Templates for micronews

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Hi,

As I said in our meeting, I'm preparing a templates folder to host
common micronews for our regular events. It's a work in progress, but
I've just opened the MR on salsa because I'm strugling to find time this
month, so it's better a half ready [MR] than no MR at all. Patches,
suggestions and comments are welcome!

I'm attaching the files here too for convenience and people who prefer
to use mail.

Cheers,
Charles

[MR]: https://salsa.debian.org/publicity-team/micronews/-/merge_requests/4

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Bids
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Call for submission bids to host the DebConf24 Debian Developer Conference is now open: https://bits.debian.org/2023/10/debconf24-call-for-bids.html

DebConf24 to be held in Busan, South Korea. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/12/msg00002.html #debian #debconf #debconf24

Artwork
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We are getting ready for DebConf24! The Logo Contest has officially started, all contributions welcome! Submit yours ASAP: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2024/01/msg00000.html #debian #debconf24 #debconfBusan #korea #debian #debconf #debconf25 #dc25

Would you like to see your amazing ideas on the DebConf 25 website, on T-shirts, etc., so that people all over the world can take them home? Only 12 days left to submit your artwork: deadline December 15! https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2024/11/msg00000.html #debian #debconf25

Help choose the DebConf25 logo! With 23 entries to vote from, we've got your style: https://surveys.debian.net/ #debian #debconf #debconf25

We have a #DebConf25 logo, thanks to Juliana Camargo and all other participants! https://bits.debian.org/2025/02/debconf25-logo-contest-results.html #debian

Pre-Debconf
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Registration and the Call for Proposals for DebConf23 are now open! https://bits.debian.org/2023/06/debconf23-registation-opens.html

The #DebConf23 bursary deadline extended till 10th July 2023, 12 UTC. If you want request a bursary, it is time now! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/07/msg00001.html

DebConf 23 Conference Visa deadline is Aug 1. https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/07/msg00001.html

Confirmed events for DebConf23 is on our website https://debconf23.debconf.org/talks/ #debian #debconf #freesoftware #dc23 #debconf23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

Call for Cheese and Wine party at DebConf Kochi. https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/08/msg00002.html #debian #debconf #freesoftware #dc23 #debconf23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

DebCamp starts today! https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23/DebCamp #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

New to Debian? BootCamp, as part of DebCamp23, is an opportunity to get introduced to #Debian https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/09/msg00000.html #debconf #freesoftware #dc23 #debconf23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

If you plan to participe in the DebConf23 Key Signing party, please read the final instructions! https://lists.debian.org/debconf-announce/2023/09/msg00007.html #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

The #DebConf23 starts tomorrow in Kochi. Regardless of whether you will be on the spot or at your computer, it is time to have a look to the schedule! https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/ #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

DebConf23 welcomes its sponsors! https://bits.debian.org/2023/09/debconf23-welcomes-sponsors.html DebConf23, the 24th edition of the Debian conference is taking place in Infopark at Kochi, Kerala, India. Thanks to the hard work of its organizers and sponsors! #debian #debconf #freesoftware #dc23 #debconf23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

DebConf23 starts today! Most of the talks are streamed online. Watch out this space for our schedule: https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/ . Live talks can be watched by clicking on the venue links in schedule. #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

DebConf23 starts today in Kochi! https://bits.debian.org/2023/09/debconf23-starts-today.html #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

During Debconf
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Mobile friendly schedule for DebConf23: https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/mobile/ #debian #debconf #debconf23 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

The Group photo of #DebConf23 will be taken today after the talks, before the lunch, between 12:30 and 12:45 IST. Please find the instructions on the mail: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2023/09/msg00093.html #debian #debconf #freesoftware #dc23 #debconf23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia.

DebConf23 closes in Kochi and the DebConf24 location announced https://bits.debian.org/2023/09/debconf23-closes.html. #debian #debconf #debconf23 #debconf24 #freesoftware #dc23 #kochi #debconfkochi #debianindia

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Calls for Papers and Registration for MiniDebConf <City> (<Country>) <Year> are now open: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/01/msg00002.html

We are in the countdown (T-6 days) for MiniDebConf Maceió 2025 (Brazil). Check out https://maceio.mini.debconf.org/ for more info #debian #miniDebConf<City> #<Country>

The <Year> <City> MiniDebConf starts tomorrow! Check out the schedule at https://bh.mini.debconf.org/en/schedule #debian #miniDebConf #<Country>

MiniDebConf <City> <Year> has just started! Check out the livestream at https://bh.mini.debconf.org/ #debian #miniDebConf #<Country>

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Freeze
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The Debian Release Team is keeping pace: the first trixie freeze step (transition and toolchain freeze) is coming next month! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html #debian #trixie

Trixie release preparations are progressing: Trixie's first freeze stage concerning transitions and the toolchain started on March 15 as planned https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary #debian #trixie

We are one step closer to trixie! The soft freeze began on 2025-04-15 (only minor, targeted fixes for trixie, no new packages in testing). Check https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary for more info #debian #trixie

Trixie is just around the corner! The hard freeze began on 2025-05-15 (key packages and packages without autopkgtests are in full freeze). Check https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary for more info #debian #trixie

Debian Installer
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Call for linguists and translators toward the upcoming debian-installer! https://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2024/11/msg00000.html Connect with the installer team at [email protected] #debian

