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DWN 2000-12-19
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.|#use wml::debian::weeklynews::header PUBDATE="2000-12-19" SUMMARY="Testing rolled out"
#use wml::debian::weeklynews::header PUBDATE="2000-12-19" SUMMARY="testing $BEP>l(B"
.|<p>
.|<b>Welcome</b> to a special edition of Debian Weekly News. We had planned
.|to skip this week for a vacation, but Debian never sleeps...
.|</p>
<p>
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$B5Y2K$N$?$a:#=5$O5Y4)$9$kM=Dj$G$7$?!#(B
$B$7$+$7(B Debian $B$O7h$7$FL2$j$^$;$s(B...$B!#(B
</p>
.|<p>
.|<b>Testing has entered the main Debian archive.</b> Testing is a new branch
.|of Debian to complement stable and unstable. New uploads enter
.|unstable, and if no bad bugs are found in two weeks time, flow into testing.
.|Thus, testing is always in an "<i>essentially releasable state</i>".
.|Now that package pools exist, it was not too
.|hard to <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0012/msg01640.html";>make
.|testing a part of the main archive</a>. Woody has now been designated as
.|testing and populated with packages from stable, with updates that the code
.|behind testing thinks is safe (so if you have "woody" in sources.list,
.|you'll probably run into
.|<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0012/msg03358.html";>this
.|problem</a>). Testing is sure to have far-ranging implications throughout
.|Debian, from package release frequency and everyday development, to porting
.|and security fixes, to release timing and management. Interesting times lie
.|ahead.
.|</p>
<p>
<b>testing $B$,%a%$%s(B Debian $B%"!<%+%$%V$KF~$j$^$7$?!#(B</b>
testing $B$O(B stable $B$H(B unstable $B$rJd$&(B Debian $B$N?7$7$$%V%i%s%A$G$9!#(B
$B?7$7$$%"%C%W%m!<%I%Q%C%1!<%8$O$^$:(B unstable $B$KF~$j$^$9!#(B
$B$=$7$F!"$b$7$R$I$$%P%0$,Fs=54V$N$"$$$@$K8+$D$+$i$J$1$l$P!"(B
testing $B$KF~$l$i$l$^$9!#(B
$B$3$N$h$&$K$7$F!"(Btesting $B$O>o$K(B
$B!V(B<i>$B4pK\E*$K%j%j!<%92DG=$J>uBV(B</i>$B!W$KJ]$?$l$^$9!#(B
$B%Q%C%1!<%8%W!<%k$,B8:_$9$k:#!"(B
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0012/msg01640.html";>
testing $B$r%a%$%s%"!<%+%$%V$N0lIt$H$7$F:n@.$9$k(B</a>$B$N$O(B
$B$=$s$J$KFq$7$/$O$"$j$^$;$s$G$7$?!#(B
woody $B$O8=:_(B testing $B$H$7$F;XDj$5$l!"(B
stable $B$N%Q%C%1!<%8$H(B
testing $B$N9M$($K$"$&F~$l$F$b0BA4$H9M$($i$l$k(B
$B%"%C%W%G!<%H%Q%C%1!<%8$,0\F0$5$l$F$$$^$9(B
($B$=$l$G!"$b$7$"$J$?$,(B sources.list $B$K!V(Bwoody$B!W$N9T$,=q$$$F$"$k$J$i!"(B
$B$*$=$i$/(B
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0012/msg03358.html";>
$B$3$NLdBj(B</a>$B$K=P$/$o$9$G$7$g$&(B)$B!#(B
testing $B$O!"%Q%C%1!<%8$N%j%j!<%9IQEY!"KhF|$N3+H/$+$i!"(B
$B0\?"$d%;%-%e%j%F%#=$@5!"%j%j!<%9$N;~4VD4@0$d4IM}$K$$$?$k$^$G!"(B
$B9-HO0O$K(B Debian $B$K4XO"@-$,$"$k$N$O3N<B$G$9!#(B
$BLLGr$$$3$H$K$J$j$=$&$G$9!#(B
</p>
.|<p>
.|<b>Now that woody == testing, how's it doing?</b> Release manager Anthony
.|Towns made a
.|"<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0012/msg00012.html";>
.|<i>state of the woody address</i></a>". Important upgrades like glibc 2.2,
.|X 4.0.1, and perl 5.6 are not in woody/testing yet, but they soon may be.
