Andreas Tille pushed to branch master at Debian Med / community / communication
Commits: 7e62ac82 by Andreas Tille at 2023-05-26T08:59:38+02:00 Add potential release notes for trixie - - - - - 2 changed files: - + releasenotes/09_stretch/release-notes.patch - + releasenotes/13_trixie/release-notes.patch Changes: ===================================== releasenotes/09_stretch/release-notes.patch ===================================== @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<title>News from Debian Med Blend</title> + + <para>Besides several new packages and updates for software targeting + life sciences and medicine, the Debian Med team has again put a focus on + the quality of the provided packages. In a GSoC project and an + Outreachy project, two students worked hard to add Continuous Integration + support to the packages with the highest popularity-contest usage + statistics. The latest Debian Med sprint in Bucharest also + concentrated on package testing. + </para><para> + To install packages maintained by the Debian Med team, install the + metapackages named med-*, which are at version 3.0.1 for Debian stretch. + Feel free to visit the + <ulink url="http://blends.debian.org/med/tasks";>Debian Med tasks pages</ulink> + to see the full range of biological and medical software available in Debian. + </para> + ===================================== releasenotes/13_trixie/release-notes.patch ===================================== @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<para> +For the past 25 years, Debian has been a trusted distributor of software +for the Life Sciences and Medicine, offering all the benefits that come +with Debian as a distribution. This commitment has supported education, +research, and service providers who rely on web-based software +solutions. Particularly in the life sciences field, where data often +exceeds transport capacity, Debian's contributions are of immense value. +With the release of Debian Trixie, we are excited to introduce the +shiny-server package, which enables the creation of scientific web +applications using the statistical environment R. +</para> +<para> +Much of our work goes unnoticed by users who simply see their familiar +packages updated. However, behind the scenes, we continuously strive to +improve the reliability and quality of our software. Through enhanced +Continuous Integration support, the packages maintained by the Debian +Med team undergo official auto-tests and additional tests developed by +our team. By keeping software dependencies up to date, multiple packages +can work seamlessly together, benefiting from the collective +identification of issues and ensuring a smooth user experience. Any +patches we create are shared back with the original developers, allowing +Debian Med to remain closely aligned with the original sciences. +</para> +<para> +Trixie ships with >1000 packages that are maintained by the Debian Med +group that are kept compatible with the very latest versions of the +software itself, but most work is invested into maintaining that often +aging but established software to remain compatible with the latest +versions of the shared libraries that often experiences incompatible +changes to their API. This effort has become increasingly difficult over +the past years as softwares have grown in complexity with many more +dependencies, and also seeing many overlaps with other disciplines, such +that the contributors to Debian Med also find themselves contributing to +the Science and Electronic teams, or just help with basic Java or Python +libraries that have not yet been packaged. But waiting for Debian to +provide packages for all the latest softwares available today would slow +your Science down. To the rescue may come the updated package of +Singularity, i.e. a non-privileged means to install externally prepared +software images, and we already know many such images to have Debian as +their basis. +</para> +<para> +The Debian Med team values feedback from users, especially regarding +requests for packaging previously unpackaged free software or backports +to earlier releases that are important to you. +</para> +<para> +To install the packages maintained by the Debian Med team, simply +install the metapackages named med-*, which are currently at version +3.8.x for Debian Trixie. You can explore the full range of biological +and medical software available in Debian by visiting the <ulink +url="https://blends.debian.org/med/tasks";>Debian Med tasks +pages</ulink>. +</para> + View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/communication/-/commit/7e62ac82241940f764a59d15ec2481c8396bc0c8 -- View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/communication/-/commit/7e62ac82241940f764a59d15ec2481c8396bc0c8 You're receiving this email because of your account on salsa.debian.org.
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