log
Life, Code, Stuff.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- gensim: cancel obsolete GitHub jobs
- i2c-tools: fix links
- notmuch-mutt: fix data loss, encoding
- foxtrotgps: gpsd API bump
- flower: drop bootstrap/celery branding
- pass-otp: fix typos, links, errors, warnings, safety
- git-imerge: fix tests, typo, lists of versions, distros
- duck: indicators
- Debian website: recommend pseudo-header for X-Debbugs-CC
- Debian screenshots:
- deleted pypy (just website)
- Debian QA services: fix crash
- Debian BTS: allow multiple X-Debbugs-CC lines, improve docs
- Debian BTS usertags: fix some porting, release, DSA usertags
- Debian package uploads: sptag
- Debian wiki pages: accessibility-devel, Brasil/IRC, Firmware/Updates, InstallingDebianOn/Wandboard, InstructionSelection, PortsDocs/New, Ports/hurd-amd64, Ports/loong64, SIMDEverywhere, Teams/RustPackaging
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
Review
- Spam: reported 3 Debian bug reports and 22 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian packages: sponsored trurl
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved 3d-ascii-viewer angelfish autokey-gtk convert-pgn crystal-facet-uml deborphan diodon gcc glewlwyd glob2 kdiskmark loook man-db nemo ntpdate ntpsec-ntpdate paperwork-gtk pdftk-java picom python2.7 python3-tk python-tk scite software-properties-gtk stockfish stress-ng sudoku-solver util-linux-extra wmweather x11-apps xchat youtubedl-gui
- rejected pypy (website), fonts-atarismall (UI not just font), gtk-theme-config (photo), kamailio (diagram not interface), node-connect (bug report), laditools/debian-installer/weboob-qt (artwork), xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/ubuntustudio-menu (full desktop), freecell-solver-bin (mobile app), vorbis-tools (manual page), veroroute (macOS?), ttf-mscorefonts-installer (better existing screenshot), gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 (random mobile website), chromium-browser (random website), mixer.app (aspirational text?), stockfish/pulseaudio-utils (selfie)
Administration
- Debian IRC: set topic on new #debian-sa channel
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The SIMDe, gensim, sptag work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- libsafe: allow local deps
- i2c-tools: usability
- notmuch: notmuch-mutt: fix queries, drop shell usage
- duck: add indicators (1 2)
- Debian BTS: fix some QA/Python usertags
- Debian QA services: pass on HTTP errors, block bingbot (1 2), update releases
- Debian package tracker: update hard-coded data
- Debian wiki pages: DebianExperimental, DebianInstaller/CreateUSBMedia, DebianLogo, FileSystem, Firmware/Open, PortsDocs/New, QEMU, ReleasePartyBookworm
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Security issue in secret manager (sent privately)
- Broken symlinks in opencpn
- Test problem in SPTAG
- Debian migration unblock needed for evolution
Review
- Spam: reported 22 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian packages: sponsored trurl
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved audacious fortune-anarchism four-in-a-row freecell-solver-bin liblatex-table-perl mathtex neofetch pass px quadrapassel sash shellex swell-foop wifi-qr yash zsh-autosuggestions
- rejected csmash (Windows wallpaper), anarchism (not very useful), agda-bin (music app), freecell-solver-bin (Windows), brasero/sagemath (screenshots web page), chrome-gnome-shell (phone call log), nitroshare (selfie), golang-go (logo), build-essential (random website), chromium-browser (photo)
Administration
- Debian IRC: fixed the #debian-mips channel topic
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts
- Debian QA services: deploy changes, investigate SourceForge uscan issue
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The SPTAG work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- colord: update link
- ArchiveBot: add gitweb ignoreset
- gensim: gitignore generated file, fix docs build, update links
- duck: add indicators (1 2)
- Debian QA services: drop jessie, convert errors to SQL commands, handle timeouts
- Debian BTS usertags: fix BSP, porter, rebootstrap, Python 3 tags
- Debian package uploads: purple-discord (1 2), sptag (1 2)
