and modernising our build
and infrastructure system Wouldn't it be great if you could stage a
package against all of stable, testing and unstable, and see what fails
to build and where, with live build logs on all architectures?</p>
<p><strong>5. DPL term lasts for one year - what would you challenge during
that term and what have you learned from previous DPL's?</strong></p>
<p>I think my primary role as DPL for 2015 would be to get a great start of
development for Stretch. The start of a new release cycle is the exact
time to implement wide changes that are potentially disruptive. Every
couple of years we seem to relax after the release, rather than get
geared up for the next one, and then time passes, and plans slip, and
before we know it, the freeze is fast approaching. If we start planning
/now/, then we can hopefully enter the freeze with fewer RC bugs, which
should be great news for everyone!
For the second part, I've talked to a lot of the previous DPLs, and
worked with them in one role or another. The main thing I was told was
that I shouldn't try and do everything I planned on. It's hard work, and
all sorts of things pop up that derail your original plans.</p>
<p><strong>6. What motivates you to work in Debian and run for DPL?</strong></p>
<p>The people involved. I've met and worked with some of my greatest
friends due to the project. The work, dedication and commitment of those
over the years is outstanding. Most of these people are still with us,
and unfortunately, a few are not.
Whenever I'm feeling disheartened or annoyed, usually due to a giant
flame-war then I simply remember that what we're doing is truly
remarkable, and the effort that everyone has put in over the years isn't
something that should be taken for granted.</p>DebConf15: Call for Proposals2015-03-12T22:20:00+01:002015-03-12T22:20:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-12:/2015/03/debconf15-cfp.html<p>The DebConf Content team is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the
DebConf15 conference, to be held in <strong>Heidelberg, Germany</strong> from the 15th
through the 22nd of August, 2015.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>In order to submit an event, you must be <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/registration/">registered as an attendee of DebConf15</a>.
If you have any questions about the registration process, please check the
related <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/registration.xhtml">information on the conference website</a>.</p>
<p>Once registered, go to <em>"Propose an event"</em> and describe your proposal. Please
note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions
(BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations,
debates, or any other format of event that you think would be beneficial to the
Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an engaging
description of the event. You should use the field <em>"Notes for Content Team"</em>
to provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling restrictions,
or any special requirements we should consider for your event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions) and will be followed by a 10 or 15 minutes break, respectively.
Other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have different durations.
Please make sure to choose the most suitable duration for your event and
justify any special requests.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in May. If you depend
on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the conference, please
submit it as soon as possible so that it can be considered during this first
evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before <strong>June 15th, 2015</strong> to be evaluated for
the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we will have
some broad topics arranged as tracks for which we encourage people to submit
proposals. The currently proposed list is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian Packaging, Policy, and Infrastructure</li>
<li>Security, Safety, and Hacking</li>
<li>Debian System Administration, Automation and Orchestration</li>
<li>Containers and Cloud Computing with Debian</li>
<li>Debian Success Stories</li>
<li>Debian in the Social, Ethical, Legal, and Political Context</li>
<li>Blends, Subprojects, Derivatives, and Projects using Debian</li>
<li>Embedded Debian and Hardware-Level Systems</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have ideas for further tracks, or would like to volunteer as a track
coordinator, please contact <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.
In order for a track to take place during DebConf15, we must have received a
sufficient amount of proposals on that specific theme. Track coordinators will
play an important role in inviting people to submit events.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of the
<a href="http://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will
be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation. Recordings
will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as
well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Contact and Thanks to Sponsors</h2>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors,
especially our platinum sponsor <a href="http://www.hp.com">HP</a>. DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors; if
you are interested, please <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/sponsors.xhtml">get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>You are welcome to contact the Content Team with any concerns about your event,
or with any ideas or questions ambout DebConf events in general. You can reach
us at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you all in Heidelberg!</p><p>The DebConf Content team is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the
DebConf15 conference, to be held in <strong>Heidelberg, Germany</strong> from the 15th
through the 22nd of August, 2015.</p>
<h2>Submitting an Event</h2>
<p>In order to submit an event, you must be <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/registration/">registered as an attendee of DebConf15</a>.
If you have any questions about the registration process, please check the
related <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/registration.xhtml">information on the conference website</a>.</p>
<p>Once registered, go to <em>"Propose an event"</em> and describe your proposal. Please
note, events are not limited to traditional presentations or informal sessions
(BoFs). We welcome submissions of tutorials, performances, art installations,
debates, or any other format of event that you think would be beneficial to the
Debian community.</p>
<p>Please include a short title, suitable for a compact schedule, and an engaging
description of the event. You should use the field <em>"Notes for Content Team"</em>
to provide us information such as additional speakers, scheduling restrictions,
or any special requirements we should consider for your event.</p>
<p>Regular sessions may either be 20 or 45 minutes long (including time for
questions) and will be followed by a 10 or 15 minutes break, respectively.
Other kinds of sessions (like workshops) could have different durations.
Please make sure to choose the most suitable duration for your event and
justify any special requests.</p>
<h2>Timeline</h2>
<p>The first batch of accepted proposals will be announced in May. If you depend
on having your proposal accepted in order to attend the conference, please
submit it as soon as possible so that it can be considered during this first
evaluation period.</p>
<p>All proposals must be submitted before <strong>June 15th, 2015</strong> to be evaluated for
the official schedule.</p>
<h2>Topics and Tracks</h2>
<p>Though we invite proposals on any Debian or FLOSS related subject, we will have
some broad topics arranged as tracks for which we encourage people to submit
proposals. The currently proposed list is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Debian Packaging, Policy, and Infrastructure</li>
<li>Security, Safety, and Hacking</li>
<li>Debian System Administration, Automation and Orchestration</li>
<li>Containers and Cloud Computing with Debian</li>
<li>Debian Success Stories</li>
<li>Debian in the Social, Ethical, Legal, and Political Context</li>
<li>Blends, Subprojects, Derivatives, and Projects using Debian</li>
<li>Embedded Debian and Hardware-Level Systems</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have ideas for further tracks, or would like to volunteer as a track
coordinator, please contact <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.
In order for a track to take place during DebConf15, we must have received a
sufficient amount of proposals on that specific theme. Track coordinators will
play an important role in inviting people to submit events.</p>
<h2>Video Coverage</h2>
<p>Providing video of sessions amplifies DebConf achievements and is one of the
<a href="http://debconf.org/goals.shtml">conference goals</a>. Unless speakers opt-out, official events will
be streamed live over the Internet to promote remote participation. Recordings
will be published later under the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/LICENSE">DebConf license</a>, as
well as presentation slides and papers whenever available.</p>
<h2>Contact and Thanks to Sponsors</h2>
<p>DebConf would not be possible without the generous support of all our sponsors,
especially our platinum sponsor <a href="http://www.hp.com">HP</a>. DebConf15 is still accepting sponsors; if
you are interested, please <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org/sponsors.xhtml">get in touch</a>!</p>
<p>You are welcome to contact the Content Team with any concerns about your event,
or with any ideas or questions ambout DebConf events in general. You can reach
us at <a href="mailto:content@debconf.org">content@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>We hope to see you all in Heidelberg!</p>Debian Project Leader elections 20152015-03-12T11:00:00+01:002015-03-12T11:00:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2015-03-12:/2015/03/dpl-elections-2015.html<p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/vote_001">the elections of its
Project Leader</a>! Starting on April
1st, and during the following two weeks, the Debian Developers will vote to
choose the person who will guide the project for one year. The results will
be published on April 15th and the term for new the project leader will
start on April 17th, 2015.</p>
<p>Lucas Nussbaum who has held the office for the last two years won't be seeking
reelection this year and Debian Developers will have to choose between three
candidates:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/algernon">Gergely Nagy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/neilm">Neil McGovern</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Gergely Nagy and Neil McGovern previously ran for DPL in past years;
it's the first run for Mehdi Dogguy.</p>
<p>The campaigning period started today and will last until March 31st. The candidates
are expected to engage in debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing
list</a> where they'll reply to questions from
users and contributors.</p><p>It's that time of year again for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/vote_001">the elections of its
Project Leader</a>! Starting on April
1st, and during the following two weeks, the Debian Developers will vote to
choose the person who will guide the project for one year. The results will
be published on April 15th and the term for new the project leader will
start on April 17th, 2015.</p>
<p>Lucas Nussbaum who has held the office for the last two years won't be seeking
reelection this year and Debian Developers will have to choose between three
candidates:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/mehdi">Mehdi Dogguy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/algernon">Gergely Nagy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2015/platforms/neilm">Neil McGovern</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Gergely Nagy and Neil McGovern previously ran for DPL in past years;
it's the first run for Mehdi Dogguy.</p>
<p>The campaigning period started today and will last until March 31st. The candidates
are expected to engage in debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing
list</a> where they'll reply to questions from
users and contributors.</p>DebConf15 welcomes its first nine sponsors!2014-11-13T14:35:00+01:002014-11-13T14:35:00+01:00Laura Arjona Reinatag:bits.debian.org,2014-11-13:/2014/11/dc15-welcome-its-first-sponsors.html<p>DebConf15 will take place in Heidelberg, Germany in August 2015. We strive to
provide an intense working environment and enable good progress for Debian and
for Free Software in general. We extend an invitation to everyone to join us
and to support this event. As a volunteer-run non-profit conference, we depend
on our sponsors.</p>
<p>Nine companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf15! Let's introduce
them:</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.credativ.de"><strong>credativ</strong></a>, a
service-oriented company focusing on open-source software, and also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian
development partner</a>.</p>
<p>Our second Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.sipgate.de/"><strong>sipgate</strong></a>, a Voice over IP
service provider based in Germany that also operates in the United Kingdom
(<a href="http://www.live.sipgate.co.uk/">sipgate site in English</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> (the search engine and advertising company),
<a href="http://farsightsecurity.com/"><strong>Farsight Security, Inc.</strong></a> (developers of
real-time passive DNS solutions), <a href="http://martin-alfke.de/"><strong>Martin Alfke / Buero
2.0</strong></a> (Linux & UNIX Consultant and Trainer,
LPIC-2/Puppet Certified Professional) and <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a> (the
OS supported by Canonical) are our four Silver sponsors.</p>
<p>And last but not least, <a href="http://www.logilab.fr/"><strong>Logilab</strong></a>,
<a href="http://netways.de/"><strong>Netways</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.hetzner.de/en/"><strong>Hetzner</strong></a> have
agreed to support us as Bronze-level.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc15/fundraising/debconf15_sponsorship_brochure.pdf">sponsorship
brochure</a>
(also available <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc15/fundraising/debconf15_sponsoren-broschuere.pdf">in
German</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits. For
instance, sponsors have the option to
reach out to Debian contributors, derivative developers, upstream authors and
other
community members during a Job Fair and through postings on our job wall, and
to show-case their Free Software involvement by staffing a booth on the Open
Weekend.
In addition, sponsors are able to distribute marketing materials in the
attendee bags. And it goes without saying that we honour your sponsorship
with visibility of your logo in the conference's videos, on our website, on
printed materials, and banners.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc14/report/DebConf14_final_report.en.pdf">final report of
DebConf14</a> is also available, illustrating the broad
spectrum, quality, and enthusiasm of the community at work, and providing
detailed information about the different outcomes that last conference brought
up (talks, participants, social events, impact in the Debian project and the
free software scene, and much more).</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p><p>DebConf15 will take place in Heidelberg, Germany in August 2015. We strive to
provide an intense working environment and enable good progress for Debian and
for Free Software in general. We extend an invitation to everyone to join us
and to support this event. As a volunteer-run non-profit conference, we depend
on our sponsors.</p>
<p>Nine companies have already committed to sponsor DebConf15! Let's introduce
them:</p>
<p>Our first Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.credativ.de"><strong>credativ</strong></a>, a
service-oriented company focusing on open-source software, and also a <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">Debian
development partner</a>.</p>
<p>Our second Gold sponsor is <a href="http://www.sipgate.de/"><strong>sipgate</strong></a>, a Voice over IP
service provider based in Germany that also operates in the United Kingdom
(<a href="http://www.live.sipgate.co.uk/">sipgate site in English</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://google.com"><strong>Google</strong></a> (the search engine and advertising company),
<a href="http://farsightsecurity.com/"><strong>Farsight Security, Inc.</strong></a> (developers of
real-time passive DNS solutions), <a href="http://martin-alfke.de/"><strong>Martin Alfke / Buero
2.0</strong></a> (Linux & UNIX Consultant and Trainer,
LPIC-2/Puppet Certified Professional) and <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com"><strong>Ubuntu</strong></a> (the
OS supported by Canonical) are our four Silver sponsors.</p>
<p>And last but not least, <a href="http://www.logilab.fr/"><strong>Logilab</strong></a>,
<a href="http://netways.de/"><strong>Netways</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.hetzner.de/en/"><strong>Hetzner</strong></a> have
agreed to support us as Bronze-level.</p>
<h2>Become a sponsor too!</h2>
<p>Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or
organization that may consider sponsorship?</p>
<p>Please have a look at our <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc15/fundraising/debconf15_sponsorship_brochure.pdf">sponsorship
brochure</a>
(also available <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc15/fundraising/debconf15_sponsoren-broschuere.pdf">in
German</a>),
in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits. For
instance, sponsors have the option to
reach out to Debian contributors, derivative developers, upstream authors and
other
community members during a Job Fair and through postings on our job wall, and
to show-case their Free Software involvement by staffing a booth on the Open
Weekend.
In addition, sponsors are able to distribute marketing materials in the
attendee bags. And it goes without saying that we honour your sponsorship
with visibility of your logo in the conference's videos, on our website, on
printed materials, and banners.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://media.debconf.org/dc14/report/DebConf14_final_report.en.pdf">final report of
DebConf14</a> is also available, illustrating the broad
spectrum, quality, and enthusiasm of the community at work, and providing
detailed information about the different outcomes that last conference brought
up (talks, participants, social events, impact in the Debian project and the
free software scene, and much more).</p>
<p>For further details, feel free to contact us through <a href="mailto:sponsors@debconf.org">sponsors@debconf.org</a>, and
visit the DebConf15 website at <a href="http://debconf15.debconf.org">http://debconf15.debconf.org</a>.</p>Help empower the Debian Outreach Program for Women2014-10-16T19:30:00+02:002014-10-16T19:30:00+02:00Tom Marbletag:bits.debian.org,2014-10-16:/2014/10/debian-opw-2014.html<p>Debian is thrilled to participate in the 9th round of
the <a href="http://gnome.org/opw/">GNOME FOSS Outreach Program</a>.
While OPW is similar to
<a href="https://www.google-melange.com/">Google Summer of Code</a> it has
a winter session in addition to a summer session and is
open to non-students.</p>
<p>Back at <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/">DebConf 14</a> several of us
decided to volunteer because we want to increase diversity in Debian.
Shortly thereafter the <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/leader">DPL</a> announced
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/08/msg00078.html">Debian's participation in OPW 2014</a>.</p>
<p>We have reached out to several corporate sponsors and are thrilled
that so far <a href="http://http://www.intel.com">Intel</a> has agreed to fund an intern slot (in addition to the slot
offered by the DPL)! While that makes two funded slots we have
a third sponsor that has offered a challenge match: for each dollar donated
by an individual to Debian the sponsor will donate another dollar for
Debian OPW.</p>
<p>This is where we need your help! If we can raise $3,125 by October 22
that means we can mentor a third intern ($6,250). Please
spread the word and donate today if you can at: <a href="http://debian.ch/opw2014/">http://debian.ch/opw2014/</a></p>
<p>If you'd like to participate as intern, the application deadline is
the same (October 22nd). You can find out more on the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian Wiki</a>.</p><p>Debian is thrilled to participate in the 9th round of
the <a href="http://gnome.org/opw/">GNOME FOSS Outreach Program</a>.
While OPW is similar to
<a href="https://www.google-melange.com/">Google Summer of Code</a> it has
a winter session in addition to a summer session and is
open to non-students.</p>
<p>Back at <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/">DebConf 14</a> several of us
decided to volunteer because we want to increase diversity in Debian.
Shortly thereafter the <a href="https://www.debian.org/devel/leader">DPL</a> announced
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/08/msg00078.html">Debian's participation in OPW 2014</a>.</p>
<p>We have reached out to several corporate sponsors and are thrilled
that so far <a href="http://http://www.intel.com">Intel</a> has agreed to fund an intern slot (in addition to the slot
offered by the DPL)! While that makes two funded slots we have
a third sponsor that has offered a challenge match: for each dollar donated
by an individual to Debian the sponsor will donate another dollar for
Debian OPW.</p>
<p>This is where we need your help! If we can raise $3,125 by October 22
that means we can mentor a third intern ($6,250). Please
spread the word and donate today if you can at: <a href="http://debian.ch/opw2014/">http://debian.ch/opw2014/</a></p>
<p>If you'd like to participate as intern, the application deadline is
the same (October 22nd). You can find out more on the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian Wiki</a>.</p>Debian turns 21!2014-08-16T11:45:00+02:002014-08-16T11:45:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez and Valessio Britotag:bits.debian.org,2014-08-16:/2014/08/21-birthday-debian.html<p>Today is Debian's 21st anniversary. <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2014">Plenty of cities are celebrating Debian Day</a>.
If you are not close to any of those cities, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration!</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 21" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian21.png"></p>
<p>Happy 21st birthday Debian!</p><p>Today is Debian's 21st anniversary. <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2014">Plenty of cities are celebrating Debian Day</a>.
