Free software activity in August 2026
LLM GR, OpenSSH and PuTTY updates, and the start of Python 3.15 packaging work.
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GSS-API support split out from main Debian OpenSSH packages
In an option review I did in 2024, shortly after the xz-utils backdoor, I explained that having GSS-API authentication and key exchange support in the main OpenSSH packages is problematic. The key exchange patch is large and intrusive. Furthermore, even linking to the necessary libraries is not without risk …
Free software activity in July 2026
More preparations for OpenSSH GSS-API split; the usual round of Python packaging work.
Free software activity in June 2026
OpenSSL 4.0, pytest 9.1, and Python 3.14 as default.
Free software activity in May 2026
OpenSSH security and IPQoS backports; the usual Python packaging work.
Free software activity in April 2026
groff, OpenSSH, and parted updates; helped with dput-ng data loss fix.
Free software activity in March 2026
A few security updates, but otherwise mostly routine Python work.
Free software activity in February 2026
Even more pkg_resources wrangling, minor OpenSSH security updates, and a BTS mail-handling tweak.
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.
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