Tag Archives: debian
Debian follows Openoffice.org 3.x in the experimental archive
While Debian unstable is in freeze (and deep freeze), Rene Engelhard, started uploading openoffice.org 3 packages to the experimental archive. I’ve been enjoying following the openoffice.org development process through updating the packages on my machine. As Rene keeps the packages … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, Openoffice.org
“apt-get install love” – what more do we need?
Going over the NEW queue, I found a package named “love”. The first things I could think about is the line “apt-get install love” and the related jokes. Seems that the love package won’t do what you think it will … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
Is building packages like riding a bicycle ?
It has been 3 months since the last time I handeled a debian package. I got a few days of, and want to return to care about my packages (some got new bugs, others have new upstream versions). I found … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
Hosting Debian people in Israel
This week was the third time this year I got to host people from Debian in Israel. I find it very interesting to meet people from the project in a totaly different environment from the usuall confrences. Having a relax … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
The 2nd Debian Openoffice.org bug triage has ended – 300+ bugs processed
The 2nd bug triage began with 285 bugs, which grow to around 310 bugs, since during the 4 months of the triage more bugs were reported. So, I’m glad to announce the beginning of (my) 2nd openoffice.org bug triage. This … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, Openoffice.org, QA stuff
I’m not going to DebConf 8
After 3 years in a row, I’ll miss DebConf this year. Seems that I shouldn’t have filled the reimbrusment form too late in the night, as I mixed the the “unable to pay” amount with “able to pay”. That’s a … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
Ubuntu’s reportbug-ng sends bug reports to Debian’s BTS
I checked the Debian firefox bugs page and noticed a new bug was reported against firefox. Checking the bug report showed the bug is new as it reported against version 3.0b5. As there’s now firefox package in debian testing/unstable that … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, QA stuff, Ubuntu
What can Debian learn from Fedora about recruiting new people?
I’ve been visiting the fedora website in the last couple of days. One thing caught my interest, and that’s the “join Fedora” link just bellow the “get Fedora” one. I clicked on it and got to this very simple “Join … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Openoffice.org
conffiles, newer packages and purging
Earlier this month Kumar Appaiah opened a bug against the culmus package as part of the stable -> unstable piuparts upgrade tests. First, I’m proud in Debian to have these tests. Thanks for the people involved with running them, parsing … Continue reading
Filed under Debian GNU/Linux
