The news are collected on http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews Please contribute short news about your work/plans/subproject. In this issue: + LWN subscriptions + ubuntudiff.debian.net + TXT records on debian.net + Debian Sysadmin Team seeks for help + Receive Ubuntu bugs by mail via PTS LWN subscriptions ----------------- Bdale Garbee announced[3] that DMs[4] are now eligible to receive HP-sponsored LWN subscriptions[5], in addition to DDs. Currently about 571 DDs and DMs are taking advantage of HP-sponsored LWN subscriptions. -- Paul Wise [3] http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/posts/Debian_and_LWN.html [4] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer [5] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/resources.html#lwn ubuntudiff.debian.net --------------------- A new service called UbuntuDiff[6] has been setup. It allows you to quickly see Ubuntu changes made to Debian packages by specifying a grep-dctrl query or by using shortcuts (e.g. [7], [8]). Your feedback and bug reports are welcome. -- Mehdi Dogguy [6] http://ubuntudiff.debian.net/ [7] http://ubuntudiff.debian.net/q/package/linux-ntfs [8] http://ubuntudiff.debian.net/q/uploaders/mehdi@debian.org TXT records on debian.net ------------------------- Debian Sysadmins have enabled TXT records for debian.net domains. It is suggested that you might want to use them to indicate maintainer information in the case that the domain is "sponsored" by a DD and maintained by a non-DD. Please note that since CNAME records cannot be combined with other record types, you should get a TXT record added to the canonical name instead of adding it to the debian.net domain. -- Paul Wise Debian Sysadmin Team seeks for help ----------------------------------- A while ago, Stephen Gran sent a 'Request for Help' to the porter and project mailinglists[9] asking for assistance in maintaining the chroots on the porter machines. Several people applied and are now helping out with that[10] (thanks!); still, we could use more helping hands. If you're interested check the message and contact DSA. Peter Palfrader also described in the recent mail about porter chroot updates how to format the Subject of a mail to make life easier for DSA. -- Martin Zobel-Helas [9] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/03/msg00062.html [10] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/05/msg00002.html Receive Ubuntu bugs by mail via PTS ----------------------------------- It is now possible to subscribe to Ubuntu bugmail for the packages you care about, without having to use Launchpad (and subscribe on a per-package basis there). This is implemented as a new opt-in Package Tracking System keyword: derivatives-bugs. To subscribe for all your packages, use 'keyword [email] + derivatives-bugs' (as documented in the Developers Reference[11]). You might also want to subscribe to 'derivatives' (Ubuntu diff, etc. also opt-in). Of course, if other derivative distributions are interested in providing such data, don't hesitate to contact the Debian QA team. Also, if you never remember about subscribing to packages you maintain, you can use that UDD script[12] to check for missing subscriptions. -- Lucas Nussbaum [11] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/resources.html#pts-commands [12] http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/pts-check.cgi -- Raphaël Hertzog Like what I do? Sponsor me: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/05/5-years-of-freexian/ My Debian goals: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/09/debian-related-goals-for-2010/
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