en-US/Virtualization.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Virtualization.xml | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 1bcc00596b4c58a16886f17e855824485b4450e0
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 14:49:41 2009 -0400
Last-minute improvements in virtualization prose
diff --git a/en-US/Virtualization.xml b/en-US/Virtualization.xml
index 169ad88..c6c1f55 100644
--- a/en-US/Virtualization.xml
+++ b/en-US/Virtualization.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,16 @@ Hardware requirements: Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU hardware platform support is requ
<section>
<title>Xen Kernel Support</title>
<para>
- The <application>kernel</application> package in Fedora 11 supports booting as a guest domU, but will not function as a dom0 until such support is provided upstream. The most recent Fedora release with dom0 support is Fedora 8.
+
+ The <application>kernel</application> package in
+ Fedora 11 supports booting as a guest domU, but will
+ not function as a dom0 until such support is
+ provided upstream. Work is ongoing and hopes are
+ high that support will be included in
+ <application>kernel</application> 2.6.30 and Fedora 12.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The most recent Fedora release with dom0 support is Fedora 8.
</para>
<para>
Booting a Xen domU guest within a Fedora 11 host requires the KVM based xenner. Xenner runs the guest kernel and a small Xen emulator together as a KVM guest.
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Live.xml en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Live.xml | 20 +++++++
en-US/SystemDaemons.xml | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit eab016035123b13111adc710adaa9b1a1ddb7277
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 14:40:44 2009 -0400
Add system deamons, update live
Key system daemons were added along with some additional
prose in the live images section.
diff --git a/en-US/Live.xml b/en-US/Live.xml
index 9dc7aea..f0e284f 100644
--- a/en-US/Live.xml
+++ b/en-US/Live.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,23 @@
<section>
<title>Fedora Live Images</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live</ulink></remark>
- <para>The <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games_Spin">Games Spin</ulink> provides a Live DVD with a sampling of the best games available in Fedora. </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <ulink type="http"
+ url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games_Spin">Games
+ Spin</ulink> provides a Live DVD with a sampling of the best
+ games available in Fedora.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For electronic designers, the <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL/">Fedora
+ Electronic Lab</ulink> spin provides a complete toolchain
+ for IC designers.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The Fedora Spins SIG (<ulink type="http"
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Spins">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Spins</ulink>)
+ is continuously developing specialized live images for
+ specific purposes.
+ </para>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml b/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
index fa248f0..202269e 100644
--- a/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
+++ b/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,123 @@
<section>
<title>System Daemons</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/SystemDaemons">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/SystemDaemons</ulink></remark>
- <para>
- TBD
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Power Management</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In order to allow users to monitor the behaviour of their
+ systems and to improve power consumption in general, several
+ improvements were done for Fedora 11:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Provide 2 new systemtap scripts to monitor disk and
+ network activity of running applications
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add a workload framework package called BLTK to offer
+ reproducible tests
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improved applications to reduce unnecessary disk
+ and/or network activity
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enabled several new features to save power:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ relatime option for root filesystem /
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Automated start/stop of services related to hardware
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Enable USB autosuspend for known working devices
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add optional tuned service to dynamically adapt
+ system settings to the current use
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ Users of Fedora 11 should therefore see a reduction in power
+ usage of their system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>mdadm</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <package>mdadm</package> has been updated to 3.0. The
+ significant change which justifies the new major version
+ number is that mdadm can now handle metadata updates
+ entirely in userspace. This allows mdadm to support
+ metadata formats that the kernel knows nothing about.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Currently two such metadata formats are supported:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DDF - The SNIA standard format
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Intel Matrix - The metadata used by recent Intel ICH controlers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ Also the approach to device names has changed significantly.
</para>
- </section>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ntfs-3g</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <package>ntfs-3g</package> has been updated to 2009.2.1
+ (from 1.5012). There are many changes in this new driver;
+ see the upstream's release history at <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://www.ntfs-3g.org/releases.html">http://www.ntfs-3g.org/releases.html</ulink>
+ for complete details.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pm-utils</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <package>pm-utils</package> power management utilities
+ have been updated to 1.2.4. Some improvements have been
+ made in logging and configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+</section>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Networking.xml en-US/Release_Notes.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Networking.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
en-US/Release_Notes.xml | 2 -
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 1afb6d3a5922178325318651d037b0bd867fe816
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 13:29:19 2009 -0400
Networking info from feature pages
Text was added from the DNSSEC and TigerVNC pages to networking.
