Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 25, 2026

• Free-threaded Python: past, present, and future: a look at the efforts to remove Python's global interpreter lock (GIL) and what's coming next.
• AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks: Arch faces its worst onslaught of AUR package compromises yet.
• Fedora: 2FA, or not 2FA, that is the question: an attempt to improve Fedora's security.
• The first half of the 7.2 merge window: important changes coming to the next kernel release.
• More coverage from the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit:
• A helper library for BPF arenas: a look at the libarena library and where it's going.
• Suspending and resuming BPF programs: a plan to introduce coroutines into BPF.
• KASAN for JIT-compiled BPF code: the kernel address sanitizer learns how to detect bugs in BPF's JIT compiler.
• Single-hop block replication with RMR and BRMR: a method for cloud providers to expose durable block devices with as little overhead as possible.
• Reports from OSPM 2026, day one: sessions from day one of the Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel (OSPM) Summit.
• Reports from OSPM 2026, day two: reports from day two of the OSPM Summit.

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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