- Debian wiki pages: CrossGrading, Hardware/Wanted, InstructionSelection, OrganicMaps, Ports (loong64), PortsDocs/CreateDebianInstallerImages, Services (dpkg (IRC bot) factoid search, judd (IRC bot)), SummerOfCode2023
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Broken links in Debian Portfolio Service (sent privately), debian-security-support
- Incorrectly versioned dependencies in firefox-esr
- New maintainer needed for purple-discord, harmony
- Conffile removal needed in pylint
- Outdated embedded code copy in gensim
- Expired certificate in ca-certificates
Review
- Spam: reported 2 Debian bug reports and 14 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved alpine android-file-transfer apt atop audacity boinc-manager boomaga buku changetrack cmatrix cpufetch dpkg drkonqi dte easyeffects eog evince f3d freecell-solver-bin fzy gedit ghostwriter gimp gimp-help-en gmlive gnome-calculator gnome-chess gnome-disk-utility gnome-feeds gnome-firmware gnome-logs gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-shell-extension-freon gnome-shell-extension-prefs gnome-shell-extension-weather gnome-software gnome-sudoku gnome-text-editor gufw hwloc iagno im-config inkscape kamoso kde-config-systemd liblatex-table-perl libreoffice libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-impress libreoffice-numbertext libreoffice-style-breeze libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-writer minder most nautilus nmon nvtop opensnitch pageedit pdfgrep pinpoint pipx planner plasma-welcome procps qalc qrterminal rtl-433 spacebar spek stockfish syncthingtray-kde-plasma systemd-resolved systray-mdstat uefitool vim-motif webext-privacy-badger webext-ublock-origin-firefox xapers zim
- rejected lighttpd-modules-ldap (medical photo?), webext-debianbuttons (accidental), mkdocs (random web page), wallstreet (truncated), qrencode (output not UI), cgpt (bug report?), fluid-soundfont-gm/ (photo), b43-fwcutter (wallpaper), chromium-browser/kopano-webapp-lighttpd/libc6 (mobile app), pspg (Fedora), mancala (another implementation), nginx (Russian flag), chromium-browser (homework?), qflipper (firmware not updater), chromium-browser (just a QR code), kde-telepathy-contact-list (random website), gcc (bug report?)
Administration
- Debian QA services: disabled updating jessie as it was removed
- Debian IRC: rescued #debian-s390x from inactive person
- Debian servers: repair a /etc git repo
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The gensim, sptag, purple-discord, harmony work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- translate-shell: https, typo
- pyemd: fix dep
- duck: sort, add moved site indicators
- devscripts: fix https, UTF-8, wnpp-alert
- reportbug: fix URLs/data
- Debian QA services: excuses improvements
- Debian package uploads: pyemd (1 2), sptag
- Debian sysadmin wiki pages: ports/hardware-requirements
- Debian wiki pages: DebianEdu (DebianEdu/Documentation (Buster, Etch, Jessie, Lenny, Squeeze, Stretch, Wheezy), GSoD2023Proposal, PageFragment/ObsoleteRelease), DebianIndia/MiniDebConfTamilNadu2023, DebianName, HardwareQualification, LibreOffice, PortsDocs/New, Ports/loong64, PortTemplate, PrivacyIssues, ReleaseParty, (Bookworm), Salsa, Security/U2F, Sparc64, Statistics, SummerOfCode2023/PendingProjects/DebianRustCoreutils, Teams (Debbugs/ArchitectureTags, ReleaseTeam/ReleaseCheckList (BookwormCheckList))
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Feature in evolution
- Privacy issue in a communications client (sent privately)
- Packaging preparation needed for scancode-toolkit
- Conffile removal needed in puppet-agent
- New release needed for pyemd
- Incorrect link in dmitry
Review
- Spam: reported 36 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved baobab clamtk-gnome claws-mail davegnukem far2l fonts-monofur freecell-solver-bin gadmin-samba gimp-plugin-registry goldendict-webengine grub-imageboot kdiff3 mate-system-monitor memtest86+ micro netplan.io opensnitch oxygen-cursor-theme plasma-mobile sabnzbdplus wine wmaker wordgrinder-ncurses yoshimi
- rejected torcs (advertising?), chromedriver/libomxil-bellagio0-components-xvideo (selfie), weboob-qt (Windows), intel-microcode (Fedora, non-free), chromium-chromedriver (white screen)
Administration
