fidzu : debian

• Debian packages:
  • firmware-nonfree:
    • Bugs:
      • replied to #1132448: firmware-mediatek: Wifi perf degraded a lot after upgrade firmware-mediatek from 20250410-2 to 20260221-1~bpo13+1 and 20260309-1
    • Merge requests:
      • merged !142: Replace copy-firmware.sh; install files and generate metainfo.xml at build time
      • opened and merged !143: Clean up configuration format and directory
      • opened and merged !144: Remove usr-move mitigation, only needed for the trixie upgrade
      • opened and merged !145: Update to 20260410
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 20260309-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 20260410-1 to unstable
      • uploaded version 20260410-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
  • initramfs-tools:
    • Bugs:
      • replied to #1135141: please be more careful with available disk space on /boot
    • Merge requests:
      • merged !192: [Backport to Trixie] hook-functions: Add Cadence USB driver to base
      • merged !194: d/t/qemu-net-iscsi: determinate boot by LABEL
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 0.151 to unstable
  • kernel-handbook:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !11: Update documentation for rebuilding official kernel packages
      • opened !12: Update description of ABI name and delete section about ABI maintenance
      • opened !13: Update list of packages
  • ktls-utils:
    • Merge requests:
      • opened and merged !4: Revert "configure: Disable use of GnuTLS API not yet accepted upstream"
      • opened !5: Draft: Update to 1.4.0-rc1
  • linux:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1113728: linux: new ABI versioning prevents linux-version and other tools from correctly sorting Debian revisions
      • closed #1113996: linux-image-amd64: self-tests for sha256 using sha256-padlock-nano failed
      • closed #1122357: linux: Please update udeb packages to use non-aliased paths
      • closed #1127612: linux-image-6.12.69+deb13-amd64: hp_bioscfg mm/page_alloc.c:4802 warning
      • replied to #1130926: systemd powering hard disks down before reboot
      • closed #1130971: linux-image-6.19.8+deb14-amd64: fails to boot unless IOMMU is turned off
      • closed #1131166: enable uniwill platform driver
      • closed #1131431: linux: loong64 KVM warnings (memcpy + UBSAN out-of-bounds)
      • closed #1131546: linux: debian/b/test-patches does not produce easy to test (unsigned) image package
      • closed #1132155: linux: Missing kernel module udebs in some architectures
      • closed #1132201: linux: Please enable CONFIG_VIDEO_OV02E10 to support ipu6 camera on Dell Precision 5690
      • closed #1132622: CVE-2026-23417: fix BPF PROBE_MEM32 constant blinding
      • closed #1132796: linux-kbuild is missing scripts/gen-btf.sh
      • closed #1132814: linux-source-6.19: please enable CONFIG_VIDEO_INTEL_IPU7
      • replied to #1132816: linux-image-rt-amd64: missing ip_tables.ko in linux-image-rt-amd64
    • Merge requests:
      • merged !1864: [amd64] drivers/media/i2c: Enable VIDEO_OV02E10 as module
      • opened !1869: Cleanup for kernel-wedge
      • opened !1870: kernel-wedge, udeb: Define which packages to build through package-list
      • opened !1871: Update udeb package definitions
      • reviewed !1872: Install bug files via debhelper
      • merged !1877: [amd64] drivers/staging/media/ipu7: Enable VIDEO_INTEL_IPU7 as module
      • opened !1880: Fix FTBFS on several architectures
      • reviewed !1885: bug script: Extend several parts
      • opened and merged !1891: linux-image: Add retrospective NEWS entry for the removal of XFS V4 support
      • merged !1897: Add selection of bugfixes for 6.1.y on top of 6.1.170
    • Uploads:
      • (LTS) uploaded version 5.10.251-3 to bullseye-security
      • uploaded version 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 to bookworm-backports
      • uploaded version 6.19.10-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 6.19.11-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 6.19.13-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
      • uploaded version 7.0-1~exp1 to experimental
    • (LTS) updated the bullseye-security branch to 5.10.253, but did not upload this version
    • (LTS) worked on regression fixes for 5.10/5.15/6.1 upstream stable branches
  • (LTS) linux-6.1:
    • Uploads:
      • uploaded version 6.1.170-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
  • linux-base:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #1128562: /usr/bin/linux-check-removal: Use of uninitialized value $_[2] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 122.
    • Merge requests:
      • merged !20: Simplify install file
  • openntpd:
    • Bugs:
      • closed #791335: openntpd: should set the clock status (ADJ_STATUS) to have the RTC updated by the kernel
• Debian non-package bugs:
  • wnpp:
    • replied to #1134655: ITP: forge-git - library and CLI for working with git forges
• Mailing lists:
  • debian-kernel:
    • posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-04-08
    • replied to generating linux-image-${VERSION}-amd64 locally
  • initramfs:
    • posted initramfs-tools 0.151 release
  • stable:
    • (LTS) reviewed 5.10.253-rc1 and replied to various patches included in it … … … … … … … … … … … …
    • replied to [PATCH 5.10.y] x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE early in cpu_init_exception_handling()

02 May 2026 9:08am GMT

The eight release of the binb package, and first in two years, is now on CRAN and in r2u. binb regroups four rather nice themes for writing LaTeX Beamer presentations much more easily in (R)Markdown. As a teaser, a quick demo combining all four themes is available; documentation and examples are in the package.

This release contains regular internal updates to continuous integration, URLs reference and switch to Authors@R. The trigger for the release, though, was a small updated need when very recent pandoc versions (as shipped with RStudio) are used which require a new variable declaration in the LaTeX template files in order to process uncaptioned tables. The summary of changes follows.

Changes in binb version 0.0.8 (2026-05-01)

• Small updates to documentation URLs and continuous integration

• The package now uses Authors@R in DESCRIPTION

• Newer pandoc versions are accommodated by adding a required counter variable in the latex template file

CRANberries provides a summary of changes to the previous version. For questions or comments, please use the issue tracker at the GitHub repo.

This post by Dirk Eddelbuettel originated on his Thinking inside the box blog. If you like this or other open-source work I do, you can sponsor me at GitHub. You can also sponsor my Tour de Shore 2026 ride in support of the Maywood Fine Arts Center.

01 May 2026 1:34pm GMT

A rainy day starts May.

01 May 2026 2:31am GMT