This month in Fedora (November 2019)

November was a busy month. Almost all elementary projects got new releases, and there was the usual amount of package updates for golang, python, and rubygem packages.

fedora updates

elementary packages

In preparation for the release of elementaryOS 5.1 on December 4, new releases for almost all elementary projects were tagged and published. That meant a lot of packaging work for me 😆️ The tables below hold the information and links to the upstream release notes and git changelogs, as always.

Switchboard

package version release changes
switchboard 2.3.7 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.3.6 → 2.3.7
switchboard-plug-bluetooth 2.3.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.2 → 2.3.0
switchboard-plug-applications 2.1.6 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.5 → 2.1.6
switchboard-plug-pantheon-shell 2.8.2 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.8.1 → 2.8.2
switchboard-plug-about 2.6.1 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.6.0 → 2.6.1
switchboard-plug-mouse-touchpad 2.3.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.0 → 2.3.0
switchboard-plug-networking 2.2.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.4 → 2.2.0
switchboard-plug-printers 2.1.7 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.6 → 2.1.7
switchboard-plug-sound 2.2.2 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.1 → 2.2.2
switchboard-plug-display 2.2.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.9 → 2.2.0

Wingpanel

package version release changes
wingpanel 2.2.6 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.5 → 2.2.6
wingpanel-indicator-datetime 2.2.0 1.fc30 2.1.3 → 2.2.0
wingpanel-indicator-keyboard 2.2.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.2 → 2.2.0
wingpanel-applications-menu 2.5.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.4.4 → 2.5.0
wingpanel-indicator-notifications 2.1.3 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.2 → 2.1.3
wingpanel-indicator-sound 2.1.4 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.3 → 2.1.4
wingpanel-indicator-session 2.2.6 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.5 → 2.2.6
wingpanel-indicator-bluetooth 2.1.4 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.1.3 → 2.1.4
wingpanel-indicator-datetime 2.2.1 1.fc30 2.2.0 → 2.2.1

Session components

package version release changes
elementary-greeter 5.0.1 1.fc32, 1.fc31 5.0 → 5.0.1
elementary-shortcut-overlay 1.1.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.0.1 → 1.1.0
pantheon-agent-polkit 1.0.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 0.1.6 → 1.0.0
pantheon-agent-geoclue2 1.0.3 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.0.2 → 1.0.3
elementary-capnet-assist 2.2.4 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.2.3 → 2.2.4

Applications

package version release changes
elementary-files 4.2.0 2.fc32, 2.fc31 fix compilation with newer vala
elementary-screenshot-tool 1.7.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.6.2 → 1.7.0
elementary-photos 2.6.5 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.6.4 → 2.6.5
elementary-terminal 5.4.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.3.6 → 5.4.0
elementary-calculator 1.5.3 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.5.2 → 1.5.3
elementary-videos 2.7.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 2.6.3 → 2.7.0
elementary-calendar 5.0.1 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.0 → 5.0.1
elementary-calculator 1.5.4 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.5.3 → 1.5.4
elementary-calendar 5.0.2 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.0.1 → 5.0.2
elementary-calendar 5.0.3 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.0.1 → 5.0.2

Artwork

package version release changes
elementary-icon-theme 5.1.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.0.4 → 5.1.0
elementary-theme 5.3.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 5.2.5 → 5.3.0

"made for elementary" packages

I managed to add a simple patch for fixing compilation issues of Appeditor with the latest versions of vala.

package version release changes
appeditor 1.1.0 4.fc32, 4.fc31, 3.fc30 fix compilation with newer vala

golang packages

The release schedule of Syncthing seems to have slowed down, and this month's release is already available on fedora now. I also updated one Go library to its latest version.

package version release changes
syncthing 1.3.1 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 1.3.0 → 1.3.1
golang-gopkg-asn1-ber-1 1.4 1.fc32 1.3 → 1.4

ruby packages

Two new releases for the rubygem packages I maintain were published, and the fedora packages are already up-to-date again.

package version release changes
rubygem-rouge 3.13.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 3.12.0 → 3.13.0
rubygem-jekyll-feed 0.13.0 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 0.12.1 → 0.13.0

python packages

The latest version of the pyrsistent python package is also already available from the fedora repositories.

package version release changes
python-pyrsistent 0.15.6 1.fc32, 1.fc31, 1.fc30 0.15.5 → 0.15.6

COPR updates

elementary-staging

These Switchboard plugs are not yet ready for inclusion in the official fedora repositories, but at least the latest releases are now available from COPR and ready for testing.

package version release changes
switchboard-plug-locale 2.5.0 1 2.4.1 → 2.5.0
switchboard-plug-useraccounts 2.3.0 1 2.2.1 → 2.3.0
switchboard-plug-power 2.4.0 1 2.3.5 → 2.4.0

elementary-appcenter

I also updated the Monitor application to the latest upstream release.

package version release changes
monitor 0.6.1 1 0.6.0 → 0.6.1