From rhelv6-announce at redhat.com Mon Sep 15 23:52:10 2014 From: rhelv6-announce at redhat.com (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) announcement mailing-list) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:52:10 -0400 Subject: [rhelv6-announce] Red Hat Software Collections 1.2 Beta Now Available for Testing Message-ID: <54177BAA.9050000@redhat.com> Greetings Red Hat Partners, Red Hat is pleased to announce the beta availability of Red Hat Software Collections 1.2. Delivered on a separate lifecycle from Red Hat Enterprise Linux with a more frequent release cadence, Red Hat Software Collections expedites the delivery of essential web development tools, dynamic languages, open source databases, C and C++ compilers, the Eclipse IDE, and a variety of development and performance management tools. As these updated components can be installed alongside versions included in base Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Software Collections is designed to bridge developer agility and production stability by accelerating the creation of modern applications that can be confidently deployed into production. New additions include: * Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.0, a software collection in its own right, is now included as a component of Red Hat Software Collections. Of note, Red Hat Developer Toolset is now available for use with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This update brings the Eclipse IDE to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for the first time and ensures that C and C++ developers are able compile once and deploy to multiple versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For example, Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.0 users can now compile on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to run on both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Noteworthy updates to Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.0 include: GCC 4.9, the addition of ltrace 0.7.91, and a number of additional bug fixes and feature enhancements. * DevAssistant 0.9.1, a useful tool for setting up development environments, publishing code, and completing other associated tasks; DevAssistant comes with both an intuitive GUI and CLI. * Maven 3.0, a build automation tool for Java projects that describes how software is built and all associated dependencies. * Git 1.9.4, formerly distributed as part of Red Hat Developer Toolset, has been updated and placed into its own collection enabling developers to be able to access and install Git without necessarily having to install Red Hat Developer Toolset. * An updated release of Nginx 1.6, giving developers access to a fully supported version of this high performance web server and web proxy. * The latest stable versions of popular dynamic languages employed to create modern web-based applications, including Ruby with Rails, Python, PHP, Perl, as well as a Technology Preview of Node.js. * The latest stable versions of popular open source databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB. As with previous releases, Red Hat Software Collections can be used to develop applications for deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the world?s leading enterprise Linux platform, and on OpenShift, the leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), offering customers the ultimate flexibility and choice for development and deployment. In addition, customers can deploy applications built using Red Hat Software Collections into production with confidence as most Red Hat Software Collections components are supported for 3 years. RED HAT SOFTWARE COLLECTIONS 1.2 BETA AVAILABILITY Red Hat Software Collections 1.2 Beta is available now for use with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to customers and partners with select active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions. To access and download Red Hat Software Collections, visit: https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channels/Beta.do ADDITIONAL RESOURCES To access documentation for Red Hat Software Collections, visit: Latest Red Hat Software Collections release notes: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/ Latest Red Hat Developer Toolset release notes: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/ Additional Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ Sincerely, The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team From rhelv6-announce at redhat.com Tue Sep 16 19:22:46 2014 From: rhelv6-announce at redhat.com (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) announcement mailing-list) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:22:46 -0400 Subject: [rhelv6-announce] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 GA Available Message-ID: <54188E06.2070803@redhat.com> Greetings Red Hat Partners: We are pleased to announce the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11, the final minor release of the mature Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 reiterates Red Hat?s commitment to a 10-year product lifecycle for all major Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases and offers a secure, stable, and reliable platform for critical enterprise applications. In addition to security and stability enhancements, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 provides additional updates to subscription management, debugging capabilities, and more, including: * New storage drivers - Updates that provide customers with the benefits of some of the latest storage adapters from Red Hat hardware partners. * Enhancements to Red Hat Access Support?s debugging capabilities - Red Hat Access Support makes it easier for customers to manage, diagnose, and engage with Red Hat directly through a console within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. * Improvements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests running on VMWare ESXi. * More information from subscription management services that makes managing subscriptions easier through both the GUI and command line. * Updates OpenSCAP to version 1.0.8, certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology?s (NIST) Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.2 in the Authenticated Configuration Scanner category with the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE) option. The new certification adds Red Hat to a short list of vendors qualified for the complex SCAP standard, making OpenSCAP and Red Hat important factors in the security space. With this new certification, openscap 1.0.8 can run SCAP content correctly written to the 1.2 standard from any source, such as the Red Hat Security Response Team's Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) content, DISA's Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) OVAL repository, and others. Supporting Quote ---------------- Jim Totton, vice president and general manager, Platform Business Unit, Red Hat: "Red Hat?s commitment to a long, stable product lifecycle is a key benefit for enterprise customers who rely on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their critical applications. While Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 is the final minor release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 platform, the enhancements it offers in terms of security and reliability are designed to maintain the platform?s viability for years to come." Availability ------------ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 is available now on the Red Hat Customer Portal to all customers and partners with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription at https://access.redhat.com/downloads/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 remains actively supported until March 31, 2017, when it is scheduled to be retired. Additional Resources -------------------- For access to the documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11, including the release notes, please visit: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ To review the product life cycle phases for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see: https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/