Bits from the DPL (December 2018)

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Subject: Bits from the DPL (December 2018)

From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:36:49 +0000

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Dear developers, Greetings from a chilly London 💂… The revelry has not started here yet but a Happy New Year from myself to all Debian developers, contributors and users. December was another busy month spent in the depths of the DPL inbox with well over 100 emails sent. No doubt Debian Developers will be aware of some currently on-going big issues which — as they are changing so rapidly — I will refrain from commenting on here, sticking to "business" with the usual overview of what I've been getting up to as your Project Leader during the past month: ~ § ~ * Represented Debian at the Paris Open Source Summit [0] presenting a session entitled "Debian: Past, Present & Future". It was good to see so many fellow Developers at this event as well as the vibrant and active Debian community booth; thank you to all those who helped make this happen. * Further assistance in setting up a potential Bug Squashing Party [1] as part of the foss-north [2] conference in Gothenburg, Sweden in April 2019 to be announced shortly. * Provided the Free Software Foundation Europe [3] with a "Debian" quote to aid their fundraising campaign. * Fielded more questions and queries about the "Commons Clause" [4] license, the Server Side Public License [5] as well had a number of conference calls on a unrelated trademark issue. In addition, the DPL was briefly contacted regarding the recent LLVM relicensing [6] and was also consulted on a EU GDPR [7] request with the Debian Data Protection team [8]. * Assisted a Debian Developer by writing, printing and signing a recommendation letter for an immigration application. * Followed-up on progress regarding potential new "Member Benefits" [9] and ensured that some previously-promised reports for events funded by Debian ended up appearing on Planet [10]. I also provided solicited (!) advice to a few other developers on conference booths and suitable/alternative conferences they may wish to attend instead. * Redirected the usual requests for private support, including an explicit request for GPL-licensed source code and also responded to a number of responses to my previous "Bits from the DPL". [ 0] https://www.opensourcesummit.paris/ [ 1] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP [ 2] http://foss-north.se/ [ 3] https://fsfe.org [ 4] https://lwn.net/Articles/763179/ [ 5] https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license [ 6] http://llvm.org/foundation/relicensing/ [ 7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation [ 8] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00000.html [ 9] https://wiki.debian.org/MemberBenefits [10] https://planet.debian.org/ ~ § ~ On the finance side of things: * In DebConf funding, I approved a request for a DebConf19 [11] local team sprint as well as a related request for two developers to perform some prelimary research into DebConf20 [12] venues. In addition, I helped chase some missing sponsor funds from DebConf17 [13]. * Acted a central contact point connecting the various parties involved in receiving a significant donation to Debian from their Open Source office [14]. Thank you in particular to Cat Allman for making this happen. :) * For the Debian Ports initiative [15] I approved a request to replace a motherboard in an "ia64" buildd and a power supply in one of the "alpha" buildds. * Finally resolved a long-standing issue regarding Debian's Linux Weekly News [16] subscription. * Approved funding for a DebianMed [17] sprint that will take place in March 2019 in in Vilnius, Lithuania [18]. * For the Video Team I authorised funding for a DebConf Video [19] team sprint [20] as part of FOSDEM in February [21] as well as a approved purchases to refresh the audio hardware. * Significant back-and-forths regarding reimbursing contributors to attend Debutsav Kochi [22] last month and some post-event administration regarding the recent Reproducible Builds summit [23] in Paris. * Declared some requirements under which BSP-like funding (see below) could be employed for the upcoming SnowCamp [24] event. I also acted as a gateway regarding a donation of some armel/armhf buildd hardware. [11] https://debconf19.debconf.org/ [12] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf20 [13] https://debconf17.debconf.org/ [14] https://opensource.google.com/ [15] https://www.debian.org/ports/#portlist-other [16] https://lwn.net/ [17] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed [18] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebianMed2019 [19] https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/videoteam [20] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebConf%20Video%20team%20sprint%20%40%20FOSDEM%202019 [21] https://fosdem.org/2019/ [22] https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-apac/2018/10/msg00001.html [23] https://reproducible-builds.org/events/paris2018/ [24] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/it/2019/SnowCamp ~ § ~ We have a number of events coming up in the month(s) ahead, including: * January 12th → January 13th: Vendo, The Netherlands. [25] * January 19th → January 20th: Montréal, Canada. [26] * February 22nd → February 24th: Bonn, Germany. [27] * February 28th → March 3rd: Laveno, Italy. [28] * March 8th → March 10th: Cambridge, United Kingdom. [29] * April 5th → April 8th: Salzburg, Austria. [30] … and there will of course be a large contigent of Debian Developers in Brussels on the 2nd → 3rd February for FOSDEM [31] and CopyleftConf [32] the day after. (As an aside, if you are arriving in Brussels prior to FOSDEM, you may be interested in PrivacyCamp.eu [33] and the Data Protection and Democracy [34] events.) (If there are no Bug Squashing Parties (BSP) planned near you, please do consider organising one [35][36]. Debian is willing to reimburse the equivalent of 100 USD to attend BSPs [37].) [25] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/01/nl/Venlo [26] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/01/ca/Montreal [27] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/02/de/Bonn [28] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/it/2019/SnowCamp [29] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/03/gb/Cambridge [30] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/04/Salzburg [31] https://fosdem.org/2019/ [32] https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/apr/30/copyleft-conf/ [33] https://privacycamp.eu/ [34] https://www.cpdpconferences.org/ [35] https://wiki.debian.org/BSPPlanning [36] https://wiki.debian.org/HostingBSP [37] https://wiki.debian.org/BSP ~ § ~ Just in case you missed it: * January will see the first of our transition freezes [38] so do make the best of this holiday season to ensure all of your packages are in shape in good time. * The Anti-harrassment [39] team published another update [40] and the Debian Desktop subproject [41] issued a call for votes for the Buster artwork [42]. * On behalf of the Debian Installer team [43], Cyril Brulebois announced the fourth alpha prior to the release of Buster. Naturally, you are requested to test this new version, but also please read the announcement itself [44] for a heartfelt thanks to Christian Perrier for his tireless work over the years. [38] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html [39] https://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment [40] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/12/msg00003.html [41] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop [42] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html [43] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team [44] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/12/msg00001.html ~ § ~ Phew. Again, a very warm Happy New Year and here's to a successful release of "Buster" in 2019. See you all next month… Best wishes, - -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEwv5L0nHBObhsUz5GHpU+J9QxHlgFAlwqKXEACgkQHpU+J9Qx Hlj1UQ//WuoT0wtpuD1a2QO3bRNOfb8PN3aAffN/wVn1LFo7u2dIfUkRNb1eLEvG 9uFFn/M2f2oFQ/aobpUC311WQBTbp/SqbYhkVQxY2dlIG9TfTGwKe/B+P+1X3ezJ PdDra+KEw/0wl1oqypePt9c1S6xcYKsY646tFZG2DtioXZnq36D+DCSol2X6AGdA 9dCtL555vwvHoSzQ8JRgtcaqAw+kiaeQV2JajTxrKyRVxwLmKtG2G9NmG4bO+V6D 1D+MiET2zPb7marxgPxp1YyqSZOFJFFRB4Dva6qRrSwZU+ZKuRPv2kUv2tn2xtuQ cLMjq9GPgOYln+hPhtTVhP6Kf6vF+y2ynMZA1G/dthO74uWZG+p/cvBuAA6v4ULi gb6YlzlW8bNgXk3EgcllfIFMbNQOzxKdr1ho+cgEz9GBiB0I6YBwGrJgWHZ/kvFF XEFMW5iW2s+idYY1UPFSbr08WOH6eJlbLTY2CTAHPk57GGkjvUPPt8jD+MQXRFrB 6XU37HVyxu6wZ6jsDum/tEQ2KIdGavbKsGEI4LtqJEkRrLKFHQHYyW4dznbInBzT 1cjLuuwmLyDCSOLug99MdWepy7EzvOnvhLbEIJmspWwfF9t1LbVKxwS8ZaS2ADxj ZwBOktLLECri3HiHzhb7+wwYwkKHcae5w9o98Zai4T9cZ9KRTrQ= =hPUh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----