[Closed] Solus

In this week sync:

1. New packages added: doctl (CLI tool for managing Digital Ocean resources) and kamoso (KDE Gear application for webcam photos and videos).
2. Deprecated package: latencytop, due to upstream maintenance issues and kernel memory penalties.
3. Security updates for opensc, libebml, Glibc, Runc, and OpenSSL.
4. Media updates for aom, geeqie, geonkick, and mediainfo.
5. Gaming updates for frozen-bubble and ppsspp.
6. CLI tool updates for calc, curl, ddrescue, docker-compose, fastfetch, github-cli, go-task, gnupg, gnuplot, and strace.
7. System updates including Linux kernel, libsodium, mesalib, openssl, Pipewire, sqlite3, systemd, binutils, libblockdev, qemu, virtiofsd, zlib, libidn, libidn2, mariadb, docker, containerd, runc, and resolution of Avahi and systemd-resolved port conflict.
8. Language updates for openjdk-11, openjdk-17, and php.
9. Desktop updates: Budgie Desktop to 10.9 series, Plasma 6 progress, Akonadi modifications for Plasma 5, and various application updates.
10. Miscellaneous updates for bibata-cursors, Brave, burn-my-windows, CoreCtrl, colord, Discord, Element, font-iosevka-ttf, gpxsee, kitty, korla-icon-theme, Krita, libei, libinput, nextcloud-client, Opera, qpwgraph, sardi-icons, tailscale, Telegram, texstudio, Vivaldi, VSCode, Davmail, xdg-utils, and yubikey-manager.

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In this week's update:

1. New packages: input-remapper for modifying input device behavior and maliit-keyboard for virtual keyboards on 2-in-1 and tablet devices for Plasma users.
2. Introduction of GNOME Software and KDE Discover software centers to replace the existing Software Center, providing Flatpak and eopkg management in one place.
3. Security updates for Firefox, Thunderbird, Vivaldi, and Jasper to address various security issues.
4. Media updates, including a significant upgrade of the FFMpeg package to version 6.1.1 and an update to SFML.
5. Gaming updates for Heroic Games Launcher, maelstrom, minigalaxy, lutris, and visualboyadvance-m.
6. CLI tool updates, such as clustershell, emacs, eza, Numix icon themes, rclone, and weechat.
7. Desktop updates, including the split of gedit-plugins, support for SDDM under Wayland, and updates for Discord, KDE Connect, nextcloud-client, papirus-icon-theme, rpi-imager, qdirstat, winff, variety, and improved AppStream metadata for NVIDIA drivers.
8. System updates for btrfs-progs, fwupd, glib2, mesalib, PipeWire, and thermald.

Note: GNOME Software and KDE Discover are considered experimental, and users are encouraged to participate in testing through the provided tracking issues.

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1. Security Fixes:

   • Stable channels of Vivaldi and Opera updated to address vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0517, CVE-2024-0518, CVE-2024-0519).
   • XOrg stack updated for security (CVE-2023-6816, CVE-2024-0229, CVE-2024-21885, CVE-2024-21886, CVE-2024-0408, CVE-2024-0409).
   • GNUTLS updated to v3.8.3 for security (CVE-2024-0553, CVE-2024-0567).
   • PAM security fix back-ported from v1.6.0 (CVE-2024-22365).
   • Qt5-base and Qt6-base security update (CVE-2023-51714).

2. GNOME and Plasma Updates:

   • GNOME desktop updated to version 45.3; introduces Loupe image viewer.
   • Plasma-related updates: Qt5 to v5.15.12, KDE Frameworks 5 to v5.114.
   • Preparations for Plasma 6 with extensive updates; new scalable Solus icon in Plasma 6 teaser images.
   • New packages include xfce4-places-plugin and nvtop for XFCE users.
   • JPEG-XL support enabled; some packages pending update for compatibility.

3. Media Updates:

   • Gstreamer framework updated to v1.22.8.
   • Intel-Media-Driver updated to v23.4.3; other media-related package updates.

4. Gaming Updates:

   • Heroic Games Launcher updated to v2.12.0.
   • Discord wrapper script added for Wayland-native mode.
   • Updates to CEMU and Lutris.

5. Office and Desktop Updates:

   • Updates to various applications including Brave, OwnCloud Client, Gnumeric, Focuswriter, Bisq, and more.
   • New package additions such as megacmd for MEGA command-line access.

6. CLI Utils:

   • Updates to various command-line utilities including Eza, Fastfetch, Github-CLI, Restic, Bitwarden-cli.

7. System Updates:

   • Updates to system components like inetutils, QEMU, libvirt, iio-sensor-proxy, iproute, containerd, Docker Buildx, Docker Compose, nvme-cli, libnvme, libdrm.

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1. XFCE Edition Fixes:

   • Screensaver application now installed by default.
   • Keyboard layout settings page populated with settings.

2. Linux Kernel Updates:

   • Linux kernels updated to 6.6.11 (current branch) and 5.15.146 (LTS branch).
   • Reminder for LTS branch users to test linux-current for future updates.

3. Notable Updates:

   • Mesa 23.3.3, PipeWire 1.0.1, Vim 9.1, Chiaki 2.2, and various other updates landed.

4. New Packages:

   • Return of Solus packager Justin Zobel, adding Gum, kclock, keysmith, and tokodon.
   • Infinitymdm added FPGA tools Icestorm and nextpnr.
   • Malfisya added droidcam to the repositories.

5. Plasma 6 Progress:

   • 51 out of 71 KDE Frameworks 6 libraries packages added.
   • Libraries updated to KDE Frameworks 6 rc1 release.
   • Plans to start packaging Plasma 6 in a separate branch soon.

6. Documentation Enhancement:

   • Introduction of a Style Guide for the Help Center.
   • Aimed at improving consistency and readability.
   • Compiled by @davidjharder and @deoxys94.

7. Conclusion:

   • Weekly sync cycle summary with a link to the full list of updated packages.
   • Encouragement to check back next week for more sync news.

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1. Security Updates:

   • Erlang and python-paramiko address CVE-2023-48795.
   • libsass resolves CVE-2022-26592.
   • Reminder to apply security updates promptly.

2. Kernel Updates:

   • linux-current updated to 6.6.9, linux-lts to 5.15.145.
   • BORE scheduler updated to 3.6.1.
   • Enabling F2FS security labels and Unicode support for AppArmor.
   • "Stabilize" period for linux-current as preparation for linux-lts to 6.6.

3. Kernel Testing Request:

   • Encouragement for linux-lts users to switch to linux-current and test for issues.
   • Urging users to report problems to expedite fixes.

4. New Package:

   • Introduction of "fastfetch" for the new year.
   • Actively-developed replacement for screenfetch and neofetch.
   • Check the GitHub repo for more details.

5. Plasma 6 Packaging:

   • Commencement of packaging for Plasma 6.
   • Packaging of many KDE Frameworks 6 libraries initiated.
   • Noticeable update for the breeze-icons icon pack to its Plasma 6 version.

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