From 1acb82e9f70a81982c7c2ad8b7966bffc4fcfa8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:06:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes. --- RELEASE-NOTES | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index a368ffd..8174f67 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,3 +1,93 @@ +Release notes for libguestfs 1.12.0 +----------------------------------- + +LAST UPDATED TO COMMIT 76bd81820f50a390b7e853d65f41b29a37e63f43 + +These release notes only cover the differences from the previous +stable/dev branch split (1.10.0). For detailed changelogs, please see +the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball. + +New features + + - virt-ls -lR option allows complex file iteration and guest analysis. + + - virt-win-reg supports HKEY_USERS\ and HKEY_USERS\. + + - virt-win-reg new option --unsafe-printable-strings allows printable + strings to be displayed in the output (unsafely: read the documentation + before using). + + - Inspection API can get an icon or logo for certain guests. + + - virt-inspector includes the logo and hostname for certain guests. + + - virt-inspector can now get the version and release numbers for RPM + packages. + + - virt-edit has been rewritten in C. + + - guestfish, guestmount, virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit, virt-filesystems, + virt-inspector, virt-ls and virt-rescue now allow you to use + "-d UUID" option to specify a guest by UUID. This makes them more + robust to use from other programs. + + - guestfs_close now appears in trace messages. + + - Python binding adds explicit g.close() method. + + - Python programs can now use the new event API. + + - Python GIL is released during libguestfs calls, allowing multithreaded + Python programs to work properly. + + - New guestfish "display" command for displaying graphical files + inside guests. + + - 9pfs (Plan 9 filesystems exported from the host) are now supported. + + - Add -DGUESTFS_WARN_DEPRECATED=1 to warn about use of deprecated API + functions in C programs. + + - New manual page guestfs-recipes(1) with recipes. + + - CentOS and Scientific Linux are now treated as separate distros by + the inspection API. + +Security + + [none] + +New APIs + + inspect-get-icon + is-zero + is-zero-device + list-9p + mount-9p + +Internals + + - Coverity (a static analysis tool) was run across the codebase and + many fixes were made. + + - Generator can handle functions that return RBufferOut and have + optional arguments. + + - Compatible with Perl 5.14. + + - Compatible with gcc 4.6. + +Bugs fixed + + ./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.10.0.. | sort -n + + - 700369 qemu-system-x86_64 says 'KVM not supported for this target' + - 705200 guestmount attempt results in access denied + - 714981 'list-filesystems' does not know about virtio 9p filesystems or detect existing mounts + - 717786 libguestfs python bindings should have an explicit close call + + + Release notes for libguestfs 1.10.0 ----------------------------------- -- 1.8.3.1