Hello everyone,
an update to the Apertis v2021pre preview release is now available,
v2021pre.1!
Apertis v2021pre.1 is a minor update to the preview release of the
Apertis v2021 stable release flow that will lead to the LTS Apertis
v2021.0 release in March 2021.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods,
see https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/
You can find the full release notes for v2021pre at
https://www.apertis.org/release/v2021pre/releasenotes/
This minor update ships the Linux kernel version 5.10.x LTS which was
released upstream shortly after the window for the v2021pre.0 release
was closed.
In particular it fixes the known issues with loop devices used by the
update manager for encrypted updates.
Images are available for download at
https://images.apertis.org/release/v2021pre/v2021pre.1/
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Emanuele Aina
www.collabora.com
Hello everyone,
the new Apertis v2022dev0 development release is now available!
Apertis v2022dev0 is the first development release of the Apertis
v2022 stable release flow that will lead to the LTS Apertis v2022.0
release in March 2022.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods,
see https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/
You can find the full release notes at
https://www.apertis.org/release/v2022dev0/releasenotes/
This release ships all the changes from the v2021pre release plus
dynamic KVM/UML backend selection in Debos, which can now automatically
detect when KVM is available and use it to provide faster builds,
falling back to UML only when necessary.
Note that this release contains some known regressions due to the 5.9
kernel and some missing tweaks in Apertis Update Manager. An update is
expected to be released in January with the final linux 5.10 LTS kernel
and AUM 0.2020.20 which fix all the identified issues.
Images already available for download at
https://images.apertis.org/release/v2022dev0/v2022dev0.0/
Thanks to everyone who contributed and happy holidays! 🎄
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Emanuele Aina
www.collabora.com
Hello everyone,
the new Apertis v2021pre.0 preview release is now available!
Apertis v2021pre.0 is the preview release of the Apertis
v2021 stable release flow that will lead to the LTS Apertis v2021.0
release in March 2021.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods,
see https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/
You can find the full release notes at
https://www.apertis.org/release/v2021pre/releasenotes/
Some highlights from this release:
* Technology preview: Maynard and the AGL compositor
A new Wayland compositor and shell are available in the Apertis package
repository, providing on of the fundamental components described in the
application framework concept document.
* Resilient upgrades with atomic rollback on Renesas R-Car
Automatic updates with rollbacks are now enabled and regularly tested
on the supported Renesas R-Car boards.
* Signed metadata verification for offline updates
Apertis contributed upstream to OSTree the ability to protect the
static bundle superblock and the updated implementation is now
available in the Apertis package repository.
* Long term reproducibility of image builds
The plan defined in the long term reproducibility document is now fully
implemented.
* Better downstream customizability of GitLab pipelines
The recipes have been modularized to make downstream customization
require much less effort in the long run.
* Dynamic KVM/UML backend selection in Debos
Debos can now automatically detect when KVM is available and use it to
provide faster builds, falling back to UML only when necessary.
* Concept for license-compliant TLS stack
A new document provides an analysis of the licensing challenges with
the current TLS stacks and defines a way forward.
* Contribution process and templates
New guides are available for anybody who wants to join Apertis.
Note that this release contains some known regressions due to the 5.9
kernel. An update is expected to be released in January with the final
linux 5.10 LTS kernel which fixes all the identified issues.
Images already available for download at
https://images.apertis.org/release/v2021pre/v2021pre.0/
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
--
Emanuele Aina
www.collabora.com
Hello everyone,
the new Apertis v2020.3 stable release is now available!
Apertis v2020.3 is the fourth stable release of the Apertis v2020
release flow. Apertis is committed to maintaining the v2020 release
stream until September 2021.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods,
see https://www.apertis.org/designs/release-flow/
You can find the full release notes at
https://www.apertis.org/release/v2020.3/releasenotes/
This release only ships the security updates from Debian Buster and the
latest LTS Linux kernel on the 5.4.x series.
Images already available for download at
https://images.apertis.org/release/v2020/v2020.3/
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Emanuele Aina
www.collabora.com
Hello everyone,
the new Apertis v2019.5 stable release is now available!
Apertis v2019.5 is the sixth stable release of the Apertis v2019 Long
Term Support release flow. Apertis is committed to maintain the v2019
release stream until June 2021.
For more details about the Apertis release flows and support periods,
see https://designs.apertis.org/v2019/release-flow.html
You can find the full release notes at
https://www.apertis.org/release/v2019.5/releasenotes/
This release only ships the security updates from Debian Buster.
Images already available for download at
https://images.apertis.org/release/v2019/v2019.5/
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Emanuele Aina
www.collabora.com