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Mario Fux | 4 Sep 2011 18:03

Simple pre-installed and pre-configured Debian/KDE computers for new users

Good morning dear debian developers

I was made aware of Debian Publicity by Paul Wise on the Debian project 
mailing list where I informed the Debian project about my attempt to sell with 
Debian and KDE softwrae pre-installed and pre-configured computers to new 
users. For more information see the press annoucement at the bottom of this 
mail.

Two weeks ago I sent a first request of inclusion on 
http://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed and today the second.

And the reason why I write you is that I would be nice if you could write 
something about my project in your next press or news annoucement? So if there 
are any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Oh and please CC: as I'm not subscribed to this Debian mailing list.

Thanks and kind regards
Mario
FOX Elektronix - Fux

PS: Here comes the annoucement:

Berlin, Germany. Desktop Summit

Simply simple Computers 
www.asimplecomputer.com

Finally you can order a simple, robust and free computer system with pre-
installed and pre-configured programs. Never was it easier to enter into the
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Andreas Tille | 7 Sep 2011 08:40
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[debian <at> onerussian.com: Slides available for my talk <at> EuroScipy]

Hi,

I would like to foreward this to Debian Publicity because it seems to be
relevant.

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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If anyone is interested, here you could find the link to PDF
http://neuro.debian.net/#publications
for the talk

π’s in Debian or Scientific Debian: NumPy, SciPy and beyond. Talk given at EuroScipy 2011, Paris, France.

Sources are available from
https://github.com/neurodebian/papers-pub

Cheers,
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Christian PERRIER | 10 Sep 2011 19:04
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(forw) Debian in Myanmar

In case this escaped your attention, I think that this post by Thep
deserves some highlights in Debian News.

----- Forwarded message from Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep <at> debian.org> -----

Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:32:21 +0700
From: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep <at> debian.org>
To: Debian i18n <debian-i18n <at> lists.debian.org>
Cc: Ngwe Tun <ngwestar <at> gmail.com>, Thura Hlaing <trhura <at> gmail.com>, Geoffrey Kyaw Thet Lwin <kyawthetlwin <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Debian in Myanmar
X-Mailing-List: <debian-i18n <at> lists.debian.org> archive/latest/16969
X-CRM114-Status: Good  ( pR: 999.99  )

Hi,

I have visited Yangon and have given some talks and tutorials
on Debian packaging & mirroring. And I'd like to share some
information with community.

- Initiation. Ngwe Tun and other Myanmar L10N team have
initiated an effort to provide facilities for GNU/Linux users
in Myanmar, starting from mirroring of Debian and other
distros. The hardware, hosting and bandwidth have been
sponsored by organizations, and I'm invited to set it up and
to train local people to maintain it.

- Debian mirroring has been started. With the international
bandwidth we have (~ 2Mbps), we start with partial mirror
only, and the initial sync should take about 2 weeks to finish.
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Ben Hutchings | 14 Sep 2011 16:22
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 11:24 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:52:32AM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> > Hmmm... We already had that in the last issue of the DPN:
> > http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2011/09/#hwsupport  and I think we
> > also dented about it.  Still worth an announcement on its own?
> 
> Right, it's probably not worth anymore (at least not for that version,
> given Ben's follow-up). What I meant to highlight is just that, given
> the importance of such testing for stable users of new kernel versions,
> we might want to convey the corresponding announcements via debian-news.
> 
> For the -kernel people: keep in mind that we need your input to do that,
> please mail us when you deem appropriate to have one such call for
> testing.

There is a new package with the driver updates available in
stable-proposed-updates (version 2.6.32-36).  The point release is now
scheduled for 8th October and the kernel source package must be
finalised about 2 weeks before that to allow time for reubilding the
kernel, installer and CD images.

This means there are about 10 days left to test this and fix bugs.  I
think it would be worth making a separate announcement a.s.a.p.

Ben.

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Stefano Zacchiroli | 14 Sep 2011 16:57
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:22:35PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> There is a new package with the driver updates available in
> stable-proposed-updates (version 2.6.32-36).  The point release is now
> scheduled for 8th October and the kernel source package must be
> finalised about 2 weeks before that to allow time for reubilding the
> kernel, installer and CD images.
> 
> This means there are about 10 days left to test this and fix bugs.  I
> think it would be worth making a separate announcement a.s.a.p.

