Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities September 2023
Focus
This month I didn't have any particular focus.
I just worked on issues in my info bubble.
Changes
- JAA little-things:
add ArchiveBot monitor script,
fix up Bing scraping script
(both sent on IRC)
- forum-dl:
cleanup
- fdupes:
cleanups
- debcargo/debcargo-conf:
minimise package long description boilerplate
(1
2)
- pypi2deb:
fix crash
- Debian QA services:
update architecture hardcoding
- Debian PTS:
update to UDD lintian service,
disable updating dead/broken data
- Debian wiki:
fix log rotation
- Debian BTS usertags:
fix architecture/release/debhelper/privacy usertags
- Debian wiki pages:
ArchitectureVariants,
DavidWeinehall,
DebConf
(21/Bids/Sweden,
22/Organizers,
25/Bids),
DebianDay/2023/T rkiye/ zmir,
DebianInstaller
(ReleaseProcess,
TrackingStatus),
DebianNetDomains,
Derivatives/Census/Ubuntu,
ExternalEntities,
FastTrack,
Firmware/Updates,
how-can-i-help
(Ideas),
ImportantDirectories,
InstallingDebianOn/Olimex/Teres-I,
LoongArch,
LXD,
M68k/QemuSystemM68k,
MiniDebConf
(1
2),
NvidiaGraphicsDrivers,
PaulWise/InterestingSoftware,
Ports
(loong64,
riscv64),
PortTemplate,
ppviewerFonts,
Services/lintian.debian.org,
SourcesList,
StaticLinking,
Statistics
(1
2),
Teams
(DebConf/Video/FunnyMoments,
Publicity/ReleasePointAnnouncements,
Webmaster/PointReleaseWorkflow),
ThomasChung,
uk/Hardware/Database,
UsefulImprovements,
YutakaNiibe
- FOSSjobs wiki pages:
Resources
Issues
- Bad data in
UDD bugs script
- Conffile removal needed in
smart-notifier,
scite
- Duplicate menu items in
evolution
- Incorrect unsigned mail handling in
evolution
- Missing dependency in
libcairo2-dev
- Incorrect redirects in
gnu.org,
ArchiveBot
- TMP issue in
mmdebstrap
- Formatting issue in
iproute2
- False positive in
anorack
- Broken manual page in
jbig2
- SWH listers needed for
git9,
Kallithea
Review
- Spam: reported
2 Debian bug reports
- Debian wiki:
RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags:
changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved
fzf
lame
lsd
termshark
vifm
- rejected
orthanc (private data),
gpr/orthanc (Windows),
qrencode (random QR codes),
weboob-qt (chess website)
Administration
- Debian IRC:
fix #debian-pkg-security topic/metadata
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Initiate discussion about
relaxing Debian package description rules
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The SWH work was sponsored.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- JAA little-things: add ArchiveBot monitor script, fix up Bing scraping script (both sent on IRC)
- forum-dl: cleanup
- fdupes: cleanups
- debcargo/debcargo-conf: minimise package long description boilerplate (1 2)
- pypi2deb: fix crash
- Debian QA services: update architecture hardcoding
- Debian PTS: update to UDD lintian service, disable updating dead/broken data
- Debian wiki: fix log rotation
- Debian BTS usertags: fix architecture/release/debhelper/privacy usertags
- Debian wiki pages: ArchitectureVariants, DavidWeinehall, DebConf (21/Bids/Sweden, 22/Organizers, 25/Bids), DebianDay/2023/T rkiye/ zmir, DebianInstaller (ReleaseProcess, TrackingStatus), DebianNetDomains, Derivatives/Census/Ubuntu, ExternalEntities, FastTrack, Firmware/Updates, how-can-i-help (Ideas), ImportantDirectories, InstallingDebianOn/Olimex/Teres-I, LoongArch, LXD, M68k/QemuSystemM68k, MiniDebConf (1 2), NvidiaGraphicsDrivers, PaulWise/InterestingSoftware, Ports (loong64, riscv64), PortTemplate, ppviewerFonts, Services/lintian.debian.org, SourcesList, StaticLinking, Statistics (1 2), Teams (DebConf/Video/FunnyMoments, Publicity/ReleasePointAnnouncements, Webmaster/PointReleaseWorkflow), ThomasChung, uk/Hardware/Database, UsefulImprovements, YutakaNiibe
- FOSSjobs wiki pages: Resources
Issues
- Bad data in
UDD bugs script
- Conffile removal needed in
smart-notifier,
scite
- Duplicate menu items in
evolution
- Incorrect unsigned mail handling in
evolution
- Missing dependency in
libcairo2-dev
- Incorrect redirects in
gnu.org,
ArchiveBot
- TMP issue in
mmdebstrap
- Formatting issue in
iproute2
- False positive in
anorack
- Broken manual page in
jbig2
- SWH listers needed for
git9,
Kallithea
Review
- Spam: reported
2 Debian bug reports
- Debian wiki:
RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags:
changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved
fzf
lame
lsd
termshark
vifm
- rejected
orthanc (private data),
gpr/orthanc (Windows),
qrencode (random QR codes),
weboob-qt (chess website)
Administration
- Debian IRC:
fix #debian-pkg-security topic/metadata
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Initiate discussion about
relaxing Debian package description rules
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The SWH work was sponsored.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- Spam: reported 2 Debian bug reports
- Debian wiki: RecentChanges for the month
- Debian BTS usertags: changes for the month
- Debian screenshots:
- approved fzf lame lsd termshark vifm
- rejected orthanc (private data), gpr/orthanc (Windows), qrencode (random QR codes), weboob-qt (chess website)
Administration
- Debian IRC:
fix #debian-pkg-security topic/metadata
- Debian wiki:
unblock IP addresses,
approve accounts
Communication
- Initiate discussion about
relaxing Debian package description rules
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC
Sponsors
The SWH work was sponsored.
All other work was done on a volunteer basis.
- Initiate discussion about relaxing Debian package description rules
- Respond to queries from Debian users and contributors on the mailing lists and IRC