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#DebConf21 pauses for a break from 18:45 UTC through 20:00 UTC: it's just time to prepare cheese platter, to take out beverages from the fridge, and to open wine bottles. Don't miss the Cheese and Wine party online later! Other option is to follow the Poetry Event that is happening during the break, in channel two https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/2/

"src:developers-reference wants your help!" The Debian developers-reference handbook (also available at www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ ) is still the main reference for developers although many areas have become somewhat outdated… If you are looking for ways to improve Debian by writing and improving documentation and or translating it, this talk is for you on channel one at 18:00 UTC, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/

At 17:00 UTC, Debian Outreach will showcase the projects on which interns are currently working under Outreachy 2021 and also under Google Summer of Code 2021 (18:00). They will share their experience working with Debian. Follow the live streaming on channel two, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/2/

autopkgtest, a test automation tool for Debian packages, is a central part of the contemporary Debian release process and quality control efforts. The activity "autopkgtest office hours" (17:00 UTC) aim to help fellow maintainers with their questions about implementing or improving autopkgtest support for their packages, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/

#DebConf21 online continues at 16:00 UTC with a talk in Telugu "డెబియన్ ప్రాజెక్ట్ - అంతర్జాతీయ ఆపరేటింగ్ సిస్టంగా దాని సౌలబ్యథ మరియు రుపాంతర" about Debian Project as international operating system on channel two; at the same time the short talk "Debuginfod on Debian" in channel one explains what is a debuginfod server and how to use it, followed at 16:30 UTC by the talk "Two Pinebooks walk into a bar..." telling the tale of two arm64 laptops, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/?block=5

Are you participating in #DebConf21? Wether you are a speaker or help in the video team, you're watching the stream or participating in the IRC channels, we'd like you to be in the DebConf21 group photo! Follow the instructions to send your photo before DebConf finishes (today!) https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2021/08/msg00002.html

We have organised a small Poetry Event in #DebConf21 during the evening break (18:45 UTC). If you have some poems you'd like to share (yours or from a poet you like, no matter the language), follow the instructions to join us https://debconf21.debconf.org/talks/111-poetry-event/

From 14:50 UTC through 16:00 UTC #DebConf21 pauses for a break. Do you want to have a look at two DebConf21 songs, written by Andrew Cater? http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/if-you-do-it-twice-its-tradition-says.html

"डेबियन समुदाय आणि डेबियन सोबत माझा अनुभव" (My experience with Debian community and Debian, in Marathi) explains how mentors and community members help to learn debian packaging, on channel two at 14:30 UTC, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/2/

The short talk "Debian for Open Science" (14:00 UTC) is intended to put forth the idea and the means for Debian packages for Open Science and "Looking Forward to Reproducible Builds" (14:30 UTC) will highlight some recent developments, with an eye to what might happen as Debian embarks upon the "Bookworm" development cycle. Both talks on channel one, https://debconf21.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/