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:

• Debian packages:
  • firmware-nonfree:
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 20250808-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
  • initramfs-tools:
    • Merge requests:
      • closed !188: Use portable pathnames
  • iw:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #499868: udev: multiple mac80211 interfaces created on the same physical device are incorrectly renamed
      • closed #930271: iw: cannot scan if two cells on 2.4Ghz and 5Gz have same SSID
      • closed #943988: Usage message jumbled
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 6.17-1 to unstable
  • linux:
    • Bugs:
      • replied to #1112541: linux: initrd grew significantly from 6.12.38+deb13 to 6.16.3+deb14 causing ENOSPACE
      • replied to #1114773: linux-image-6.1.0-39-amd64: Kernel panic when booting with kernel commandline parameter fips=1
      • opened #1114857: Switch default initramfs builder to dracut
    • Merge requests:
      • reviewed !1548: Merge the extract-source job into the build’s job script
      • merged !1625: [rt] Add new signing key for Daniel Wagner
      • merged !1633: drivers/leds/trigger: Enable LEDS_TRIGGER_INPUT_EVENTS as module
      • reviewed !1634: Disable bcachefs filesystem support
      • reviewed !1636: d/b/test-patches: Stop handling rt featureset for test builds
      • opened !1637: Revert to using RSA for module signatures
      • reviewed !1644: Backport “Merge the extract-source job into the build’s job script”
      • opened and merged !1662: Update CI configuration for salsa-ci switch to sbuild
      • opened !1663: d/salsa-ci.yml: Adjust filenames to allow source package name suffix
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 to bookworm-backports
      • uploaded version 6.16.3-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • (LTS) uploaded version 5.10.244-1 to bullseye-security
  • (LTS) linux-6.1:
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 6.1.148-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
      • uploaded version 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
  • linux-base:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1114659: linux-run-hooks depends on recent run-parts
  • wireless-regdb:
    • Uploads:
      • (LTS) uploaded version 2025.07.10-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
• Mailing lists:
  • debian-devel:
    • replied to Inquiry about armel support for Debian upgrades post-Trixie
  • debian-kernel:
    • posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2025-09-24
    • replied to Clarification on Subpackage Mapping for CVE Fixes in Debian Linux Kernel
    • replied to [RFC] Reorganizing Linux packages
  • debian-lts-announce:
    • posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4293-1] wireless-regdb new upstream version
  • debian-rust:
    • posted and replied to Questions about Rust team for Kangrejos
  • debian-www:
    • replied to Stale copy of Debian Kernel Handbook
  • stable:
    • replied to [PATCH 5.10 26/52] e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom