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Friday, February 13th, 2015
| Time |
Event |
| 3:29p |
Friday's security updates openSUSE has updated clamav
(13.1, 13.2: multiple vulnerabilities), roundcubemail (13.1, 13.2: cross-site scripting), and tcpdump (13.1, 13.2: multiple vulnerabilities).
SUSE has updated ntp
(SLES/SLED12: multiple vulnerabilities).
Ubuntu has updated clamav
(10.04: code execution). | | 6:08p |
Help Linus decide what to call the next kernel Do you have an opinion on whether the next kernel release should be called 3.20 or 4.0? Linus is currently running a
poll on Google+ to get a sense for what people would prefer. " So
- continue with v3.20, because bigger numbers are sexy, or just move to
v4.0 and reset the numbers to something smaller?" As of this writing, the 4.0 option appears to be winning. | | 11:07p |
[$] Scalar typing in the PHP world When one thinks about the PHP language, terms like "strong typing" and
"strict checking" do not normally come to mind. But, as the project works
toward its next major release (to be called PHP 7), it has become
embroiled in a fierce debate over the proposed addition of some simple
typing features to the language. To some, PHP is growing up into a safer,
better-defined language, while others see the changes as possibly
destroying the character of a historically freewheeling language.
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