regressions: Enable both tests for bug 576879 (not fixed).

[libguestfs.git] / RELEASE-NOTES

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index c9c6ae6..2f7f8f2 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 Release notes for libguestfs 1.8.0
 ----------------------------------
 
 Release notes for libguestfs 1.8.0
 ----------------------------------
 

-Updated to commit 0b2a3bd8404a72a3b7e99e330143c26bf42d458a (1.7.16).
-

 These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
 stable/dev branch split (1.6.0).  For detailed changelogs, please see
 the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
 
 New features
 
 These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
 stable/dev branch split (1.6.0).  For detailed changelogs, please see
 the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
 
 New features
 

+ - Support and packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
+
+ - Daily builds from git repository on Debian and Ubuntu to reduce risk
+   of regressions.
+
+ - Port to ArchLinux 'pacman' (thanks Thomas S Hatch).
+

  - The following tools have been rewritten in C (originally in Perl):
 
      . virt-cat
  - The following tools have been rewritten in C (originally in Perl):
 
      . virt-cat


@@ -54,7 +59,17 @@ New features
  - guestfs_last_errno allows you to retrieve the errno from the
    daemon, correctly translated to the local operating system.
 
  - guestfs_last_errno allows you to retrieve the errno from the
    daemon, correctly translated to the local operating system.
 

- - Some functions now support optional parameters.
+ - Functions can now have optional parameters.
+
+ - Progress bars and progress notifications can now happen for upload
+   commands.
+
+ - Appliance builder more careful about not leaving temporary files
+   around in /tmp.
+
+ - getfattr/setfattr commands added to virt-rescue.
+
+ - ROADMAP file covers roadmap and goals for future releases.

 
 Security
 
 
 Security
 


@@ -65,15 +80,20 @@ Security
  - Inspection code is more careful about avoiding very large files
    from guests which might previously have caused a denial of service.
 
  - Inspection code is more careful about avoiding very large files
    from guests which might previously have caused a denial of service.
 

+ - FUSE calls into guestmount are now traced when using guestmount -x.
+

 New APIs
 
  - add-domain
  - add-drive-opts
 New APIs
 
  - add-domain
  - add-drive-opts

+ - getxattr

  - inspect-get-hostname
  - inspect-get-package-format
  - inspect-get-package-management
  - inspect-get-roots
  - inspect-list-applications
  - inspect-get-hostname
  - inspect-get-package-format
  - inspect-get-package-management
  - inspect-get-roots
  - inspect-list-applications

+ - lgetxattr
+ - mkfs-opts

 
 Internals
 
 
 Internals
 


@@ -104,8 +124,16 @@ Internals
 
  - Old ocaml-viewer program removed (use guestfs-browser instead).
 
 
  - Old ocaml-viewer program removed (use guestfs-browser instead).
 

+ - New C API test type 'InitScratchFS' makes the tests run a little
+   more quickly.
+
+ - Excluded packages in the appliance are now listed in a separate
+   file appliance/excludelist.in, and can be customized per-distro.
+

 Bugs fixed
 
 Bugs fixed
 

+ - 663407 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
+ - 661280 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"

  - 657499 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
  - 655554 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
  - 654638 openssl updated to 1.0.0b libguestfs depends on exact file names
  - 657499 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
  - 655554 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
  - 654638 openssl updated to 1.0.0b libguestfs depends on exact file names


@@ -486,3 +514,6 @@ https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-July/msg00059.html
 
 2009-07-14 : 1.0.59
 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-July/msg00023.html
 
 2009-07-14 : 1.0.59
 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-July/msg00023.html

+
+2009-04-01 : Initial announcement
+http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/libguestfs-access-and-modify-virtual-machine-disk-images/