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Debian NewsUpdates on the Debian Project |
| 31 March 10 |
The following packages have been orphaned and are looking for a new maintainer:
- O: audiere — a portable, high-level audio library
- O: hipo — iPod Management Tool
- O: medit — A useful programming and around-programming text editor
- O: ipsec-tools – IPsec tools for Linux
- O: racoon – IPsec IKE keying daemon
- O: php-mail-mime — PHP PEAR module for creating MIME messages
- O: sirc — Scriptable irc client
- O: libfreebasic — FreeBASIC support library files
- O: kernel-patch-kdb — Builtin linux kernel debugger
The following packages have been put up for adoption by the current maintainers:
- RFA: openslp-dfsg — OpenSLP server
- RFA: libhttp-browserdetect-perl — Determine the Web browser, version, and platform from an HTTP user agent string
- RFA: pconsole — parallel console shell for administering clusters
- RFA: distmp3 — A Perl client and daemon for distributed audio encoding
- RFA: mkcue — Generates a CUE sheet from a CD
- RFA: libapache-gallery-perl — Apache module to create galleries on-the-fly
- RFA: spinner — Sends small packets over a idle link
- RFA: pythoncad — Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) program
- RFA: lfm — simple but powerful file manager for the UNIX console
- RFA: qa-assistant — quality-assurance checklist assistant
- RFA: foff — X/GTK+ FTP client – Free Open FTP Face
- RFA: jokosher — simple and easy to use audio multi-tracker
- RFA: boa-constructor — RAD tool for Python and wxWindows application
- RFA: drpython — simple and customizable editor for the Python language
- RFA: dh-kpatches — Debhelper script to help packaging kernel patches
Somebody asked for the following software to be packaged in Debian:
- RFP: certviewerplus — certificate viewer enhancements (PEM format view, file export, trust configuration) for Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey
- RFP: certificatepatrol — Certificate Watcher for Firefox/Seamonkey/Thunderbird/Sunbird/Fennec – This add-on reveals when certificates are updated, so you can ensure it was a legitimate change
- RFP: svnwcrev — a subversion tool to update keywords in a separate file
- RFP: libagile-json-java — Automatically serialize java classes to JSON
- RFP: timer-entropyd — feed the /dev/random device with entropy data read from timer statistics
- RFP: entropy-broker — distribute entropy data to remote hosts
- RFP: flashplugin-nonfree-pulse
- RFP: GTimer — GTK-based tool for timing tasks
- RFP: libprojectbuilder-perl — Perl module providing multi-OSes (Linux/Solaris/…) Continuous Packaging
- RFP: lxdm — LXDE display manager
- RFP: eclipse-git-plugin — EGit is an Eclipse Team provider for the Git version control system
You can read more information about how to help at Work-Needing and Prospective Packages page.
| 27 March 10 |
There are 33 new packages in the Debian archive, 3 were uploaded to experimental and 30 were uploaded to unstable:
| 24 March 10 |
The following packages have been orphaned and are looking for a new maintainer:
- O: wmnetload — an app for monitorin network load
- O: moodle — Course Management System for Online Learning
- O: olive — console RSS reader
- O: gurlchecker — Graphical websites checker
- O: kde-icons-noia — Noia icon theme for KDE 3
- O: kde-icons-crystal — Crystal icon theme for KDE
- O: kwavecontrol — Wireless device monitoring application for KDE
- O: texify — Beautify source code for use with LaTeX
- O: udpcast — multicast file transfer tool
The following packages are requesting co-maintainers:
Somebody asked for the following software to be packaged in Debian:
- RFP: asterisk-espeak — eSpeak module for Asterisk
- RFP: asterisk-flite — flite module for Asterisk
- RFP: liarliar — a computerized voice stress analysis (CVSA) tool
- RFP: libeval-context-perl — evalute perl code in context wrapper
- RFP: libroxml — Light C XML parsing library
- RFP: libnss-myhostname — nss module to resolve the system hostname
- RFP: hbasic — A visual style compiled basic and integrated development environment
- RFP: oftpd — A lightweight anonymous ftpd server daemon
You can read more information about how to help at Work-Needing and Prospective Packages page.
| 23 March 10 |
- Luk Claes resigned as Release Manager. Thanks Luk for all of your hard work!
