ANN: ModemManager 1.17.900 (1.18-rc1) released

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey hey!

This is the first release candidate for the next 1.18 stable version. Please refer to the NEWS file for the full list of updates in this version: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/blob/master/NEWS

The following notes are directed to package maintainers:

  * This version now requires:
    ** glib2 >= 2.56
    ** libgudev >= 232
    ** libmbim >= 1.26.0 (for the optional MBIM support)
    ** libqmi >= 1.30.0 (for the optional QMI support)
    ** libqrtr-glib >= 1.0.0 (for the optional QRTR support)

  * The ModemManager.service file for systemd integration provided in the sources is updated as follows:
    ** 'CAP_NET_ADMIN' is now required in the 'CapabilityBoundingSet' field.
    ** 'AF_NETLINK' and 'AF_QIPCRTR' are now required in the 'RestrictAddressFamilies' field.
    If the system where ModemManager is being integrated provides a custom systemd service configuration, these updates should be considered.

  * The LEGACY and PARANOID filter types that were allowed options in the '--filter-policy' option in the ModemManager daemon were deprecated in version 1.16.0 and have now been completely removed, along with the vid:pid blacklist of devices and the vid:pid greylist of RS232<->USB adapters.

  * Building from git no longer requires autoconf-archive, the needed AX_ macros are now shipped inside m4/.

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Download here:
     https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz
     https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz.asc

Verify it:
     $ sha256sum ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz
     eeacc2464af47d537044664b81913e2db6bc78c45a4d4c07fff7275ef9b66c2b  ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz
     $ gpg --verify ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz.asc ModemManager-1.17.900.tar.xz

Please report bugs either to:
     modemmanager-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

Or to gitlab:
     https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/issues

-- 
Aleksander
https://aleksander.es