Great, thanks for noticing. Could someone from the kernel team outline
the core information that you want to be in such an announcement? Could
be as simple as an outline:

- preferred way for users to install the update (adding sources.list
  line or downloading raw .deb-s? in the second case, which flavor?)

- preferred way to report issues (BTS or something else?)

- etc.

The above would allow people from publicity to draft an announcement and
submit it for your review. Alternatively, if you want to draft one and
pass it through, even better :-)

Let us know,
Cheers.
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Fernando C. Estrada | 17 Sep 2011 00:03
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fortunes-debian-hints: [PATCH] Replace news.d.n with DPN. Add hint for Identi.ca

Package: fortunes-debian-hints
Version: 1.97
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

Please consider to apply the attached patch with the following changes:

Hint #11: news.debian.net is not longer active so I replaced it with a
link to the Debian Project News.

Hint #44: Information about the Identi.ca account for the Debian Project
with a link with more information of Debian at Identi.ca.

Thanks for your hard work ;-)

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Locale: LANG=es_MX.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_MX.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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Francesca Ciceri | 17 Sep 2011 15:00
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

Hi all,

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 01:16:50AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]

Ben, thank you for the draft!

Below my proposal (only few lines integrating Ben's draft):
[ <at> publicity team: I've added it also to svn repo, feel free to improve
it!]

==  Upcoming point releases and call for tests ==

{The Debian Project is pleased to announce | Philipp Kern, on behalf of
the Release Team, announced} that the upcoming point releases for Debian
5 <q>Lenny</q> and Debian 6 <q>Squeeze</q> are scheduled for October 1st
and October 8th respectively.
Debian <q>Squeeze</q> 6.0.3 will ship updated Linux kernel packages,
including bug fixes from the Linux 'longterm' series up to 2.6.32.46,
plus updated drivers supporting new gigabit Ethernet chips from Broadcom,
Intel, and Realtek.
New packages for 32-bit PC, 64-bit PC and PowerPC are already available
for installation
from the 'stable-proposed-updates' suite <http://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates>.
The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these
packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers, possibly
within September 24th: so that if there will not be regressions, the new
drivers will be added to the upcoming point release.
The drivers being updated are:
* e1000e (#627700)
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Ben Hutchings | 17 Sep 2011 18:01
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 15:00 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote:
[...]
> The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these
> packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers, possibly
> within September 24th: so that if there will not be regressions, the new
> drivers will be added to the upcoming point release.
[...]

If there are regressions, we want to fix them, not revert all the
changes.

Ben.

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Andrei Popescu | 17 Sep 2011 21:12
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

On Sb, 17 sep 11, 17:01:15, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 15:00 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote:
> [...]
> > The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these
> > packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers, possibly
> > within September 24th: so that if there will not be regressions, the new
> > drivers will be added to the upcoming point release.
> [...]
> 
> If there are regressions, we want to fix them, not revert all the
> changes.

How about this:

~~~
The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these 
packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers.
The drivers [...]

Any problems found in testing should be reported to the Debian bug 
tracking system using the 'reportbug' tool. Reports should preferably be 
sent until September 24th, but later reports of serious issues will 
still be taken into consideration. In case of regressions in the updated 
drivers, please follow up to the bug number listed above.
~~~

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Ben Hutchings | 17 Sep 2011 21:26
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Re: new hardware support: calling for testing

On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 22:12 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sb, 17 sep 11, 17:01:15, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 15:00 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote:
> > [...]
> > > The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these
> > > packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers, possibly
> > > within September 24th: so that if there will not be regressions, the new
> > > drivers will be added to the upcoming point release.
> > [...]
> > 
> > If there are regressions, we want to fix them, not revert all the
> > changes.
> 
> How about this:
> 
> ~~~
> The Debian project invites interested users to pre-release test these 
> packages, especially on systems that use the updated drivers.
> The drivers [...]
> 
> Any problems found in testing should be reported to the Debian bug 
> tracking system using the 'reportbug' tool. Reports should preferably be 
> sent until September 24th, but later reports of serious issues will 
> still be taken into consideration. In case of regressions in the updated 
> drivers, please follow up to the bug number listed above.
> ~~~

That looks fine.

Ben.
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