I just published a new version of Damask. It's been a while since I last released, so a whole pile of bug fixes and improvements are finally shipping! Take a look at the full list of changes[1]. It should be landing on Flathub soon[2].
I know the next 3-7 days will be filled with exaggeration and doomsday talk, but IMHO the #xz backdoor, though seemingly meticulously planned for a long time, failed miserably as it was caught at a stage where it wasn't widely deployed but only in testing/prerelease distros. Yes, it made it quite far in the supply chain but it ultimately failed. The mess is being cleaned up, no cases of actual use of the exploit in the wild are known thus far. The immune system of FOSS has worked. Again.
@jwildeboer I hope this brings enough attention to these underfunded projects and brings about a change to make a more sustainable development model for these kinds of projects.
One of my all-time favorite #DoctorWho quotes: "Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life. An unimportant life. A life without privilege. The boy who died on the river, that boy's value is your value. That's what defines an age. That's what defines a species." -Twelve