If you are not close to any of those cities, there's still time for you to organize a little celebration!</p>
<p><img alt="Debian 21" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/debian21.png"></p>
<p>Happy 21st birthday Debian!</p>DebConf14 - schedule available2014-08-03T23:25:00+02:002014-08-03T23:25:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-08-03:/2014/08/debconf14-schedule-available.html<p>Debconf14 will be held in three weeks in Portland, OR, USA and we're happy to announce
that the schedule is already available. Of course, it is still possible for some
minor changes to happen!</p>
<p>DebConf will open on Saturday, August 23 with the <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/32/welcome-talk/">Welcome talk</a> followed
by two highlighted talks:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/108/debian-in-the-dark-ages-of-free-software/">Debian in the Dark Ages of Free Software</a> by <em>Stefano Zacchiroli</em>,
former Debian Project Leader. Stefano will speak about the achievements
realized by Free Software communities in the past years, and how now, despite the visible
success, this freedom is being threatened by the current technology trends,
and how can Debian help to preserve the so well deserved freedom.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/122/weapons-of-the-geek/">Weapons of the Geek</a> by <em>Biella Coleman</em>, cultural anthropologist,
who researches, writes, and teaches on computer hackers and digital activism
will share with us part of her research, explaining how online communities can
have a big impact on world politics today.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>There will also be also a plethora of social events, such as our traditional
<a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/34/cheese-and-wine-party/">cheese and wine party</a>, our <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/36/group-photo/">group photo</a> and our <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/35/daytrip/">day trip</a>.</p>
<p>The complete schedule can be found at:
<a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/">https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/</a></p>
<p>DebConf talks will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible, and videos
of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation slides.</p><p>Debconf14 will be held in three weeks in Portland, OR, USA and we're happy to announce
that the schedule is already available. Of course, it is still possible for some
minor changes to happen!</p>
<p>DebConf will open on Saturday, August 23 with the <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/32/welcome-talk/">Welcome talk</a> followed
by two highlighted talks:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/108/debian-in-the-dark-ages-of-free-software/">Debian in the Dark Ages of Free Software</a> by <em>Stefano Zacchiroli</em>,
former Debian Project Leader. Stefano will speak about the achievements
realized by Free Software communities in the past years, and how now, despite the visible
success, this freedom is being threatened by the current technology trends,
and how can Debian help to preserve the so well deserved freedom.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/122/weapons-of-the-geek/">Weapons of the Geek</a> by <em>Biella Coleman</em>, cultural anthropologist,
who researches, writes, and teaches on computer hackers and digital activism
will share with us part of her research, explaining how online communities can
have a big impact on world politics today.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>There will also be also a plethora of social events, such as our traditional
<a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/34/cheese-and-wine-party/">cheese and wine party</a>, our <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/36/group-photo/">group photo</a> and our <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/35/daytrip/">day trip</a>.</p>
<p>The complete schedule can be found at:
<a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/">https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/</a></p>
<p>DebConf talks will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible, and videos
of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation slides.</p>Jessie will ship Linux 3.162014-07-30T23:10:00+02:002014-07-30T23:10:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-07-30:/2014/07/kernel-version-for-jessie.html<p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel">Debian Linux kernel team</a> has discussed and chosen the kernel version
to use as a basis for <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/">Debian 8 'jessie'</a>.</p>
<p>This will be Linux 3.16, due to be released in early August. Release
candidates for Linux 3.16 are already packaged and available in the
experimental suite.</p>
<p>If you maintain a package that is closely bound to the kernel version -
a kernel module or a userland application that depends on an unstable
API - please ensure that it is compatible with Linux 3.16 prior to the
freeze date (<strong>5th November, 2014</strong>). Incompatible packages are very likely
to be removed from testing and not included in 'jessie'.</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>My kernel module package doesn't build on 3.16 and upstream is not
interested in supporting this version. What can I do?</strong>
The kernel team might be able to help you with forward-porting, but also try
<a href="http://kernelnewbies.org">Linux Kernel Newbies</a> or the mailing list(s) for the relevant
kernel subsystem(s).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>There's an important new kernel feature that ought to go into jessie,
but it won't be in 3.16. Can you still add it?</strong>
Maybe - sometimes this is easy and sometimes it's too disruptive to
the rest of the kernel. Please <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/">contact the team on the debian-kernel mailing
list</a> or by opening a wishlist bug.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Will Linux 3.16 get long term support from upstream?</strong>
The Linux 3.16-stable branch will <strong>not</strong> be maintained as a longterm
branch at <a href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a>. However, the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam">Ubuntu kernel team</a> will continue to
maintain that branch, following the same rules for acceptance and
review, until around <strong>April 2016</strong>. Ben Hutchings is planning to continue
maintenance from then until the end of regular support for 'jessie'.</p>
</li>
</ol><p>The <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel">Debian Linux kernel team</a> has discussed and chosen the kernel version
to use as a basis for <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/">Debian 8 'jessie'</a>.</p>
<p>This will be Linux 3.16, due to be released in early August. Release
candidates for Linux 3.16 are already packaged and available in the
experimental suite.</p>
<p>If you maintain a package that is closely bound to the kernel version -
a kernel module or a userland application that depends on an unstable
API - please ensure that it is compatible with Linux 3.16 prior to the
freeze date (<strong>5th November, 2014</strong>). Incompatible packages are very likely
to be removed from testing and not included in 'jessie'.</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>My kernel module package doesn't build on 3.16 and upstream is not
interested in supporting this version. What can I do?</strong>
The kernel team might be able to help you with forward-porting, but also try
<a href="http://kernelnewbies.org">Linux Kernel Newbies</a> or the mailing list(s) for the relevant
kernel subsystem(s).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>There's an important new kernel feature that ought to go into jessie,
but it won't be in 3.16. Can you still add it?</strong>
Maybe - sometimes this is easy and sometimes it's too disruptive to
the rest of the kernel. Please <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/">contact the team on the debian-kernel mailing
list</a> or by opening a wishlist bug.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Will Linux 3.16 get long term support from upstream?</strong>
The Linux 3.16-stable branch will <strong>not</strong> be maintained as a longterm
branch at <a href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a>. However, the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam">Ubuntu kernel team</a> will continue to
maintain that branch, following the same rules for acceptance and
review, until around <strong>April 2016</strong>. Ben Hutchings is planning to continue
maintenance from then until the end of regular support for 'jessie'.</p>
</li>
</ol>Introducing the Debian Continuous Integration project2014-06-12T00:01:00+02:002014-06-12T00:01:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-06-12:/2014/06/intro-debci.html<p>Debian is a big system. At the time of writing, the unstable distribution has
more than 20,000 source packages, building more then 40,000 binary packages on
the amd64 architecture. The number of inter-dependencies between binary
packages is mind-boggling: the entire dependency graph for the amd64
architecture contains a little more than 375,000 edges. If you want to expand
the phrase "package A depends on package B", there are more than 375,000 pairs
of packages A and B that can be used.</p>
<p>Every one of these dependencies is a potential source of problems. A library
changes the semantics of a function call, and then programs using that library
that assumed the previous semantics can start to malfunction. A new version of
your favorite programming language comes out, and a program written in it no
longer works. The number of ways in which things can go wrong goes on and on.</p>
<p>With an ecosystem as big as Debian, it is just impossible to stop these
problems from happening. What we can do is trying to detect when they happen,
and fix them as soon as possible.</p>
<p><a href="http://ci.debian.net/">The Debian Continuous Integration</a> project was created
to address exactly this problem. It will continuously run test suites for
source packages when any of their dependencies is updated, as well as when a
new version of the package itself is uploaded to the unstable distribution. If
any problems that can be detected by running an automated test suite arise,
package maintainers can be notified in a matter of hours.</p>
<p>Antonio Terceiro has posted on his blog an <a href="http://softwarelivre.org/terceiro/blog/an-introduction-to-the-debian-continuous-integration-project">introduction to the
project</a>
with a more detailed description of the project, its evolution since January
2014 when it was first introduced, an explanation of how the system works, and
how maintainers can enable test suites for their packages. You might also want
to check <a href="http://ci.debian.net/doc/">the documentation</a> directly.</p><p>Debian is a big system. At the time of writing, the unstable distribution has
more than 20,000 source packages, building more then 40,000 binary packages on
the amd64 architecture. The number of inter-dependencies between binary
packages is mind-boggling: the entire dependency graph for the amd64
architecture contains a little more than 375,000 edges. If you want to expand
the phrase "package A depends on package B", there are more than 375,000 pairs
of packages A and B that can be used.</p>
<p>Every one of these dependencies is a potential source of problems. A library
changes the semantics of a function call, and then programs using that library
that assumed the previous semantics can start to malfunction. A new version of
your favorite programming language comes out, and a program written in it no
longer works. The number of ways in which things can go wrong goes on and on.</p>
<p>With an ecosystem as big as Debian, it is just impossible to stop these
problems from happening. What we can do is trying to detect when they happen,
and fix them as soon as possible.</p>
<p><a href="http://ci.debian.net/">The Debian Continuous Integration</a> project was created
to address exactly this problem. It will continuously run test suites for
source packages when any of their dependencies is updated, as well as when a
new version of the package itself is uploaded to the unstable distribution. If
any problems that can be detected by running an automated test suite arise,
package maintainers can be notified in a matter of hours.</p>
<p>Antonio Terceiro has posted on his blog an <a href="http://softwarelivre.org/terceiro/blog/an-introduction-to-the-debian-continuous-integration-project">introduction to the
project</a>
with a more detailed description of the project, its evolution since January
2014 when it was first introduced, an explanation of how the system works, and
how maintainers can enable test suites for their packages. You might also want
to check <a href="http://ci.debian.net/doc/">the documentation</a> directly.</p>DebConf14 - Call for talks, BoFs and events2014-06-08T22:30:00+02:002014-06-08T22:30:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-06-08:/2014/06/debconf14-cfp.html<p>The Debian project is excited to announce that we are now accepting presentations,
discussion sessions and tutorials for our <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/">DebConf14</a> conference which
will take place in <strong>Portland State University, Oregon, USA</strong> from 23 to 31 August.</p>
<h2>Submitting an event</h2>
<p>To submit an event, first <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/registration.xhtml">register as an attendee</a> for DebConf14 in
the conference management system. If you have any doubts or have problems with
the registration process please check the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/RegistrationFAQ">Registration FAQ</a>.</p>
<p>After registering, go to <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/propose_meeting/">the event submission page</a>, or click
on the <em>Create an event</em> option from the management system. Describe your
submission in the web form. The most common event types are <em>Lecture</em> or
<em>Open Discussion (BoF)</em>. Please include a short title (to make it easy to produce
a compact schedule) and an engaging description of the event.</p>
<h2>Tracks</h2>
<p>We will organize some talks into thematic tracks. If you have a proposal for a
DebConf track, such as <em>"Debian ARM"</em>, <em>"Debian Infrastructure"</em>, or <em>"Community Outreach"</em>
please contact <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">talks@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>If you would like to be a track coordinator, please volunteer on the given mail address.</p>
<h2>Format of the events</h2>
<p>A regular session will be 45 minutes long, including time for questions.
There will be a 15 minute breaks between events.</p>
<p>Submissions are not limited to traditional talks: you could propose a performance,
art installation, debate, or anything else. If you have any specific requirements
for your event, please send an email to <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">talks@debconf.org</a> with the details of
your requirements and be sure to mention your event title in the subject.</p>
<h2>Deadline</h2>
<p>While we ask speakers to submit their events <strong>before the deadline of 7 July 2014,
23:59:59 UTC</strong>, late submissions will continue to be accepted for scheduling until
the end of DebConf. All attendees will have an opportunity to schedule ad-hoc
events during DebConf itself if we have space for them. Very promising late
submissions may be considered for inclusion in the main conference. Note that
ad-hoc events have a much lower chance of video archiving, and streaming, so if
you want these services it's better to get your submissions in early.</p>
<p>DebConf official events will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible,
and videos of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation
slides and papers.</p>
<p>For private communication regarding your talk, or for more general ideas,
or questions about the event and talks, please <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">mail us</a></p>
<p>We hope to you see you and share some good times with you this year in Portland during DebConf14!</p><p>The Debian project is excited to announce that we are now accepting presentations,
discussion sessions and tutorials for our <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/">DebConf14</a> conference which
will take place in <strong>Portland State University, Oregon, USA</strong> from 23 to 31 August.</p>
<h2>Submitting an event</h2>
<p>To submit an event, first <a href="http://debconf14.debconf.org/registration.xhtml">register as an attendee</a> for DebConf14 in
the conference management system. If you have any doubts or have problems with
the registration process please check the <a href="https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/RegistrationFAQ">Registration FAQ</a>.</p>
<p>After registering, go to <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/propose_meeting/">the event submission page</a>, or click
on the <em>Create an event</em> option from the management system. Describe your
submission in the web form. The most common event types are <em>Lecture</em> or
<em>Open Discussion (BoF)</em>. Please include a short title (to make it easy to produce
a compact schedule) and an engaging description of the event.</p>
<h2>Tracks</h2>
<p>We will organize some talks into thematic tracks. If you have a proposal for a
DebConf track, such as <em>"Debian ARM"</em>, <em>"Debian Infrastructure"</em>, or <em>"Community Outreach"</em>
please contact <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">talks@debconf.org</a>.</p>
<p>If you would like to be a track coordinator, please volunteer on the given mail address.</p>
<h2>Format of the events</h2>
<p>A regular session will be 45 minutes long, including time for questions.
There will be a 15 minute breaks between events.</p>
<p>Submissions are not limited to traditional talks: you could propose a performance,
art installation, debate, or anything else. If you have any specific requirements
for your event, please send an email to <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">talks@debconf.org</a> with the details of
your requirements and be sure to mention your event title in the subject.</p>
<h2>Deadline</h2>
<p>While we ask speakers to submit their events <strong>before the deadline of 7 July 2014,
23:59:59 UTC</strong>, late submissions will continue to be accepted for scheduling until
the end of DebConf. All attendees will have an opportunity to schedule ad-hoc
events during DebConf itself if we have space for them. Very promising late
submissions may be considered for inclusion in the main conference. Note that
ad-hoc events have a much lower chance of video archiving, and streaming, so if
you want these services it's better to get your submissions in early.</p>
<p>DebConf official events will be broadcast live on the Internet when possible,
and videos of the talks will be published on the web along with the presentation
slides and papers.</p>
<p>For private communication regarding your talk, or for more general ideas,
or questions about the event and talks, please <a href="mailto:talks@debconf.org">mail us</a></p>
<p>We hope to you see you and share some good times with you this year in Portland during DebConf14!</p>Debian welcomes its 2014 GSoC students!2014-04-22T11:00:00+02:002014-04-22T11:00:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2014-04-22:/2014/04/welcome-gsoc-students-2014.html<p>We're excited to announce that <a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/debian">19 students have been selected</a>
to work with Debian during the Google Summer of Code this year!</p>
<p>Here is the list of accepted students and projects:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhishek Bhattacharjee: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/AbhishekBhattacharjee">AppStream/DEP-11 for the Debian Archive</a></li>
<li>Alexander Ovchinnikov: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/Alexander">Debian built with clang</a></li>
<li>Andrew Schurman: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/AndrewSchurman">Recursively building Java dependencies from source</a></li>
<li>Arthur Marble: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/ArthurMarble">Debian built with clang</a></li>
<li>Brandon Fairchild: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/BrandonF">Debian Continuous Integration - Web Interface</a></li>
<li>Clément Schreiner: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/ClementSchreiner">Provide some metrics in Debile</a></li>
<li>Dionysios Fryganas: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/DionysiosFryganas">Project import/export for Alioth (FusionForge)</a></li>
<li>Floris-Andrei Stoica-Marcu: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/FlorisAndreiStoicaMarcu">Get Muon ready</a></li>
<li>Ian S. Donnelly: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/IanSDonnelly">Improve Configuration Upgrade Mechansim with Elektra</a></li>
<li>Joseph Bisch: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/JosephBisch">Debian metrics portal</a></li>
<li>Juliana Louback: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/JulianaLouback">WebRTC portal for the Debian community</a></li>
<li>Kumar Sukhani: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/Kumar%20Sukhani">Integrate Debian with Android</a></li>
<li>Lucas Kanashiro: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/LucasKanashiro">Debian Continuous Integration</a></li>
<li>Pavol Rohár: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PavolRohar">mhonarc replacement for lists.debian.org</a></li>
<li>Peter Pentchev: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PeterPentchev">Bootstrappable Debian</a></li>
<li>Plamen Aleksandrov: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PlamenAleksandrov">Improve Debian on mipsel</a></li>
<li>Sergey Davidoff: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/SergeyDavidoff">Package elementary software</a></li>
<li>Sphinx Jiang: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/SphinxJiang">Improve Debian on mips64el</a></li>
<li>Xilin Sun: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/XilinSun">Improve Debian on mipsel</a></li>
</ul>
<p>As always, you will be able to follow their progress on the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a></p>
<p>Congratulations to all the students and let's make sure we all have an amazing summer!</p><p>We're excited to announce that <a href="https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/debian">19 students have been selected</a>
to work with Debian during the Google Summer of Code this year!</p>
<p>Here is the list of accepted students and projects:</p>
<ul>
<li>Abhishek Bhattacharjee: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/AbhishekBhattacharjee">AppStream/DEP-11 for the Debian Archive</a></li>
<li>Alexander Ovchinnikov: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/Alexander">Debian built with clang</a></li>
<li>Andrew Schurman: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/AndrewSchurman">Recursively building Java dependencies from source</a></li>
<li>Arthur Marble: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/ArthurMarble">Debian built with clang</a></li>
<li>Brandon Fairchild: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/BrandonF">Debian Continuous Integration - Web Interface</a></li>
<li>Clément Schreiner: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/ClementSchreiner">Provide some metrics in Debile</a></li>
<li>Dionysios Fryganas: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/DionysiosFryganas">Project import/export for Alioth (FusionForge)</a></li>
<li>Floris-Andrei Stoica-Marcu: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/FlorisAndreiStoicaMarcu">Get Muon ready</a></li>
<li>Ian S. Donnelly: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/IanSDonnelly">Improve Configuration Upgrade Mechansim with Elektra</a></li>
<li>Joseph Bisch: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/JosephBisch">Debian metrics portal</a></li>
<li>Juliana Louback: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/JulianaLouback">WebRTC portal for the Debian community</a></li>
<li>Kumar Sukhani: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/Kumar%20Sukhani">Integrate Debian with Android</a></li>
<li>Lucas Kanashiro: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/LucasKanashiro">Debian Continuous Integration</a></li>
<li>Pavol Rohár: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PavolRohar">mhonarc replacement for lists.debian.org</a></li>
<li>Peter Pentchev: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PeterPentchev">Bootstrappable Debian</a></li>
<li>Plamen Aleksandrov: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/PlamenAleksandrov">Improve Debian on mipsel</a></li>
<li>Sergey Davidoff: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/SergeyDavidoff">Package elementary software</a></li>
<li>Sphinx Jiang: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/SphinxJiang">Improve Debian on mips64el</a></li>
<li>Xilin Sun: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications/XilinSun">Improve Debian on mipsel</a></li>
</ul>
<p>As always, you will be able to follow their progress on the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a></p>
<p>Congratulations to all the students and let's make sure we all have an amazing summer!</p>DPL election is over, Lucas Nussbaum re-elected2014-04-14T08:10:00+02:002014-04-14T08:10:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-04-14:/2014/04/results-dpl-election-2014.html<p>The Debian Project Leader election has concluded and the winner is Lucas Nussbaum.
Of a total of 1003 developers, 401 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2014 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th and expire on April 17th 2015.</p><p>The Debian Project Leader election has concluded and the winner is Lucas Nussbaum.
Of a total of 1003 developers, 401 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2014 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th and expire on April 17th 2015.</p>Debian Project elects Javier Merino Cacho as Project Leader2014-04-01T12:25:00+02:002014-04-01T12:25:00+02:00Francesca Ciceri and Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-04-01:/2014/04/debian-project-elected-april-2014.html<p><strong>This post was an April Fools' Day joke.</strong></p>
<p><img alt="Alt Red Nose DPL" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/red_nose_dpl.png"></p>
<p>In accordance with its constitution, the Debian Project has just elected
Javier Merino Cacho as Debian Project Leader. More than 80% of voters put
him as their first choice (or equal first) on their ballot papers.</p>
<p>Javier's large majority over his opponents shows how his inspiring vision for
the future of the Debian project is largely shared by the other developers.
