Debian Project News - March 20th, 2012

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March 19th, 2012              http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/06/
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Welcome to this year's sixth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Debian Project Leader Elections 2012: the candidates
  * First "Squeeze" -based Debian Edu released
  * Updated Debian 5.0: 5.0.10 released
  * Reports from recent Bug Squashing Parties
  * Announcinggobby.debian.org
  * The Debian Kernel Team rocks!
  * Interviews
  * Other news
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Debian Project Leader Elections 2012: the candidates
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On 2 March, Kurt Roeckx, current Debian Project Secretary, sent the call for
nominations [1] for the 2012 Debian Project Leader elections. Unlike last year,
when Stefano Zacchiroli was the only candidate, this year three candidates will