https://krvprashanth.in/enContents by krvprashanth</a> <div class="license"> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"> <img alt="Creative Commons License BY-NC-SA" style="border-width:0; margin-bottom:12px;" src="/images/cc-88x31.png"></a> </div> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:04:30 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://krvprashanth.in/posts/foss-contributions-2025h2/krvprashanth<hr> <p>Hello everyone! I ended up skipping 2025Q3 since there was not much to post about, so this combines both Q3 &amp; Q4 updates about the contributions I’ve made or things I found interesting in collaborative Free and Open Source Software development. </p> <h2>Debian GNU/Linux</h2> <h3><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/arm-trusted-firmware">arm-trusted-firmware</a>:</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/arm-trusted-firmware/-/merge_requests/9">!9: d/rules: enable rpi5 target </a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/flash-kernel">flash-kernel</a>:</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/flash-kernel/-/merge_requests/77">!77: Add: Support for Raspberry Pi 5 and 3A+</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/live-build">live-build</a>:</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/live-team/live-build/-/merge_requests/445">!445: Add: Splash screen for hamradio blend</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/">Debian images: installer images, live images, cloud images</a></h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/setup/-/merge_requests/8">!8: Live: Add Debian Hamradio blend</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="http://debian.org/blends">Debian Pure Blends</a></h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/-/merge_requests/1079">!1079: debian.org/blends: add downloads quick link of Debian Jr. blend</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/extrepo">extrepo</a>:</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo-data/-/merge_requests/445">!445: Add: Debian ROCm repository</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/extrepo-team/extrepo-data/-/merge_requests/453">!453: Add: Meshtastic repository</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3><a href="https://apt.rocm.debian.net/">Debian ROCm Team - APT Archive</a></h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Merge Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/rocm-team/rocm-team-infra/-/merge_requests/1">!1: Add: Instructions to install ROCm packages using extrepo</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Linaro / tuxsuite</h2> <ul> <li>Opened issue <a href="https://gitlab.com/Linaro/tuxsuite/-/issues/206">#204</a></li> </ul> <h2>RISC-V / learn</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Pull Request</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/riscv/learn/pull/61">#61 Add: BeagleV RISC-V Boards</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/riscv/learn/pull/62">#62 Add: operating-system-in-1000-lines to learning resources</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Ending Thoughts</h2> <p>That’s all for Q3 &amp; Q4 of 2025. I hope to post quarterly updates and I guess this will keep people informed about my foss activity and possibly attract potential contributors.</p>debianfoss-contributionsriscvtuxsuitehttps://krvprashanth.in/posts/foss-contributions-2025h2/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT