[virt-tools-list] ANNOUNCE: virt-viewer 2.0 release

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Jan 12 18:07:32 UTC 2015


I am happy to announce a new release of virt-viewer, version 2.0:

  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-2.0.tar.gz

This release also includes semi-experimental MSI installers for the
Win32 (x86) and Win64 (x64) platforms:

  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x86-2.0.msi
  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-2.0.msi

All are signed with key DAF3 A6FD B26B 6291 2D0E  8E3F BE86 EBB4 1510 4FDF  (4096R)

  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-2.0.tar.gz.asc
  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x86-2.0.msi.asc
  http://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-2.0.msi.asc

This is release includes a mixture of bug fixes and new features, as well
as a significant update of GTK & gstreamer in Windows builds

Changed in this release:

  - Fix handling of zoom in/out accelerators
  - Fix warning going in/out of fullscreen
  - Add dialog showing info about the current guest
  - Change format of fullscreen config setting to
    allow for sparse guest displays
  - Write VM name to config file as a comment
  - Never use fallback CA certs when loading vv-file
  - Remove extraneous '/' from oVirt URIs
  - Support oVirt foreign menus
  - Allow using numapad for zoom in/out accelerators
  - Force geometry update when agent connects
  - Fix misc crash bugs
  - Fix misc memory leaks
  - Allow viewing of password entry characters
  - Don't fail when auth dialog is cancelled
  - Only create extra windows on demand
  - Use more sensible default window size
  - Improve docs for URIs and config files
  - Allow cancellation of SPICE auth dialog
  - Use new libvirt API for --attach to avoid SELinux AVC
  - Allow removable of CD images with oVirt connections
  - Show VM choose dialog when oVirt VM name is missing
  - Support usernames request with SASL auth
  - Use socat instead of nc if available
  - Use PNG instead of SVG for icons
  - Support connection to UNIX sockets instead of TCP
  - Honour zoom level from CLI args with VNC
  - Switch to GTK3 instead of GKT2 for Windows builds
  - Ensure dialogs have transient parent set
  - Switch to gstreamer 1.0 instead of 0.10 for Windows builds
  - Avoid accidentally connecting to localhost with VNC/SPICE
  - Use a versioned install directory for Windows builds

All historical releases are available from:

  http://virt-manager.org/download/

Thanks to everyone who contributed patches towards this release

Regards,
Daniel
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