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tags: Replicant images release, Replicant news, Paul Kocialkowski
date: 2015-09-02T11:07:02+00:00
title: Replicant 4.2 0004 images release
authors: Paul Kocialkowski
---
Even though things are moving slowly at Replicant, we figured it was time to
release another batch of Replicant 4.2 images. [This release][1] doesn't add
support for any new device, but has a focus on security instead, thanks to an
active member of the community: Moritz (also known as My Self on the
[forums][2]). For months, Moritz has been [evaluating whether Replicant is
affected by various vulnerabilities][3], retrofitting patches to close those
vulnerabilities and submitting these for inclusion in Replicant. Thanks to his
great work, this release includes fixes for security issues such as the
Stagefright vulnerability or the Installer Hijacking vulnerability.
Since the previous release, all the Replicant-specific source code was moved
over to [git.replicant.us][4], that is gracefully hosted by the FSF. We are
planning on moving all the Replicant source code over to that new server, so
that we don't have to rely on third parties such as CyanogenMod and AOSP to
provide the full source code for Replicant. In the meantime, we have started
tagging the commits used for each release and signing those tags with the
[Replicant release key][5], so that it's possible to reliably retrieve the
source code for a given Replicant release. Those tags are also combined in the
release metadata's [git-tags][6].
For a complete list of changes, you can take a look at the [changelog][7].
[Installation instructions][8] are available for each device, as well as
[build guides][9].
You're welcome to join-in and contribute code to Replicant! [Resources to get
started on development][10] are available on the [wiki][11], as well as a list
of [tasks][12] to improve Replicant.
[1]:
<https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantImages#Replicant-42-0004-images>
[2]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/boards>
[3]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/39/topics/8283>
[4]: <https://git.replicant.us/gitweb/>
[5]:
<https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantReleaseKey>
[6]:
<http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/replicant/images/replicant-4.2/0004/metadata/git-
tags.txt>
[7]:
<http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/replicant/images/replicant-4.2/0004/metadata/changelog.txt>
[8]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Replicant-
installation>
[9]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Replicant-build>
[10]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Replicant-
development>
[11]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki>
[12]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Tasks>
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