Also, server config was removed from the document as there were no
changes.
diff --git a/en-US/Networking.xml b/en-US/Networking.xml
index a6b47dd..bf5785b 100644
--- a/en-US/Networking.xml
+++ b/en-US/Networking.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,51 @@
]>
<section>
- <title>Networking</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking</ulink></remark>
- <para>This section contains information about networking changes in Fedora 11. </para>
- </section>
+ <title>Networking</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking</ulink></remark>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DNSSEC</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Bind and unbound (recursive DNS servers) now enable DNSSEC
+ validation in their default configuration. DNSSEC
+ Lookaside Verification (DLV) is also enabled with the
+ dlv.sc.org DLV Registry. This behaviour can be modified in
+ /etc/sysconfig/dnssec by changing the DNSSEC and DLV
+ settings.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ With DNSSEC enabled, when a domain supplies DNSSEC data
+ (such as .gov, .se, the ENUM zone and other TLD's) then
+ that data will be cryptographically validated on the
+ recursive DNS server. If validation fails, due to attempts
+ at cache poisoning (eg via a Kaminsky Attack) then the
+ enduser will not be given this forged/spoofed data. DNSSEC
+ deployment is gaining speed rapidly, and is a crucial part
+ and the next logical step to make the internet more secure
+ for end users. DLV is used to add DNSSEC signed domains
+ into TLD's that themselves are not yet signed, such as
+ .com and .org.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>TigerVNC</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ TigerVNC is used as default VNC project. Package names were
+ changed to <package>tigervnc</package>,
+ <package>tigervnc-server</package> and
+ <package>tigervnc-server-module</package>. Binary names are
+ same as in previous version, <code>libvnc.so</code> module
+ has been moved to <code>tigervnc-server-module</code>
+ subpackage. Otherwise there should be no difference
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/en-US/Release_Notes.xml b/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
index 06d3add..dd031c6 100644
--- a/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
+++ b/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
<xi:include href="FileServers.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
<xi:include href="Samba.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
<xi:include href="SystemDaemons.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
- <xi:include href="ServerTools.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+<!-- <xi:include href="ServerTools.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> -->
<xi:include href="FileSystems.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
<xi:include href="Xorg.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
<xi:include href="Clusters.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Boot.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Boot.xml | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 9dc358451eaaf5b7efbc70444a1709bc90d85901
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 12:08:20 2009 -0400
Updated Boot section from feature page
diff --git a/en-US/Boot.xml b/en-US/Boot.xml
index 7fbf35d..9dd233e 100644
--- a/en-US/Boot.xml
+++ b/en-US/Boot.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,11 @@
<section>
<title> Fedora 11 Boot Time </title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot</ulink></remark>
- <para>TBD</para>
+ <para>
+ To reduce boot time, the setroubleshoot daemon and several
+ small bottlenecks were removed. Regressions in using the
+ readahead service were removed by setting low I/O
+ priorities. Readahead now profiles the system every time the
+ rpm database changes.
