news 28 Posted March 12, 2017 Dear fellow developers, Here is my report for January and February 2017. Stretch Freeze ============== As planned, the Release Team announced the freeze of Stretch [1]. It is now our turn to squash bugs and help them to make the release! [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/02/msg00001.html As a reminder, I have announced in [2] that I am willing to reimburse up to USD 100 (or equivalent in your local currency) for your travel and accommodation expenses for participating in Bug Squashing Parties. [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/12/msg00001.html I am aware of the following BSPs: - https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/03/de/credativ (17-19 March in Germany) - https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/03/br/Curitiba (18-19 March in Brazil) - https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/05/fr/Paris/Announcement (13-14 May in France) - https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/05/ch/Zurich (5-7 May in Switzerland) If there are no Bug Squashing Parties next to your city, can you organize one? It is also time to start documenting "The most exciting new things in Stretch"! If you have ideas, please submit them to the Release Team for inclusion in the release announcement. Other ways to help include testing upgrades and installations and filing reports for experienced issues. Last but not least, if your package is affected by an RC-bug and you do not have time or the skills to fix it, please consider tagging it with “help†so that other bug squashers can help you. DebConf Committee ================= It was my pleasure to announce [3] the creation of the DebConf Committee as an official team of the Debian project. [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/01/msg00003.html This new delegation officially deprecates the former delegation made for DebConf Chairs and which is no longer valid. Unlike DebConf Chairs, the DebConf Committee's role is twofold: 1) Organize the bid process and make final decisions about who will organize DebConf; 2) Provide support to DebConf team and share their experience of DebConf organization. As last resort, the DebConf Committee has a special power and can override specific decisions in the context of DebConf organization. Recently, the DebConf Committee reached their first decision and announced [4] DebConf18 will be hosted in Hsinchu, Taiwan. [4] https://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20170215.171536.9b1203f9.en.html Roadmap ======= During DebConf16, I have gathered a list of potential volunteers for the roadmap team or people generally interested in the idea of a roadmap for Debian. Recently, I have tried to start a discussion [5] about organizational aspects of this new activity. Everyone is more than welcome if you want to join the discussion! [5] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-roadmap/ After Stretch's release, a discussion with a wider audience will take place. Assets ====== - Approved expense of CAD 185.11 to buy the cloth for on-site accommodation for DebConf17. - Approved expense of USD 1040 for two Debian contributors to attend and give a talk at FOSSASIA 2017. - Approved budget of EUR 750 for listmaster sprint. - Approved budget of EUR 3300 (max EUR 5000) to organize a BSP at Paris, France. - Approved budget of EUR 1000 for 10th Debian Groupware Meeting (sprint). In other news, SPI recently published a treasurer reports for 2016 [6]. I wanted to thank them for their efforts! [6] http://www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/reports/ Day-to-day log ============== My day-to-day log of DPL activities is available on master.debian.org: - /srv/leader/news/bits-from-the-DPL.txt.201701 - /srv/leader/news/bits-from-the-DPL.txt.201702 Cheers, -- Mehdi Share this post Link to post
