There are not any changes between RC2 and this release other than a few more SRPMS that have been uploaded to the ftp/http/rsync servers . Thanks to all who have tested this release. > Scientific Linux 6.8 RC 2 i386/x86_64 July 8, 2016 > > > These are notes of the "Release Candidate" release for Scientific Linux 6.8 > . > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > THIS IS NOT FOR PRODUCTION. > > This is for testing. Please report back any issues to > [log in to unmask] . > > There should be no expectation that a "yum" upgrade to SL 6.8 will work. > A new install is the recommended method to move from > "sl6rolling" and the released SL 6.8. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DOWNLOAD INFO > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Network Install Images: > > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/i386/images/boot.iso > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/x86_64/images/boot.iso > > > Iso Download area > > i686: > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/i386/iso/ > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/i386/iso/README > > x86_64: > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/x86_64/iso/ > http: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.8/x86_64/iso/README > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Major Differences from SL 6.7 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PACKAGES ADDED/CHANGED > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > OpenAFS > OpenAFS has been updated to version 1.6.18 from openafs.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CHANGED compared to Enterprise 6 > Packages Changed by Scientific Linux > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Packages modified by Scientific Linux should contain 'sl' within their > release string. > Packages can be changed for a few reasons - removing trademarks, fixing > errors, providing different behavior, or fixing build issues. Each of the > changed packages below lists is reason for its change along with some > historical information. > > > httpd > Changed the default index.html to remove upstream's branding. > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > plymouth > Removed the red colors for text mode. > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > redhat-logos > Changed all trademarked icons and pictures from upstream. > Changed styles of items such as background, gdm, and kdm to change > the > tradedress style. > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > sl-bookmarks > sl-bookmarks replaces redhat-bookmarks and removes upstream > branding > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > sl-indexhtml > sl-indexhtml replaces redhat-indexhtml and removes upstream > branding > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > sl-release > sl-release replaces redhat-release and removes upstream branding > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > sl-release-notes > sl-release-notes replaces Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes* > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > anaconda > Add the Scientific Linux install classes > DVD installs do not ask for the network unless needed > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > redhat-rpm-config > Changed to recognize Scientific Linux as an Enterprise Linux > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > xorg-x11-server > Changed to remove TUV's support URL > This change went into effect with SL 6.3 and continues in this > release. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PACKAGES CHANGED FOR BUILDING REASONS > > > Some packages would not build in our build environment. We changed these > packages in order for them, or other packages, to build. The changes are > minimal and are associated with a bug filed upstream to hopefully reduce > this list over time. The final packages have been compared to freely > available ones and are not significantly different. > > > To distinguish these packages we typically put 0.sl6 at the end of the > release number. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > epydoc > To fix a build error with python-nss a patch was added (bz#578920) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and was fixed by upstream > in > 6.1 . For some features texlive-dvips and texlive-latex are > required, > but not listed in the SPEC file. (bz#522249) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > mod_auth_kerb > We Changed "--with-krb5=/usr/kerberos" to "--with-krb5=/usr" > because > the krb location changed in SL6. (bz#661777) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and ended with SL 6.3 > > > opal > opal needed a bug fix patch in order for ekiga to build. The > opal-3.6.6-buildopts.patch was missing one line for it to work > properly. > (bz#661769) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > pilot-link > When "autoreconf -is" is called this causes libtool to run from > /usr/bin/libtool which is version 2.2.6b but the source ships its > own > libtool in > pilot-link-0.12.4/libtool which is version 2.2.6 and called from > the > make files. This version mix does not work. (bz#663632) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > rome > TUV 6 provides jdom-1.1.1 and not jdom-1.0 so we changed it to > 1.1.1 > (bz#665537) > This change went into effect with SL 6.0 and continues in this > release. > > > qpid-cpp > The SPEC file wrongly mandates TUV be listed as the vendor > (bz#785919) > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and ended in SL 6.3 > > > qpid-qmf > The SPEC file wrongly mandates TUV be listed as the vendor > (bz#785921) > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and ended in SL 6.3 > > > compat-openmpi > One of the post-build tests was not functioning correctly with > build > environments containing nfs mounts. Patched with corresponding test > from current version. (bz#1340549) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CHANGES TO COMPS.XML > > > The comps.xml file determines what packages are in groups. This determines > what packages get installed automatically when you select a group during > install, or when you use yum groupinstall. