Release Notes for Alpine 3.16.0

2022-05-28T16:11:51Z

NuMessiah: Spelling bee attack.

== Important changes ==

=== /tmp mounted as tmpfs ===

Previously <code>/tmp</code> was part of the root filesystem and was cleaned on boot via the bootmisc openrc service script. In v3.16, new installations will mount <code>/tmp</code> as tmpfs.

=== ICU data split ===

The icu package has been split into:

* {{pkg|icu-data-en}} (2.6 MiB) - Stripped down ICU data with only en_US/GB locale and no legacy charset converters.
* {{pkg|icu-data-full}} (29 MiB) - Full ICU data.

{{pkg|icu-libs}} only installs icu-data-en. If additional language support is required, {{pkg|icu-data-full}} needs to be installed manually.

{{pkg|nodejs}} is now compiled with system ICU.

=== NetworkManager plugins ===

NetworkManager plugins (e.g. WiFi or ADSL support) have been moved into subpackages and are not installed by default. If you use some of them, install the corresponding packages:

* WiFi: {{pkg|networkmanager-wifi}}
* ADSL: {{pkg|networkmanager-adsl}}
* Mobile broardband: {{pkg|networkmanager-wwan}}
* BlueTooth: {{pkg|networkmanager-bluetooth}}
* PPP: {{pkg|networkmanager-ppp}}
* Open vSwitch: {{pkg|networkmanager-ovs}}

== New features and noteworthy new packages ==

=== Fixed not showing boot output using consoles with drivers compiled as modules ===

OpenRC output is now shown on VirtIO serial consoles.

=== SDL 1.2 migrated to SDL 1.2 compat ===

The old sdl package (SDL 1.2) has been moved from community to testing and as such won't be part of Alpine 3.16. Applications that use sdl instead use sdl12-compat, which is based on the much more well-maintained sdl2 (SDL 2.0). This results in various improvements such as support for Wayland, PipeWire, and more gamepads.

=== utmp ===

TODO(jirutka): Write something…

https://skarnet.org/software/utmps/

The following packages are built with utmps:

* busybox
* dropbear
* mingetty
* openssh
* util-linux

=== login-utils ===

{{pkg|util-linux-login}} has been added as a provider of the <code>login</code> command. If <code>cmd:login</code> has been added to world, then the util-linux implementation will be preferred over the shadow implementation. If the shadow implementation is required, then {{pkg|shadow-login}} must be manually selected.

=== Zsh - modular zshrc and plugins support ===

TODO(jirutka): Write description.

=== doas-sudo-shim ===

If you are hesitant to switch to {{pkg|doas}} because you have <code>sudo</code> too deep in your muscle memory, hesitant no more! Just install {{pkg|doas-sudo-shim}} and you can continue to use the <code>sudo</code> command, but without its security issues and bloat.

== Significant updates ==

* GNOME 42
* LLVM 13
* PHP 8.0 and 8.1 both shipped
* Python 3.10
* QEMU 7
* R 4.2
* Ruby 3.1
* Rust 1.60
* Sway 1.7
* Xen 4.16.1

=== KDE ===

Plasma has been upgraded from 5.23 to 5.24.

KDE applications (the release service) have been upgraded from 21.08 to 22.04 and KDE Frameworks have been upgraded from 5.88 to 5.93.

Plasma Mobile Gear have been upgraded from 21.12 to 22.04.

=== Python upgraded to 3.10 ===

Python has been upgraded to version 3.10, and all modules have been rebuilt against python 3.10. Manually-installed Python modules must be recompiled against 3.10.

== Deprecations / Removals ==

=== php7 moved to testing ===

The {{pkg|php7}} package has been moved to testing, as no more packages in community depend on it and php 7.4 will be EOL soon. {{pkg|php8}} has taken it's place, which is php 8.0. Additionally 8.1 is shipped via community

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