+ </para>
</section>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Printing.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Printing.xml | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit de166e6244089584b3f796bf1375a01f63d5a416
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 12:02:33 2009 -0400
Add CUPS Policy integration to Printing section
Taken straight from the feature page
diff --git a/en-US/Printing.xml b/en-US/Printing.xml
index 183af45..87ae1cd 100644
--- a/en-US/Printing.xml
+++ b/en-US/Printing.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,52 @@
<section>
<title>Printing</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Printing">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Printing</ulink></remark>
- <para>TBD</para>
+ <para>
+ In this release, system-config-printer uses PolicyKit to
+ control access to restricted cups functionality. The
+ following functions are controlled via PolicyKit policies
+ currently:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ add/remove/edit local printers
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ add/remove/edit remote printers
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ add/remove/edit classes
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ enable/disable printer
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ set printer as default printer
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ get/set server settings
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ restart/cancel/edit a job owned by another user
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ restart/cancel/edit a job
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
</section>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 5996a2c35a40e6f89fd1bf7a71bc08d83f07b92e
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 11:55:08 2009 -0400
Added runtime changes from wiki
diff --git a/en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml b/en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml
index 3ac532b..ee929a7 100644
--- a/en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml
+++ b/en-US/Devel-Runtime.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,62 @@
]>
<section>
- <title>Runtime</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Development_Runtime_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Development_Runtime_Beat</ulink></remark>
- <para>TBD</para>
- </section>
+ <title>Runtime</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Development_Runtime_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Development_Runtime_Beat</ulink></remark>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Backwards Comparibility</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fedora provides legacy system libraries for compatibility
+ with older software. This software is part of the
+ <code>Legacy Software Development</code> group, which is not
+ installed by default. Users who require this functionality
+ may select this group either during installation or after
+ the installation process is complete. To install the package
+ group on a Fedora system, use <command>Applications >
+ Add/Remove Software</command> or enter the following command
+ in a terminal window:
+ <screen>
+ su -c 'yum groupinstall "Legacy Software Development"'
+ </screen>
+ Enter the password for the <code>root</code> account when prompted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>bash</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 11 incldes <package>bash</package> 4.0. This is a
+ significant upgrade with new features.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>gcc</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 11 includes <package>gcc 4.4</package>, and with it,
+ <package>libgcc</package> 4.4. This may require recompiling
+ your programs.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DBus Policy</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Previous releases of Fedora shipped with a security policy
+ for the DBus system bus that was unintentionally permissive
+ (see CVE-2008-4311). In Fedora 11, the policy has been
+ changed to deny method calls by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+</section>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Author_Group.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Author_Group.xml | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 93f10bdaf1030ff4609d0ef2f608169c1001758e
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 11:26:48 2009 -0400
Additional contributors to Author_Group
Also, alphabetize list
diff --git a/en-US/Author_Group.xml b/en-US/Author_Group.xml
index c7878be..43aa506 100644
--- a/en-US/Author_Group.xml
+++ b/en-US/Author_Group.xml
@@ -5,28 +5,53 @@
<authorgroup>
<author>
+ <firstname>Dale</firstname>
+ <surname>Bewley</surname>
+ <contrib>Virtualization</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Paul</firstname>
+ <surname>Frields</surname>
+ <contrib>Overview</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Chitlesh</firstname>
+ <surname>Goorah</surname>
+ <contrib>Electronic Design Automation</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
<firstname>Rüdiger</firstname>
<surname>Landmann</surname>
- <contrib>Installation Release Notes</contrib>
+ <contrib>Installation</contrib>
</author>
<author>
- <firstname>Jens</firstname>
- <surname>Petersen</surname>
- <contrib>Internationalization Release Notes</contrib>
+ <firstname>Ryan</firstname>
+ <surname>Lerch</surname>
+ <contrib>Xorg</contrib>
</author>
- <author>
+ <author>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<surname>McDonough</surname>
- <contrib>Amateur Radio Release Notes</contrib>
+ <contrib>Amateur Radio, Development Tools</contrib>
</author>
<author>
- <firstname>Dale</firstname>
- <surname>Bewley</surname>
- <contrib>Virtualization Release Notes</contrib>
+ <firstname>Dominik</firstname>
+ <surname>Mierzejewski</surname>
+ <contrib>Scientific/Technical</contrib>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>David</firstname>
<surname>Nalley</surname>
- <contrib>FileSystems Release Notes</contrib>
+ <contrib>File Systems</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Zachary</firstname>
+ <surname>Oglesby</surname>
+ <contrib>Multimedia</contrib>
+ </author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Jens</firstname>
+ <surname>Petersen</surname>
+ <contrib>Internationalization, Haskell</contrib>
</author>
</authorgroup>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml en-US/ArchSpecific.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml | 9 +++++++--
en-US/ArchSpecific.xml | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit ec35428c2711ff832310531812721887cef1fce9
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 11:12:26 2009 -0400
Architecture specific
Commented out includes of PPC and x06_64 since there is nothing new
there. Took comments from the feature page (thanks guys_ and added
to x86
diff --git a/en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml b/en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml
index 90beebf..ccfedc5 100644
--- a/en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml
+++ b/en-US/ArchSpecific-x86.xml
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@
<section>
<title>x86 Specifics for Fedora</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/x86</ulink></remark>
- <para>This section covers specific information about Fedora and the x86 hardware platform. </para>
- </section>
+
+ <para>
+ By default, the PAE kernel will be used on 32-bit hardware,
+ where supported by the hardware.
