Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 15, 2020

• Python and the infinite: does the Python language need a firmer concept of infinity?
• Further analysis of PyPI typosquatting: how malware lurks behind misspelled package names.
• The ABI status of filesystem formats: does rejecting an invalid filesystem image that previously worked constitute a regression?
• NAPI polling in kernel threads: a performance improvement for high-traffic networking.
• Some 5.9 kernel development statistics: where the code for the 5.9 kernel release came from.
• A PHP syntax for discardable assignments: what's the best way to tell PHP that a value will not be used?

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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