Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 4, 2021
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Alternative syntax for Python's lambda: should Python follow other languages with a more terse syntax for anonymous functions?
- PipeWire: The Linux audio/video bus: the history and status of a new generation of audio and video plumbing for Linux.
- Fedora and fallback DNS servers: the question of whether Fedora systems should fall back to public DNS servers if the current configuration does not work.
- 5.12 merge window, part 2: the rest of the changes merged for 5.12.
- Lockless patterns: relaxed access and partial memory barriers: the series on lockless programming continues with a first look at memory barriers.
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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