[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 1.1 has been released

[Milan Zazrivec]

Hello everyone,

Spacewalk 1.1 has been released!

Server:

  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1/RHEL/5/<arch>/
  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1/Fedora/12/<arch>/
  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1/Fedora/13/<arch>/

Client:

  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1-client/RHEL/5/<arch>/
  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1-client/Fedora/12/<arch>/
  * http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/1.1-client/Fedora/13/<arch>/

For new installations, consult:

  * https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall

For upgrades, consult:

  * https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToUpgrade


Features and enhancements:

* First Spacewalk release built in a publicly available build system
- http://koji.spacewalkproject.org/koji

* Spacewalk 1.1 runs on Fedora 13

* Introduction of spacecmd, a command line interface to Spacewalk
- https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/spacecmd

* Support for synchronization of comps files
- https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/Features/CompsSyncing

* support for staging content
- ability to have all updates pulled off Spacewalk onto registered
systems prior to the start of maintenance window

* support for eliminating orphaned (duplicate) profiles
- https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/DuplicateProfiles

* new API calls:
- channel.software.getChannelLastBuildById
- configchannel.listSubscribedSystems
- kickstart.profile.downloadRenderedKickstart
- org.setSoftwareFlexEntitlements
- schedule.rescheduleActions
- system.convertToFlexEntitlement
- system.deletePackageProfile
- system.deleteSystem
- system.listDuplicatesByHostname
- system.listDuplicatesByIp
- system.listDuplicatesByMac
- system.listEligibleFlexGuests
- system.listFlexGuests
- system.listLatestAvailablePackage
- system.listPackageProfiles
- systemgroup.scheduleApplyErrataToActive

* localization updates


Known issues:

* Wrong tomcat6 directory permissions on Fedora 13
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574593
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586364
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605335
- workaround:
  chmod g+w /var/log/tomcat6 /etc/tomcat6/Catalina/localhost \
  /var/cache/tomcat6 /var/cache/tomcat6/temp /var/cache/tomcat6/work

* cobbler - related SELinux denials on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620503
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621095
- solution: install updated selinux-policy-targeted as noted in
  the above bugs

* Deprecation warning during osa-dispatcher start on Fedora 12
and Fedora 13:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621204
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621206

* Documentation search does not work, other searches are unaffected


Contributors:

Thank you goes out to the following people who contributed to
Spacewalk 1.1 release:

* Aron Parsons
* Colin Coe
* James Hogarth
* Joshua Roys
* Lukáš Ďurfina
* Maxim Burgerhout
* Paul Morgan
* Satoru SATOH


Regards
Milan Zázrivec