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We're on Debian testing(+unstable) and running into update issues. apt upgrade doesn't touch anything, and apt full-upgrade wants to upgrade 2 libreoffice packages, not touch the 341 other upgrades, and remove the main libreoffice package.

How cursed of an idea is it to just sudo apt install $(apt-mark showmanual)? That looks like it would upgrade everything, while just removing a couple hopefully-inconsequential system libraries.

-- Frost

MariaDB's new AppArmor profile is now enforcing in Debian unstable. If you are a dba/sysadmin familiar with AppArmor and using MariaDB, check your logs and share feedback via the Debian bug tracker.

I just released v5.0.0 of my preconfigured Debian system for personal computers/workstations.

It's "just" a plain Debian system trying to stay close to upstream, with saner (in my opinion) config defaults and default packages selection. 10 minute offline installation, provides a ready-to-use system with a lean XFCE-based desktop and applications for common use cases. I've used it as a daily driver for years, and also to "fix" machines I don't really want to support except for the occasional dist-upgrade every few years.

This release is based on Debian 13.

The live system mode also works but is not the primary use case.

The full build tooling is provided for those who want to build their own custom Debian-based system.

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Hello all,

I ran into issues using Godot under Debian Trixie and Sway ( 1.10 )
These issues were fixed in 1.11.

Somebody on here recommended me the Debian Backports which look really cool. Unfortunately sway has no Backport as of right now, so I have used the Testing repository for this with a PinPriority so low it does not Update other packages.

This does work and all problems are resolved, my question now is:
When installing sway from testing it has naturally also installed its required dependencies from testing. Does having those dependencies installed which other packages (from stable) might depend on as well introduce weird behavior incompatible issues? I mean they are not in a special testing sandbox nor have some unique namespace, this sets my alarm off right away.

I have used a rolling release distro before and it was surprisingly stable all things considered so I am considering to go full testing on Debian. Does anybody on here do the same?

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Git is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn't been fully adopted in Debian packaging yet. I believe that git-based workflows could enhance collaboration, transparency, and productivity for one of the world's most vital open source projects.

Hello,

I am fairly new to Debian and only recently have switched from arch to Debian (sway). I really love it so far btw. feels a lot more stable.

Sound is also working. However I do not have a way to control the volume right now. On Arch I had PulseAudio with pactl. I would like to not use PulseAudio and just rely on PipeWire as it seems to be the future (at least for now). What kind of CTL do people on here have setup to control audio? I believe alsa-mixer works also, im just a bit scared of going of the beaten path and wanna do things right.

A maintainer's anouncement when it was uploaded to unstable/Sid

Plasma 6.5 uploaded to unstable and building. Most common architectures are already there and more niche ones are coming.

https://deb.li/plasma

Expect the migration to testing/forky somewhere next week.

I checked the packages and they have all migrated to 6.5, as of today.

How did the changes in the binary test files tests/files/bad-3-corrupt_lzma2.xz and tests/files/good-large_compressed.lzma, and the makefile change in m4/build-to-host.m4) manifest to the Debian maintainer? Was there a chance of noticing something odd?

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