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This is a draft of the October–December 2016
- status report. Please check back after it is finalized, and
- an announcement email is sent to the &os;-Announce mailing
- list. Another year has passed (and another has gotten well
+ underway, while we worked to assemble this report). Over the
+ past two years that I have been part of the monthly@ team that
+ assembles these reports, it has been enlightening to watch the
+ individual entries pass through my emacs and/or vim. These
+ reports give me a picture of what is going on with &os; that I
+ could not get just from reading commit mail; I hope that is
+ also true for our readers.
This quarter brings the usual mix of continuations of many + stalwart projects and entires of new participants, as well as + the return of some items after a few quarters' hiatus. Enjoy + and be enlightened!
-The last quarter of 2016 was another productive quarter for - the &os; project and community. [...]
+—Benjamin Kaduk
-Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!
+The deadline for submissions covering the period from January to March 2017 is April 7, 2017.
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