[release-notes/f16] More master branch changes to f16
John J. McDonough
jjmcd at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 11 23:24:01 UTC 2011
commit 5187820570d81e03e640beec1cd182570db8dcb0
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date: Tue Oct 11 19:23:55 2011 -0400
More master branch changes to f16
en-US/Boot.xml | 16 +++++++++++++
en-US/Cloud.xml | 2 +-
en-US/Development_Tools.xml | 52 +++++++++++-------------------------------
en-US/Networking.xml | 16 +++----------
en-US/Revision_History.xml | 2 +
en-US/Virtualization.xml | 4 +-
6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Boot.xml b/en-US/Boot.xml
index debb8ae..55ae671 100644
--- a/en-US/Boot.xml
+++ b/en-US/Boot.xml
@@ -104,5 +104,21 @@
Fedora 15 saw the introduction of <package>systemd</package>, a new system and service manager for Linux. The integration of <emphasis>systemd</emphasis> continues in Verne, with many more SysV init scripts converted to native systemd service files. The result is a faster, more efficient boot process and simpler service management.
</para>
</section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>rc.local no longer packaged</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>rc.local</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ The <filename>/etc/rc.d/rc.local</filename> local customization
+ script is no longer included by default. Administrators who need
+ this functionality merely have to create this file, make it
+ executable, and it will run on boot.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Upgrades are not affected by this change.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/Cloud.xml b/en-US/Cloud.xml
index ca5f64e..f350d92 100644
--- a/en-US/Cloud.xml
+++ b/en-US/Cloud.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- Condor Cloud is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud implementation. It allows you to create as many VMs from an image or images as you wish, distributing them across a pool of configured hosts. The user interface is the Deltacloud API (<ulink url="http://deltacloud.org).">http://deltacloud.org).</ulink> The backend is implemented using Condor (<ulink url="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/)">http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/)</ulink> which in turn starts VMs using libvirt and KVM.
+ Condor Cloud is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud implementation. It allows you to create as many VMs from an image or images as you wish, distributing them across a pool of configured hosts. The user interface is the Deltacloud API (<ulink url="http://deltacloud.org" />). The backend is implemented using Condor (<ulink url="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/" />) which in turn starts VMs using libvirt and KVM.
</para>
</section>
<section>
diff --git a/en-US/Development_Tools.xml b/en-US/Development_Tools.xml
index c0e3c8c..2bfb73a 100644
--- a/en-US/Development_Tools.xml
+++ b/en-US/Development_Tools.xml
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 450 macros for GNU Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of the cause from all over the Internet. Version 2011.04.12 is now included in Fedora 16. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/index.html">
- <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/index.html">http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/index.html</ulink>
- </ulink> for the project details.
+ The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 450 macros for GNU Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of the cause from all over the Internet. Version 2011.04.12 is now included in Fedora 16. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/index.html" /> for the project details.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -130,9 +128,7 @@
<para>
- <package>btparser</package> is a backtrace parser and analyzer, which works with backtraces produced by the GNU Project Debugger. It can parse a text file with a backtrace to a tree of C structures, allowing the developer to analyze the threads and frames of the backtrace and work with them. The project's trac page may be found at <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/btparser/">
- <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/btparser/">https://fedorahosted.org/btparser/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>btparser</package> is a backtrace parser and analyzer, which works with backtraces produced by the GNU Project Debugger. It can parse a text file with a backtrace to a tree of C structures, allowing the developer to analyze the threads and frames of the backtrace and work with them. The project's trac page may be found at <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/btparser/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -160,9 +156,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- cddlib is a C library implementing of the Double Description Method of Motzkin et al. for generating all vertices (i.e. extreme points) and extreme rays of a general convex polyhedron. <ulink url="http://www.ifor.math.ethz.ch/~fukuda/cdd_home/">
- <ulink url="http://www.ifor.math.ethz.ch/~fukuda/cdd_home/">http://www.ifor.math.ethz.ch/~fukuda/cdd_home/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ cddlib is a C library implementing of the Double Description Method of Motzkin et al. for generating all vertices (i.e. extreme points) and extreme rays of a general convex polyhedron. <ulink url="http://www.ifor.math.ethz.ch/~fukuda/cdd_home/" />.
</para>
</section>
@@ -181,7 +175,7 @@
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/D2_programming">Feature
Page</ulink>. Information on the D language may be found at
<ulink
- url="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/index.html">http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/index.html</ulink>.
+ url="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/index.html" />.
</para>
</section>
@@ -242,9 +236,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- More information may be found at <ulink url="http://ecb.sourceforge.net/">
- <ulink url="http://ecb.sourceforge.net/">http://ecb.sourceforge.net/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ More information may be found at <ulink url="http://ecb.sourceforge.net/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -256,9 +248,7 @@
<para>
- <package>frama-c</package> is a C source code analysis tool, which may be used standalone, or integrated with Emacs. <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> includes a source browser, and can calculate simple metrics such as sloc, call depth and cyclomatic complexity for a project. It can also generate simple call graphs. Various assertions about the code may be tested, and the code may be validated against a number of theorems. <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> accepts user written plugins for additional custom analyses. More information on <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> may be found at <ulink url="http://frama-c.com/">
- <ulink url="http://frama-c.com/">http://frama-c.com/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>frama-c</package> is a C source code analysis tool, which may be used standalone, or integrated with Emacs. <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> includes a source browser, and can calculate simple metrics such as sloc, call depth and cyclomatic complexity for a project. It can also generate simple call graphs. Various assertions about the code may be tested, and the code may be validated against a number of theorems. <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> accepts user written plugins for additional custom analyses. More information on <emphasis>frama-c</emphasis> may be found at <ulink url="http://frama-c.com/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -281,9 +271,7 @@
<para>
- <package>jruby</package> is a Java implementation of the Ruby language, offering Ruby programmers the platform independence of Java. Version 1.6.2 of <emphasis>jruby</emphasis> is new to Fedora 16. The project page may be found at <ulink url="http://jruby.org">
- <ulink url="http://jruby.org">http://jruby.org</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>jruby</package> is a Java implementation of the Ruby language, offering Ruby programmers the platform independence of Java. Version 1.6.2 of <emphasis>jruby</emphasis> is new to Fedora 16. The project page may be found at <ulink url="http://jruby.org" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -295,9 +283,7 @@
<para>
- <package>libpipeline</package> provides a set of functions for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. <ulink url="http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/">
- <ulink url="http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/">http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>libpipeline</package> provides a set of functions for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. <ulink url="http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -312,9 +298,7 @@
<para>
- <package>osm-gps-map-devel</package>, a Gtk+ widget (and Python bindings) that when given GPS co-ordinates, draws a GPS track, and points of interest on a moving map display. Downloads map data from a number of websites, including openstreetmap.org. <ulink url="http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/">
- <ulink url="http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/">http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>osm-gps-map-devel</package>, a Gtk+ widget (and Python bindings) that when given GPS co-ordinates, draws a GPS track, and points of interest on a moving map display. Downloads map data from a number of websites, including openstreetmap.org. <ulink url="http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -325,7 +309,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- Fedora 16 ships with <package>Perl 5.14</package>, which boasts Unicode version 6 compatibility, more reliable and consistent exception handling, improved IPV6 support, and performance and memory handling improvements. For the full list of changes (including syntax changes), please see the official Perl documentation: <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5140delta.html">http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5140delta.html</ulink>.
+ Fedora 16 ships with <package>Perl 5.14</package>, which boasts Unicode version 6 compatibility, more reliable and consistent exception handling, improved IPV6 support, and performance and memory handling improvements. For the full list of changes (including syntax changes), please see the official Perl documentation: <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5140delta.html" />.
</para>
</section>
@@ -335,9 +319,7 @@
<para>
- <package>qwtpolar-devel</package> is a library for plotting polar graphs. <ulink url="http://qwtpolar.sourceforge.net/">
- <ulink url="http://qwtpolar.sourceforge.net/">http://qwtpolar.sourceforge.net/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>qwtpolar-devel</package> is a library for plotting polar graphs. <ulink url="http://qwtpolar.sourceforge.net/"/>.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -349,9 +331,7 @@
<para>
- <package>shunit2</package> is a unit test framework for shell scripts similar to PyUnit or JUnit. <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/shunit2/">
- <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/shunit2/">http://code.google.com/p/shunit2/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>shunit2</package> is a unit test framework for shell scripts similar to PyUnit or JUnit. <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/shunit2/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -374,9 +354,7 @@
<para>
- <package>why-emacs</package> is an Emacs add on for the Why software verification tool. <ulink url="http://why.lri.fr/">
- <ulink url="http://why.lri.fr/">http://why.lri.fr/</ulink>
- </ulink>. Why supports a number of theorem provers including Ergo, haRVey and Zenon, as well as a number of others.
+ <package>why-emacs</package> is an Emacs add on for the Why software verification tool. <ulink url="http://why.lri.fr/" />. Why supports a number of theorem provers including Ergo, haRVey and Zenon, as well as a number of others.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -387,9 +365,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- New to Fedora 16, the WSO2 Web Services Framework for C++ is an enterprise grade C++ library for providing and consuming Web Services in C++. Fedora includes version 2.1.0 of the framework. Documentation may be found at <ulink url="http://wso2.org/project/wsf/cpp/2.0.0/docs/">
- <ulink url="http://wso2.org/project/wsf/cpp/2.0.0/docs/">http://wso2.org/project/wsf/cpp/2.0.0/docs/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ New to Fedora 16, the WSO2 Web Services Framework for C++ is an enterprise grade C++ library for providing and consuming Web Services in C++. Fedora includes version 2.1.0 of the framework. Documentation may be found at <ulink url="http://wso2.org/project/wsf/cpp/2.0.0/docs/" />.
</para>
</section>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/Networking.xml b/en-US/Networking.xml
index 6b5c4da..0211503 100644
--- a/en-US/Networking.xml
+++ b/en-US/Networking.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
- New to Fedora 16 is <package>ckermit</package>, an updated implementation of the venerable Kermit file transfer program. The Kermit protocol is available on almost all architectures, so may well be the file transfer mechanism of choice when dealing with a less capable platform. The project's website is <ulink url="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck90.html">
- <ulink url="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck90.html">http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck90.html</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ New to Fedora 16 is <package>ckermit</package>, an updated implementation of the venerable Kermit file transfer program. The Kermit protocol is available on almost all architectures, so may well be the file transfer mechanism of choice when dealing with a less capable platform. The project's website is <ulink url="http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck90.html" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -35,9 +33,7 @@
<para>
- <package>hotot</package> is a lightweight microblogging client. It supports the native notification systems of both KDE and GNOME. The project's website is at <ulink url="http://hotot.org/">
- <ulink url="http://hotot.org/">http://hotot.org/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>hotot</package> is a lightweight microblogging client. It supports the native notification systems of both KDE and GNOME. The project's website is at <ulink url="http://hotot.org/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -55,9 +51,7 @@
<para>
- <package>ike</package> is a free IPSEC VPN client can be used to communicate with Open Source IPSEC VPN servers as well as some commercial IPSEC VPN servers. Version 2.1.7 is included in Fedora 16. <ulink url="http://www.shrew.net/">
- <ulink url="http://www.shrew.net/">http://www.shrew.net/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>ike</package> is a free IPSEC VPN client can be used to communicate with Open Source IPSEC VPN servers as well as some commercial IPSEC VPN servers. Version 2.1.7 is included in Fedora 16. <ulink url="http://www.shrew.net/" />.
</para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -72,9 +66,7 @@
<para>
- <package>qodem</package> is an open-source re-implementation of the DOS-era Qmodem serial communications package, updated for modern systems. <ulink url="http://qodem.sourceforge.net/">
- <ulink url="http://qodem.sourceforge.net/">http://qodem.sourceforge.net/</ulink>
- </ulink>.
+ <package>qodem</package> is an open-source re-implementation of the DOS-era Qmodem serial communications package, updated for modern systems. <ulink url="http://qodem.sourceforge.net/" />.
</para>
</section>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
index f264889..c74d43c 100644
--- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml
+++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
<member>Warning about GRUB user - BZ#737187</member>
<member>Include mention of D2 - BZ#743960</member>
<member>Warning about UID/GID change - BZ#739661</member>
+ <member>Clean up links</member>
+ <member>rc.local no longer packaged - BZ#745235</member>
</simplelist>
</revdescription>
</revision>
diff --git a/en-US/Virtualization.xml b/en-US/Virtualization.xml
index 8288d94..a1eee14 100644
--- a/en-US/Virtualization.xml
+++ b/en-US/Virtualization.xml
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Update to qemu 0.15, refer upstream changes at <ulink url="http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/0.15">http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/0.15</ulink>
-
+ Update to qemu 0.15, refer upstream changes at <ulink
+ url="http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/0.15" />.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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