Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,
This week saw the release of 6 snapshots (0827, 0828, 0829, 0830, 0901, and 0902).
It was an exceptionally productive week of updates, headlined by major transitions in our core toolchains. The base system has been elevated with the arrival of glibc 2.44, which brings foundational performance and security enhancements, including standard C23 library features, Intel/AMD shadow stack support, and optimized memory routines. Close on its heels came the system default transitions to Rust 1.98 and LLVM 23.1.0, giving developers access to the latest compiler features and optimizations.
On the core system front, the stable update of Linux Kernel 7.2.2 was delivered to maintain top-tier hardware compatibility. Virtualization hosts received a major update to QEMU 11.1.0, introducing substantial emulation improvements. Wireless network security was bolstered with the release of wpa_supplicant 2.12, and scientific workflows were updated with python-numpy 2.5.2. Finally, on the desktop side, we saw upgrades to pcre2 10.48 and xwaylandvideobridge 0.5.2.
These 6 snapshots delivered the following updates:
- chrony 4.9
- emacs 31.1
- flatpak 1.18.2
- glibc 2.44
- harfbuzz 14.4.0
- icewm 4.1.0
- libjpeg-turbo 3.2.0
- Linux Kernel 7.2.2
- llvm23 23.1.0
- nautilus 50.3
- pcre2 10.48
- python-numpy 2.5.2
- qemu 11.1.0
- rust 1.98
- wpa_supplicant 2.12
- xwaylandvideobridge 0.5.2
With these significant milestones checked off, it is time to turn our gaze forward to see what is currently brewing in our staging areas:
- Linux Kernel 7.2.3
- Mesa 26.2.2
- LibreOffice 26.8.0/RC3
- fontconfig 2.18.3: Currently held up as it breaks the AppStream test suite.
- Swig 4.5.0: Received a few fixes, but some YaST-related integration issues remain to be addressed.
- libnettle 4.0.0: Currently excluded from main staging runs while developers work on resolving test suite breakages in libzypp.
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