Hi, While at MiniDebConf Hamburg ( https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/ ), I decided to give a lightning talk. The "slides" are below.
Thanks to our awesome video team, recording is available from https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2026/MiniDebConf-Hamburg/hamburg2026-86-lightning-talks.lq.webm (higher quality available there too; my talk was the last/3rd one). Any feedback is very welcome! Bye, Joost ┌──────────────────────┤ fcp ├───────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Four Crucial* Packages* You've Never* Heard About │ │ │ │ by Joost van Baal-Ilić <[email protected]> │ │ May 2026, MiniDebConf Hamburg │ │ │ │ https://mastodon.green/@joostvb, irc: joostvb │ │ │ │ About some of our code: we have been shipping │ │ since about 2000, volunteers are translating in │ │ their native languages: about 10 languages. │ │ │ │ 1/4 http://mdcc.cx/fcp.txt │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────┤ {doc-,}debian{-faq,-history,-flyers} ├─────┐ │ │ │ I am talking about some of the documentation we │ │ ship: packages (and a non-package) shipping │ │ documentation: │ │ │ │ popcon anno l10n source │ │ doc-debian 251,088 1996 14 Website META Lang │ │ debian-faq 250,705 1996 14 DocBook XML │ │ debian-history 164 1999 12* DocBook XML │ │ debian-flyers -** 2002 9 LaTeX │ │ │ │ * with GNU gettext (.po and .pot) │ │ ** not (yet?) shipped as Debian package │ │ │ │ 2/4 http://mdcc.cx/fcp.txt │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────┤ what and who ├───────────────────┐ │ │ │ doc-debian: Social Contract, DFSG, Constitution, │ │ BTS documentation │ │ debian-faq: Introduction to Debian for newcomers │ │ debian-history: Short History of Debian Project │ │ debian-flyers: Debian Flyers in PDF, Leaflets, │ │ Hexagonal Stickers │ │ │ │ Currently maintained by (a.o.): Tobias Quathamer │ │ <toddy>, Javier Fernández-Sanguino <jfs>, Helge │ │ Kreutzmann, Holger Wansing <holgerw>, Carles Pina │ │ i Estany <cpina> and yours truly. │ │ │ │ 3/4 http://mdcc.cx/fcp.txt │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────┤ what now? ├────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Get rid of them? Lower their Priority? Convert │ │ to reStructuredText and setup .po infrastructure? │ │ Make sure all foundational documents are in 1 │ │ place on salsa? Get rid of ftp.d.o/debian/doc/ │ │ (via BYHAND)? Keep updating e.g. │ │ www.d.o/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ from git? What │ │ about #998160? │ │ │ │ [ https://people.debian.org/~joostvb/fcp.pdf ] │ │ │ │ 4/4 http://mdcc.cx/fcp.txt │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
