From c6e2c2cc0136abe5940815765c78aa98d15c3844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sspencerwire Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 09:31:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add Rocky Team release highlights * also some cleanup work --- docs/release_notes/9_2.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md index 1261896cb2..382690c5a1 100644 --- a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md +++ b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md @@ -22,16 +22,57 @@ As well as the normal install images, there are several images available for new In addition, images for Oracle Cloud Platform (OCP), GenericCloud, Amazon AWS (EC2), Container RootFS/OCI, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and other CSP-maintained images are available. -The GenericCloud, EC2, and Azure images now have a variant that uses an LVM partition for the root filesystem, allowing systems administrators additional flexibility and options for configuring their systems, and the GenericCloud image is also available for ppc64le and s390x. +The GenericCloud, EC2, and Microsoft Azure images now have a variant that uses an LVM partition for the root filesystem, allowing systems administrators additional flexibility and options for configuring their systems, and the GenericCloud image is also available for ppc64le and s390x. Vagrant images are now available for x86_64 and aarch64, and container images for all 4 arches. More information on the artifacts produced by the Cloud Special Interest Group, as well as information on how to get involved can be found on the [SIG/Cloud Wiki page](https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/). +The Cinnamon Live image is new with this release. + ## Installing To install Rocky Linux 9.2, head to the [download page](https://rockylinux.org/download/) and download the version you need for your architecture. +## The Rocky Team Release Highlights + +### Breaking Changes + +* centos-release-nfv now provides content built on RHEL buildroots instead of centos stream, for compatibility reasons +* The Container Universal Base Images (rockylinux:9-ubi) are changed to be more similar to the RHEL UBI images. This means: + * `curl-minimal` + `libcurl-minimal` replaces `libcurl` + * `gzip` got added + * `gdb-gdbserver` got added + * `dmidecode` got removed + * `brotli` got removed + * `binutils` got removed + * network config cleanup got added +* Microsofr Azure images are now published in the Shared Galleries as well as in the Marketplace. The shared galleries option provides a direct way to consume Rocky Images on Microsoft Azure without jumping through the hoops of subscribing to the image via the marketplace. + * In addition, this shared gallery will allow us to publish more frequently updated images to the marketplace + * The publisher ID for the marketplace images has not changed yet, but we are working to get a new ID for `resf` which is shorter and more memorable +* LVM Image variants for all types now remove `/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices` to resolve issues with PV/VG/LVs upon installation of the images due to being hardcoded to a specific device new-features-compilers-and-development-tools + +### New and Notable + +* python 3.11 is available now, and it is not an application stream +* git 2.39 is also here, with support for SSH key signing +* Improved support for Intel Lake Field, Alder Lake N, Raptor Lake, Ice Lake NNPI, and Meteor Lake +* rsyslog privileges got limited, which could affect anyone extending the default logset +* There are 3 new application streams: + * nginx 1.22 + * postgresql 15 + * swig 4.1 (part of crb) +* The Flatpak bug that breaks all fonts in Flatpaks (Cantarell) got fixed! +* The Kernel version is now 5.14.0-284.11.1 +* There is an aarch64 64k kernel now (kernel-64k) +* NFS `nfsrahead` got added +* tomcat 9 is now part of the repos +* Wayland is now enabled by default for Aspeed GPUs +* Intel ARC GPUs should theoretically also work now +* Containers + * The container-tools RPM meta-package + * CNI network stack has been deprecated, Aardvark and Netavark are preferred, Netavark is the default for Podman + ## Major Changes For a complete list of major changes, please see the [upstream listing here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/overview#overview-major-changes). @@ -41,9 +82,7 @@ Some highlights and new features from this release are detailed next. ### Installer and Image Creation * Image builder now offers a new and improved way to create blueprints and images in the image builder web console. -* Creating customized files and directories in the /etc directory is now supported. - -Some highlights and new features from this release are detailed next. +* Creating customized files and directories in the `/etc` directory is now supported. ### Security @@ -113,14 +152,6 @@ The following compiler toolsets have been updated: * Rust Toolset 1.66 * Go Toolset 1.19.6 -### Java Implementation - -The Appstream repository now includes: - -* The `java-17-openjdk` packages, which provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit. -* The `java-11-openjdk` packages, which provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit. -* The `java-1.8.0-openjdk` packages, which provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit. - ### Containers For details on changes in this category see the [upstream link here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/new-features#new-features-containers). Notable changes include: From efef227a761a6e8e35b1a8198dd1cb432df41a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sspencerwire Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 10:24:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update docs/release_notes/9_2.md MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Co-authored-by: Serge Croisé --- docs/release_notes/9_2.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md index 382690c5a1..5724cba611 100644 --- a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md +++ b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ To install Rocky Linux 9.2, head to the [download page](https://rockylinux.org/d * `brotli` got removed * `binutils` got removed * network config cleanup got added -* Microsofr Azure images are now published in the Shared Galleries as well as in the Marketplace. The shared galleries option provides a direct way to consume Rocky Images on Microsoft Azure without jumping through the hoops of subscribing to the image via the marketplace. +* Microsoft Azure images are now published in the Shared Galleries as well as in the Marketplace. The shared galleries option provides a direct way to consume Rocky Images on Microsoft Azure without jumping through the hoops of subscribing to the image via the marketplace. * In addition, this shared gallery will allow us to publish more frequently updated images to the marketplace * The publisher ID for the marketplace images has not changed yet, but we are working to get a new ID for `resf` which is shorter and more memorable * LVM Image variants for all types now remove `/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices` to resolve issues with PV/VG/LVs upon installation of the images due to being hardcoded to a specific device new-features-compilers-and-development-tools From 29b43746eaea250ff1779285448976a6fd55635f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sspencerwire Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 10:27:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update 9_2.md --- docs/release_notes/9_2.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md index 5724cba611..1d8cbab0fb 100644 --- a/docs/release_notes/9_2.md +++ b/docs/release_notes/9_2.md @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The following components have been upgraded: ### Compilers and Development Tools -For details on the channges in this category see the [upstream link here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/new-features#new-features-compilers-and-development-tools) +For details on the changes in this category see the [upstream link here](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/new-features#new-features-compilers-and-development-tools) #### Updated system toolchain