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Debian Developers Call For More Releases
News Although they are all competing for the votes of the currently 945 Debian developers spread around the globe, Garrett's fellow candidates for the DPL position seem to agree with him. The position is an elected one (all Debian developers are...
[March 18, 2005, 14:50]
Debian Developers Seek New Leader
News Any of Debian's 1,016 developers can put themselves forward for the position prior to the deadline of 25 February. Debian developers can then cast their vote between 18 March and 8 April. The Debian Linux distribution is seeking a new leader.
[February 15, 2007, 11:43]
Debian Developers Locked Out After Server Hack
News The Debian GNU/Linux project has locked a number of its developers out of their system accounts following a security scare in which the hack of a key internal server was discovered this week. The lockout took place due to the fact a compromised...
[July 14, 2006, 15:25]
Debian Developers Trim Platform Support
Talkback this is wildly offtopic, but I don't see where other place I should place it. Since a couple of weeks it's impossible to read most of the text on zdnet.co.uk in both Konqueror and Mozilla. Could somebody do something about this ?
[January 5, 2006, 9:23]
Debian Developers Trim Platform Support
News Debian Etch, the next major version of the Linux distribution, will only be available on eight architectures, with four getting the boot. Steve Langasek, a release manager at Debian, said in a mailing list posting last week that the official...
[January 4, 2006, 15:30]
Debian Developers Ponder Trademark Changes
News The leader of the Debian Linux distribution has called for changes to be made to the open source project's trademark policy, to ensure it has the appropriate level of protection against legal challenges.
[September 22, 2005, 12:55]
Debian Addesses Its Problems : 19 New Developers This Week
Talkback Please, read http://times.debian.net/1234 and follow all linked pages for even more details. Regards. Andre Felipe
[April 23, 2008, 21:37]
Debian: We're Not Looking For Commercial Fortune
News The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. As well as packaging software that other people develop...
[April 28, 2008, 13:03]
Debian Suffers From Community Growing Pains
News Frustrated software programmers unable to sign up to the voluntarily run community of developers behind the Debian GNU/Linux operating system have criticised the management of the project. Voicing their frustration on discussion forums, including...
[April 22, 2008, 17:03]
Debian Sarge Focuses On Easy Installation
News Debian developers have completely rewritten the Debian installer for the next version of the Linux distribution, code-named Sarge. The installer is still a text-based rather than graphical installer, but Pashley said developers are currently...
[November 11, 2004, 16:45]
Debian Delayed As Community Loses Interest
News The upcoming release of Debian is being delayed because of a slowdown by key developers. A group of 17 developers, led by well-known Debian maintainer Joerg Jaspert, issued a position statement in October citing their disenchantment with Dunc Tank.
[December 19, 2006, 12:32]
Debian Group Encourages Women Developers
News The Debian Women group, which was set up in March this year to encourage the participation of women in Debian's future development, is already making progress in encouraging women to apply to be Debian developers, it says.
[December 14, 2004, 12:55]
Debian Team Prepares For Imminent Release
News Developers of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution are frantically squashing software bugs in an effort to get version 3.1 out by the scheduled 6 June release date. The Debian project has not released a major upgrade of its operating system since July...
[May 31, 2005, 14:25]
Firefox Branding Is A Burning Issue
News Although it maintains a policy - which was recently criticised by many developers of the Debian Linux distribution - on how its trademarks are used, it does not appear to have registered the Firefox name in Australia and Germany.
[June 16, 2005, 15:05]
Debian Bangs Drum For Mission Critical Apps
News Debian, a free distribution of the Linux operating system, is better suited to mission-critical applications than rival commercial distributions, one of the distribution's developers - who you can see pictured in our CeBIT 2005 Gallery - claimed...
[March 11, 2005, 14:55]
Debian Acts Swiftly Over Security Claims
News It was also an appropriate time to add new members to Debian's security team, as several have been inactive for a while, Robinson said in an email to developers. Robinson said he expects to spend a lot of time talking about the security issue to...
[July 8, 2005, 16:15]
Linux Developers Lose Complacency
News Both Debian and GNU Project leaders continue to keep the systems offline -- and inaccessible to developers -- until they can ensure they're secure. During the last four months, unknown intruders have breached the security around servers hosting...
[December 10, 2003, 8:20]
Delayed Debian Distribution Is Released
News The fourth version of Debian, the Linux distribution, has been released — four months later than planned. Debian 4.0 was originally scheduled for release by 4 December, but continuing delays have meant that release has been pushed further and...
[April 12, 2007, 13:24]
Debian Release May Slip To March
News The release of the upcoming version of Debian may slip to March, according to one of the two release managers for the Linux distribution. If that happens, the release of the upcoming version of Debian — the fourth major revision, code-named Etch...
[February 7, 2007, 8:40]
Debian Tipped For February Release
News Many developers are upset that Debian's two release managers are being paid to work full-time to finalise Etch. The long-awaited next version of the Debian open-source operating system is most likely to be released in February, according to members...
[January 26, 2007, 11:22]
