New Debian Developers and Maintainers (September and October 2023)

On Thu 30 November 2023 with tags project
Written by Jean-Pierre Giraud

Translations: ca es fr hi-IN pl pt sv vi zh-CN

The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:

François Mazen (mzf)
Andrew Ruthven (puck)
Christopher Obbard (obbardc)
Salvo Tomaselli (ltworf)

The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:

Bo YU
Athos Coimbra Ribeiro
Marc Leeman
Filip Strömbäck

Congratulations!

archive.debian.org rsync address change

On Thu 23 November 2023 with tags debian mirrors announce infrastructure technical
Written by Donald Norwood, Adam D. Barratt

The proposed and previously announced changes to the rsync service have become effective with the rsync://archive.debian.org address now being discontinued.

The worldwide Debian mirrors network has served archive.debian.org via both HTTP and rsync. As part of improving the reliability of the service for users, the Debian mirrors team is separating the access methods to different host names:

http://archive.debian.org/ will remain the entry point for HTTP clients such as APT
rsync://rsync.archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ is now available for those who wish to mirror all or parts of the archives.

rsync service on archive.debian.org has stopped, and we encourage anyone using the service to migrate to the new host name as soon as possible.

If you are currently using rsync to the debian-archive from a debian.org server that forms part of the archive.debian.org rotation, we also encourage Administrators to move to the new service name. This will allow us to better manage which back-end servers offer rsync service in future.

Note that due to its nature the content of archive.debian.org does not change frequently - generally there will be several months, possibly more than a year, between updates - so checking for updates more than once a day is unnecessary.

For additional information please reach out to the Debian Mirrors Team maillist.

Debian Events: MiniDebConfCambridge-2023

On Sat 18 November 2023 with tags minidebconf debianevents sponsors cambridge
Written by The Debian Publicity Team

Next week the #MiniDebConfCambridge takes place in Cambridge, UK. This event will run from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 November 2023.

The 4 days of the MiniDebConf include a Mini-DebCamp and of course the main Conference talks, BoFs, meets, and Sprints.

We give thanks to our partners and sponsors for this event

Arm - Building the Future of Computing

Codethink - Open Source System Software Experts

pexip - Powering video everywhere

Please see the MiniDebConfCambridge page more for information regarding Travel documentation, Accomodation, Meal planning, the full conference schedule, and yes, even parking.

We hope to see you there!

Call for bids for DebConf24

On Tue 31 October 2023 with tags debconf debconf24 debian
Written by Debian DebConf Committe

Translations: fr pt-BR sv

Due to the current state of affairs in Israel, who were to host DebConf24, the DebConf committee has decided to renew calls for bids to host DebConf24 at another venue and location.

The DebConf committee would like to express our sincere appreciation for the DebConf Israeli team, and the work they've done over several years. However, given the uncertainty about the situation, we regret that it will most likely not be possible to hold DebConf in Israel.

As we ask for submissions for new host locations we ask that you please review and understand the details and requirements for a bid submission to host the Debian Developer Conference.

Please review the template for a DebConf bid for guidelines on how to sumbit a proper bid.

To submit a bid, please create the appropriate page(s) under DebConf Wiki Bids, and add it to the "Bids" section in the main DebConf 24 page.

There isn't very much time to make a decision. We need bids by the end of November in order to make a decision by the end of the year.

After your submission is completed please send us a notification at debconf-team@lists.debian.org to let us know that your bid submission is ready for review.

We also suggest hanging out in our IRC chat room #debconf-team.

Given this short deadline, we understand that bids won't be as complete as they would usually be. Do the best you can in the time available.

Bids will be evaluated according to The Priority List.

You can get in contact with the DebConf team by email to debconf-team@lists.debian.org, or via the #debconf-team IRC channel on OFTC or via our Matrix Channel.

Thank you,

The Debian Debconf Committee

New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2023)

On Wed 27 September 2023 with tags project
Written by Jean-Pierre Giraud

Translations: ca es fr hi-IN pl pt sv vi zh-CN