Debian GNU/Linux

The Debian Weekly News for August 17, 2004 is out. This week's topics include an offer of 24x7 support for Debian GNU/Linux with HP Extensions from Hewlett-Packard, where to find online changelog files, plus several Sarge release topics including a Sarge security checkup, open season on RC bugs leads to 0-day NMUs, best practice QA uploads, synchronizing Skolelinux with Sarge, and more.

John Goerzen provides a brief SPI update, which includes the news that Bdale Garbee and Branden Robinson were elected to a 3-year term on the SPI Board and the following officers have been selected by the board: President, John Goerzen; Vice President, Benjamin Mako Hill; Treasurer, Jimmy Kaplowitz; and Secretary, David Graham.

Steve Langasek reports on the status of the libtiff transition. "Now that the gcc blockage has been addressed, it's possible to get a clearer look at what's needed to complete the libtiff transition for sarge. The answer is: quite a lot, really. What follows is a summary of the packages we know to be involved in this transition."

Another release task is sorting out sid updates that need to be in Sarge. All package maintainers should ensure that any bugs that have been fixed in sid are also fixed in Sarge.

Debian Sarge Bug-Squashing Week runs August 16 - 22. Help squash those release-critical bugs if you can.

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