I'm proud to present Netatalk 2.2.9, the latest release in the venerable Netatalk branch that maintains AppleTalk support.

Find the release tarballs on GitHub: https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/releases/tag/netatalk-2-2-9

Notably, this version fixes one security vulnerability and one papd printing bug. It also makes atalkd start up more reliably when booting a wifi-only device like a Raspberry Pi. Finally, there is a handful of documentation improvements.

It is a recommended update for all users of netatalk2.

I wanted to leave this note that I'm not planning to announce dot releases of Netatalk in these forums anymore, unless there's a new killer feature that got added, or something. :)

There is a new 2.2.10 release available over at GitHub, which I tagged a few days ago. It consists of a handful of incremental improvements and upgrading is recommended if you're running an earlier 2.2.x version.

However, this release is a stepping stone for one thing that I've been working on recently: Debian deb packaging for netatalk2. I spent the last week getting a Debian dev environment set up and familiarizing myself with debuild and dpkg. If someone would like to test a package shoot me a message -- I have my own home made debs for Bullseye and Bookworm locally that *should* work everywhere.

In the long run my goal, as I think I've mentioned elsewhere, is to get netatalk2 reintroduced at least into Debian unstable (Sid) repos.

For all of you who are actively using netatalk today, please head over to this poll and tell us which OS you're running it on!

We'd love to know more about your particular environment and challenges. This helps us prioritize feature development, testing, and bug fixes in the future.