XPost: linux.debian.devel.release   
   From: jmw@debian.org   
      
   Hello,   
      
   Lintian data in britney   
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   The software that manages package migrations from unstable to testing   
   (britney) can now consume lintian data directly. The results are supplied   
   through UDD and give britney a new way to apply quality checks when   
   deciding whether a package may migrate.   
      
   Lintian runs on the built binary packages, which means these checks can   
   only be performed after a successful build - not as part of a source-only   
   upload to unstable. By making the results available inside britney, we can   
   use them consistently as part of migration policy rather than leaving them   
   only to manual review.   
      
   First LintianPolicy check: /usr-merge   
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   The first check enabled through this new framework focuses on   
   `/usr-merge`. Packages that still install files into aliased locations   
   are now prevented from migrating to testing.   
      
   This builds on the project-wide cleanup completed for trixie and helps   
   ensure the archive remains consistent. Further checks may be added where   
   they support the project's release quality objectives.   
      
   armel removal from forky   
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   The armel architecture has now been removed from the forky suite. This   
   port supported very old ARM systems without hardware floating-point,   
   such as early plug computers and NAS devices.   
      
   As development effort increasingly focuses on newer ARM hardware (armhf   
   and arm64), armel is no longer part of forky.   
      
   Point release timetable   
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   Stable point releases for trixie, and the remaining point releases for   
   bookworm, now follow a published timetable rather than being announced   
   one by one. This gives maintainers, derivatives, and users clear dates   
   to plan around.   
      
   The change was announced in the most recent Bits from the Stable Release   
   Managers:   
   https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/08/msg00003.html   
      
   The up-to-date timetable will be maintained on the Release Team pages:   
   https://release.debian.org/   
      
   The dates are provisional and may change if urgent issues arise, but the   
   aim is to provide a predictable schedule wherever possible.   
      
   Release Team iCal feed   
   ----------------------   
      
   The Release Team maintains an iCalendar feed with key dates, including   
   point releases, freezes, and other milestones. It can be imported into   
   most calendar applications to make it easier to stay up to date:   
      
   https://release.debian.org/release-calendar.ics   
      
   The feed is kept current alongside announcements, so subscribing is a   
   straightforward way to track the release timetable.   
      
      
   For the Release Team:   
   --    
   Jonathan Wiltshire                                      jmw@debian.org   
   Debian Developer                         http://people.debian.org/~jmw   
      
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