- Debian BTS: unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced package servefile
- Debian IRC: turn an old channel into a redirect to the right one
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The pyemd/sptag work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- pydispatcher: fix doc build with Python 3.11
- pyemd: cleanups
- sourcehut: add repo description to git, hg summary page titles
- Debian security tracker: add more CVE search services
- Debian BTS usertags: fixed some cross, ftp-master, website, porting usertags
- Debian screenshots:
- deleted wine (WinXP not Wine)
- Debian package uploads: python-docutils, pydispatcher, celery
- Debian wiki pages: ArchitectureSpecificsMemo, BSP, bugs.debian.org/usertags, DebConf/25/Bids/Portugal, DebianDay, (2022, 2023), DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bookworm, DebianIndia/MiniDebConfTamilNadu2023, DebianNetDomains, DeveloperNews, Exploits, Hardware/Wanted, HostingBSP, InstallingDebianOn, IRC, LTS/Development, Netbeans, PlanetDebian, PortalTemplate, Ports (arc, ia64, loong64, riscv64 (1 2)), PortTemplate, PressCoverage, Printing, PrivacyIssues, qa.debian.org (ArchiveTesting, MIATeam), Sprints, SystemBuildTools, Year
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Security issue with a software hosting service (sent privately)
- Crashes in alot, pypi2deb
- Missing dependency in itinerary
- Broken link in buskill
- Bogus package description in yq
- Future orphaning of purple-discord, harmony
- Features in libpipeline, lintian (1 2)
- Migration to pyproject.toml needed for pyemd
Review
- Spam: reported 2 Debian bug reports and 38 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian packages: sponsored cruft-ng (x2)
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved adjtimex apt bfbtester check-dfsg-status checksec cpu-x ctwm dconf-editor debian-archive-keyring debian-keyring deepin-log-viewer dpkg-www edgar elektroid extremetuxracer glances glew-utils glogg gnome-characters gnome-font-viewer gnome-tweaks grub-customizer hashalot hashrat hexcurse hexter hexyl ldm ldm-ubuntu-theme ldm-ubuntu-themes libc-bin linuxinfo lsof netr poedit prusa-slicer qdmr sawfish thefuck ttf-mscorefonts-installer twm util-linux-extra
- rejected nvidia-smi (non-free), gir1.2-gtop-2.0 (error message), stockfish (random chess website), nodm (black screen), ldm (Windows), awscli (logo), hostap-utils (QR code photo), wine (WSL not Wine), apt (screenshots website), orthanc (private patient info), ipython3-qtconsole (wallpaper), qarecord (portrait photo)
Administration
- Debian BTS: unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages cycle/pygopherd and ask about guile-2.2 reintroduction bugs
- Debian IRC: fix topic/info of obsolete channel
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts, approve domains.
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The celery, docutils, pyemd work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
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.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- vcs-home: add links (1 2)
- purple-discord: link repology
- duck: add indicator
- how-can-i-help: cleanups
- libusbgx: fix C++ build
- devscripts: add error info
- debbugs: allow mbox export of responses, toggle response display using CSS
- Debian website: drop spam domain
- Debian package uploads: libemail-outlook-message-perl (backports 1 2), purple-discord, sptag, celery (1 2)
- Debian wiki pages: accessibility, ArchitectureSpecificsMemo, BackupAndRecovery, DebianKernel (GitBisect, UserspaceTools), DebianUpgrade, DebianWiki/Contact, Debootstrap, DeveloperNews (1 2), Glossary, loongarch64, LoongArch, LTS/Development, PorterBoxHowToUse, PortsDocs/New, Ports (loong64, riscv64), ppc64el, QuickInstall, RISC-V, SponsorChecklist, SystemBuildTools, Teams (Dpkg/MergedUsr, Security), TracingExecution, VLC
Issues
- Crash in rtorrent
- Regression in pastebinit
- Generated files in Sequoia linter
- Build failure in subversion
- Tests disabled in libx86emu
Review
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved apt ares avahi-discover build-essential calibre cantor chkboot coreutils dmitry drumstick-tools file fritzing fwupd gddccontrol inkscape instlled jigdo-file kalzium ktrip kylin-display-switch nm-tray procps reprooduce sddm-theme-debian-maui stress-ng termtris urlview xfce4-notifyd xfce4-statusnotifier-plugin
