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”
• debian-lts-announce mailing list:
  • posted “[SECURITY] [DLA 3912-1] linux security update”
• Debian firmware-nonfree package:
  • Bugs:
    • closed #1084791: firmware-realteak: trying to overwrite ‘/usr/lib/firmware/rtl_bt/rtl8723cs_xx_config.bin’
  • Merge requests:
    • opened !109: realtek: Add Conflicts and Replaces against firmware-realtek-rtl8723cs-bt
    • merged !107: Update to 20240909; improve orig tarball generation
  • Uploads:
    • uploaded version 20240811-1 to unstable
    • uploaded version 20240909-1 to unstable
    • uploaded version 20240909-2 to unstable
• Debian initramfs-tools package:
  • Bugs:
    • updated #1084232: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs fails with “No space left on device” due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot
  • Merge requests:
    • merged !136: Fix copy_file again; expand documentation and add tests
    • merged !135: hook-functions: fixes for Qualcomm platforms
• Debian linux package:
  • Bugs:
    • updated #1082906: linux-image-6.11-amd64: ipu6 camera is not working
    • updated #1063754: fat-modules: SD corruption upon opening file on Linux desktop
    • closed #1040663: linux: Please build linux-libc-dev package for loong64
    • closed #1084881: linux 5.10.226-1 [mipsel,mips64el]: FTBFS
    • closed #1085239: linux-image-6.1.0-26-rt-arm64: Package installs *.dtb files into /usr/lib/linux-image-6.1.0-26-rt-arm64/ti/ instead of *.dtbo -s.
    • updated #1033058: Booting mini.iso : kernel hangs on ppc64el
    • updated #1084908: arch:all linux-libc-dev causes problems to architecture bootstrap
    • closed #1084826: rtla 6.10.12-1 [i386]: fail to cross-sbuild from source
    • closed #1033663: linux: reproducible-builds: Embedded build path in various binaries
    • closed #1081550: linux-image-6.1.0-25-armmp: Missing imx2_wdt module during installation
    • closed #1081837: flash-kernel: Please add support for AM64 based HummingBoard-T
    • closed #1082296: linux [amd64]: Enable CONFIG_ADDRESS_MASKING
    • closed #1082903: linux-image-amd64: Please consider building the ip_vs_twos kernel module by default
  • Merge requests:
    • reviewed !1236: 6.11 stable updates
    • opened !1232: Update to 6.12-rc2
    • merged !1229: 6.11 stable updates
    • merged !1228: Enable DRM_XE for non-x86 intel arc graphic card
    • merged !1227: [armhf] Enable GPIO, i2c bus support and G-sensor driver for Terasic’s DE10-nano board
    • reviewed !1222: [arm64] Enable SCMI framework
    • merged !1220: [arm64,armhf] udeb: Add all watchdog drivers to kernel-image
    • merged !1219: Remove d/b/genorig.py in favour of uscan
    • merged !1217: [amd64] arch/x86: Enable CONFIG_ADDRESS_MASKING
    • merged !1204: [arm64] Enable drivers for K3-AM642 SoC on SolidRun HummingBoard-T
  • Uploads:
    • uploaded version 6.11.2-1 to unstable
    • uploaded version 5.10.226-1 to bullseye-security
• linux-trace-kernel mailing list:
  • replied to “tools/rtla: Fix installation from out-of-tree build”
• linux-watchdog mailing list:
  • posted “DL380 instability with hpwdt”
  • replied to “DL380 instability with hpwdt”
• Debian systemd package:
  • Bugs:
    • updated #1085160: linux-sysctl-defaults: apply setting after installation
• Debian wireguard package:
  • Bugs:
    • updated #993985: wireguard should not depend on wireguard-dkms now that wireguard is in mainline
• Debian wireless-regdb package:
  • Uploads:
    • uploaded version 2024.10.07-1 to unstable