+ </para>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/en-US/ArchSpecific.xml b/en-US/ArchSpecific.xml
index 4714921..385c20d 100644
--- a/en-US/ArchSpecific.xml
+++ b/en-US/ArchSpecific.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<title> Architecture Specific Notes </title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific</ulink></remark>
<para>This section provides notes that are specific to the supported hardware architectures of Fedora.</para>
- <xi:include href="ArchSpecific-PPC.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+<!-- <xi:include href="ArchSpecific-PPC.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> -->
<xi:include href="ArchSpecific-x86.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
- <xi:include href="ArchSpecific-x86_64.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+<!-- <xi:include href="ArchSpecific-x86_64.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> -->
</section>
15 years, 1 month
en-US/Desktop.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/Desktop.xml | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 6f71f8344c111ece0c8572f8dd931b22deaab1da
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 09:41:19 2009 -0400
Correct tagging bug in Desktop.xml
Unclosed package tag
diff --git a/en-US/Desktop.xml b/en-US/Desktop.xml
index 72981a9..99ae022 100644
--- a/en-US/Desktop.xml
+++ b/en-US/Desktop.xml
@@ -133,57 +133,60 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- kde-plasma-networkmanagement replaces knetworkmanager. It has also been made available as an update for Fedora 10, but does not replace knetworkmanager there. Please note that the nm-applet from NetworkManager-gnome is still the default NetworkManager applet in Fedora 11.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A KDE frontend for
- <package>PolicyKit</package> is now
- provided in the new
- <package>PolicyKit-kde</package>
- package. It replaces
- <package>PolicyKit-gnome</package> on the
- KDE Live CD. It includes both an
- authentication agent and an editor for
- authorization settings
- (<command>polkit-kde-authorization</command>).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- As KDE 4.2 includes a power management
- service,
- <application>PowerDevil</application>, as
- part of
- <package>kdebase-workspace</package>, the
- old <package>kpowersave</package> and
- <package>guidance-power-manager</package>
- packages have been dropped. Users
- upgrading from earlier Fedora releases
- should add the <application>Battery
- Status</application> plasmoid to their
- panel, which serves as a frontend for
- <application>PowerDevil</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <package>kdeartwork</package> package
- has been split into subpackages to allow
- installing specific artwork items without
- the huge wallpapers and sounds. In Fedora
- 9 and 10 updates, these subpackages are
- required by the main package to ensure
- upgrade paths. In Fedora 11, these
- artificial dependencies have been removed,
- thus
- <package>kdeartwork-wallpapers</package>
- and <package>kdeartwork-sounds</package
- can be installed or removed separately.