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/lucas">Lucas Nussbaum</a> and <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/neilm">Neil
McGovern</a> also gained a lot of support from Debian
project members, both coming many votes ahead of the None of the above ballot
choice.</p>
<p>Javier has been a Debian Developer since February 2012 and, among other
packages, works on keeping the mercurial package under control, as mercury is
very poisonous for trouts.</p>
<p>After it was announced that he had won this year's election, Javier said: <em>I'm
flattered by the trust that Debian members have put in me. One of the main
points in my platform is to remove the "Debian is old and boring" image. In
order to change that, my first action as DPL is to encourage all Debian
Project Members to wear a clown red nose in public.</em></p>
<p>Among others, <a href="http://zoo.zouish.org/vote/vicho.en.html">the main points from his
platform</a> are mainly
related to improve the communication style in mailing lists through an
innovative filter called <em>aponygisator</em>, to make Debian less "old and
boring", as well as solve technical issues among developers with barehanded
fights. Betting on the fights will be not only allowed but encouraged for
fundraising reasons.</p>
<p>Javier also contemplated the use of misleading talk titles such as <em>The use of
cannabis in contemporary ages: a practical approach</em> and <em>Real Madrid vs
Barcelona</em> to lure new users and contributors to Debian events.</p>
<p>Javier's platform was collaboratively written by a team of communication
experts and high profile Debian contributors during the last DebConf. It has
since evolved thanks to the help of many other contributors.</p><p><strong>This post was an April Fools' Day joke.</strong></p>
<p><img alt="Alt Red Nose DPL" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/red_nose_dpl.png"></p>
<p>In accordance with its constitution, the Debian Project has just elected
Javier Merino Cacho as Debian Project Leader. More than 80% of voters put
him as their first choice (or equal first) on their ballot papers.</p>
<p>Javier's large majority over his opponents shows how his inspiring vision for
the future of the Debian project is largely shared by the other developers.
<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/lucas">Lucas Nussbaum</a> and <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/neilm">Neil
McGovern</a> also gained a lot of support from Debian
project members, both coming many votes ahead of the None of the above ballot
choice.</p>
<p>Javier has been a Debian Developer since February 2012 and, among other
packages, works on keeping the mercurial package under control, as mercury is
very poisonous for trouts.</p>
<p>After it was announced that he had won this year's election, Javier said: <em>I'm
flattered by the trust that Debian members have put in me. One of the main
points in my platform is to remove the "Debian is old and boring" image. In
order to change that, my first action as DPL is to encourage all Debian
Project Members to wear a clown red nose in public.</em></p>
<p>Among others, <a href="http://zoo.zouish.org/vote/vicho.en.html">the main points from his
platform</a> are mainly
related to improve the communication style in mailing lists through an
innovative filter called <em>aponygisator</em>, to make Debian less "old and
boring", as well as solve technical issues among developers with barehanded
fights. Betting on the fights will be not only allowed but encouraged for
fundraising reasons.</p>
<p>Javier also contemplated the use of misleading talk titles such as <em>The use of
cannabis in contemporary ages: a practical approach</em> and <em>Real Madrid vs
Barcelona</em> to lure new users and contributors to Debian events.</p>
<p>Javier's platform was collaboratively written by a team of communication
experts and high profile Debian contributors during the last DebConf. It has
since evolved thanks to the help of many other contributors.</p>Debian Project Leader elections 20142014-03-21T00:00:00+01:002014-03-21T00:00:00+01:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2014-03-21:/2014/03/dpl-elections-2014.html<p>It's again that time of the year for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/vote_001">the elections of its
Project Leader</a>! Starting on March
31st, and during the following two weeks, the Debian Developers will vote to
choose the person who will guide the project for one year.</p>
<p>Among this year's candidates there is the current DPL, Lucas Nussbaum, who
admits that "<em>the workload involved in being the DPL is just
huge,</em>" and motivates his nomination with the need for stability in the
project in this release cycle, especially after the difficult decision about
the default init system. In <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/lucas">his
platform</a>, Lucas speaks of
technical and social steps to improve the project: from <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds">reproducible
builds</a> for a more secure archive
to a renewed effort to run Debian on new platforms (especially smartphone and
tablets); from a more welcoming approach to prospective contributors to an
easier collaboration with organizations.</p>
<p>The only other candidate left after <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/03/msg00174.html">Gergely Nagy withdrew his
nomination</a>, is
former Release Manager Neil McGovern. <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/neilm">Neil's
platform</a> focuses mainly on the
need to "<em>ensure that we cater to our users, and there's millions of
them. From those running the latest software in unstable, to people who simply
want a rock solid core release.</em>" In his opinion "<em>the size of
Debian is increasing, and will reach a point where we're unable to guarantee
basic compatibility with other packages, or the length of time it takes to do
so becomes exponentially longer, unless something changes</em>." To fix this
problem, Neil proposes the implementation of PPAs (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Package_Archive">Personal Package
Archives</a>), the
modernisation of the current build and infrastructure system as well as
generally supporting the various teams.</p>
<p>The campaigning period will last until March 30th: the candidates are already
engaged in debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing
list</a> where they'll reply to questions from
users and contributors.</p><p>It's again that time of the year for the Debian Project: <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/vote_001">the elections of its
Project Leader</a>! Starting on March
31st, and during the following two weeks, the Debian Developers will vote to
choose the person who will guide the project for one year.</p>
<p>Among this year's candidates there is the current DPL, Lucas Nussbaum, who
admits that "<em>the workload involved in being the DPL is just
huge,</em>" and motivates his nomination with the need for stability in the
project in this release cycle, especially after the difficult decision about
the default init system. In <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/lucas">his
platform</a>, Lucas speaks of
technical and social steps to improve the project: from <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds">reproducible
builds</a> for a more secure archive
to a renewed effort to run Debian on new platforms (especially smartphone and
tablets); from a more welcoming approach to prospective contributors to an
easier collaboration with organizations.</p>
<p>The only other candidate left after <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/03/msg00174.html">Gergely Nagy withdrew his
nomination</a>, is
former Release Manager Neil McGovern. <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/neilm">Neil's
platform</a> focuses mainly on the
need to "<em>ensure that we cater to our users, and there's millions of
them. From those running the latest software in unstable, to people who simply
want a rock solid core release.</em>" In his opinion "<em>the size of
Debian is increasing, and will reach a point where we're unable to guarantee
basic compatibility with other packages, or the length of time it takes to do
so becomes exponentially longer, unless something changes</em>." To fix this
problem, Neil proposes the implementation of PPAs (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Package_Archive">Personal Package
Archives</a>), the
modernisation of the current build and infrastructure system as well as
generally supporting the various teams.</p>
<p>The campaigning period will last until March 30th: the candidates are already
engaged in debates and discussions on the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing
list</a> where they'll reply to questions from
users and contributors.</p>Working in a possible LTS for Debian Squeeze2014-03-20T11:15:00+01:002014-03-20T11:15:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-03-20:/2014/03/working-on-squeeze-lts.html<p>The Debian Security Team announced in the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/03/msg00004.html">bits from their last meeting</a>
that they're considering to ask for the addition of a new suite to provide long
term support (LTS) for Squeeze.</p>
<p>Quoting their announcement:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>It needs to be pointed out that for this effort to be sustainable
actual contributions by interested parties are required. squeeze-lts
is not something that will magically fall from the sky. If you're
dependent/interested in extended security support you should make an
effort to contribute, either by contributing on your own or by
paying a Debian developer/consultant to contribute for you.
The security team itself is driving the effort, NOT doing it. Some team
members will contribute to it individually, however.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Anyone interested in contributing, please get in touch with
<a href="mailto:team@security.debian.org">team@security.debian.org</a>. We'll setup
an initial coordination list with all interested parties. All policies / exact
work will be sorted out there.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>This means this is still not something settled and <strong>if you or your company is
insterested in joining this effort, you should contact the security team
ASAP</strong>. So they can see if there is enough people and resources to launch the LTS.</p><p>The Debian Security Team announced in the
<a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/03/msg00004.html">bits from their last meeting</a>
that they're considering to ask for the addition of a new suite to provide long
term support (LTS) for Squeeze.</p>
<p>Quoting their announcement:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>It needs to be pointed out that for this effort to be sustainable
actual contributions by interested parties are required. squeeze-lts
is not something that will magically fall from the sky. If you're
dependent/interested in extended security support you should make an
effort to contribute, either by contributing on your own or by
paying a Debian developer/consultant to contribute for you.
The security team itself is driving the effort, NOT doing it. Some team
members will contribute to it individually, however.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Anyone interested in contributing, please get in touch with
<a href="mailto:team@security.debian.org">team@security.debian.org</a>. We'll setup
an initial coordination list with all interested parties. All policies / exact
work will be sorted out there.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>This means this is still not something settled and <strong>if you or your company is
insterested in joining this effort, you should contact the security team
ASAP</strong>. So they can see if there is enough people and resources to launch the LTS.</p>Video streams for the MiniDebConf 2014 Barcelona2014-03-15T12:10:00+01:002014-03-15T12:10:00+01:00Martín Ferraritag:bits.debian.org,2014-03-15:/2014/03/minidebconf-barcelona2014-video.html<p>This is just a quick note to tell you that the video stream of the Barcelona <a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/">MiniDebConf</a> will be available at the following URL:</p>
<p><a href="http://bcn2014.video.debconf.org/">http://bcn2014.video.debconf.org/</a></p>
<p>If you were not able to make it to Barcelona, now you can still follow from home!</p>
<p>May you have a productive and joyful MiniDebConf - and thanks for volunteering and talking if you do so! The MiniDebConf is what you make it.</p><p>This is just a quick note to tell you that the video stream of the Barcelona <a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/">MiniDebConf</a> will be available at the following URL:</p>
<p><a href="http://bcn2014.video.debconf.org/">http://bcn2014.video.debconf.org/</a></p>
<p>If you were not able to make it to Barcelona, now you can still follow from home!</p>
<p>May you have a productive and joyful MiniDebConf - and thanks for volunteering and talking if you do so! The MiniDebConf is what you make it.</p>Call for participants in the Google Summer of Code for Debian2014-02-25T11:15:00+01:002014-02-25T11:15:00+01:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2014-02-25:/2014/02/call-for-students-gsoc-2014.html<p><img alt="GSoC 2014 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc-2014-logo.jpg"></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a program that allows post-secondary students aged 18 and older to
earn a stipend writing code for Free and Open Source Software projects
during the summer.</p>
<p>Debian has just been accepted as a mentoring organization for this
year's program! We're looking for students and mentors to make this
GSoC in Debian the best ever!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#2._Whos_eligible_to_participate_as_a">Eligible students</a>, now is the time to take a look at our
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/Projects">project ideas list</a>, engage with the mentors for the
projects you find interesting, and start working on
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications">your application</a>! For more information, please
read the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page">FAQ</a> and the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#2._What_is_the_program_timeline">Program Timeline</a>
on Google's website.</p>
<p>Mentors for prospective projects can still submit proposals on the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/Projects">project ideas list</a>. You also need to send an email to
the mailing list linked below to present your project in a few
words. Feel also free to propose yourself as a co-mentor for one of the
listed projects, more help is always welcome!</p>
<p>If you are interested, we encourage you to come and chat with us on irc
(<a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-soc">#debian-soc</a> on irc.oftc.net), or to send an email to
the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a>
(<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">subscribe</a>). Most of the Debian-specific GSoC
information can be found on <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014">our wiki pages</a>, but don't
be afraid to ask us directly on irc or via email.</p>
<p>We're looking forward to work with an amazing team of students and
mentors again this summer!</p><p><img alt="GSoC 2014 logo" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc-2014-logo.jpg"></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a program that allows post-secondary students aged 18 and older to
earn a stipend writing code for Free and Open Source Software projects
during the summer.</p>
<p>Debian has just been accepted as a mentoring organization for this
year's program! We're looking for students and mentors to make this
GSoC in Debian the best ever!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#2._Whos_eligible_to_participate_as_a">Eligible students</a>, now is the time to take a look at our
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/Projects">project ideas list</a>, engage with the mentors for the
projects you find interesting, and start working on
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/StudentApplications">your application</a>! For more information, please
read the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page">FAQ</a> and the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#2._What_is_the_program_timeline">Program Timeline</a>
on Google's website.</p>
<p>Mentors for prospective projects can still submit proposals on the
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/Projects">project ideas list</a>. You also need to send an email to
the mailing list linked below to present your project in a few
words. Feel also free to propose yourself as a co-mentor for one of the
listed projects, more help is always welcome!</p>
<p>If you are interested, we encourage you to come and chat with us on irc
(<a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-soc">#debian-soc</a> on irc.oftc.net), or to send an email to
the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a>
(<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">subscribe</a>). Most of the Debian-specific GSoC
information can be found on <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014">our wiki pages</a>, but don't
be afraid to ask us directly on irc or via email.</p>
<p>We're looking forward to work with an amazing team of students and
mentors again this summer!</p>Invitation to the MiniDebConf 2014 Barcelona: 15-16 March 20142014-02-24T12:00:00+01:002014-02-24T12:00:00+01:00Mònica Ramírez Arcedatag:bits.debian.org,2014-02-24:/2014/02/minidebconf-barcelona-announce.html<p>Debian Women will hold a <a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/">MiniDebConf</a> in
Barcelona on <strong>Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th of March, 2014</strong>.
Everyone is invited to both talks and social events, but the speakers will all
be people who identify themselves as female. This is not a conference about
women in Free Software, or women in Debian, rather a usual Debian Mini-DebConf
where all the speakers are women.</p>
<p>The
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/Talks">talks schedule</a>
has already been published. It is going to be an exciting event, packed with
interesting talks for all audiences, in a beautiful
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/venue.shtml">venue</a>, in one of the most famous
European cities.</p>
<p>Registration is not mandatory, but strongly encouraged, as it helps the event's
organisation and logistics. Please,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/Participants">register in the wiki</a>.</p>
<p>We are still raising funds to cover the costs of running the conference and to
offer travel sponsorship to people who can't pay for it. Please, consider
donating any amount you can in our
<a href="https://freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/427/">crowd-funding campaign</a>, or
<a href="mailto:debian-miniconf@cpl.upc.edu">contact us</a> if you would like to become a
sponsor.</p>
<p>The conference organisers want to thank the organisations that have already
became sponsors, making this event possible, and specially our Platinum
sponsor, <strong><a href="http://google.com">Google</a></strong>; our Gold sponsors,
<strong><a href="http://cpl.upc.edu">Càtedra de Programari Lliure - Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://blue-systems.com">Blue Systems</a></strong>
and our Silver sponsors, <strong><a href="http://caliu.cat">CAtalan LInux Users</a>, <a href="http://capside.com/en/">CAPSiDE</a></strong>
and <strong><a href="http://fluendo.com">Fluendo</a></strong>.</p>
<p>For more information, visit the website of the event:
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org">http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org</a></p><p>Debian Women will hold a <a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/">MiniDebConf</a> in
Barcelona on <strong>Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th of March, 2014</strong>.
Everyone is invited to both talks and social events, but the speakers will all
be people who identify themselves as female. This is not a conference about
women in Free Software, or women in Debian, rather a usual Debian Mini-DebConf
where all the speakers are women.</p>
<p>The
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/Talks">talks schedule</a>
has already been published. It is going to be an exciting event, packed with
interesting talks for all audiences, in a beautiful
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/venue.shtml">venue</a>, in one of the most famous
European cities.</p>
<p>Registration is not mandatory, but strongly encouraged, as it helps the event's
organisation and logistics. Please,
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/Participants">register in the wiki</a>.</p>
<p>We are still raising funds to cover the costs of running the conference and to
offer travel sponsorship to people who can't pay for it. Please, consider
donating any amount you can in our
<a href="https://freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/427/">crowd-funding campaign</a>, or
<a href="mailto:debian-miniconf@cpl.upc.edu">contact us</a> if you would like to become a
sponsor.</p>
<p>The conference organisers want to thank the organisations that have already
became sponsors, making this event possible, and specially our Platinum
sponsor, <strong><a href="http://google.com">Google</a></strong>; our Gold sponsors,
<strong><a href="http://cpl.upc.edu">Càtedra de Programari Lliure - Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://blue-systems.com">Blue Systems</a></strong>
and our Silver sponsors, <strong><a href="http://caliu.cat">CAtalan LInux Users</a>, <a href="http://capside.com/en/">CAPSiDE</a></strong>
and <strong><a href="http://fluendo.com">Fluendo</a></strong>.</p>
<p>For more information, visit the website of the event:
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org">http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org</a></p>skyrocketing how-can-i-help popcon count2014-02-10T21:00:00+01:002014-02-10T21:00:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-02-10:/2014/02/how-i-can-help-package.html<p><strong>This is a repost from <a href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2014/02/apt-get_install_how-can-i-help/">Stefano Zacchiroli's post</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/how-can-i-help"><strong>how-can-i-help</strong></a> by
<a href="http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/">Lucas Nussbaum</a> is one of the best things
that happened in the area of <strong>attracting contributions to Debian</strong> in quite a
while. It can be used both as a standalone tool to list opportunities for
contributing to Debian which are related to your installed packages, and as an
APT hook (which is also the default configuration) that at each upgrade will
inform you of <em>new</em> contribution opportunities.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is <strong>great for newbies</strong> who are looking for ways to give back
to Debian which are a good match for their skills: among other things,
how-can-i-help shows
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/GiftTag">bugs tagged "gift"</a> related to
packages you use.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is also great for <strong>experienced developers</strong>, as it allows them
to find out, in a timely manner, that packages they use are in dire need of
help: RC bugs, pending removals, adoptions needed, requests for sponsor, etc.
<small>(As highly unscientific evidence: I've noticed a rather quick turnover
of RFA/O/ITA bugs on packages installed on my machine. I suspect how-can-i-help
is somehow responsible for that, due to the fact that it increases awareness of
ongoing package issues directly with the people <em>using</em> them.)</small></p>
<p>So, if you haven't yet, please <code>apt-get install how-can-i-help</code> RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>I daresay that we should aim at <strong>installing how-can-i-help by default</strong> on all
Debian machines, but that might be an ambitious initial goal. In the meantime
I'll settle for making how-can-i-help's <strong>popcon count</strong> skyrocket. As of
today, it looks like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=how-can-i-help"><img alt="Alt how-can-i-help popularity contest graph 10/02/2014" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/500x-how-can-i-help-popcon-20141002.png"></a></p>
<p>which is definitely too low for my taste. Please <strong>spread the word</strong> about
how-can-i-help. And let's see what we can collectively do to that graph.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is just a tiny teeny helper, but I'm convinced it can do wonders
in liberating dormant contributions to the Debian Project.</p><p><strong>This is a repost from <a href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2014/02/apt-get_install_how-can-i-help/">Stefano Zacchiroli's post</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/how-can-i-help"><strong>how-can-i-help</strong></a> by
<a href="http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/">Lucas Nussbaum</a> is one of the best things
that happened in the area of <strong>attracting contributions to Debian</strong> in quite a
while. It can be used both as a standalone tool to list opportunities for
contributing to Debian which are related to your installed packages, and as an
APT hook (which is also the default configuration) that at each upgrade will
inform you of <em>new</em> contribution opportunities.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is <strong>great for newbies</strong> who are looking for ways to give back
to Debian which are a good match for their skills: among other things,
how-can-i-help shows
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/GiftTag">bugs tagged "gift"</a> related to
packages you use.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is also great for <strong>experienced developers</strong>, as it allows them
to find out, in a timely manner, that packages they use are in dire need of
help: RC bugs, pending removals, adoptions needed, requests for sponsor, etc.
