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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 7 Mar 2011 13:24
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Re: Bits from ARM and Embedded Sprint

Hi!

* Hector Oron <zumbi <at> debian.org> [110301 12:03]:

>   During the Debian ARM and Embedded Sprint, we had the opportunity to discuss 
> and work on the following areas: [..]

Many thanks for your activity and the detailed report.  I would really
like to see that mentioned in the next issue of the Debian Project News.
Would it be possible for you to summarise your summary in one or two
paragraphs?

Best Regards,
  Alexander

PS:  Feel free to forward that mail to whome ever or where ever
appropriate.
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Hector Oron | 7 Mar 2011 17:16
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Re: Bits from ARM and Embedded Sprint

Hi Alexander,

2011/3/7 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar <at> debian.org>:

> Many thanks for your activity and the detailed report.  I would really
> like to see that mentioned in the next issue of the Debian Project News.
> Would it be possible for you to summarise your summary in one or two
> paragraphs?

Sure, is it fine if I just add an entry in the wiki site?
 <http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews>

Is there a deadline for it?

Cheers,
--

-- 
 Héctor Orón

"Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar
System, which one day will disconnect us."

-- Day DVB-T stop working nicely
Video flare: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100510.html
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 7 Mar 2011 21:00
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Re: Bits from ARM and Embedded Sprint

Hi!

Am 07.03.2011 17:16, schrieb Hector Oron:

> Sure, is it fine if I just add an entry in the wiki site?
>  <http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews>

No, that are just short News for Developers, which will be send to
debian-devel-announce.  So kind of pointless to add it there, as the
long version has already been sent, there.

The more user oriented "Debian Project News" are edited via svn.  If you
like you can add an entry to via
svn+ssh://svn.alioth.debian.org/svn/publicity/dpn/en/current  (all
Debian Developers already have write access), or just send it to the
-publicity list.

> Is there a deadline for it?

Perfect would be this Friday, as the DPN will be conten-frozen then to
be reviewed and translated.  Should that not be possible for you, don't
worry:  There is always a next issue, whose deadline will be two weeks
later ;)

Best regards and thanks,
  Alexander
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Andrei Popescu | 8 Mar 2011 10:26
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Possible entry for next DPN

Hi everybody,

[Apart from the shameless plug, I'm not really sure if this is something 
worth or welcome in the DPN, but I thought it can't hurt to ask :) ]

I'd like to propose an entry about the d-community-offtopic mailing 
list. Holger Levsen was kind enough to host it with the d-community 
project when #425439 (wishlist bug asking for a debian-offtopic list) 
was marked wontfix by the listmaster. Since then the list saw little 
activity, but following a recent thread on d-u [1] I started thinking it 
might be due to the lack of exposure.

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/02/msg02916.html

I understand if you are not happy advertising this list, which is seen 
by many as a waste of Debian resources for something useless (offtopic 
discussions), but if you do consider it please see below a proposed 
text. It sounds a bit too much like advertising for my taste, but I lack 
better inspiration at the moment.

-----

A Debian -offtopic mailing list

Ever wanted to discuss things completely unrelated to Debian or even 
computers with fellow users or developers? On debian-user the custom is 
to put [OT] in the subject and fire away.

Unfortunately this can be disrupting for uninterested subscribers 
especially on a high volume mailing list like debian-user. Because of
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Tiago Bortoletto Vaz | 8 Mar 2011 22:23
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Call for help: dc10 final report proofreading

Hi all,

We've just finished a DC11 meeting and a deadline for publishing Debconf10 
final report was suggested: Monday 14/03. Now we basically need (1) proofread 
the report and (2) assemble the pdf (once proofreading gets done).

Instruction for (1) is available at:

http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20110224.063710.50c39f51.en.html

(2) has enough volunteers, but ping me anyway if you want to help.

Meeting log:

http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2011/debconf-team.2011-03-08-
20.01.log.html

Regards,

--
Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
http://tiagovaz.org
0xA504FECA - http://pgp.mit.edu
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Filipus Klutiero | 12 Mar 2011 05:24
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Re: Debian Project News 2011/4 frozen. Please review and translate

On 2011-03-11 20:08, Francesca Ciceri wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We just finished the last bits for the latest issue of the Debian Project News
> to be released on Monday. I would appreciate reviews and translations.
>
Thank you Francesca. Here are my remarks:

> Not only was Debian named as the <q>Best Open Source Server
> Distribution</q> for its <q>pioneering work</q> both in the technical
> field and in the definition of free software standards and processes, but
> it also won the prestigious award for <q>Outstanding contribution to Open
> Source/Linux/Free Software</q>,
> presented by Karsten Gerloff, the President the Free Software Foundation
> Europe, who donned a snazzy Debian tie just for the occasion.

