Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 14, 2025
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Indico: event management using Python: a system that has been helping conference organizers for the last two decades.
- Arch shares its wiki strategy with Debian: how does the Arch Linux project sustain its impressive documentation wiki, and how might Debian do something similar?
- StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers: a surprising data leak in a Debian package.
- Treating Python's debugging woes: an ambitious project to make the remote debugging of Python programs possible.
- On the use of LLM assistants for kernel development: developers in the kernel community discuss how large language models might be used for kernel work — if at all.
- The rest of the 6.17 merge window: the 6.17 merge window has closed; here are the remaining changes that found their way into the mainline.
- Possible paths for signing BPF programs: the verification of signatures for BPF programs is not as straightforward as it might seem.
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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