Slug: activity-2026-07
Date: 2026-08-11 11:42:43 +01:00
Category: columbiform
-Tags: activity, columbiform, freexian, planet-debian
+Tags: activity, columbiform, d-i, freexian, openssh, planet-debian
Summary: More preparations for OpenSSH GSS-API split; the usual round of Python packaging work.
Mastodon-ID: 117076461830593665
I made openssh-ssh1's package description [more accurately describe the package](https://bugs.debian.org/1123609), thanks to suggestions from Matthias Lang.
+## Installer team
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+With support from a Freexian customer, I reviewed, tested, edited, and merged a patch to add [VLAN support](https://bugs.debian.org/433568). I described the details of what I did in a [comment](https://bugs.debian.org/433568#243).
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+This has been vaguely on my to-do list since, er, about 2014, so it was very satisfying to get it sorted out.
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## Python packaging
New upstream versions:
- [openssh: Slovak debconf templates translation](https://bugs.debian.org/1142938) (merged and uploaded)
* [python-treq: Fails to build source after successful build](https://bugs.debian.org/1045463) (merged and uploaded)
* [python-better-exceptions: FTBFS: failing tests](https://bugs.debian.org/1129141) (sponsored upload for Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi)
+ * [yubihsm-connector: patch to make the build reproducible](https://bugs.debian.org/1141577) (merged and uploaded)
## Other bits and pieces
Dan Poltawski pointed out in a [Fediverse post](https://fedi.talktodan.com/@dan/116982771943815387) that the project history didn't list Sruthi as the current DPL. I [fixed that](https://salsa.debian.org/publicity-team/debian-history/-/merge_requests/30), although it doesn't look as though the fix is in the published version yet.
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+I upgraded yubihsm-shell to 2.8.0.