Debian GNU/Linux

The Debian Weekly News for April 6, 2004 contains the final call for DPL votes, a call for DebConf talk ideas, a request for hotplug support, search for packages in the snapshot archive, a few April Fools pranks, and more.

The Debian Project has announced that Debian Security Advisories (DSA) have been declared CVE-compatible. "In an effort to cooperate with the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project to standardise the names for all publicly known vulnerabilities and security exposures, new security advisories[3] have carried CVE names since June 2002. Debian formally applied for CVE compatibility in May 2003."

Once known as Debian Internal projects, Custom Debian Distributions are alive and well. Custom Debian Distributions provide a solution for special groups of target users with different skills and interests.

Here's an update on the preparation of stable Debian 3.0r3, which now includes several updated kernel packages.

The final call for votes in the Debian Project Leader election, is out. All votes must be received by April 10, 2004.

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