<small>(As highly unscientific evidence: I've noticed a rather quick turnover
of RFA/O/ITA bugs on packages installed on my machine. I suspect how-can-i-help
is somehow responsible for that, due to the fact that it increases awareness of
ongoing package issues directly with the people <em>using</em> them.)</small></p>
<p>So, if you haven't yet, please <code>apt-get install how-can-i-help</code> RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>I daresay that we should aim at <strong>installing how-can-i-help by default</strong> on all
Debian machines, but that might be an ambitious initial goal. In the meantime
I'll settle for making how-can-i-help's <strong>popcon count</strong> skyrocket. As of
today, it looks like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=how-can-i-help"><img alt="Alt how-can-i-help popularity contest graph 10/02/2014" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/500x-how-can-i-help-popcon-20141002.png"></a></p>
<p>which is definitely too low for my taste. Please <strong>spread the word</strong> about
how-can-i-help. And let's see what we can collectively do to that graph.</p>
<p>how-can-i-help is just a tiny teeny helper, but I'm convinced it can do wonders
in liberating dormant contributions to the Debian Project.</p>Debian.org enabled for SIP federation and WebRTC, XMPP/Jabber to follow2014-01-28T17:45:00+01:002014-01-28T17:45:00+01:00Daniel Pococktag:bits.debian.org,2014-01-28:/2014/01/debian-sip-webrtc.html<p><a href="https://dsa.debian.org/">Debian System Administrators</a> working in conjunction with <a href="http://pkg-voip.alioth.debian.org/">pkg-voip team</a>
member Daniel Pocock have set up a SIP proxy and TURN server for debian.org.</p>
<p>Specifically, the SIP proxy provides a way for Debian Developers to use
their Debian email ID as a SIP address for making calls to other project
members and exchanging calls with any other domain that is enabled for
SIP. The repro SIP proxy from <a href="http://www.resiprocate.org/Main_Page">reSIProcate</a> has been chosen for this project.</p>
<p>The TURN server provides a mechanism for users of SIP or XMPP (Jabber)
to relay audio and video streams through a public IP address when
necessary, eliminating many of the quality issues that arise when NAT
devices block the media streams in one or both directions.</p>
<p>The service allows the users to connect directly with the SIP device or
softphone of their choosing, including many of those packaged in Debian
such as <a href="https://jitsi.org/">Jitsi</a> and
<a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Empathy">Empathy</a> or third party solutions like
<a href="http://www.lumicall.org/">Lumicall</a> or
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/csipsimple/">CSipSimple</a> on Android.
The SIP proxy also includes a <a href="https://rtc.debian.org">WebRTC interface</a>,
allowing Debian Developers to immediately try <a href="http://www.webrtc.org/">WebRTC</a> voice and video
calls without installing or configuring any software of their own other
than a web browser.</p>
<p>A second stage of the project involves providing an XMPP (Jabber) server
with similar capabilities for federated communications between
debian.org users and other domains. Further details will be announced
in the weeks ahead.</p>
<p>It is a significant feature of the Debian Project philosophy that we can
operate the entire project using free software, specifically, using
software available in Debian packages running on our own infrastructure
and without a dependency on third party cloud solutions.These new
services for project members fulfill those expectations. It is
particularly relevant for situations where real-time communication
(voice or video) collaboration takes place with third parties such as
applicants for <a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/">Google Summer of
Code</a>, <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Outreach Program for
Women</a>,
sponsors, media and other free software projects.</p>
<p>Project specific details and a user guide are available now on the
Debian Wiki at
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/UnifiedCommunications/DebianDevelopers">http://wiki.debian.org/UnifiedCommunications/DebianDevelopers</a></p><p><a href="https://dsa.debian.org/">Debian System Administrators</a> working in conjunction with <a href="http://pkg-voip.alioth.debian.org/">pkg-voip team</a>
member Daniel Pocock have set up a SIP proxy and TURN server for debian.org.</p>
<p>Specifically, the SIP proxy provides a way for Debian Developers to use
their Debian email ID as a SIP address for making calls to other project
members and exchanging calls with any other domain that is enabled for
SIP. The repro SIP proxy from <a href="http://www.resiprocate.org/Main_Page">reSIProcate</a> has been chosen for this project.</p>
<p>The TURN server provides a mechanism for users of SIP or XMPP (Jabber)
to relay audio and video streams through a public IP address when
necessary, eliminating many of the quality issues that arise when NAT
devices block the media streams in one or both directions.</p>
<p>The service allows the users to connect directly with the SIP device or
softphone of their choosing, including many of those packaged in Debian
such as <a href="https://jitsi.org/">Jitsi</a> and
<a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Empathy">Empathy</a> or third party solutions like
<a href="http://www.lumicall.org/">Lumicall</a> or
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/csipsimple/">CSipSimple</a> on Android.
The SIP proxy also includes a <a href="https://rtc.debian.org">WebRTC interface</a>,
allowing Debian Developers to immediately try <a href="http://www.webrtc.org/">WebRTC</a> voice and video
calls without installing or configuring any software of their own other
than a web browser.</p>
<p>A second stage of the project involves providing an XMPP (Jabber) server
with similar capabilities for federated communications between
debian.org users and other domains. Further details will be announced
in the weeks ahead.</p>
<p>It is a significant feature of the Debian Project philosophy that we can
operate the entire project using free software, specifically, using
software available in Debian packages running on our own infrastructure
and without a dependency on third party cloud solutions.These new
services for project members fulfill those expectations. It is
particularly relevant for situations where real-time communication
(voice or video) collaboration takes place with third parties such as
applicants for <a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/">Google Summer of
Code</a>, <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Outreach Program for
Women</a>,
sponsors, media and other free software projects.</p>
<p>Project specific details and a user guide are available now on the
Debian Wiki at
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/UnifiedCommunications/DebianDevelopers">http://wiki.debian.org/UnifiedCommunications/DebianDevelopers</a></p>Call for Proposals for the MiniDebConf 2014 Barcelona2014-01-15T19:40:00+01:002014-01-15T19:40:00+01:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2014-01-15:/2014/01/minidebconf-barcelona-cfp.html<p>Debian Women will hold a MiniDebConf in Barcelona on March 15-16, 2014.
Everyone is invited to both talks and social events, but the speakers
will all be people who identify themselves as female. This is not
a conference about women in Free Software, or women in Debian,
rather a usual Debian Mini-DebConf where all the speakers are
women.</p>
<p>Debian Women invites submissions of proposals for papers,
presentations, discussion sessions and tutorials for the
event. Submissions are not limited to traditional talks: you
could propose a performance, an art installation, a debate or
anything else. All talks are welcome, whether newbie or very
advanced level. Please, forward this call to potential speakers
and help us make this event a great success!</p>
<p>Please send your proposals to proposals@bcn2014.mini.debconf.org.
Don't forget to include in your message: your name or nick
the title of the event, description, language, and any other
information that might be useful.
Please submit your proposal(s) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>For more information, visit the website of the event:
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org">http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org</a></p>
<p>We hope to see you in Barcelona!</p><p>Debian Women will hold a MiniDebConf in Barcelona on March 15-16, 2014.
Everyone is invited to both talks and social events, but the speakers
will all be people who identify themselves as female. This is not
a conference about women in Free Software, or women in Debian,
rather a usual Debian Mini-DebConf where all the speakers are
women.</p>
<p>Debian Women invites submissions of proposals for papers,
presentations, discussion sessions and tutorials for the
event. Submissions are not limited to traditional talks: you
could propose a performance, an art installation, a debate or
anything else. All talks are welcome, whether newbie or very
advanced level. Please, forward this call to potential speakers
and help us make this event a great success!</p>
<p>Please send your proposals to proposals@bcn2014.mini.debconf.org.
Don't forget to include in your message: your name or nick
the title of the event, description, language, and any other
information that might be useful.
Please submit your proposal(s) as soon as possible.</p>
<p>For more information, visit the website of the event:
<a href="http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org">http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org</a></p>
<p>We hope to see you in Barcelona!</p>Last days to donate to Debian Outreach Program for Women2013-11-10T00:00:00+01:002013-11-10T00:00:00+01:00Brian Guptatag:bits.debian.org,2013-11-10:/2013/11/opw-fundraising.html<p>The matching program to help fund Debian participation in <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OPW">OPW</a> will end in 6 days (November 14th).
We need your help, and still have a ways to go to reach our funding targets.
Please consider <a href="http://debian.ch/opw2013">donating</a> today!</p>
<p>The rules are simple:</p>
<ul>
<li>for each dollar donated by an individual to Debian through the mechanism, a sponsor will donate another dollar to Debian's OPW program;</li>
<li>individual donation in USD will be matched only up to 200 USD each;</li>
<li>only donations in USD will be matched;</li>
<li>the sponsor will match the donated funds up to a maximum total of 2500 USD;</li>
<li>all money raised through this program will be earmarked for OPW participation, either in 2013 or in the future;</li>
<li>this program will be in place until Nov 14th, so please act quickly!</li>
</ul>
<p>If you'd like to participate as intern, the application deadline is
very near (November 11th). You can find <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OPW">here</a> more info on how to apply.</p><p>The matching program to help fund Debian participation in <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OPW">OPW</a> will end in 6 days (November 14th).
We need your help, and still have a ways to go to reach our funding targets.
Please consider <a href="http://debian.ch/opw2013">donating</a> today!</p>
<p>The rules are simple:</p>
<ul>
<li>for each dollar donated by an individual to Debian through the mechanism, a sponsor will donate another dollar to Debian's OPW program;</li>
<li>individual donation in USD will be matched only up to 200 USD each;</li>
<li>only donations in USD will be matched;</li>
<li>the sponsor will match the donated funds up to a maximum total of 2500 USD;</li>
<li>all money raised through this program will be earmarked for OPW participation, either in 2013 or in the future;</li>
<li>this program will be in place until Nov 14th, so please act quickly!</li>
</ul>
<p>If you'd like to participate as intern, the application deadline is
very near (November 11th). You can find <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OPW">here</a> more info on how to apply.</p>Ada Lovelace Day: meet some of the "women behind Debian"!2013-10-15T00:01:00+02:002013-10-15T00:01:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez and Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-10-15:/2013/10/ada-lovelace-day.html<p>Today is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace">Ada Lovelace</a> Day:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>"Ada Lovelace Day is about sharing stories of women - whether engineers,
scientist, technologists or mathematicians - who have inspired you to
become who you are today. The aim is to create new role models for girls
and women in these male-dominated fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM".
<a href="http://findingada.com">source</a></em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>To celebrate, we asked to some of the "women behind Debian" to share their stories with us.
Enjoy!</p>
<p><img alt="Alt Ada Lovelace portrait" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ada_lovelace.png"></p>
<h2>Ana Guerrero Lopez (ana)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm a 30-something years old geek. I'm from Andalusia, Spain but live in France.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I work mostly on my packages, in sponsoring new people's packages and in
this very blog you're reading now. I also maintain an <em>unofficial</em> Google+
page about Debian. At $PAID job, I work in an internal Debian distribution
so from time to time, I get the opportunity to contribute back some of the
stuff we do there.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I started using Debian around 2003 switching from Mandrake. I was a happy
Debian user when the Debian Women project started in the summer 2004. When
I saw the project announced, I asked myself why I wasn't contributing to
Debian and the rest is history... in a couple of weeks it'll be my 7 years
DD-versary! If for some reason you want a longer reply to this question,
read <a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/02/10/people-behind-debian-ana-beatriz-guerrero-lopez-member-of-the-debian-kde-team/">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Beatrice</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I am a PhD student with a degree in Biology. I am a computer fan since
my first C64 and I am a self-taught computer geek wanna-be. And I am a
bug fan - not software bugs, real bugs :)</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I work on translations - doing the translation work itself, but also
reviewing other translators' work and helping in coordinating the
translation effort.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I started using Linux because I liked the idea of an open source
operative system based on collaboration and I began reviewing open
source software translations. Since my first Linux system was Debian
Potato and I sticked to Debian ever since, it only seemed natural to
focus my translation work on Debian.</p>
<h2>Christine Caulfield</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>My name is Christine Caulfield. My day job is principal software
engineer at Red Hat working on the cluster infrastructure components
corosync & pacemaker. Outside computing I'm a musician and sound
engineer. I play violin with lots of technology attached, and love
avant garde music.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm not that active on Debian any more due to pressure of time, and
maturity of the packages I work on. I currently maintain the,
little-used, DECnet userspace packages and the, even less used I
suspect, mopd bootloader. I used to maintain lvm2 for a while but
dropped that a few years ago.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>My initial reasons for joining Debian were slightly selfish, to find a
home for the DECnet project that I was heavily involved in at the
time. I was a keep Debian user and people wanted a distribution where
the software was easy to set up. DECnet is quite complicated for users
to configure, being a totally independant networking stack to IP
and so OS support is needed. Debian seemed like the logical place to
make this happen.
As mentioned above I got quite involved for a time and maintained
other packages too. I picked up lvm2 because I was on the lvm2 dev
team at work in Red Hat and as it was a new package at that time I
seemed a logical choice.</p>
<h2>Elena Grandi (valhalla)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm a 30-something years old geek and Free Software enthusiast
from Italy.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm currently maintaining a few packages (2 python modules and a python
program) as a sponsored uploader; I'm also slowly looking around
for other things to do (by preference technical, but not limited
to packaging), with the aim to spend more time contributing
to Debian.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>For a while I had being distro-hopping between "fun" distributions
(the ones that break now and then) on the desktop while using
Debian stable on the home server and in chroots.
I was already doing marginal contributions to those distributions,
where finding stuff that was missing was easy, but my perception
as a stable user was that Debian was already working fine and probably
didn't really need any help.
Then I started to socialize on IRC with some DDs and DMs, and
realized that my perception was superficial and that in reality
there were dark holes in the depths of the archive where Evil
festered and prospered and... ok, sorry, I got carried away :)
Anyway, since I was actually using Debian more and more
I decided to start contributing: I read documentation, I attended
the useful IRC sessions on #debian-women and decided that it was
probably best not to add new stuff, but look for things that
I used and that needed help. Then nothing happened for a while,
because finding stuff that doesn't work <em>is hard</em> (at least
on my mostly textual systems).
Then one day I was trying to write a python script that needed
to verify gpg signed messages; it had to run on my Debian server,
so I was trying to use python-pyme and its documentation
was painful to use, while I remembered an earlier attempt
using python-gnupg that was much more pythonic, but not available
in Debian.
In a fit of anger I decided to forgo all of my good intentions and
actually add a new package: I checked the sources for problems,
packaged, sent it to mentors@d-o, got reviews, fixed problems,
resent and finally got sponsored and well, everything started.</p>
<h2>Francesca Ciceri (madamezou)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm Francesca, a 30-something Italian graduated in Social Sciences.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm a (non uploading) Debian Developer since 2011 and have been DPN
editor, press officer, webmaster for www.debian.org and translator for the
Italian l10n team. Recently, due to time constraints, I had to reduce my
involvement and now only work on two things: writing/editing articles for
bits.debian.org together with Ana Guerrero, and creating subtitles for the
DebConf talks, in the DebConf Subs team.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>Basically thanks to the sudden abundance of free time - due to an health
problem - and the desire to give something back to this wonderful operating
system. After that, I found out that Debian is not only a great OS but also a
very special community. Today, some of my dearest friends are people I met
through Debian. :)</p>
<h2>Laura Arjona</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I live in Madrid (Spain), and work as IT Assistant in the Technical
University of Madrid (UPM). I'm married and I have a 4-years-old son.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>In 2012 I started to clean spam and to translate Debian web pages into
Spanish. I also follow the work of the web and publicity team, I hope
I'll get more involved there too. And of course, I'm in Debian Women
:)</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm using Debian at work since 2007 (servers), and in my desktops since
2010.
I like very much that it is a community distro and I wanted to
participate. I was already doing translations in other (small) free
software projects, so I began here too. The Debian-Women list, the
planet, and people in identi.ca helped me to learn a lot and feel part
of the community even when I was not contributing yet.</p>
<h2>Mònica Ramírez Arceda (monica)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>My name is Mònica Ramírez Arceda and I am an enthusiast of free software
and sharing knowledge cultures: for me it's a kind of philosophy of
life. I studied Maths a long time ago but ended up working as a
developer for some years. Now I'm working as an IT teacher.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>Debian is a huge project, so you can help in various scopes. Mainly, I
work on <a href="http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=monica@debian.org">packaging</a>,
<a href="http://qa.debian.org/~bartm/wnpp-rfs-mentors/wnpp-inconsistencies.txt">fixing wnpp bug inconsistencies in BTS</a>
and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/archive-spam-removals/review/">helping in spam cleaning of the mailing lists</a>.
But I also enjoy doing some non-technical work from time to time: the project I am just now involved
is organizing, with the rest of Debian Catalan community, a local team
to propose <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/">Barcelona as the venue for a minidebconf where all the
speakers will be women</a>.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>In 2000 I discovered Free Software world and I fell deeply in love with
its philosophy. Since then, I've been trying to do my best in different
activities, like spreading the word, giving free courses, helping
collectives and friends in technical stuff (from installing Debian to
developing some helping apps for them)... but two years ago I was
looking forward to join a free software project and I decided to try
Debian, since it has been my first and only distro in my day-to-day life
for about ten years.
So, I wanted to give back Debian all what it had offered to me, but....
I thought I couldn't (hey, Debian is for real hackers, not for you
little ant!), but I started to adopt some orphaned packages, do some QA
uploads, fix some RC bugs, talk with some Debian Developers that helped me
and encouraged me more than I expected, I traveled to my first
Debconf... And one thing takes you to the other, and on March 2012 I
became a DD. Now, I'm glad to see that everything that frightened me is
not so scary :-)</p><p>Today is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace">Ada Lovelace</a> Day:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>"Ada Lovelace Day is about sharing stories of women - whether engineers,
scientist, technologists or mathematicians - who have inspired you to
become who you are today. The aim is to create new role models for girls
and women in these male-dominated fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM".
<a href="http://findingada.com">source</a></em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>To celebrate, we asked to some of the "women behind Debian" to share their stories with us.
