Changes

• apt-offline: fix typos
• myrepos: cleanups (1 2), better error messages (1 2)
• Linux kernel: enable dm raid discard support when any devices support discard
• gh: fix .deb install info
• equivs: fix dir message
• webdl: fix iview episode order (sent privately)
• spelling dictionaries: codespell (1 2 3 4 5), lintian (1 2 3 4)
• Debian blends website: fix DDTP URLs
• Debian developers reference: fix DDTP URLs
• Debian bits blog: fix DDTP URLs
• Debian screenshots: deleted scm (manual page)
• Debian package tracking system: add options to disable oldoldstable pockets (1 2)
• Debian website: fix DDTP (1 2) and DebConf sponsors URLs
• Debian userdir-ldap: document #debian-private
• Debian package uploads: purple-discord (1 2 3)
• Debian sysadmin wiki pages: input/howto/postgres
• Debian website: document #debian-private
• Debian wiki pages: apcupsd, Blends/TasksPages, BOINC/Development, configure, DDTP (Migration), DebianAMD64, DebianEdu/Status/Buster, DebianHosting, DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso, DebianKernel/UserspaceTools, DebianNetDomains, DebianPartyLine/Mumble, DebianScience/Classification, DebianWannaBuildInfrastructureOnOneServer, DebianWiki/I18n, Derivatives/CensusQA, DevelopmentQuestions, EmbeddedCopies, EtcUnderRevisionControl, Exploits, Firmware/Updates, FlashBIOS, Fonts, Games/Team, Hardware/Wanted, HelpDebian/FAQ, HowToUpgradeKernel, InstallingDebianOn/CompuLab, IRC, Javascript/Policy, KdeMultimedia, L10n/DDTSS, LinuxMagazines, MemberBenefits (1 2), MiscellaneousQuestions, Mobile, OpenStack/OpenStack/todo, PackageArchitectureAlmostAny, PackagesArchSpecific, PageFragments/HowOrganisationsCanHelpDebian, qa.debian.org, ReleaseParty (Bullseye, Buster, SuiteTemplate), Services, Simple-CDD/Bzr, SparcPorting, SSH, SSH, StaticLinking, Teams (DebConf/Bursaries, DebianBuildd, DebianWiki, FrontDesk/DcSiteDevel, I18n), VerifyPAS
• vcs-home wiki pages: index (1 2)
• FOSSjobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in tracker-miner-fs, Xwayland
• Upgrade failure with unattended-upgrades
• Conffile removal needed in rubocop, parcimonie
• Patch backport needed in purple-discord
• Underlinking in bind9-libs
• Features in needrestart, buildd.debian.org, procps (1 2 3), cron, Debian code search, Debian package tracker, pass
• Broken HTML in evolution (sent privately, fixed by upstream)
• Warnings in urwid, webdl (sent privately)
• Removal needed for flasm (1 2)

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 178 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved dablin displaycal enfuse evolvotron flameshot flpsed font-viewer gimp-plugin-registry glue-sprite gpick gpscorrelate gpscorrelate-gui gtkmorph guetzli gummi hdrmerge icc-profiles-free inkscape-tutorials jhead jp2a jpeginfo jpegjudge kde-spectacle libjpeg-turbo-progs magic metacam pianobooster povray-examples printer-driver-cups-pdf propaganda-debian rawtherapee recoverjpeg renrot scm screengrab scrot shanty showfoto simple-image-reducer simple-scan sxiv teeworlds tuxpaint valentina viewnior x4d-icons xcftools
  • rejected musescore (ancient map), fastboot (logo)
  • approved deletion (despite bogus reason) of winwrangler (help output)
  • rejected deletion of blockattack (not spam as claimed), chromium (not deceptive as claimed), file-roller (screenshots of newest interface), jwm/onboard/aajm (spam), xfce4 (not a place to request wallpapers), viewvc (HTML jibberish), fonts-noto-color-emoji/sdl-ball/sddm-theme-breeze/hardinfo (jibberish), gufw (non-English screenshots are allowed), wifite (unsubstantiated claim of false information), mysql-workbench (single word)

Administration

• myrepos: fix the forum
• Debian: restart non-responsive tor daemon, restart processes due to OOM, apply debian.net changes for DD with expired key
• Debian wiki: approve accounts
• Debian QA services: deploy changes, auto-disable oldoldstable pockets

