Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 14, 2021
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Debian discusses vendoring—again: what is to be done to properly package programs with an unmanageable number of dependencies?
- A license change for Nmap: a venerable tool accidentally goes non-free.
- Restricted DMA: infrastructure to protect the system against buggy or compromised drivers.
- Old compilers and old bugs: a kernel war story shows the cost of supporting old toolchains.
- A possible step toward integrity measurement for Fedora: the idea of shipping checksums with all installed files in Fedora 34 is not universally acclaimed.
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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