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Francesca Ciceri | 9 Feb 20:38
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Security Support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 terminated on February 6th

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The Debian Project                                http://www.debian.org/
Security Support for Debian 5.0 terminated        press <at> lists.debian.org
                                http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120209
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February 9th, 2012

Security Support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 terminated on February 6th
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One year after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 alias "Squeeze" and
nearly three years after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias
"Lenny" the security support for the old distribution (5.0 alias
"Lenny") came to an end a few days ago. The Debian project is proud to
have been able to support its old distribution for such a long time and
even for one year after a new version has been released.

The Debian project released Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 alias "Squeeze" on
the 6th of February 2011. Users and distributors have been given a
one-year timeframe to upgrade their old installations to the current
stable release. Hence, the security support for the old release of 5.0
ended on the 6th of February 2012 as previously announced.

Previously announced security updates for the old release will continue
to be available on security.debian.org.

Security Updates
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The Debian Security Team provides security updates for the current
distribution via <http://security.debian.org/>. Security updates for
the old distribution are also provided for one year after the new
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Francesca Ciceri | 14 Feb 00:24
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"Wheezy" artwork contest: call for proposals

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"Wheezy" artwork contest: call for proposals      press <at> lists.debian.org
February 13th, 2012             http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120213
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"Wheezy" artwork contest: call for proposals

An important part of any operating system is its look and feel. Debian
is no exception. If you've ever wanted to influence the look and feel
of an operating system, now is your chance. The Debian Project is
calling for contributors to design graphics for the next release of the
Universal Operating System, called "Wheezy".

If you would like to get involved, visit the [1] wiki page to get started.
You'll see what the requirements are for submitting artwork, as well as
a form to submit your own work to Debian. You can send questions to the
[2] debian-desktop mailing list if you have any.

   1: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Wheezy
   2: http://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop

Thanks very much and everyone looks forward to seeing your work!

About Debian
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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
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Francesca Ciceri | 16 Feb 00:43
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Upcoming Debian Bug Squashing Parties

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Upcoming Debian Bug Squashing Parties             press <at> lists.debian.org
February 15th, 2012             http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120215
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Upcoming Debian Bug Squashing Parties 

The Debian Project is pleased to announce that in the next few months
Bug Squashing Parties ([1] "BSP"s) will take place in several countries.
The main focus of a Bug Squashing Party is to triage and fix bugs, but
it is also an opportunity for users less familiar with the BTS to make
other contributions to the Debian project, such as translating package
descriptions or improving the wiki. Debian developers will be present
to help contributors understand how the project works and to help get
fixes into Debian.

	1: http://wiki.debian.org/BSP

During the coming weekend, 17-19 February, a BSP will be held at the
[2] IRILL offices in Paris, France. This event will also be an opportunity
for potential contributors to meet Debian Developers or Maintainers.
Numerous regular contributors will attend this BSP and can help
newcomers to fix their first bugs. For organizational reasons,
registering on the [3] Debian wiki is mandatory.

	2: http://www.irill.org/
	3: http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/02/fr/Paris

On 2-4 March, a BSP will be held in Cambridge, UK: people interested in
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Francesca Ciceri | 18 Feb 22:39
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New machine for Debian archive main mirror

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New machine for Debian archive main mirror        press <at> lists.debian.org
February 18th, 2012             http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120218
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New machine for Debian archive main mirror

The Debian Project is pleased to announce that the hardware behind
"ftp.debian.org" has recently been replaced, with the help of Studenten
Net Twente (SNT) and HP. The new machine is an 8-core Intel Xeon
machine with 48 GB of memory and a total of 6 TB (on RAID 10) of local
storage. The new server is generously hosted by Studenten Net Twente at
the University of Twente, which was already hosting the old
"ftp.debian.org" machine.

"The amount of new architectures added to Debian recently and the fact
that we now also provide support for non-Linux operating system kernels
caused us to run short on disk space on the old machine. This new
machine should give us enough space for a few years" said Martin
Zobel-Helas, a member of the Debian System Administrator team. "Hosting
Debian hardware at University of Twente has a long tradition for the
Debian Project.", Martin added.

"At SNT, our slogan is "making the net work!" and that's exactly what
we're doing by providing Debian with extra hosting and bandwidth in the
Netherlands. SNT has been using Debian since 1996 for all of its
network managing servers and other services and therefore we kindly
hostkassia, the Dutch FTP archive (ftp.nl.debian.org) and now this new
server klecker" says Tjerk Jan from SNT.
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Stefano Zacchiroli | 19 Feb 19:18
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Debian Position on Software Patents

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Debian Position on Software Patents               press <at> lists.debian.org
February 19th, 2012             http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120219
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Debian Position on Software Patents 

The Debian Project announces the availability of its [1] patent policy 
for the Debian archive.

	1: http://www.debian.org/legal/patent

The Debian Project maintains a critical stance towards software
patents: we consider software patents to be a threat to Free Software
and an obstacle to the Debian mission of providing an entirely Free
operating system for everyone's use. We believe software patents
provide no advantage in promoting software innovation and we encourage
our upstream authors to object to software patents.

At the same time, given the de facto possibility of patenting
software-related ideas in several countries around the world, it is
important to neither underestimate nor overestimate software patent
issues. We are particularly concerned about patent FUD and we have
worked to improve clarity on the subject.

After the publication of the [2] Community Distribution Patent Policy 
FAQ, the availability of a patent policy for the Debian archive is 
our next step in coping with the software patent system that we hope 
to see abolished. We thank lawyers at the [3] Software Freedom Law
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