It's that time again, another release of Candlepin and associated projects available for your enjoyment. With this release we have subscription-manager in Fedora as well as a debut build of Thumbslug.
For more information on Candlepin, please visit: http://candlepinproject.org/
Features & Enhancements ========================
subscription-manager --------------------- * added support for host registration and guest association when host can not register itself. * virt-who work to handle ESX guests * subscription-manager available in fedora
candlepin ---------- * build modified to use the tito hotness instead of bunch of disjoint bash scripts * disable manifest rules import. * added support for host registration and guest association when host can not register itself.
thumbslug ---------- * added appropriate init scripts to run as a service * uses Candlepin CRL * thumbslug talks to akamai * created puppet module for katello
Bugs fixed ===========
subscription-manager --------------------- 705883: Fix error dialog modal issues. 719743: Improved text output for successful pool subscription 740788: Getting error with quantity subscribe using subscription-assistance page. 746259: Don't allow the user to pass in an empty string as an activation key 746732: Only use fallback locales for dates we need to parse 749332: Normalize the error messages for not being registered 749636: Client should not support users entering activation keys and existing consumer ids 752572: add interval logging statements back in on rhsmcertd startup 753093: The available subscriptions count does not show correctly in Subscription Manager GUI 754821: Default org of "Unknown" was not marked for gettext 755031: Unregister before attempting to run a second registration 755035: Migration script should work on RHEL 5.7 and up. 755130: add extra whitespace to classic warning 755541: Enhanced the message in the katello plugin to debug when the backend system does not support environments. 756173: Unexpected behavior change in subscription-manager unregister 756507: do not use output from "getlocale" as input for "setlocale" 758471: install-num-migrate-to-rhsm threw traceback when no instnum was found. 759199: rhsmcertd is logging the wrong value for certFrequency
candlepin ---------- 753093: The Available Subscriptions count do not show correctly in Subscription Manager GUI 754841: Implement DELETE /pools/id. 754843: Fix legacy virt bonus pools missing pool_derived. 755677: Activation Keys should not check quantity on unlimited pools 756628: Translate missing rule errors. 758462: ensure job detail isn't null, skip it.
thumbslug ---------- 759607: update url for subscriptions handler
Download & Setup ================= Make sure you read over the Candlepin Setup Guide, which is located at https://fedorahosted.org/candlepin/wiki/Setup
As well as the Headpin Install Guide which can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/candlepin/wiki/headpin/Install
Just give me the bits already! You can get the various bits at the urls below.
Candlepin: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/candlepin/candlepin/
Thumbslug: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/candlepin/thumbslug/
Headpin: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/katello
Subscription Manager: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/candlepin/subscription-manager/
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