Re: Debian Weekly News - July 6th, 1999
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Subject: Debian Weekly News - July 6th, 1999
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> Debian Weekly News
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> Debian Weekly News - July 6th, 1999
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> Welcome to Debian Weekly News, a newsletter for the Debian developer
> community.
>
> Perl 5.005 is here. To handle the transition to this new version,
> [8]perl is now a versioned package -- perl 5.004 can be installed
> alongside the newer version during the transition. All packages that
> currently depend on perl need to be changed to depend on perl5, and
> anyone who maintains such a package has been sent a notice about this
> (here's a [9]sample). There is also a new [10]perl policy which
> packages should follow. However, until all packages that depend on
> perl are updated, [11]unstable is in an inconsistent state and should
> only be followed by the very brave.
>
> With the new policy requiring the use of the FHS, the question of how
> to move from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc has come up (again). Simply
> symlinking the two isn't good enough, because dpkg won't deal with it
> well. [12]One idea that has come up a few times is to make
> /usr/doc/package be a link to /usr/share/doc/package.
>
> A new mailing list named debian-release has been [13]created, for
> coordination between people involved in release management. "The
> debian-release mailing list is an *action* list." -- it's not meant
> for general discussion. Speaking of releases, the [14]release-critical
> bug list is being posted again each week. The latest version lists a
> whopping 222 release critical bugs. Also, Richard Braakman posted
> about his [15]plans for release management. Some of the packages with
> release critical bugs will soon be marked for removal.
>
> Jason Gunthorpe [16]posted a "Negative Summary of the Split Proposal".
> This is an excellent summary of arguments against the proposed move of
> non-free and contrib. His larger aim, besides defeating the proposal,
> is to make these summaries, both pro and con, a regular part of the
> voting process. The split proposal hasn't gone to vote yet, but we do
> have one vote in progress: The logo swap vote closes on July 7th. If
> you haven't voted yet, get a ballot [17]here.
>
> There was an [18]long argument between Per Abrahamsen and others about
> Debian developers' relationships with upstream authors. Per thinks
> that developers often act as "middlemen" who get in the way more often
> than not between users and authors. He also dislikes the
> debian-specific modifications made to XEmacs. Of course, many
> developers disagreed and gave counterexamples of good relationships
> with upstream. Adam Di Carlo posted an [19]excellent list of things
> Debian developers should do to ensure such good relations with their
> packages' authors.
>
> Here is a [20]summary of what's happening on the Debian-JP project.
>
> New packages added this week include the following and [21]31 more:
> * [22]clanbomber: Bomberman like game
> * [23]debauch: A malloc debugger
> * [24]diskless: Generate NFS file structure for diskless boot.
> * [25]gphoto: Universal application for digital cameras
> * [26]pingus: Free Lemmings(tm) clone
> * [27]vivid: A Teeny Tiny Text Editor
> * [28]wipe: Secure file deletion
> * [29]xanim-modules:Installer for xanim binary-only modules
>
> Thanks to Christian Meder and Katsura S. Yoshio for [30]contributing.
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> Debian Weekly News is edited by [33]Joey Hess.
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> References
> 8. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9907/msg00016.html
> 9. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-dpkg-9907/msg00001.html
> 10. http://pandora.debian.org/~hertzog/perl-policy.html/
> 11. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9907/msg00260.html
> 12. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-policy-9907/msg00003.html
> 13.
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-announce-9907/msg00000.htm
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> 14. http://master.debian.org/~wakkerma/bugs/
> 15. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9907/msg00217.html
> 16. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-vote-9906/msg00235.html
> 17.
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-announce-9907/msg00001.htm
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> 18. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9907/msg00045.html
> 19. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9907/msg00087.html
> 20. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/26/mail#1
> 21. http://master.debian.org/~tausq/newpkgs.html
> 22. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/games/clanbomber.html
> 23. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/debauch.html
> 24. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/misc/diskless.html
> 25. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/graphics/gphoto.html
> 26. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/games/pingus.html
> 27. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/editors/vivid.html
> 28. http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/utils/wipe.html
> 29.
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/contrib/graphics/xanim-modules.html
> 30. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/contributing
> 31. http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe
> 32. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/
> 33. mailto:joeyh@debian.org
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