QGIS 2.14.8 and 2.18 are now available. GDAL updated to 2.1.2 and GEOS updated to 3.5.1. I also restored the speedups to the GEOS Shapely python module (it’s been missing because I was missing some Python development modules).
“The beast is actively interested only in now, and, as it is always now and always shall be, there is an eternity of time for the accomplishment of objects.” – the wisdom of Tarzan