** Description changed: - flashrom has released 0.9.9-rc1. + flashrom has released 0.9.9-rc1 and intends to release 0.9.9 final + shortly after xenial beta freeze (around 2016-02-28). - Ubuntu is still at 0.9.7+r1852-1.1 which is missing quite a few critical - bugfixes and does not build on all Ubuntu supported architectures. + Currently Ubuntu still ships 0.9.7+r1852-1.1 which is missing quite a few critical bugfixes (cf. bug #1404568) and does not build on all Ubuntu supported architectures. + flashrom 0.9.9 compiles and works on all supported architectures (and quite a few more). + Also, the old version is missing support for some very popular hardware devices. - flashrom 0.9.9 compiles and works on all architectures except - S390/S390x. + On the other hand we deem regressions very unlikely. The development + process of the last 1,5 years was rather slow regarding new features and + has focused on improving cross-platform compatibility etc. + + For a short overview of what has changed from 0.9.7 to the current + version please see the attached NEWS file (NB: upstream tagged 0.9.7 at + r1711, 0.9.8 at r1888).
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