Louis-Philippe Véronneau: Montreal's Debian & Stuff - February 2026

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:
  • salsa MR !664
  • salsa MR !665
  • salsa MR !666
• 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:

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

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.