Category: Free Software

  • DebConf Video team sprint (and stuff) @ MiniDebCamp FOSDEM 2020

    Over the three days of the MiniDebCamp at FOSDEM, members of the DebConf Video team, and their friends, have assembled to participate in a sprint. MiniDebCamp @ FOSDEM 2020 I’ve been (very pleasantly!) surprised by the number of people present at the MiniDebCamp, as well as the variety of topics they were working on. A…

  • It is complete!

    It is complete!

    (well, at least the front of it is) After last week’s DebConf Video Team sprint (thanks again to Jasper @ Linux Belgium for hosting us), the missing components for the stage box turned up right as I was driving back to Paris, and I could take the time to assemble them tonight. The final inventory…

  • Record number of uploads of a Debian package in an arbitrary 24-hour window

    Since Dimitri has given me the SQL virus I have a hard time avoiding opportunities for twisting my brain. Seeing the latest post from Chris Lamb made me wonder: how hard would it be to do better? Splitting by date is rather arbitrary (the split may even depend on the timezone you’re using when you’re…

  • docker and 127.0.0.1 in /etc/resolv.conf

    I’ve been doing increasingly more stuff with docker these days, and I’ve bumped into an issue: all my systems use a local DNS resolver, one way or another: as I’m roaming and have some VPNs with split-horizon DNS, my laptop uses dnsmasq as configured by NetworkManager; as I want DNSSEC validation, my servers use a…

  • Report from Debian SnowCamp: day 3

    [Previously: day 1, day 2] Thanks to Valhalla and other members of LIFO, a bunch of fine Debian folks have convened in Laveno, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, for a nice weekend of relaxing and sprinting on various topics, a SnowCamp. As a starter, and on request from Valhalla, please enjoy an attempt at…

  • Report from Debian SnowCamp: day 2

    [Previously: day 1] Thanks to Valhalla and other members of LIFO, a bunch of fine Debian folks have convened in Laveno, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, for a nice weekend of relaxing and sprinting on various topics, a SnowCamp. Today’s pièce de résistance was the long overdue upgrade of the machine hosting mentors.debian.net to…

  • Report from Debian SnowCamp: day 1

    Thanks to Valhalla and other members of LIFO, a bunch of fine Debian folks have convened in Laveno, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, for a nice weekend of relaxing and sprinting on various topics, a SnowCamp. This morning, I arrived in Milan at “omfg way too early” (5:30AM, thanks to a 30 minute early…

  • Listing and loading of Debian repositories: now live on Software Heritage

    Listing and loading of Debian repositories: now live on Software Heritage

    Software Heritage is the project for which I’ve been working during the past two and a half years now. The grand vision of the project is to build the universal software archive, which will collect, preserve and share the Software Commons. Today, we’ve announced that Software Heritage is archiving the contents of Debian daily. I’m…

  • DebConf 17 bursaries: update your status now!

    TL;DR: if you applied for a DebConf 17 travel bursary, and you haven’t accepted it yet, login to the DebConf website and update your status before June 20th or your bursary grant will be gone. *blows dust off the blog* As you might be aware, DebConf 17 is coming soon and it’s gonna be the…

  • Debian is now welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC Summer 2015

    Hi all, I am delighted to announce that Debian will be participating in the next round of Outreachy and GSoC, and that we are currently welcoming applications! Outreachy helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. The current round of internships is open to women (cis and trans), trans men, genderqueer…