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#use wml::debian::weeklynews::header PUBDATE="2006-04-25" SUMMARY="Packaging, Google, Debian from Scratch, Upgrade, Bug Reports, Mozilla, DPL, AMD64"
# $Id$
<p>Welcome to this year's 17th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the
Debian community. The Debian Live Initiative that aims to produce a pure
Debian live CD summarises links to mailing lists, ISO images and other
resources on their <a href="http://live.debian.net/">website</a>. Aníbal
Monsalve Salazar is <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/04/msg00733.html">\
soliciting</a> ASCII armoured public keys for the keysigning <a
href="http://debconf.org/ksp/ksp-dc6.html">party</a> at the upcoming <a
href="$(HOME)/events/2006/0514-debconf">Debian Conference</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Using Alioth for Packaging.</strong> Raphaël Hertzog <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00013.html">\
provided</a> <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/AliothPackagingProject">\
documentation</a> on maintaining Debian packages via <a
href="http://alioth.debian.org/">Alioth</a>. For single packages the <a
href="http://alioth.debian.org/projects/collab-maint/">collab-maint</a>
project is probably sufficient. Maintaining a set of related packages is best
done by a new dedicated project and Subversion configured to send commit
notifications to the package tracking system.</p>
<p><strong>Google Summer of Code 2006.</strong> Google is organising a <a
href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Summer of Code</a> event like last year.
This is a program where Google sponsors the creation and future development of
open source software. Petter Reinholdtsen <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/04/msg00259.html">asked</a>
whether Debian should participate and set up an Wiki <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2006">page</a> were ideas for
Debian-related projects are collected. Anthony Towns <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/04/msg00282.html">approved</a>
this and applied for the Debian project.</p>
<p><strong>Debian from Scratch.</strong> John Goerzen <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/04/msg00633.html">informed</a>
about the availability of a new release of the Debian From Scratch <a
href="http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/">CD</a>. With this CD it is
possible to install a Debian system in a Gentoo fashioned manner by
compiling the programs just before installing them. This CD also offers
a fully functional rescue system with a lot of filesystem tools,
backup and repair utilities, administrative tools and so on.</p>
<p><strong>Upgrade Conflict: Kernel and GRUB.</strong> Bastian Blank <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/04/msg00081.html">pointed
out</a> anticipated problems with regards to the kernel and <a
href="http://packages.debian.org/grub">grub</a> when upgrading from <a
href="$(HOME)/releases/sarge/">sarge</a> to <a href="$(HOME)/releases/etch/">\
etch</a> since the new <a href="http://packages.debian.org/kernel-package">\
kernel-package</a> <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/04/msg00084.html">\
utilises</a> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/debconf">debconf</a> for user
interaction. He asserted that grub needs to be updated before the kernel
image.</p>
<p><strong>Properly Closing old resolved Bug Reports.</strong> Adam Majer <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/04/msg00145.html">\
wondered</a> if it is appropriate to close old resolved bugs with the most
recent changelog entry if they were fixed with an older upload already.
Matthew Palmer <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/04/msg00146.html">\
confirmed</a> that a changelog entry should only document the changes and
resolved bugs in this particular upload.</p>
<p><strong>Removing Mozilla.</strong> Andreas Metzler <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/04/msg00133.html">\
reported</a> that current release of Mozilla is the last and that it isn't
supported upstream anymore. Hence, it should be <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/04/msg00151.html">\
removed</a> from the Debian distribution as well. All functionality that is
needed to embed gecko and friends has been moved to <a
href="http://packages.debian.org/xulrunner">xulrunner</a> on which these
packages should depend upon. The interface shouldn't have changed, so that
the conversion should be fairly simple.</p>
<p><strong>Project Leader Bits.</strong> Anthony Towns <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00015.html">\
reported</a> that he has added Steve McIntyre as "Second In Charge" to share
some of the regular project leader responsibilities. Manoj Srivastava has
kindly agreed to continue as project secretary for another year, and is eager
to do some more work on the devotee scripts.</p>
<p><strong>AMD64 added to the Etch.</strong> Anthony Towns <a
href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00011.html">\
reported</a> that the <a href="$(HOME)/ports/amd64/">AMD64</a> architecture
has been added to the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/etch/">etch</a> release.