Communication

• Initiate discussion about removing purple-discord from Debian stable
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The purple-discord work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• libpst: fix links (sent privately), packaging update/cleanup
• autoconf-archive: bump Python versions
• Repology: fix terminology (1 2)
• FoxtrotGPS: bump default maximum zoom level
• File::LibMagic: truncate sourceless files, remove embedded code copies, improve error handling, remove repetition, add parameter support, cleanup
• myrepos: cleanup
• how-can-i-help: cleanup (1 2)
• devscripts: sync bts tags, silence perltidy
• spelling dictionaries: codespell (1 2 3 4 5 6), lintian (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
• Debian debtags: update libpst tags
• Debian website: link to IRC CoC
• Debian package uploads: purple-discord (1 2), libpst
• Debian wiki pages: AutomaticDebugPackages, DebConf/Fundraising/Timeline, DebianIRCChannelGuidelines, Derivatives/Census/Endless, EduSoundtracker, GnuCash, HardDisk, InstallingDebianOn (ComputerTemplate, Thinkpad/X1 Carbon 7th Gen (1 2)), Memory, Mobile, Modules, News, Packaging/BinaryPackage, PaulWise, Root, SimpleBackportCreation, Statistics, SummerOfCode2020 (ApprovedProjects/Android SDK Tools in Debian, UnApprovedProjects/COVID-19), SystemBuildTools, SystemTap, Teams/Webmaster/meetings, Wayland
• OpenStreetMap wiki pages: Ground_truth_and_Official_truth
• git wiki pages: Interfaces, frontends, and tools

Issues

• Crashes in gedit-plugin-terminal, lintian, aptitude
• Regressions in firefox
• Features in reposurgeon, how-can-i-help, lintian-brush, dh-make-perl (1 2), codespell, Firefox, tracker.debian.org
• Misdetection in file, lintian-brush
• Conffile removal in gnome-session-flashback
• Underlinking in libhdf4
• Warnings in python3-twisted, alot, python3-minidb
• Patch backport needed in Firefox ESR

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 268 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved deepin-image-viewer guymager hwinfo impressive moc qterminal sawfish smartmontools smart-notifier testssl.sh thesias timeshift tkdesk
  • rejected sway (logo) impressive (not appropriate)
  • rejected deletion of onboard (not a support channel), ace-of-penguins (random reason), phpbb3/awstats/freeciv-client-gtk (spam reason), apt (not a reason)

Administration

• Debian wiki: approve accounts

Communication

• Initiate discussions about dh-make-perl failures
• Notify derivatives about the Debian bullseye freeze
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The dh-make-perl feature requests, file bug report, File::Libmagic changes, autoconf-archive change, libpst work and the purple-discord upload were sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• apt-offline: clarify message
• debhelper: add option to disable workarounds
• Debian package uploads: apt-offline, purple-discord
• Debian wiki code: use msgid-search path
• Debian wiki pages: accessibility, Bumblebee, CaptivePortal, Cloud, CrossGrading, Debate/umask, DebianHosting, DebianInstaller/Preseed, DebianMailingLists, DebianMedProspective, DebianNetDomains, DebianRepository/Setup, DebianTesting, Derivatives/Census (QA, BlankOn, Bloss, Meilix, Netrunner, SteamOS, Symbiosis), DeveloperNews, ExtraMenus, ftp.debian.org, gsoc, GSoC, Hardware/Database, InstallingDebianOn/ComputerTemplate, MIPS/LoongsonPi, nodiscc, Packaging, PaulWise, Ports/ia64 (triage), PortTemplate, qa.debian.org, RFP, ServicesHosting, Sprints/2016/DebianEdu, Statistics, SummerOfCode, (2020/UnApprovedProjects (ArchitectureCrossGrade, systemd_unit_translator)), Sympa, SystemBuildTools (1 2), Teams (DebianPerlGroup/OpenTasks, DPL/SponsoringGuidelines, DSA/non-DSA-HW, pkg-iot, Publicity (Meetings/2015-09-21, MeetingTemplate)), U-boot/Status
• FOSSJobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in window list GNOME shell extension, nautilus
• Missing dependencies in weston
• Broken symlinks in llvm
• Usability issues in Firefox
• Features in rsync, Firefox
• Conffile removal for unbound, gplaycli, debsums
• Warnings in fonttools, netaddr
• Verbosity in unattended-upgrades
• Encoding issues in lists.debian.org