- </para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ kde-plasma-networkmanagement replaces
+ knetworkmanager. It has also been made
+ available as an update for Fedora 10, but does
+ not replace knetworkmanager there. Please note
+ that the nm-applet from NetworkManager-gnome
+ is still the default NetworkManager applet in
+ Fedora 11.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A KDE frontend for
+ <package>PolicyKit</package> is now provided
+ in the new <package>PolicyKit-kde</package>
+ package. It replaces
+ <package>PolicyKit-gnome</package> on the KDE
+ Live CD. It includes both an authentication
+ agent and an editor for authorization settings
+ (<command>polkit-kde-authorization</command>).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ As KDE 4.2 includes a power management
+ service,
+ <application>PowerDevil</application>, as part
+ of <package>kdebase-workspace</package>, the
+ old <package>kpowersave</package> and
+ <package>guidance-power-manager</package>
+ packages have been dropped. Users upgrading
+ from earlier Fedora releases should add the
+ <application>Battery Status</application>
+ plasmoid to their panel, which serves as a
+ frontend for
+ <application>PowerDevil</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <package>kdeartwork</package> package has
+ been split into subpackages to allow
+ installing specific artwork items without the
+ huge wallpapers and sounds. In Fedora 9 and 10
+ updates, these subpackages are required by the
+ main package to ensure upgrade paths. In
+ Fedora 11, these artificial dependencies have
+ been removed, thus
+ <package>kdeartwork-wallpapers</package> and
+ <package>kdeartwork-sounds</package> can be
+ installed or removed separately.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
In addition, the following changes made since the Fedora 10 release, which have been backported to Fedora 10 updates, are also part of Fedora 11:
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2 commits - en-US/FileServers.xml en-US/MailServers.xml en-US/WebServers.xml
by John J. McDonough
en-US/FileServers.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
en-US/MailServers.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
en-US/WebServers.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 868bf7ce518c840115d66ba2bf2ddb270df2a9d4
Merge: 1439625... c53f98d...
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 09:36:25 2009 -0400
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://fedorahosted.org/git/docs/release-notes
commit 14396258c1be744d453de5718461262662d87ed6
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu Apr 2 09:34:32 2009 -0400
Update File, Mail, Web servers
High profile packages that have been updated are documented. There
are many packages that may have changed that weren't caught.
diff --git a/en-US/FileServers.xml b/en-US/FileServers.xml
index c7e7139..901d138 100644
--- a/en-US/FileServers.xml
+++ b/en-US/FileServers.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@
]>
<section>
- <title>File Servers</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_File_Servers_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_File_Servers_Beat</ulink></remark>
- <para>This section refers to file transfer and sharing servers. Refer to <ulink type="http" url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/WebServers">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/WebServers</ulink> and <ulink type="http" url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Samba">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Samba</ulink> for information on HTTP (Web) file transfer and Samba (Windows) file sharing services. </para>
- </section>
+ <title>File Servers</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_File_Servers_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_File_Servers_Beat</ulink></remark>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>vsftpd</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <package>vsftpd</package> 2.1.0 is included in Fedora 11.
+ This update includes enhanced SSL support and a number of
+ fixes. A detailed change log may be found at <ulink
+ type="ftp"
+ url="ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.1.0/Changelog">ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.1.0/Changelog</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</section>
diff --git a/en-US/MailServers.xml b/en-US/MailServers.xml
index f1bc168..4b860d6 100644
--- a/en-US/MailServers.xml
+++ b/en-US/MailServers.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,23 @@
]>
<section>
- <title>Mail Servers </title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/MailServers">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/MailServers</ulink></remark>
- <para>This section concerns electronic mail servers or mail transfer agents (MTAs). </para>
- </section>
+ <title>Mail Servers </title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/MailServers">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/MailServers</ulink></remark>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>dovecot</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 11 includes version 1.1.11 of the
+ <package>dovecot</package> mail server. This is a bugfix
+ release. For a complete list of changes see <ulink
+ type="http"
+ url="http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-February/000099.html">http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-February/000099.html</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+
+</section>
diff --git a/en-US/WebServers.xml b/en-US/WebServers.xml
index 5b19d58..2f1214c 100644
--- a/en-US/WebServers.xml
+++ b/en-US/WebServers.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,36 @@
]>
<section>
- <title>Web and Content Servers</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Web_Servers_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Web_Servers_Beat</ulink></remark>
- <para>Fedora includes both the MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers. </para>
- </section>
+ <title>Web and Content Servers</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Web_Servers_Beat">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_Web_Servers_Beat</ulink></remark>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Apache</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <package>httpd</package> server has been updated to
+ version 2.2.11. This is primarily a bugfix release and no
+ configuration changes should be required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Wordpress</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <package>wordpress</package> has been updated to 2.7.1. This
+ is a major update and includes a number of new features such as
+ sticky posts, a one-click plugin install and comment threading,
+ plus many others.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ See the Wordpress feature page at <ulink type="http"
+ url="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7">http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.7</ulink>
+ for complete information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+</section>
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