Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 8, 2022

• Lazy imports for Python: a discussion on ways to reduce the startup overhead of Python programs.
• A framework for code tagging: unifying a common kernel functionality and adding some new features as well.
• What's in a (type) name?: a disagreement over the type names that should be used in man pages for Linux system calls.
• Concurrent page-fault handling with per-VMA locks: a new approach to easing page-fault contention.
• A look at Linux Mint 21: reviewing the current release of this Ubuntu derivative distribution.

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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