Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 19, 2024
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Using Guile for Emacs: there would be advantages to replacing the editor's ELisp interpreter with one based on Guile.
- Emacs code completion can cause compromise: with a language like Lisp, code can be executed in surprising places.
- WP Engine granted preliminary injunction in WordPress case: the WordPress drama continues with a court action in WP Engine's favor.
- A last look at the 4.19 stable series: six years is a long time in the life of a kernel release; how did 4.19.x evolve over that time?
- Facing the Git commit-ID collision catastrophe: how many digits are needed to unambiguously refer to a kernel commit?
- Providing precise time over the network: an introduction to the PTP protocol.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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