[ANNOUNCEMENT] SLE15 SP6 Snapshot-202312-1 released

Tue Dec 19 08:37:55 UTC 2023

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Hi,

we are happy to announce Snapshot-202312-1 for SLE 15 SP6. The snapshot
media is only released to our partners in the Partner Beta Program and is
accessible to all members of the Public Beta Program via the Pool channel.
To update they need to force a refresh via 'sudo zypper ref --force'.

Main Info Page
==============
[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP6)
- information on the project, its status and responsibilities as well as
important documents and locations.

Download Links
==============
You can get the Snapshot-202312-1 ISO images from:

- [SLE-15-SP6-Full-Snapshot-202312-1](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Snapshot-202312-1)
- [SLE-15-SP6-Online-Snapshot-202312-1](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Online-Snapshot-202312-1)
- [SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-Snapshot-202312-1](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-Snapshot-202312-1)

Next Steps
==========
- Beta3-202401 Submit Deadline 2024-01-17
- Beta3-202401 on 2024-01-25

Important Notice
================

SLE 15 SP6 is labelled as a "Refresh" Service Pack. To learn more about our
"Consolidation/Refresh" model please refer to this [article](
https://www.suse.com/c/how-suse-builds-its-enterprise-linux-distribution-part-4/).
Please take a note that during the beta phase our images will continue to
evolve and we'll add new fetaures untill our Public Beta milestone.

For more details on the project roadmap please head to the [Time page of
the Project Plan](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SLE15+SP6+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart),
which includes more information on each project and release milestone and
their Acceptance Criteria. You can find a detailed SLE 15 SP6 schedule on
[Confluence](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/Schedule)
as well.

Build Numbers
=============
* SLE-15-SP6-Full:                Build45.1
* SLE-15-SP6-Online:              Build45.1

* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.34
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.36
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.34
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.36
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.aarch64-RaspberryPi-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Cloud-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Cloud-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.aarch64-kvm-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-Cloud-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-kvm-Build2.62
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-Cloud-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-MS-HyperV-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-VMware-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-Build3.30
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.11
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.12
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.12

Notable Changes
===============
This milestone features several notable changes, such as the shipment of
PostgreSQL 16, glibc 2.38, java-openjdk 21 and systemd 254.
The previous version of PostgreSQL is still available in the Legacy
module.
Please note that the information mentioned below is just about a selection
of changes, check out the Changelog files for more details and a full list.
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/Build+Status

Complete Changelogs
-------------------
[Full Changelog on xcdchk](
http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/45.1)

Selection of Changes in this Milestone
======================================

Added packages
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* libsemanage2

Updated Kernel
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* None

Updated packages
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* checkpolicy: 3.1-150400.1.5 => 3.5-150600.1.1
* jeos-firstboot: 1.2.0.5-150500.1.2 => 1.2.0.9-150600.1.1
* krb5: 1.20.1-150600.7.4 => 1.20.1-150600.8.1
* libselinux: 3.1-150400.1.69 => 3.5-150600.1.7
* libsemanage: 3.1-150400.1.65 => 3.5-150600.1.7
* libsepol: 3.1-150400.1.70 => 3.5-150600.1.8
* mcstrans: 3.1-150400.1.6 => 3.5-150600.1.1
* policycoreutils: 3.1-150400.1.5 => 3.5-150600.1.1
* restorecond: 3.1-150400.1.5 => 3.5-150600.1.1
* setools: 4.3.0-150400.3.3.1 => 4.4.3-150600.1.1

Downgraded Packages
-------------------
* None

Removed Packages
----------------
* libsemanage1
* python3-networkx

Changed Architecture
--------------------
* None

Resolved and Known Issues
=========================

Resolved Issues
---------------
* jsc#1217983 minimal-vm images do not boot to default systemd target
* For further please have a look at Bugzilla

Known Issues
------------
* The SAP deliverables show degradation in performance.
* The s390x tests show some concerning bugs: bsc#1217923, bsc#1217953
* Known PowerPC high impact bugs: bsc#1216097, bsc#1217761, bsc#1217911

* For further bugs please refer to our [Bugzilla page](
https://bugzilla.suse.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&list_id=13942414&namedcmd=SLE_15SP6_Triage
)

*Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team*

-- 
*Radoslav Tsvetkov*
Senior Program Manager SUSE BCL Linux
<https://www.suse.com/solutions/business-critical-linux/>
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