<div dir="ltr"><div>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>!!     SUSE CONFIDENTIAL !! SUSE CONFIDENTIAL !! SUSE CONFIDENTIAL   !!<br>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Hi,<br><br>we are happy to announce the Snapshot-202412-1 for SLE15 SP7. Please read the limitations of the build at the end of this Email.<br><br>Main Info Page<br>==============<br>[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7](<a href="https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP7+Home">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP7+Home</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 Snapshot-202412-1 ISO images from:<br><br>- [SLE-15-SP7-Full-Snapshot-202412-1](<a href="https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Snapshot-202412-1">https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Snapshot-202412-1</a>)<br>- [SLE-15-SP7-Online-Snapshot-202412-1](<a href="https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Online-Snapshot-202412-1">https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Online-Snapshot-202412-1</a>)<br>- [SLE-15-SP7-Minimal-Snapshot-202412-1](<a href="https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Minimal-Snapshot-202412-1/">https://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP7-Minimal-Snapshot-202412-1/</a>)<br><br>Next Steps<br>==========<br>- Further Builds<br>- Beta3-202501       2025-01-23<br><br>Important Notice<br>================<br><br>SLE15 SP7 is labelled as a "Consolidation" 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 note that during the beta phase our images will continue to evolve and we'll add new features 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/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SLE15+SP7+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SLE15+SP7+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 SP7 schedule on [Confluence](<a href="https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/Schedule">https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/Schedule</a>) as well.<br><br>Build Numbers<br>=============<br>builds from SUSE:SLE-15-SP7:GA:<br><br>*SLE-15-SP7-Full:45.2<br>*SLE-15-SP7-Online:45.2<br><br><br>Complete Changelogs<br>-------------------<br>[Full Changelog on xcdchk](<a href="http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Test/40.1">http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Test/40.1</a>)<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-SP7-Full-Test/45.2">http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Test/45.2</a>)<br><br>Updated Packages since Beta2-202411 (Build 40.1)    <br>======================================<br>* apache2-devel: 2.4.58-150600.5.26.1 => 2.4.58-150600.5.29.1<br>* apache2-mod_php8: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.1<br>* apache2-prefork: 2.4.58-150600.5.26.1 => 2.4.58-150600.5.29.1<br>* apache2: 2.4.58-150600.5.26.1 => 2.4.58-150600.5.29.1<br>* apache2-utils: 2.4.58-150600.5.26.1 => 2.4.58-150600.5.29.1<br>* apache2-worker: 2.4.58-150600.5.26.1 => 2.4.58-150600.5.29.1<br>* apache-commons-lang3: 3.12.0-150200.3.6.4 => 3.16.0-150200.3.9.2<br>* automake: 1.15.1-4.10.2 => 1.15.1-150000.4.13.2<br>* bcel: 5.2-150200.11.3.1 => 6.10.0-150200.11.6.2<br>* bea-stax: 1.2.0-9.63 => 1.2.0-150200.11.3.1<br>* bluez: 5.71-150600.1.3 => 5.78-150700.1.1<br>* bmake: 20200606-150400.1.4 => 20200606-150400.3.3.2<br>* cosign: 2.2.4-150400.3.20.1 => 2.4.0-150400.3.23.1<br>* duperemove: 0.12-150600.1.5 => 0.14.1-150700.1.1<br>* expat: 2.4.4-150400.3.22.1 => 2.4.4-150400.3.25.1<br>* fabtests: 1.22.0-150700.1.1 => 1.22.0-150700.2.1<br>* findutils: 4.8.0-1.20 => 4.10.0-150700.1.1<br>* go1.22: 1.22.8-150000.1.30.1 => 1.22.9-150000.1.33.1<br>* go1.23: 1.23.2-150000.1.9.1 => 1.23.3-150000.1.12.1<br>* google-guest-agent: 20240314.00-150400.1.48.7 => 20241011.01-150000.1.51.1<br>* google-osconfig-agent: 20240320.00-150400.1.35.7 => 20240926.03-150000.1.38.1<br>* grep: 3.1-150000.4.6.1 => 3.11-150700.1.1<br>* grub2: 2.12-150600.8.9.2 => 2.12-150700.12.5<br>* gtk4: 4.12.4-150600.3.3.1 => 4.12.4-150600.3.6.2<br>* hplip: 3.23.8-150600.2.3 => 3.24.4-150700.1.1<br>* httpcomponents-client: 