apt-upgrade-canary is a helper program to alert when upgrading packages via apt. If there are some packages which causes a critical or serious bug, it shows warnings for terminal. Then you can stay on current version of package by cancelin…

This article is cross-posting from grow-your-ideas. This is just an idea. salsa.debian.org The problem According to Developer Machines [1], current buildd machines are like this: armel: 4 buildd (4 for arm64/armhf/armel) armhf: 7 buildd (4…

For setting up subdomain on debian.net, we usually use LDAP Gateway. [1] db.debian.org [1] https://db.debian.org/doc-mail.html With changing dnsZoneEntry, we can set up each subdomain of debian.net. For example, you can customize SPF TXT r…

fabre.debian.net - an experiment service that tries to improve user experience with finding Debian related bugs was now upgraded to Debian 12 (bookworm) Not only migrating to Debian 12, but the backend E-mail subscription and importing bug…

Recently, I'm coming to feel the burden on my shoulder, it makes me so annoyed. As of that, I've considered replacing the hardware (keyboard). I've searched for a new gear candidate to resolve the above issue with the following conditions:…

As you know, Debian projects and sponsor provides so-called "porterbox", but it does not cover all architectures. There are some alternatives to fix architecture-specific bugs. For the record, let's pick it up them. [1][2][3] porterbox deb…

Recently bibata cursor theme is available on Debian (unstable) github.com You can install via sudo apt install -y bibata-cursor-theme. After you installed its theme, you can configure the cursor theme via desktop configuration. (budgie des…

When rebuilding mozc with Mozc UT Dictionary, it may be better to build in docker container because you don't want install unused IM development packages. In beforehand, download latest Mozc UT dictionary here. osdn.net In a debian/sid con…

Recently, I've wrote Debian New Cotributor Guide in Japanese. Here is the photo of on-demand printed version. Debian New Contributor Guide This book (JIS-B5 128p) was published for online event - Techbookfest 12th. It covers how to package…

I recently did mentoring a new Debian contributor. This is carried out in a framework with OSS Gate on-boarding. oss-gate.github.io In "OSS Gate on-boarding", recruit a new contributor who want to work on continuously. Then, corporation sp…

Aug 28, 2021, I gave a short talk about "Latest topics about fabre.debian.net" at DebConf21. You can see the presentation slide here: slide.rabbit-shocker.org Short talk explanation is here: debconf21.debconf.org In this talk, I've explain…

Today, fabre.debian.net has moved to Debian.net Team Infrastructure So far, fabre.debian.net was sponsored by FOSSHOST which provides us a VPS instance since Jan, 2021. It was located at OSU Open Source Lab. It worked pretty well, Thanks F…

There may be some "If it could be ..." ideas for Debian Project. If idea is concreate and worth to make things forward, it should make a proposal for Project Funding. salsa.debian.org But it is a just an idea, or no afford to act as an exe…

Today, we are pleased to announce that fabre.debian.net is now IPv6 ready. FOSSHOST provides us already a VPS instance which is located at OSU Open Source Lab and then also IPv6 capability to us! About fabre.debian.net fabre.debian.net is …

I gave a short presentation - WAF on Debian. Especially, I talked about usage of ModSecurity-nginx. slide.rabbit-shocker.org

Today, we are pleased to announce that fabre.debian.net has migrated to FOSSHOST FOSSHOST provides us a VPS instance which is located at OSU Open Source Lab. It improves a lack of enough server resources then service availability especiall…

If you want to set up debian.net subdomain, you may setup E-mail server on your own. But if there is not afford to setup it by yourself, you need external E-mail server. In this article, I'll explain how to use external mailbox service - S…

Today, hal-flash package was removed from Debian unstable. hal-flash is wrapper library for HAL which is not used nowadays. At that time, HAL was required because Adobe Primetime DRM uses libadobecp, but HAL was already replaced to udev or…

I've make a presentation about "How to hack debexpo (mentors.debian.net)" at Tokyo Debian (local Debian meeting) 21, November 2020. Here is the agenda about presentation. What is mentors.debian.net How to setup debexpo development environm…

I've sent a merge request to show "Already in Debian" column in packages list on mentors.debian.net. salsa.debian.org At first, I've used Emoji, but for consistency, it has been modified to use "Yes or No". This feature is not fully merged…

Original version of lltsv doesn't specify background color, so it is hard to recognize texts in dark background. I've fixed this issue by specifying background color explicitly. Here is the screenshot of fixed version. Yay! This issue was …

It is known that Debian Developer can setup *.debian.net. wiki.debian.org When Debian Developer had retired, actual DNS entry is removed, but dnsZoneEntry: field is kept on LDAP (db.debian.org) So you can not reuse *.debian.net if retired …

Recently I've got a bug about #965164 - policykit-1: fails to install - Debian Bug report logs It seems that it freezes after logged in. When I've noticed this bug by apt upgrade, so I could recover by manually. I recalled the following bu…