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  • Congratulations to Andreas Tille our newly elected Debian Project Leader. #debian

    2024-04-20T02:36:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Congratulations to Andreas Tille our newly elected Debian Project Leader. #debian

  • As Debian Backports do not support Long Term Support, buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive. #debian

    2024-04-20T02:30:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    As Debian Backports do not support Long Term Support, buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html #debian

  • MiniDebConf in Berlin is coming up in four weeks! Registering now will guarantee that you'll get a t-shirt. We are still looking for presentations, as well as sponsors for the event. More information at

    2024-04-18T16:39:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    MiniDebConf in Berlin is coming up in four weeks! Registering now will guarantee that you'll get a t-shirt. We are still looking for presentations, as well as sponsors for the event. More information at https://berlin2024.mini.debconf.org/

    @debian@identi.ca one day i hope to be able to go

    Jim Fulner at 2024-04-23T01:29:29Z

  • As Debian Backports do not offer Long Term Support (LTS), buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive: #debian

    2024-04-17T04:24:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    As Debian Backports do not offer Long Term Support (LTS), buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive: https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html #debian

  • Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf24. This year's event will be held in Busan, Korea, and will offer Talks, Hacking sessions, activites, discussions, and of course a legendary cheese party! #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea

    2024-04-15T22:18:02Z via Spigot To: Public

    Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf24. This year's event will be held in Busan, Korea, and will offer Talks, Hacking sessions, activites, discussions, and of course a legendary cheese party! https://debconf24.debconf.org/news/2024-04-15-dc24-registration-cfp-open/ #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea

  • MiniDebConf Belo Horizonte 2024 with presentations on Debian and Free Software, mostly in Brazilian Portuguese, is about to start in 2 weeks. Registation is still possible and volunteers are very welcome; the schedule is now available. See

    2024-04-13T16:12:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    MiniDebConf Belo Horizonte 2024 with presentations on Debian and Free Software, mostly in Brazilian Portuguese, is about to start in 2 weeks. Registation is still possible and volunteers are very welcome; the schedule is now available. See https://bh.mini.debconf.org/en/

  • Seeking a small group to package Apache Arrow: apache-arrow -- cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics (Bug# 970021). Join the discussion and effort at

    2024-04-08T14:24:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Seeking a small group to package Apache Arrow: apache-arrow -- cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics (Bug# 970021). Join the discussion and effort at https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/03/msg00311.html

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  • The Debian Policy Manual has been updated to version 4.7.0.0. Highlights include: The addition of the non-free-firmware archive, hard links now permitted in source packages, addressing autobuild network permissions, and systemd requirements for packages that automatically start or stop system services.

    2024-04-07T15:15:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    The Debian Policy Manual has been updated to version 4.7.0.0. Highlights include: The addition of the non-free-firmware archive, hard links now permitted in source packages, addressing autobuild network permissions, and systemd requirements for packages that automatically start or stop system services. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html

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  • MiniDebconfBerlin 24 registration and CfP are open. The conference will take place Tue May 14th till Tue May 21st at c-base.org in Germany. See

    2024-04-03T07:45:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    MiniDebconfBerlin 24 registration and CfP are open. The conference will take place Tue May 14th till Tue May 21st at c-base.org in Germany. See https://lists.debian.org/6183020.4L0H4hUvkO@tomato#1

  • Although no Debian stable versions are known to be affected by CVE-2024-3094 the next point release for 12.6 has been postponed while we investigate the effects of this CVE on the Archive.

    2024-03-30T23:33:02Z via Spigot To: Public

    Although no Debian stable versions are known to be affected by CVE-2024-3094 the next point release for 12.6 has been postponed while we investigate the effects of this CVE on the Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html

  • CVE-2024-3094 concerning a backdoor exploit in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases are currently being analyzed, for the moment we have paused Archive processing. We will advise as soon as possible. For more reading and information:

    2024-03-30T20:48:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    CVE-2024-3094 concerning a backdoor exploit in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases are currently being analyzed, for the moment we have paused Archive processing. We will advise as soon as possible. For more reading and information: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/

  • Debian 10 buster has moved to archive.debian.org freeing up space on our mirror network holding presently at 5,746GB across several architectures. More information on this move and other details: #debian

    2024-03-29T21:54:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian 10 buster has moved to archive.debian.org freeing up space on our mirror network holding presently at 5,746GB across several architectures. More information on this move and other details: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/03/msg00003.html #debian

  • Mini-DebConf Berlin will take place Tue 14 May until Tue 21 May 2024 at the c-base hackspace in Germany. Book your trip and lodging now! RSN a CfP will get published. Please register at

    2024-03-29T07:57:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Mini-DebConf Berlin will take place Tue 14 May until Tue 21 May 2024 at the c-base hackspace in Germany. Book your trip and lodging now! RSN a CfP will get published. Please register at https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2024/MiniDebconfBerlin

  • Have a peek behind the curtain to see how Debian Developers work to solve issues within the Archive, as the link indicates please remember that we are phasing out the 32 bit architectures.

    2024-03-16T16:36:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Have a peek behind the curtain to see how Debian Developers work to solve issues within the Archive, as the link indicates please remember that we are phasing out the 32 bit architectures. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/03/msg00174.html

  • DebConf25 to be held in Brest, France. Hope to see you all there for the most amazing wine and CHEESE party ever!!! Some Debian Development may also occur at said event. :) #debconf #debian #debconf24 #debconf25 #debianfrance #debiankorea

    2024-03-12T23:36:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    DebConf25 to be held in Brest, France. Hope to see you all there for the most amazing wine and CHEESE party ever!!! Some Debian Development may also occur at said event. :) https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2024/03/msg00000.html #debian #debconf24 #debconf25 #debianfrance #debiankorea

  • We are not short of MiniDebConfs this year! From March 9th to 10th MiniDebConf Santa Fe will take place in Argentina. For more info, see

    2024-03-06T19:30:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    We are not short of MiniDebConfs this year! From March 9th to 10th MiniDebConf Santa Fe will take place in Argentina. For more info, see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/ar/2024/MiniDebConfSantaFe

  • The 64-bit time_t transition is now in progress in unstable, preparing Debian to deal with the "Year 2038 Problem". #debian

    2024-02-27T13:33:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    The 64-bit time_t transition is now in progress in unstable, preparing Debian to deal with the "Year 2038 Problem". https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/02/msg00005.html #debian

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    Go go go!

    JanKusanagi at 2024-03-05T15:32:27Z

  • SCaLE, the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, will take place for the 21st time on March 14-17, 2024 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth again. Use the "DEB50" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi!

    2024-02-24T02:09:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    SCaLE, the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, will take place for the 21st time on March 14-17, 2024 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth again. Use the "DEB50" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/exhibitors?page=1

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  • Debian selected to participate in Google Summer of Code 2024. Exciting list of projects at

    2024-02-22T17:27:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian selected to participate in Google Summer of Code 2024. Exciting list of projects at https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2024/Projects#Approved_Projects

  • Debian Edu is nearing completion for release, at 52% completion the documentation still needs translation updates for most languages. Can you help and contribute for your langauge?

    2024-02-19T23:42:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian Edu is nearing completion for release, at 52% completion the documentation still needs translation updates for most languages. Can you help and contribute for your langauge? https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/debian-edu-documentation/

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