Although no Debian stable versions are known to be affected by CVE-2024-3094 the next point release for 12.6 has been postponed while we investigate the effects of this CVE on the Archive. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html
Submitted on 31 March 2024 00:29:00
By Donald Norwood
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CVE-2024-3094 concerning a backdoor exploit in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 releases are currently being analyzed, for the moment we have paused Archive processing. We will advise as soon as possible. For more reading and information: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/
Submitted on 30 March 2024 20:29:00
By Donald Norwood
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Debian 10 buster has moved to archive.debian.org freeing up space on our mirror network holding presently at 5,746GB across several architectures. More information on this move and other details: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/03/msg00003.html #debian
Submitted on 29 March 2024 22:22:00
By Donald Norwood
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Mini-DebConf Berlin will take place Tue 14 May until Tue 21 May 2024 at the c-base hackspace in Germany. Book your trip and lodging now! RSN a CfP will get published. Please register at https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2024/MiniDebconfBerlin
Submitted on 29 March 2024 08:38:00
By Joost van Baal-Ilić
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Have a peek behind the curtain to see how Debian Developers work to solve issues within the Archive, as the link indicates please remember that we are phasing out the 32 bit architectures. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2024/03/msg00174.html
Submitted on 16 March 2024 16:15:00
By Donald Norwood
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DebConf25 to be held in Brest, France. Hope to see you all there for the most amazing wine and CHEESE party ever!!! Some Debian Development may also occur at said event. :) https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2024/03/msg00000.html #debian #debconf24 #debconf25 #debianfrance #debiankorea
Submitted on 13 March 2024 00:27:00
By Donald Norwood
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We are not short of MiniDebConfs this year! From March 9th to 10th MiniDebConf Santa Fe will take place in Argentina. For more info, see https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/ar/2024/MiniDebConfSantaFe
Submitted on 06 March 2024 19:54:00
By Carlos Henrique Lima Melara
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The 64-bit time_t transition is now in progress in unstable, preparing Debian to deal with the "Year 2038 Problem". https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/02/msg00005.html #debian
Submitted on 27 February 2024 10:52:00
By Jean-Pierre Giraud
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SCaLE, the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, will take place for the 21st time on March 14-17, 2024 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth again. Use the "DEB50" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/exhibitors?page=1
Submitted on 23 February 2024 18:37:00
By Joost van Baal-Ilić
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Debian selected to participate in Google Summer of Code 2024. Exciting list of projects at https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2024/Projects#Approved_Projects
Submitted on 22 February 2024 11:26:00
By Nilesh Patra
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