This is bits from DPL for November. MiniDebConf Toulouse I had the pleasure of attending the MiniDebConf in Toulouse, which featured a range of engaging talks, complementing those from the recent MiniDebConf in Cambridge. Both events were preceded by a DebCamp, which provided a valuable opportunity for focused work and collaboration. DebCamp During these events, I participated in numerous technical discussions on topics such as maintaining long-neglected packages, team-based maintenance, FTP ...| Bits from Debian
Next week the #MiniDebConfCambridge takes place in Cambridge, UK. This event will run from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 November 2023. The 4 days of the MiniDebConf include a Mini-DebCamp and of course the main Conference talks, BoFs, meets, and Sprints. We give thanks to our partners and sponsors for this event Arm - Building the Future of Computing Codethink - Open Source System Software Experts pexip - Powering video everywhere Please see the MiniDebConfCambridge page more for information rega...| Bits from Debian
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 ...| Bits from Debian
It wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that I’ve had a lot on my plate in the last few years, and that I have a *huge* backlog of little tasks to finish. Just last week, I finally got to all my keysigning from DebConf22. This week, I’m at MiniDebConf Germany in Hamburg. It’s the second time I’m here! And it’s great already. Last year I drafted a blog entry, but never got around to publishing it. So, in order to mentally tick off yet another thing, here follows a somewhat imperfect (I ha...| Jonathan Carter