--- title: "Debian -- News -- DebConf26 closes in Santa Fe and DebConf27 announced" url: https://daily.dev/posts/debian----news----debconf26-closes-in-santa-fe-and-debconf27-announced-hzd1uf8tg source_url: https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260807 type: article source: "Debian" published: 2026-08-07T23:51:24.810Z updated: 2026-08-07T23:51:49.655Z tags: ["open-source", "linux", "golang"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Debian -- News -- DebConf26 closes in Santa Fe and DebConf27 announced **[Debian](https://daily.dev/sources/debian)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### 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._ --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/debian----news----debconf26-closes-in-santa-fe-and-debconf27-announced-hzd1uf8tg)