Platform Update on October 25th

Scheduled for October 25th, 2016, the platform update brings numerous version upgrades and additions, including Cassandra 2.2.8, Erlang 19.1, Elixir 1.3.4, Git 2.10.1, Gradle 3.1, MySQL 5.6.34, and PHP 5.6.27 and 7.0.12. New NodeJS versions 6.8.1 and 4.6.0 are initially added but will be replaced by versions 6.9.1 and 4.6.1 in the final release, along with security updates for Node.js 0.10.48 and 0.12.17. Users are encouraged to test the release candidate platform, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS v1610, and provide feedback to help refine the platform before the final release. The Docker-enabled platform also sees updates, including docker-engine 1.12.2 and enhanced caching for Docker images. Users can find detailed changes in the platform changelog and discuss updates on Discord.