'''A''': Lenny is the '''upcoming next stable release''' of Debian GNU/Linux. It was scheduled for September 2008 but has slipped to spring 2009. The last release was Etch in spring 2007, so Debian users are eagerly awaiting a new release.
'''Q''': What's a release-critical bug?[[BR]]
-'''A''': A '''release-critical (RC) bug''' is a Debian bug of any of the highest levels of severity. RC bugs break a program completely, break some users' systems, or do similarly bad things. At last count there were 109 bugs (below) affecting Lenny. Every one of those bugs has to be dealt with one way or another before Lenny will release.
+'''A''': A '''release-critical (RC) bug''' is a Debian bug of any of the highest levels of severity. RC bugs break a program completely, break some users' systems, or do similarly bad things. At last count there were 109 bugs (below) affecting Lenny. ('''Update''': After the hackathon it's 105, with more fixes in the pipeline. Excellent.) Every one of those bugs has to be dealt with one way or another before Lenny will release.
'''Q''': How is this list of bugs different from [http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/other/testing.html]?[[BR]]
'''A''': The list on `bugs.debian.org` includes bugs which have been fixed, but haven't passed a requisite waiting period before being introduced into Lenny. Our list is only bugs for which there is no fix.
'''Q''': I don't have a lot of programming experience.[[BR]]
'''A''': No problem, '''not every bug requires programming''' to fix. Some bugs concern documentation or copyright issues, and anyone willing to track stuff down and write in English precisely can help. You'll still get experience with the issues software in the real world has to deal with, and probably read some code along the way.
-== The Bugs ==
+== Useful Resources ==
-See LennyBugsAll for a complete list. Attack one of the bugs that look good, or read through the unclassified ones to find the good ones.
+[http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Debian Policy Manual]: There will be people at the hackathon to help you with the packaging and policy aspects of updating Debian packages, but the Debian Policy Manual is a good reference.
+
+[http://www.us.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Debian New Maintainers' Guide]: Where the Policy Manual is a fairly declarative document, this is more of a tutorial on how to build packages that comply with Debian policy
-Below, a snapshot of the bugs identified as probable good targets. It may be out of date, so check LennyBugsAll.
+[http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/ tabbott's Packaging Tutorial]: A summary of building Debian packages with CDBS, Tim's tutorial also includes a long list of useful commands for any sort of
+package development, as well as a list of useful sites
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374644 374644] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-ui xine-ui]
-"xine-ui: ctrl/shift key press emulation implementation broken"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch but it's broken. Test? Find a fix?)
+[http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/2009/#debian SIPB IAP class on Debian]: A workshop where you can learn more about Debian packaging (the easy way! some of the packages you may have dealt with go through unnecessary complexity), with lots of hands-on examples.
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
-"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
-[[BR]](Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
+== Useful Packages ==
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476525 476525]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
-"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch, looks messy, looks like not-too-hard bug to fix well.)
+The following Debian packages are useful for doing Debian development: `build-essential cdbs debhelper wdiff devscripts dh-make dpatch dpkg-awk dpkg-dev equivs fakeroot lintian quilt`
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
-"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
-[[BR]](Note: bug report, little followup. Test, reproduce, debug, fix.)
+If you're an emacs user, you may also want: `debian-el devscripts-el dpkg-dev-el`
+== The Bugs ==
+
+See LennyBugsAll for a complete list. Attack one of the bugs that look good, or read through the unclassified ones to find the good ones.
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