- rejected gcc (help output), synaptic (random desktop crop), simplescreenrecorder (too small), fritzing (website), elinks (prominent advertising), dosbox (proprietary game)
Administration
- Debian IRC: setup topic/entrymsg to redirect OFTC #debian-jp to the Debian Japan IRC server, cleaned up #debianppc ChanServ metadata
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve domains, approve accounts
Communication
- Initiate discussions about lintian classification tags for porters, incorrect Homepage in r-cran-* packages
- Edited and sent Debian Misc Developer News #58
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The libemail-outlook-message-perl, purple-discord, sptag, celery work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- wayback-machine-downloader: fix typo
- reportbug: add affects/xcc
- libredirect: cleanup
- zxing-cpp: add help options
- Debian release website: reorder essential list
- Debian screenshots:
- deleted mpv (proprietary video)
- Debian usertags: fix misapplied riscv64 tags due to malformatted email
- Debian wiki pages: ArchitectureSpecificsMemo, BSP/Hosting, DebianLogo, DebianSoftware, DebianWomen, DeveloperNews, Exploits, Firmware/Open, Flatpak, Hardware/Wanted, InstructionSelection, Ports, PortsDocs/New, ppc64el, PrivacyIssues, ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsFromCPPMacros, Statistics, Teams (LXQtPackagingTeam, ReleaseTeam (binNMUvsNMU, ReleaseCheckList)), TeamTemplate, Year
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Crash in Sequoia linter
- Missing include in irssi apparmor profile
- Features in apt-listbugs (1 2), confusable_homoglyphs, etckeeper, diffoscope (1 2 3 4), libredirect, debsecan, glab, Sequoia linter (1 2)
- Expired certs in Debian ca-certificates
- API porting needed in sord
- Incorrect links in sord, zint
- Additional binary packages needed in zxing-cpp
- Conffile removal needed in puppet
- Warnings in dkms
- Invalid Uploaders syntax in rust-linux-raw-sys, haskell-chasingbottoms
- Additional Debian autorejects needed, for invalid uploaders fields (1 2)
- Format misdetection in file
- Version confusion in apt-listchanges
Review
- Spam: reported 52 Debian mailing list posts
- Patches: merged chromium-bsu patches
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved abw2epub appstream appstream-util apt apt-file aptfs archmage arj asciinema audacity backup-manager btop cabextract caca-utils caja celluloid chase debian-kernel-handbook debsecan exult findutils firmware-linux-nonfree gcab gxkb initramfs-tools-core libc6 mboxgrep mbw mediainfo-gui missidentify nala neofetch pavucontrol-qt qabc qalculate-gtk qbittorrent qbittorrent-nox sakura simplescreenrecorder synaptic timidity tlp transmission transmission-gtk transmission-qt vim
- rejected tryton-modules-bank (selfie), aranym (just a terminal on vmware guest), sakura (help output), mpv (proprietary videos), os-prober (non-UI screenshots), mc (wrong package), openssh-server (photo of shoes), network-manager (random web page), aptfs (generic mount point screenshot), unrar/aptfs (help output), gcc (version output), android-libsparse (portrait), node-buffer (logo?), dvorak7min (cartoon), fceux (proprietary game), celluloid (duplicate)
Administration
- Debian BTS: unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages nautilus-image-converter, swift-im, runit-services
- Debian IRC: removed 2 spammers from OFTC, disable anti-spam channel modes for some channels
- Debian servers: restart processes due to OOM
- Debian wiki: approve accounts
Communication
- Initiate discussion about the apt hook protocol
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
All work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- halibut: add documentation generator metadata
- mpv-mpris: fix tests
- duck: obsolete site indicators
- devscripts: fix example, add experimental pseudo-excuses
- dpkg-repack: show dpkg-deb cmd
- Debian QA services: add experimental pseudo-excuses, improve excuses page
- Debian usertags: fixed ports, lintian usertags
- Debian package uploads: mpv-mpris backport
