Changes between 11.0 and 11.1

This is a brief overview of the changes in autoyast between openSUSE 11.0 and openSUSE 11.1 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 cloning phase can take ages with a lot of patterns installed - fixed (bnc#391770)
• [func] a missing partitioning section leads to the partitioning proposal that a manual installation would do (feature #301257)
• [bug] 'passwords mismatch' check in 'ask' fixed (bnc#401208)
• [func] partitioning UI rewritten
• [compat] if you configure a partition to has the mountpoint "swap", the filesystem will be automatically set to `swap too and vice versa (bnc#401547)
• [compat] the autoyast2 RPM will be installed when your profile contains a <files ...> section
• [func] the profile in the AutoYaST UI can be written to the currently running system now (fate#302171). See my blog for some details.
• [func] you can configure the list of proposals that is shown on the proposal screen if you set confirm to true (fate#302946). See my blog for some details.
• [func] you can run an online update at the end of the autoyast installation. Here is documentation (feature #301298) See my blog for some details.
• [bug] make sure that cloned partitions are at least one cylinder in size (bnc#415005)
• [func] UI was redesigned a bit for better usability - thanx to Sven Schober (feature #303552). Read my blog for some details.
• [func] The XML schema check in the UI can show now which section failed - thanx to Sven Schober. Read my blog for some details.
• [func] post-patterns added for the installation of patterns in the second stage (like post-packages). Read my blog for some details.
• [func] files in the <files config:type="list"> section can be on a remote source now. Read my blog for some details.
• [func] you can clone single modules via "Read" button in the UI now
• [func] cloning of bootloader, partitioning and software is optional now
• [bug] relurl for post-scripts and init-scripts fixed
• [func] AutoYaST can install the pre configured images which openSUSE provides since version 11.0 now too. Here is documentation.
• [bug] mountby could get lost when reusing partitions
• [func] when reusing an old fstab via <partitioning_advanced> the old mountby is used too.
• [compat] the <online-update> section was dropped from the profile. Please use the new <automatic_online_update> client in the AutoYaST UI
• [func] when reusing an old fstab via <partitioning_advanced> the old mount options are used too.
• [func] you can wait and/or run scripts before/after each second stage module (look here for documentation).
• [compat] country settings moved beyond pre-script execution, so you can modify it via pre-script