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Congratulations to Andreas Tille our newly elected Debian Project Leader. #debian https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713587115.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

As Debian Backports do not support Long Term Support, buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html #debian https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713331251.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

MiniDebConf in Berlin is coming up in four weeks! Registering now will guarantee that you'll get a t-shirt. We are still looking for presentations, as well as sponsors for the event. More information at https://berlin2024.mini.debconf.org/ https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713463534.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

As Debian Backports do not offer Long Term Support (LTS), buster-backports is soon to be removed from the Debian Archive: https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports-announce/2024/04/msg00000.html #debian https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713331434.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf24. This year's event will be held in Busan, Korea, and will offer Talks, Hacking sessions, activites, discussions, and of course a legendary cheese party! https://debconf24.debconf.org/news/2024-04-15-dc24-registration-cfp-open/ #debian #debconf24 #busan #korea https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713220443.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

MiniDebConf Belo Horizonte 2024 with presentations on Debian and Free Software, mostly in Brazilian Portuguese, is about to start in 2 weeks. Registation is still possible and volunteers are very welcome; the schedule is now available. See https://bh.mini.debconf.org/en/ https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1713028893.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

Seeking a small group to package Apache Arrow: apache-arrow -- cross-language development platform for in-memory analytics (Bug# 970021). Join the discussion and effort at https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/03/msg00311.html https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1712593269.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

The Debian Policy Manual has been updated to version 4.7.0.0. Highlights include: The addition of the non-free-firmware archive, hard links now permitted in source packages, addressing autobuild network permissions, and systemd requirements for packages that automatically start or stop system services. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1712509512.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

@eliasr @debacle @valhalla

Hi from the Press Team! You are correct, sometimes we edit things and sometimes we do not, oft is is essential that the speaker speaks as intended and our edits would change the flow of the intention, so we leave them in.

Recently we are addressing this with a few policy changes on editing articles or submissions for publication, we of course invite you to join us: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity

apt install dpl-candidate: Andreas Tille https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/dpl-interview-AndresTille.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

apt install dpl-candidate: Sruthi Chandran https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/dpl-interview-SruthiChandran.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

proxmox Platinum Sponsor of DebConf24 https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/proxmox-platinum-debconf24.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Bits from the DPL https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/bits-from-the-dpl-april.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

MiniDebconfBerlin 24 registration and CfP are open. The conference will take place Tue May 14th till Tue May 21st at c-base.org in Germany. See https://lists.debian.org/6183020.4L0H4hUvkO@tomato#1 https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1712135170.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

Although no Debian stable versions are known to be affected by CVE-2024-3094 the next point release for 12.6 has been postponed while we investigate the effects of this CVE on the Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1711844961.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

Although no Debian stable versions are known to be affected by CVE-2024-3094 the next point release for 12.6 has been postponed while we investigate the effects of this CVE on the Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html

CVE-2024-3094 concerning a backdoor exploit in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases are currently being analyzed, for the moment we have paused Archive processing. We will advise as soon as possible. For more reading and information: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/ https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1711830544.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian

CVE-2024-3094 concerning a backdoor exploit in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases are currently being analyzed, for the moment we have paused Archive processing. We will advise as soon as possible. For more reading and information: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/

Debian 10 buster has moved to archive.debian.org freeing up space on our mirror network holding presently at 5,746GB across several architectures. More information on this move and other details: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/03/msg00003.html #debian

Debian 10 buster has moved to archive.debian.org freeing up space on our mirror network holding presently at 5,746GB across several architectures. More information on this move and other details: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/03/msg00003.html #debian https://micronews.debian.org/2024/1711750968.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #debian