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 74 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian packages: reviewed open-ath9k-htc-firmware
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved dump1090-mutability fonts-apropal fonts-compagnon fonts-gemunu-libre fonts-millimetre gnome-software htop klatexformula kvirc ministocks neofetch photocollage systemd
  • rejected amd64-microcode (not a screenshot), surgescript (unrelated UI not in Debian), ardesia (unrelated web browser screenshot), debian-el (unrelated desktop screenshot)
  • rejected deletion of netanim/fonts-monapo/holdingnuts (spam reason), ekiga (English screenshots are kept)

Administration

• Debian wiki: deploy changes, unblock IP addresses, approve new accounts, auto-approve email domains

Communication

• Initiate discussion about packages touching /srv
• Welcome Bloss to the Debian derivatives census
• Invite Debian derivatives to DebConf20
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The apt-offline backport and purple-discord uploads were sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• Repology webapp: better distro package name support
• foxtrotgps: fix gpsd API usage spelling, grammar
• libpst: move to overlay, new upstream release (1 2 3 4 5)
• iotop: cleanups (1 2)
• moin 1.9: fix RSS crash with ancient PyXML
• myrepos: mention github2mr
• Debian website: clarify BTS reopen docs
• Debian package uploads: libpst, foxtrotgps
• Debian wiki service: fix Launchpad TLS verification, drop ancient PyXML copy
• Debian wiki pages: aMule, BisectDebian, BSP, DebConf/21, DebianDay (2020), DebianKernel/GitBisect, DebianMentorsFaq, DebianReleases/PointReleases, DebianTesting, DebianUnstable, DebianWiki/Contact, DeveloperNews (1, 2), FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud, Hardening, Hardware/Database, InstallingDebianOn, (Acer, Allwinner, HowToContribute, PageFragments/AdditionalSuggestions), iwlwifi, LTS/Development, MySql, opendkim, PressCoverage (2020), PrivacyIssues, qa.debian.org, Ripping, Services (Debian Archive, DerivativesCensus), SourcesList, Sprints, Statistics, Xorg, Year
• Wikipedia: Display Data Channel
• FOSSJobs wiki: resources
• vcs-home wiki: index (1 2)
• Free Software Directory wiki: Appleseed

Issues

• Incorrectly removed dependency in tesseract
• Naming conflict for maildir-utils
• Privacy enhancement needed for hw-probe
• Underlinking in libevent, libguichan-allegro
• Conffile removal needed in kytos-utils, docutils-common
• New release needed for how-can-i-help
• Warnings in purple-discord, onboard
• Features needed in lintian, lintian-brush (1 2), devscripts bts, ddccontrol-db, hw-probe
• Homepage broken for GNU smalltalk (reported privately), sms4you

Review

• Spam: reported 2 Debian bug reports and 211 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved abcde apt-file audacity baobab cadubi celluloid cool-retro-term darktable debtree dhex dwm e2fsck-static evince filelight fonts-cascadia-code fonts-hermit fonts-le-murmure fonts-solide-mirage gdmap ggz-python-games gnome-usage gsequencer gthumb gtkam hwloc libreoffice midori naev nano nmapsi4 nnn nut-server opencubicplayer pdfcube pdfsam plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo pt2-clone recordmydesktop ripgrep software-properties-gtk solaar stacer systemd thunar tiatracker xdiskusage yoshimi youtube-dl
  • rejected fonts-hermit/fonts-terminus (copied from elsewhere, possibly proprietary), nnn (help output), libxcb-xinerama0 (logo) gphoto2 (other package), dmagnetic (non-free content)
  • approved deletion of python3 (non-Debian elements), sympa (personal information), ratfor (logo), dhex (poor quality, better ones available), elisa (old upstream no longer in Debian)
  • rejected deletion of filezilla (junk reason), ggz-python-games/vim-gtk/netanim (spam reason), lubuntu-software-center (single-word reason)

Administration

• Debian wiki: deploy changes, delete obsolete PyXML code, unblacklist IP addresses, whitelist email addresses, help with account queries

Communication

• Initiate discussion about interoperability between git and other VCS and data storage/transfer tools
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC
• Edited and sent Debian Misc Developer News #50

