[katello-devel] Katello 1.3 Released!

[Justin Sherrill]

Hello Everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Katello 1.3 
(Spring Bock).

* Full release notes can be found here (Please read before installing): 
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/ReleaseNotes13

* For fresh installations, please use steps from: ​ 
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Install

* To upgrade your installation, please follow steps from: ​ 
https://fedorahosted.org/katello/wiki/Upgrade


The download locations are

​ 
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.3/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
​ http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.3/Fedora/18/x86_64/

with client repositories under:

​ 
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.3-client/RHEL/6Server/x86_64/
​ 
http://fedorapeople.org/groups/katello/releases/yum/1.3-client/Fedora/18/x86_64/ 



Major features and changes:
* Content Views
Allow you to create different 'views' or 'spins' of your content with 
filtering rules.
* Upgraded software stack to Ruby 1.9.3/Rails 3
Utilizing the Ruby 193 Software Collection to bring these technologies 
to RHEL 6 without overriding the locally installed ruby.
* Now using Pulp 2.1
* Repository Discovery within the UI
More Info: ​http://www.katello.org/new-feature-repository-discovery/
* Faster Manifest Import
 From as long as 40 minutes to as little as 7 seconds.
* Repo publishing over HTTP (available in ​http://HOSTNAME//pulp/repos)
* Custom Info key/values for systems
* Custom Info defaults for systems at the organization level
* Set default System SLA for Organizations


I would like to thank all the users and developers that have helped 
contribute to this release!

-Justin Sherrill