Archive of posts from 2025

• 4 December 2025

  FOSS activity in November 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • debian-cd:
      • Bugs:
        • replied to #1120055: Please include ifenslave, vlan and possibly bridge-utils to netinst CD
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #1106074: include potentially non-redistributable C\&M firmware
        • replied to and closed #1112208: firmware-nvidia-graphics: Missing gsp symlink for nvidia ad107
        • closed #1116997: firmware-amd-graphics: Please update to current VCN firmware on gitlab
        • closed #1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file
        • closed #1118199: firmware-mediatek: mt7921e stops working with latest version (20250917-1)

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• 2 November 2025

  FOSS activity in October 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #1118156: Missing Build-Depends on python3-dacite, python3-jinja2
      • Merge requests:
        • closed !129: Retire vorlon from uploaders
        • merged !130: Update firmware-nonfree to 20250917
        • reviewed and merged !131: Update to 20251011
        • merged !132: misc-nonfree: Include all Arm Mali firmware
        • opened and merged !133: Fix another broken symlink and avoid creating more of them
      • Uploads:
        • uploaded version 20250917-1 to unstable
    • gdm3:
      • Bugs:
        • opened #1119809: Black screen after upgrading from 48

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• 1 October 2025

  FOSS activity in September 2025

  Last month I attended and spoke at Kangrejos, for which I will post a separate report later. Besides that, here’s the usual categorised list of work:

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• 3 September 2025

  FOSS activity in August 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • chrony:
      • Bugs:
        • opened #1111222: 099-scfilter system test is flaky
    • debian-policy:
      • Bugs:
        • opened and replied to #1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself
    • devscripts:
      • Bugs:
        • opened #1112065: uscan: Regression of handling @PACKAGE@ in upstream URL
    • firmware-free:
      • Merge requests:
        • merged !10: Build CIS files and keyspan_pda firmware from source

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• 3 August 2025

  FOSS activity in July 2025

  In July I attended DebCamp and DebConf in Brest, France. I very much enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with other Debian contributors in person. I had a number of interesting and fruitful conversations there, besides the formally organised BoFs and talks.

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• 1 July 2025

  FOSS activity in June 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • debianutils:
      • Bugs:
        • opened and replied to #1107113: installkernel does not run hooks under /usr/share/kernel/postinst.d
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Uploads:
        • uploaded version 20250509-1 to experimental
        • uploaded version 20250613-1 to experimental
    • gnome-shell:
      • Bugs:
        • opened #1108438: Very slow to start with NFS-mounted home directory

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• 2 June 2025

  FOSS activity in May 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • apt:
      • Bugs:
        • replied to #1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data
    • cis-tools:
      • Merge requests:
        • opened and merged !1: Initial Debian packaging
    • firmware-free:
      • Bugs:
        • replied to #890601: firmware-linux-free uses prebuilt blobs instead of building from source
      • Merge requests:
        • opened !10: Draft: Build CIS files and keyspan_pda firmware from source
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #1106282: firmware-nonfree: Update stable-bpo to testing version
      • Uploads:
        • uploaded version 20250410-2~bpo12+1 to bookworm-backports

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• 13 May 2025

  Report for Debian BSP near Leuven in April 2025

  On 26th and 27th April we held a Debian bug-squashing party near Leuven, Belgium. Several longstanding and new Debian contributors gathered to work through some of the highest priority bugs affecting the upcoming release of Debian 13 “trixie”.

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• 2 May 2025

  FOSS activity in April 2025

  • Debian packages:
    • dillo:
      • Bugs:
        • opened #1102988: 10 year old browser is unsafe to use on the web
    • firmware-free:
      • Merge requests:
        • opened and merged !9: Fix AppStream metadata issues
      • Uploads:
        • uploaded version 20241210-2 to unstable
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #1087326: firmware-realtek: RTL8723CS not usable on PinePhone with firmware config provided by 20240909-2
        • closed #1096088: firmware-mediatek: Please include mediatek/mt7996 firmware
        • closed #1096192: firmware-nonfree: Please update debian/modinfo.json for 6.12.x kernels
        • closed #1100097: firmware-intel-graphics: Debian 13, installing firmware-intel-graphics does not update initramfs
        • opened and closed #1102999: ish firmware is undistributable
        • closed #1103959: firmware-realtek: Corrupted firmware file rtw8852c_fw-1.bin

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• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in March 2025

