FOSS activity in August 2026

There’s not a whole lot to report here. During August I spent some time on holiday and also had less work time available for Debian LTS.

Debian packages:
- firmware-nonfree:
  - Bugs:
    - replied to #1143446: firmware-nonfree: split Lontium firmware into a separate binary package
  - Merge requests:
    - closed !152: lontium: create new package containing firmware for Lontium display bridge devices
    - opened and merged !153: Update to 20260810
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 20260810-1 to unstable
- linux:
  - Bugs:
  - Merge requests:
    - merged !2039: Add support for Alcor Micro AU6625 PCI-E Flash card reader
    - merged !2041: Update to 5.10.262 (LTS)
    - merged !2042: 6.1 stable updates (LTS)
    - merged !2048: Update to 6.1.180 (LTS)
    - merged !2050: 6.1 stable updates (LTS)
    - reviewed !2059: [arm64] Enable CONFIG_SND_SOC_ES8328_I2C as module
    - reviewed and merged !2063: 6.1 stable updates (LTS)
    - merged !2068: 6.1 stable updates (LTS)
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 6.1.180-1 to bookworm-security (LTS)
    - uploaded version 7.1.7-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
    - uploaded version 7.1.8-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- linux-6.12 (LTS):
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 6.12.100-1~deb12u1 to bookworm-security
    - uploaded version 6.12.101-1~deb12u1 to bookworm-security
- linux-base:
  - Merge requests:
    - merged !22: Also copy config file to /boot
    - merged !23: New hooks ignore all calls by unpackaged kernels
Mailing lists:
- debian-kernel:
  - posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-08-19
  - posted Opaque tables of numbers in r8169 driver
- debian-lts-announce:
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4720-1] linux security update
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4724-1] linux-6.12 new package
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4745-1] linux-6.12 security update
- linux-input:
  - posted [PATCH] HID: core: demote warning to debug level