Engine Upgrade 1.4.2

Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.4.2 ships version 6 of the base engine image.

Cloudera Data Science Workbench 1.5.0 (and later) ships version 7 of the base engine image which includes the following versions of R and Python:
  • R - 3.4.1
  • Python - 2.7.11, 3.6.1
Pre-installed Packages in Engine 7

For details about the packages included in the base engine, see Cloudera Data Science Workbench Engine Versions and Packaging.

Additionally, Cloudera Data Science Workbench will now alert you when a new engine version is available. Make sure you test and upgrade existing projects to Base Image v6 (Project Settings > Engine) to take advantage of the latest fixes.