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  1. *argh* Ich schaffe es nicht einen #Backport von #virtualbox 7.2.4 für #Debian 13 zu bauen.
    Es scheitert an: undefined reference to `RTR3InitExe'
    Im unstable chroot läuft der compiler durch.
    So ein Mist. Auf die Installation der binaries von virtualbox.org/ habe ich ehrlich gesagt nur sehr begrenzt Lust.

  2. SeaGL talks in 30 min:

    * Resist Tech Monopolies: Community Photo Hosting

    * Kernel backport automation and validation in CentOS/RHEL

    * Observability is for the Frontend, Too!

    A half hour later:

    * Patch management / BareMetal as a service on Linux ( RedHat / Suse /tbd other ) Windows? Vmware?

    pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/

    #SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #Seattle #today #PeerTube #DateTime #ke
    rnel #backport #LibreGraphics

    @SeaGL

  3. @cwansart IMO, the answer is no, as it depends more on many other factors. E.g. I have seen often enough that things are sometimes no longer fixed in #debian. It could even be that with rolling releases you get a fix earlier than the #backport for an #lts version is ready.

    Of course, #distribution also plays a role, but I think it is more important to keep the #attackvectors as low as possible, i.e. to keep the system as minimal as possible. Fewer packages mean fewer potential #vulnerabilities.

  4. @Cfkschaller How crazy and/or how much of a non-starter this idea would even be:

    RHEL Workstation's desktop components as an application stream.

    The core motivation here is to enable RHEL customers to use the latest Workstation environment on older RHEL versions (within logistical and practical reasoning). For example, GNOME 47 from RHEL 10 available for installation on RHEL 9.

  5. A question for #Debian users. Would you subscribe to backports for something as recent as bookworm ? Trying the polling option on here !

    #foss #debian #bookworm #backport #backports #linux #poll

  6. @frankdelporte In #JabRef, we needed to have the fix for a workaround of the #64kb limit of #Java - bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-82. We did not #backport our fix to JDK20, but relied on a sufficient quality of #JDK21 at the time of our release.