- Debian wiki pages: ArchitectureSpecificsMemo, DebianArt/Themes/Emerald, DebianDesktop/Artwork (Bookworm), DebianLogo, DeveloperNews, FPGA, Gnome, HomeAssistant, InstructionSelection (1 2), LTS, PackageKit, PipeWire, Salsa/support, Services, ServicesHosting, SIMDEverywhere, SimpleBackportCreation, spotify, SystemBuildTools, ThomasChung, UsingSymbolsFiles, ZRam, Zswap
- Libreplanet wiki pages: Group:Free_Software_Foundation/Ideas
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
- Wikipedia: Message-ID
Issues
- Conffile removal in dkms
- Features in UDD, virtual-fido
- Security hardening in open-in-mpv
- Packaging needed for prr, libredirect, wayback-machine-webextension
- Underlinking in libgrpc
- Data import problem in UDD
- HTML injection in a conversion utility (sent privately)
Review
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved apticron-systemd argyll chromium-browser coreutils e2fsprogs exuberant-ctags firefox gnome-flashback gnome-recipes gparted initramfs-tools kdocker kleopatra latte-dock mac-robber mail-expire mgba-qt mount parolottero-data-us plasma-widget-folderview reglookup stockfish sxmo-utils uuid-runtime yoshimi
- rejected weboob-qt/quake (politics), pass (baby photo), hylafax-client/libc6/ (photo of broken screen), aptitude (screenshots website), apt-file (NSFW photo), synaesthesia (meme image), kde-full (photo of human), ubuntustudio-menu (too small), tesseract-ocr-eng (identification card), mpv (proprietary video), g++-9/python3-ldap (random logo), synaptic (logo), openjdk-8-jre (NSFW, mobile browser), libreoffice-base-core/librtmp1/audacity (Android/iOS app), virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (ISO contents not interface), weboob-qt (another package), freecell-solver-bin (accidentally)
Administration
- Debian QA services: deploy changes
- Debian wiki: approve accounts
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
All work was done on a volunteer basis.
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- webdl: support ffmpeg 5
- libpst: better error
- purple-discord: fix line ending, mojibake
- pass-audit: typos
- duck: add more match output, obsolete site, indicator phrase, fix comparisons, whitespace, sentence
- lintian: add obsolete site
- reportbug: minor cleanup, add ftp.d.o usertags
- Debian usertags: fix repro builds, ports, ftp-master usertags
- Debian package uploads: sptag, purple-discord, circuitbreaker
- Debian wiki pages: DebConf/25, DebianDay/2022/Brazil (FranciscoBeltr%C3%A3o, MinasGerais), DebianExperimental, DebianHosting, DebianServiceForDD, Firmware/Open, InstallingDebianOn/Microsoft/SurfaceBook, Locale, LocalGroups/DebianQuebec, Martinwguy, NetworkManager/iwd, PortsDocs/New, PrivacyIssues, Projects/ImprovedDpkgShlibdeps, SecureBoot/VirtualMachine, Teams/Debbugs/ArchitectureTags, UsingSymbolsFiles
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources (1 2)
- Wikipedia: Message-ID
Issues
- Warnings in zutils
- Underlinking in libgeocoding, libspnav
- Documentation issues in opencolorio-tools, pn
- Features in lintian
- Test failure in SPTAG
- Cruft removal for gpaste
- Weird bug in evolution
Debugging
- Did extensive debugging on a libpst issue but failed to figure out the cause of the issue. Seems to be related to a change to freopen in glibc that fixed compatibility with POSIX.
Review
- FOSSjobs: approved postings
- Spam: reported 5 Debian bug reports and 23 Debian mailing list posts
- Debian packages: sponsored psi-notify (twice)
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved bible-kjv edb-debugger lifeograph links mu-editor unattended-upgrades
- rejected apt-listchanges/apt-listdifferences (semi-related log file), steam-devices (package description), myspell-es/lighttpd (selfie), fraqtive (Windows), wireguard (logo), kde-telepathy-contact-list (mobile hacking app)
Administration
- Debian BTS: unarchive/reopen/triage bugs for reintroduced packages orage, scap-security-guide, libdatetime-format-datemanip-perl
- Debian IRC: disable anti-spam channel modes for some channels
- Debian servers: investigate full filesystems
- Debian wiki: unblock IP addresses, approve accounts, ping accounts with bouncing email
Communication
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC.
Sponsors
The sptag, libpst, purple-discord, circuitbreaker work was sponsored. All other work was done on a volunteer basis.