It should be possible to bootstrap this architecture at this point and it
only lacks X. From now on developers with AMD64 machines are able to
upload new versions of their packages built locally. AMD64 is also now
included in the <a href="http://buildd.debian.org/">buildd</a> <a
href="http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-week-big.png">graphs</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Security Updates.</strong> You know the drill. Please make sure
that you update your systems if you have any of these packages installed.</p>
<ul>
<li>DSA 1037: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1037">zgv</a> --
Arbitrary code execution.
<li>DSA 1038: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1038">xzgv</a> --
Arbitrary code execution.
<li>DSA 1039: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1039">blender</a> --
Several vulnerabilities.
<li>DSA 1040: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1040">gdm</a> --
Local root exploit.
<li>DSA 1041: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1041">abc2ps</a> --
Arbitrary code execution.
<li>DSA 1042: <a href="$(HOME)/security/2006/dsa-1042">cyrus-sasl2</a> --
Denial of service.
</ul>
<p><strong>New or Noteworthy Packages.</strong> The following packages were
added to the unstable Debian archive <a
href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg_main">recently</a> or contain
important updates.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-watch-gnome">apt-watch-gnome</a>
— Applet that monitors apt sources for upgrades.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/deutex">deutex</a>
— Composition tool for doom-style WAD files.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ggz-utils">ggz-utils</a>
— GGZ Gaming Zone: utilities.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/ivman">ivman</a>
— Daemon to auto-mount and manage media devices.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/latex-make">latex-make</a>
— Easy compiling of complex (and simple) LaTeX documents.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mono-mbas">mono-mbas</a>
— Mono Basic compiler.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mono-mjs">mono-mjs</a>
— Mono JScript compiler.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/mono-runtime">mono-runtime</a>
— Mono runtime.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/php-cache">php-cache</a>
— Framework for caching of arbitrary data.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/pykaraoke">pykaraoke</a>
— Free CDG/MIDI/MPEG karaoke player.</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/synfigstudio">synfigstudio</a>
— Vector-based 2D animation package (graphical user interface).</li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/hamradio/tk2">tk2</a>
— Tk GUI for the ICOM IC-R2 receiver.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 17 packages were orphaned this week and
require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 302 orphaned packages. Many
thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free Software
community. Please see the <a href="$(HOME)/devel/wnpp/">WNPP pages</a> for
the full list, and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA:
if you plan to take over a package.</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/3dchess">3dchess</a>
— 3D chess for X11.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363498">Bug#363498</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/atitvout">atitvout</a>
— ATI TV Out Support Program.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364342">Bug#364342</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/autopilot">autopilot</a>
— Monitor the DTR line of /dev/palm and run a command to start sync.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364470">Bug#364470</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/distributed-net">distributed-net</a>
— Donate unused CPU cycles - client for distributed.net [non-free].
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363503">Bug#363503</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/emelfm">emelfm</a>
— File manager for X/Gtk.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364442">Bug#364442</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/epic4-script-light">epic4-script-light</a>
— Light - It's Just Not Lame.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363500">Bug#363500</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/eroaster">eroaster</a>
— GNOME CD burning frontend.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364280">Bug#364280</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/doc/hwb">hwb</a>
— The Hardware Book.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363504">Bug#363504</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/mgapdesk">mgapdesk</a>
— Configuration tool for Matrox video card.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364344">Bug#364344</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/pfe">pfe</a>
— Portable Forth Environment, ANS standard, all wordsets.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363497">Bug#363497</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/rfb">rfb</a>
— VNC Server for X11 - exports current display.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364347">Bug#364347</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/rhyme">rhyme</a>
— Console based rhyming dictionary.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363499">Bug#363499</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/svncviewer">svncviewer</a>
— Virtual network computing client software for SVGA.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364499">Bug#364499</a>)
</li>
<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/xclass-common">xclass</a>
— C++ GUI toolkit for X.
(<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364349">Bug#364349</a>)
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Want to continue reading DWN?</strong> Please help us create this
newsletter. We still need more volunteer writers who watch the Debian
community and report about what is going on. Please see the <a
href="$(HOME)/News/weekly/contributing">contributing page</a> to find out how
to help. We're looking forward to receiving your mail at <a
href="mailto:dwn@debian.org">dwn@debian.org</a>.</p>
#use wml::debian::weeklynews::footer editor="Sebastian Feltel, Mohammed Adnène Trojette, Martin 'Joey' Schulze"
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