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[Guiorgy]

The torrent file is not yet available, guess I'll wait a day :P

Edit: debian-12.9.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent now available to download!

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Unattended Upgrades enters the channel....

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Can't wait for the Rust rewrite. JK

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And rightfully so. But not "because it's C++", but because of all it's old design decisions and legacy debt. I'm a supporter of Herb Sutters...

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If you treat them like numbers then yes, but 6.12 is just a shorthand for "Major Version 6, Minor Version 12" and should NOT be read as a number,...

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The current project has nothing to do with him any more, grow up....

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Looks like Gimp is at least better than Valve

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This just shows how underdocumented and difficult the Kernel API is to work with, as the Rust guys pointed out. AFAIK it's common to put output parameters...

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... 😕?...

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I said "nobody that I know likes it", not that nobody in the world. I'mnot generalizing, I'm just stating my experience. Besides, you can always...

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Well, then think of all the people who are now using CMake to install software. I am sure many love it, and perhaps more...

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Never tried Rust (yet), I know and use C++. I don't know a single person that likes CMake, we just tolerate it as it's become a de facto standard....

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You summed up why they chose Rust, but you didn't sum up why they're moving away from C++ in the first place:

• Working with Unicode strings is difficult
• Working

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I meant something like "The current CPU [CPU NAME] is unknown and may be vulnerable to attacks. Consider enabling mitigations manually", and...

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How about logging an error and telling the user to choose whether to enable mitigations (and select which)?...