# Questions for the Debian Quiz 2005 # http://www.df7cb.de/debian/quiz/ # # (c) 2005 Christoph Berg # (c) 2005 Alexander Schmehl # # This text is available under the GNU GPL v2, or alternatively under the CC # BY-SA 2.5. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # This text is free; for licensing terms see Creative Commons' # Attribution-ShareAlike license, version 2.5 at # http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ * Debian is about ... - free beer, free beer, free beer, and even more free beer - free entry and free ice cream + free speech and free software - sex, drugs & rock'n'roll Debian's social contract defines "free" as in free speech. * The official pronunciation of Debian is - dep an - deeeb iron + deb ee n - who cares? "Deb" as in "Debra" and "ian" as in "Ian". * What is sarge+1 called? - sid + etch - warty - the DPL has not yet decided etch is Etch-a-Sketch from Toy Story. * Which scripting language is part of the Debian base install? - python + perl - forth - ruby perl is installed by debootstrap. * When was Debian founded? - 1991 + 1993 - 1995 - 1997 Debian was first announced in this posting in 1993. * Who founded Debian? - Ian McEwan + Ian Murdock - Ian Jackson - Ian Flemming Debian is named after Debra and Ian Murdock. * Dueling ... - flamewars - manojs + banjos - morons From time to time, random people ask for "dueling banjos" on debian-curiosa and other lists. No one knows why this started; now the Debian lists are listed on Google for that topic. * I'm surrounded by ... - flamewars - manojs - banjos + morons "Morons, I'm surrounded by morons." is a quote by Joel 'Espy' Klecker who died in 2000. * Most debian.org machines are named after - characters from "Toy Story" - super models - dinosaurs + classical composers Most machines are named after classical composers, as explained by Joey. * Who is responsible for updating testing? - katie - debra - amber + britney The testing update script is called britney. * What is ubuntu? - the Debian unstable branch - a graphical administration tool + an African word - a Debian subproject "ubuntu" means "humaneness". * debian/rules is a ... file + make - perl - xml - sh debian/rules is interpreted by make. * irc.debian.org is a CNAME for + irc.freenode.net - irc.openprojects.net - irc.oftc.net - irc.ircnet.net irc.freenode.net (which was formerly known as irc.openprojects.net). * The first non-i386 Debian port was - ppc + m68k - hppa - mips The m68k port was started in August 1995. * What is not a Debian distribution codename? - buzz + joey - sid - bo Joey is of course not a Toy story character, but a real person. * .deb packages are ... archives + ar - cpio - zip - tar Internally, .deb packages are 'ar' files that contain tar.gz files. * For which architecture has no Debian port been released yet? + sh - s390 - mips - hppa The Hitachi SuperH port has not been released (and seems dead, unfortunately). * Which pair is a Debian pair? - PM - MP - AM - PM + AM - NM - AM - AC Application Manager - New Maintainer. * Who is tbm? - Theodore Ts'o - Ryan Murray + Martin Michlmayr - Anthony Towns Martin Michlmayr's nickname stems from an account name his brother had used earlier. * What's Branden Robinson's nickname? - vorlon + Overfiend - Kamion - mako Branden Robinson is called Overfiend on IRC. * Who is shown on the picture at tinc.debian.net? - debian-edu - debian-cdd + debian-women - debian-med The debian-women which was founded in May 2004. * Which city is famous for a recent release manager meeting? - Karlsruhe - Helsinki + Vancouver - Cambridge The release managers and ftp-masters met in Vancouver in March 2005. * Which game is the culprit for most stalls in any Debian process? + tetrinet - tuxracer - quake3 - nethack Some developers spend whole weekends playing tetrinet. * How often did Branden Robinson run for DPL? - 2 times - 3 times - 4 times + 5 times Branden ran in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and got elected in 2005. * Debian Developers often ... the planet - run - save - debug + flood Flooding planet.debian.org with stale blog entries is a recurrent annoyance. * Alexander "Tolimar" Schmehl is Debian's - CIA + CEO - CFO - CTO Alexander was declared Debian's Chief Events Officer. * See you in ... + HEL - amd64 - apt - FHS Debconf 5's motto was "See you in HEL(sinki)". * "Damnation" means getting stuck in the ... queue - buildd + NM - NEW - DSA Historically, some New Maintainers were stuck in the NM queue for many months or even years, waiting for the DAM to create their account. * Which of the following package names is not a Debian Developer login? + elmo - pyro - amaya - sam elmo is James Troup's IRC nick, but his login is troup. * What is hot-babe? - an image viewer - a package in Debian for monitoring network activity - a package in Debian for monitoring system activity + a way to create a flamewar Hot-babe was announced in ITP #283578 but was rejected by the ftp-masters. The flamewar it sparked on debian-devel was high even for Debian standards. * Who has the minimum mean signing distance in the global web of trust? - Andreas Mueller - Werner Koch + Peter Palfrader - Florian Lohoff Peter "weasel" Palfrader is #1 since mid 2005. * GFDL is ... - short for "General Free Documentation License" + non-free - short for "GNU French Debian Language Team" - short for "God fried debian-legal" The GNU Free Documentation License is generally considered to be non-free. * Which is not a proper subject tag for a wnpp bug? - ITA - ITP + RFS - RFP Though commonly used on the debian-mentors list, RFS (request for sponsor) is not used for wnpp bugs. * What is the highest version epoch used in Sarge? - 6 + 7 - 8 - 9 The 7 binaries produced by the uw-imap source package carry the proud version number 7:2002edebian1-11, followed by imagemagick (6:6.0.6.2-2.4, 6 binaries). * Which version of the kde package is included in Sarge? - None in Debian/main, since Qt is non-free. - 4:3.3.2-6.1 - 4.0beta1 + 5:44 "kde" is a meta package that does not track the actual KDE version number. * FTBFS? - fast time building from source - first time to build from source + fails to build from source - fast test build from source This package did not even compile. * udebs are used in ... + the debian-installer - Ubuntu - embedded systems - Debian archive maintenance scripts .udeb packages are packages specially crafted for d-i. # the following were suggested by Joey: * DWN is ... - Debian WNPP Notification - Debian World Network - Debian Women Newsletter + Debian Weekly News DWN stands for Debian Weekly News. * debian-jr is ... - an early pre-release when the distribution wasn't finished - supporting young Debian developers + a sub-project for supporting children - Debian's Japanese localization The Debian Jr. Project is a custom Debian distribution "for children from 1 to 99". #* Enemies of Carlotta is ... #+ a mailing list manager #- a multiplayer roleplaying game #- an adventure game #- a remote administration tool * lists.debian.org runs ... - mailman + smartlist - ecartis - majordomo murphy.debian.org runs smartlist, the biggest procmail script ever. #* i386 has how many percent of all source packages? #- 100% #- 98% #- 95% #- 90% * You start a GR when you want ... + to change the DFSG - to join Debian - to killfile someone - a release RSN Changing a Foundation Document requires a 3:1 majority in a General Resolution. #Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:57:26 +0000 #From: "Thaddeus H. Black" * A facet is a ... - python module API - debian-installer interface - translatable string in gettext + debtags axis A facet is an axis along which binary packages are classified in debtags. # vim:ft=html: