Sync Updates for Week 9 and 10, 2024

Summary is generated by ChatGPT 3.5 and edited by me

1. Python 3.11 Upgrade:

• Python 3.11 rollout completed, involving the rebuilding of all Python packages. Signifies Solus's adaptation to significant language changes and robustness of the eopkg port to a statically compiled Python 3.10 binary with Nuitka.

2. KDE Plasma 6 Preparation:

• Preparation for KDE Plasma MegaRelease 6 is underway. Early testing initiated to mitigate issues before the official rollout. KDE Frameworks stack updated to version 6.0 in anticipation of Plasma 6 landing in the Unstable repo post next week's sync.

3. Graphics Driver Updates:

• Nvidia mainline driver upgraded to the 550 series, offering enhanced graphical capabilities.
• Mesa reverted to version 24.0 with patches to resolve previous Nvidia-related crashes.

4. Sway and Wayland Updates:

• Sway, an i3-compatible Wayland compositor, updated to version 1.9, introducing new features and incorporating improvements from wlroots 0.17.
• GNOME Maps reintroduced in the Solus repository alongside debut inclusions such as tv-lite for IPTV viewing, snapshot, gnome-clocks, and kio-admin.

5. Security Updates:

• Thunderbird updated to 115.8.1 to address CVE-2024-1936.

6. Multimedia and Gaming Updates:

• Updates to various multimedia and gaming packages, including cadence, cava, Darktable, EasyEffects, Kodi, Krita, musescore, sdl2, v4l-utils, endless-sky, prism-launcher, and sunshine.

7. CLI Tool Updates:

• Updates to CLI tools such as ansible, bitwarden-cli, certbot, docker-compose, fastfetch, gi-dockgen, github-cli, go-task, hugo, iotop, lynx, mu, Neovim, nvme-cli, powertop, streamlink, svtplay-dl, sympy, thefuck, thin-provisioning-tools, and xauth.

8. System Updates:

• Various system updates including BORE Scheduler, removal of AMD HDR patches from linux kernels, updates to btrfs-progs, edk2-ovmf, firewalld, fwupd, glibc, linux kernels, linux-tools, mesalib, nvidia drivers, PostgreSQL, qemu, systemd, tree-sitter, wine, xz, and yq.

9. Language Updates:

• Updates to language-related packages including gdal, gdb, git, git-cola, Golang, musl, NodeJS, Python 3, and vscode.

10. Desktop and Application Updates:

• Updates to desktop environments and applications like Brave, Calibre, dbeaver, Discord, Element, Firefox, gnome-bluetooth, kcolorpicker, kimageannotator, lemonbar, logseq, menulibre, nextcloud-client, Opera, pidgin, rapid-photo-downloader, rednotebook, Solaar, syncthing, tailscale, Vivaldi, Wireshark, wlroots, xpra, yubico-authenticator, and Zotero.