October 2026

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This Week in Package Management: 31 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world

Signing and Attestations Across Package Registries

A survey of signing, provenance attestations and trusted publishing across package registries.

This Week in Source Control: 28 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across version control and forges

Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027: Call for Participation

Submissions close 1 December.

This Week in Package Management: 24 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world

One Small Bug

Want me to fix that too?

Trust Stores Are Dependencies Too

26 of 29 CA bundles in critical packages contain roots Mozilla has removed.

This Week in Package Management: 17 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world

Now That's What I Call Technical Debt!

15 chart-topping hits about unpaid maintainers and overconfident AI agents.

This Week in Package Management: 10 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world

Package Management RFCs

Which package management specs exist and where do they live?

This Week in Package Management: 3 October 2026

Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world

Software Heritage Identifiers

Notes from CodeCommons: SWHIDs, the SWH archive, and connecting both to package metadata.