  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • replied to “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-03-05”
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-03-26” (and once more in this thread)
  • (LTS) debian-lts-announce mailing list:
    • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 4075-1] linux security update”
    • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 4076-1] linux-6.1 security update”
    • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 4102-1] linux-6.1 security update”
  • Debian firmware-free package:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !8: Use local copy of debian_linux Python package instead of linux-support
      • opened and merged !7: Add release-update script

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• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in February 2025

  • debian-events-eu mailing list:
    • posted “Debian BSP in Leuven, March/April”
  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-02-05”
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-02-26”
    • replied to “Package for development of out-of-tree kernel modules written in Rust”
  • Debian initramfs-tools package:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !156: tests: Add e2fsprogs to dependencies
      • merged !155: test: log commands that produce output on stdout
      • merged !148: netinfo_to_resolv_conf: add net_file to local variables
      • merged !147: netinfo_to_resolv_conf: clear variables between sourcing
      • merged !146: Explicitly call “set -e” instead of specifying on shebang
      • merged !144: fix shellcheck complaints in tests
      • reviewed !142: Handle simple-framebuffer drivers and framebuffer_coreboot built as modules
      • merged !139: hook-functions: make copy_libgcc to not take any parameters
      • closed !134: add losetup-rootfs-img script: boot from rootfs image files

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• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in January 2025

  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-01-15” (and once more in that thread)
  • (LTS) debian-lts-announce mailing list:
    • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 4008-1] linux-6.1 security update”
  • Debian initramfs-tools package:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !153: Some small fixes
      • merged !145: Drop obsolete shellcheck overrides
      • merged !143: Declare breaking miniramfs 1.0.2 and older
      • merged !141: hook-functions: Add msm to fb modules list
      • merged !140: hook-functions: Handle msm hidden depency on qrtr
      • merged !127: Filter net kernel modules by symbol regexp from dracut
      • closed !119: Fix resume device type check
      • closed !89: init: Remove tmpfs from rootfstype option

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• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in December 2024

  • Debian cdrom bugs:
    • updated #1090340: cdrom: Debian 12 missing drivers for HyperV 2008 R2
  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2024-12-04” (and once more in that thread)
    • (LTS) replied to “Debug symbols for linux-image-5.10.0-20-amd64”
  • Debian firmware-free package:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !6: Update to current upstream and linux-support versions
      • merged !5: Update to current upstream and linux-support versions
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 20241210-1 to unstable
  • Debian firmware-nonfree package:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !112: Update to current upstream and linux-support versions
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 20241210-1 to unstable
  • Debian linux package:
    • Bugs:
      • updated #1089521: linux-image-6.12.3-amd64 fails to boot due to Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 error
    • (LTS) Updated the bullseye branch to upstream version 5.10.233, but didn’t upload
  • netdev mailing list:
    • replied to “cpu_rmap maps CPUs to wrong interrupts after reprogramming affinities”
• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in November 2024

  • debian-boot mailing list:
    • posted “partman recipes and deprecation of ext2” (and once more in that thread)
    • posted “Moving kernel modules under /usr/lib in installer”
  • debian-devel mailing list:
    • replied to “It makes no sense to link vmlinuz and initramfs to the root directory”
    • replied to “Is there a point to retaining src:pth?”
    • replied to “Moving apt (and hence bootstraps) from GnuPG to Sequioa (via gpgv-sq)”
  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2024-11-06”
    • posted “PSA: Renaming branches in kernel-team repositories” (and several more times in that thread)

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• 13 April 2025

  FOSS activity in October 2024

  • debian-boot mailing list:
    • replied to “Uploaded linux (6.11.2-1)”
    • replied to “Passing module option to d-i [Was: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft]”
  • debian-devel mailing list:
    • replied to “signify and signify-openbsd names” (and several times more in that thread)
    • replied to “Epoch for src:fuse-ext2 to replace src:fuse-umfuse-ext2’s fuseext2 binary” (and once more in that thread)
    • replied to “lintian preventing uploads”
  • debian-kernel mailing list:
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2024-10-02”
    • replied to “Backports: linux-image-amd64 6.10.6-1~bpo12+1”
    • posted “Uploaded linux (6.11.2-1)”
    • replied to “linux-image-6.11.2-amd64 - external display does not work with this kernel”
    • posted and replied to “File conflict between firmware-realtek and firmware-realtek-rtl8723cs-bt”
    • posted “Limiting graphics drivers in initramfs”
    • posted “Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2024-10-16”
    • replied to “Need information where tests can be found for linux-base Debian package”
  • (LTS) debian-lts-announce mailing list:
    • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 3912-1] linux security update”

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