Sponsors

The libpst work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• libpst: cleanup of documentation/build system/spelling/grammar (sent to maintainer), adopt, packaging cleanup, backport function misdetection fix
• myrepos: refactor, add recursive option and mode for config command
• spelling dictionaries: codespell (1 2), lintian (1 2)
• Debian codesearch: use CDN, fix form
• Debian package uploads: libpst (1 2)
• Debian wiki pages: Ardour, BisectDebian, Compression, DateTime, DebianEvents/ca/2020/MiniDebConfMontreal, DebianGNUstep, DebianIndia, DebianProjectLeader, Derivatives/Census (BlankOn, Grml, ParrotSecurity, UniventionCorporateServer), DeveloperNews, DistributionsCollaboration, en/Apache/mod_evasive, Ext4, FakeRoot, FileManager, FreedomBox (LeavingTheCloud, Roadmap2020), Hardware/Database, Icinga/Icinga2Installation, Jizo, LaMp, light-locker, MailApps, MATE, MemberBenefits, Mupen64Plus, Nautilus, NetworkManager/iwd, NFS, NTP, PáginaPrincipal, PrivacyIssues, systemd/howtos/WaitOnline, Teams (DebianBuildd, DPL), VirtualSquare

Issues

• Crashes in webext-browserpass, iwyu
• Missing source in veles
• Silent blocking in debsecan
• Features in devscripts tagpending, Firefox
• Deprecated API usage in github-backup
• Repository issue with libpst (reported privately, https was not working)
• Incorrect detection in lintian-brush
• Incorrect alterations in lintian-brush (1 2)
• Backported fix needed in libpst
• Conffile removal needed in webext-browserpass, ipmitool
• Change documentation style in lintian-brush (1 2)

Review

• Spam: reported 183 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
  • approved caja-eiciel caja-gtkhash caja-image-converter caja-mediainfo cinnamon-desktop-environment dicomscope fonts-ferrite-core grub-customizer gxkb lipse-wtp-servertools ltsp marco mate-applet-appmenu mate-calc mate-dock-applet mate-equake-applet mate-media mate-menus mate-notification-daemon mate-panel mate-power-manager mate-session-manager mate-system-monitor mate-user-guide mate-user-share mate-utils mate-window-buttons-applet mate-window-menu-applet mate-window-title-applet mp3wrap notion qsynth qwertone spview toot xgalaga++ xtel yoshimi
  • deleted yoshimi (splash screen)
  • rejected gpgv (web page of wrong package), dmagnetic (non-free content), yoshimi (logo)
  • rejected deletion of yoshimi (screenshots are versioned), pacman4console/pixfrogger/gkamus (spam)

Administration

• Debian wiki: whitelist email addresses, help with auth issues
• FOSSJobs: forwarding jobs, approving jobs

Communication

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

Sponsors

Some of the lintian-brush issues, the devscripts tagpending issue and the libpst work were sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• libpst: add extern "C" (sent to maintainer)
• nsntrace: usability
• myrepos: refactoring, packaging cleanups (1 2 3 4 5 6 7), fix non-https links, Perl warning, removing config items, shell usage, config usability, document run command flexibility
• spelling dictionaries: codespell, lintian
• dak: refactor
• Debian BTS usertags: fix some misspelled addresses
• Debian QA services: usertags more typo fixes, scratchdir
• Debian package uploads: purple-discord, libapache-mod-auth-kerb, libforms
• Debian wiki pages: BTS, CopyrightReviewTools, CUPSDebugging, DebianMentorsFaq, DebianScience/Blend, DebianWiki/EditorGuide, FreedomBox/Download, InstallingDebianOn/Ampere/eMAG, InstantMessaging, JrXpilot, Keysigning/Offers, opendkim, PrivacyIssues, QemuUserEmulation, SupportedArchitectures, Teams (DebianBuildd, Ruby/Meeting/Paris2020), ToniMueller
• FOSSJobs wiki: resources

Issues

• Crashes in gnome-shell-extension-show-ip
• Security issues in mailutils
• Incorrect alignment in whowatch
• Patch merging needed in gnome-shell-extension-show-ip (1 2)
• Package selection for Debian live images
• Features in https-everywhere, Firefox
• Usability issues in Firefox
• Code style issues in purple-discord

