Debian Weekly News - September 23rd, 2003

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Debian Weekly News - September 23rd, 2003
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Welcome to this year's 38th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community. Since [1]Knoppix only uses KDE these days,
several GNOME people have created [2]Gnoppix which includes their
favourite desktop environment. Matt Zimmerman also [3]discovered
horrific new levels of changelog abuse.

 1. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
 2. http://www.gnoppix.org/
 3. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0309/msg00893.html

New CD Image Server. Mattias Wadenstein [4]announced the new
[5]cdimage.debian.org with iso images and an authoritative directory
structure. Since many people still don't use [6]Jigdo to download and
build the Debian [7]images, they are available as well. He is also
looking for sites to [8]mirror the server.

 4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors-0309/msg00000.html
 5. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/
 6. http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/
 7. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/images/
 8. http://www.acc.umu.se/~maswan/debian-push/cdimage/

Skolelinux Debian Labs? Martin Michlmayr [9]reported that Skolelinux
is very successful in Norway and has gained some funding. Everything
Skolelinux does is being integrated into Debian, they are working
especially hard on making debian-installer a functional installer.
Hence, they could name its foundation with the name "Skolelinux Debian
Labs" to reflect their origins and relationship with the Debian
project.

 9. http://lists.debian.org/debian-project-0309/msg00020.html

Bits from the Project Leader. Martin Michlmayr [10]summarised the time
he spent at several conferences. He reported about several Opteron
machines that were and are planned to be donated to the project.
[11]Xandros has agreed to work with Debian to make sure that sarge
will be LSB compliant. He also said that there is a great demand for
Debian from governments and educational institutions.

 10. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0309/msg00008.html
 11. http://www.xandros.com/

Export Clauses in XFree86 License. Henning Makholm [12]noticed some
clauses in XFree86's copyright file which appeared to be non-free. It
was [13]generally [14]agreed that these clauses fail the requirements
of the [15]Debian Free Software Guidelines. Branden Robinson
[16]concurred with that view and resolved to identify which code is
affected. He thought it might be easier get the code dual licensed,
rather than completely re-licensed. Branden would like assistance with
this and offered commit access to the X Strike Force Subversion
repository as temptation.

 12. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0309/msg00723.html
 13. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0309/msg00800.html
 14. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0309/msg00811.html
 15. http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
 16. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal-0309/msg00847.html

Rpmseek includes Debian Packages. Newsforge [17]reports that
rpmseek.com has expanded its search facilities to include .deb
packages from Debian's distribution, as well as numerous other
archives of Debian packages. The [18]rpmseek.com site is one of the
largest web directories for Linux software in general, although one
reader noted that apt-cache search string achieves much the same
result for Debian users. And if the default repository choices aren't
enough, [19]apt-get.org contains many more suggestions to add to your
list of repositories to search.

 17. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03/09/18/158209.shtml?tid=52
 18. http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html?hl=com
 19. http://www.apt-get.org/

Skolelinux merging with Debian-Edu. Andreas Schuldei [20]announced
that the [21]Skolelinux project and the [22]Debian-Edu sub-project
will merge in order to continue the Debian-Edu effort and to avoid the
Knoppix effect. The [23]goal is to create a Debian distribution
especially geared towards easy and large-scale deployment in schools.
The subproject will also create courseware (lessons, homework, exams,
solutions to exams) in the future, which are compatible with Debian.

 20. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0309/msg00011.html
 21. http://www.skolelinux.no/
 22. http://wiki.debian.net/DebianEdu
 23. http://developer.skolelinux.no/arkitektur/arkitektur.html.en

Debian Kernel Packages overly patched? Martin F. Krafft [24]complained
about the Debian kernel packages containing too many patches,
especially some that make the grsecurity patch not apply anymore.
Herbert Xu carefully selected some backports to include such as
[25]IPsec.

 24. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0309/msg01133.html
 25. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0309/msg01135.html

Security Updates. You know the drill. Please make sure that you update
your systems if you have any of these packages installed.

 * [26]OpenSSH -- Possible remote vulnerability.
 * [27]OpenSSH-KRB -- Possible remote vulnerability.
 * [28]sendmail -- Buffer overflows.
 * [29]hztty -- Buffer overflows.
 * [30]libmailtools-perl -- Input validation bug.
 * [31]gopherd -- Buffer overflows.
 * [32]kdebase -- Multiple vulnerabilities.
 * [33]ipmasq -- Insecure packet filtering rules.

 26. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-382
 27. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-383
 28. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384
 29. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-385
 30. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386
 31. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-387
 32. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-388
 33. http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-389

New or Noteworthy Packages. The following packages were added to the
unstable Debian archive recently or contain important updates.

