FTP master This month I accepted 224 and rejected 47 packages. This is almost thrice the rejects of last month. Please, be more careful and check your package twice before uploading. The overall number of packages that got accepted was 233. Debian LTS This was my eighty-seventh month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian. This month my all in all workload has been 24.75h. During that time I did LTS and normal security uploads of:

• [DLA 2755-1] btrbk security update for one CVE
• [DLA 2762-1] grilo security update for one CVE
• [DLA 2766-1] openssl security update for one CVE
• [DLA 2774-1] openssl1.0 security update for one CVE
• [DLA 2773-1] curl security update for two CVEs

I also started to work on exiv2 and faad2. Last but not least I did some days of frontdesk duties. Debian ELTS This month was the thirty-ninth ELTS month. Unfortunately during my allocated time I could not process any upload. I worked on openssl, curl and squashfs-tools but for one reason or another the prepared packages didn t pass all tests. In order to avoid regressions, I postponed the uploads (meanwhile an ELA for curl was published ). Last but not least I did some days of frontdesk duties. Other stuff On my neverending golang challenge I again uploaded some packages either for NEW or as source upload. As Odyx took a break from all Debian activities, I volunteered to take care of the printing packages. Please be merciful when somethings breaks after I did an upload. My first printing upload was hplip

DebConf16 Firstly, thanks to everyone who came out and added their own uniqueness and expertise to the pool. The feedback received so far has been very positive and I feel that the few problems we did experience was dealt with very efficiently. Having a DebConf in your hometown is a great experience, consider a bid for hosting a DebConf in your city! DebConf16 Open Festival (5 August) The Open Festival (usually Debian Open Day) turned out pretty good. It was a collection of talks, a job fair, and some demos of what can be done with Debian. I particularly liked Hetzner s stand. I got to show off some 20 year old+ Super Mario skills and they had some fun brain teasers as well. It s really great to see a job stand that s so interactive and I think many companies can learn from them.

At #Debconf? Join the #HetznerSA #Supermariobros challenge and stand a chance to win a case of #Leagueofbeers pic.twitter.com/DpkOj6wmZb HetznerSA Careers (@HetznerCareers) July 2, 2016

The demo that probably drew the most attention was from my friend Georg who demoed some LulzBot Mini 3D Printers. They really seem to love Debian which is great!

LulzBot Mini #3Dprinters were on the scene at @DebConf Open Festival in South Africa. We re powered by @debian! pic.twitter.com/AOBS64ZtiJ LulzBot (@lulzbot3D) July 13, 2016

DebConf (6 August to 12 August) If I try to write up all my thoughts and feeling about DC16, I ll never get this post finished. Instead, here as some tweets from DebConf that other have written:

@o0karen0o delivering today s #DebConf16 keynote pic.twitter.com/hG1wD5MBhH Michael Banck (@mbanck) July 3, 2016

Great to see Sicelo Mhlongo speaking about issues using @debian in Swaziland #debconf16 pic.twitter.com/U6z7HA8zd5 Neil McGovern (@nmcgovern) July 7, 2016

What happened at #DebConf16 yesterday? Sandstorm Principles talking about the freedom to choose #software #sandbox pic.twitter.com/ltYaw3dAmP Obsidian Systems (@obsidianza) July 5, 2016

All @DebConf end with similar feelings: we re an incredible crowd working together for a incredibly important cause. https://t.co/DYuUWT5eKt Didier Raboud (@OdyX_) July 9, 2016

My congratulations to the #DebConf video team. As usual, they are doing an amazing work at #DebConf16
Marcelo Santana (@mgsantana) July 8, 2016

Day Trip We had 3 day trips:

• Trip out to sea point and penguin spotting (Dominic Hargreaves has some beautiful photos up on Flickr)
• Hike up Table Mountaing to Kirstenbosch gardens
• Safari tour (I went on this one and you can see some of my photos on Gallery)

Brought to you by See you in Montr al! DebConf17 dates:

• DebCamp: 31 July to 4 August 2017
• DebConf: 6 August to 12 August 2017
• More details on the DebConf Wiki.

The DC17 sponsorship brochure contains a good deal of information, please share it with anyone who might be interested in sponsoring DebConf! Media

• Official (and some unofficial) photos are on the DebConf gallery site (you can add yours, too)
• All official DebConf videos can be found on the video meeting archives

The following developers got their Debian accounts in the last month:

• Jonathan Wiltshire (jmw)
• Michael Hanke (mih)
• Sebastian Reichel (sre)
• Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (sgevatter)
• K re Thor Olsen (kaare)
• Didier Raboud (odyx)
• Benjamin Drung (bdrung)

Congratulations!

The following developers have returned as Debian Developers after having retired at some time in the past:

• Matt Zimmerman (mdz)
• Jerome Marant (jerome)
• Scott James Remnant (keybuk)

Welcome back!