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have made the following changes to comps. > > > We merged all of the comps.xml files from The Upstream Vendor into one > file for each arch. If a group was in any of TUV comps.xml files, for that > arch, then it was included in our comps.xml file. If a group was default > for either of TUV comps.xml, then is was made default in our comps.xml > file. If a package was in a group for either of TUV comps.xml files, then > it was put in that group in our comps.xml file. > > Added the following groups: > > > icewm > misc-sl > openafs-client > repos > spins > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > REMOVED COMPARED TO ENTERPRISE 6 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > rhn-client-tools > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > rhnlib > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > rhnsd > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > rhn-setup-gnome > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > subscription-manager > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > In 6.8 we added subscription-manager- back into the release. > > yum-rhn-plugin > We cannot provide RHN connections, so we have removed the RHN > tools. > People requiring RHN must use Enterprise Linux from upstream > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > vdsm > Was accidentally released by TUV. This is a part of RHEV and not > Enterprise Linux so it has been removed. > This change went into effect with SL 6.2 and continues in this > release. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ADDED compared to Enterprise 6 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PACKAGES ADDED > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have added several packages to Scientific Linux that are not found > anywhere on the Enterprise releases. These have been added for various > reasons which are noted below. > > > icewm > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Summary : Fast and small X11 window manager > Added because we needed a lightweight modern window manager. There > are > some machines that just don't have much CPU and/or memory, and both > KDE and GNOME can really slow these machines down. > This is not installed by default. > > > icewm > icewm-l10n > imlib - for dependencies > gtk+ - for dependencies > glib - for dependencies > > > OpenAFS > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Summary : OpenAFS distributed filesystem > Added because many educational and research centers around the > world > use AFS as some type of central file system. > This is not installed by default. > > > openafs > openafs-authlibs > openafs-client > openafs-compat > openafs-firstboot > openafs-kernel-source > openafs-kpasswd > openafs-krb5 > openafs-plumbing-tools > openafs-server > kmod-openafs > > > revisor, livecd-tools, liveusb-creator > This was added with SL 6.0 and moved into 'sl-adons' in 6.4. > Summary : Scientific Linux Spin Creation > Tools to create Scientific Linux "Spins" or "Sites" > This was not installed by default. > > > revisor > revisor-cli > revisor-gui > revisor-isolinux > revisor-rebrand > revisor-reuseinstaller > revisor-unity-scripts > sl-revisor-configs > livecd-tools > liveusb-creator > > > yum-autoupdate > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Summary : Automatically update your machine daily via yum. > Added for those users who want their system automatically updated > without having to worry about doing it by hand. > This is installed by default. > > yum-autoupdate > > > abattis-cantarell-fonts > This was added with SL 6.1 and continues in this release. > Summary : Cantarell, a Humanist sans-serif font family > Added because our new graphical theme uses this font. > This is not installed by default. > > > abattis-cantarell-fonts > > glusterfs-server > These became dependancies and were added as of SL 6.8. > Summary : Cluster file system > The following packages were added in support of glusterfs-server. > These are not installed by default. glusterfs-server is offered as > x86_64 only. > > > nfs-ganesha > nfs-ganesha-gluster > userspace-rcu - for dependencies > userspace-rcu-devel - for dependencies > pyxattr - for dependencies > > alpine > > Alpine had been added in the past but was removed from 6.8 as it is > in EPEL. > > External Repositories for yum > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Summary : Various External Yum Repositories > These are not supported by Scientific Linux but are here for your > convenience. > This is not installed by default. > > > adobe-release / yum-conf-adobe > atrpms-repo / yum-conf-atrpms > elrepo-release / yum-conf-elrepo > epel-release / yum-conf-epel > rpmforge-release / yum-conf-rpmforge > rpmfusion-free-release / yum-conf-rpmfusion > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tweak RPMs ADDED > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > One of the goals of Scientific Linux is to be as close to the original > vendor release of Enterprise Linux. But there are several things that > people want to change, for one reason or another. In order to have both > worlds we have created these tweak rpm's, more commonly known as SL rpm's. > These rpm's can be added or removed to add or remove a feature. It is up > the individual user to determine if they want a particular feature or not. > None of these packages are installed by default unless it is noted that > they are. > > > SL_desktop_tweaks > This adds a terminal icon to the kicker panel for GNOME. It also > adds > the "add/remove programs" menu item to KDE. > Installed by default for the GNOME and KDE desktop groups. > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Who Needs This? > Pretty much any previous desktop user of linux. It's not a > necessity, > and the icons can be added manually, but it's much nicer to just > have > them there from the start. > > > SL_enable_serialconsole > This script makes all the changes necessary to send console output > to > both the serial port and the screen. This also creates a login > prompt > on the serial port and allows users to login at this prompt. > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Who Needs This? > Headless servers that want to redirect their output through their > serial console during bootup, and also plan on logging in on > those consoles. > > > Note: It is usually best to install this package after an install. You can > either do this by hand, or in the %post section of a kickstart file. This > is because the grub file and bootloader aren't created during an install, > until after all the packages are installed. > There are 4 packages, which correspond to a serial port speed > > > SL_enable_serialconsole > SL_enable_serialconsole-96 (9600 baud) > SL_enable_serialconsole-192 (19200 baud) > SL_enable_serialconsole-384 (38400 baud) > SL_enable_serialconsole-1152 (115200 baud) > > > SL_no_colorls > Turns off automatic colors in ls. > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Who Needs This? > People who don't like the colorized ls or whose terminals can't > read > the escape sequences. > > > SL_password_for_singleuser > Changes /etc/sysconfit/init to require the root password for single > user mode. > This was added with SL 6.0 and continues in this release. > Who Needs This? > In our opinion, everyone needs this. We're quite surprised that > Enterprise Linux isn't this way by default. If you are concerned > about > someone getting root access to your computer by just sitting down > to > it, then this is something you will want to install along with > setting a GRUB password. >