4.5.12-150200.3.6.4 => 4.5.14-150200.3.9.1<br>* httpcomponents-core: 4.4.13-150200.3.6.4 => 4.4.14-150200.3.9.1<br>* hwdata: 0.380-150000.3.68.1 => 0.389-150000.3.71.2<br>* ImageMagick: 7.1.1.21-150600.1.11 => 7.1.1.39-150700.1.1<br>* jackson-annotations: 2.16.1-150200.3.14.4 => 2.17.3-150200.3.19.1<br>* jackson-core: 2.16.1-150200.3.14.7 => 2.17.3-150200.3.19.1<br>* jackson-databind: 2.16.1-150200.3.18.1 => 2.17.3-150200.3.23.1<br>* javapackages-tools: 6.2.0-150200.3.12.1 => 6.3.4-150200.3.15.1<br>* kdump: 2.0.6+git18.g6fc4531-150600.3.3.1 => 2.0.12-150700.1.1<br>* kernel-source: 6.4.0-150600.6.11 => 6.4.0-150700.11.2<br>* kexec-tools: 2.0.27-150700.7.2 => 2.0.29-150700.1.1<br>* kiwi-templates-Minimal-s390x: 15.7-150700.1.1 => 15.7-150700.2.1<br>* ledmon: 0.97-150600.1.8 => 1.1.0-150700.1.1<br>* libfabric: 1.22.0-150700.1.1 => 1.22.0-150700.2.1<br>* libgcrypt: 1.10.3-150600.1.23 => 1.11.0-150700.2.1<br>* libgpg-error: 1.47-150600.1.3 => 1.50-150700.1.1<br>* libica: 4.3.0-150600.4.6.1 => 4.3.1-150700.2.2<br>* libimagequant: 2.11.3-1.11 => 2.18.0-150700.1.1<br>* libmbim: 1.28.4-150600.2.5 => 1.30.0-150700.1.1<br>* libnet: 3.9.1-150600.3.2.1 => 3.10-150700.2.1<br>* libnettle: 3.9.1-150600.3.2.1 => 3.10-150700.2.1<br>* libnvidia-egl-wayland: 1.1.16-150700.1.1 => 1.1.16-150700.2.1<br>* libnvme: 1.8+50.g2b587d3-150600.3.9.2 => 1.11-150700.2.1<br>* libuv: 1.44.2-150500.3.2.1 => 1.44.2-150500.3.5.1<br>* libvirt: 10.8.0-150700.1.3 => 10.9.0-150700.1.1<br>* libvma: 9.8.40-150600.1.7 => 9.8.60-150700.1.1<br>* libxml2: 2.10.3-150500.5.17.1 => 2.12.9-150700.1.1<br>* libzdnn: 1.0.1-150600.2.2 => 1.1.1-150700.1.1<br>* libzfcphbaapi0: 2.2.0-1.11 => 3.0.1-150700.1.1<br>* lifecycle-data-sle-module-development-tools: 1-150200.3.27.1 => 1-150200.3.33.1<br>* man-pages: 6.04-150600.1.2 => 6.9.1-150700.1.1<br>* MozillaFirefox: 128.4.0-150200.152.158.1 => 128.5.0-150200.152.161.1<br>* MozillaThunderbird: 128.3.1-150200.8.185.1 => 128.4.3-150200.8.188.1<br>* multipath-tools: 0.10.0+103+suse.0fc97cd-150700.1.4 => 0.10.1~2+112+suse.b66763a-150700.1.1<br>* netty3: 3.10.6-150200.3.10.1 => 3.10.6-150200.3.13.2<br>* nodejs-common: 6.0-150600.1.5 => 6.1-150700.1.1<br>* nvme-cli: 2.8+65.gae2c271-150600.3.9.2 => 2.11-150700.1.1<br>* nvme-stas: 2.3-150600.1.3 => 2.3.1-150700.1.1<br>* openCryptoki: 3.24.0-150700.1.3 => 3.24.0-150700.2.3<br>* openldap2_5: 2.5.17+50-150500.11.3.1 => 2.5.18+31-150500.11.6.2<br>* openmpi4: 4.1.6-150600.3.4.4 => 4.1.7-150700.1.1<br>* openssh: 9.6p1-150600.6.9.1 => 9.6p1-150600.6.12.1<br>* openssl-3: 3.1.4-150600.5.21.1 => 3.2.3-150700.1.3<br>* openssl: 1.0.1-150700.1.2 => 1.0.1-150700.1.3<br>* openucx: 1.15.0-150600.1.5 => 1.17.0-150700.1.1<br>* perftest: 23.07.0-150600.1.7 => 24.07.0-150700.1.1<br>* perl-Bootloader: 1.8.2-150600.3.3.1 => 1.21-150700.1.1<br>* perl-Sys-Virt: 10.6.0-150700.1.1 => 10.9.0-150700.1.1<br>* php8-embed: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.1<br>* php8-fastcgi: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.1<br>* php8-fpm: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.1<br>* php8-pear: 1.10.21-150400.9.3.1 => 1.10.23-150700.1.1<br>* php8: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.1<br>* php8-test: 8.2.24-150600.3.6.1 => 8.3.14-150700.1.3<br>* pigz: 2.3.3-1.28 => 2.8-150700.1.1<br>* pngquant: 2.11.2-1.11 => 2.18.0-150700.1.1<br>* postgresql15: 15.8-150600.16.6.1 => 15.10-150600.16.9.1<br>* postgresql16: 16.4-150600.16.5.1 => 16.6-150600.16.10.1<br>* postgresql: 16-150600.17.3.2 => 17-150600.17.6.1<br>* powerpc-utils: 1.3.12-150700.8.1 => 1.3.13-150700.1.1<br>* python313-pipx: 1.7.1-150700.1.1 => 1.7.1-150700.2.1<br>* python3-libvirt-python: 10.8.0-150700.1.1 => 10.9.0-150700.1.1<br>* qemu: 9.1.1-150700.1.1 => 9.1.2-150700.1.2<br>* rdma-core: 49.1-150600.2.5 => 54.0-150700.1.1<br>* rekor: 1.3.5-150400.4.19.1 => 1.3.6-150400.4.22.1<br>* rust1.82: 1.82.0-150500.11.3.1 => 1.82.0-150500.11.6.1<br>* s390-tools: 2.31.0-150600.8.9.3 => 2.31.0-150600.8.12.3<br>* salt: 3006.0-150500.4.41.2 => 3006.0-150500.4.44.2<br>* sapconf: 5.0.7-150400.16.4.1 => 5.0.8-150400.16.7.2<br>* secvarctl: 1.0.0+git0.73d91fa-150600.1.3 => 