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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 5 Oct 2010 09:21
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Debian Project News - October 4th, 2010

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October 4th, 2010                 http://debian.org/News/weekly/2010/13/
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Welcome to this year's thirteenth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Constantly Usable Testing (CUT) update
  * Bits from the FTP Team
  * Report about this year's "Google Summer of Code" 
  * Bits from the Publicity Team
  * ... and much more.

An update on Constantly Usable Testing (CUT)
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Raphaël Hertzog wrote a detailed article on the recent activity
surrounding the Constantly Usable Testing (CUT) proposal [1]. CUT would
be a Debian distribution based on testing, but with significant
differences that make it more usable, i.e. more polished and stable. In
the article he talks about the potential value of a "rolling" release and
how it might work.

   1 : http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/406301/e28612e7adae5653/

 A quote from the article: "The global proposal is certainly appealing:
it would address the concerns of obsolescence of Debian's stable release
by making intermediary releases. Anyone needing something more recent for
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 8 Oct 2010 13:26
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Debian to be at the Society for Neuroscience meeting

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October 7th, 2010               http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101007
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Debian to be at the Society for Neuroscience meeting

The Debian project is pleased to announce its presence at the Society for
Neuroscience meeting (SfN2010) that will take place November 13-17 in San
Diego, USA [1]. Debian will present the upcoming release Debian 6.0
"Squeeze" and demonstrate its utility as a robust and versatile research
environment for neuroscience. Booth visitors will have the opportunity to
meet with developers of neuroscience research software, and to get
information on available software and recommendations for deployment
strategies in research laboratories. Members of the NeuroDebian [2] team
will be available to discuss the advantages of integrating research
software into the Debian operating system.

If you are going to SfN2010, come talk to us at booth #3815 [3].

  1: http://www.sfn.org/am2010/
  2: http://neuro.debian.net
  3: http://www.expocadweb.com/2010sfn/ec/forms/attendee/index.aspx?content=vbooth&id=1153

About SfN2010
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The annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience is one of the largest
neuroscience conferences in the world, with over 30,000 attendees.
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl | 18 Oct 2010 20:51
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Debian Project News - October 18th, 2010

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October 18th, 2010                http://debian.org/News/weekly/2010/14/
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Welcome to this year's fourteenth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * State of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" 
  * New question and answer service at ask.debian.net
  * Updated DebianEdu released
  * New "sloppy" backports suite for stable Debian "Lenny" 
  * General resolution about Debian project membership
  * Hybrid Installer Image for optical and USB devices
  * About the non-news of package removals in Debian's testing branch
  * Following Debian Mailing lists via micro-blogging services
  * "Four days" promise for Debian Mentees
  * Who's using Debian?
  * Why do people contribute to Debian?
  * Further "This week in Debian" interviews
  * ... and much more.

State of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze"
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After the release team recently met in Paris they published meeting
minutes and gave a release update [1]. Aside from updating the
documentation for point releases and deciding about the future of the
volatile archive [2], a major topic was the progress of the upcoming
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