Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 4, 2025
This edition contains the following feature content:
- APT Rust requirement raises questions: how will Debian accommodate Rust in one of its core tools?
- Unpacking for Python comprehensions: a look at PEP 798 ("Unpacking in Comprehensions"), which was accepted in November.
- Zig's new plan for asynchronous programs: allowing Zig code to execute correctly using synchronous or asynchronous I/O.
- BPF and io_uring, two different ways: competing patch sets try to add BPF to io_uring.
- Checked-size array parameters in C: improving the safety of kernel code with an obscure C feature.
- Some 6.18 development statistics: a look at who contributed code and more to the 6.18 kernel.
- Just: a command runner: an alternative to make for running user-defined tasks.
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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