== Kernel ==
 
 * 2.6.32
 
== GCC ==
 
=== Blockers ===
 * Debian has not switched to 4.4 due to a "licensing blip"
  * Ubuntu decided Free Software Foundation didn't possibly mean to apply GPL to generated code.
  * debian-legal has not replied about this problem.
=== Actions ===
 * slangasek (vorlon) to send email (to debian-devel) on why Ubuntu decided 
 * doko to send email to debian-release and gcc

== Python ==
=== Blockers ===
 * python 2.6 by default in Debian is currently blocked because from a language point of view, installing two different modules in two different directories changes the behavior of imports (relative imports)
  * packages which use plugin systems don't expect plugins to be found in multiple locations
  * this is a python-support vs. python-central issue, with each tool installing to a different location
   * no tool other than python-support can install to the directory used by python-support

=== Actions ===
 * Wait a few weeks.  There may be OOB talk that fixes it.
 * Technical board(s) should try to solve this problem.  If they can't, vorlon and sabdfl will attack the problem.  It is, though, a very technical problem, which a general board might not be qualified to decide.

== Java ==
 
 * build 16.1.6.1 in Debian 
  * in Karmic
 * Lucid has the next level

 * openjdk is unmaintained in Debian (unless doko uploads it)
  * team-maintained by a team of one - help wanted
 
=== Blockers ===
  * rejected in Debian due to issue with copyright file 
   * not insurmountable, just needs a bit of effort to comply with the current copyright file rules
   
== Perl ==
 * ubuntu has 5.10.0 and debian has 5.10.1
 * requires a merge, but shouldn't be an issue
 
== X ==
 * ubuntu has xorg 7.5, and debian does as well
 * ubuntu has xserver 1.7.5, and debian does as well
 * ubuntu has mesa 7.7-4, and debian does as well (in unstable)
 * ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all libx* packages
 * ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all x11proto- packages
 * ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all video driver packages
 * ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all input driver packages
 * For a thorough comparison of Debian and Ubuntu version comparisons on a version-by-version viewpoint, see: http://www2.bryceharrington.org:8080/X/PkgList/versions_current.html
 
== OpenOffice ==
 
== Additional Items ==
 * Boost.  One is uploaded now, but don't want to switch now if Debian will switch again.