For Linux 6.19 as what will be the first stable kernel release of 2026, the IEEE-1394 Firewire stack continues dealing with device quirks and improving support for different Firewire-connected devices. In 2026 is also when the Linux Firewire maintainer plans to begin recommending users migrate away from the IEEE-1394 bus followed by closing the Linux Firewire efforts in 2029.
Ugh, I’m going to have to prioritise ripping my old miniDV cassettes, aren’t I?
You could just keep an air-gapped PC with an old kernel around just for that.
Sure, but that sounds insane compared to just blocking out the time in the next four years.
Same same. I procrastinated for only a few years (decades), time to do it !