The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 317. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Limit python3-guestfs Build-Dependency to !i386. (Closes: #1132974) * Try to fix PYPI_ID_TOKEN debugging. [ Holger Levsen ] * Add ppc64el to the…
read more ➔In the previous post, I mentioned that buildcache has some unique properties compared to ccache and sccache. One of them is its Lua plugin system, which lets you write custom wrappers for programs that aren’t compilers in the traditional sense. With Bug 2027655 now merged, we can use this to cache…
read more ➔Since 2019, Camptocamp supports the Agence du Numérique de la Sécurité Civile (ANSC) in the development of NexSIS, the information system for firefighters and civil security, now in production in 20 Fire and Rescue Services (SIS).
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read more ➔Microsoft recently announced it’s pulling back Copilot from several of its core Windows apps — Photos, Notepad, the Snipping Tool, and Widgets. Rolling back these forced AI integrations is the right move, but this is just the most recent example of Microsoft going too far without user…
read more ➔The ASF welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on March 5, 2026: C. Scott Andreas, Clay Baenziger, Alessandro Benedetti, Arturo Bernal, Ronny Berndt, Jürg Billeter, Zhaofeng Chen, Raúl Cumplido, Amogh Desai, Ekaterina Dimitrova, Attila Doroszlai,…
read more ➔Image generated by Nano Banana 2 in response to a request for a “Retro-futuristic collage of a scientist using an open-source AI scanner to analyze floating vintage tech and digital data streams.” We’re launching across the developer and security community this week on Product Hunt and Hacker…
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read more ➔Hear ye, hear ye: Wastrel and Hoot means REPL!Which is to say, Wastrel can now make native binaries out of WebAssembly files as produced by the Hoot Scheme toolchain, up to and including a full read-eval-print loop. Like the REPL on the Hoot web page, but instead of requiring a browser, you can…
read more ➔I’m happy to announce that buildcache is now a first-class compiler cache in mach. This has been a long time coming, and I’m excited to finally see it land. For those unfamiliar, buildcache is a compiler cache that can drastically cut down your rebuild times by caching compilation results. It’s…
read more ➔In January 2025, as a pre-requisite for something else, I published a minimal neovim plugin called nvim-µwiki. It's essentially just the features from vimwiki that I regularly use, which is a small fraction them. I forgot to blog about it. I recently dusted it off and cleaned it up. You can find it…
read more ➔Bugs resolved in Moz-Phab 2.12.0: bug 2029015 Clean up previous_commit state tracking bug 2029072 Using moz-phab uplift --assessment-id shouldn’t require extra browser clicks Discuss these changes in #engineering-workflow on Slack or #Conduit Matrix. 1 post - 1 participant …
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read more ➔New targeted sponsorship effort advances trusted open source infrastructure powering today’s AI ecosystem Wilmington, DE — April 8, 2026 — The Apache Software Foundation (The ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on, today announced the launch of its Responsible AI…
read more ➔So after finally getting MapGuide Open Source 4.0 out the door, I took a self-imposed hiatus from all things mapping/GIS related for several months, permanently moved from Windows to Linux as my daily driver OS just in time before the end of Windows 10 support, and also to mentally recharge and…
read more ➔ArcMap is dead. Avoid costly ArcGIS Pro vendor lock-in by migrating to QGIS (LTR 3.44). Learn the 5 essential steps for a smooth transition, including MXD conversion.
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read more ➔The latest version of PerfCompare is now live! Check out the change-log below to see the updates: [kala] Bug: 2020622 Updated column title from Total Runs to Total Trials #1012 Bug 2024075 Test Version Refactor: Moved subtest columns to test version strategy and test version files #1017 Bug 2022720…
read more ➔Wilmington, DE, April 7, 2026 – The Apache Software Foundation (The ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on, today announced a $1.5M donation from Anthropic to support the ASF’s infrastructure, security, and community behind its widely used open source projects. Many of the…
read more ➔Welcome to the Q1 edition of the Engineering Effectiveness Newsletter! The Engineering Effectiveness org makes it easy to develop, test and release Mozilla software at scale. See below for some highlights, then read on for more detailed info! Highlights Suhaib Integrated Review Helper with…
read more ➔Debian LTS/ELTS This was my hundred-forty-first month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian. During my allocated time I uploaded or worked on: [DLA 4500-1] gimp security update to fix four CVEs related to denial of service or execution…
read more ➔It’s been about a month since I wrapped up my Outreachy internship, but my journey with Debian is far from over. I planned to keep contributing and exploring the community, and these past few weeks have been busy Testing Locales and Solving Bug #1111214 For the openQA project, we decided to…
read more ➔The Tour de Los Padres is coming! The race organizer post the route on ridewithgps. This works, but has convoluted interfaces for people not wanting to use their service. I just wrote a simple script to export their data into a plain .gpx file, including all the waypoints; their exporter omits…
read more ➔Building fewer targets by default On 2026-05-01, docs.rs will make a breaking change to its build behavior. Today, if a crate does not define a targets list in its docs.rs metadata, docs.rs builds documentation for a default list of five targets. Starting on 2026-05-01, docs.rs will instead build…
read more ➔Rust's WebAssembly targets are soon going to experience a change which has a risk of breaking existing projects, and this post is intended to notify users of this upcoming change, explain what it is, and how to handle it. Specifically, all WebAssembly targets in Rust have been linked using the…
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