The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first alpha release of the installer for Debian 13 Trixie. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2024/12/msg00002.html #debian #trixie #debian13


Release
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Preparations for celebrating the planned release on Sat June 10 of Debian 12 "bookworm" are in full swing. Currently Debian Bookworm Release Parties are planned in 3 continents: Bolivia and Brazil; Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Portugal; and in Iran. See https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm

Bookworm nearly ready for release! Have look at the Bits from the Release Team https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/06/msg00000.html

It's bookworm release day! Across the world members of the release, publicity, images and FTP teams are brewing industrial quantities of coffee as their final preparations are completed #ReleasingDebianBookworm

The Debian publicity team will do a live coverage of the #ReleasingDebianBookworm process, follow us via Debian Micronews or your favorite social network!

The release process has begun! bullseye is being re-coded as oldstable, to make way for bookworm to become #stable #ReleasingDebianBookworm

FTP masters are setting up the supporting suites for a stable release (backports, updates etc) in preparation for the main stable suite

The archive software is preparing the package indexes and release files for bookworm as stable #ReleasingDebianBookworm

Release managers are checking the contents of the new stable indexes prior to handing bookworm over to the Stable Release Managers... hold on tight!

The stable release managers have accepted the custody of bookworm by signing the release files. Bookworm's contents are now finalised and the image building process can begin!

Don't forget to check your APT source lines carefully for this release. If you refer to the "stable" suite and not the "bullseye" codename, you might get a surprise later today! #ReleasingDebianBookworm

The contents of bookworm are now being sent over to the Debian Images team for building and testing of all the .iso files you will be able to download when the release is complete #ReleasingDebianBookworm

Pay close attention to the Release Notes. They have a lot of helpful information that will make upgrades and new installations go seamless. https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/index.en.html

Update: Work continues. The CD team starts and the ftpmasters are working on trixie now.

The first full size image, Debian 12.0 Live for amd64, has built and the other architectures are following. They will be publicly available after extensive testing #ReleasingDebianBookworm

The beautiful Emerald theme for Debian 12 'bookworm' is by Juliette Taka http://www.juliettetaka.com/ #ReleasingDebianBookworm

As more images complete, testing is well underway. You can join the testing effort - just say hi in #debian-cd on OFTC and get stuck in! #ReleasingDebianBullseye #DebianHowCanIHelp

While the images are built and tested, the FTP masters have been busily getting future suites ready for development so that our cycle can begin again. Say hello to Debian 13 'trixie'! #ReleasingDebianBookworm #DebianTrixie #Trixie

Debian's image building server has 88 CPUs along with 384GB of fast RAM and over 8TB SSD storage. Even so, each DVD-sized image takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and 20 are done at a time in parallel #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12

Debian takes release codenames from Pixar Toy Story movie characters, Trixie will be the development codename for Debian 13.

Image builds of bookworm are complete and the images team continues to test them thoroughly, moving on to non-PC architectures such as s390x and mips #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12

During release all of the automated archive maintenance services are disabled, including for stable distributions. The archive will be administered manually by an FTP master during the release process, and automated services are usually enabled on the day after release. #ReleasingDebianBookworm

The new non-free-firmware section of the bookworm archive is opt-in. Do not forget to include it when updating your source lists if you wish to opt into binary firmware for your device. #ReleasingDebianBookworm.

Every Debian release includes errata and bookworm is no different. The first update to the stable suite is usually expected about 4-6 weeks after release and includes fixes for issues discovered late in the development process. Check the release notes for more information about the known issues. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

Upgrades by users immediately after a Debian release place a significant load on the mirror network. In July 2019 the release of buster saw nearly 1GiB/s peak file downloads for several days on some networks, whilst in August 2021 the releasing bullseye caused 1.05GiB/s. That's over 840Gbps network bandwidth! More statistics are available at https://www.accum.se/technical/statistics/ftp/monitordata/ #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian

Image testing is approaching the final stages, with only a couple of minor issues found. So far they are not serious enough to hold up the rest of the process #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12

Debian 12 has over 34,780 Source packages. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

The tested images have been signed off and the remaining release tasks can continue. Thank you all our image testers <3 #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12

It's time for the final pre-flight checks on all our supporting infrastructure, and then bookworm will begin arriving on a mirror near you! #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

Debian is translated into many languages, and that includes the supporting materials. Even the release announcement itself will initially be made in Czech, German, French and Swedish as well as English, and other languages will be added in the coming days #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12 #i18n

bookworm is now syncing to a mirror near you! Image torrents are up and the bandwidth graphs are looking healthy #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian #Debian12

Debian 12 "bookworm" released and avaiiable for download. Thank you!

<interesting facts about trixie>

The time between the release of "bullseye" to "bookworm" was 1 year, 9 months, and 28 days. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

There are over 1,341,564,204 lines of code in Debian 12. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

Debian 12 has a disk usage of 365GB. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

There are 15,396,464 source files in Debian 12. #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

Before we sign off we wish to say thank you to all of our Developers, Contributors, Sponsors, Friends, and Users for the amazing support and community building that we have all done over the years. We hope you enjoy Debian 12 "bookworm"! Thank you, thank you all very much! #ReleasingDebianBookworm #Debian12 #Debian

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