Enjoy!</p>
<p><img alt="Alt Ada Lovelace portrait" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/ada_lovelace.png"></p>
<h2>Ana Guerrero Lopez (ana)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm a 30-something years old geek. I'm from Andalusia, Spain but live in France.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I work mostly on my packages, in sponsoring new people's packages and in
this very blog you're reading now. I also maintain an <em>unofficial</em> Google+
page about Debian. At $PAID job, I work in an internal Debian distribution
so from time to time, I get the opportunity to contribute back some of the
stuff we do there.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I started using Debian around 2003 switching from Mandrake. I was a happy
Debian user when the Debian Women project started in the summer 2004. When
I saw the project announced, I asked myself why I wasn't contributing to
Debian and the rest is history... in a couple of weeks it'll be my 7 years
DD-versary! If for some reason you want a longer reply to this question,
read <a href="http://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/02/10/people-behind-debian-ana-beatriz-guerrero-lopez-member-of-the-debian-kde-team/">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Beatrice</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I am a PhD student with a degree in Biology. I am a computer fan since
my first C64 and I am a self-taught computer geek wanna-be. And I am a
bug fan - not software bugs, real bugs :)</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I work on translations - doing the translation work itself, but also
reviewing other translators' work and helping in coordinating the
translation effort.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I started using Linux because I liked the idea of an open source
operative system based on collaboration and I began reviewing open
source software translations. Since my first Linux system was Debian
Potato and I sticked to Debian ever since, it only seemed natural to
focus my translation work on Debian.</p>
<h2>Christine Caulfield</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>My name is Christine Caulfield. My day job is principal software
engineer at Red Hat working on the cluster infrastructure components
corosync & pacemaker. Outside computing I'm a musician and sound
engineer. I play violin with lots of technology attached, and love
avant garde music.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm not that active on Debian any more due to pressure of time, and
maturity of the packages I work on. I currently maintain the,
little-used, DECnet userspace packages and the, even less used I
suspect, mopd bootloader. I used to maintain lvm2 for a while but
dropped that a few years ago.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>My initial reasons for joining Debian were slightly selfish, to find a
home for the DECnet project that I was heavily involved in at the
time. I was a keep Debian user and people wanted a distribution where
the software was easy to set up. DECnet is quite complicated for users
to configure, being a totally independant networking stack to IP
and so OS support is needed. Debian seemed like the logical place to
make this happen.
As mentioned above I got quite involved for a time and maintained
other packages too. I picked up lvm2 because I was on the lvm2 dev
team at work in Red Hat and as it was a new package at that time I
seemed a logical choice.</p>
<h2>Elena Grandi (valhalla)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm a 30-something years old geek and Free Software enthusiast
from Italy.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm currently maintaining a few packages (2 python modules and a python
program) as a sponsored uploader; I'm also slowly looking around
for other things to do (by preference technical, but not limited
to packaging), with the aim to spend more time contributing
to Debian.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>For a while I had being distro-hopping between "fun" distributions
(the ones that break now and then) on the desktop while using
Debian stable on the home server and in chroots.
I was already doing marginal contributions to those distributions,
where finding stuff that was missing was easy, but my perception
as a stable user was that Debian was already working fine and probably
didn't really need any help.
Then I started to socialize on IRC with some DDs and DMs, and
realized that my perception was superficial and that in reality
there were dark holes in the depths of the archive where Evil
festered and prospered and... ok, sorry, I got carried away :)
Anyway, since I was actually using Debian more and more
I decided to start contributing: I read documentation, I attended
the useful IRC sessions on #debian-women and decided that it was
probably best not to add new stuff, but look for things that
I used and that needed help. Then nothing happened for a while,
because finding stuff that doesn't work <em>is hard</em> (at least
on my mostly textual systems).
Then one day I was trying to write a python script that needed
to verify gpg signed messages; it had to run on my Debian server,
so I was trying to use python-pyme and its documentation
was painful to use, while I remembered an earlier attempt
using python-gnupg that was much more pythonic, but not available
in Debian.
In a fit of anger I decided to forgo all of my good intentions and
actually add a new package: I checked the sources for problems,
packaged, sent it to mentors@d-o, got reviews, fixed problems,
resent and finally got sponsored and well, everything started.</p>
<h2>Francesca Ciceri (madamezou)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I'm Francesca, a 30-something Italian graduated in Social Sciences.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm a (non uploading) Debian Developer since 2011 and have been DPN
editor, press officer, webmaster for www.debian.org and translator for the
Italian l10n team. Recently, due to time constraints, I had to reduce my
involvement and now only work on two things: writing/editing articles for
bits.debian.org together with Ana Guerrero, and creating subtitles for the
DebConf talks, in the DebConf Subs team.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>Basically thanks to the sudden abundance of free time - due to an health
problem - and the desire to give something back to this wonderful operating
system. After that, I found out that Debian is not only a great OS but also a
very special community. Today, some of my dearest friends are people I met
through Debian. :)</p>
<h2>Laura Arjona</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>I live in Madrid (Spain), and work as IT Assistant in the Technical
University of Madrid (UPM). I'm married and I have a 4-years-old son.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>In 2012 I started to clean spam and to translate Debian web pages into
Spanish. I also follow the work of the web and publicity team, I hope
I'll get more involved there too. And of course, I'm in Debian Women
:)</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>I'm using Debian at work since 2007 (servers), and in my desktops since
2010.
I like very much that it is a community distro and I wanted to
participate. I was already doing translations in other (small) free
software projects, so I began here too. The Debian-Women list, the
planet, and people in identi.ca helped me to learn a lot and feel part
of the community even when I was not contributing yet.</p>
<h2>Mònica Ramírez Arceda (monica)</h2>
<p><em>Who are you?</em></p>
<p>My name is Mònica Ramírez Arceda and I am an enthusiast of free software
and sharing knowledge cultures: for me it's a kind of philosophy of
life. I studied Maths a long time ago but ended up working as a
developer for some years. Now I'm working as an IT teacher.</p>
<p><em>What do you do in Debian?</em></p>
<p>Debian is a huge project, so you can help in various scopes. Mainly, I
work on <a href="http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=monica@debian.org">packaging</a>,
<a href="http://qa.debian.org/~bartm/wnpp-rfs-mentors/wnpp-inconsistencies.txt">fixing wnpp bug inconsistencies in BTS</a>
and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/archive-spam-removals/review/">helping in spam cleaning of the mailing lists</a>.
But I also enjoy doing some non-technical work from time to time: the project I am just now involved
is organizing, with the rest of Debian Catalan community, a local team
to propose <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/">Barcelona as the venue for a minidebconf where all the
speakers will be women</a>.</p>
<p><em>How and why did you start contributing to Debian?</em></p>
<p>In 2000 I discovered Free Software world and I fell deeply in love with
its philosophy. Since then, I've been trying to do my best in different
activities, like spreading the word, giving free courses, helping
collectives and friends in technical stuff (from installing Debian to
developing some helping apps for them)... but two years ago I was
looking forward to join a free software project and I decided to try
Debian, since it has been my first and only distro in my day-to-day life
for about ten years.
So, I wanted to give back Debian all what it had offered to me, but....
I thought I couldn't (hey, Debian is for real hackers, not for you
little ant!), but I started to adopt some orphaned packages, do some QA
uploads, fix some RC bugs, talk with some Debian Developers that helped me
and encouraged me more than I expected, I traveled to my first
Debconf... And one thing takes you to the other, and on March 2012 I
became a DD. Now, I'm glad to see that everything that frightened me is
not so scary :-)</p>Happy 20th birthday Debian!2013-08-16T00:05:00+02:002013-08-16T00:05:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopez and Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-08-16:/2013/08/20-birthday-debian.html<p>Today is Debian's 20 anniversary. This anniversary would have been impossible without a strong community of users and developers. That's why for its commemoration, we asked the Debian community what Debian meant to them. Below you have a selection of the answers we got.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Since I run Debian on my computers, I do not play anymore to 3D shooting games,
not because of the lack of Free 3D drivers, but because developing Debian is
more fun and addictive.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is a truly community based distro which is devoted to FOSS ideas and
standards. It perfectly works on high variety of hardware. Users from all over
the world have been using Debian and contributing to it during 20 years. And
I am proud to be one of them. Happy Birthday, Debian!</em></p>
<p><em>When I considered switching to Linux I asked friends which distribution
to choose. I was told skip other distributions that were considered more
newbie-friendly at the time and go straight to Debian instead. It might
be more work initially, they said, but it would save me the hassle of
switching to Debian later on, which I would inevitably do. Turns out
they were right. I started my Linux experience more than ten years ago
with Debian and have yet to see a better Linux distribution.</em></p>
<p><em>[...] You are a worldwide community of volunteers working together for 20
years now. To me this is an encouraging example and, given the
sorry state of the world we live in, more important than the technical
quality of the operating system.
I wish you another successful twenty years and to stay as independent as
you are.</em></p>
<p><em>I initially started in Debian as it was an interesting technical
challenge. Over the years the community and having good standards around
what Free Software is has become more important.</em></p>
<p><em>As a user of Debian for 14 years, and a former Debian Developer for 10, I would
like to wish a happy birthday to the best project on the internet, and the best
Linux distribution ever. Thanks for all of your support over the years!</em></p>
<p><em>"Rock Solid Stability and Absolute Freedom"
Thats what Debian means to me.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian gives me a feeling that I am using the best linux has to offer. You know
your machine is in safe hands.</em></p>
<p><em>As a long time Debian user and sometimes supporter [...] I wish Debian all the best for next 20 years and beyond!
Debian is the universal operating system. And it's free (and not just as in
beer ;-)</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is an awesome combination of obsessive high quality software and
software freedom. It's a pleasure to be able to use and contribute to this
project. Thanks to all for their excellent work!
Cheers to 2**20 years more!</em></p>
<p><em>[...] I am so very thankful to all of the people who have contributed to and continue to
contribute to such a wonderful ecosystem of tools. I love the
commitment to the long term goals of security, freedom and transparency
with respect to the computer systems that we all use and rely upon and
the information that we store on them.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is the operating system that makes me free.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is a family gathered around great idea. Its pure love.</em></p>
</blockquote><p>Today is Debian's 20 anniversary. This anniversary would have been impossible without a strong community of users and developers. That's why for its commemoration, we asked the Debian community what Debian meant to them. Below you have a selection of the answers we got.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Since I run Debian on my computers, I do not play anymore to 3D shooting games,
not because of the lack of Free 3D drivers, but because developing Debian is
more fun and addictive.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is a truly community based distro which is devoted to FOSS ideas and
standards. It perfectly works on high variety of hardware. Users from all over
the world have been using Debian and contributing to it during 20 years. And
I am proud to be one of them. Happy Birthday, Debian!</em></p>
<p><em>When I considered switching to Linux I asked friends which distribution
to choose. I was told skip other distributions that were considered more
newbie-friendly at the time and go straight to Debian instead. It might
be more work initially, they said, but it would save me the hassle of
switching to Debian later on, which I would inevitably do. Turns out
they were right. I started my Linux experience more than ten years ago
with Debian and have yet to see a better Linux distribution.</em></p>
<p><em>[...] You are a worldwide community of volunteers working together for 20
years now. To me this is an encouraging example and, given the
sorry state of the world we live in, more important than the technical
quality of the operating system.
I wish you another successful twenty years and to stay as independent as
you are.</em></p>
<p><em>I initially started in Debian as it was an interesting technical
challenge. Over the years the community and having good standards around
what Free Software is has become more important.</em></p>
<p><em>As a user of Debian for 14 years, and a former Debian Developer for 10, I would
like to wish a happy birthday to the best project on the internet, and the best
Linux distribution ever. Thanks for all of your support over the years!</em></p>
<p><em>"Rock Solid Stability and Absolute Freedom"
Thats what Debian means to me.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian gives me a feeling that I am using the best linux has to offer. You know
your machine is in safe hands.</em></p>
<p><em>As a long time Debian user and sometimes supporter [...] I wish Debian all the best for next 20 years and beyond!
Debian is the universal operating system. And it's free (and not just as in
beer ;-)</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is an awesome combination of obsessive high quality software and
software freedom. It's a pleasure to be able to use and contribute to this
project. Thanks to all for their excellent work!
Cheers to 2**20 years more!</em></p>
<p><em>[...] I am so very thankful to all of the people who have contributed to and continue to
contribute to such a wonderful ecosystem of tools. I love the
commitment to the long term goals of security, freedom and transparency
with respect to the computer systems that we all use and rely upon and
the information that we store on them.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is the operating system that makes me free.</em></p>
<p><em>Debian is a family gathered around great idea. Its pure love.</em></p>
</blockquote>Martin Michlmayr gets the O'Reilly Open Source Award2013-07-30T14:00:00+02:002013-07-30T14:00:00+02:00Ana Guerrero Lopeztag:bits.debian.org,2013-07-30:/2013/07/tbm_gets_open_source_award.html<p>Longtime Debian Developer <a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29956">Martin Michlmayr was named as one of 6 winners of the 2013 O’Reilly Open Source Awards</a>. This Award recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software.</p>
<p>Martin received the award for his investment in Debian where he served as Debian Project Leader for two terms between 2003 and 2005.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oreillyconf/9374340924/in/photostream/"><img alt="Alt Martin Michlmayr gets the O'Reilly Open Source
Award" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/flickr_oreilly_9374340924.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Congratulations tbm!</p><p>Longtime Debian Developer <a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29956">Martin Michlmayr was named as one of 6 winners of the 2013 O’Reilly Open Source Awards</a>. This Award recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software.</p>
<p>Martin received the award for his investment in Debian where he served as Debian Project Leader for two terms between 2003 and 2005.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oreillyconf/9374340924/in/photostream/"><img alt="Alt Martin Michlmayr gets the O'Reilly Open Source
Award" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/flickr_oreilly_9374340924.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Congratulations tbm!</p>all Debian source are belong to us2013-07-02T18:50:00+02:002013-07-02T18:50:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-07-02:/2013/07/introducing_sources.debian.net.html<p><strong>This is a verbatim repost from <a href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2013/07/introducing_sources.debian.net/">Stefano Zacchiroli's
post</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>TL;DR</strong>: go to <strong><a href="http://sources.debian.net">http://sources.debian.net</a></strong> and enjoy.</p>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources"><strong>Debsources</strong></a> is a
new toy I've been working on at <a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a> together with
<a href="http://matthieu-blog.fr/">Matthieu Caneill</a>. In essence, debsources is a
simple web application that allows to <strong>publish an unpacked Debian source
mirror on the Web</strong>.</p>
<p>You can deploy Debsources where you please, but there is a main instance at
<strong><a href="http://sources.debian.net">http://sources.debian.net</a></strong> (<code>sources.d.n</code> for short) that you will
probably find interesting. <code>sources.d.n</code> follows closely the Debian archive in
two ways:</p>
<ol>
<li>it is updated 4 times a day to reflect the content of the Debian archive</li>
<li>it contains sources coming from official Debian suites: the usual ones
(from oldstable to experimental), <code>*-updates</code> (ex volatile),
<code>*-proposed-updates</code>, and <code>*-backports</code> (from Wheezy on)</li>
</ol>
<p>Via <code>sources.d.n</code> you can therefore browse the content of Debian source
packages with usual code viewing features like <strong>syntax highlighting</strong>. More
interestingly, you can <strong>search through</strong> the source code (of unstable only,
though) via integration with <a href="http://codesearch.debian.net">http://codesearch.debian.net</a>. You can also use
<code>sources.d.n</code> programmatically to
<a href="http://sources.debian.net/doc/api/">query available versions</a> or
<a href="http://sources.debian.net/doc/url/"><strong>link to specific lines</strong></a>, with the
possibility of adding contextual <strong>pop-up messages</strong>
(<a href="http://sources.debian.net/src/cowsay/3.03%2Bdfsg1-4/cowsay?hl=22:28&msg=22:Cowsay:See?%20Cowsay%20variables%20are%20declared%20here.#L22">example</a>).</p>
<p>In fact, you might have stumbled upon <code>sources.d.n</code> already in the past few
days, via other popular Debian services where it has already been integrated.
In particular: <code>codesearch.d.n</code> now defaults to show results via <code>sources.d.n</code>,
and the <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/">PTS</a> has grown new "browse source
code" hyperlinks that point to it. If you've ideas of other Debian services
where <code>sources.d.n</code> should be integrated, please let me know.</p>
<p>I find Debsources and <code>sources.d.n</code> already quite useful but, as it often
happens, there is still a lot
<strong>TODO</strong>.
Obviously, it is all Free Software (released under GNU AGPLv3). Do not hesitate
to report new bugs and, better, to submit patches for the outstanding ones.</p>
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://matthieu-blog.fr/">Matthieu Caneill</a> is the main developer of
Debsources web front-end; <code>sources.d.n</code> wouldn't exist without him.</li>
<li>others have already contributed patches to integrate <code>sources.d.n</code> with other
services, in particular:</li>
<li>many thanks to Michael Stapelberg (for <code>codesearch.d.n</code> integration), and</li>
<li>Paul Wise (for PTS integration).</li>
<li>a full list of
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources/blob/master/AUTHORS">contributors</a>
is available and eagerly waiting for new additions</li>
<li><a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a> has kindly provided sponsoring for Matthieu's
initial development work on Debsources, and offered both the server and
hosting facilities that power <code>sources.d.n</code></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PS</strong> in case you were wondering: at present <code>sources.d.n</code> requires <strong>~381
GB</strong> of disk space to hold all uncompressed source packages, plus ~83 GB for
the local (compressed) source mirror</p><p><strong>This is a verbatim repost from <a href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2013/07/introducing_sources.debian.net/">Stefano Zacchiroli's
post</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>TL;DR</strong>: go to <strong><a href="http://sources.debian.net">http://sources.debian.net</a></strong> and enjoy.</p>
<hr>
<p><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources"><strong>Debsources</strong></a> is a
new toy I've been working on at <a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a> together with
<a href="http://matthieu-blog.fr/">Matthieu Caneill</a>. In essence, debsources is a
simple web application that allows to <strong>publish an unpacked Debian source
mirror on the Web</strong>.</p>
<p>You can deploy Debsources where you please, but there is a main instance at
<strong><a href="http://sources.debian.net">http://sources.debian.net</a></strong> (<code>sources.d.n</code> for short) that you will
probably find interesting. <code>sources.d.n</code> follows closely the Debian archive in
two ways:</p>
<ol>
<li>it is updated 4 times a day to reflect the content of the Debian archive</li>
<li>it contains sources coming from official Debian suites: the usual ones
(from oldstable to experimental), <code>*-updates</code> (ex volatile),
<code>*-proposed-updates</code>, and <code>*-backports</code> (from Wheezy on)</li>
</ol>
<p>Via <code>sources.d.n</code> you can therefore browse the content of Debian source
packages with usual code viewing features like <strong>syntax highlighting</strong>. More
interestingly, you can <strong>search through</strong> the source code (of unstable only,
though) via integration with <a href="http://codesearch.debian.net">http://codesearch.debian.net</a>. You can also use
<code>sources.d.n</code> programmatically to
<a href="http://sources.debian.net/doc/api/">query available versions</a> or
<a href="http://sources.debian.net/doc/url/"><strong>link to specific lines</strong></a>, with the
possibility of adding contextual <strong>pop-up messages</strong>
(<a href="http://sources.debian.net/src/cowsay/3.03%2Bdfsg1-4/cowsay?hl=22:28&msg=22:Cowsay:See?%20Cowsay%20variables%20are%20declared%20here.#L22">example</a>).</p>
<p>In fact, you might have stumbled upon <code>sources.d.n</code> already in the past few
days, via other popular Debian services where it has already been integrated.
In particular: <code>codesearch.d.n</code> now defaults to show results via <code>sources.d.n</code>,
and the <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/">PTS</a> has grown new "browse source
code" hyperlinks that point to it. If you've ideas of other Debian services
where <code>sources.d.n</code> should be integrated, please let me know.</p>
<p>I find Debsources and <code>sources.d.n</code> already quite useful but, as it often
happens, there is still a lot
<strong>TODO</strong>.
