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<define-tag pagetitle>Upcoming Debian Bug Squashing Parties</define-tag>
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<define-tag release_date>2012-02-15</define-tag>
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#use wml::debian::news
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<p>
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The Debian Project is pleased to announce that in the next few months
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Bug Squashing Parties (<q><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP">BSP</a></q>s)
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will take place in several countries.
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The main focus of a Bug Squashing Party is to triage and fix bugs,
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but it is also an opportunity for users less familiar with the BTS
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to make other contributions to the Debian project, such as
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translating package descriptions or improving the wiki.
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Debian developers will be present to help contributors
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understand how the project works and to help get fixes into
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Debian.
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</p>
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<p>
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During the coming weekend, 17-19 February, a BSP will be held at the
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<a href="http://www.irill.org/">IRILL offices</a> in Paris, France.
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This event will also be an opportunity for
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potential contributors to meet Debian Developers or Maintainers. Numerous
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regular contributors will attend this BSP and can help newcomers to
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fix their first bugs.
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For organizational reasons, registering on the
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/02/fr/Paris">Debian wiki</a> is
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mandatory.
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</p>
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<p>
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On 2-4 March, a BSP will be held in Cambridge, UK: people
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interested in attending it are invited to add their names to its
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/03/gb/Cambridge">wiki page</a>.
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<br />
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During the same weekend, 2-4 March, a BSP will also be held at
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<a href="http://www.credativ.de/">Credativ offices</a> in Mönchengladbach,
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Germany: more information is available on the
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP2012/Moenchengladbach">Debian wiki</a>.
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<br />
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The following weekend another BSP will take place, on 10-11 March:
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<a href="http://www.plug.org.au/">Perth Linux Users Group</a> is
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organizing a Debian Bug Squashing Party at the
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<a href="http://www.ucc.asn.au/">University Computer Club</a> in Perth,
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Western Australia. For more information, visit its
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/03/au/Perth">wiki page</a>.
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<br />
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Over 11-13 May, another Debian BSP will be held in the UK, at York.
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For this BSP, however, there is an upper limit of ten to twelve attendees,
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for logistical reasons. For more information visit the
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2012/05/en/York">wiki page</a>.
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</p>
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<p>If you want to organize a BSP, you can find all the necessary
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information on <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/HostingBSP">this wiki
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page</a>.
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The Debian Project invites all users and contributors to attend these
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events and make <q>Wheezy</q> ready for release sooner!</p>
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<h2>About Debian</h2>
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<p>
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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
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free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
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the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
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volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
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maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
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supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
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<q>universal operating system</q>.
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</p>
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<h2>Contact Information</h2>
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<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
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<a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
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<press@debian.org>.</p>
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