Sync Updates for Week 8, 2024

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Announcement : Sync will be deferred for the next week due to the Python 3.11 upgrade.

1. Kernel Updates:

• Transition of the LTS kernel version to the latest in the 6.6 series, aligning with the -current branch. Users encountering issues urged to report them.

2. New Software Additions:

• Introduction of Foliate, an eBook reader supporting various file formats.
• Addition of icdiff, a developer tool highlighting file changes with color.
• Inclusion of Budgie Application Menu, a menu applet displaying applications in a grid format.

3. Python 3.11 Upgrade:

• Completion of the Python 3.11 upgrade, a significant task affecting over 1,000 Python packages. Rolling out to Unstable users with a deferred sync for the next week.

4. Security Updates:

• Budgie Control Center update addressing CVE-2023-5616.
• Thunderbird update to version 115.8.0 resolving multiple CVEs.
• Patched wpa_supplicant to fix CVE-2023-52160.

5. Media and Gaming Updates:

• Updates to giflib, Mixxx, quastools, rawtherapee, gnubg, openjazz, openxcom, pentobi, puzzles, rocksndiamonds, and simsu.

6. CLI Tool Updates:

• Updates to eza, fastfetch, github-cli, hugo, iperf, meld, quilt, ripgrep, scdoc, and tmux.

7. System Updates:

• Resolution of issues with VirtualBox USB device usage and systemd permissions.
• Mesalib downgrade to address issues with nVidia hardware.
• Ensuring psmouse kernel module inclusion in the initrd image for certain Fujitsu laptops.

8. Language Updates:

• Updates to bazel, mercurial, ogre, tensorflow, and tortoisehg.

9. Desktop and Application Updates:

• KDE Gear applications update to version 23.08.5.
• Updates to various desktop applications including Brave, CoreCtrl, fb2converter, Firefox, font-iosevka-ttf, freeplane, gpxsee, Hexchat, Kitty, Opera, pandoc-crossref, polybar, tailscale, Teamspeak3, Telegram, and Vivaldi (snapshot).