New, Patched & Versioned Packages and Languages
The ActiveState Platform is regularly updated with new, patched and versioned packages and languages. As an ActiveState Platform user, keep your projects up to date by implementing these new upgrades:
February 2024
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| postgresql v16.1.0 | Python | Patches flaws for pg_cancel_backend roles, remote system memory reads and data overflows during array modification | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/02/05 |
| numpy v1.26.3 | Python | Required to install the latest version of Pandas | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/02/05 |
| h5py v3.8 to v3.10 | Perl | Perl database driver for Oracle now builds for Mac | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/02/05 |
| OpenSSL v3.2.1 | Python | Latest release | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/02/05 |
January 2024
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flask 1.1.4.1 | Python | Simple Web framework compatible with Python <v3.6 | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/01/05 |
| NLTK 3.4.5.1 | Python | Resolves a regex denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE 2021-43854) | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/01/05 |
| DBD-Oracle | Perl | Perl database driver for Oracle now builds for Mac | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/01/05 |
| Python 3.11.7 | Python | Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – recommended upgrade | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/01/05 |
| OpenSSL v3.2.0 | Python | Latest release | Now builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2024/01/05 |
December 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crypt-OpenSSL-AES 0.17 | Perl | Perl cryptography library. | Now builds on Windows | 2023/12/04 |
| XML-LibXSLT 2.x | Perl | Perl library for working with XML. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/12/04 |
| Net-SSH2 0.73 | Perl | Perl library for SSH. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/12/04 |
| pyarrow 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 14.0.0 | Python | Now builds for Python. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/12/04 |
| Numba 0.58.1 | Python | Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – recommended upgrade. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/12/04 |
In addition, the team tackled two Perl zero day issues this month, patching the Perl 5.22 through 5.28 cores to address the vulnerabilities. Learn More.
November 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cURL v7.78.0 thru 8.3.0 | Perl, Python | multiple versions have been patched on Perl and Python to address critical vulnerability CVE-2023-38545 – Upgrade Recommended. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/11/02 |
| OpenSSL v3.0.12, 3.1.4 | Python | Updated versions addressing security issues. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/11/02 |
| cmake v.3.27.7 | Python | Latest version | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/11/02 |
| Cython v0.29.36 | Python | Now builds for Python | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/11/02 |
| PostgreSQL v16 & 15.4 | Python | Resolves a number of issues with previous versions – Upgrade Recommended. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/11/02 |
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyarrow v6.0.1 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/11/02 |
| Tensorflow-metadata | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows | 2023/11/02 |
| Tensorflow-data-validation | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Linux | 2023/11/02 |
October 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL | All | v1.1.1w, 3.0.11 and 3.1.3 – updates added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| setuptools-scm v8.0.1 | Python | Updates. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| mariadb v1.1.5 and 1.1.7 | Python | Python wrapper for the open source mariadb driver for mysql databases. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| pygame v.2.4.0 & 2.5.2 | Python | Newer versions for Python. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| numpy v1.25.2 | Python | New version for Python. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/10/01 |
| Cython 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 | Python | Now builds for Python. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| Python 3.7.17.2 | Python | Resolves a number of CVEs. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pydantic v2.2.0 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| Pydantic-core v2.6.0 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows | 2023/10/01 |
| astokens v2.0.5 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Linux | 2023/10/01 |
| Colander (all versions) | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| Safetensors v0.3.2 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/10/01 |
| opencv-python & opencv-python-headless | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
| onnx & onnxruntime | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/10/01 |
September 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sqlite3 3.43.0 | Python | Latest version added for Python builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Certifi v2020.4.5.1 | Python | Now builds for Python 2. | Updated for Python 2 | 2023/09/01 |
| Python | Python | v3,7,17.1, 3.9.18, 3.10.13, 3.11.5 newer point releases now available, providing security & bug fixes. Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac. | Upgrade Recommended. | 2023/09/01 |
| Maturin 1.2.3 | Python | Now builds for Python. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/09/01 |
| Orjson 3.9.5 | Python | New version for Python. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/09/01 |
