Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- devscripts: allow rmadison to query archived releases, unofficial ports
- debiman: update prerequisites
- reportbug: drop cruft, add tags based on subject
- debbugs: fix usertag validation
- Debian DDPO: better syntax error messages
- Debian madison: allow querying archived releases, unofficial ports
- Debian ftp-master website: typos
- Debian mirrors list: fix debian.co.il
- Debian mirror status: fix crash, debianbts usage
- Debian screenshots:
- deleted pcscd (manual page), stockfish (actually of chess.com)
- Debian BTS usertags: fixed some security, porter, QA, FTP and website usertags
- Debian package uploads: crawl, git-remote-hg, azure-functions-devops-build
- Debian wiki pages: ArchiveQualification (riscv64 (1 2)), BuildProfileSpec, ContinuousIntegration (GUI, TUI), Cruft, DAManager, debconf, DebianIndia, DeveloperNews, FediverseTeam, InterWikiMap, KernelFAQ, Ketchup, LocalGroups, LoongArch, MemberBenefits, MiniDebConf, MIPS/UserTags, Ports (arc, ia64, loong64, riscv64), PortsDocs/New, PortTemplate, qa.debian.org/usertagging, ReleaseRecertification (jessie, stretch, wheezy), reportbug, ServicesHosting, Services/PublicUddMirror, SystemBuildTools, Teams (Debbugs/ArchitectureTags (1 2), DebianNet, ReleaseTeam/ReleaseCheckList), ungoogled-chromium
Issues
- Potential security issue in several Python programs (sent to the Debian Security Team).
- Crashes in Debian Portfolio service (sent privately), GLib
- Broken symlink in llvm-defaults
Non-breaking-space chars in emacs-cmake-mode
Features in lintian
- Warnings in pyvmomi
- Inaccurate data in UDD how-can-i-help
- Invalid syntax in rust-plotters
- Fork updated for git-remote-hg
- Conffile removal needed in zutils
- Alternatives removal needed in g++-mingw-w64-x86-64-win32
- Regression in pkgconf (vs pkg-config)
- Unsupported device in ddccontrol-db
Review
- Spam: reported 93 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved ace-of-penguins acfax alacritty bfbtester cwm dolphin freefilesync kleopatra libpam-runtime logsave materia-gtk-theme mesa-utils netselect neverball python3-asdf python3-unyt stockfish xfig xfractint xfwm4
- rejected pcscd (help output), orthanc (non-anonymised medical data), fonts-courier-prime (better existing screenshot), shutter (Windows, browser screenshot), bash (an editor), dwarves (random instagram account), alacritty (help output), xfonts-100dpi/goxel/gparted (selfie)
Administration
- Debian BTS: unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages: gnome-shell-extension-no-annoyance
- Debian servers: contact mail server blocking a Debian MX
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The azure-functions-devops-build work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.