Debian micronews

Perl 5.22 is Debian unstable, starting a 500+ package transition.
If you use Debian sid or testing, bear with us meanwhile the necessary rebuilds are completed! 

Help others documenting the particularities of the installation of Debian in specific hardware (e.g. your laptop model, the server at your workplace...) https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn 

Our second DebConf16 Silver Sponsor is credativ. Thanks credativ! Do you want to sponsor too?

Let's welcome RusBITech (Astra Linux) as the first Silver Sponsor of DebConf16! Thanks RusBITech! Do you want to sponsor too?

Bits from the Debian Continuous Integration project: Infrastructure upgrade, lxc as testing backend, and more:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/12/msg00002.html 

Bits from Debian: Software Freedom Conservancy needs your support! https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/conservancy-fundraising-campaign.html

Debian is now officialy endorsed on Microsoft Azure platform; official images created in collaboration between several Debian teams, credativ and Microsoft. http://www.credativ.co.uk/credativ-blog/official-debian-images-microsoft-azure-are-now-available and https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Cloud

APT 1.1 released! This new version of the commandline package manager brings new features and improvements to the acquire system and the library. https://mvogt.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/apt-1-1-released/ 

Help defend Debian and Free Software, become a Software Freedom Conservancy supporter today! https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/nov/23/2015fundraiser/

The FreedomBox Foundation is hosting a Halloween Hackathon on Saturday October 31 in New York City.
New and existing contributors will be getting together to work on FreedomBox, the Debian privacy-respecting self-hosting software suite and wireless router.