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 172 Debian mailing list posts
• Patches: reviewed Funguloids patches
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved asciidoc audacious bats bwm-ng cpupower-gui eqonomize firefox fonts-bajaderka fonts-bwht fonts-lemonada fonts-osifont fonts-spleen gbsplay geany gnome-software gyrus hashcat horizon-eda human-icon-theme inkscape jami lynkeos.app morse ocrmypdf orpie patator piper pycodestyle qosmic rofi sent shadowsocks-qt5 sqlmap stardict thunar xfce4-settings xwax
  • rejected multimedia-midi (metapackage), qiime (logo), acme (usage info), blender (proprietary culture), base-files (unrelated interface), synaptic (screenshot of screenshot on screenshots website??),
  • approved deletion of jami (stretched), dillo (not a useful screenshot)
  • rejected deletion of winetricks/enemylines3 (nonsense), avogadro (unrelated request), phpmyadmin (screenshots are versioned), qmmp (greeting), i3-wm (compliment), phpbb3/onboard/qthid-fcd-controller/gkamus (spam)
• FOSSJobs: reviewed jobs, hid jobs not involving FLOSS contribution

Administration

• Chromium BSU: answer support requests
• Funguloids: applied patches, ticket triage
• Debian: updated apt repo key expiry
• Debian website: fix directory permissions again
• Debian wiki: diagnose DocBook output issue, unblacklist IP addresses, whitelist email addresses, whitelist email domains

Communication

• Initiate discussions about Debian Python module bytecompiling, Debian and maintainer-built binaries
• Invite DANOS to the Debian derivatives census

Sponsors

The purple-discord, libpst work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• megaglest-data-source: update link
• happy-wombats: cleanups
• foxtrotgps: link to repology
• gzrt: cleanups
• jq: add NUL termination with -0
• fossjobs: fix editing https links
• myrepos: whitespace
• purple-discord: cleanups (1 2 3)
• check-all-the-things: flawfinder fix
• spelling dictionaries: codespell (1 2), lintian (1 2)
• Debian Planets: add Volumio
• Debian QA services: popcon data improvements (1 2 3)
• Debian meta-packages: Python 3 (deriv.d.n), new buster dep for qa.d.o
• Debian security tracker: ttmath embeds
• Debian package uploads: purple-discord, libapache-mod-auth-kerb
• Debian wiki pages: BluetoothUser/a2dp, Chromium, ContinuousIntegration/autopkgtest, cron, DebConf/Fundraising, DebianDevelopment, DebianEvents/ch/2019/Vaumarcus/TalkSubmissions, Derivatives/Census (BOSSlinux, Volumio (1 2)), DeveloperNews, DHCP_Server, DisplayManager, FPGA, Glossary, LightDM, LiveCD, Lustre, mijn.host, Mobile, OSM/tileserver (buster (1 2)), PackageManagement, reportbug, SourceOnlyUpload, SponsorChecklist, SystemBuildTools, Teams (DebConf/Sponsors, DPL), Xfce
• FOSSJobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in gnome-shell-extension-log-out-button, mesa
• Apparmor issues in torbrowser-launcher
• Missing source in mitmproxy
• Test failure in libinfinity
• Memory usage in restic
• Cherry-pick needed in liferea
• Features in reportbug, restic, torbrowser-launcher, how-can-i-help, freedesktop gitlab
• New versions of parted
• Code issues in purple-discord
• Translations issues in purple-discord
• Underlinking in libbpfcc
• Transitional packages needed in afl++

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 170 Debian mailing list posts
• Patches: applied myrepos patch
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved alsamixergui alsaplayer-gtk alsa-tools-gui amsynth ardour-video-timeline aubio-tools audacious aumix-gtk bash basket bat cdlabelgen chafa colord di digikam ebook2cwgui epiphany-browser f3 fd-find firefox-esr fonts-comic-neue gaphor geeqie gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-suede gthumb lollypop membernator memtester opencubicplayer pacpl sddm sddm-theme-breeze siril terminator termonad testdisk thunar-archive-plugin trimage ufraw welle.io wordnet-gui xfce4 xfce4-taskmanager
  • rejected hackrf (blank), greenbone-security-assistant (not a screenshot), bash/cdlabelgen/trimage/alsaplayer-gtk/testdisk (other software), pacpl (not a usage scenario)
  • rejected deletion of netbeans (screenshots from derivatives are accepted), phpmyadmin/siril (screenshots are versioned), onboard/tome/josm (greeting), luola/btanks (short), phpbb3/gkamus (spam)
• FOSSJobs: reviewed new jobs, hid MongoDB job (SSPL is not FSD/OSD/DFSG compliant), edited jobs for formatting and better links

Administration

• Debian: restart dead stunnel, report offline machine to hoster
• Debian mentors: proposed additional admin
• Debian wiki: welcome folks to the community, whitelist email addresses

