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Debian NewsUpdates on the Debian Project |
| 11 December 09 |
- GCC 4.4 is now the default version of GCC. (see changelog).
- KDE 4.3.4 has been uploaded to unstable.
- The version 2.0 of the GNUstep live CD has been released. It is created using live-helper. Information and download at http://livecd.gnustep.org/
- There is a small update in the “3.0 (quilt)” source format.
| 11 December 09 |
There are 15 new packages in the Debian archive, 1 was uploaded to experimental and 14 were uploaded to unstable:
| 9 December 09 |
The following packages have been orphaned and are looking for a new maintainer:
Somebody asked for the following software to be packaged in Debian:
- RFP: desktopcouch — A Desktop CouchDB instance
- RFP: armada-backlight — adjust backlight of Compaq Armada laptops (E300, M500, M700)
- RFP: cvc3 — automatic theorem prover for Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) problems.
- RFP: libxmlenc-java — Fast stream-based XML output library for java
- RFP: stackless-python — Multithread-enhanced version of Python interpreter
- RFP: nestopia — advanced emulator for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- RFP: qtel — Qtel is an Echolink client program
- RFP: squirrel-sql — graphical universal SQL client
- RFP: php-yaz — PHP PECL extension that implements a Z39.50/SRU client
- RFP: muPDF — lightweight PDF viewer and toolkik
- RFP: mantis-driver — Kernel module for several DVB cards
- RFP: namebench — open-source DNS benchmark utility
- RFP: jsdoc-toolkit — documentation generator for JavaScript source code
- RFP: jslint — static source checker for JavaScript code
- RFP: cope — colour wrapper for text level programs (e.g. ps, stat, xrandr)
You can read more information about how to help at Work-Needing and Prospective Packages page.
| 6 December 09 |
- Due to some problems in the testing migration scripts, the testing suite is currently broken. This means some packages are currently not installable (such as KDE) or others are gone (such as MySQL). This is reported as the bug #559346. The issue is being worked on but it will take some time. If you see you problems when installing packages from testing, please be patient, or fetch the package from unstable.
- Some X.Org drivers (packages xserver-xorg-input-* and xserver-xorg-video-*) that were meant to be uploaded to experimental landed in unstable instead (see sbuild’s bug #559659). If you see packages with a Depends: on xorg stuff from experimental, do not update and wait until xorg-server 1.7 moves to unstable.
- Backports of KDE 4.1 made for Lenny were available at http://kde4.debian.net. That repository was planned to go out of service in the end of this year, due to technical problems they are already gone.
- Volunteers for a Debian booth at the 26c3 (Chaos Communication Congress) in Berlin wanted. If you want to help, there is more info at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEventsDe/2009/26C3
- There will be a BSP in Mönchengladbach (Germany) the weekend 22-24 January, 2010. More info in this wikipage.
| 4 December 09 |
There are 24 new packages in the Debian archive, 2 were uploaded to experimental and 22 were uploaded to unstable:
| 3 December 09 |
It is our pleasure to announce that Giuseppe Iuculano is now a full member of the Security Team.
Also, Raphael Geissert has been added as an assistant to the Security Team.
Moritz Mühlenhoff, on behalf of the Security Team
| 2 December 09 |
The following packages have been orphaned and are looking for a new maintainer:
The following packages are requesting co-maintainers:
- RFH: hfsprogs — mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
- RFH: hibernate — smartly puts your computer to sleep (suspend to RAM or disk)
Somebody asked for the following software to be packaged in Debian:
- RFP: 4store — an efficient, scalable and stable RDF database
- RFP: pwnsjp — console-based frontend to the several Polish dictionaries
- RFP: ydpy — command-line interface for Collins and Langenscheidt dictionaries
You can read more information about how to help at Work-Needing and Prospective Packages page.
| 1 December 09 |
The following developer got his Debian account in the last month:
- David Paleino (dapal)
Congratulations!
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