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      DebConf22 closes in Prizren and DebConf23 dates announced

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Monday, 25 July, 2022 - 08:30 · 4 minutes

    DebConf22 group photo - click to enlarge

    On Sunday 24 July 2022, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. Hosting more than 210 attendees from 38 different countries over a combined 91 event talks, discussion sessions, Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities, DebConf22 was a large success.

    The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 10 July to 16 July which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person collaboration towards developing Debian. In particular, this year there have been sprints to advance development of Mobian/Debian on mobile, reproducible builds and Python in Debian, and a BootCamp for newcomers, to get introduced to Debian and have some hands-on experience with using it and contributing to the community.

    The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 17 July 2022. Together with activities such as the traditional 'Bits from the DPL' talk, the continuous key-signing party, lightning talks and the announcement of next year's DebConf ( DebConf23 in Kochi, India), there were several sessions related to programming language teams such as Python, Perl and Ruby, as well as news updates on several projects and internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from many technical teams (Long Term Support, Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian Installer and Images team, Debian Science...) and local communities (Debian Brasil, Debian India, the Debian Local Teams), along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.

    The schedule was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees over the course of the entire conference. Several activities that couldn\'t be organized in past years due to the COVID pandemic returned to the conference\'s schedule: a job fair, open-mic and poetry night, the traditional Cheese and Wine party, the group photos and the Day Trip.

    For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were recorded for live streams with videos made, available through the Debian meetings archive website . Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging apps or online collaborative text documents.

    The DebConf22 website will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.

    Next year, DebConf23 will be held in Kochi, India, from September 10 to September 16, 2023. As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in India will start the conference activites with DebCamp (September 03 to September 09, 2023), with particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the distribution.

    DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22 website for more details on this.

    Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors: Lenovo , Infomaniak , ITP Prizren and Google .

    About Debian

    The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal operating system .

    About DebConf

    DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from https://debconf.org/ .

    About Lenovo

    As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.

    About Infomaniak

    Infomaniak is Switzerland\'s largest web-hosting company, also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers, live-streaming and video on demand services. It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company (both software and hardware).

    About ITP Prizren

    Innovation and Training Park Prizren intends to be a changing and boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.

    About Google

    Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

    Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts of Salsa 's continuous integration infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.

    Contact Information

    For further information, please visit the DebConf22 web page at https://debconf22.debconf.org/ or send mail to press@debian.org .


    Značky: #announce, #Debian, #debconf22, #debconf, #debconf23

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      DebConf22 welcomes its sponsors!

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Monday, 18 July, 2022 - 07:00 · 3 minutes

    DebConf22 is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo, from 17th to 24th July, 2022. It is the 23rd edition of the Debian conference and organizers are working hard to create another interesting and fruitful event for attendees.

    We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf22, and introduce you to them.

    We have four Platinum sponsors.

    Our first Platinum sponsor is Lenovo . As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices, smart home/office and data center solutions, Lenovo understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.

    Infomaniak is our second Platinum sponsor. Infomaniak is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company, also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers, live-streaming and video on demand services. It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company (both software and hardware).

    The ITP Prizren is our third Platinum sponsor. ITP Prizren intends to be a changing and boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, through the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services for SMEs, exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to Kosovo to improve its level of development in industry and research, bringing benefits to the economy and society of the country as a whole.

    Google is our fourth Platinum sponsor. Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts of Salsa 's continuous integration infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.

    Our Gold sponsors are:

    Roche , a major international pharmaceutical provider and research company dedicated to personalized healthcare.

    Microsoft , enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

    Ipko Telecommunications , provides telecommunication services and it is the first and the most dominant mobile operator which offers fast-speed mobile internet – 3G and 4G networks in Kosovo.

    Ubuntu , the Operating System delivered by Canonical.

    U.S. Agency for International Development , leads international development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, reduce poverty, strengthen democratic governance and help people progress beyond assistance.

