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OpenVDDK Offers an Apache-2.0 Stand-In for VMware's VDDK Library, Which VMware Restricted to Partners; Its Repository Takes No Pull Requests Yet
Cloud architect Andrija Panić published OpenVDDK, an Apache-2.0 library he calls a drop-in for VMware's VDDK; its README says the repository is read-only and pull requests are not accepted yet.
Apache Kafka 4.4.0 Adds Dead-Letter Queues for Share Groups and Transactional State Stores, and Deprecates broker.id; 4.3.2 Fixes Two Tiered-Storage Data-Loss Bugs
Kafka's 4.4.0 announcement lists 25 KIPs, including share-group dead-letter queues and opt-in transactional state stores; the 4.3.2 bugfix release fixes two potential data-loss issues in tiered storage.
PostgreSQL 19's Delay, curl's Open Reporting of Minor Flaws and Edge's Review Automation: Where Three Projects Say AI-Assisted Work Lands
Project sources link PostgreSQL 19's delay, curl's move of low and medium reports to public issues and Edge's extension-review automation to AI-assisted work; sources differ on how much of the PostgreSQL delay LLMs explain.
Modular Makes the MAX Source Available Under a New License That Bars Using It as Input to AI Reimplementations
Modular published the MAX graph compiler, runtime and hardware backends under a new MAX License that restricts AI-assisted reimplementation and distribution of modified source, while Apache 2.0 parts stay.
OpenBSD 8.0 Raises the amd64 Kernel Address Space to 512G, Adds arm64 Hibernate and Retires the loongson Port
OpenBSD 8.0, released October 20, 2026, grows amd64 kernel virtual address space from 4G to 512G, adds arm64 hibernate and RISC-V vector support, and ends loongson support.
Open Source Splits on AI Contributions: OpenJDK, GCC and COSMIC Restrict Them, Debian Allows Them, and the Linux Kernel Moves to Drop Its Tag
Open-source projects have adopted opposing rules for AI-generated contributions, from outright bans to disclosure-optional acceptance, while a Linux Foundation survey puts incoming low-quality AI pull requests at about 25%.
Linux Foundation Research: Maintainers Estimate 25% of Incoming Pull Requests Are 'AI Slop', and Only 35% of Projects Have a Formal GenAI Policy
A Linux Foundation report presented at All Things Open estimates 25% of incoming pull requests are low-quality AI output, while 52% average time savings on code authoring sit beside thin project governance.
RabbitMQ 4.4.0 Adds Delayed Messages for Quorum Queues and Unix Domain Socket AMQP Listeners
RabbitMQ 4.4.0, released October 19, adds delayed delivery on quorum queues, a v2 classic-queue file format that blocks downgrades, and stricter OpenID Connect discovery checks.
Gentoo Schedules Chromium Package Removal for October 24 Unless a Volunteer Steps Forward, Citing Maintainer Burnout
Gentoo has masked its Chromium package and set removal for October 24 unless a volunteer takes over, as maintainers cite long builds, fast releases and a four-release lag.
Torvalds Posts First LLM-Assisted Linux Kernel Patch Series, Ten Folio Patches Claiming an Order-of-Magnitude Read Speedup
Linus Torvalds posted ten LLM-assisted folio-lookup patches for review; reviewers found a race condition, and kernel docs already require Assisted-by tags and human sign-offs.
Prometheus 3.15.0 Adds Unix Domain Socket Scraping, Stabilizes XOR2 Chunk Encoding and Deprecates --log.level
Prometheus 3.15.0 adds Unix Domain Socket scraping and the OM2.0 scrape format, stabilizes XOR2 float chunks, and moves log-level control into reloadable configuration.
Linux Foundation Report Finds 94% of European Organizations Call Digital Sovereignty Important, While 31% Lack Formal Open Source Governance
The fifth annual State of Open Source in Europe report links sovereignty goals to upstream participation, and counts 48% of organizations running private forks that cost an average of 311 hours per release cycle.