Montreal's Debian & Stuff - February 2026

2026-02-25 - Louis-Philippe Véronneau

Our Debian User Group met on February 22nd for our first meeting of the year!

Here's what we did:

pollo:

  • reviewed and merged Lintian contributions:
  • released lintian version 2.130.0
  • upstreamed a patch for python-wilderness, fixed a few things and released version 0.1.10-3
  • updated python-clevercsv to version 0.8.4
  • updated python-mediafile to version 0.14.0

lelutin:

  • opened up a RFH for co-maintenance for smokeping and added Marc Haber who responded really quickly to the call
  • with mjeanson's help: prepped and uploaded a new smokeping version to release pending work
  • opened a NM request to become DM

viashimo:

  • fixed freshrss timer
  • updated freshrss
  • installed new navidrome container
  • configured backups for new host (beelink mini s12)

tvaz:

  • did NM work
  • learned more about debusine and tested it
  • uploaded antimony to debusine
  • (co-)convinced lelutin to apply for DM (yay!)

lavamind:

  • worked on autopkgtests for a new version of jruby

Pictures

This time around, we held our meeting at cégep du Vieux Montréal, the college where I currently work. Here is the view we had:

View from my office

We also ordered some delicious pizzas from Pizzeria dei Compari, a nice pizzeria on Saint-Denis street that's been there forever.

The pizzas we ate

Some of us ended up grabbing a drink after the event at l'Amère à boire, a pub right next to the venue, but I didn't take any pictures.


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