Platform Update on July 26th

A scheduled platform update on July 26th, 2016, introduces a range of software version updates and new additions to enhance functionality. Key updates include Bundler to version 1.12.5, Cassandra to 2.2.7, Firefox to 45.2.0 and 38.8.0, Git to 2.9.2, Go to 1.6.3, Java to 7u101, and JRuby to 9.1.2.0. Node.js receives updates to versions 6.2.2, 4.4.7, 0.12.15, and 0.10.46, while PHP sees updates to 7.0.8, 5.6.23, and 5.5.37, and RabbitMQ to 3.6.3. New additions include Elixir 1.3.2 with enhancements such as a new Calendar module and improved mix tasks, Erlang 19.0 with an improved garbage collector, and Node.js 6.3.0, with these additions available post-release candidate period. Users are encouraged to test the updates on the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS v1607 release candidate platform and provide feedback during the release candidate period, which ends on July 26th, 2016, with further details available in the platform changelog and a discussion option on Discord.