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Opening DebConf 26 registration, improvements to #Debian CI and many more contributions to Debian were made by #Freexian collaborators in February.

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A study into the security status report of p7zip, which is unmaintained upstream, was also done last month in addition to updates contributed for recent releases of Debian 12, Debian 13 and to Debian unstable.

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33 Debian LTS Advisories fixing 216 CVEs for various packages were released by Debian LTS contributors in January 2026. These include notable security updates for python 3.9, django 2.2.28, php 7.4, apache2, ceph, Linux 6.1 kernel and more.

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#Freexian collaborators worked on cross building packages, rebootstrap, refresh of the patch tagging guidelines and many other contributions to #Debian in January 2026.

Visit www.freexian.com/blog/debian-... for the complete list and details.

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Adding a new worker task can help you extend the capabilities of a Debusine instance.

Our new blogpost - www.freexian.com/blog/debusin... covers how to write one with a detailed example of adding a worker task that runs reprotest.

#Debusine aims to be an integrated solution to build, distribute and maintain a Debian-based distribution. The lower-level pieces of its workflows are called tasks. A few examples are Sbuild, Lintian and Debdiff worker tasks.

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In addition, upstream fixes were proposed for seven CVEs in #ffmpeg and various updates to latest Debian releases was contributed by #Debian LTS team.

Full report: www.freexian.com/blog/debian-...

41 Debian LTS Advisories were released in December fixing 252 CVEs. These included notable security updates for libsoup2.4, glib2.0, lasso, #roundcube, #mediawiki, python-apt and libpng1.6.

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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.

Read about how abstractions for low-level file storage and object collections in Debusine allows storage to be scalable beyond a single filesystem and be highly available. It also goes into detail about how data duplication is minimized using content-addressed storage.

We bid adieu to 2025 with a post detailing how files are stored by Debusine: www.freexian.com/blog/debusin...

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In addition, the LTS team also contributed security updates to latest Debian releases and carried out significant work to revamp the LTS team documentation.

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In November, Debian LTS contributors released 33 Debian LTS Advisories, fixing 219 CVEs across multiple packages. Notable updates included security fixes for bind9, unbound, pdfminer, firefox-esr, thunderbird, and the Linux 6.1 kernel.

Head to www.freexian.com/blog/debusin... to learn more about it and how you can use it.

#Freexian #DebusineRepositories

Ever thought about APT compatible add-on package repositories for Debian? Like PPAs but having proper compatibility with #Debian, QA tests and automatic built-in snapshot capabilities?

Glad to announce #Debusine repositories are now in public beta for Debian developers and maintainers.

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Learn about the recent DebConf Video Team Sprint, updates regarding rebootstrap, SBOM tooling in Debian and many other contributions from #Freexian collaborators in our November Debian contributions report.

Read the full report here: www.freexian.com/blog/debian-...

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We have published a blogpost about the completion of /usr-move transition in Debian.

It covers why it was needed after /usr-merge transition and the work done to resolve the issues during the #trixie release cycle.

Read more at www.freexian.com/blog/usr_mov...

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LTS team also contributed towards updates for Debian packages in various releases.

Read about these and more in our report for October: www.freexian.com/blog/debian-...

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37 Debian LTS Advisories about security updates for various packages were released by Debian LTS contributors in October. These include notable security updates for https-everywhere, openjdk 11 & 17 and intel-microcode.