| DBD-JDBC | Python | Now builds for Perl. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Pydantic-extra-types 2.0.0 | Python | Now builds for Python. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Tcl | Tcl | twapi 4.7.2, tkcon 2.7.11, tdom 0.9.3, tclx 8.6.2, sqlite3 3.42.0, nsf 2.4.0 – now builds for Tcl. | Now builds on Windows, Linux. | 2023/09/01 |
| Ruby | Ruby | Ruby 3.2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.0 – latest version of Ruby have been added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux. | 2023/09/01 |
Additionally, we have begun importing prebuilt binaries for some packages to guarantee you can add them successfully to your build. The current list includes:
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tensorflow, Torch, Torchvision, Torchaudio | Python | The latest version of each can now be successfully added to Mac builds. | Now builds on Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Protofbuf | Python | The latest version can now be added successfully to Windows builds. | Now builds on Windows | 2023/09/01 |
| cmake 3.27.1 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Linux builds. | Now builds on Linux | 2023/09/01 |
| Kivy 2.1.0 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Orjson 3.9.5 | Python | New version for Python. | Now builds on Windows and Linux | 2023/09/01 |
| Spyder 5.4.x | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| pyqt | Python | pyqt5 5.15.9, pyqt5-qt5 5,15,2, pyqtwebengine 5.15.6, pyqtwebengine-pyqt5 5.15.2 – can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| ray 2.6.1 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| wxpython 4.2.1 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac and Windows builds | Now builds on Windows and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Cuda-python 12.1.0 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Tensorstore 0.1.41 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
| Onnx 1.11.0 | Python | Can now be successfully added to Mac, Windows and Linux builds. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/09/01 |
July 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TensorFlow v2.12 | Python | Latest version added – Builds on Python 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. Update: TensorFlow 2.10 was the last version to support GPU on native-windows. We are unable to build Tensorflow for WSL2 at this time because we currently build in virtual environments, and WSL2 requires Hyper-V on bare-metal. Learn more here. | TensorFlow up to 2.10.x: * GPU Support on Linux * GPU Support on Windows TensorFlow 2.11 and greater: * GPU Support on Linux * CPU Support on Windows | 2023/07/04 |
| OpenSSL | Python | v3.1.x, v3.0.x & v.1.1.1 latest versions added. Update: Most python and perl modules will work with OpenSSL 3, but some may fail. If this is the case, simply edit the openssl module in your build back to the most recent 1.1.1, currently 1.1.1u(1.11.0.21). | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/07/04 |
| Python | Python | v3.7.17, v3,8,18, v3.9.17, v3.10.12 & v3.11.4 – latest minor releases added. Provide fixes to known vulnerabilities | Upgrade Recommended. | 2023/07/04 |
| SQLite v3.42 | Python | Latest version added – provides numerous enhancements. | Upgrade Recommended. | 2023/07/04 |
| Colorama v0.4.5 & v0.4.6 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/07/04 |
| Pip v23.1.2 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/07/04 |
| Numpy 1.24.3 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/07/04 |
| Maturin v1.0.1 | Python | Key ML ingredient that adds a Rust backend to the platform | Now builds on Windows, Linux. | 2023/07/04 |
June 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.10.11 | Python | Now available providing security fixes, including for a critical CVE. | Recommended Upgrade | 2023/06/01 |
| Python 3.11.3 | Python | Now available. | Maintenance Release | 2023/06/01 |
| GraphQL-server v3.0.0b | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Pygame v2.4.0 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Arcade (pyarcade) 2.6.7 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Github-reserved-names | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Pygit2 v1.12.0 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Perl 5.36.1 | Perl | Now available, providing select bug fixes. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/06/01 |
| Pod-parser v1.66 | Perl | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/06/01 |
| Win32-AuthenticateUser v0.02 | Perl | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows | 2023/06/01 |
May 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel v0.40.0 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Ipykernel v6.22 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Jupyter | Python | Jupyter-core v5.3; Jupyter-client v8.2, jupyterlab v4.0.0b1, jupyterlab-server v2.22.1, jupyter-server v2.5 added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Traitlets v5.9 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| sqlite3 v3.41.2 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Pycurl v7.43.0 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| curl v8.0.1 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| matplotlib v3.7.1 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Scipy v1.10.1 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| Xgboost v1.7.4 | Python | Latest version added. | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/05/03 |
| tqdm & tomlkit | Python | Updated to provide Data Version Control (DVC) support | Recommended Upgrade | 2023/05/03 |
April 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sphinx-lint v0.6.7 | Python | Provides linter capabilities | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/04/04 |
| Pycurl/curl | Python | The latest version of the curl shared library now builds, enabling you to add pycurl to your projects | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/04/04 |
| Python 3.10.10 | Python | The recommended minor version of Python 3.10 has been moved from 3.10.8 to 3.10.10. New packages and versions will be built on this release first. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/04/04 |
| Pillow Patches | Python | Pillow versions prior to v8.3.2 have been patched to address a number of vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-23437, CVE-2021-27922, CVE-2021-27923, CVE-2021-25293, CVE-2021-25291, CVE-2021-25290 and CVE-2020-10379) | 2023/04/04 |
March 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shapely 2.0.1 | Python | Provides manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane | Now builds on Windows, Linux and Mac | 2023/03/15 |
| Python 3.11.1 & 3.11.2 | Python | Minor releases that provide fixes to security issues. | Upgrade recommended for CVE fixes | 2023/03/15 |
February 2023
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perl 5.34.1 | Perl | Includes a number of core module updates, a B::Deparse bug fix, and the ability to compile Perl on Windows using MS Visual Studio 2022. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/02/13 |
| jsonschema 4.17.3 | Python | Fixes instantiating validators with cached refs to boolean schema rather than objects. | Upgrade Recommended | 2023/02/13 |
December 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.10.8, 3.9.15, 3.8.15 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/12/02 |
| pygame 2.1.2 | Python | Including pygame dependencies like libevent, vorbis, libxmp, flac will now build | Now Builds on Windows and Linux | 2022/12/02 |
| Perl Packages | Perl | IO-File-Cached, Mail-SpamAssassin and MaxMind-DB-Reader-XS are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Mac and Linux | 2022/12/02 |
November 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.10.7, 3.9.14, 3.8.14 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/11/02 |
| Python C-libraries | Python | libxml 2.10.3, libxslt 1.1.37, libexpat 2.4.9, zlib 1.2.13, curl 7.85.0 and sqlite3 3.39.4, which are all key libraries that have been updated to address security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/11/02 |
| Ruby Packages | Ruby | rake-compiler 1.2.0, parser 3.1.2.1, ruby_memcheck 1.0.3, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Windows and Linux | 2022/11/02 |
| Python Packages | Python | grpc 1.49.1, grpcio-tools, flit-core 3.7.1, opencensus packages, which are now available on the ActiveState Platform. | Now Builds on Windows, Mac and Linux | 2022/11/02 |
September 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lxml v4.9.1 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/09/08 |
| cmake | Python | Cross-platform set of tools for building and packaging software. | Now Builds for all OS’s | 2022/09/08 |
| jupyterlab-server | Python | Provides a set of REST API’s for serving JupyterLab files. | Now Builds on Mac | 2022/09/08 |
| pywinpty | Python | Create and communicate with Windows processes via consoles. | Now Builds on Windows | 2022/09/08 |
August 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python v3.10.6 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/08/11 |
| PyQt6 v6.1.1 | Python | A comprehensive set of Python bindings for the Qt library, which provides advanced UI design capabilities. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/08/11 |
| PySide6 v6.3 | Python | Allows the use of Qt6 APIs in Python apps, as well as the ability to expose apps written in C++ to Python. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/08/11 |
July 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL 1.1.1q | Python Perl Ruby Tcl | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/27 |
| Office365 | Python | Provides a wrapper for the O365 library, which provides control over Microsoft Outlook functionality. | Newly Imported | 2022/07/27 |
| Dist-Zilla | Perl | A distribution builder that is designed to make it easier to package and manage open source software for the Perl ecosystem. | Newly Imported | 2022/07/27 |
| grpcio 1.46.0 | Python | A modern Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. This release addresses bug fixes and provides some improvements. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/07/13 |
| Python 3.10.5 | Python | point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Python 3.9.13 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/07/11 |
| Python 3.8.13 | Python | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security vulnerabilities including a number of high and critical vulnerabilities. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Ruby 3.0.4 | Ruby | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
| Ruby 3.1.2 | Ruby | Point release that addresses a number of bugs and security issues including a critical and high vulnerability. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/07/11 |
June 2022
| Name | Language | Description | Status | Publish Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipy 1.8.1 and 1.7.3 | Python | Scientific library for mathematics, science, and engineering routines. Both v1.8.1 and v1.7.3 are bug fix releases with no new features. | Upgrade Optional for Linux & Windows | 2022/06/28 |
| Perl 5.36 | Perl | Perl 5.36 features a number of core enhancements, as well as new diagnostics and performance improvements. See Perldelta for more information. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/06/15 |
| Math-GMP v2.25 | Perl | Math-GMP v2.25 provides Perl users with a faster way to perform integer math. This latest version incorporates some refactoring and a workaround for Test::Builder. | Upgrade Optional | 2022/06/15 |
| OpenSSL v1.1.1o | Perl Python Tcl Ruby | OpenSSL v1.1.1o (labeled as openssl 1.11.0.15 on the ActiveState Platform) includes a fix for CVE-2022-1292 (moderate severity) that eliminates a command injection vulnerability in OpenSSL’s c_rehash script. | Upgrade Recommended | 2022/06/15 |
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