Obviously, it is all Free Software (released under GNU AGPLv3). Do not hesitate
to report new bugs and, better, to submit patches for the outstanding ones.</p>
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://matthieu-blog.fr/">Matthieu Caneill</a> is the main developer of
Debsources web front-end; <code>sources.d.n</code> wouldn't exist without him.</li>
<li>others have already contributed patches to integrate <code>sources.d.n</code> with other
services, in particular:</li>
<li>many thanks to Michael Stapelberg (for <code>codesearch.d.n</code> integration), and</li>
<li>Paul Wise (for PTS integration).</li>
<li>a full list of
<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources/blob/master/AUTHORS">contributors</a>
is available and eagerly waiting for new additions</li>
<li><a href="http://www.irill.org">IRILL</a> has kindly provided sponsoring for Matthieu's
initial development work on Debsources, and offered both the server and
hosting facilities that power <code>sources.d.n</code></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PS</strong> in case you were wondering: at present <code>sources.d.n</code> requires <strong>~381
GB</strong> of disk space to hold all uncompressed source packages, plus ~83 GB for
the local (compressed) source mirror</p>Remove unofficial debian-multimedia.org repository from your sources2013-06-14T00:10:00+02:002013-06-14T00:10:00+02:00Publicity teamtag:bits.debian.org,2013-06-14:/2013/06/remove-debian-multimedia.html<p>The <strong>unofficial</strong> third party repository Debian Multimedia stopped using the domain debian-multimedia.org some months ago. The domain expired and it is now registered again by someone unknown to Debian. (If we're wrong on this point, please sent us an email so we can take over the domain! ;) )</p>
<p>This means that <strong>the repository is no longer safe to use, and you should remove the related entries from your sources.list file</strong>.</p>
<p>After all, the need of an external repository for multimedia related packages has been greatly reduced with the release of Wheezy, <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#multimedia">which features many new and updated codecs and multimedia players</a>.</p>
<p>Not sure if you're using the debian-multimedia repository? You can easily check it by running:</p>
<p><code>grep -i debian-multimedia.org /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*</code></p>
<p>If you can see debian-multimedia.org line in output, you should remove all the lines including it.</p><p>The <strong>unofficial</strong> third party repository Debian Multimedia stopped using the domain debian-multimedia.org some months ago. The domain expired and it is now registered again by someone unknown to Debian. (If we're wrong on this point, please sent us an email so we can take over the domain! ;) )</p>
<p>This means that <strong>the repository is no longer safe to use, and you should remove the related entries from your sources.list file</strong>.</p>
<p>After all, the need of an external repository for multimedia related packages has been greatly reduced with the release of Wheezy, <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#multimedia">which features many new and updated codecs and multimedia players</a>.</p>
<p>Not sure if you're using the debian-multimedia repository? You can easily check it by running:</p>
<p><code>grep -i debian-multimedia.org /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*</code></p>
<p>If you can see debian-multimedia.org line in output, you should remove all the lines including it.</p>Debian welcomes its 2013 crop of GSoC students!2013-05-27T21:45:00+02:002013-05-27T21:45:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2013-05-27:/2013/05/welcome-gsoc-students-2013.html<p>We are proud to announce that 16 students have been accepted to work on improving Debian this summer through the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013">Google Summer of Code</a>! This is great news, following our 15 accepted students in 2012, and 9 accepted students in 2011.</p>
<p>Here is the list of accepted students and projects:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aarsh Shah: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/AarshShah">Improvements to Debian Search and the Search Interface</a></li>
<li>Aron Xu: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/AronXu">ZFS on Linux integration</a></li>
<li>Boris Bobrov: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/BorisBobrov">Debian Metrics Portal</a></li>
<li>Catalin Usurelu: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/CatalinUsurelu">Enabling free multimedia real-time communications (RTC) with Debian</a></li>
<li>Eleanor Chen: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EleanorChen">MIPS N32/N64 ABI Port</a></li>
<li>Emmanouil Kiagias: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EmmanouilKiagias">Redesign metapackage creation for Debian Blends</a></li>
<li>Eugenio Cano-Manuel: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EugenioCanoManuel">Leiningen & Clojure packaging</a></li>
<li>Fabian Grünbichler: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/FabianG">Add CROTP support to oath-toolkit and dynalogin</a></li>
<li>Gustavo Alkmim: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/GustavoAlkmim">Bootstrappable Debian</a></li>
<li>Justus Winter: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/JustusWinter">Debian GNU/Hurd Debianish initialization</a></li>
<li>Lei Wang: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/LeiWang">OpenRC init system in Debian</a></li>
<li>Léo Cavaillé: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/LeoCavaille">scan-build on the Debian archive</a></li>
<li>Marko Lalic: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/MarkoLalic">PTS rewrite in Django</a></li>
<li>Pawel Sarbinowski: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/PawelSarbinowski">Debian Android Application</a></li>
<li>Shuxiong Ye: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/ShuxiongYe">OpenJDK and Debian</a></li>
<li>Simon Chopin: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/SimonChopin">Implementation of message passing in the Debian infrastructure</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you're interested in one of the projects, please follow the links and talk directly to the students or the mentors, or come hang out with us on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-gsoc">IRC</a>.</p>
<p>Welcome everyone, and let's make sure we all have an amazing summer!</p><p>We are proud to announce that 16 students have been accepted to work on improving Debian this summer through the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013">Google Summer of Code</a>! This is great news, following our 15 accepted students in 2012, and 9 accepted students in 2011.</p>
<p>Here is the list of accepted students and projects:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aarsh Shah: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/AarshShah">Improvements to Debian Search and the Search Interface</a></li>
<li>Aron Xu: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/AronXu">ZFS on Linux integration</a></li>
<li>Boris Bobrov: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/BorisBobrov">Debian Metrics Portal</a></li>
<li>Catalin Usurelu: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/CatalinUsurelu">Enabling free multimedia real-time communications (RTC) with Debian</a></li>
<li>Eleanor Chen: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EleanorChen">MIPS N32/N64 ABI Port</a></li>
<li>Emmanouil Kiagias: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EmmanouilKiagias">Redesign metapackage creation for Debian Blends</a></li>
<li>Eugenio Cano-Manuel: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EugenioCanoManuel">Leiningen & Clojure packaging</a></li>
<li>Fabian Grünbichler: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/FabianG">Add CROTP support to oath-toolkit and dynalogin</a></li>
<li>Gustavo Alkmim: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/GustavoAlkmim">Bootstrappable Debian</a></li>
<li>Justus Winter: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/JustusWinter">Debian GNU/Hurd Debianish initialization</a></li>
<li>Lei Wang: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/LeiWang">OpenRC init system in Debian</a></li>
<li>Léo Cavaillé: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/LeoCavaille">scan-build on the Debian archive</a></li>
<li>Marko Lalic: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/MarkoLalic">PTS rewrite in Django</a></li>
<li>Pawel Sarbinowski: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/PawelSarbinowski">Debian Android Application</a></li>
<li>Shuxiong Ye: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/ShuxiongYe">OpenJDK and Debian</a></li>
<li>Simon Chopin: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/SimonChopin">Implementation of message passing in the Debian infrastructure</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you're interested in one of the projects, please follow the links and talk directly to the students or the mentors, or come hang out with us on <a href="irc://irc.debian.org/debian-gsoc">IRC</a>.</p>
<p>Welcome everyone, and let's make sure we all have an amazing summer!</p>Security updates for the X Window System client libraries2013-05-25T01:30:00+02:002013-05-25T01:30:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-05-25:/2013/05/security-updates-for-xorg.html<p>If you see a bunch of X.org packages upgrades pending in your Squeeze or brand new Wheezy system, don't panic!</p>
<p>Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher from IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the various X client libraries and he has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues.
You can find <a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23">more information in the security advisory from X.org</a>.</p>
<p>The Debian Security and X.org teams have quickly updated all the affected packages in Squeeze and Wheezy. You can see <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2013/threads.html">the full list of updates in the debian-security-announce mailing list archives</a>.</p><p>If you see a bunch of X.org packages upgrades pending in your Squeeze or brand new Wheezy system, don't panic!</p>
<p>Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher from IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the various X client libraries and he has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues.
You can find <a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23">more information in the security advisory from X.org</a>.</p>
<p>The Debian Security and X.org teams have quickly updated all the affected packages in Squeeze and Wheezy. You can see <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2013/threads.html">the full list of updates in the debian-security-announce mailing list archives</a>.</p>Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 released!2013-05-22T22:50:00+02:002013-05-22T22:50:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-05-22:/2013/05/debian-gnu-hurd-wheezy.html<p>It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the <strong>release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013</strong>. This is a snapshot of Debian "sid" at the time of the Debian "wheezy" release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is <strong>not</strong> an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release.</p>
<p>The installation ISO images can be downloaded from <a href="http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports-cd/hurd-i386/current/">Debian Ports</a> in the usual three Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, DVD. Besides the friendly Debian installer, a pre-installed disk image is also available, making it even easier to try Debian GNU/Hurd.</p>
<p>Debian GNU/Hurd is currently available for the i386 architecture with more than 10.000 software packages available (more than 75% of the Debian archive, and more to come!).</p>
<p>Please make sure to read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install">configuration information</a>, the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.html">FAQ</a>, and the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.html">translator primer</a> to get a grasp of the great features of GNU/Hurd.</p>
<p>Due to the very small number of developers, our progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful operating systems, but we believe to have reached <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/status.html">a very decent state</a>, even with our limited resources.</p>
<p>We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/history.html">over the past decades</a>. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people today, please <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html">join</a>!), but in the end a lot of people have contributed one way or another. <strong>Thanks everybody!</strong></p>
<p><em>This article appeared originally at <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2013-05-debian_gnu_hurd_2013.html">GNU Hurd news</a> and in <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-news.en.html">News about Debian GNU/Hurd</a></em>.</p><p>It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the <strong>release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013</strong>. This is a snapshot of Debian "sid" at the time of the Debian "wheezy" release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is <strong>not</strong> an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release.</p>
<p>The installation ISO images can be downloaded from <a href="http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports-cd/hurd-i386/current/">Debian Ports</a> in the usual three Debian flavors: NETINST, CD, DVD. Besides the friendly Debian installer, a pre-installed disk image is also available, making it even easier to try Debian GNU/Hurd.</p>
<p>Debian GNU/Hurd is currently available for the i386 architecture with more than 10.000 software packages available (more than 75% of the Debian archive, and more to come!).</p>
<p>Please make sure to read the <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install">configuration information</a>, the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.html">FAQ</a>, and the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation/translator_primer.html">translator primer</a> to get a grasp of the great features of GNU/Hurd.</p>
<p>Due to the very small number of developers, our progress of the project has not been as fast as other successful operating systems, but we believe to have reached <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/status.html">a very decent state</a>, even with our limited resources.</p>
<p>We would like to thank all the people who have worked on GNU/Hurd <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/history.html">over the past decades</a>. There were not many people at any given time (and still not many people today, please <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html">join</a>!), but in the end a lot of people have contributed one way or another. <strong>Thanks everybody!</strong></p>
<p><em>This article appeared originally at <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2013-05-debian_gnu_hurd_2013.html">GNU Hurd news</a> and in <a href="https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-news.en.html">News about Debian GNU/Hurd</a></em>.</p>Debian 7.0 Wheezy released!2013-05-05T04:00:00+02:002013-05-05T04:00:00+02:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-05-05:/2013/05/wheezy-released.html<p><img alt="Alt Keep calm and install Wheezy" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/keepcalm.png"></p>
<p>The new stable version of Debian, codenamed <em>Wheezy</em>, is finally here.
Main features of Debian 7.0 Wheezy are <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110726b">multiarch support</a>,
specific tools to <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425">deploy private clouds</a>, a greatly improved
installer and a complete set of multimedia codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party
repositories.
For a complete list of new features and updated software, take a look at the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504">official announcement</a>.</p>
<p>Want to give it a try?
Check out the <a href="http://live.debian.net/files/stable/images/7.0.0/">live images</a>!</p>
<p>Want to install it?
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks.</p>
<p>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?
You are just an <em>apt-get dist-upgrade</em> away from Wheezy!
Find how, reading the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation guide</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p>Some useful links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">getting Wheezy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/">FAQ about installation media</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual">installation manual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">Release Notes</a></li>
</ul><p><img alt="Alt Keep calm and install Wheezy" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/keepcalm.png"></p>
<p>The new stable version of Debian, codenamed <em>Wheezy</em>, is finally here.
Main features of Debian 7.0 Wheezy are <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110726b">multiarch support</a>,
specific tools to <a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425">deploy private clouds</a>, a greatly improved
installer and a complete set of multimedia codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party
repositories.
For a complete list of new features and updated software, take a look at the
<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504">official announcement</a>.</p>
<p>Want to give it a try?
Check out the <a href="http://live.debian.net/files/stable/images/7.0.0/">live images</a>!</p>
<p>Want to install it?
Choose your favourite <a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">installation media</a> among Blu-ray Discs, DVDs,
CDs and USB sticks.</p>
<p>Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade?
You are just an <em>apt-get dist-upgrade</em> away from Wheezy!
Find how, reading the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual">installation guide</a>
and the <a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">release notes</a>.</p>
<p>Some useful links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/distrib/">getting Wheezy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/">FAQ about installation media</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual">installation manual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes">Release Notes</a></li>
</ul>Last days for the DebConf13 matching fund!2013-04-26T15:30:00+02:002013-04-26T15:30:00+02:00Brian Guptatag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-26:/2013/04/dc13-fundraising.html<p>As part of the DebConf13 fundraising efforts, Brandorr Group
is funding a matching initiative for DebConf13, which will be
in place for 4 more days (through April 30th).</p>
<p>You can <a href="http://deb.li/dc13donate">donate here</a>!</p>
<p>Please consider donating $100, or even $5 or any amount in
between, as we can use all the help we can get to reach our
fundraising target.
The rules are simple:</p>
<ul>
<li>for each dollar donated by an individual to DebConf13 though
this mechanism, Brandorr Group will donate another dollar;</li>
<li>individual donations will be matched only up to 100USD each;</li>
<li>only donations in USD will be matched;</li>
<li>Brandorr Group will match the donated funds up to a maximum
total of 5000 USD.</li>
</ul>
<p>This generous offer will only stay in place through the end of
April 30th.</p>
<p>Please act quickly, and help spread the world!</p><p>As part of the DebConf13 fundraising efforts, Brandorr Group
is funding a matching initiative for DebConf13, which will be
in place for 4 more days (through April 30th).</p>
<p>You can <a href="http://deb.li/dc13donate">donate here</a>!</p>
<p>Please consider donating $100, or even $5 or any amount in
between, as we can use all the help we can get to reach our
fundraising target.
The rules are simple:</p>
<ul>
<li>for each dollar donated by an individual to DebConf13 though
this mechanism, Brandorr Group will donate another dollar;</li>
<li>individual donations will be matched only up to 100USD each;</li>
<li>only donations in USD will be matched;</li>
<li>Brandorr Group will match the donated funds up to a maximum
total of 5000 USD.</li>
</ul>
<p>This generous offer will only stay in place through the end of
April 30th.</p>
<p>Please act quickly, and help spread the world!</p>Release date for Wheezy announced2013-04-24T21:04:00+02:002013-04-24T21:04:00+02:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-24:/2013/04/release-date.html<p><img alt="Alt Wheezy is coming" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gotwheezy.jpg"></p>
<p>Neil McGovern, on behalf of the Debian Release Team, announced
the target date of the weekend of 4th/5th May for the release
of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy".</p>
<p>Now it's time to organize some
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy">Wheezy release parties</a>
to celebrate the event and show all your Debian love!</p><p><img alt="Alt Wheezy is coming" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gotwheezy.jpg"></p>
<p>Neil McGovern, on behalf of the Debian Release Team, announced
the target date of the weekend of 4th/5th May for the release
of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy".</p>
<p>Now it's time to organize some
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy">Wheezy release parties</a>
to celebrate the event and show all your Debian love!</p>DPL election is over, congratulations Lucas Nussbaum!2013-04-14T12:25:00+02:002013-04-14T12:25:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-14:/2013/04/results-dpl-election-2013.html<p>The Debian Project Leader election has concluded and the winner is Lucas Nussbaum.
Of a total of 988 developers, 390 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2013 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th and expire on April 17th 2014.</p><p>The Debian Project Leader election has concluded and the winner is Lucas Nussbaum.
Of a total of 988 developers, 390 developers voted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>.</p>
<p>More information about the result is available in the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2013 page</a>.</p>
<p>The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th and expire on April 17th 2014.</p>Call for participants in Debian for the Google Summer of Code2013-04-09T21:30:00+02:002013-04-09T21:30:00+02:00Nicolas Dandrimonttag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-09:/2013/04/call-for-students-gsoc-2013.html<p>The <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a program that allows post-secondary students aged 18 and older to earn a stipend writing code
for Free and Open Source Software projects during the summer.</p>
<p>For the eighth time, Debian has just been accepted as a mentoring organization for this year's program.
If you're an <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#2._Whos_eligible_to_participate_as_a">eligible student</a>,
now is the time to take a look at our <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects">project ideas list</a>,
engage with the mentors for the projects you find interesting, and start working on
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplicationTemplate">your application</a>!
Please read the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page">FAQ</a>
and the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#2._What_is_the_program_timeline">Program Timeline</a>
on Google's website.</p>
<p>If you are interested, we encourage you to come and chat with us on irc (<a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-soc">#debian-soc</a> on irc.oftc.net),
or to send an email to the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a>.
Most of the GSoC related information in Debian can be found on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013">our wiki pages</a>,
but feel free to ask us directly on irc or via email.</p>
<p>We're looking forward to work with amazing students again this summer!</p><p>The <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013">Google Summer of Code</a>
is a program that allows post-secondary students aged 18 and older to earn a stipend writing code
for Free and Open Source Software projects during the summer.</p>
<p>For the eighth time, Debian has just been accepted as a mentoring organization for this year's program.
If you're an <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#2._Whos_eligible_to_participate_as_a">eligible student</a>,
now is the time to take a look at our <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects">project ideas list</a>,
engage with the mentors for the projects you find interesting, and start working on
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplicationTemplate">your application</a>!
Please read the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page">FAQ</a>
and the <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#2._What_is_the_program_timeline">Program Timeline</a>
on Google's website.</p>
<p>If you are interested, we encourage you to come and chat with us on irc (<a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-soc">#debian-soc</a> on irc.oftc.net),
or to send an email to the <a href="mailto:soc-coordination@lists.alioth.debian.org">SoC coordination mailing-list</a>.
