DebConf26 concluded in Santa Fe, Argentina, drawing over 270 attendees from 35 countries across 90 events including talks, workshops, and Birds of a Feather sessions. Highlights included sessions on AI, age verification, Linux kernel and Chromebook support, a Go ecosystem modernization sprint during DebCamp, and updates from Python, Perl, Ruby, Go, and Rust language teams. Seventy hours of recorded video are available online. DebConf27 was announced for Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, September 5–11, 2027. Platinum sponsors included Infomaniak and Proxmox.
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Where and when will DebConf27 be held?
DebConf27 will be held in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, from Sunday September 5th to Saturday September 11th, 2027. As with previous years, DebCamp will precede the main conference, focusing on individual and team work toward improving the Debian distribution. Debian contributors planning for DebConf27 can track announcements and related Debian news on daily.dev.
What was the focus of the DebCamp session at DebConf26?
A week-long DebCamp session at DebConf26 was dedicated to auditing, patching, and modernizing the Go ecosystem in Debian, enabling the transition triggered by the upload of dh-golang that sets GO111MODULE=on by default in Experimental. DebCamp ran July 13–19, 2026, in Santa Fe, Argentina. Go developers working with Debian packaging can follow ecosystem changes like this on daily.dev.