Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Time	Event
1:37p	Qt 5.4 released Version 5.4 of the Qt toolkit is now available. It provides better interaction with web-based content, improved graphics, Bluetooth Low Energy support, and a lot more, including a licensing change: "As announced earlier, the open-source version for Qt 5.4 is also made available under the LGPLv3 license. The new licensing option allows us at The Qt Company to introduce more value-add components for the whole Qt ecosystem without making compromises on the business side. It also helps to protect 3rd party developers’ freedom from consumer device lock-down and prevents Tivoization as well as other misuse." (Comment on this)
5:58p	Security advisories for Wednesday CentOS has updated kernel (C7: multiple vulnerabilities) and rpm (C7; C6; C5: code execution). Mageia has updated flash-player-plugin (multiple vulnerabilities), graphviz (format string vulnerability), iceape (multiple vulnerabilities), nodejs (multiple vulnerabilities), openafs (multiple vulnerabilities), php-pear-HTML_AJAX (code execution), and util-linux (command injection). Oracle has updated kernel (OL7: multiple vulnerabilities) and rpm (OL7; OL6; OL5: code execution). Red Hat has updated httpd24-httpd (RHSCL: two vulnerabilities), kernel (RHEL7: multiple vulnerabilities), and rpm (RHEL7; RHEL5,6; EUS products: code execution). Scientific Linux has updated rpm (SL7; SL5,6: code execution). Ubuntu has updated bind9 (denial of service) and xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty (14.10, 14.04, 12.04: multiple vulnerabilities), xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-trusty (14.10.14.04.12.04: incomplete fixes in previous update). (Comment on this)
8:20p	[$] Snowdrift.coop: Funding for free projects Funding projects in the "free and open" world is a perennial problem. "Crowdfunding" using Kickstarter and other platforms has helped to alleviate some funding issues for some projects, but it is a model that targets one-time goals, not sustained development. Snowdrift.coop, which is an organization aimed at providing long-term funding for free and open projects, has—somewhat ironically—announced a crowdfunding campaign to launch itself. Click below (subscribers only) for the full article. (Comment on this)
10:56p	Python 2.7.9 released The Python 2.7.9 release is out. The 2.7 series is in deep maintenance mode, but this update still includes a new SSL module (taken from Python 3.4) and validation of SSL certificates by default. This release also adds the ensurepip module, making the "pip" package manager available in all installations. (Comment on this)

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