Communication

• Advise Debian services admins to port to Python 3, prepare for the upgrade of dillon.d.o to buster
• Welcome Volumio to the Debian derivatives census

Sponsors

The purple-discord and libapache-mod-auth-kerb work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• git-extras: cleanups, allow POSIX shell, shellcheck new scripts
• git-remote-bzr: Breezy support
• check-all-the-things: verbosity levels (cppcheck, mandoc, shellcheck)
• devscripts: avoid String::ShellQuote, drop duplicate aging excuse
• Debian screenshots: deleted hostname screenshot (manual page)
• Debian security tracker: fix links
• Debian new member service: fix language separators
• Debian package tracker: update links, drop duplicate aging excuse
• Debian QA services: drop duplicate aging excuse
• Debian website: fix links (1 2)
• Debian wiki code: translated codename page support
• Debian wiki pages: lots of reversions of bogus category additions, AirPrint, AndreyRahmatullin/PythonTests, apcupsd, Apt/Daemon, AptMove, Beaver, BluetoothUser, BTS, Bugzilla/Discussion, CategoryEmdebian, CategoryPrinter, CategoryWireless, CDDVD, chroot, ConfigPackages, CrossGrading, DebianBuster, DebianDay/2019, DebianEvents/ch/2019/Vaumarcus/Registration, DebianInstaller (Manual, Preseed), DebianKernel/GitBisect, DebianPeru/Eventos, DebianPureBlends, DebianSoftware, DebianStretch, DebianWiki/EditorGuide, Derivatives/Census/PakOS, Diagrams, DiskFreeSpace, FingerprintAuthentication, Firmware, GIMP, HardwareDatabase, Hardware (Database, Wanted), HighPerformanceComputing, HowToIdentifyADevice, IRC, MATE, MemberBenefits, MicrosoftVirtualPc2007/lenny, Mobile, mp3, NetworkFAQ, nodiscc, OpenVz, Parted, Pop_the_trunk, SecurityManagement, Software (1 2), SoundFormats, Teams/DebianWiki, TerminalEmulator, WebBrowsers, WindowsServerHyperV, zh_CN/Bugzilla
• FOSSJobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in netsurf
• Missing source in xserver-xorg-video-ast
• Random seeding issues in Debian installer finish-install, Calamares
• Removal proposed for netsurf (sent privately)
• Python 2 EOL issues in git-remote-bzr, pyew
• Features in nsntrace, git-remote-bzr (1 2), pnopaste, sbuild, pbuilder, Debian developers-reference, devscripts synaptic, fatrace, adequate, shellcheck, aptitude
• Merging needed for pyew
• Dependency issues in chromium, gem
• Broken symlinks in libclang-cpp9
• Missing files in lsof
• Minor issues in pyew, arch-test

Review

• Spam: reported 179 Debian mailing list posts
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved adwaita-icon-theme anjuta ansilove ardour birdfont ca-certificates-java carmetal clearlooks-phenix-theme configure-debian coreutils crystalcursors debconf dmz-cursor-theme dvdisaster e2fsprogs eog eog-plugin-exif-display epiphany-browser etherape faenza-icon-theme fonts-adf-baskervald fonts-adf-berenis fonts-adf-gillius fonts-adf-ikarius fonts-adf-irianis fonts-adf-libris fonts-adf-mekanus fonts-adf-oldania fonts-adf-romande fonts-adf-switzera fonts-adf-tribun fonts-adf-universalis fonts-adf-verana fonts-havana galculator gdebi gdisk gigolo gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-brave-icon-theme gnome-dust-icon-theme gnome-human-icon-theme gnome-illustrious-icon-theme gnome-noble-icon-theme gnome-themes-extra gnome-usage gnome-wine-icon-theme gnome-wise-icon-theme gparted gpicview handbrake hledger hledger-web initramfs-tools libxfce4ui-utils links2 mount net-tools network-manager-gnome orage parole qdirstat redmine shiki-colors-xfwm-theme solaar thunar virt-manager welle.io xfburn xfce4-dict xfce4-equake-plugin xfce4-eyes-plugin xfce4-genmon-plugin xfce4-goodies xfce4-mount-plugin xfce4-notes xfce4-notes-plugin xfce4-notifyd xfce4-panel xfce4-places-plugin xfce4-power-manager-plugins xfce4-screensaver xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-settings xfce4-systemload-plugin xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-terminal xfce4-timer-plugin xfce4-verve-plugin xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfdesktop4 xzgv zeal
  • rejected gnome-colors (documentation/description), gtk3-nocsd (usage howto), gdebi-core (manual page), xfce4-settings/libxfce4ui-utils/xfce4-mount-plugin/xfdesktop4/dvdisaster/hostname/gparted/debconf/gdebi/cdebconf-gtk/coreutils/enscribe (other packages), xfce4-panel (too much additional UI), enscribe (help output)
  • approved deletion of yoshimi (duplicate screenshot), xgraph (different program), searchmonkey (different OS)
  • rejected deletion of yoshimi (not an exact duplicate), onboard/gimp-ufraw (greeting), guitarix (screenshots are versioned), gkamus/phpbb3/fonts-allertaop/exiv2/ola-rdm-tests (spam),

