<div dir="ltr">!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>!! SUSE CONFIDENTIAL !! SUSE CONFIDENTIAL !! SUSE CONFIDENTIAL !!<br>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Hi,<br><br>we are happy to announce PublicBeta-202402 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'.<br><br><br>Main Info Page<br>==============<br>[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6](<a href="https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP6">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP6</a>) - information on the project, its status and responsibilities as well as important documents and locations.<br><br>Download Links<br>==============<br>You can get the PublicBeta-202402 ISO images from:<br><br>- [SLE-15-SP6-Full-PublicBeta-202402](<a href="http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Full-PublicBeta-202402">http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Full-PublicBeta-202402</a>)<br>- [SLE-15-SP6-Online-PublicBeta-202402](<a href="http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Online-PublicBeta-202402">http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Online-PublicBeta-202402</a>)<br>- [SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-PublicBeta-202402](<a href="http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-PublicBeta-202402">http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-PublicBeta-202402</a>)<br><br>Next Steps<br>==========<br>- 2024-03-19 - kABI freeze <br>- 2024-03-19 - Crypto freeze <br>- 2024-03-20 - Code submit deadline for RC1<br>- 2024-03-28 - RC1-202403<br><br>Important Notice<br>================<br><br>SLE 15 SP6 is labelled as a "Refresh" Service Pack. To learn more about our "Consolidation/Refresh" model please refer to this [article](<a href="https://www.suse.com/c/how-suse-builds-its-enterprise-linux-distribution-part-4/">https://www.suse.com/c/how-suse-builds-its-enterprise-linux-distribution-part-4/</a>). 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. <br><br>For more details on the project roadmap please head to the [Time page of the Project Plan](<a href="https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SLE15+SP6+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SLE15+SP6+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart</a>), 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](<a href="https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/Schedule">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/Schedule</a>) as well.<br><br>Build Numbers<br>=============<br>* SLE-15-SP6-Full: Build62.1<br>* SLE-15-SP6-Online: Build62.1<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.123<br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.126<br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.128<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.123<br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.126<br>* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.128<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.85<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.84<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.83<br><br><br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.85<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.84<br>* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.83<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-EC2-ECS-HVM.aarch64-0.9.1-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-EC2-ECS-HVM.x86_64-0.9.1-Build1.83<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83<br>* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.84<br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.86<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.84<br>* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.86<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.aarch64-RaspberryPi-Build5.32<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Build3.101<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Cloud-Build3.101<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Build3.101<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Cloud-Build3.101<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.aarch64-kvm-Build5.32<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-Cloud-Build3.101<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-kvm-Build3.101<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-Cloud-Build5.32<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-MS-HyperV-Build5.32<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-VMware-Build5.32<br>* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-Build5.32<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Devel-Build1.73<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Production-Build1.73<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Devel-Build1.73<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Production-Build1.73<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.114<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.114<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.114<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.72<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.72<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.72<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.71<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.72<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.72<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.71<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.72<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.72<br><br>* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.71<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.71<br>* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.72<br><br>* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.80<br><br>* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.84<br><br>* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.80<br>* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.82<br>* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.84<br><br><br>Notable Changes <br>=============== <br>Since the Last Beta <br><br>New OpenSSH is handling the root login permit differently. There are no changes in the behavior in the default behavior, but some corner cases might be affected. See bsc#1221005. This milestone features many bug fixes and updates. <br><div>openssl3.0 is now the default, but the 1.1 is still available. <br></div><div>This milestone features many bug fixes and updates, and the last kernel. <br></div><br>Since the Beta Begin <br><br>GNOME 45, glibc 2.38, kernel 6.4, PostgreSQL 16, java-openjdk 21, systemd 254, qemu 8.2.0, libguestfs 1.52.0, postfix 3.8.4 and go 1.22. <br><div><br></div><div><br></div>Complete Changelogs<br>-------------------------------<br>[Full Changelog on xcdchk](<a href="http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1">http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1</a>)<br><br><br>Selection of Changes in this Milestone<br>======================================<br><br>The Selection will be available very soon [under the link](<a href="http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1">http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1</a>)<br><br><br>Resolved and Known Issues<br>=========================<br><br>Notable Known Issues<br>____________________<br>bsc#1220681: Apache does not start in FIPS mode. This will be fixed in the next build. <br>bsc#1220858 mozilla-nss-certs is not available. libnssckbi.so is provided by p11-kit-nss-trust instead. mozilla-nss-certs will be available again in the next build <br><br>SAP<br>___<br>bsc#1220851 sap-installation-wizard (autoyast_sles4sap_hana) autoyast installation, reports : Value '' is invalid. This will be fixed in the next build. <br>bsc#1220125 - [hana-perf] Persistent bios(devname) provided network interface names broke on <br><br>Virtualization <br>______________ <br>bsc#1216796 Timeout to compress guest system disk image via qemu-img <br>bsc#1220143 VM startup indefinitely stucks at "start job is running for wicked managed network interfaces" <br><br>PPC64 <br>_____ <br>bsc#1220711 LPFC adapter (Everest/1060/lpfc/Nool) <br>bcs#1219958 mcore is not getting saved when fadump is configured) <br><br>s390x <br>_____ <br>bsc#1220714 virtqemud logging problem reporting wrongly End of file while reading data <br><br>aarch64 <br>_______ <br>bsc#1220281 - instances does not fallback to first-boot when no cloud-int config is configured <br><br>OpenSUSE 15.6 Known Bugs <br>________________________ <br><br><a href="https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bug_Day">https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bug_Day</a> (landing page) and <a href="https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Known_bugs_15.6">https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Known_bugs_15.6</a> specifically for 15.6 Bug finding and Known issues dashboard<br><br>Resolved <br>-------- <br>* For a complete bug list, please refer to our [Bugzilla page](<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&list_id=13942414&namedcmd=SLE_15SP6_Triage">https://bugzilla.suse.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&list_id=13942414&namedcmd=SLE_15SP6_Triage</a>) <br><br><br> <br>Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team <br><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
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