Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,
This week, we have seen only a single snapshot (1127) published, which landed just before the start of HackWeek.
Since then, a few issues have piled up, blocking further releases. First, the update to ICU 78 caused libqt5-qtwebengine the build to fail. Because this package is present on nearly 100% of systems (specifically those installed before the new opensuse-welcome), we could not consider releasing it in that state.
We also encountered significant friction with systemd 258, which triggered several complex issues in openQA. While we have set that update aside for deep diagnostics, we decided to revert to the already shipped version for the immediate future. This specific move should unblock Tumbleweed and get the snapshots rolling again.
Naturally, HackWeek 25 has also played a role here. With many contributors focusing on side projects, resources for regular maintenance have been kept to a minimum.
Snapshot 1127 contained these changes:
- GDM 49.2
- libproxy 0.5.12
- XOrg server 21.1.21
The future will bring you these changes sooner or later:
- Mozilla Firefox 145.0.2
- Bash 5.3.8
- Linux kernel 6.18.0
- PostgreSQL 18.1
- SQLite 3.51.1
- Mesa 25.3.1
- Ruby 4.0 (early preview staged to find out what all breaks)
As part of HackWeek, Santiago has tirelessly improved the test coverage for “Tumbleweed installed using Agama.” We plan to expand this further and minimize the gap between the legacy installer and Agama, with a priority on NET installations.
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