 * [34]alex -- Lexical analyser generator for Haskell.
 * [35]bashdb -- GNU Bourne Again SHell Debugger.
 * [36]dvb-utils -- Viewer programs for DVB cards.
 * [37]freedroid -- Clone of Paradroid - a strategic shoot-em up.
 * [38]gclcvs -- GNU Common Lisp compiler, CVS snapshot.
 * [39]geant321 -- Particle detector description and simulation tool.
 * [40]gnome-blog -- GNOME applet to post to BloggerAPI weblogs.
 * [41]ire-ed -- IRE's word editor.
 * [42]jamin -- Audio mastering from a mixed down multi-track source
   with JACK.
 * [43]kxterm -- Cernlib's KUIP terminal emulator.
 * [44]lsbappchk -- Linux Standard Base application compliance
   checking tool.
 * [45]opensched -- Tool for project management.
 * [46]paw -- Physics Analysis Workstation - a graphical analysis
   program.
 * [47]sear -- 3D client for the Worldforge game servers.
 * [48]smarty -- Template engine for PHP.
 * [49]socklog-run -- Small and secure replacement for syslogd.
 * [50]tdiary -- New generation weblog, which has many features like
   TSUKKOMI.
 * [51]tvtime -- High quality television application.
 * [52]zftp -- Cernlib's file transfer program.

 34. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/alex.html
 35. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/shells/bashdb.html
 36. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/dvb-utils.html
 37. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/freedroid.html
 38. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/gclcvs.html
 39. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/geant321.html
 40. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/gnome-blog.html
 41. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/ire-ed.html
 42. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/jamin.html
 43. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/kxterm.html
 44. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/lsbappchk.html
 45. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/opensched.html
 46. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/paw.html
 47. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/sear.html
 48. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/smarty.html
 49. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/socklog-run.html
 50. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/tdiary.html
 51. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/tvtime.html
 52. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/zftp.html

Orphaned Packages. 15 packages were orphaned this week and require a
new maintainer. This makes a total of 209 orphaned packages. Many
thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free
Software community. Please see the [53]WNPP pages for the full list,
and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA: if you
plan to take over a package.

 53. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/

 * [54]asd4 -- Utility commands for Advanced Sound Daemon.
   ([55]Bug#211830)
 * [56]dxpc -- Differential X protocol compressor. ([57]Bug#212108)
 * [58]etktab -- ASCII guitar tab editor. ([59]Bug#211696)
 * [60]gkrellm-newsticker -- Scrolling News plugin for gkrellm.
   ([61]Bug#211697)
 * [62]gkrellm-reminder -- Useful reminder plugin for gkrellm.
   ([63]Bug#211699)
 * [64]hwtools -- Collection of tools for low-level hardware
   management. ([65]Bug#211921)
 * [66]libmail-bulkmail-perl -- Platform independent mailing list
   module. ([67]Bug#211310)
 * [68]phpsysinfo -- PHP Based Host Information. ([69]Bug#211701)
 * [70]python-stats -- Collection of statistical functions for
   Python. ([71]Bug#212110)
 * [72]snes9express -- GTK+ frontend for snes9x. ([73]Bug#212123)
 * [74]xmake -- Powerful project making make program.
   ([75]Bug#211498)
 * [76]xmms-bumpscope -- Bump Scope visualization plugin for XMMS.
   ([77]Bug#211702)
 * [78]xmms-goom -- "What a GOOM!" visualization plugin for XMMS.
   ([79]Bug#211703)
 * [80]xmms-jess -- XMMS visualization plugin using various 2D and 3D
   methods. ([81]Bug#211704)
 * [82]xmms-synaesthesia -- Synaesthesia visualization plugin for
   XMMS. ([83]Bug#211705)

 54. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/asd4.html
 55. http://bugs.debian.org/211830
 56. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/dxpc.html
 57. http://bugs.debian.org/212108
 58. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/etktab.html
 59. http://bugs.debian.org/211696
 60. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/gkrellm-newsticker.html
 61. http://bugs.debian.org/211697
 62. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/gkrellm-reminder.html
 63. http://bugs.debian.org/211699
 64. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/hwtools.html
 65. http://bugs.debian.org/211921
 66. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libmail-bulkmail-perl.html
 67. http://bugs.debian.org/211310
 68. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/phpsysinfo.html
 69. http://bugs.debian.org/211701
 70. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/python-stats.html
 71. http://bugs.debian.org/212110
 72. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/snes9express.html
 73. http://bugs.debian.org/212123
 74. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/xmake.html
 75. http://bugs.debian.org/211498
 76. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/xmms-bumpscope.html
 77. http://bugs.debian.org/211702
 78. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/xmms-goom.html
 79. http://bugs.debian.org/211703
 80. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/xmms-jess.html
 81. http://bugs.debian.org/211704
 82. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/xmms-synaesthesia.html
 83. http://bugs.debian.org/211705

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 84. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/contributing
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