Scientific Linux 6.3 Beta 1 i386/x86_64                July 16, 2012

These are notes of the "Alpha/Beta" releases for Scientific Linux 6.3 .

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THIS IS NOT FOR PRODUCTION.

This is for testing.  Please report back any issues to
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There should be no expectation that a "yum" upgrade to SL 6.3 will work.
A new install is the recommended method to move from
"sl6rolling"(this alpha release) and the released "SL 6.3".

Items marked with * are changes from the last release
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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DVD:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/iso
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/iso

Network Install Images:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/images/boot.iso
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/images/boot.iso

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CHANGES WE MADE SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE
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*yum-conf-sl6x-1-2
-    Updated GPG key list, CERN's key is now listed here too

*redhat-logos-60.0.14-2.sl6.5
-    Now provides 'linux-logos'

*kmod-openafs-1.6.1-112.sl6.71
*openafs-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-authlibs-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-authlibs-devel-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-client-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-compat-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-devel-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-kernel-source-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-kpasswd-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-krb5-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-plumbing-tools-1.6.1-112.sl6
*openafs-server-1.6.1-112.sl6
-    Updated to more current version, this is based on OpenAFS 1.6.1

*sl-indexhtml-6-2.sl6.6
-    Updated Swedish translation by Alexander Lindqvist

*sl-bookmarks-6-2.sl6
-    Now includes links to useful non-SL provided resources

*sl-release-6.3-0.rolling
-    Updated to point at 6rolling

*SL_enable_serialconsole-4.1-1.el6
*SL_enable_serialconsole-96-4.1-1.el6
*SL_enable_serialconsole-192-4.1-1.el6
*SL_enable_serialconsole-384-4.1-1.el6
*SL_enable_serialconsole-1152-4.1-1.el6
-    added '-r' option to script for removal of the configuration
-    now removes configuration when uninstalled
-    Switched to augeas based configuration
-    The old script can be found in the %doc folder
-    removed support for non-grub bootloaders as none are available for SL6
-    a number of SPEC file changes to make things cleaner
-    Now uses 'conflict' to ensure only one version installed at a time

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RPMS ADDED IN THIS RELEASE
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*rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
*yum-conf-rpmfusion-6-0.1.noarch.rpm
-    Simplified access to this repository was requested by the community
     The 'non-free' repository is not included.  It is the responsibility
     of the end user to verify their compliance with the licensing of the
     rpms in the rpmfusion repository.

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MAJOR CHANGES TUV MADE
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*libreoffice
-    openoffice.org has been replaced with libreoffice.  The libreoffice
      packages 'provide' the right packages to maintain compatibility
      for kickstart and yum installs.

*anaconda
-    Anaconda now alerts users to the beta status of a release when it
      is tagged appropriately.  Upstream has added this functionality and
      we are taking advantage of it for the beta cycle.

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POSSIBLE UPGRADE PROBLEMS
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*libproxy-mozjs
-    Requires an old version of xulrunner, upstream bug 797779.
      We have removed it from SL6.3.  When an updated package is released
      we will build it.  If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2

*libvirt-qpid
-    Requires an old version of qpid-cpp-client, upstream bug 839006
      We have removed it from SL6.3.  When an updated package is released
      we will build it.  If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2

*sanlock
-    Upstream has removed the i686 sanlock packages, we have done the same.
      If upstream returns i686 support, we will add those packages.

*tboot
*pacemaker
*pacemaker-libs
*pacemaker-libs-devel
-    Upstream only features these packages on x86_64, previously they were
      in both arches on SL6.  In SL6.3 we match upstream and have removed
      the packages from the i686 tree. If upstream returns i686 support,
      we will add those packages.