2025-04-26 04:13:22
The Debian project is discussing a General Resolution (GR) that would, if approved, clarify that AI models must include training data to be compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) and be distributed by Debian as free software. While GR discussions are sometimes contentious, the discussion around the proposal from Debian developer Mo Zhou has been anything but—there seems to be consensus that AI models are not DFSG-compliant if they lack training data. There are, however, some questions about the exact language and questions about the impact the GR will have on existing packages in the Debian archive.
2025-04-25 21:35:47
Version 15.1 of the GNU Compiler Collection has been released. Changes include implementing the C23 dialect by default, a number of new C++26 features, experimental support for unsigned integers in Fortran, a new COBOL front end, and more. See the GCC 15 changes page for details.
2025-04-25 21:29:41
The 6.14.4, 6.12.25, 6.6.88, and 6.1.135 stable kernel updates have been released; each contains another set of important fixes.
2025-04-25 21:27:39
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (thunderbird), Debian (libbpf), Fedora (golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, ImageMagick, mingw-libsoup, mingw-poppler, and pgbouncer), SUSE (glib2, govulncheck-vulndb, libsoup-2_4-1, libxml2-2, mozjs60, ruby2.5, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-iot, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-oracle-5.15, openssh, and php-twig).
2025-04-25 06:25:40
The Debian Project Leader election results have been announced. Andreas Tille has been re-elected and will serve another term through April 2026. LWN looked at the election and candidates in early April.
2025-04-24 22:17:29
New compiler releases often bring with them new warnings; those warnings are usually welcome, since they help developers find problems before they turn into nasty bugs. Adapting to new warnings can also create disruption in the development process, though, especially when an important developer upgrades to a new compiler at an unfortunate time. This is just the scenario that played out with the 6.15-rc3 kernel release and the implementation of -Wunterminated-string-initialization in GCC 15.