NetBSD: Changes and News in 2016
On this page you will find a summary of significant changes to NetBSD. For those interested in every change to the source tree, there is no substitute for subscribing to the source-changes mailing list. Significant news related to the NetBSD Project is also included here. Changes to pkgsrc are also listed here. All of this information is also available in rss/xml format.
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 7.0 to 8.0 (Updated nightly)
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 6.0 to 7.0 (Updated nightly)
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 5.0 to 6.0 (Updated nightly)
- Changes to pkgsrc
- Security patches
The NetBSD Project's BlogDecember 2016
October 2016
- 21 Oct 2016 - NetBSD 7.0.2 released
- 03 Oct 2016 - Stable pkgsrc-2016Q3 branch released
- 01 Oct 2016 - New Developer in September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
- 20 July 2016 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2016-006 (mail.local)
- 12 Jul 2016 - Stable pkgsrc-2016Q2 branch released
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
- 21 April 2016 - New Security Advisories: NetBSD-SA2016-00[4-5] (compat, bozohttpd)
- 16 April 2016 - New Security Advisories: NetBSD-SA2016-00[1-3] (ntp, libxfont, calendar)
January 2016
December 2016
01 Dec 2016 - New Developer in November 2016
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Rin Okuyama (login: rin), who will be working on userland.
October 2016
21 Oct 2016 - NetBSD 7.0.2 released
NetBSD 7.0.2 is now available! Please see the release notes for details.
03 Oct 2016 - Stable pkgsrc-2016Q3 branch released
The 52nd quarterly pkgsrc branch, pkgsrc-2016Q3, was released with more than 17000 entries and 276 new packages (including over 30 TexLive packages added). See the release announcement for more information.
01 Oct 2016 - New Developer in September 2016
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Felix Deichmann (login: flxd), who will be working on bug fixing and device drivers.
August 2016
01 Aug 2016 - New Developer in July 2016
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Sean Cole (login: scole), who will be working on the macppc port and ia64.
July 2016
20 July 2016 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2016-006 (mail.local)
A new security advisory was published:
- NetBSD-SA2016-006 Race condition in mail.local(8)
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
12 Jul 2016 - Stable pkgsrc-2016Q2 branch released
The 51st quarterly pkgsrc branch, pkgsrc-2016Q2, was released with more than 17000 entries and 301 new packages. Notable new packages include Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation), Code::Blocks IDE, CodeLite IDE, CoreCLR (.NET runtime and library), and the MATE desktop environment.
See the release announcement for more information.
June 2016
01 Jun 2016 - New Developer in May 2016
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Abhinav Upadhyay (login: abhinav), who will be working on bug fixing.
May 2016
22 May 2016 - NetBSD 7.0.1 released
NetBSD 7.0.1 is now available! Please see the release notes for details.
April 2016
21 April 2016 - New Security Advisories: NetBSD-SA2016-00[4-5] (compat, bozohttpd)
Two new security advisories were published:
- NetBSD-SA2016-005 Potential remote code execution in the bozohttpd CGI handlers
- NetBSD-SA2016-004 Multiple vulnerabilities in the compatibility layers
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
16 April 2016 - New Security Advisories: NetBSD-SA2016-00[1-3] (ntp, libxfont, calendar)
Three new security advisories were published:
- NetBSD-SA2016-003 Privilege escalation in calendar(1)
- NetBSD-SA2016-002 BDF file parsing issues in libXfont
- NetBSD-SA2016-001 Multiple vulnerabilities in ntp daemon
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
January 2016
01 Jan 2016 - Stable pkgsrc-2015Q4 branch released
The pkgsrc developers are proud to announce the pkgsrc-2015Q3 branch. There are 16846 possible packages in pkgsrc-2015Q4, up from 16764 last quarter. Notable new packages this quarter include kodi (home media center software previously known as xbmc), php-baikal (a CardDAV/CalDAV server), freecol (a Colonization clone), unicorn (a CPU emulator framework), and clang-static-analyzer.
See the release announcement for more information.
01 Jan 2016 - New Developers
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developers:
- Ritesh Agrawal (login: ragrawal), who will be working on networking.
- Guilherme Salazar (login: salazar), who will be working on kernel.