[augeas-devel] augeas-1.4.0 preview packages for EL7.2

[Dominic Cleal]

If you're using EL7 (RHEL/CentOS/SL 7.x etc.), you might want to try
these preview packages that I've built to show what's coming in the
future.  I plan on rebasing Augeas to 1.4.0 from 1.1.0, so there are a
lot of changes to test.

I've tried to retain as much compatibility as possible with 1.1.0 by
reverting tree changes (some of which were already in 1.1.0-17.el7) and
also adding updated lenses alongside the originals where they've changed
significantly.  My priority is not to break people's existing
code/manifests.

Please take a look at the draft docs on
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058379 (right hand side) or
in the RPM changelog for more info.  The Augeas NEWS file contains the
full list of changes:
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/blob/master/NEWS.

To configure the preview repo:

cat >/etc/yum.repos.d/augeas-el7.2-preview.repo <<EOF
[augeas-el7.2-preview]
name=augeas EL7.2 preview - x86_64
baseurl=http://people.redhat.com/~dcleal/augeas-el7.2-preview/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
EOF

and run "yum upgrade augeas*".

These packages are *not* supported by Red Hat in any way.  They're for
testing only - not production.  To return to the supported packages,
delete the repo file and run "yum downgrade augeas*" to get 1.1.0-17.el7.

If you find bugs, I'd love to know - especially if the new package
introduced them!  Please send them to Bugzilla or to me.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=augeas&product=Red+Hat+Enterprise+Linux+7
lists all bugs filed against Augeas in EL7, including from testing of
this new package, when it starts.

Cheers,

-- 
Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering