Microsoft SQL Server to Land on Linux

Microsoft’s executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise group Scott Guthrie announced SQL Server is coming to Linux, thus once more confirming Microsoft’s new course on open source software. SQL Server will be generally available on Linux sometime mid 2017, with a private preview being available now.

LLVM 3.8 Discontinues Old Windows Versions, Deprecates Autoconf, Improves Clang

The LLVM team has announced the release of LLVM, which includes a few major deprecations, new C API headers, and Clang 3.8.

GitHub Introduces Reactions to Provide Feedback on Issues and Pull Requests

Following on from the introduction of templates, GitHub has added another new feature, Reactions, that aims to allow developers to vote on issues, comments, or PRs using emoticons.

CLion 2016.1 Adds Python, Swift, Improves C++ Support

JetBrains has announced version 2016.1 of CLion, its cross-platform IDE that targets both Linux and OS X. The new version adds many improvements to C++ support, code generation, Python and Swift support, and better Git integration.

Git 2.8 Adds Improvements to Submodules, Identity Handling, and Windows Support

Recently [announced](https://github.com/blog/2131-git-2-8-has-been-released) Git 2.8 brings many new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Among the most noteworthy are parallel fetch for submodules, an improvement to how Git handles a user’s identity, and better support for Windows.