GitLab 12.2 Supports Complex Dependencies for CI Tasks and Cross-Project Merge Requests
GitLab’s latest release aims to enable complex continuous integration (CI) pipelines, team collaboration, and dependencies management across projects. Furthermore, GitLab 12.2 adds new push options for merge requests, and uses environment-specific Kubernetes namespaces to enable sharing the same cluster across multiple project environments.
Go 1.13 Brings Centralized Module Mirror Proxy and Checksum Database
While leaving the language mostly unchanged, Go 1.13 brings a number of improvements to the toolchain, runtime, and libraries, including a relatively controversial default Go module proxy and Checksum database which requires developers to accept a specific Google privacy policy.
Microsoft Clears the Way for Having ExFAT in the Linux Kernel
Microsoft is making the official specification for exFAT freely available in a move meant to make it possible to include an exFAT driver directly into the Linux kernel. Additionally, when an exFAT-enabled Linux kernel will be published, Microsoft will support its inclusion in the Open Invention Network’s Linux System Definition.
Python 2 End of Life Announced as January 1st 2020
After spreading the news at conferences, on the Python announcement list, and on countless blog posts and books, the Python Software Foundation has finally taken the step to formally announce Python 2 will reach end of life (EOL) on January 1st, 2019.