Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 2.6

.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml

@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ jobs:
         run: >-
           bin/bump_version.py
 
+      - name: Ensure debian deps are installed
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -y --fix-missing
+          sudo apt-get install -y devscripts
+
       - name: Update debian changelog
         run: >-
           debian/ci_changelog.sh

.github/workflows/stale_bot.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Stale PR+Issues
-        uses: actions/stale@v9.0.0
+        uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
         with:
           exempt-issue-labels: pinned,3.0
           exempt-pr-labels: pinned,3.0

version.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [VERSION]  
 major = 2
+
 minor = 6
 build = 0