Changes between 11.1 and 11.2

This is a brief overview of the changes in autoyast between openSUSE 11.1 and openSUSE 11.2 There are more fixes and features in other yast modules like the bootloader that affect the autoinstallation but are not listed here. This list only contains the changes of the autoyast itself.

• [doc] Documentation updates
• [bug] the dropped online_update client still appeared in the UI even though it's useless
• [bug] the "autoyast2-installation" entry appeared multiple times in the "packages" section sometimes (bnc#464161)
• [func] ayast_setup checks for a missing file now (bnc#457587)
• [bug] it was possible to configure firstboot even though the module was not installed (bnc#464118)
• [bug] nfs entries were added to the partitioning section while cloning the partitiong (bnc#465329)
• [func] hide "Show Source" menu point when source is shown already (bnc#457575)
• [func] hide "Show config tree" menu point when tree is shown already (bnc#457575)
• [func] ask-dialogs can have a new type called "static_text" (fate#305732). Read more about it in my blog.
• [func] you can change the label on the back/ok button in ask-dialogs
• [func] SLP support added. So you can use "autoyast=slp" now to query an SLP server. If more than one location is returned, autoyast let you choose between them (fate#305827). Read more about it in my blog
• [bug] fixed the translation of modules/groups in the UI (bnc#448238)
• [bug] speed up software cloning with many repositories activated
• [bug] Classes did not work without Rules anymore (bnc#476456)
• [compat] very old LVM and RAID compatibility code dropped (from around SLES8). <lvm> and <raid> are no longer valid sections now.
• [bug] software RAID cloning fixed (bnc#480690)
• [bug] autoyast fails to add add-on product with iso image (bnc#484735)
• [func] a new type of script was invented (postpartitioning). Read my blog and the documentation for details.
• [compat] don't log the answers of ask dialogs via milestone
• [compat] reuse old partition_id when create=false
• [bug] don't log passwords from "ask" fixed (bnc#492746)
• [bug] network_needed=true post-scripts can trigger a resolver error (bnc#498993)
• [func] more sophisticated size calculation in LVM code (still requires some fixes for multiple striped LVs)
• [compat] <partitioning_advanced> is less strict when looking for root partitions. An /etc/fstab file is enough now
• [compat] ask libstorage for the default filesystem instead of hardcoded reiserfs or ext3 (bnc#490389). For openSUSE 11.2 that's gonna be ext4 (read Bubli's Blog)
• [bug] send ACK package for the last DATA package that was received via TFTP (bnc#507086)
• [func] autoyast=cifs://<server>/<share> works now to retrieve the XML file from a samba share (guest only)
• [func] better feedback for the common "device not found" error while partitioning
• [func] creating new directories with <files> section possible now (fate #305313). Read my blog for more information.
• [func] <package> and <pattern> understand regular expressions now if you start them with a slash like "<package>/kde4.*</package> (undocumented feature yet). Read my blog for more information.
• [bug] fix for autoyast profile on by-id devices like in autoyast=device://disk/by-id/...
• [bug] schema file and cloning code for striped LVM fixed
• [bug] autoyast=usb://... could fail to find profile on logical partitions
• [func] no need anymore to specify the device when using autoyast=device://sde1/my.xml you can use autoyast=device:///my.xml now. Read my blog for more information.
• [func] partitioning UI enhanced to support LVM striping
• [bug] <pxe> schema file added (bnc#516813)
• [func] <filename> option added to the <pxe> section. Here is the documenation. Thanx to Gernot Hillier for the idea.
• [func] <feedback_type> for scripts invented. If you use feedback for your scripts, you can let it timeout now. Read my blog for more information.
• [bug] fixed the order of groups in the UI
• [func] <timeout> for ask-dialogs invented. If you wait longer than 'timeout' seconds to answer a ask-question, the default value is used. Read my blog for more information.
• [func] ask-dialog configuration UI enhanced and missing pathlist added
• [func] ask-dialogs can have a script to "calculate" a default value for a question. Especially useful in combination with the new timeout
• [func] the ayast_setup client got a new command line switch "dopackages" to disable all package related actions (useful to suppress the installation of unwanted packages even if the resolver thinks they are good for you).
• [compat] don't format partitions that have unknown filesystem during the cloning (bnc#542331) for something like RAW partitions for databases
• [compat] clone the mountoptions of partitions too (bnc#542330)
• [bug] accidently selected too many patterns to install when using software selection in autoyast UI (bnc#529613)
• [compat] the x11 section was dropped. X11 is configured automatically now.

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