Administration

• Debian: redirect users to support channels
• Debian wiki: whitelist email addresses/domains, deploy changes
• Debian QA services: deploy changes, disable cron job, run cron job
• Debian package tracker: deploy changes

Sponsors

All work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• myrepos: mention gitbatch
• Linux manual pages: document core dump handler change, add contributing guidelines
• purple-discord: cleanups
• check-all-the-things: ldd ELF checks, perlcritic verbosity levels, TODO items
• how-can-i-help: add option to hide far future autoremovals, cleanups (1 2 3 4 5)
• devscripts: chdist: allow putting the dist first
• lintian: update link
• Debian Planets: add PakOS, Freedombone and GauSSIan, Lotos, Devuan logos
• Debian screenshots: deleted higan (proprietary games), pasystray (manual page)
• Debian puppet: setup for website language cookies (1 2 3 4)
• Debian website: add language override support (1 2), update BTS tags, links (1 2 3 4)
• Debian package uploads: uhubctl, purple-discord (1 2), libgoogle-protocolbuffers-perl
• Debian wiki pages: accessibility, Apt, ArmEabiPort, AutomaticDebugPackages, CDDVDTools, DebianDay/2019 (Bolivia/SantaCruz, Brazil (Belem, SaoPaulo), Slovakia/Bratislava), DebianInstaller/UMLInstall, DebianLocations, DeveloperNews (1 2), Game, Hardware/Wanted, PackageManagement, Packaging, Ports/ia64, PortTemplate, Presentations/French, Proposals/RemoveBashFromEssential, Repacking (1 2), reportbug, Sh, skype, StaticLinking, Teams (Cinnamon, DebianSocial (1 2)), UserModeLinux (1 2), Wayland
• FOSSjobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Crashes in mesa nouveau (reported on IRC)
• Features in apt (1 2), onionshare (1 2), procps, gobby
• Pointer issues in purple-discord
• Underlinking in pmix, openimageio, haveged, guichan (1 2)
• Missing dependencies in Debian live-task-recommended, devscripts
• Escaping in formiko
• Minor issues in purple-discord (1 2 3 4)

Review

• Spam: reported 1 LWN comments, 2 Debian bug reports and 206 Debian mailing list posts
• Patches: reviewed & merged myrepos patch
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved acetoneiso arc-theme epiphany-browser fet fonts-inter gimp gimp-data-extras gthumb midori netmate network-manager-gnome pasystray prboom-plus profanity psensor rocksndiamonds sane-utils smenu solaar vizigrep welle.io xfce4-notifyd xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-settings xmix xsane xsensors
  • rejected ca-certificates (logo), xsane/sane-utils/smplayer/pasystray/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin (other packages), higan/qemu-system-ppc (proprietary software running),
  • approved deletion of socket (web page), arc-theme (other themes)
  • rejected deletion of onboard/volumeicon-alsa/phpbb3/gnome-blog (spam)

Administration

• Debian: restart dead stunnels
• Debian wiki: unblacklist IP addresses, whitelist email addresses, whitelist email domains

Communication

• Edited and sent Misc Developer News #49
• Invited Freedombone to the Debian derivatives census
• Welcomed Freedombone, PakOS to the Debian derivatives census
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The purple-discord, libgoogle-protocolbuffers-perl work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.

