Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 3, 2022
This edition contains the following feature content:
- CPython, C standards, and IEEE 754: a compiler change leads the Python community to move off C89.
- Moving the kernel to modern C: the kernel community looks like it will finally move to a more recent version of the C language standard.
- Better visibility into packet-dropping decisions: help for administrators wondering why their routers are dropping packets.
- Extending restartable sequences with virtual CPU IDs: a proposed scalability feature for certain types of multi-threaded applications.
- A Debian GR on secret voting—and more: would enabling secret voting make Debian's democracy better or worse?
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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