Difference between revisions of "News 2007"

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15.12.2007

WPKG 1.0-rc5 has been released.

Changelog

• added support for 64-bit Windows to wpkg.js

Thanks to Rainer Meier.

08.12.2007

WPKG 1.0-rc4 has been released.
WPKG Client 1.2-rc5 has been released.

• Minor bugfixes.

03.12.2007

WPKG 1.0-rc2 has been released.

• Closed request 86 (Ability to postpone reboot to the end of the script execution).
  

Thanks to Rainer Meier for that.

WPKG Client 1.2-rc3 has been released.

• Minor fixes found after releasing WPKG Client 1.2-rc1 and -rc2 (closed bugs: 60, 67, 84, 85).

02.12.2007

WPKG Client 1.2-rc1 has been released.

Changelog

• Offline mode
• Configuration check/validation
• New reboot behaviour
• WPKG service dependency on TCPIP and ADF services

See http://lists.wpkg.org/pipermail/wpkg-announce/2007-December/000038.html for more details.

24.11.2007

WPKG 1.0-rc1 has been released.

This is a big improvement over all previous releases. See http://wpkg.org/files/beta/CHANGES-wpkg-1.0-rc1 for a detailed changelog.
Big thanks to Rainer Meier for this release!

03.11.2007

WPKG 0.9.12-test3 has been released.

Changelog

• don't require config.xml
• fixed bug 75 (File version check does not work properly)

17.10.2007

WPKG 0.9.12-test2 has been released.

Changelog

• minor fixes

14.10.2007

WPKG 0.9.12-test1 has been released.

Changelog

• it is possible to set variables through hosts/profiles/packages - Frank Lee
• fixed bug 59 (reboot with logon delay does not work)
• fixed bug 73 (dryrun does not stop rebooting) - Alex Owen
• some minor cleanups

06.09.2007

WPKG Client 1.0-rc2 has been released.

Changes from 1.0-rc1

• fixed logon delay not working on Windows 2000
• when exporting, we set the mode to silent (<silent><YES</silent>) automatically in settings.xml file

08.08.2007

WPKG Client 1.0-rc1 has been released.

Changelog

• We changed the name to "WPKG Client". This name is more descriptive.
• Rebooting should finally work.
  • Still, a change in wpkg.js is needed: wpkg.js needs to end with exit code 3010 - WPKG Client will reboot in that case.
  • We don't wan't to reboot indefinitely if system administrator made an error - WPKG Client will reboot the machine only five times in a row; if wpkg.js still ends with exit code 3010, we won't reboot for the sixth time. To reset the counter, wpkg.js needs to exit with exit code different than 3010.
• WPKG Client should install and work with Vista (logon delay is not supported though).
• WPKG service can be now disabled when everything is done (switch available in GUI).
• Settings can be imported from GUI and from command line.
• Added WPKG icons and logos - big thanks to Eric Le Henaff.
• Event Log entries get a proper description (Error, Info etc.).
• Some minor changes in the GUI.
• Minor fixes and cleanups.

Upgrading instructions

If you're upgrading from an older version, you have to add SETTINGSFILE pointing to a proper settings.xml file. Future releases will be able to upgrade without settings.xml file (will use current settings). As always with rc- releases, take extra care before deploying it on important machines.

TODO before releasing WPKG Client 1.0 ("final")

• Modify wpkg.js so that it exits with code 3010 when reboot is needed. Sample patches are of course welcome.
• Right now, "Help..." button in WPKG Client doesn't display any useful info. This should be fixed before the final release. If you can, please help finishing this information - it's located on http://wpkg.org/index.php/WPKG_Client_-_GUI_help

WPKG Client can be downloaded from http://wpkg.org/index.php/Download

02.02.2007

WPKG 0.9.11-test1 has been released.

Changelog

• Default settings are now in a seperate file 'config.xml'
• WPKG Can now directly pull the XML files from WPKG Web.