#Freexian collaborators worked on cross building packages, rebootstrap, refresh of the patch tagging guidelines and many other contributions to #Debian in January 2026.
Visit https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-01-2026/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social for the complete list and details.
We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) for making this possible.
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Debian Contributions: cross building, rebootstrap updates, Refresh of the patch tagging guidelines and more!
Debian Contributions: 2026-01 Contributing to Debian is part of Freexian’s mission. This article covers the latest achievements of Freexian and their collaborators. All of this is made possible by organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts and consulting services.
cross building, by Helmut Grohne In version 1.10.1, Meson merged a patch to make it call the correct g-ir-scanner by default thanks to Eli Schwarz. This problem affected more than 130 source packages.
Python 3.14 and Ruby 3.4 transitions, dh-python development, a hybrid dependency solver for crossqa.debian.net, rebootstrap updates and making Debian CI resistant to the growing scraper traffic.
#Freexian collaborators worked on these and many more contributions to #Debian in December 2025.
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https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-12-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) for making this possible.
#python314 #ruby34 #debianci #rebootstrap
Debian Contributions: dh-python development, Python 3.14 and Ruby 3.4 transitions, Surviving scraper traffic in Debian CI and more!
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dh-python development, by Stefano Rivera In Debian we build our Python packages with the help of a debhelper-compatible tool, dh-python. Before starting the 3.14 transition (that would rebuild many packages) we landed some updates to dh-python to fix bugs and add features.
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