    Our Silver sponsors are:

    Pexip , is the video communications platform that solves the needs of large organizations. Deepin is a Chinese commercial company focusing on the development and service of Linux-based operating systems. Hudson River Trading , a company researching and developing automated trading algorithms using advanced mathematical techniques. Amazon Web Services (AWS) , is one of the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platforms, offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally. The Bern University of Applied Sciences with near 7,800 students enrolled, located in the Swiss capital. credativ , a service-oriented company focusing on open-source software and also a Debian development partner . Collabora , a global consultancy delivering Open Source software solutions to the commercial world. Arm : with the world’s Best SoC Design Portfolio, Arm powered solutions have been supporting innovation for more than 30 years and are deployed in over 225 billion chips to date. GitLab , an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more. Two Sigma , rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to help solve the toughest challenges across financial services. Starlabs , builds software experiences and focus on building teams that deliver creative Tech Solutions for our clients. Solaborate , has the world’s most integrated and powerful virtual care delivery platform. Civil Infrastructure Platform , a collaborative project hosted by the Linux Foundation, establishing an open source “base layer” of industrial grade software. Matanel Foundation , operates in Israel, as its first concern is to preserve the cohesion of a society and a nation plagued by divisions.

    Bronze sponsors:

    bevuta IT , Kutia , Univention , Freexian .

    And finally, our Supporter level sponsors:

    Altus Metrum , Linux Professional Institute , Olimex , Trembelat , Makerspace IC Prizren , Cloud68.co , Gandi.net , ISG.EE , IPKO Foundation , The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH .

    Thanks to all our sponsors for their support! Their contributions make it possible for a large number of Debian contributors from all over the globe to work together, help and learn from each other in DebConf22.

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    Značky: #debconf, #Debian, #debconf22, #sponsors

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      DebConf22 starts today in Prizren

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Sunday, 17 July, 2022 - 07:00 · 1 minute

    DebConf22 , the 23rd annual Debian Conference, is taking place in Prizren, Kosovo from July 17th to 24th, 2022.

    Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Innovation and Training Park (ITP) in Prizren, Kosovo, to participate and work in a conference exclusively run by volunteers.

    Today the main conference starts with over 270 attendants expected and 82 activities scheduled, including 45-minute and 20-minute talks and team meetings ("BoF"), workshops, and a job fair, as well as a variety of other events.

    The full schedule at https://debconf2.debconf.org/schedule/ is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc by attendees during the whole conference.

    If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the video streaming available from the DebConf22 website of the events happening in the three talk rooms: Drini , Lumbardhi and Ereniku . Or you can join the conversation about what is happening in the talk rooms: #debconf-drini , #debconf-lumbardhi and #debconf-ereniku (all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).

    You can also follow the live coverage of news about DebConf22 on https://micronews.debian.org or the @debian profile in your favorite social network.

    DebConf is committed to a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. See the web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22's website for more details on this.

    Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors: Lenovo , Infomaniak , ITP Prizren and Google .

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    Značky: #debconf, #Debian, #debconf22

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      (Unofficial) Debian Perl Sprint 2022

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Friday, 15 July, 2022 - 15:35

    Three members of the Debian Perl Group met in Hamburg between May 23 and May 30 2022 as part of the Debian Reunion Hamburg to continue perl development work for Bookworm and to work on QA tasks across our 3800+ packages.

    The participants had a good time and met other Debian friends. The sprint was also productive:

    • pkg-perl-tools and dh-make-perl were improved and extended.
    • More than 50 uploads were done, and more than 30 bugs were fixed or at least triaged.
    • autopkgtests were added to lots of packages.
    • Some requests to remove obsolete packages were filed as well.

    The more detailed report was posted to the Debian Perl mailing list.

    The participants would like to thank the Debian Reunion Hamburg organizers for providing the framework for our sprint, all sponsors of the event, and all donors to the Debian project who helped to cover parts of our expenses.

    Debian Reunion Hamburg 2022 group photo


    Značky: #minidebconf, #Debian, #perl, #sprint

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      DebConf22 Cheese and Wine Party

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Friday, 8 July, 2022 - 16:00 · 1 minute

    In less than two days we will be in Prizren to start DebCamp and DebConf22 \o/

    This C&W is the 18th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.

    The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all around the world or regions of Kosovo. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants and free cheese.

    We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing other things.

    So, please go to our wiki page and add what you will bring!