.|Unsurprisingly, both the number of packages and the number of open bugs have
.|increased since potato was released. Anthony's main concern is that the new
.|debian-installer project is not ready yet, and the old boot floppies need
.|several months of work to be usable for woody. A related thread discussed
.|other <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0012/msg01739.html";>goals
.|for woody</a> Putting all this together, Anthony projects a freeze in May,
.|with a release in June -- though he cautions: "<i>Presumably it'll end up
.|getting extended since nothing ever goes to plan.</i>"
.|</p>
<p>
<b>$B:#$O(B woody == testing $B$G$9$,!"$I$N$h$&$K$J$C$F$$$k$N$G$7$g$&$+(B?</b>
$B%j%j!<%9%^%M!<%8%c$N(B Anthony Towns $B$O(B
$B!V(B<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0012/msg00012.html";>
<i>woody $B$N>u67$K$D$$$F(B</i></a>$B!W$r=q$-$^$7$?!#(B
glibc 2.2$B!"(BXFree86 4.0.1$B!"(Bperl 5.6 $B$J$I$N=EMW$J%"%C%W%0%l!<%I$O(B
$B$^$@(B woody/testing $B$KF~$C$F$$$^$;$s$,!"$9$0$KF~$k$G$7$g$&!#(B
$B6C$/$3$H$G$O$"$j$^$;$s$,!"%Q%C%1!<%8$N?t$d%*!<%W%s$5$l$?%P%0$N?t$O!"(B
potato $B$N%j%j!<%90JMhA}2C$7$F$$$^$9!#(B
Anthony $B$N<g$J?4G[;v$O!"(B
$B?7$7$$(B debian-installer $B%W%m%8%'%/%H$N=`Hw$,$^$@$G$-$F$$$J$$$3$H!"(B
$B$^$?8E$$(B boot floppies $B$r(B woody $B$G;H$($k$h$&$K$9$k$?$a$K(B
$B?t%v7n:n6H$,I,MW$J$3$H$G$9!#(B
$BB>$N(B <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0012/msg01739.html";>
woody $B$NL\I8(B</a>$B$K$D$$$F4XO"$7$?%9%l%C%I$G5DO@$5$l$^$7$?!#(B
$B$=$l$i$r$^$H$a$k$H!"(BAnthony $B$O!"8^7n$K%U%j!<%:$7(B
$BO;7n$K%j%j!<%9$9$k$3$H$r7W2h$7$F$$$^$9!#(B
$B$7$+$7H`$O7Y9p$7$F$$$^$9!#(B
$B!V(B<i>$B$^$C$?$/>/$7$b7W2h$,?J$s$G$$$J$$$N$G!"(B
$B$*$=$i$/7k6I1dD9$9$k$3$H$K$J$k$@$m$&(B</i>$B!W(B
</p>
.|<p>
.|<b>Fixing Debian's buggy vote counting methods</b> has been the topic of
.|discussion on debian-vote for several weeks. The few people who have been
.|involved in the discussion all agree that there are
.|<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00090.html";>some
.|ambiguities in the constitution</a>
.|that, if triggered, could make a vote unresolvable. A
.|<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00090.html";>proposed
.|fix</a> for the problems turned out to have an
.|<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00106.html";>obscure
.|bug</a> of its own. Since this discussion is becoming increasingly arcane
.|and off-topic for debian-vote and increasingly on-topic for the
.|<a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em/";>Election Methods mailing list</a>,
.|a <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00091.html";>joint committee
.|is forming</a>, made up of interested people from both lists. They will
.|discuss "<i>all the problems with decision-making process [...] in the
.|current constitution</i>", and develop a proposal about how to fix them.
.|Of course the final decision about adopting the proposal will be made by
.|Debian.
.|</p>
<p>
<b>$B%P%0$NB?$$(B Debian $B$NEjI<J}K!$r=$@5$9$k$3$H(B</b>$B$,(B
$B?t=54V(B debian-vote $B$N5DO@$N<gBj$G$7$?!#(B
<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00090.html";>
$B7{>O$K[#Kf$J$H$3$m$,$"$k(B</a>$B$?$a$K(B
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00106.html";>
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<a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em/";>Election Methods
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<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote-0012/msg00091.html";>
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</p>
.|<p>
.|<b>Security fixes in the past week</b> include a nasty
.|<a href="../../../../security/2000/20001219">privilege escalation bug in
.|zope</a>, a <a href="../../../../security/2000/20001217a">local exploit in
.|slocate</a>, and the symlink attacks against editors continue with
.|<a href="../../../../security/2000/20001217">one in nano</a>.
.|</p>
<p>
<b>$B$3$30l=54V$N%;%-%e%j%F%#=$@5(B</b>$B$K$O!"(B
$B$R$I$$(B
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<a href="../../../../security/2000/20001217a">
slocate $B$N%m!<%+%k$G$NIT@5MxMQ(B</a>$B$,$"$j!"(B
$B$^$?!"%(%G%#%?$KBP$9$k(B symlink $B967b$,B3$1$F(B
<a href="../../../../security/2000/20001217">
nano $B$K$b$"$j$^$7$?(B</a>$B!#(B
</p>
.|<p>
.|<b>Debian Weekly News will be back next week</b> with a more complete
.|summary of ongoing Debian discussion and development.
.|</p>
<p>
$B?J9TCf$N(B Debian $B$N5DO@$H3+H/$N$h$j40A4$JMWLs$r(B
<b>Debian Weekly News $B$OMh=5$b$*Aw$j$7$^$9!#(B</b>
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