FOSS activity in September 2026

• Debian packages:
  • firmware-nonfree:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1148284: firmware-amd-graphics: AMD AV1 hardware decoding produces severe video artifacts with firmware 20260810-1
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !154: Update to 20260916; fix some license information
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 20260810-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 20260916-1 to unstable
  • initramfs-tools:
    • Merge requests:
      • closed !202: mkinitramfs: fix path to kernel config in /lib/modules
  • kernel-team:
    • Merge requests:
      • merged !14: find-recent-urgent: Sort bugs from linux first
      • opened !15: Add form responses for common problems with bug reports
  • linux:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1146373: linux-libc-dev: sbrk(2) allocates more than memory + swap space
    • Merge requests:
      • closed !2010: [x86] Backport security fixes for KVM (LTS)
      • merged !2083: linux-image: Bump Pre-Depends version on linux-base (>= 4.17~)
      • reviewed and merged !2095: 6.1 stable updates (LTS)
      • merged !2108: [alpha] Reenable CONFIG_COMPACTION
      • merged !2109: Enable BMI323 support as a module
      • merged !2110: riscv64 config update for linux 7.3
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 7.2.6-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
  • linux-6.1 (LTS):
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1117674: Please enable udebs for the 6.1 backport
  • linux-6.12 (LTS):
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 to bookworm-security
    • merged changes from trixie’s 6.12.111-1
  • linux-base:
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 4.17~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
  • nfs-utils:
    • Merge requests:
      • reviewed !37: Install and use sysusers.d/tmpfiles.d config files
  • wireless-regdb:
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 2026.09.03-1 to unstable
• Mailing lists:
  • debian-kernel:
    • posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-09-30
    • replied to Meta packages for modules
    • replied to Updating linux-6.12 (bookworm-security) to 6.12.107 (LTS)
  • debian-lts-announce:
    • posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4788-1] linux-6.12 security update