Debian Weekly News - March 21st, 2006

Welcome to this year's 12th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community. Robert Millan [1]built CD installer images for
installing kfreebsd-amd64 as a standalone system. The [2]OpenVZ
project announced pre-built [3]templates for virtual Debian servers
that allow fast provisioning.

 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/03/msg00266.html
 2. http://www.openvz.org/
 3. http://openvz.org/download/template/precreated/

Status of the AMD64 Port. Anthony Towns [4]reported about the
inclusion of [5]amd64 in Debian. The packages from
[6]build-essential are first rebuilt and uploaded and will be
followed by the rest of the archive. Maintainer uploads of amd64
packages are currently blocked, and will remain that way until the
archive's rebuilt.

 4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00014.html
 5. http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/
 6. http://packages.debian.org/build-essential

Debian-Installer Etch Beta 2. Frans Pop [7]announced the second etch
beta release of the [8]debian-installer and thanked all contributors
who helped with this release, especially those from Ubuntu. The
graphical installer is not part of this release although significant
progress has been made in its development. Installation CDs and other
media are [9]available.

 7. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00013.html
 8. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
 9. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer

Expulsion Process for Developers. Christoph Berg [10]asked other
developers to think at least twice when sending a request to remove a
developer in accordance with the [11]Procedure for the expulsion of
Debian Developers. In his opinion only the person who shall be removed
should decide to make the process public, not the requester, as
described in the process.

 10. http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/03/msg00202.html
 11. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/08/msg00005.html

Project Leader Interview. Rebecca Sobol [12]interviewed Branden
Robinson about his tenure as Debian Project Leader. Branden discussed
the "Project Scud" leadership team, some of the things which have
happened in Debian over the past year, and why he isn't running for
re-election.

 12. http://lwn.net/Articles/174705/

Debian Project Leader Debate. Manoj Srivastava made this year's Debian
project leader debate logs [13]available. Candidates had to answer Don
Armstrong's questions about their motivations for running for DPL and
their opinions on some social issues in Debian. The debate was then up
for open discussion. Thaddeus H. Black also [14]published a list of
all questions that were proposed for this debate.

 13. http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/suppl_002_debate
 14. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/03/msg00466.html

JBoss Application Server for Debian. Torsten Schlabach [15]asked about
the packaging status for JBoss4. Guido Guenther [16]pointed to the
appropriate subversion [17]repository, explained the next necessary
steps and asked for help with [18]packaging the JBoss Application
Server.

 15. http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2006/03/msg00036.html
 16. http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2006/03/msg00044.html
 17. http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-jboss
 18. http://wiki.debian.org/JBossPackaging

Debian Project Leader Election. Manoj Srivastava [19]called for votes
for this year's project leader [20]election. Developers can cast their
ballot until April 8th, 2006. Seven candidates nominated themselves
this year. Eligible voters should first read the full text of the
[21]platforms and rebuttals.

 19. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00018.html
 20. http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_002
 21. http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/platforms/

Preferred Documentation Types. Hendrik Sattler [22]wondered which
documentation types (HTML, PS, PDF, text) should be included in a
Debian package. Wouter Verhelst [23]asked to stick to [24]HTML since
HTML files can be easily searched and there are many viewers available
for HTML, which also make it easy to print.

 22. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/02/msg00307.html
 23. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/02/msg00325.html
 24. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs#s12.4

Security Updates. You know the drill. Please make sure that you update
your systems if you have any of these packages installed.

 * DSA 1002: [25]webcalendar -- Several vulnerabilities.
 * DSA 1003: [26]xpvm -- Insecure temporary file.
 * DSA 1004: [27]vlc -- Arbitrary code execution.
 * DSA 1005: [28]xine-lib -- Arbitrary code execution.
 * DSA 1006: [29]wzdftpd -- Arbitrary shell command execution.
 * DSA 1007: [30]drupal -- Several vulnerabilities.
 * DSA 1008: [31]kdegraphics -- Arbitrary code execution.
 * DSA 1009: [32]crossfire -- Arbitrary code execution.
 * DSA 1010: [33]ilohamail -- Cross-site scripting.
 * DSA 1011: [34]kernel-patch-vserver, util-vserver -- Local root
   exploit.
 * DSA 1012: [35]unzip -- Arbitrary code execution.

