New, Patched & Versioned Packages and Languages
The ActiveState Platform is regularly updated with new, patched and versioned packages and languages. As an ActiveState Platform user, keep your projects up to date by implementing these new upgrades:
March 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapely 2.0.1 | Python | Provides manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/03/15 |
| Python 3.11.1 & 3.11.2 | Python | Minor releases that provide fixes to security issues. | Upgrade recommended for CVE fixes | 2023/03/15 |
February 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perl 5.34.1 | Perl | Includes a number of core module updates, a B::Deparse bug fix, and the ability to compile Perl on Windows using MS Visual Studio 2022. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/02/13 |
| jsonschema 4.17.3 | Python | Fixes instantiating validators with cached refs to boolean schema rather than objects. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/02/13 |
December 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.10.8, 3.9.15, 3.8.15 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/12/02 |
| pygame 2.1.2 | Python | Including pygame dependencies like libevent, vorbis, libxmp, flac will now build | Now Builds on Windows and Linux | 2022/12/02 |
| Perl Packages | Perl | IO-File-Cached, Mail-SpamAssassin and MaxMind-DB-Reader-XS are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Mac and Linux | 2022/12/02 |
November 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.10.7, 3.9.14, 3.8.14 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/11/02 |
| Python C-libraries | Python | libxml 2.10.3, libxslt 1.1.37, libexpat 2.4.9, zlib 1.2.13, curl 7.85.0 and sqlite3 3.39.4, which are all key libraries that have been updated to address security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/11/02 |
| Ruby Packages | Ruby | rake-compiler 1.2.0, parser 3.1.2.1, ruby_memcheck 1.0.3, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Windows and Linux | 2022/11/02 |
| Python Packages | Python | grpc 1.49.1, grpcio-tools, flit-core 3.7.1, opencensus packages, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2022/11/02 |
September 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lxml v4.9.1 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/09/08 |
| cmake | Python | Cross-platform set of tools for building and packaging software. | Now Builds for all OS’s | 2022/09/08 |
| jupyterlab-server | Python | Provides a set of REST API’s for serving JupyterLab files. | Now Builds on Mac | 2022/09/08 |
| pywinpty | Python | Create and communicate with Windows processes via consoles. | Now Builds on Windows | 2022/09/08 |
August 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python v3.10.6 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/08/11 |
| PyQt6 v6.1.1 | Python | A comprehensive set of Python bindings for the Qt library, which provides advanced UI design capabilities. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/08/11 |
| PySide6 v6.3 | Python | Allows the use of Qt6 APIs in Python apps, as well as the ability to expose apps written in C++ to Python. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/08/11 |
July 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL 1.1.1q | Python Perl Ruby Tcl |
Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/27 |
| Office365 | Python | Provides a wrapper for the O365 library, which provides control over Microsoft Outlook functionality. | Newly Imported | 2022/07/27 |
| Dist-Zilla | Perl | A distribution builder that is designed to make it easier to package and manage open source software for the Perl ecosystem. | Newly Imported | 2022/07/27 |
| grpcio 1.46.0 | Python | A modern Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. This release addresses bug fixes and provides some improvements. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/07/13 |
| Python 3.10.5 | Python | point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Python 3.9.13 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/07/11 |
| Python 3.8.13 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security vulnerabilities including a number of high and critical vulnerabilities. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Ruby 3.0.4 | Ruby | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Ruby 3.1.2 | Ruby | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
June 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipy 1.8.1 and 1.7.3 | Python | Scientific library for mathematics, science, and engineering routines. Both v1.8.1 and v1.7.3 are bug fix releases with no new features. | Upgrade Optional for Linux & Windows | 2022/06/28 |
| Perl 5.36 | Perl | Perl 5.36 features a number of core enhancements, as well as new diagnostics and performance improvements. See Perldelta for more information. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/06/15 |
| Math-GMP v2.25 | Perl | Math-GMP v2.25 provides Perl users with a faster way to perform integer math. This latest version incorporates some refactoring and a workaround for Test::Builder. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/06/15 |
| OpenSSL v1.1.1o | Perl Python Tcl Ruby |
OpenSSL v1.1.1o (labeled as openssl 1.11.0.15 on the ActiveState Platform) includes a fix for CVE-2022-1292 (moderate severity) that eliminates a command injection vulnerability in OpenSSL’s c_rehash script. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/06/15 |
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