Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 19, 2023
This edition contains the following feature content:
- A survey of the Python packaging landscape: there are a number of ways to manage Python modules on a system, none of which are entirely satisfactory.
- Six years with the 4.9 kernel: the 4.9 kernel has reached the end of its support life; it has been through a lot of change over the last six years.
- Support for Intel's LASS: support for a hardware-based feature to mitigate speculative-execution vulnerabilities.
- Fedora's tempest in a stack frame: as the deadline for system-wide changes approaches, the Fedora community debates the setting of a relatively obscure compiler option used to build the distribution.
- Changing Fedora's shutdown timeouts: how long should the system wait for a process that refuses to shut down?
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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