Fixing bugs
It’s a somewhat strange feeling to spend time fixing things that broke instead of implementing new things, but it’s not like I’m a creative guy anyway…buildd.debian.orgwent down, but it’s now up again...
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D-I Jessie Alpha 1
What’s up? That was the sound of a new Debian Installer release, an early Alpha 1 for the Jessie release cycle.As usual, see the Debian Installer section of the Debian website, in particular the errata...
View ArticleWhy is my package blocked?
A bit of history: A while ago udeb-producing packages were getting frozen on a regular fashion, when a d-i release was about to be cut. While I wasn’t looking at the time, I can easily understand the...
View ArticleHow to serve Perl source files
I noticed a while ago a Perl script file included on my blog wasn’t served properly, since the charset wasn’t announced and web browsers didn’t display it properly. The received file was still valid...
View ArticleMark a mail as read across maildirs
ProblemDiscussions are sometimes started by mailing a few different mailing lists so that all relevant parties have a chance to be aware of a new topic. It’s all nice when people can agree on a single...
View ArticleFreelance Debian consultant
I’m not used to talking about my day job but here’s an exception.Over the past few years I worked in two startups (3 years each). It was nice to spend time in different areas: one job was mostly about...
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D-I Stretch Alpha 1
Time for a quick recap of the beginning of the Stretch release cycle as far as the Debian Installer is concerned:It took nearly 3 months after the Jessie release, but linux finally managed to get into...
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Freelance Debian consultant: running DEBAMAX
Executive summarySince October 2015, I've been running a FLOSS consulting company, specialized on Debian, called DEBAMAX.Longer versionEverything started two years ago. Back then I blogged about one of...
View ArticleQuick recap of 2017
I haven’t been posting anything on my personal blog in a long while, let’s fix that!Partial reason for this is that I’ve been busy documenting progress on the Debian Installer on my company’s blog. So...
View ArticleSending HTML messages with Net::XMPP (Perl)
Executive summaryIt’s perfectly possible! Jump to the HTML demo!Longer versionThis started with a very simple need: wanting to improve the notifications I’m receiving from various sources. Those...
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