Free software activity in February 2026
Even more pkg_resources wrangling, minor OpenSSH security updates, and a BTS mail-handling tweak.
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Free software activity in January 2026
More Python 3.14 and pkg_resources wrangling.
Free software activity in December 2025
Mostly chasing Python 3.14 problems.
Preparing a transition in Debusine
A walk-through of preparing changes to multiple packages using Debusine.
Free software activity in November 2025
Beginning preparation for OpenSSH GSS-API split, but otherwise a fairly routine month.
Free software activity in October 2025
OpenSSH 10.1p1/10.2p1, ansible-core autopkgtests, and the start of Python 3.14 packaging work.
Mistaken dichotomies about dgit
In “Could the XZ backdoor have been detected with better Git and Debian packaging practices?”, Otto contrasts “git-buildpackage managed git repositories” with “dgit managed repositories”, saying that “the dgit managed repositories cannot incorporate the upstream git history and are thus less useful for auditing the full software supply-chain in git …
Free software activity in September 2025
Regressions, regressions everywhere.
Free software activity in August 2025
Lots of Python package upgrades, and planning for setup.py install being removed.
Free software activity in July 2025
DebConf, and a fiddly OpenSSH upgrade problem.
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