Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 1, 2022

• Python multi-level break and continue: not all proposed extensions to Python are adopted; the ability to break out of multiple levels of loops was one that didn't make it.
• Debian to vote on its firmware path: the latest step in Debian's multi-decade discussion on how to handle non-free firmware.
• Ushering out strlcpy(): an unloved string-copy function may finally be removed from the kernel, but it's surprisingly complicated.
• Toward a better definition for i_version: after nearly 30 years, filesystem developers are trying to define (and refine) what the version count means.
• Crash recovery for user-space block drivers: an extension to the 6.0 user-space block device mechanism.

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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