Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 19, 2021
This edition contains the following feature content:
- PEP 649 revisited: the Python developers reconsider the proper uses of annotations.
- STARTTLS considered harmful: just because a client asks for TLS security doesn't guarantee that it will be provided.
- A firewall for device drivers: an attempt to avoid the intractable problem of hardening all of the device drivers in the kernel.
- Short subjects: Realtime, Futexes, and ntfs3: realtime is getting closer to the mainline, the futex2 effort takes a step back, and ntfs3 waits in the wings.
- PostgreSQL's commitfest clog: what can be done to address PostgreSQL's review deficit?
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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