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In this issue: + britney option enabled to look at tests.reproducible-builds.org + reportbug and ftp.d.o/release.d.o/wnpp pseudo-packages + non-free-firmware is now autobuilt + reform.debian.net + new sparc64 porterbox britney option enabled to look at tests.reproducible-builds.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Gevers has enabled a no-penalty-no-gain reproducibility option for amd64/arm64/i386/armhf in the migration software, which means that data from the Overview of various statistics about reproducible builds[1] is collected but causes neither migration bonuses nor blocks migration yet. The information only results are visible on https://release.debian.org/britney/update_excuses.html[2] as well as on individual packages pages on the Debian Package Tracker[3]. -- Holger Levsen [1] https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian [2] https://release.debian.org/britney/update_excuses.html [3] https://tracker.debian.org reportbug and ftp.d.o/release.d.o/wnpp pseudo-packages ------------------------------------------------------ The reportbug tool now has some features that are useful when filing requests against the pseudo-packages ftp.debian.org, release.debian.org and wnpp. It now sets the usertag for ftp.debian.org removal requests (override requests already had this). This is so that they are automatically categorised correctly on the bug listing. It now sets affects[4] and X-Debbugs-CC[5] on bugs against pseudo-packages that are related to a real package in the archive; including ftp.debian.org, release.debian.org and wnpp bugs (wnpp bugs only had affects before). This is so that maintainers, package tracker subscribers and folks viewing the bug lists for packages can see them. Please consider using reportbug for filing removal or wnpp bugs so that these things are done automatically for you. Some examples of the headers it sets are listed below. If you have bug templates of your own for these issues, please update them to include the correct pseudo-headers. Please note that reportbug supports sending bugs via your normal mail client[6] using xdg-email (available since bullseye), or via a specific mail client[7] too. Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal User: ftp.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: remove X-Debbugs-Cc: f...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:foo Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal User: ftp.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: override X-Debbugs-Cc: f...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:foo Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: rm X-Debbugs-Cc: f...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:foo Package: wnpp Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: f...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:foo -- Paul Wise [4] https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#affects [5] https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#xcc [6] https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug#Using_your_normal_mail_client [7] https://wiki.debian.org/reportbug#Using_a_specific_mail_client non-free-firmware is now autobuilt ---------------------------------- non-free-firmware in unstable and experimental is now being autobuilt by the regular Debian builders. It is subject to the same allowlist and criteria[8] as regular non-free builds. Allowlisting packages has been staffed with only a single person in the last years. If you are a DD and interested in helping out with license reviews, please contact the same email address. -- Philipp Kern [8] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#non-free-buildd reform.debian.net ----------------- Owners of a MNT Reform open hardware laptop[9] can now set up their machine using OpenPGP signed packages built for Debian stable (Bookworm) instead of using unsigned packages for unstable from the official MNT repositories. In addition to the apt repository[10] containing the Bookworm kernel with required patches on top, reform.debian.net provides system images[11] which boot directly into a full Desktop as well as Debian installer netboot images[12] patched with the custom kernel required for the Reform. This service is for the MNT Reform what raspi.debian.net is for the Raspberry Pi. Many thanks go to the debian.net team for providing an ARM64 machine that builds the packages and images and hosts the website. Head over to reform.debian.net[13] for more information. [9] https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform [10] https://reform.debian.net/repo/ [11] https://reform.debian.net/images/ [12] https://reform.debian.net/d-i/ [13] https://reform.debian.net new sparc64 porterbox --------------------- John Paul Adrian Glaubitz announced[14] a new porterbox for sparc64; a VM (LDOM) hosted on a SPARC T4-1 with 96 GB RAM and more than 500 GB disk. Thanks to Cononva Communications GmbH for sponsoring the hosting in Salzburg, Austria. [14] https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/8e79270cd19d6f728edfe7753123b4c7c3fa833b.ca...@physik.fu-berlin.de
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