headers
Stefano Zacchiroli | 10 Feb 14:36
Picon
Favicon

delegation for the summer of code admins

Dear project members,
  Google Summer of Code program (GSoC) 2012 has been announced last
week-end during FOSDEM [1,2]. Debian is going to apply for participation
as we did in the past. I'm glad to inform you that we have again
volunteers as (co-)admins for Debian participation: Ana Guerrero,
Gergely Nagy, and Sukhbir Singh. Many thanks to all of them!

GSoC admins coordinate Debian participation, interact with the students
(often Debian newbies), and indirectly deal with the money who are used
to sponsor the initiative. It is a role of responsibility and involves
representing Debian in various ways. I'm therefore pleased to properly
delegate the role to this year GSoC admins. Formal delegation text can
be found below [3].

I'm confident you will hear from the admins about how to contribute very
soon. In the meantime it won't hurt if you could start thinking at your
Debian project proposals for GSoC 2012.

Cheers.

[1] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012
[2] http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-summer-of-code-2012-is-on.html
[3] Sukhbir is not part of the delegation only because he is not yet a
    DD, but he will be helping out Ana and Gergely with the tasks
    described below nonetheless

------------------------------------------------------------------------

GSoC 2012 Delegation
====================
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Moray Allan | 8 Feb 14:20
Picon
Favicon
Gravatar

New DebConf Committee members

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help on the DebConf Committee
(both on-list and off-list).  We had a lot of well-qualified
volunteers, and have finally taken five new members onto the Committee.

Continuing members:

Andrew McMillan
Gunnar Wolf
Holger Levsen
Moray Allan

New members:

Ana Beatriz Guerrero López
Ana Carolina Comandulli
Bdale Garbee
Christian Perrier
Guido Trotter

Currently the only formal responsibility of the DebConf Committee is
over deciding venues for future DebConfs (including the DebConf13
venue decision, to be made soon), as set out in
http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/BidProcess

However, I would hope that all Committee members, along with others,
feel a longer-term responsibility for DebConf, both during
preparations for a particular conference in a venue they helped to
select, and in ensuring in the longer term that the conferences
continue to be successful and positive for Debian.
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Ondřej Surý | 4 Feb 20:16
Picon
Favicon

PHP 5.4 transition in unstable


Fellow developers,

this is just a heads up that we will upload php version 5.4 into
unstable very soon.  It is currently in RC phase and we spoke to PHP
upstream and both parties think this is a good idea to iron out more
bugs for upstream and allow us to have more time to transition.

Unfortunatelly PHP 5.4 introduce a couple of incompatible changes,
most notably:
safe_mode and register_globals was finally removed
 (THIS WILL BREAK VARIOUS SOFTWARE)
default charset is now utf-8
magic_quotes are deprecated (with warning)
three new reserved words: callable, insteadof and trait
multibyte support is now default
removed syntax (break $var, continue $var)
sqlite(2) extension was removed (already done in php5.3 in Debian)

For a full list you can check upstream UPGRADING readme:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-php/php.git;a=blob;f=UPGRADING

php5-5.4.0~rc7-1 will be uploaded as soon as php5 5.3.10 transitions
to testing to fix the criticil remote vulnerability in php5 5.3.9.
I will then block the transition to testing with a RC bug, so we can
start testing existing software as soon as possible, but keep testing
in relatively stable state. The blocking bug will be removed as soon
we get to 5.4.0 final.

I also plan to provide "official" backports for Debian squeeze when
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 9 comments |
headers
Petter Reinholdtsen | 4 Feb 13:05
Gravatar

Third Debian Edu Squeeze based Beta Release, 6.0.4 edu beta3


We are happy to announce "Debian Edu Squeeze 6.0.4 beta3"!

Debian Edu aka Skolelinux is a Linux distribution based on Debian
providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured
school network. It contains setup for a school server, PXE booting for
diskless machines, setup for installing stationary workstations and
setup for workstations that can be taken away from the school network.

Those who already tested beta2 will need to install their machines
again to get all the fixes and improvement now provided with beta3.

Complete download and installation instructions are available at
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/Installation

Read the "Getting Started" chapter of the manual to learn how to login
for the first time.
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Squeeze/GettingStarted

Please file bugs on any issues you find, and (probably somewhat
additionally) also mention those bugs and issues on our status page at
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze

Testing and giving feedback to debian-edu <at> lists.debian.org or
#debian-edu on irc.debian.org is a very good way to start
contributing! Act now :-D

If you can do more, give the manual linked to above some love. It
needs it.
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Samuel Thibault | 4 Feb 12:54
Picon
Favicon

Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters

Greetings,

It is half a year since the last "Bits from Debian GNU/Hurd porters[1]", here is an update on the port[2].

  • Installation CDs

The Debian Installer includes support for a graphical interface, CD
and DVD images are available[3]. For the impatient we also have a
ready-to-go QEMU image[4]. Make sure to read the README file in all
cases!

  • GHM meeting

At the GNU Hackers Meeting in Paris in August 2011, Samuel Thibault
presented "GNU/Hurd, aka. Extensibility from the Ground" with a very
good response from the audience. Slides[5] and a video[6] from that
presentation are available.

  • Wheezy release goal

Since the ftp-master meeting in July 2011, significant improvements
have been made, and a technological preview of GNU/Hurd with Wheezy,
as was made for kFreeBSD did for Squeeze, is still the target. More
information is available in the updated TODO list[7]. With respect to
package porting only a few packages are still being fetched from the
ftp://ftp.debian-ports.org site, and the network installation images now
use the main archive.

  • Archive coverage
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Stefano Zacchiroli | 4 Feb 12:51
Picon
Favicon

bits from the DPL for January 2012

Dear Developers,
  here is another monthly report of what happened in DPL-land, this time
for January 2012. There's quite a bit to report about --- including an
insane amount of legal-ish stuff --- so please bare with me. Or not.

