The upcoming platform update is scheduled for October 20th, 2015.
Cassandra is now on version 2.2.2.
Git has been updated to version 2.6.1.
Go gets an update with version 1.4.3, which includes security fixes for the net/http package and other bugfixes.
io.js gets an update with version 3.3.1.
MySQL has been updated to version 5.6.27, including a lot of InnoDB and Replication bugfixes.
NodeJS gets one version update with 4.1.2. To use this version in the release candidate platform, add nvm use 4.1.2 to your build commands.
PHP receives two updates with versions 5.5.30 and 5.6.14.
RethinkDB gets an update with version 2.1.5.
Trying the new platform
You can evaluate the new platform right away by selecting Ubuntu 14.04 LTS v1510 (release candidate) from the Platform section of Project Settings. We encourage you to try it out, so that we can fix the issues you may encounter until the final release on the next Tuesday.
Changes in the final release
Cassandra is now on version 2.2.3.
Git has been updated to version 2.6.2.
NodeJS 4.2.1 LTS has been added to the platform.
Redis gets and update with version 3.0.5.
Qt WebKit gets an update with version 5.4.2, including important security fixes. This version maintains backwards compatibility with Qt 5.4.1. Keep in mind that switching between Qt versions requires expiring your project’s cache.
A full list of changes is available in the platform changelog.