Hello, Here are some notes on this week's discusison.
Extension support in Azure ========================== Microsoft has reversed course on the issue described in [1], the VM extensions are now opt-in. Bastian Blank is working on a change to re-enable extension support in the waagent config that's built into our images. [1] - https://lists.debian.org/debian-cloud/2023/07/msg00037.html python-boto removal =================== With the coming transition to python3.12, python3-boto has an RC bug that will not be fixed. It hasn't been maintained upstream for quite a while, having been replaced by boto3 in python3-boto3. Noah Meyerhans has requested removal in #1058652, and will file bugs against it's consumers. Download links in translations ============================== Thomas Lange identified some translations of https://www.debian.org/distrib/ which promote links to old images. He's added variables to the web site generator, so that these links can all be kept up to date by changing just one variable at [1]. [1] - https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/-/blob/cebdd5c754b5268dfe397bc7322b4201bf6cedb4/english/template/debian/release_images.wml#L93 pettersson is being replaced ============================ pettersson.d.o is in the process of being replaced. Upload scripts and automation may need to be updated. Thomas Lange reported that his access is already working on the replacement host. Until next time, Ross