"the President the Free Software Foundation Europe" should probably read 
"President of the Free Software Foundation Europe".

> Debian named the most important Linux
/cough cough/
Is "Linux" a common noun now? I imagine a "distribution" is missing. 
Usually we don't refer to GNU/Linux as "Linux" but as "GNU/Linux".

> It's not quite true to say
> that, if you can think of a specialty, then there is at least one 
> Debian or
> Ubuntu derivative is designed for it.
This would deserve a "[sic]".
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Luca Capello | 14 Mar 2011 22:37
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Re: Report from this years CeBIT

Hi there!

Please Cc: me, I am not subscribed to -project.  I added the -publicity
mailing list and the Debian Events team to the Cc:.

First of all, thank you for the detailed report: I am now more and more
attracted by CeBIT, but being it on working days is still a problem.

On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:00:14 +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> The following report was originally intended to be sent to our
> debian-events-eu mailing list, but than I thought, that many parts might
> also be interesting for the rest of the -project, so it ended up here.

Please, please, please, if you do not want to send a report for an -eu
event to debian-events-eu <at> , at least Cc: it: I guess there are still a
lot of people (like me) who do not follow -project, but very specific
mailing lists instead ;-)

FWIW, I found out your report thanks to the latest Debian Project News
<http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2011/04/>, thank you for that as
well!

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 15 Mar 2011 09:47

Re: Possible entry for next DPN

Hi!

Am 08.03.2011 10:26, schrieb Andrei Popescu:

> [Apart from the shameless plug, I'm not really sure if this is something 
> worth or welcome in the DPN, but I thought it can't hurt to ask :) ]

Upsi... Actually I thought it would be a good idea (and -user isn't the
only list where people get offtopic), but somehow forgot to actually add
it.  So I'll add it to the next issue, if no one has a good argument
against it.

Many thanks!

Best regards,
  Alexander
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Andreas Neudecker | 18 Mar 2011 05:59
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Igor Ljubuncic calls Debian squeeze "not good" at OS News

Hello DPN team!

First, thanks for your continued effort to provide news to the Debian
community.

I just found Igor's review article via identi.ca.

"Debian 6 Squeeze: Not Good
posted by Dedoimedo on Thu 17th Mar 2011 23:17 UTC

"Writing about Debian is not a simple thing. You know it's the giant
that has spawned pretty much every other distro out there. It's almost
like a Roman Empire, almost a taboo. Furthermore, it's not a desktop
distro per se. It's more sort of a template you use to build your
platform. It's also a SOHO server distro, therefore it more fits into
the business category, comparable to CentOS and similar.

"Apart from RedHat 6, Debian 6 was the most awaited thing since Polio
vaccine. It took ages to brew, and when it flowed, it was ... well. You
will discover that in today's review. As always, I'll give you a human
perspective on what is ultimately the geekdom singularity, the one
distro that is holier than anything else."

http://www.osnews.com/story/24535/Debian_6_Squeeze_Not_Good

Dedoimedo is Igor Ljubuncic's nick according to
http://www.osnews.com/user/uid:22809/

Ljubuncic's negative conclusion is mainly based on two facts:
1st, squeeze doesn't have non-free hardware drivers - which has been
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 18 Mar 2011 13:18

Re: Possible entry for next DPN

Hi!

Am 15.03.2011 09:47, schrieb Alexander Reichle-Schmehl:

>> [Apart from the shameless plug, I'm not really sure if this is something 
>> worth or welcome in the DPN, but I thought it can't hurt to ask :) ]
> 
> Upsi... Actually I thought it would be a good idea (and -user isn't the
> only list where people get offtopic), but somehow forgot to actually add
> it.  So I'll add it to the next issue, if no one has a good argument
> against it.

No one did, so I just added it.  Thanks again, Andrei!

Best regards,
  Alexander
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