 25. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1002
 26. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1003
 27. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
 28. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
 29. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1006
 30. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1007
 31. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1008
 32. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1009
 33. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1010
 34. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1011
 35. http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1012

New or Noteworthy Packages. The following packages were added to the
unstable Debian archive [36]recently or contain important updates.

 36. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg_main

 * [37]apt-index-watcher -- Updater for apt-front indexes.
 * [38]array-util -- Configuration viewer for HP (Compaq) SmartArray
   controllers.
 * [39]arrayprobe -- Command line HP (Compaq) SmartArray status
   checker.
 * [40]bcpp -- C(++) beautifier.
 * [41]beef -- Flexible BrainFuck interpreter.
 * [42]bitfling -- Secure remote access to BitFling.
 * [43]bitpim -- Utility to communicate with many CDMA phones.
 * [44]cableswig -- Generate wrappers for Python and Tcl from C++
   code.
 * [45]chicken-bin -- Simple Scheme-to-C compiler - compiler.
 * [46]contacts -- Lightweight address-book.
 * [47]cvsconnect -- CVS connection minimiser.
 * [48]cvssuck -- Inefficient CVS repository grabber using cvs
   command.
 * [49]dblatex -- Produces DVI, PostScript, PDF documents from
   DocBook sources.
 * [50]exmap -- Determine how much physical memory and swap is used
   by individual processes.
 * [51]gccxml -- XML output extension to GCC.
 * [52]gcom -- Option GlobeTrotter and Vodafone datacard control
   tool.
 * [53]griffith -- Film collection manager.
 * [54]harvestman -- Flexible web crawler application.
 * [55]lat -- LDAP Administration Tool.
 * [56]moreutils -- Additional Unix utilities.
 * [57]morse -- Morse-code training program for aspiring radio hams.
 * [58]nbsmtp -- No-brainer SMTP (tool for relaying mails).
 * [59]nemerle -- Nemerle Compiler.
 * [60]netgen -- Automatic 3d tetrahedral mesh generator.
 * [61]nmzmail -- Indexes and searches email in maildir folders.
 * [62]open-cobol -- COBOL compiler.
 * [63]open.app -- GNUstep open tool.
 * [64]opendict -- Computer dictionary for several dictionary
   formats.
 * [65]pykdeextensions -- Python packages to support KDE
   applications.
 * [66]pyntor -- Flexible and componentised presentation program.
 * [67]rpmstrap -- Bootstrap a basic RPM-based system.
 * [68]scanbuttond -- Scanner button daemon.
 * [69]syncekonnector -- Connector-plugin for raki (SynCE-KDE).
 * [70]synfig -- Vector-based 2D animation package.
 * [71]tenshi -- Log monitoring and reporting tool.
 * [72]treeline -- Versatile tree-like structured custom data
   manager.
 * [73]unfs3 -- User-space NFSv3 Server.
 * [74]vdradmin-am -- Web-based administration tool for vdr.
 * [75]wengophone -- SIP-based software telephone with video and chat
   features.
 * [76]wlassistant -- User friendly KDE frontend for wireless network
   connection.
 * [77]zeroc-ice -- Metapackage to install all Ice related packages.
 * [78]zeroc-ice-services -- Metapackage to install all ZeroC Ice
   services.

 37. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apt-index-watcher
 38. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/array-util
 39. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/arrayprobe
 40. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/bcpp
 41. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/beef
 42. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/comm/bitfling
 43. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/comm/bitpim
 44. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/cableswig
 45. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/chicken-bin
 46. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/contacts
 47. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/cvsconnect
 48. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/cvssuck
 49. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/dblatex
 50. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/exmap
 51. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/gccxml
 52. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/gcom
 53. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/griffith
 54. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/harvestman
 55. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/lat
 56. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/moreutils
 57. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/hamradio/morse
 58. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/nbsmtp
 59. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/nemerle
 60. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/netgen
 61. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/nmzmail
 62. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/open-cobol
 63. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/open.app
 64. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/opendict
 65. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/pykdeextensions
 66. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/pyntor
 67. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/rpmstrap
 68. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/scanbuttond
 69. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/syncekonnector
 70. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/synfig
 71. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/tenshi
 72. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/treeline
 73. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/unfs3
 74. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/vdradmin-am
 75. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/wengophone
 76. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/wlassistant
 77. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/zeroc-ice
 78. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/zeroc-ice-services

Orphaned Packages. 42 packages were orphaned this week and require a
new maintainer. This makes a total of 263 orphaned packages. Many
thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free
Software community. Please see the [79]WNPP pages for the full list,
and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA: if you
plan to take over a package.

