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AArch64 (arm64) profiles are now stable! (Aug 11, 2019)

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The ARM64 project is pleased to announce that all ARM64 profiles are now stable.

While our developers and users have contributed significantly in this accomplishment, we must also thank our Packet sponsor for their contribution. Providing the Gentoo developer community with access to bare metal hardware has accelerated progress in achieving the stabilization of the ARM64 profiles.

New packages at the Gentoo packages database

dev-python/pytest-qt pytest plugin for PyQt4 or PyQt5 applications
dev-util/rt-tests A collection of latency testing tools for the linux(-rt) kernel
acct-group/memcached System group: memcached
acct-user/memcached User for the memcached service
acct-group/swift System group: swift

Fresh documentation on the Gentoo wiki

Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability started by Whissi
Dell XPS 15 7590 started by Bugalo
Google Summer of Code/2020/Ideas/New binary package format started by MGorny
Google Summer of Code/2020/Ideas/Redox Relibc Support started by Lu zero
Dell DA200 started by Bugalo