We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 3.4.0, the first release in v3.4
stable series.
## Some of the new features are:
- Linux 4.4 kernel
- New iso image for virtual machines: alpine-virt
- support for DNS search in /etc/resolv.conf
- ruby 2.3
- postgresql 9.5
## Noteworthy changes when upgrading:
- The PHP packages got renamed from php* to php5*.
- The service `cron` got renamed to `crond`.
- busybox `ping` now use unprivileged ICMP sockets so binary does not need to
be suid root. This means you need to be in group with gid 999-59999 for
being allowed to send pings.
- Most ruby-* packages were removed. Use `gem` instead.
## Some of the desktop applications that were upgraded for v3.4:
- evince 3.20
- libreoffice 5.1
- Mate desktop 1.14
- qt5 5.6
The full list of changes can be found in the
[git log](http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/log/?h=v3.4.0) and
[bug tracker](http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/versions/102).
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed!
Commit statistics:
1081 Natanael Copa
461 Francesco Colista
262 Sören Tempel
215 Leonardo Arena
194 Timo Teräs
110 Carlo Landmeter
96 Valery Kartel
69 Christian Kampka
68 Jakub Jirutka
62 Stuart Cardall
47 Ted Trask
46 Fabian Affolter
37 Kaarle Ritvanen
24 ScrumpyJack
22 *ukasz Jendrysik
20 Fabio da Silva Ribeiro
17 Isaac Dunham
13 Roland Kammerer
12 Nathan Johnson
12 Jose-Luis Rivas
11 Przemyslaw Pawelczyk
11 Marc Vertes
11 David Huffman
10 Michael Zuo
9 Ben Allen
8 Stefan Wagner
7 Laurent Bercot
7 Paul Morgan
7 Daniele Coli
7 Matt Dainty
5 Marlus Saraiva
5 onodera openmailbox.org
5 Nathan Angelacos
4 Bart*omiej Piotrowski
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4 AmatCoder
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2 Jens Vehlhaber
2 Jonathan Curran
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2 Sean Bartell
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2 Mark White
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