Legal stuff
===========

- Webmaster heroes have decided to tackle the long standing issues of
  copyright and licensing of the Debian website [1,2]. I've accepted to
  help them out in reaching consensus with license choice and I'm happy
  to report that we've managed to pick a DFSG-free license (BSD-ish) for
  future contributions. Webmasters will soon contact contributors to
  re-license old contributions (or get rid of them), so hopefully will
  have a DFSG-free website RSN. Many thanks go to David Prévot for
  successfully tackling such a can of worms.

  [1] http://bugs.debian.org/238245
  [2] http://bugs.debian.org/388141

- I've sought a second legal advice on the constraints that trademarks
  (might) impose on the work-flow of a distro like Debian. Luckily, it
  is coherent with one I've sought in the past so I'm now in condition
  to wrap up the "trademark vs DFSG" thread on -project [3] with the
  missing legal information. Hopefully, I'll find time to do that
  sometime next week.

  [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2011/10/msg00028.html

- I've restarted discussions with the Debian France association so that
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 2 comments |
headers
Moray Allan | 2 Feb 17:28
Picon
Favicon
Gravatar

Call for volunteers to join DebConf Committee

The DebConf chairs are looking for additional people to join the
DebConf Committee, in time to help break any tie that emerges in the
DebConf13 decision process.

Here's the short-term job description:

Responsibilities: Read through the DebConf13 bids before the decision
meeting, attend the meeting, be ready to voice your opinions to help
reach a decision, and ready if needed to cast a vote to help a final
decision.  (And, in the event that it's impossible to get a decision
during the meeting for some good reason, attend a second meeting.)

Qualifications: It would be helpful if you have attended DebConf
previously, and if you hope to attend DebConf13 in 2013.

Ideal candidates would be willing to stay involved with DebConf13 to
some degree through its cycle.

If you're interested, please speak to one of us directly (on IRC,
moray/h01ger/gwolf) or reply to this message.

--

-- 
Moray
on behalf of the DebConf chairs
Permalink | Reply | 2 comments |
headers
Ben Hutchings | 29 Jan 19:22
Picon

Linux 3.2 in wheezy

Debian 7.0 'wheezy' will include Linux 3.2.  This is currently in
unstable and will soon enter testing.

The kernel team is open to backporting some features from later kernel
versions, particularly to support newer hardware.

Featuresets
-----------

The only featureset provided will be 'rt' (realtime), currently built
for amd64 only.  If there is interest in realtime support for other
architectures, we may be able to add that.  However, we do need to
consider the total time taken to build binary packages for each
architecture.

If there are particular container features that should be enabled or
backported to provide a useful replacement for OpenVZ or VServer,
please let us know.  We cannot promise that these will all be enabled
but we need to know what is missing.

Compatibility
-------------

If you maintain a package for which the current stable version is not
compatible with Linux 3.2, excluding kernel module packages, please
consider making a stable update that fixes this.

If you maintain a kernel module package, please ensure that this is
compatible with Linux 3.2 in time for the freeze.  Any modules that
are not compatible will not be included in the release.  I recently
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Stephen Gran | 29 Jan 14:15
Picon
Favicon

alioth is down (again)

Hello,

Unfortunately, one of the pair of machines providing the alioth service
(vasks.debian.org) won't power on.  We are working on it, and apologize
for any inconvenience caused.

Cheers,
--

-- 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
|   ,''`.                                            Stephen Gran |
|  : :' :                                        sgran <at> debian.org |
|  `. `'                        Debian user, admin, and developer |
|    `-                                     http://www.debian.org |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Permalink | Reply | 17 comments |
headers
Aurelien Jarno | 25 Jan 13:02
Picon
Favicon

Lock down of io.debian.net

Hi fellow developers,

we noticed that due to some misconfiguration all home directories of 
io.debian.net have been exposed through HTTP.

As an immediate action, the machine has been locked down for further 
inspection. The issue has been fixed now, but the box is still locked 
down. In case you had some personal data on this machine (which is 
highly not recommended), please be aware it has been publicly exposed.
On request we can provide you the list of files on your account for a
closer check.

It has not been decided yet if the machine is going to be reinstalled or
if the service is going to be provided through another machine. In the 
meanwhile you can use the kfreebsd-amd64 porter machine 
(asdfasdf.debian.net).

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Best regards,
Aurelien, on behalf of the io admins.

--

-- 
Aurelien Jarno	                        GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
aurelien <at> aurel32.net                 http://www.aurel32.net
Permalink | Reply | 1 comment |
headers
Niels Thykier | 25 Jan 11:04

Bits from the Release Team


In this update:
 - New Blood <TEAM>
 - The Freeze <FREEZE>
 - Relase Goals <GOALS>
 - Documentation <DOCS>
 - Changes in Testing <TESTING>
 - Semi-automated removal from testing <SAUTO-RM>
 - Help wanted/Bug Squashing Parties <HELP-BSP>

This is the first "Bits from the Release Team" of 2012. In the year
ahead, we plan to freeze (and perhaps even release) Debian 7.0
"Wheezy", and we need your help to achieve this. Read on to find out
what we've been up to recently and what to expect in the near future.

New Blood <TEAM>
----------------

We have convinced Cyril Brulebois (KiBi) to become a Release
Assistant.  You may get a "Please fix the issue in sid first"-email
from him in reply to your next pu (or opu) request.  :)

The Freeze <FREEZE>
-------------------

A reminder to everyone that the freeze is due in June.  The exact
freeze date has not yet been selected.  However, if you want your
changes in Wheezy, please be sure to upload them *before* June.

Release Goals <GOALS>
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |

Gmane