Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in January 2026
- Debian packages:
- dracut:
- Bugs:
- replied to and reassigned #1124400: update-initramfs no longer includes /lib/modules/<kver>/updates directory
- Bugs:
- flash-kernel:
- kernel-sec:
- Merge requests:
- libvirt:
- Bugs:
- (LTS) opened and replied to #1124549: libvirt passes invalid flags for network interface deletion
- Bugs:
- linux:
- Bugs:
- replied to #1123750: linux: regression: virtual consoles 2-12 unusable
- closed #1125287: linux-image-6.12.63+deb13-amd64: Misleading error message “x2apic: IRQ remapping doesn’t support X2APIC mode”
- replied to #1126015: linux-image-6.17.13+deb14-rt-amd64: ethtool -x <sfc-net-driver-ifname> causes: rtmutex deadlock detected
- Merge requests:
- (LTS) updated the bullseye-security branch to 5.10.248, but did not upload it
- Bugs:
- (LTS) linux-6.1:
- uploaded version 6.1.159-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
- linux-base:
- Bugs:
- replied to #1111052: Please increase default UDP receive buffer size (rmem_max)
- replied to #1111657: Please increase default UDP send buffer size (wmem_max)
- closed #1121366: linux-run-hooks uses wrong directory name for headers postinst
- closed #1124409: linux-base: [INTL:zh] Chinese debconf templates translations
- Uploads:
- uploaded version 4.12.1 to trixie
- uploaded version 4.15 to unstable
- Bugs:
- ministat:
- wireless-regdb:
- Merge requests:
- dracut:
- Debian non-package bugs:
- Mailing lists:
- debian-kernel:
- posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-01-07
- replied to Questions on debdiff for linux-signed-{amd64,arm64} in
trixie-backports - (LTS) replied to [regression 5.10.y] Libvirt can no longer delete macvtap devices …
- posted cpp-httplib FTBFS in unstable
- (LTS) replied to kernel 5.10.0-28-amd64: linux-headers needed
- debian-lts:
- posted and replied to Regression update for libvirt in bullseye?
- debian-lts-announce:
- netdev:
- stable:
- debian-kernel:
