Debian has made reproducible builds a strict requirement for packages entering its testing branch. The change applies to the Debian 14 Forky cycle and took effect on May 9.
Debian's release team announced that any package failing a reproducibility check will be blocked from migration. This applies both to new packages and to those already in testing that later lose reproducibility. Paul Gevers shared the update on the debian-devel-announce mailing list.
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Canonical has launched Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed Resolute Raccoon, featuring Linux kernel 7.0 and a shift to Wayland across variants. Official flavors including Kubuntu and Lubuntu accompany the main release with updated desktops and hardware support. The LTS version promises five years of updates until April 2031.
KDE Linux has advanced its development with infrastructure changes and security improvements during May. Contributor work focused on a new build process and package reductions.
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Fedora's Engineering Steering Committee has voted to remove all Deepin-related packages from the distribution's repositories. The decision follows prolonged maintenance failures and security concerns raised earlier by openSUSE.