pkgsrc-2017Q3 packages for illumos now available

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce that the pkgsrc-2017Q3 binary package sets for
illumos are now available.  As always you can install them using the
instructions here:

  https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-illumos/

SmartOS users should use the new 17.3.0 images via imgadm(1M) due to
be released shortly.

Changes since pkgsrc-2017Q2:

 - Number of binary packages available:

   - x86_64: 17,000+
   - i386: 17,000+
   - multiarch: 14,500+

 - New packages introduced (not all necessarily available as binary
   packages) include:

   - 723 updates combined to packages for perl, python, and ruby
   - 47 new go packages
   - ocaml 4.05.0 and supporting packages
   - Firefox 55
   - gdb 8.0.1
   - qemu 2.10.0

 - Package removals include:

   - teTex 3 (in favor of texlive)

 - Infrastructure changes:

   - Additional SSP checks for consistent stack smashing protection
     support

   - New security features: PKGSRC_USE_STACK_CHECK and
     PKGSRC_MKPIE support

 - Commit stats:

   - 247 packages added
   - 74 packages removed
   - 1,617 package updates (to 1,224 unique packages)
   - 4,356 commits from 69 contributors

Please report any bugs or feature requests specifically related to
this binary package set on our GitHub issues page:

  https://github.com/joyent/pkgsrc/issues

Enjoy!

-- 
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com