Release Notes for Scientific Linux 6.3 Release Candidate 2

If no major bugs are reported by August 8th this Release Candidate will be released as Scientific Linux 6.3.

Send comments/issues/test reports to scientific-linux-de...@fnal.gov during our pre-release period

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Major Differences from SL6.2

Added/Changed:
OpenAFS
    Updated to version 1.6.1-112.sl6

    Additionally, this packages has been patched to disable NAT pings.
    This patch avoids a race condition with the NAT ping functionality.

External Repositories for yum
    The yum-conf-rpmfusion has been added by popular request.

    End users must verify their own eligibility and license compliance
    before use.

yum-conf-sl6x
    Updated GPG key list, CERN's key is now listed here too

redhat-logos
    Now provides 'linux-logos'

xorg-x11-server
    Changed to remove TUV's support URL

sl-indexhtml
    Updated Swedish translation by Alexander Lindqvist

sl-bookmarks
    Now includes links to useful non-SL provided resources

SL_enable_serialconsole
    Augeas is now used for setting up the initial configuration
    The rpm now removes the serial configuration when uninstalled
    Now uses 'conflict' to ensure only one version installed at a time
    The end result should be identical to the previous script
    The old configuration script can be found in the %doc folder
       /usr/share/SL_enable_serialconsole*/OLDSCRIPT

revisor
    Support has been added for the upstream changes in anaconda.

    The 'beta' release notice can now be turned on or off depending on
    your needs.

sl-revisor-configs
    The kickstart files provided have been renamed for simplicity.

    We've also added a script for making an updated disc, containing
    all the current published errata


Removed:

libproxy-mozjs
    Requires an old version of xulrunner, upstream bug 797779.
    We have removed it for now, when an updated package is released we
    expect to build it.
    If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2

libvirt-qpid
    Requires an old version of qpid-cpp-client, upstream bug 839006
    We have removed it for now, when an updated package is released we
    expect to build it.
    If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2

sanlock and tboot
    Upstream only features these packages on x86_64, previously they
    were in both arches.
    If upstream returns support for these in the i686 tree, we expect
    to package them again.

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Download

    http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/
    http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/
    ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/

Iso Download area
i686:

    http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/iso/
    http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/iso/readme

x86_64:

    http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/x86_64/iso/
    http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/x86_64/iso/readme

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Pat Riehecky
Scientific Linux Developer

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