Open-source tools in popular long-term support distributions
Mbed TLS’ minimum tool version requirements are usually set based on the versions shipped in long-term support releases of major operating systems. The table below lists versions of relevant software in distributions that are in support.
RHEL 5 is still on extended lifecycle support until November 2020. The list of packages is identical to the one in CentOS 5. Likewise the list of packages in RHEL 6 (extended lifecycle support until June 2024) is identical to CentOS 6, and RHEL 7 to CentOS 7.
Ubuntu 14.04 is on extended security maintenance (ESM) until April 2022. Ubuntu 16.04 is supported until April 2021, and on ESM until April 2024. Debian long-time support lasts less long, so the oldest versions of software that are supported in a Debian release are slightly less old than for Ubuntu, therefore we don’t need to look at Debian versions.
pkgs.org indexes the software versions in many currently-supported distributions. This includes Ubuntu LTS and CentOS, but not RHEL ELS.
Software |
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End-of-life |
Apr 2021 |
Nov 2020 |
Dec 2021 |
Apr 2023 |
Jun 2024 |
Oct 2024 |
Jul 2028 |
Security EOL |
Apr 2024 |
Jun 2024 |
N/A |
Apr 2028 |
N/C |
Oct 2027 |
Jul 2031 |
Clang |
3.8 |
N/A |
10.0.1 |
6.0 |
N/A |
N/A |
5.0.1 |
CMake |
3.5.1 |
2.8.12.2 |
≥3.18.2 |
3.10.2 |
2.8.12.2 |
3.5.2 |
3.10.2 |
GCC |
5.3 |
4.4.7 |
8.3 |
7.4 |
4.8.5 |
4.8.5 |
7.5.0 |
GNU make |
4.1 |
3.81 |
4.2.1 |
4.1 |
3.82 |
4.0 |
4.2.1 |
Python 3 |
3.5.2 |
N/A |
3.6.8 |
3.6.5 |
3.6.8 |
3.4.10 (+3.6) |
3.6.5 |
Doxygen |
1.8.11 |
1.6.1 |
1.8.14 |
1.8.13 |
1.8.5 |
1.8.6 |
1.8.14 |