Debian News [LWN.net]

The Debian Weekly News for July 2, 2002 is out. This edition speculates that UnitedLinux will be based on the Debian distribution (since there is no other way to "include" Debian as Caldera UnitedLinux leader Ransom Love has said he wants to do). Addition topics include Java Beans for Debian People, Security Updates for Woody, and much more.

Another revision of Debian 2.2 (potato) is underway. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r7 should be available soon. Security fixes and critical bug fixes are the focus of this release.

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh has published a paper that details the operation of Debian init scripts. The paper is derived from a talk that will be given at the upcoming Debconf2.

Debian Project Leader Bdale Garbee announced that Mako has been delegated to help handle project donations. Also, Debian will be joining OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems. Mark Johnson has been appointed as Debian's initial official representative to OASIS.