Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

Time	Event
2:03p	Some stable kernel releases The 3.11.7, 3.10.18, and 3.4.68 stable kernels are out; each contains the usual set of important fixes. (Comment on this)
4:53p	Security advisories for Wednesday CentOS has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (C5: multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated python-backports-ssl_match_hostname (F18: invalid hostname matching). openSUSE has updated openssl (12.x: CRIME attack). Oracle has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (OL6; OL5: multiple vulnerabilities). Red Hat has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (RHEL5&6: multiple vulnerabilities). Scientific Linux has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (SL5&6: multiple vulnerabilities). SUSE has updated vino (SLE11 SP2: denial of service). Ubuntu has updated lightdm (13.10: information leak). (Comment on this)
6:19p	[$] The future of realtime Linux The future of the realtime (aka PREEMPT_RT) kernel patch set was on the agenda for the Realtime Linux minisummit—as usual—but this year's edition had a bit more urgency than in years past. It is clear that Thomas Gleixner, who is doing most of the development work on the patch set, is concerned about the future of the remaining pieces. There appears to be minimal interest in furthering the development of realtime Linux outside of its main sponsor, Red Hat, and that may not be a sustainable model, he reported to both the minisummit and the concurrent 15th Real Time Linux Workshop (RTLWS). (Comment on this)

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