Focus

This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.

Changes

• visdom: fix license metadata
• webdl: ABC iView livestream support
• check-all-the-things: update AFL dep
• duck: more redirect/deletion phrases (1 2)
• devscripts: typo
• spelling dictionaries: codespell (1 2), lintian (1 2)
• Debian QA services: more usertags fixing (1 2 3)
• Debian package uploads: apt-listchanges read-edid
• Debian screenshots: removed wsjtx (Windows screenshot)
• Debian usertags: fix some more typos and mistakes
• Debian wiki pages: ConfigPackages, DebianBookworm, DebianEvents/internet/2020/MiniDebConfOnline2/DebCamp, DebianKernel/GitBisect, DebianMentorsFaq, DebianTrixie, Derivatives/CensusTemplate, Glossary, Lintian (Spec/LintianHarness, Tags (build-depends-on-python-dev-with-no-arch-any, Contributing, DB, Template, test)), Mobile, PulseAudio, qa.debian.org, Sahil%20Dhiman, Teams/ReleaseTeam/ReleaseCheckList, timeshift, TroubleShooting, VMware
• FOSSjobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in lintian-brush, evince
• Non-distributable files in nmslib
• Silent failure in tweeper
• Usability issues in systemd
• Features in dctrl-tools, lintian, gedit translate plugin
• New versions of youtube-dl
• Incorrect case conversion in webext-debianbuttons
• Missing documentation in synaptic, samba
• Syntax error in yubico-piv-tool
• Warnings in samba-common-bin
• Packaging needed for darkreader

Review

• Spam: reported 175 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian packages: sponsored acr
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved 2048 apparmor-notify apt-listdifferences apt-show-versions cataclysm-dda-curses ckb-next el-ixir growlight lazpaint-gtk2 lazpaint-qt5 nethack-console notcurses-bin pcsx2 performous-composer piu-piu projecteur puzzle-jigsaw ricochet setzer shotcut shotwell systray-mdstat tagainijisho tikzit vonsh wesnoth-1.14 wsjtx xsecurelock xserver-xorg-core
  • rejected mathgl (macOS), fceux (running proprietary game), photoflow (proprietary and problematic image), xserver-xorg-core (another package), xfce4-terminal (another XFCE package)
  • approved deletion of rpcbind (manual page)
  • rejected deletion of notcurses-bin (screenshots are versioned), gnome (Chromium is open source, the logo could be either), hashcat/onboard/knavalbattle/jack-keyboard/kcharselect (spam)

Administration

• Debian wiki: disable attachments due to security issue, approve accounts

Communication

• Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The visdom, apt-listchanges work and lintian-brush bug report were sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.