Debian - After the fire

On November 20, 2002 a fire destroyed the University of Twente Network Operations Center in the Netherlands. Among the computers housed there was one known as satie.debian.org, former home of security.debian.org, non-us.debian.org, nm.debian.org and qa.debian.org.

Security was the first priority and the Debian Team had reinstalled security.debian.org on the host klecker within two days time. Some security fixes were lost, particularly those that were uploaded, but not yet installed. Most have probably been reconstructed by now, but if you downloaded security fixes before the fire, check the previous announcment to see if you can help.

The new maintainer service, nm.debian.org is in the process of getting back on track. Here's a status report on how nm.debian.org was affected and how it is being restored. As part of the New Maintainer web site, there is a new GPG Key Signing Coordination page as well. Anyone applying for new maintainer status should be aware that your information may have been lost. If you are applying for Debian developer status please read this information, and verify your status.

There is no word yet on the status of non-us and qa, but we expect those services to be restored soon. Remember that Debian is a volunteer organization, so those people who are working on restoring these services are taking time away from jobs, families and other commitments. Help out if you can, if not, please be patient.

In other Debian news, we have the most recent debian-installer status report for November 22, 2002. If you would like to help with the installer you can get more information from the installer's home page.

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