The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended. Please join us in congratulating Andreas Tille as the new Debian Project Leader. The new term for the project leader started on 2024-04-21. 369 of 1,010 Debian Developers voted using the Condorcet method. More information about the results of the voting are available on the Debian Project Leader Elections 2024 page. Many thanks all of our Developers for voting ..read more

The Debian Project Developers will shortly vote for a new Debian Project Leader known as the DPL. The DPL is the official representative of representative of The Debian Project tasked with managing the overall project, its vision, direction, and finances. The DPL is also responsible for the selection of Delegates, defining areas of responsibility within the project, the coordination of Developers, and making decisions required for the project. Our outgoing and present DPL Jonathan Carter served 4 terms, from 2020 through 2024. Jonathan shared his last Bits from the DPL post to Debian recently ..read more

The Debian Project Developers will shortly vote for a new Debian Project Leader known as the DPL. The Project Leader is the official representative of The Debian Project tasked with managing the overall project, its vision, direction, and finances. The DPL is also responsible for the selection of Delegates, defining areas of responsibility within the project, the coordination of Developers, and making decisions required for the project. Our outgoing and present DPL Jonathan Carter served 4 terms, from 2020 through 2024. Jonathan shared his last Bits from the DPL post to Debian recently and his ..read more

We are pleased to announce that Proxmox has committed to sponsor DebConf24 as a Platinum Sponsor. Proxmox provides powerful and user-friendly open-source server software. Enterprises of all sizes and industries use Proxmox solutions to deploy efficient and simplified IT infrastructures, minimize total cost of ownership, and avoid vendor lock-in. Proxmox also offers commercial support, training services, and an extensive partner ecosystem to ensure business continuity for its customers. Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH was established in 2005 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Proxmox's pro ..read more

Dear Debianites This morning I decided to just start writing Bits from DPL and send whatever I have by 18:00 local time. Here it is, barely proof read, along with all it's warts and grammar mistakes! It's slightly long and doesn't contain any critical information, so if you're not in the mood, don't feel compelled to read it! == Get ready for a new DPL! == Soon, the voting period will start to elect our next DPL, and my time as DPL will come to an end. Reading the questions posted to the new candidates on [debian-vote], it takes quite a bit of restraint to not answer all of them myself, I thin ..read more

The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Carles Pina i Estany (cpina) Dave Hibberd (hibby) Soren Stoutner (soren) Daniel Gröber (dxld) Jeremy Sowden (azazel) Ricardo Ribalda Delgado (ribalda) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Joachim Bauch Ananthu C V Francesco Ballarin Yogeswaran Umasankar Kienan Stewart Congratulations ..read more

Earlier this month the DebConf team announced the DebConf24 Logo Contest asking aspiring artists, designers, and contributors to submit an image that would represent the host city of Busan, the host nation of South Korea, and promote the next Debian Developer Conference. The logo contest for DebConf24 received 10 submissions and garnered 354 responses with 3 proposals in particular getting very close to first place. The winning logo received 88 votes, the 2nd favored logo received 87 votes, and the 3rd most favored received 86 votes. Thank you to Woohee Yang and Junsang Moon for sharing their ..read more

The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Alexandre Detiste (tchet) Amin Bandali (bandali) Jean-Pierre Giraud (jipege) Timthy Pearson (tpearson) The following contributor was added as Debian Maintainer in the last two months: Safir Secerovic Congratulations ..read more

Debian Public Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability Directive The European Union is currently preparing a regulation "on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements" known as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is currently in the final "trilogue" phase of the legislative process. The act includes a set of essential cybersecurity and vulnerability handling requirements for manufacturers. It will require products to be accompanied by information and instructions to the user. Manufacturers will need to perform risk assessments and produ ..read more

The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: François Mazen (mzf) Andrew Ruthven (puck) Christopher Obbard (obbardc) Salvo Tomaselli (ltworf) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Bo YU Athos Coimbra Ribeiro Marc Leeman Filip Strömbäck Congratulations ..read more