1.1.0+git1.1d8b86b-150700.1.1<br>* sled-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.3<br>* sle-ha-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-basesystem-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-containers-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-desktop-applications-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-development-tools-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-hpc-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-legacy-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-live-patching-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-public-cloud-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-python3-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-rt-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-sap-applications-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-sap-business-one-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-server-applications-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-transactional-server-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-module-web-scripting-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* SLE_RT-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.3<br>* SLES_SAP-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* sle-we-release: 15.7-150700.11.2 => 15.7-150700.13.1<br>* spack: 0.21.2-150400.15.2 => 0.21.3-150400.18.1<br>* sssd: 2.9.3-150600.3.9.2 => 2.9.3-150600.3.12.1<br>* strongswan: 5.9.12-150600.1.64 => 5.9.14-150700.1.3<br>* suse-module-tools: 15.6.10-150600.3.6.2 => 15.7.1-150700.1.1<br>* tomcat10: 10.1.25-150200.5.25.1 => 10.1.33-150200.5.28.1<br>* tomcat: 9.0.91-150200.68.1 => 9.0.97-150200.71.1<br>* ucode-intel: 20240910-150200.47.1 => 20241112-150200.50.1<br>* valgrind: 3.22.0-150600.1.3 => 3.23.0-150700.1.1<br>* virt-manager: 4.1.0-150600.10.1 => 5.0.0-150700.1.1<br>* webkit2gtk3: 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1 => 2.46.3-150600.12.16.1<br>* webkit2gtk3-soup2: 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1 => 2.46.3-150600.12.16.1<br>* webkit2gtk4: 2.46.0-150600.12.12.1 => 2.46.3-150600.12.16.1<br>* wpa_supplicant: 2.10-150600.7.3.1 => 2.11-150700.1.2<br>* xalan-j2: 2.7.2-150200.11.4.3 => 2.7.3-150200.11.7.1<br>* xerces-j2: 2.12.2-150200.3.7.3 => 2.12.2-150200.3.10.2<br>* xstream: 1.4.20-150200.3.25.1 => 1.4.21-150200.3.28.1<br>* yast2-bootloader: 4.7.0-150700.1.1 => 4.7.1-150700.1.1<br>* yast2-iscsi-client: 4.7.0-150700.1.1 => 4.7.3-150700.1.1<br>* yast2-network: 4.7.0-150700.1.1 => 4.7.1-150700.1.1<br>* yast2-sap-ha: 4.6.3-150600.1.1 => 4.7.1-150700.1.1<br>* kubernetes: 1.28.13-150400.9.10.1 => 1.28.15-150700.1.1<br><br>Added Packages <br>====================================<br>* go1.22-openssl 1.22.7.1<br>* go1.23-openssl 1.23.2.2<br>* himmelblau 0.6.14+git.0.bbda0b6<br>* kubernetes 1.30.6<br>* nodejs22 22.11.0<br>* openmpi_4_1_7-gnu-hpc 4.1.7<br>* go1.22 <br>* go1.23 <br>* libica-openssl1_1 <br>* libica <br>* rust1.82<br><br>Removed packages<br>======================================<br>* cargo1.80<br>* java-1_8_0-ibm-alsa<br>* java-1_8_0-ibm-devel<br>* java-1_8_0-ibm-plugin<br>* numad<br>* rust1.80<br><br>Downgraded packages <br>======================================<br>-<br><br>Known Bugs and Limitations<br>======================================<br><br>General Notice: Security FIPS is not fully functional. Some further bugs related to VM and multipath are still open.<br><br>1232712      [xen][pv] installation seems hang or graphic console is not working when install a xen PV virtual machine<br>1233233      [s390x] openqa cc: kernel panic during boot<br>1233372    vmware kernel: critical target error, dev sda, sector 520 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 57 prio class 2<br>1233386 no output on tty1 with kernel 6.4.0-150700.35-default<br>1233730 [ppc64le]  SBAT ELF note is missing<br>1233539 Desktop fails to assign space for io size<br><br><br>For a complete list, please refer to  [bugzilla](<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/">https://bugzilla.suse.com/</a>)<br><br><br><br>Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team</div><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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