The rest of the release team keeps working in the release of Squeeze and they have sent a small update. A longer update will follow soon. - Other teams has also sent updates to debian-devel-announce: ftp-master and new maintainer teams.
If you are interested on them, you should be already subscribed to this list
- Eclipse 3.5.2 is now in Debian unstable. Special kudos to Niels Thykier.
- The Debian Kernel team is working in the kernel for Squeeze and Ben Hutchings has blogged some details about it.
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In the past week, there were two Debian mini-DebCamps in so distant places as Thailand and Panama.
This week, Debian will have a booth in the OpenExpo 2010 in Bern and the Spanish Debian community will meet in the third edition of the Dudesconf in April 9-11.
| 19 March 10 |
There are 60 new packages in the Debian archive, 3 were uploaded to experimental and 57 were uploaded to unstable:
| 18 March 10 |
Debian has been selected as a mentor organization for the Google Summer of Code 2010.
Whether your are a Debian Developer or a Student, this might be a good time to:
- add and review project ideas and personal proposals on the Ideas page
- come join us on IRC (#debian-soc on irc.debian.org) and on our mailing list to talk about your ideas and applications
Remember that the sooner we get project ideas and personal proposals, the longer we can work on them to make them into great summer projects!
You can read more about the Google Summer of Code in their website. Also, if you are interested in participating, it is very important checking the program time line.
Obey Arthur Liu
| 17 March 10 |
The following packages have been orphaned and are looking for a new maintainer:
- O: epic4-script-hienoa — A script for ircII-EPIC4
- O: ctrlproxy — IRC proxy with conversation replay support
- O: blackbox — Window manager for X
- O: jamin — Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK
- O: dvbackup — backup tool using MiniDV camcorders
- O: liblrdf — liblrdf0 development files
- O: w3c-markup-validator — W3C Markup Validator
- O: ctrlproxy — IRC proxy with conversation replay support
- O: ccontrol — Compilation controller
- O: curl — Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or FTP server
The following packages have been put up for adoption by the current maintainers:
The following packages are requesting co-maintainers:
Somebody asked for the following software to be packaged in Debian:
- RFP: logfsprogs — LogFS file system utilities
- RFP: freemodbus — Modbus ASCII/RTU and TCP implementation
- RFP: gfloppy — floppy disk formatting tool
- RFP: libnet-whois-parser-perl — Perl Module for parsing whois information
- RFP: cronometer — A nutrition and biomarker tracking tool
- RFP: nut-nutrition — Record and analyze meals for nutrient composition
- RFP: dmak — Diet Monger Ass Kicker
- RFP: chive — Chive is a next generation web-based MySQL database management tool.
- RFP: ngplant — Open Source plant modeling package
- RFP: xvattr — Command-line tool to set XVideo attributes
- RFP: libdbxml — Berkeley DB XML library
- RFP: squid-deb-proxy — Squid proxy configuration optimized for deb packages
- RFP: perf — perf – Performance analysis tools for Linux
You can read more information about how to help at Work-Needing and Prospective Packages page.
| 16 March 10 |
Debconf 10
As previously announced, DebConf 10 will take place from August 1st to 7th, 2010, at Columbia University, in New York City, USA.
If you have an interesting proposal for an event, the Call for Contributions is already open. Submit your proposal before May 1st.
Also, if you want to request sponsorship for lodging and/or travel, you must submit your request in pentabarf before April 15th.
Debconf 11
The DebConf Team has decided to hold DebConf11 in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. DebConf 11 will take place in 2011 in a date to be defined.
| 12 March 10 |
The nomination period for the Debian Project Leader Elections 2010 is over and we have 4 candidates this year:
- Stefano Zacchiroli [nomination mail]
- Wouter Verhelst [nomination mail]
- Charles Plessy [nomination mail]
- Margarita Manterola [nomination mail]
For the next 3 weeks, you can ask your questions and follow the debate in the debian-vote mailing list.
| 12 March 10 |
There are 100 new packages in the Debian archive, 1 were uploaded to experimental and 99 were uploaded to unstable:
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