Most of the GSoC related information in Debian can be found on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013">our wiki pages</a>,
but feel free to ask us directly on irc or via email.</p>
<p>We're looking forward to work with amazing students again this summer!</p>Debian joins Free & Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women2013-04-08T08:01:00+02:002013-04-08T08:01:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-08:/2013/04/joining-opw.html<p>The GNOME Foundation started the <a href="http://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Free & Open Source Software Outreach
Program for Women, OPW</a>,
in 2010. In the January-April 2013 round, many other FOSS organizations
joined the program. We are happy to announce that Debian will also join
in the next round from June-September and we'll offer one internship.</p>
<p>You can find more details about Debian's participation in the program
at <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian OPW page</a>.</p>
<h2>Call for mentors and projects</h2>
<p>OPW allows applicants to work on any kind of project, including coding,
design, marketing, web development... The <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects">Debian Google Summer of Code projects</a>
will be offered also as possible projects for OPW, but GSoC
only allows coding projects. If you have any idea of a non-coding
project and you want to mentor it, please contact us in the
<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">soc-coordination mailing list</a>
adding [OPW] in subject.</p>
<p>OPW works in the same way as GSoC except Google doesn't play a part here.
The same advice that is provided for GSoC mentors works for OPW mentors.</p>
<h2>Call for participants</h2>
<p>The main goal of this program is to increase the number of women in
FOSS, so all women who are not yet a Debian Developer or a Debian
Maintainer are encouraged to apply. There are no age restrictions and
applicants don't need to be a student.</p>
<p>If you want to apply, you must follow three steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Choose a project <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">from this list</a>.
There are two lists, one for GSoC and another with non-coding tasks that
can be only offered by the OPW. Those lists may change and add or remove
more projects in the next few weeks.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Make a small contribution to Debian. Projects will add a task the
applicant must complete as part of the pre-selection process. If no task
is provided, you are welcome to ask the mentors of the project. You can
also make a different extra task of the one listed to show your skills
and interest.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Create a page in the Debian wiki with your application. You can do so
under pseudonym, but in that case, please give us information about
yourself privately by email to the coordinators listed in the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian OPW page</a>!</p>
</li>
</ol><p>The GNOME Foundation started the <a href="http://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Free & Open Source Software Outreach
Program for Women, OPW</a>,
in 2010. In the January-April 2013 round, many other FOSS organizations
joined the program. We are happy to announce that Debian will also join
in the next round from June-September and we'll offer one internship.</p>
<p>You can find more details about Debian's participation in the program
at <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian OPW page</a>.</p>
<h2>Call for mentors and projects</h2>
<p>OPW allows applicants to work on any kind of project, including coding,
design, marketing, web development... The <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects">Debian Google Summer of Code projects</a>
will be offered also as possible projects for OPW, but GSoC
only allows coding projects. If you have any idea of a non-coding
project and you want to mentor it, please contact us in the
<a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">soc-coordination mailing list</a>
adding [OPW] in subject.</p>
<p>OPW works in the same way as GSoC except Google doesn't play a part here.
The same advice that is provided for GSoC mentors works for OPW mentors.</p>
<h2>Call for participants</h2>
<p>The main goal of this program is to increase the number of women in
FOSS, so all women who are not yet a Debian Developer or a Debian
Maintainer are encouraged to apply. There are no age restrictions and
applicants don't need to be a student.</p>
<p>If you want to apply, you must follow three steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Choose a project <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">from this list</a>.
There are two lists, one for GSoC and another with non-coding tasks that
can be only offered by the OPW. Those lists may change and add or remove
more projects in the next few weeks.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Make a small contribution to Debian. Projects will add a task the
applicant must complete as part of the pre-selection process. If no task
is provided, you are welcome to ask the mentors of the project. You can
also make a different extra task of the one listed to show your skills
and interest.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Create a page in the Debian wiki with your application. You can do so
under pseudonym, but in that case, please give us information about
yourself privately by email to the coordinators listed in the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/OutreachProgramForWomen">Debian OPW page</a>!</p>
</li>
</ol>DebConf14 to be held in Portland, Oregon, USA2013-04-08T00:01:00+02:002013-04-08T00:01:00+02:00Patty Langasektag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-08:/2013/04/debconf14-in-portland-usa.html<p>We are pleased to announce the 15th annual Debian Conference (DebConf14) is to be held in Portland, Oregon, USA in August 2014, with specific dates yet to be announced.</p>
<p>Portland is an open source hotspot in the Pacific Northwest of the US. It is a technologically savvy community, home to Intel and the adopted home of Linus Torvalds. The city plays host to many Free Software conferences including <a href="http://www.oscon.com">OSCON</a>, and is where <a href="http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org">Linux Plumbers</a> originated.</p>
<p>The local team has been involved in mulitple DebConfs in the past, and is excited to bring their experience and ideas to fruition in a city well-positioned to host such a prestigious event.</p><p>We are pleased to announce the 15th annual Debian Conference (DebConf14) is to be held in Portland, Oregon, USA in August 2014, with specific dates yet to be announced.</p>
<p>Portland is an open source hotspot in the Pacific Northwest of the US. It is a technologically savvy community, home to Intel and the adopted home of Linus Torvalds. The city plays host to many Free Software conferences including <a href="http://www.oscon.com">OSCON</a>, and is where <a href="http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org">Linux Plumbers</a> originated.</p>
<p>The local team has been involved in mulitple DebConfs in the past, and is excited to bring their experience and ideas to fruition in a city well-positioned to host such a prestigious event.</p>Improvements in Debian's core infrastructure2013-04-04T10:00:00+02:002013-04-04T10:00:00+02:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-04-04:/2013/04/bytemark-donation.html<p>Thanks to a generous donation by <a href="http://bytemark.co.uk" title="Bytemark Hosting">Bytemark Hosting</a>, Debian
started deploying machines for its core infrastructure services in a
new data center in York, UK.</p>
<p>This hardware and hosting donation will allow the <a href="http://dsa.debian.org" title="Debian Systems Administration (DSA) team">Debian Systems
Administration (DSA) team</a> to distribute Debian's core services across a
greater number of geographically diverse locations, and improve, in
particular, the fault-tolerance and availability of end-user facing services.
Additionally, the storage component of this donation will dramatically reduce
the storage challenges that Debian currently faces.</p>
<p>The hardware provided by <a href="http://bytemark.co.uk" title="Bytemark Hosting">Bytemark Hosting</a> consists of a fully-populated
<a href="http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/c7000/">HP C7000 BladeSystem chassis</a> containing 16 server blades:</p>
<ul>
<li>12 BL495cG5 blades with 2x Opteron 2347 and 64GB RAM each</li>
<li>4 BL465cG7 blades with 2x Opteron 6100 series and 128GB RAM each</li>
</ul>
<p>and several HP Modular Storage Arrays:</p>
<ul>
<li>3 MSA2012sa</li>
<li>6 MSA2000 expansion shelves</li>
</ul>
<p>with 108 drive bays in total, mostly 500GB SATA drives, some 2TB, some 600GB
15kRPM SAS, providing a total of 57 TB.</p>
<p>57 TB today could host roughly 80 times the current <a href="https://www.debian.org/mirror/size">Debian
archive</a> or 3 times
the <a href="http://snapshot.debian.org/">Debian Snapshot</a> archive. But remember both archives are constantly growing!</p><p>Thanks to a generous donation by <a href="http://bytemark.co.uk" title="Bytemark Hosting">Bytemark Hosting</a>, Debian
started deploying machines for its core infrastructure services in a
new data center in York, UK.</p>
<p>This hardware and hosting donation will allow the <a href="http://dsa.debian.org" title="Debian Systems Administration (DSA) team">Debian Systems
Administration (DSA) team</a> to distribute Debian's core services across a
greater number of geographically diverse locations, and improve, in
particular, the fault-tolerance and availability of end-user facing services.
Additionally, the storage component of this donation will dramatically reduce
the storage challenges that Debian currently faces.</p>
<p>The hardware provided by <a href="http://bytemark.co.uk" title="Bytemark Hosting">Bytemark Hosting</a> consists of a fully-populated
<a href="http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/c7000/">HP C7000 BladeSystem chassis</a> containing 16 server blades:</p>
<ul>
<li>12 BL495cG5 blades with 2x Opteron 2347 and 64GB RAM each</li>
<li>4 BL465cG7 blades with 2x Opteron 6100 series and 128GB RAM each</li>
</ul>
<p>and several HP Modular Storage Arrays:</p>
<ul>
<li>3 MSA2012sa</li>
<li>6 MSA2000 expansion shelves</li>
</ul>
<p>with 108 drive bays in total, mostly 500GB SATA drives, some 2TB, some 600GB
15kRPM SAS, providing a total of 57 TB.</p>
<p>57 TB today could host roughly 80 times the current <a href="https://www.debian.org/mirror/size">Debian
archive</a> or 3 times
the <a href="http://snapshot.debian.org/">Debian Snapshot</a> archive. But remember both archives are constantly growing!</p>Debian Project Leader elections 2013: interview with Moray Allan2013-03-27T18:54:00+01:002013-03-27T18:54:00+01:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-27:/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-moray.html<p>We have asked Moray Allan, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-lucas.html">Lucas Nussbaum</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-algernon.html">Gergely Nagy</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>I'm Moray Allan, from Edinburgh in Scotland. I'm 32. After working in
academic research for a few years, I'm now working freelance on a wide
mixture of topics, with recent projects in Indonesia, Romania and
Kuwait. When I'm not working, I'm likely to be found walking through a
city or the countryside, or otherwise relaxing at home reading a novel
in French or Spanish.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>In recent years, most of my Debian time was taken up organising the
annual Debian conferences. But I still have a load of packages, mostly
connected to an upstream Linux-on-handheld-computers project I was
working on before I joined Debian to create packages for it.</p>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>I've been involved in Debian for about 10 years now, including working
for the last few years in DebConf in a way similar to how the DPL acts
within overall Debian. Previously I'd ruled out running due to lack of
time, but currently I'm in a more flexible work situation. It seems the
right time to put myself forward, and see if the ideas in my platform
interest project members.</p>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>Transparency, communication, openness. (Three ways I'd like us to
think about teams in Debian.)</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>I think the biggest challenges are for free software in general.
End-users are moving to more closed hardware -- will our software be
able to run on the phones and tablets people are shifting towards? At
the same time, end-users and server users are moving to "the cloud", and
often depending more heavily on non-free infrastructure outside their
own control.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need
of technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>In my platform I give a few ideas about teams and delegations,
coordination and mediation, and both internal and external
communication, including more organised fundraising. These are areas
where I think relatively simple changes can give big benefits.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>I have proven leadership experience within Debian, as I've been working
on coordination and mediation tasks for some years already. At the same
time, I do regular packaging work, and work in other parts of Debian
like the press and publicity teams, so I'm in touch with the experience
of normal Debian contributors. People should vote for me if they
support my platform, which is about coordination-level changes that I
would have no mandate or authority to push through unless I am elected.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>APT, emacs, ssh.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>I've used Debian on all my computers for a long time, and by now
working on the distribution myself feels a natural part of that.
Fortunately I'm constantly positively surprised by Debian and by the
Debian community.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>Certainly history (such as the eastern Mediterranean region in late
antiquity), languages (including dead ones) and music (especially
Josquin to Monteverdi).</p><p>We have asked Moray Allan, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-lucas.html">Lucas Nussbaum</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-algernon.html">Gergely Nagy</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>I'm Moray Allan, from Edinburgh in Scotland. I'm 32. After working in
academic research for a few years, I'm now working freelance on a wide
mixture of topics, with recent projects in Indonesia, Romania and
Kuwait. When I'm not working, I'm likely to be found walking through a
city or the countryside, or otherwise relaxing at home reading a novel
in French or Spanish.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>In recent years, most of my Debian time was taken up organising the
annual Debian conferences. But I still have a load of packages, mostly
connected to an upstream Linux-on-handheld-computers project I was
working on before I joined Debian to create packages for it.</p>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>I've been involved in Debian for about 10 years now, including working
for the last few years in DebConf in a way similar to how the DPL acts
within overall Debian. Previously I'd ruled out running due to lack of
time, but currently I'm in a more flexible work situation. It seems the
right time to put myself forward, and see if the ideas in my platform
interest project members.</p>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>Transparency, communication, openness. (Three ways I'd like us to
think about teams in Debian.)</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>I think the biggest challenges are for free software in general.
End-users are moving to more closed hardware -- will our software be
able to run on the phones and tablets people are shifting towards? At
the same time, end-users and server users are moving to "the cloud", and
often depending more heavily on non-free infrastructure outside their
own control.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need
of technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>In my platform I give a few ideas about teams and delegations,
coordination and mediation, and both internal and external
communication, including more organised fundraising. These are areas
where I think relatively simple changes can give big benefits.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>I have proven leadership experience within Debian, as I've been working
on coordination and mediation tasks for some years already. At the same
time, I do regular packaging work, and work in other parts of Debian
like the press and publicity teams, so I'm in touch with the experience
of normal Debian contributors. People should vote for me if they
support my platform, which is about coordination-level changes that I
would have no mandate or authority to push through unless I am elected.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>APT, emacs, ssh.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>I've used Debian on all my computers for a long time, and by now
working on the distribution myself feels a natural part of that.
Fortunately I'm constantly positively surprised by Debian and by the
Debian community.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>Certainly history (such as the eastern Mediterranean region in late
antiquity), languages (including dead ones) and music (especially
Josquin to Monteverdi).</p>Debian Project Leader elections 2013: interview with Lucas Nussbaum2013-03-27T18:52:00+01:002013-03-27T18:52:00+01:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-27:/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-lucas.html<p>We have asked Lucas Nussbaum, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-algernon.html">Gergely Nagy</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-moray.html">Moray Allan</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>Hi! I'm a 31 years old french computer geek. In my day job, I'm an assistant
professor (Maître de Conférences) of Computer Science at Université de
Lorraine.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>Like many, I started contributing to Debian by creating and maintaining
packages for my own software, in the Ruby team.
Then, I discovered that, even if it's not so obvious from the outside, there
are a lot of areas in Debian that could use more contributors. So I just
started to contribute to more and more things.</p>
<p>There's a list of things I did in Debian in my <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/lucas">platform</a>.
What I have been doing recently is:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>rebuild all packages in Debian on a regular basis in order to identify
packages that can no longer be built, and file bugs accordingly. In order to
do that efficiently, I use cluster and cloud resources (<a href="http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=718">more info</a>)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>develop and maintain <a href="http://udd.debian.org">Ultimate Debian Database</a>, a
data aggregator that collects data in most Debian services so that it is
possible to expose it in interesting ways (e.g. find release-critical bugs
affecting popular packages).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>write and maintain a <a href="https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#packaging-tutorial">Debian Packaging tutorial</a>,
(<a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/packaging-tutorial">packaging-tutorial package</a>),
to provide an easy-to-read introduction to packaging in Debian.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>Two main reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Most of my Debian contributions aim at addressing problems at the
distribution scale (cross-distro collaboration, Quality Assurance,
data-mining). Being DPL is a great way to contribute to Debian at this
level.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>the DPL campaign is a great time in Debian where we discuss the project's
problems, politics and visions. Being a candidate is in itself a way to
contribute to Debian (though it would be better if we had those discussions
outside DPL campaigns too).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>(re-)make Debian the center of the Free Software ecosystem; foster innovation
inside Debian; reduce barriers to contributions</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>I often have the impression that the project is losing momentum,
positive energy, and slowing down. It feels like we are living on the benefits
of the past. A lot of very cool things happen in the Debian ecosystem, but
very often outside the Debian project (in derivative distributions).</p>
<p>Debian should aim at reinforcing its position in the center of the Free
Software ecosystem: it should be the main active intermediary between upstream
projects and final users. To achieve that, we need to reinforce the visibility
and the impact of Debian. This is extremely important because the values we
fight for as a project are often neglected by our derivatives.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need
of technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>Fostering innovation inside Debian: we should be more welcoming towards
innovation and experiments inside the project. Often, we merely tolerate them,
and bureaucracy makes them hard and slow to conduct. As a result, people tends
to innovate outside the Debian project.</p>
<p>Making it easier to contribute to Debian: we compete with more and more
projects to attract contributors. While we are already quite good at welcoming
new contributors with good documentation and mentoring (much better than
people usually think), there's still a lot of room for improvement.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>A great thing in Debian's voting system is that you don't vote "for" or
"against" a specific candidate. Instead, due to our use of the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>, you
rank candidates (and also indicate those who you consider suitable for the
role by ranking a virtual "None of the above" candidate).</p>
<p>Why am I a good candidate? My previous contributions to Debian show that I
have a pretty good understanding of the inner workings of the project, and
that I have a track record of managing projects successfully inside Debian.
I think that those are two required qualities for a DPL.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>vim, mutt, ssh.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>Debian is a fantastic project from a technical point of view (focus on
technical excellence, lots of interesting challenges), but also from a social
point of view: the Debian community is a great community where I have lots of
good friends. Also, what's great when you contribute to Debian is that your
work has a real impact, and that you see people using stuff you worked on
everywhere.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>I'm not sure this really qualifies as "besides computers", but I've gotten
very interested in the OpenStreetMap project lately. I very much enjoy
exploring unmapped areas on a mountain bike. It feels like being Christopher
Columbus or Marco Polo, but 20 minutes from home. ;) The OpenStreetMap and
Debian projects also share many values, such as a great attention to quality and
details.</p><p>We have asked Lucas Nussbaum, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-algernon.html">Gergely Nagy</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-moray.html">Moray Allan</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>Hi! I'm a 31 years old french computer geek. In my day job, I'm an assistant
professor (Maître de Conférences) of Computer Science at Université de
Lorraine.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>Like many, I started contributing to Debian by creating and maintaining
packages for my own software, in the Ruby team.
Then, I discovered that, even if it's not so obvious from the outside, there
are a lot of areas in Debian that could use more contributors. So I just
started to contribute to more and more things.</p>
<p>There's a list of things I did in Debian in my <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/lucas">platform</a>.
What I have been doing recently is:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>rebuild all packages in Debian on a regular basis in order to identify
packages that can no longer be built, and file bugs accordingly. In order to
do that efficiently, I use cluster and cloud resources (<a href="http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=718">more info</a>)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>develop and maintain <a href="http://udd.debian.org">Ultimate Debian Database</a>, a
data aggregator that collects data in most Debian services so that it is
possible to expose it in interesting ways (e.g. find release-critical bugs
affecting popular packages).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>write and maintain a <a href="https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#packaging-tutorial">Debian Packaging tutorial</a>,
(<a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/packaging-tutorial">packaging-tutorial package</a>),
to provide an easy-to-read introduction to packaging in Debian.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>Two main reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Most of my Debian contributions aim at addressing problems at the
distribution scale (cross-distro collaboration, Quality Assurance,
data-mining). Being DPL is a great way to contribute to Debian at this
level.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>the DPL campaign is a great time in Debian where we discuss the project's
problems, politics and visions. Being a candidate is in itself a way to
contribute to Debian (though it would be better if we had those discussions
outside DPL campaigns too).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>(re-)make Debian the center of the Free Software ecosystem; foster innovation
inside Debian; reduce barriers to contributions</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>I often have the impression that the project is losing momentum,
positive energy, and slowing down. It feels like we are living on the benefits
of the past. A lot of very cool things happen in the Debian ecosystem, but
very often outside the Debian project (in derivative distributions).</p>
<p>Debian should aim at reinforcing its position in the center of the Free
Software ecosystem: it should be the main active intermediary between upstream
projects and final users. To achieve that, we need to reinforce the visibility
and the impact of Debian. This is extremely important because the values we
fight for as a project are often neglected by our derivatives.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need
of technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>Fostering innovation inside Debian: we should be more welcoming towards
innovation and experiments inside the project. Often, we merely tolerate them,
and bureaucracy makes them hard and slow to conduct. As a result, people tends
to innovate outside the Debian project.</p>
<p>Making it easier to contribute to Debian: we compete with more and more
projects to attract contributors. While we are already quite good at welcoming
new contributors with good documentation and mentoring (much better than
people usually think), there's still a lot of room for improvement.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>A great thing in Debian's voting system is that you don't vote "for" or
"against" a specific candidate. Instead, due to our use of the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method">Condorcet method</a>, you
rank candidates (and also indicate those who you consider suitable for the
role by ranking a virtual "None of the above" candidate).</p>
<p>Why am I a good candidate? My previous contributions to Debian show that I
have a pretty good understanding of the inner workings of the project, and
that I have a track record of managing projects successfully inside Debian.
