Wednesday, September 14th, 2016

Time	Event
4:26p	Security advisories for Wednesday Arch Linux has updated libtorrent-rasterbar (denial of service) and powerdns (denial of service). Debian has updated mysql-5.5 (SQL injection/privilege escalation). Fedora has updated gnupg (F23: flawed random number generation), gnutls (F24; F23: certificate verification vulnerability), openjpeg2 (F24: denial of service), thunderbird (F24: unspecified vulnerabilities), and xen (F24: three vulnerabilities). openSUSE has updated mysql-connector-java (Leap42.1: information disclosure). Red Hat has updated flash-plugin (RHEL5,6: multiple vulnerabilities). Slackware has updated mariadb (SQL injection/privilege escalation). Ubuntu has updated mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7 (SQL injection/privilege escalation) and webkit2gtk (16.04: multiple vulnerabilities). (Comment on this)
6:07p	Kügler: LTS releases align neatly for Plasma 5.8 Sebastian Kügler reports that Plasma 5.8 will be the first LTS release of the Plasma 5 series. "One great thing of this release is that it aligns support time-frames across the whole stack from the desktop through Qt and underlying operating systems. This makes Plasma 5.8 very attractive for users need to that rely on the stability of their computers." Plasma 5.8 will receive at least 18 months of bugfix and security support from upstream KDE. (Comment on this)
9:26p	[$] Backports and long-term stable kernels One of the longest running debates in the kernel community has to do with the backporting of patches from newer kernels to older ones. Substantial effort goes into these backports, with the resulting kernels appearing in everything from enterprise distributions to mobile devices. A recent resurgence of this debate on the Kernel Summit discussion list led to no new conclusions, but it does show how the debate has shifted over time. (Comment on this)

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