Changes

• check-all-the-things: add command verbosity levels (1 2 3), fix URL, whitespace, TODO item (for BatCodeCheck)
• corekeeper: typos
• apt-xapian-index: Python 3 (1 2 3 4), cleanup (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11), release
• spelling dictionaries: codespell, lintian
• Debian screenshots: delete silan screenshot (manual page)
• Debian derivatives census: check for bad labels, typo, fix crashes (1 2)
• Debian puppet: add missing Apache proxy bits (1 2)
• Debian security tracker: update testing security suite name
• Debian QA services: update testing security suite name
• Debian PTS: update testing security suite name
• Debian wiki: add oldoldstable to codenames, better code for Debian macros, use apt CDN, shellcheck fix
• Debian website: add money to donation help, fix buster install manual HTML links, fix stretch other images links, mention how organisations can help
• Debian debtags: tag librecaptcha
• Debian package uploads: purple-discord, librecaptcha, harmony, foxtrotgps, apt-xapian-index
• Debian wiki pages: AntiHarassment, AptCacherNg, Backports, DebConf/19/Organizers, DebianArt/Themes, DebianDesktop/Artwork (Bullseye), DebianEvents (Asia, de/2019/MiniDebConfHamburg), DebianHosting (1, 2), DebianKernel/GitBisect (1, 2), DebianLocations, DebianMentorsFaq, DebianOldStable, DebianReleases (PointReleases), DebianRepository/UseThirdParty, DebianStable, DebianTesting, Derivatives (Census (Devuan, Lotos, QA, YunoHost), Meetings), DeveloperNews, EmbeddedCodeCopies, Fonts/Missing, FreedomBox/ProgressCalls/2018-06-09, git-pbuilder, InstallingDebianOn, iptables, IRC/DpkgBot, LocalGroups/DebianMuc/NextEvent, LowThresholdAdoption, MichaelDorrington, ReleaseParty (Bullseye, Buster (Foz do Iguaçu, Turkey/Izmir), SuiteTemplate), StableProposedUpdates, StableUpdates, StaticLinking, Statistics, Status (Stable, Testing), SuitesAndReposExtension, Teams (DebConf/Video/Subtitles/debconf15, DebianCD/ReleaseTesting, Dpkg/FAQ, ReleaseTeam/ReleaseCheckList (BusterCheckList)), Welcome/Users
• Software Heritage wiki pages: Suggestion box: source code to add
• FOSSjobs wiki pages: resources

Issues

• Features in lintian (1 2 3 4 5), File::LibMagic, needrestart, SourceForge
• Regression in unattended-upgrades
• Debian Policy violation in conserver
• Relicensing needed in conserver
• Incorrect architecture in gnome-boxes
• Incorrect alignment in ncdu
• Outdated suite name in tracker.debian.org, apt-offline, madison-lite, wajig, harden-doc, debian-handbook
• Obsolete conffiles in passwd, fwupd
• Minor issues in shellcheck

Review

• Spam: reported 1 Debian bug reports and 190 Debian mailing list posts
• Patches: check-all-the-things patch
• Bug triage for: apt-xapian-index
• Debian packages: sponsored tudu
• Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
• Debian screenshots:
  • approved ansilove brewtarget debian-goodies doc-base emacs-lucid fte-terminal gedit geotranz gimp gimp-help-en gimp-help-ru gimp-lensfun gthumb jed kitty krfb neofetch onboard parlatype parley qasconfig qashctl qasmixer qjackctle qmmp reportbug rexima rosegarden sbcl silan sonic sonic-visualiser spek sweep tcm tipp10 usbutils usermode
  • rejected openjdk-11-jdk/s-nail (logo), kephra (not Debian/Ubuntu), gimp-help-en/gimp-help-ru/rexima/sonic/ssocr/sound-theme-freedesktop/sound-icons/ca-certificates (other UI), usbview (not useful)
  • approved deletion of verilator (homepage), gnome-shell (heavily customised)
  • rejected deletion of gkamus (spam reason)

Administration

• apt-xapian-index: migrated repo to Salsa, merged some branches and patches
• Debian: redirect user support request, answer porterbox access query,
• Debian wiki: ping team member, re-enable accounts, unblock IP addresses, whitelist domains, whitelist email addresses, send unsubscribe info, redirect support requests
• Debian QA services: deploy changes
• Debian PTS: deploy changes
• Debian derivatives census: disable cron job due to design flaws

Communication

• Initiate discussions about BSDish licenses without explicit modification permission
• Invite GauSSian, Lotos to the Debian derivatives census
• Welcome Devuan, GauSSian, OS Lotos to the Debian derivatives census
• Respond to queries from Debian users and developers on the mailing lists and IRC

Sponsors

The File::LibMagic, purple-discord, librecaptcha & harmony work was sponsored by my employer. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.