[ Please reply on -publicity list ] Hi all, We have just finished the last bits of the new (short) 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 If you're willing to contribute to the redaction of the next issue, don't hesitate, and join #debian-publicity IRC channel or send a message to debian-publicity@lists.debian.org. Cheers, David
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<toc-add-entry name="dpl">Bits from the DPL</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Lucas Nussbaum sent his
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/07/msg00002.html";>monthly
report of DPL activities for June 2013</a>.
Among other things, Lucas mentioned the current state of the NEW queue that
contains <a href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html";>nearly 300Â packages
awaiting</a>.
The FTP team welcomed
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/07/msg00003.html";>four
new members</a> 10Â days ago to help then process the NEW packages, but they are
still <a href="$(HOME)/News/weekly/2012/18/#ftpteam">looking for help</a>.
He also mentioned that Debian is now part of the
<a href="http://networktimefoundation.org/";>Network Time Foundation</a>.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="community">Community distribution</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Debian has won a poll for a <q>legitimate community distribution</q> on
<a href="http://fossforce.com/2013/07/debian-tops-our-community-distro-poll/";>FOSS
Force blog</a>. 255 people took part in the poll, and as multiple
choices were allowed total number of 855 votes were cast. Debian won
with 173 votes (20%), with Arch Linux (141 votes, 16%) and Linux Mint
(95 votes, 11%) behind it. Interestingly, Debian is an example of
community distribution also according to editors of the blog.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="interviews">Interviews</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Lucas Nussbaum, Debian project leader, gave an
<a href="http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/60564-new-debian-leader-seeks-more-innovation-within-project";>interview
to ITWire</a> where he highlights ways to seek more innovation within project.
</p>
<toc-add-entry name="newcontributors">New Debian Contributors</toc-add-entry>
<p>
Five people have <a href="http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/new-maintainers.cgi";>started
to maintain packages</a> since the previous issue of the Debian
Project News. Please welcome
Nicolas Guilbert,
William Blough,
Ingo Oeser,
Louis Bettens,
and
George Gensure
into our project!</p>
<toc-add-entry name="dsa">Important Debian Security Advisories</toc-add-entry>
<p>Debian's Security Team recently released
advisories for these packages (among others):
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2013/dsa-2724">chromium-browser</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2013/dsa-2725">tomcat6</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2013/dsa-2723">php5</a>, and
<a href="$(HOME)/security/2013/dsa-2722">openjdk-7</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>
282 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/apparmor-easyprof";>apparmor-easyprof â?? AppArmor easyprof profiling tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/boinc-app-seti-graphics";>boinc-app-seti-graphics â?? SETI@home application for the BOINC client (with graphics)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/fceux";>fceux â?? all-in-one NES/Famicom Emulator</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/gocode";>gocode â?? Go autocompletion daemon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/leocad";>leocad â?? virtual brick CAD software</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/monkeysign";>monkeysign â?? OpenPGP key signing and exchange for humans</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/pairs";>pairs â?? memory and pairs game</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/print-manager";>print-manager â?? printer configuration and monitoring tools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/smemcap";>smemcap â?? data collection tool for memory reporting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/xml-security-c-utils";>xml-security-c-utils â?? C++ library for XML Digital Signatures (utilities)</a></li>
</ul>
<toc-add-entry name="wnpp">Work-needing packages</toc-add-entry>
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<toc-add-entry name="continuedpn">Want to continue reading DPN?</toc-add-entry>
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