Weekly roundup 2017 week 28 – 30

So this is the first roundup since the release of Mageia 6, so there are a few more weeks in here than normal.

Cauldron

As expected, Cauldron has been flooded with large updates, and despite their best efforts, everything seems to be working well. Note that big breakage now is very normal, pushing the risky and large scale changes to very low-level things now gives the most room for testing, so things are expected to break. That said, the toolchain and rpm still have some large updates and changes to come, so there is still plenty of opportunity for things to break.

Here are a few of the big updates:

  • Qt 5.9.1
  • Plasma 5.10.4
  • KDE Applications 17.04
  • Kernel 4.9.40
  • Gnome 3.24.3
  • Cinnamon 3.4.4
  • Chromium Browser 59

There have also been updates to the Perl stack, vlc and countless other packages.

Mageia 6

So this is the first time that there has been a Mageia 6 heading here, which is a nice addition, to say the least. It also wouldn’t really be fitting to start this list without there being an entry for flash 🙂 So, here are some of the big updates for Mageia 6:

  • flash-player-plugin-26.0.0.137 – Multiple CVE fixes
  • wine-2.0.2 – Bugfix update
  • mesa-17.1.5 – Bugfix update including Vulkan fixes
  • mariadb-10.1.25 – Bugfix release
  • wireshark-2.2.8 – Multiple CVE fixes
  • rust-1.19.0 and cargo-0.20.0 – New stable release

Several bugfix updates have also been pushed to fix upgrade issues from Mageia 5.

Note that you can consult all update advisories directly on the dedicated page.

Mageia 5

Even though Mageia 6 is available, Mageia 5 is very far from forgotten, here are some of the important updates it has received since the last roundup:

  • flash-player-plugin-26.0.0.137 – Multiple CVE fixes
  • openvpn-2.3.17 – Multiple CVE fixes
  • libgcrypt-1.5.4-5.4 – CVE fix
  • nvidia-current -375.66 & ldetect-lst-0.1.346.6 – Added support for latest 10xx card

 

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  4. JanKusanagi says:

    I fell in the trap… the temptation was too great… so I’ve gone from Mageia 6 back to… Cauldron, again xD

    So far so good!