 79. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/

 * [80]ace-of-penguins -- Solitaire-games with penguin-look.
   ([81]Bug#357754)
 * [82]c2html -- Highlight C sources for WWW presentation.
   ([83]Bug#357504)
 * [84]cttex -- Thai word separator for Thai teTeX/LaTeX and HTML.
   ([85]Bug#357875)
 * [86]deliver -- Local mail delivery agent. ([87]Bug#357079)
 * [88]fontforge -- Font Editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts.
   ([89]Bug#357867)
 * [90]gnuplot -- Command-line driven interactive plotting program.
   ([91]Bug#357753)
 * [92]gsumi -- Pressure sensitive "ink" drawing. ([93]Bug#357870)
 * [94]java2html -- Highlight Java and C++ sources for WWW
   presentation. ([95]Bug#357502)
 * [96]jsboard -- Web-based news/discussion system.
   ([97]Bug#357204)
 * [98]jsboard-theme-aicom-ko -- Aicom theme for JSBoard - Korean
   version. ([99]Bug#357205)
 * [100]jsboard-theme-debian-ko -- Debian theme for JSBoard - Korean
   version. ([101]Bug#357206)
 * [102]jsboard-theme-diary-en -- Diary theme for JSBoard - English
   version. ([103]Bug#357208)
 * [104]jsboard-theme-diary-ko -- Diary theme for JSBoard - Korean
   version. ([105]Bug#357209)
 * [106]jsboard-theme-trash-en -- Trash theme for JSBoard - English
   version. ([107]Bug#357210)
 * [108]jsboard-theme-trash-ko -- Trash theme for JSBoard - Korean
   version. ([109]Bug#357211)
 * [110]jsboard-theme-wizz-ko -- Wizz theme for JSBoard - Korean
   version. ([111]Bug#357212)
 * [112]kimberlite -- High Availability Clustering Package.
   ([113]Bug#358043)
 * [114]libbit-vector-minimal-perl -- Object oriented wrapper around
   vec(). ([115]Bug#357353)
 * [116]libdb-file-lock-perl -- Provides a wrapper for the DB_File
   module, adding locking. ([117]Bug#357344)
 * [118]libemail-foldertype-perl -- Determine the type of a mail
   folder. ([119]Bug#357346)
 * [120]libfile-find-rule-perl -- Alternative interface to
   File::Find. ([121]Bug#357351)
 * [122]libjpeg-mmx-dev -- Development files for the IJG JPEG library
   with MMX optimisation. ([123]Bug#357876)
 * [124]libmail-listdetector-perl -- Library for detecting mailing
   list messages. ([125]Bug#357347)
 * [126]libnet-ftpserver-perl -- Secure, extensible and configurable
   Perl FTP server. ([127]Bug#357085)
 * [128]libnumber-compare-perl -- Perform numeric comparisons in
   perl. ([129]Bug#357348)
 * [130]libtext-glob-perl -- Match globbing patterns against text.
   ([131]Bug#357350)
 * [132]libtie-array-sorted-perl -- Array which is kept sorted.
   ([133]Bug#357349)
 * [134]moniwiki -- MoniWiki is yet another WikiEngine written in
   PHP. ([135]Bug#357214)
 * [136]swath -- Thai word segmentation program. ([137]Bug#357877)
 * [138]thailatex -- Thai Latex package. ([139]Bug#357871)
 * [140]type1inst -- Install Adobe Type 1 fonts into X11 and
   Ghostscript. ([141]Bug#357873)
 * [142]wmmand -- Dockable Mandelbrot fractal browser.
   ([143]Bug#357501)
 * [144]wmtune -- Windowmaker-dockable radio tuner. ([145]Bug#357500)
 * [146]xbattle -- Concurrent multi-player battle strategy game.
   ([147]Bug#357751)
 * [148]xfonts-thai -- Collection of Thai fonts for X.
   ([149]Bug#357878)
 * [150]xfonts-thai-etl -- Thai etl fonts for X. ([151]Bug#357879)
 * [152]xfonts-thai-manop -- Dr. Manop Wongsaisuwan's bitmap fonts
   for X. ([153]Bug#357880)
 * [154]xfonts-thai-nectec -- Thai fixed fonts for X from Nectec.
   ([155]Bug#357881)
 * [156]xfonts-thai-ttf -- Thai TrueType fonts from Nectec.
   ([157]Bug#357869)
 * [158]xfonts-thai-vor -- Voradesh Yenbut bitmap fonts for X.
   ([159]Bug#357882)
 * [160]xiterm+thai -- X-terminal program with Thai languague
   support. ([161]Bug#357872)
 * [162]xpcd -- Photo CD tool collection (marked "obsolete"
   upstream). ([163]Bug#357014)

