[rhelv6-beta-list] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta 2 refresh is now available
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Wed Jul 21 15:04:41 UTC 2010
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta 2 refresh is now available for
download.
This milestone updates the functionality delivered in Beta 2 last
month by providing updated packages and associated media kits
containing fixes to issues reported by our partners, Beta and
upstream community members and internal Red Hat testing.
Our intent in providing an update is to ensure that users are
testing with the most current packages and are validating issues
that have been fixed since prior builds.
Kernel and user-space components have undergone some updates since
the last Beta milestone was released last month.
Kernel The kernel includes many updates to address
improvements in networking, virtualization,
file-system, storage and security. Includes fixes
for Transparent Huge Pages usage when running on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and backported KVM
fixes in vhost-net, virtio ballon driver to address
memory leak and incorrect ioctl return values. Many
updates to networking and storage drivers and fixes
to address performance issues.
User-space improvements include:
Documentation man page updates for a significant portion of
updated packages.
Installer Better handling of error conditions, improvements
to IPv6 configuration and general networking
improvements; Support for multiple iSCSI disks and
the ability to boot from LVM snapshot root volume
is now available in dracut.
Networking NetworkManager includes many improvements for
wireless networking and fixes to many error
conditions that impacted stability.
Clustering Cluster schema additions made along with
improvements to the quorum calculation algorithm.
corosync has undergone heavy updates to address
stability. Many user interface improvements and
fixes made to luci for better usability.
Storage lvm2 updates include the ability to remove volume
groups with missing physical volumes (vgremove);
changes to the startup script; changes to clvmd.
Error
reporting Updates to the ABRT UI and better support for
plugins; many internal improvements to report.
Security kerberos support improvments (krb5); connectivity
improvements in SSSD; kernel keyring working as
expected (also SSSD); SELinux updates; better
handling of client certificates (certmonger); many
fixes to openswan.
Compiler/
debugger Numerous performance updates in gcc; improvements
in gdb for supporting typedefs in classes;
stability improvements.
Virtualization Virt-Manager updates include ability to re-connect
to serial console after reboot; Better support for
NUMA; Fixed pool building for LVM/disk pools;
fixes in device assignment; live migration
improvements; ability to handle 16-bit color depth
in spice; libvirt improvements include better
configuration of storage and guests.
Printing Improved lookup logic in cups; SNMP integration
improvements.
Desktop Many updates to X and dependencies; Ability to
save GNOME sessions; better bluetooth support;
support for media repositories; OpenOffice
improvements; better support for UTF8 and general
stability in Evolution client.
Please note that this list is intended to highlight the scope of
changes since Beta 2. Please refer to the changelog for details
on all changes since Beta 2.
Packages and installable images (ISOs) are available via Red Hat
Network (RHN) for active subscribers. In addition to RHN, this
refresh is also available via FTP (details below).
Current Beta users are strongly encouraged to do a fresh
installation to help validate newer functionality that has been
incorporated into the installer since the earlier Beta.
Please note that this is still early access software and is not
for use in production environments. The Beta packages and
installation images are intended for testing purposes only.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is still in active development, and the
contents of the media kit and the implemented features are subject
to change. The release is not formally supported and it will not
be possible to upgrade from the Beta to the final production
version. Due to the incorporation of debugging features, this
Beta cannot be used for performance benchmarking and platform
certification.
To learn more about this release or to download the installation
kits, please visit the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta portal at:
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/beta
The portal also provides details on how to report issues and
feedback to Red Hat.
Please be sure to periodically check the Red Hat blog for
articles on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The blog can be accessed
at:
http://press.redhat.com/
If you'd like to stay current with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
updates, we encourage you to subscribe to the following mailing
lists:
1. Mailing list that provides general announcements related to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-announce
2. Mailing list to serve as a discussion list for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 beta(s).
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-beta-list
Thank you for your continued support of Red Hat and your interest
in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta. Your participation is
critical in ensuring that we deliver a high-quality release.
Sincerely,
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team
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