I think that those are two required qualities for a DPL.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>vim, mutt, ssh.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>Debian is a fantastic project from a technical point of view (focus on
technical excellence, lots of interesting challenges), but also from a social
point of view: the Debian community is a great community where I have lots of
good friends. Also, what's great when you contribute to Debian is that your
work has a real impact, and that you see people using stuff you worked on
everywhere.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>I'm not sure this really qualifies as "besides computers", but I've gotten
very interested in the OpenStreetMap project lately. I very much enjoy
exploring unmapped areas on a mountain bike. It feels like being Christopher
Columbus or Marco Polo, but 20 minutes from home. ;) The OpenStreetMap and
Debian projects also share many values, such as a great attention to quality and
details.</p>Debian Project Leader elections 2013: interview with Gergely Nagy2013-03-27T18:50:00+01:002013-03-27T18:50:00+01:00Francesca Ciceritag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-27:/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-algernon.html<p>We have asked Gergely Nagy, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-lucas.html">Lucas Nussbaum</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-moray.html">Moray Allan</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>I was born in Hungary, a little bit over three decades ago, as a son of
a biochemist and a pharmacist, who gave me the name Gergely Nagy
(however, online - and offline too by now - I'm mostly known by my
nickname, algernon).</p>
<p>I went on to study human arts (hungarian grammar & literature, in
particular), and to support this passion, I work as a software engineer,
one who gets paid to work on free software. As such, I'm in a fortunate
situation where my hobby supports my passion, and my hobby aligns well
with my Debian work too.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>At the moment, apart from maintaining a few packages, I'm doing a few
other, mostly invisible things, like reassigning misfiled bugs so they
don't end up being forgotten; or review newly uploaded packages before
they enter the archive, making sure we are allowed to distribute them,
and that their quality is up to our standards. I used to do quite a lot
of other things, but I chose to spend the past year mostly invisible,
learning.</p>
<p>I started contributing by packaging an editor I was using at the time,
but quickly ended up adopting another package - things escalated from
there quickly.</p>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>There were two reasons that motivated me to run: one is that I believe I
can bring something new to the table, that I can help Debian expand in
new directions. The other reason is that I'm always on the lookout for
new ways to contribute back to Debian, and being the project leader is a
position where I believe I could contribute most at this point in time.</p>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>Non-technical contributors.</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>The biggest challenge is growing up, to become more than a group of
computer geeks creating an amazing distribution. To become a community
of a wide variety of people, where both computer geeks and art geeks
feel equally at home. Yet, at the same time, where we as a project, keep
our focus straight, and be the champions of Free Software.</p>
<p>We just need to realize that there's much more to Free Software than
the software itself.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need of
technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>I believe that while we do have many areas where we could use technical
improvements, we are reasonably safe there, because we do have very
skilled technical people to help us solve these problems. We can make
our tools better, we can develop our infrastructure better to aid us
even more - and so on and so forth. While we need work on many areas,
we're on the right track there.</p>
<p>However, when it comes to social issues, we're at a loss. We have
serious trouble keeping certain topics civilised on mailing lists, we
have trouble attracting women, and we have trouble reaching people who
are not naturally exposed to Debian (or Free Software). We could really
use a more diverse community, but that requires us to overcome quite a
lot of social roadblocks, so to say. Outreach is one particular area
where we need much more technical and social improvements.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>People should vote me, because they found my platform, my answers on
debian-vote@, and my ideas and goals convincing and worthy to
pursue. People should vote me, because they trust I'll be able to serve
the project well.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>Emacs, git and a pencil. Because with these three, I can pretty much do
anything.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>The community. Over the years, I had the good fortune to meet with a lot
of people I hold in high esteem, whose enthusiasm and motivation I found
inspiring. For any other common goals Debian and I may share, in the
end, it is the people within Debian that keep me motivated.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>I'm not quite there yet, but I'm working hard on becoming a human arts
geek, or at least a geek of the hungarian language.</p><p>We have asked Gergely Nagy, one of the three candidates for
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html">DPL elections 2013</a>,
to tell our readers about himself and his ideas for the Debian Project.</p>
<p>You can also read the interviews to the other two candidates:
<a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-lucas.html">Lucas Nussbaum</a>
and <a href="https://bits.debian.org/2013/03/dpl-interview-2013-moray.html">Moray Allan</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Please tell us a little about yourself.</strong></p>
<p>I was born in Hungary, a little bit over three decades ago, as a son of
a biochemist and a pharmacist, who gave me the name Gergely Nagy
(however, online - and offline too by now - I'm mostly known by my
nickname, algernon).</p>
<p>I went on to study human arts (hungarian grammar & literature, in
particular), and to support this passion, I work as a software engineer,
one who gets paid to work on free software. As such, I'm in a fortunate
situation where my hobby supports my passion, and my hobby aligns well
with my Debian work too.</p>
<p><strong>What do you do in Debian and how did you started contributing?</strong></p>
<p>At the moment, apart from maintaining a few packages, I'm doing a few
other, mostly invisible things, like reassigning misfiled bugs so they
don't end up being forgotten; or review newly uploaded packages before
they enter the archive, making sure we are allowed to distribute them,
and that their quality is up to our standards. I used to do quite a lot
of other things, but I chose to spend the past year mostly invisible,
learning.</p>
<p>I started contributing by packaging an editor I was using at the time,
but quickly ended up adopting another package - things escalated from
there quickly.</p>
<p><strong>Why did you decide to run as DPL?</strong></p>
<p>There were two reasons that motivated me to run: one is that I believe I
can bring something new to the table, that I can help Debian expand in
new directions. The other reason is that I'm always on the lookout for
new ways to contribute back to Debian, and being the project leader is a
position where I believe I could contribute most at this point in time.</p>
<p><strong>Three keywords to summarise your platform.</strong></p>
<p>Non-technical contributors.</p>
<p><strong>What are the biggest challenges that you envision for Debian in the future?</strong></p>
<p>The biggest challenge is growing up, to become more than a group of
computer geeks creating an amazing distribution. To become a community
of a wide variety of people, where both computer geeks and art geeks
feel equally at home. Yet, at the same time, where we as a project, keep
our focus straight, and be the champions of Free Software.</p>
<p>We just need to realize that there's much more to Free Software than
the software itself.</p>
<p><strong>What are, in your opinion, the areas of the project more in need of
technical and/or social improvements?</strong></p>
<p>I believe that while we do have many areas where we could use technical
improvements, we are reasonably safe there, because we do have very
skilled technical people to help us solve these problems. We can make
our tools better, we can develop our infrastructure better to aid us
even more - and so on and so forth. While we need work on many areas,
we're on the right track there.</p>
<p>However, when it comes to social issues, we're at a loss. We have
serious trouble keeping certain topics civilised on mailing lists, we
have trouble attracting women, and we have trouble reaching people who
are not naturally exposed to Debian (or Free Software). We could really
use a more diverse community, but that requires us to overcome quite a
lot of social roadblocks, so to say. Outreach is one particular area
where we need much more technical and social improvements.</p>
<p><strong>Why should people vote for you?</strong></p>
<p>People should vote me, because they found my platform, my answers on
debian-vote@, and my ideas and goals convincing and worthy to
pursue. People should vote me, because they trust I'll be able to serve
the project well.</p>
<p><strong>Name three tools you couldn't stay without.</strong></p>
<p>Emacs, git and a pencil. Because with these three, I can pretty much do
anything.</p>
<p><strong>What keep you motivated to work in Debian?</strong></p>
<p>The community. Over the years, I had the good fortune to meet with a lot
of people I hold in high esteem, whose enthusiasm and motivation I found
inspiring. For any other common goals Debian and I may share, in the
end, it is the people within Debian that keep me motivated.</p>
<p><strong>Are there any other fields where you call yourself a geek, besides computers?</strong></p>
<p>I'm not quite there yet, but I'm working hard on becoming a human arts
geek, or at least a geek of the hungarian language.</p>Candidates for the Debian Project Leader Elections 20132013-03-23T15:00:00+01:002013-03-23T15:00:00+01:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-23:/2013/03/candidates-for-dpl-2013.html<p>It's the time of the year when Debian Developers vote for a new Debian Project Leader (DPL). After 3 years as DPL, Stefano Zacchiroli is not running again but we have 3 brave candidates to be his successor:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/algernon">Gergely Nagy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/moray">Moray Allan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/lucas">Lucas Nussbaum</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can find more information about the candidates by following the link on their names to read their platforms, or in <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/threads.html">the ongoing discussion in the debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The campaigning period ends next Saturday, March 30th. Debian Developers will vote from March 31st to April 13th.
The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th, 2013.</p>
<p>All the information about this vote and the final results will be published at the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2013 voting page</a>.</p><p>It's the time of the year when Debian Developers vote for a new Debian Project Leader (DPL). After 3 years as DPL, Stefano Zacchiroli is not running again but we have 3 brave candidates to be his successor:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/algernon">Gergely Nagy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/moray">Moray Allan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/platforms/lucas">Lucas Nussbaum</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can find more information about the candidates by following the link on their names to read their platforms, or in <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/threads.html">the ongoing discussion in the debian-vote mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>The campaigning period ends next Saturday, March 30th. Debian Developers will vote from March 31st to April 13th.
The new term for the project leader will start on April 17th, 2013.</p>
<p>All the information about this vote and the final results will be published at the <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2013/vote_001">Debian Project Leader Elections 2013 voting page</a>.</p>Call for Debian projects and mentors in the GSoC 20132013-03-23T00:06:00+01:002013-03-23T00:06:00+01:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-23:/2013/03/call-projects-mentors-gsoc-2013.html<p><img alt="Alt GSoC 2013 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc-2013-logo.png"></p>
<p>As we did in previous years, the Debian Project is applying to become a mentoring organization during the 2013 edition of the Google Summer of Code program. We're now looking for projects and mentors. If you have an idea for a project, please publish it on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013">the wiki page</a>, filling out the template, and send us an email on <a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">the coordination mailing-list</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a> is a program that allows students to work over the summer on free software projects, paid supported financially by Google. In order to be accepted as a mentoring organization, Debian needs to present a good list of projects to be proposed to the students.</p>
<p>If you need help with an idea in drafting a project proposal, or on anything else related to GSoC, feel free to contact us by email at <a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">the coordination mailing-list</a>, or on our IRC channel #debian-soc (on irc.debian.org). You can also <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects#Projects_with_confirmed_mentors">browse the list of project with confirmed mentors</a> for inspiration.</p>
<p>This post is a brief version of <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/02/msg00007.html">this email from GSoC Admins in Debian</a></p><p><img alt="Alt GSoC 2013 banner" src="https://bits.debian.org/images/gsoc-2013-logo.png"></p>
<p>As we did in previous years, the Debian Project is applying to become a mentoring organization during the 2013 edition of the Google Summer of Code program. We're now looking for projects and mentors. If you have an idea for a project, please publish it on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013">the wiki page</a>, filling out the template, and send us an email on <a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">the coordination mailing-list</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a> is a program that allows students to work over the summer on free software projects, paid supported financially by Google. In order to be accepted as a mentoring organization, Debian needs to present a good list of projects to be proposed to the students.</p>
<p>If you need help with an idea in drafting a project proposal, or on anything else related to GSoC, feel free to contact us by email at <a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soc-coordination">the coordination mailing-list</a>, or on our IRC channel #debian-soc (on irc.debian.org). You can also <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects#Projects_with_confirmed_mentors">browse the list of project with confirmed mentors</a> for inspiration.</p>
<p>This post is a brief version of <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/02/msg00007.html">this email from GSoC Admins in Debian</a></p>Backports integrated into the main archive2013-03-18T15:00:00+01:002013-03-18T15:00:00+01:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-18:/2013/03/backports-integrated-into-the-main-archive.html<p><strong>This is a repost from <a href="http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2013/03/18#backports-integrated-into-the-main-archive">Gerfried Fuchs's post</a></strong></p>
<p>Dear users and supporters of the backports service!</p>
<p>The Backports Team is pleased to announce the next important step on getting
backports more integrated. People who are reading <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-infrastructure-announce/">debian-infrastructure-
announce</a> will have
seen that there was an archive maintenance last weekend: starting with wheezy-
backports the packages will be accessible from the regular pool instead of a
separate one, and all backports uploads will be processed through the regular
upload queue (including those for squeeze-backports and squeeze-backports-
sloppy).</p>
<h2>For Users</h2>
<p>What exactly does that mean for you? For users of wheezy, the sources.list
entry will be different, a simple substitute of squeeze for wheezy won't work.
The new format is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So it is debian instead of debian-backports, and offered through the regular
mirror network. Feel invited to check your regular mirror if it carries
backports and pull from there.</p>
<h2>For Contributers</h2>
<p>What does it mean for contributing developers? Uploads for backports are no
longer to be pushed to backports-master but to ftp.upload.debian.org, like any
other regular package. Also, given that the packages are served from the same
archive install there is no need to include the original tarball in the upload
any longer because the archive knows it (Squeeze and beyond).</p>
<p>Also, given that the upload goes to the same upload queue, there is only one
keyring used anymore, so no more pain with expired or replaced keys. We though
still keep the rule of adding your UID to an ACL list (this also includes DM
additions). This is mostly only to give us the chance to remind you that
uploads to backports are directly available for installation onto stable
systems and you thus should take special care there. We carefully tried to
take over the old ACLs, in case you can't upload anymore, please <a href="mailto:team@backports.debian.org">tell
us</a> so we can look into the issue.</p>
<p>I've mentioned wheezy-backports (and squeeze-backports-sloppy) a few times
here already, and you might wonder when it will be available. Technically, it
is available from now on. Practically, while you could already upload to it,
the set up of the buildd network is more painful than expected, so please
allow the Buildd Team some days for setting them up.</p>
<p>The upload rules for wheezy-backports are the same: packages that are in the
next suite are accepted. Given that Jessie isn't created yet, we want you to
think about whether the package you want to upload will go into Jessie final,
and that you are taking a closer look once Jessie is created and the package
entered there about the upgradeability. For the time until the suite is
available, you can see this as relaxed upload rule.</p>
<p>The same goes for squeeze-backports-sloppy: packages from two suites after
Squeeze are acceptable, which turns it into the same relaxed rule as wheezy-
backports above. Please also keep in mind that uploads to squeeze-backports-
sloppy usually should be accompanied by uploads to wheezy-backports so people
are able to upgrade from squeeze-backports-sloppy to wheezy with wheezy-
backports.</p>
<h2>Thanks</h2>
<p>Finally, we want to thank the FTP-Master Team for their fine work on making
this happen.</p>
<p>The documentation on <a href="http://backports-master.debian.org/">backports-master</a>
has been updated, and in case of any doubt or question, feel free to ask them
on either the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-
backports/">debian-backports mailinglist</a>, or in case of sensitive topics <a href="mailto:team@backports.debian.org">ask
us</a> directly.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>Rhonda for the Backports Team</p><p><strong>This is a repost from <a href="http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2013/03/18#backports-integrated-into-the-main-archive">Gerfried Fuchs's post</a></strong></p>
<p>Dear users and supporters of the backports service!</p>
<p>The Backports Team is pleased to announce the next important step on getting
backports more integrated. People who are reading <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-infrastructure-announce/">debian-infrastructure-
announce</a> will have
seen that there was an archive maintenance last weekend: starting with wheezy-
backports the packages will be accessible from the regular pool instead of a
separate one, and all backports uploads will be processed through the regular
upload queue (including those for squeeze-backports and squeeze-backports-
sloppy).</p>
<h2>For Users</h2>
<p>What exactly does that mean for you? For users of wheezy, the sources.list
entry will be different, a simple substitute of squeeze for wheezy won't work.
The new format is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So it is debian instead of debian-backports, and offered through the regular
mirror network. Feel invited to check your regular mirror if it carries
backports and pull from there.</p>
<h2>For Contributers</h2>
<p>What does it mean for contributing developers? Uploads for backports are no
longer to be pushed to backports-master but to ftp.upload.debian.org, like any
other regular package. Also, given that the packages are served from the same
archive install there is no need to include the original tarball in the upload
any longer because the archive knows it (Squeeze and beyond).</p>
<p>Also, given that the upload goes to the same upload queue, there is only one
keyring used anymore, so no more pain with expired or replaced keys. We though
still keep the rule of adding your UID to an ACL list (this also includes DM
additions). This is mostly only to give us the chance to remind you that
uploads to backports are directly available for installation onto stable
systems and you thus should take special care there. We carefully tried to
take over the old ACLs, in case you can't upload anymore, please <a href="mailto:team@backports.debian.org">tell
us</a> so we can look into the issue.</p>
<p>I've mentioned wheezy-backports (and squeeze-backports-sloppy) a few times
here already, and you might wonder when it will be available. Technically, it
is available from now on. Practically, while you could already upload to it,
the set up of the buildd network is more painful than expected, so please
allow the Buildd Team some days for setting them up.</p>
<p>The upload rules for wheezy-backports are the same: packages that are in the
next suite are accepted. Given that Jessie isn't created yet, we want you to
think about whether the package you want to upload will go into Jessie final,
and that you are taking a closer look once Jessie is created and the package
entered there about the upgradeability. For the time until the suite is
available, you can see this as relaxed upload rule.</p>
<p>The same goes for squeeze-backports-sloppy: packages from two suites after
Squeeze are acceptable, which turns it into the same relaxed rule as wheezy-
backports above. Please also keep in mind that uploads to squeeze-backports-
sloppy usually should be accompanied by uploads to wheezy-backports so people
are able to upgrade from squeeze-backports-sloppy to wheezy with wheezy-
backports.</p>
<h2>Thanks</h2>
<p>Finally, we want to thank the FTP-Master Team for their fine work on making
this happen.</p>
<p>The documentation on <a href="http://backports-master.debian.org/">backports-master</a>
has been updated, and in case of any doubt or question, feel free to ask them
on either the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-
backports/">debian-backports mailinglist</a>, or in case of sensitive topics <a href="mailto:team@backports.debian.org">ask
us</a> directly.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>Rhonda for the Backports Team</p>Welcome to the Debian Blog!2013-03-17T15:00:00+01:002013-03-17T15:00:00+01:00Ana Guerrerotag:bits.debian.org,2013-03-17:/2013/03/welcome-post.html<p>Welcome to the Debian Blog!</p>
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