Scientific Linux 7.2 x86_64 ALPHA - Dec 22, 2015

== Information ==

THIS IS NOT A PRODUCTION RELEASE OF SCIENTIFIC LINUX 7.2

NOTE: Please review the SL Release Notes along with
The Upstream Vendor's Release Notes:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7rolling/x86_64/release-notes/

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/index.html

There is a great deal of information within those documents not listed here.

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== Media ==
You can find the release media at:
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7rolling/x86_64/iso/

Alternatively the livecd-iso-to-disk utility is able to convert
this to USB successfully. A USB device of sufficient size is
required.

Alternatively you can utilize the dd command to write the
raw image to a USB device.

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7/x86_64/release-notes/#_how_to_make_a_bootable_usb_installer

== SL Specific Updates ==
.External Repos
With SL 7.2, yum-conf files pointing to non-base SL (such as EPEL,
ELRepo, SL-Extras, SL-SoftwareCollections, ZFS) have moved to a
central location.
A repo definition pointing to the new location is contained in
yum-conf-repos.
Since these repos are not specific to individual releases of SL, the
separate location will allow for easier adding and removing of these
resources for SL7 going forward.

.OpenAFS
For the SL 7.2 pre-release we are shipping OpenAFS 1.6.16-pre a later
version of SL 7.2 will feature the upstream release of OpenAFS 1.6.16

.Yum behavior update
Backported patch from upstream for yum fs-vars, per BZ#1281593
Now yum vars set in /etc/yum/vars will be checked even in an
alternate yum-root.
Thanks for the bug report Lincoln Bryant!

.Updates to sl-release
Updated to use the 7.2 pre-release repos

.IPA customizations
The IPA packages have been customized to remove the upstream links to 
their support services.

.Build Fixes
The curl and mariadb packages were modified to ensure their unit tests 
for date validation worked after Oct 2015

.Scientific Linux Contexts
SL 7.2 includes initial support for Scientific Linux Contexts which
should allow for ease of creating local customization for specific
computing needs.  The supporting code is contained in 
anaconda-addon-org_scientificlinux_contexts but is not currently activated.
More details on this will be published in the future.

== Known Bugs ==



== UEFI Secure Boot ==
The status of UEFI Secure Boot for Scientific Linux is noted in detail at:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7/x86_64/release-notes/#_about_uefi_secure_boot

Booting SL7 with Secure Boot enabled works but requires a manual step.
This is because the "shim" has not been signed by the UEFI CA.
Instructions are included within the SL7 Release Notes.