    If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can buy cheese and wine in . There are more information about C&W, what you can bring, vegan cheese, Kosovo customs regulations and non-alcoholic drinks at our site .

    C&W will happen on July 19nd, 2022 (Tuesday) after 19h30min.

    We are looking forward to seeing you all here!

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    Značky: #debconf, #Debian, #wine, #debconf22, #party, #cheese

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      Debian welcomes its new Outreachy interns

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Monday, 30 May, 2022 - 10:00

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    Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we're excited to announce that Debian has selected two interns for the Outreachy May 2022 - August 2022 round.

    Israel Galadima and Michael Ikwuegbu will work on Improve yarn package manager integration with Debian , mentored by Akshay S Dinesh and Pirate Praveen.


    Congratulations and welcome to Israel Galadima and Michael Ikwuegbu!

    From the official website : Outreachy provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech. Interns work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation, illustration and graphical design, to data science.

    The Outreachy programme is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian developers and contributors who dedicate their free time to mentor students and outreach tasks, and the Software Freedom Conservancy 's administrative support, as well as the continued support of Debian's donors, who provide funding for the internships.

    Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the work of the Outreachy interns reading their blogs (they are syndicated in Planet Debian ), and chat with us in the #debian-outreach IRC channel and mailing list .


    Značky: #announce, #Debian, #outreachy

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      Debian welcomes the 2022 GSOC interns

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Tuesday, 24 May, 2022 - 11:15 · 1 minute

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    We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected three interns to work under mentorship on a variety of projects with us during the Google Summer of Code .

    Here are the list of the projects, interns, and details of the tasks to be performed.


    Project: Android SDK Tools in Debian

    • Interns: Nkwuda Sunday Cletus and Raman Sarda

    The deliverables of this project will mostly be finished packages submitted to Debian sid, both for new packages and updated packages. Whenever possible, we should also try to get patches submitted and merged upstream in the Android sources.


    Project: Project: Quality Assurance for Biological and Medical Applications inside Debian

    • Interns: Mohammed Bilal

    Deliverables of the project: Continuous integration tests for all Debian Med applications (life sciences, medical imaging, others), Quality Assurance review and bug fixing.


    Congratulations and welcome to all the interns!

    The Google Summer of Code program is possible in Debian thanks to the efforts of Debian Developers and Debian Contributors that dedicate part of their free time to mentor interns and outreach tasks.

    Join us and help extend Debian! You can follow the interns' weekly reports on the debian-outreach mailing-list , chat with us on our IRC channel or reach out to the individual projects' team mailing lists.


    Značky: #gsoc, #Debian, #announce

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      New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2022)

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Friday, 13 May, 2022 - 15:00

    The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months:

    • Henry-Nicolas Tourneur (hntourne)
    • Nick Black (dank)

    The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months:

    • Jan Mojžíš
    • Philip Wyett
    • Thomas Ward
    • Fabio Fantoni
    • Mohammed Bilal
    • Guilherme de Paula Xavier Segundo

    Congratulations!


    Značky: #project, #Debian

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      Google Platinum Sponsor of DebConf22

      pubsub.slavino.sk / bits.debian.org · Thursday, 5 May, 2022 - 08:00 · 1 minute

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    We are very pleased to announce that Google has committed to support DebConf22 as a Platinum sponsor . This is the third year in a row that Google is sponsoring The Debian Conference with the higher tier!

    Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

    Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf since more than ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts of Salsa 's continuous integration infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform.

    With this additional commitment as Platinum Sponsor for DebConf22, Google contributes to make possible our annual conference, and directly supports the progress of Debian and Free Software helping to strengthen the community that continues to collaborate on Debian projects throughout the rest of the year.

    Thank you very much Google, for your support of DebConf22!

    Become a sponsor too!

    DebConf22 will take place from July 17th to 24th, 2022 at the Innovation and Training Park (ITP) in Prizren, Kosovo , and will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 10th to 16th.

    And DebConf22 is still accepting sponsors! Interested companies and organizations may contact the DebConf team through sponsors@debconf.org , and visit the DebConf22 website at https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor .

    DebConf22 banner open registration


    Značky: #sponsors, #google, #debconf22, #Debian, #debconf