 80. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/ace-of-penguins
 81. http://bugs.debian.org/357754
 82. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/c2html
 83. http://bugs.debian.org/357504
 84. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/cttex
 85. http://bugs.debian.org/357875
 86. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/deliver
 87. http://bugs.debian.org/357079
 88. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/fontforge
 89. http://bugs.debian.org/357867
 90. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/gnuplot
 91. http://bugs.debian.org/357753
 92. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/gsumi
 93. http://bugs.debian.org/357870
 94. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/java2html
 95. http://bugs.debian.org/357502
 96. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard
 97. http://bugs.debian.org/357204
 98. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-aicom-ko
 99. http://bugs.debian.org/357205
 100. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-debian-ko
 101. http://bugs.debian.org/357206
 102. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-diary-en
 103. http://bugs.debian.org/357208
 104. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-diary-ko
 105. http://bugs.debian.org/357209
 106. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-trash-en
 107. http://bugs.debian.org/357210
 108. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-trash-ko
 109. http://bugs.debian.org/357211
 110. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/jsboard-theme-wizz-ko
 111. http://bugs.debian.org/357212
 112. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/kimberlite
 113. http://bugs.debian.org/358043
 114. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libbit-vector-minimal-perl
 115. http://bugs.debian.org/357353
 116. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libdb-file-lock-perl
 117. http://bugs.debian.org/357344
 118. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libemail-foldertype-perl
 119. http://bugs.debian.org/357346
 120. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libfile-find-rule-perl
 121. http://bugs.debian.org/357351
 122. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/libjpeg-mmx-dev
 123. http://bugs.debian.org/357876
 124. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libmail-listdetector-perl
 125. http://bugs.debian.org/357347
 126. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libnet-ftpserver-perl
 127. http://bugs.debian.org/357085
 128. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libnumber-compare-perl
 129. http://bugs.debian.org/357348
 130. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libtext-glob-perl
 131. http://bugs.debian.org/357350
 132. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libtie-array-sorted-perl
 133. http://bugs.debian.org/357349
 134. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/moniwiki
 135. http://bugs.debian.org/357214
 136. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/swath
 137. http://bugs.debian.org/357877
 138. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/thailatex
 139. http://bugs.debian.org/357871
 140. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/type1inst
 141. http://bugs.debian.org/357873
 142. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/wmmand
 143. http://bugs.debian.org/357501
 144. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/wmtune
 145. http://bugs.debian.org/357500
 146. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/xbattle
 147. http://bugs.debian.org/357751
 148. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai
 149. http://bugs.debian.org/357878
 150. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai-etl
 151. http://bugs.debian.org/357879
 152. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai-manop
 153. http://bugs.debian.org/357880
 154. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai-nectec
 155. http://bugs.debian.org/357881
 156. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai-ttf
 157. http://bugs.debian.org/357869
 158. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfonts-thai-vor
 159. http://bugs.debian.org/357882
 160. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xiterm+thai
 161. http://bugs.debian.org/357872
 162. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/xpcd
 163. http://bugs.debian.org/357014

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