unsubscribe On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Debian community, > > This is bits from the DPL for September. > > > My Debian Birthday gift > ======================= > > In September I finally had a good reason to upgrade one of my servers. > It had been running for more than 1,000 days without a reboot (thanks to > Debian 11 and LTS!), but eventually I could no longer import the UDD > dump because the format had changed. > > So, in parallel with my normal day-to-day work, I went ahead with the > migration. Moving from Debian 11 through Debian 12 and on to Debian 13 > turned out to be as simple as adjusting sources.list and running the > familiar apt update, upgrade, and dist-upgrade - three jumps, and done. > > It truly felt like a birthday gift: not having to worry, just letting it > run and ending up with a fully working machine. That experience saved > both time and nerves, and I want to share my appreciation with everyone > who made it possible. > > > Kielux > ====== > > At the long-running Kielux event[k01], which has been organized with > great dedication in Northern Germany for over 20 years, I was finally > able to join in person after many years of invitations. I gave a > talk[k02] and a packaging workshop[k03] (both in German) and helped > staff the Debian booth. > > To my surprise, the audience ended my talk by singing "Happy Birthday > dear Debian" and presenting a cake[k04], which I happily shared with > attendees (including some from other distributions ;-) ). Later I even > won prizes in the raffle and a riddle contest, making the day extra > memorable. > > What I enjoyed most, though, was the friendly atmosphere - plus a few > special moments outside the talks: a swim in the Baltic Sea, the Friday > evening barbecue, and the Software Freedom breakfast, complete with > excellent homemade rolls from my host, Christian Steigies. > > [k01] https://www.kielux.de/ > [k02] > https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20250919_kiel_geburtstag/index_de.html > [k03] > https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20250920_kiel_packaging/index_de.html > [k04] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFQogDfWzY#t=2042 > > > Planning future delegations > =========================== > > My last delegation showed that copy-pasting old texts is not the > best approach. Thanks to a helpful suggestion from Guillem Jover[d01], I > have now moved delegations to Git[d02] and will begin developing them > there together with the community. > > Since the current ftpmaster team plays such a central role, and we have > already discussed possible changes at length during DebConf, I want to > start this work in public. > > At last year's DebConf in Busan, Sean Whitton suggested splitting the > ftpmaster team into two separate teams. I have drafted delegation texts > accordingly (team names may change; suggestions are welcome, but I would > prefer discussion to focus on content): > > Archive Operations Team (or Archive Team) > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-dpl/dpl-helpers/-/blob/master/delegations/ftpmaster/archive_team?ref_type=heads > > DFSG, Licensing & New Packages Team (or DFSG Team) > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-dpl/dpl-helpers/-/blob/master/delegations/ftpmaster/dfsg_team?ref_type=heads > > > One task not yet covered in the draft is package removals. These were > missing from the last delegation, though they remain an important > responsibility. Most are routine, but exceptional cases may need faster > action: > > * If a copyright holder claims a package infringes their rights, > Debian should be able to withdraw it quickly (e.g. within 48h) until > the claim is clarified or resolved. This requires a clearly > responsible team and a visible contact point (e.g. e-mail or web form). > > * If a package has a severe, unfixable security vulnerability, it may > also need prompt removal to meet legal or security requirements. > > > The main motivations for this split are: > > 1. Volunteer progression: contributors can join DFSG/licensing work > without also doing archive operations. > > 2. Clearer focus: separating routine archive operations from > DFSG/licensing decisions lets each team concentrate on its specific > role. > > 3. Greater predictability: structured responsibilities and open > processes help maintainers understand where decisions stand. > > 4. Sustainable activity: with smaller, well-defined scopes, it is > easier for new contributors to get involved and keep the work moving. > > 5. Faster urgent removals: with a dedicated team in charge, Debian can > respond quickly when exceptional cases require immediate action. > > DFSG/licensing and archive operations are handled by the same team for > historical reasons. There is no intrinsic need for them to be handled > together. > > I very much welcome feedback, especially from current ftpmaster team > members. The debian-project mailing list is probably the best place > for discussion of the future delegation. > > Thank you to Sean Whitton for the original idea to split the teams this > way. > > [d01] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/08/msg00464.html > [d02] > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-dpl/dpl-helpers/-/tree/master/delegations?ref_type=heads > > > Kind regards > Andreas. > >
