Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in November 2025
- Debian packages:
- debian-cd:
- firmware-nonfree:
- Bugs:
- closed #1106074: include potentially non-redistributable C&M firmware
- replied to and closed #1112208: firmware-nvidia-graphics: Missing gsp symlink for nvidia ad107
- closed #1116997: firmware-amd-graphics: Please update to current VCN firmware on gitlab
- closed #1118195: firmware-misc-nonfree: no longer actually ships Arm Mali firmware, only link to non-existing file
- closed #1118199: firmware-mediatek: mt7921e stops working with latest version (20250917-1)
- Merge requests:
- Uploads:
- uploaded version 20251011-1 to unstable
- uploaded version 20251021-1 to unstable
- uploaded version 20251021-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- uploaded version 20251111-1 to unstable
- (LTS) Started work on backported packages that would be
parallel-installable with the default firmware packages
- Bugs:
- initramfs-tools:
- Bugs:
- closed #894294: Comment in the source of unmkinitramfs is ambiguous
- replied to #944779: initramfs-tools-core: debug setting does not turn on tracing for scripts called by init
- replied to #945854: Please include additional virtio modules used for boot into initramfs for MODULES=most
- closed #1003427: COMPRESS=zstd and COMPRESS=lz4 hard-coded to bad COMPRESSLEVELs
- closed #1020718: should at least suggest the expected compressors
- replied to #1032610: reliably composable initramfs – zero-pad output to allow concatenation
- replied to #1042094: initramfs-tools: Please support systemd-cryptsetup unlocked root filesystem
- closed #1062968: initramfs-tools-core: Use zstdmt instead of zstd by default
- closed #1065698: update-initramfs: -k all stopped working
- closed #1084232: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs fails with “No space left on device” due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot
- Merge requests:
- Bugs:
- ktls-utils:
- Merge requests:
- merged !1: Update for version 1.3.0
- opened and merged !2: Move config to new upstream preferred name /etc/tlshd/config on upgrade
- Uploads:
- uploaded version 1.3.0-1 to unstable
- Merge requests:
- linux:
- Bugs:
- replied to #1000966: amdgpu: output to VR headset fails with “*ERROR* dc_stream_state is NULL for crtc ‘1’!”
- closed #1117256: linux-image-6.12.48+deb13-amd64: Kernel can no longer activate ethernet on Dell WD19S docking station
- closed #1118653: linux-image-6.17.2-amd64: Please restore CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MASQUERADE
- replied to #1120277: linux: I’m filing this because I have a serious, persistent bug with my Intel AX210 Bluetooth audio on Debian. The problem isn’t configuration; it’s a kernel driver failure. My Bluetooth headset connects, but I get absolutely no sound.
- replied to #1120854: linux-image-arm64: Enable dma engine for Renesas RZ platform
- Merge requests:
- Uploads:
- uploaded version 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 to bookworm-backports
- uploaded version 6.16.12-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- uploaded version 6.17.8-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- (LTS) Backported necessary CI changes to the bullseye-security
branch
- Bugs:
- (LTS) linux-6.1:
- uploaded version 6.1.158-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
- linux-base:
- Debian non-package bugs:
- general:
- replied to #1120386: startx error on Trixie
- general:
- Mailing lists:
- debian-devel:
- replied to ORed build profiles
- replied to salsa-ci.yml did not have the desired effect
- debian-kernel:
- debian-lts-announce:
- stable:
- debian-devel:
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