(please reply on -publicity list) Hi all, We have just finished the last bits of the new issue of DPN to be released Monday. We would appreciate reviews and translations. Instructions are available on the wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews As usual, the last updated version is available on the publicity Subversion repository, even via HTTP: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/dpn/en/current/index.wml?view=co Cheers, Cédric
#use wml::debian::projectnews::header PUBDATE="2013-04-29" SUMMARY="Release date for Wheezy announced, first Qt 5 packages in experimental, Debian Edu alpha"
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<toc-add-entry name="releasedate">Release date for Wheezy announced</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Neil McGovern, on behalf of the Release Team, announced
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/04/msg00006.html";>that the
next stable version of Debian, <q>Wheezy</q>, will be released during the first weekend
of May (4th/5th May)</a>.
Help with the final touches is welcome:
<q>release notes, installation guides and documentation in
general, especially translations can always do with some work. Please
see previous mails on these, and help if you can</q>, explained Neil.
# TODO: add countdown banner link
And to show Debian your love, you can organize a
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy";>Release Party in your city</a> or
add one of the <a href="xxx">countdown banners</a> to your website.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="qt5">First Qt 5 packages in experimental</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer announced that
<a href="http://perezmeyer.blogspot.it/2013/04/on-road-to-qt-5-qt-5-base-tools.html";>the
first Qt 5 packages have been accepted in the experimental suite</a>.
For now they are available only for the 64-bit PC (amd64) architecture, but soon they will be
also in the 32-bit PC flavour as well. As for the ARM based ones, it will take a bit more time.
These packages have no GLES2 or Wayland support, but
non-official packages with GLES2/Wayland enabled will be provided at some point, for testing
purposes.
<br />
As for future plans, Lisandro said that <q>other parts of Qt 5 are on the way. And remember,
this packages would not have been possible if it weren't for the great Debian's pkg-kde team</q>.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="debianedu">Debian Edu alpha release</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, has made its first Wheezy based alpha
release on 26th April. It aims to provide an out-of-the box environment of a
completely configured school network, featuring:
<ul>
<li>GOsa² web interface for adding users and machines</li>
<li>PXE-based network booting environment</li>
<li>A complete collection of educational and office software</li>
</ul>
You can read the full release announcement
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2013/04/msg00132.html";>in the Debian Edu list archive</a>.
If you'd like to contribute to the project's development, please access
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Contribute";>the wiki page for new Debian Edu contributors.</a>.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="other">Other news</toc-add-entry>
<p>The 32th issue of the
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/04/msg00007.html";>miscellaneous news for developers</a>
has been released and covers the following topics:</p>
<ul>
<li>Misc news on the QA infrastructure</li>
<li>Shrinking the archive with dedup.debian.net</li>
<li>DEP 12 started</li>
<li>Turtle RDF meta-data for the PTS</li>
<li>An easier way to find work-needing packages of interest</li>
</ul>
<p>
Niels Thykier sent some <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/04/msg00008.html";>bits
from the Lintian maintainers</a> presenting some of its new features.
<a href="http://lintian.debian.org/";>Lintian</a> is one of the main and most used package checkers
for Debian packages, primarily checking for Debian Policy violations and violations of various sub-policies.
</p>
<p>
Andreas Tille sent an update on <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/04/msg00010.html";>the
status of the Debian Blends project</a>. In the mail, he explained the
challenge that the various Debian Blends are currently facing, as well as asking for
contributors to improve the general user experience for Wheezy users of Blends packages.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="events">Upcoming events</toc-add-entry>
<p>For a list of Wheezy release parties, follow the constantly expanding
<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy";>wiki page</a>, where all
the known release events are listed.</p>
<p>
You can find more information about Debian-related events and talks
on the <a href="$(HOME)/events">events section</a> of the Debian web site,
or subscribe to one of our events mailing lists for different regions:
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu";>Europe</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-nl";>Netherlands</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-ha";>Hispanic America</a>,
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-na";>North America</a>.
</p>
<p>Do you want to organise a Debian booth or a Debian install party?
Are you aware of other upcoming Debian-related events?
Have you delivered a Debian talk that you want to link on our
<a href="$(HOME)/events/talks">talks page</a>?
Send an email to the <a href="mailto:events@debian.org";>Debian Events Team</a>.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="newcontributors">New Debian Contributors</toc-add-entry>
<p>
3 applicants have been
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/04/msg00080.html";>accepted</a>
as Debian Maintainer since the previous issue of the Debian
Project News. Please welcome
Simon Chopin,
Markus Wanner and
Matteo Cypriani
into our project!</p>
<toc-add-entry name="rcstats">Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release</toc-add-entry>
# TODO: update stats
<rcstatslink release="Wheezy"
url="http://richardhartmann.de/blog/posts/2013/04/??-Debian_Release_Critical_Bug_report_for_Week_17/";
testing="??"
tobefixed="??" />
<toc-add-entry name="dsa">Important Debian Security Advisories</toc-add-entry>
<p>Debian's Security Team recently released
advisories for these packages (among others):
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2012/dsa-2660">curl</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2012/dsa-2661">xorg-server</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2012/dsa-2662">xen</a> and
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2012/dsa-2663">tinc</a>.
Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.</p>
<p>Please note that these are a selection of the more important security
advisories of the last weeks. If you need to be kept up to date about
security advisories released by the Debian Security Team, please
subscribe to the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/";>security mailing
list</a> (and the separate <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/";>backports
list</a>, and <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/";>stable updates
list</a>) for announcements.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="nnwp">New and noteworthy packages</toc-add-entry>
<p>
338 packages were added to the unstable Debian archive
recently. <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg";>Among
many others</a> are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/cardpeek";>cardpeek — tool to read the contents of ISO7816 smartcards</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/editorconfig";>editorconfig — coding style indenter for all editors</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fatrace";>fatrace — report system wide file access events</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fsharp";>fsharp — functional-first programming language</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/invesalius";>invesalius — 3D medical imaging reconstruction software</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/kanla";>kanla — small-scale alerting daemon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/neard";>neard — Near Field Communication (NFC) management daemon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/nocache";>nocache — tool to bypass/minimize file system caching for a program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/seekwatcher";>seekwatcher — utility to visualize block I/O patterns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/shineenc";>shineenc — fixed-point MP3 encoding library</a></li>
</ul>
<toc-add-entry name="wnpp">Work-needing packages</toc-add-entry>
## link= link to the mail report from wnpp@debian.org to debian-devel ML
## orphaned= number of packages orphaned according to $link
## rfa= number of packages up for adoption according to $link
<wnpp link="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/04/msg00811.html";
orphaned="523"
rfa="145" />
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