= News =

== March 1, 2006 == 
[ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg/bcfg2-0.8.1.tar.gz Bcfg2-0.8.1] released.
 * New logging infrastructure (making more of bcfg's functions transparent)
 * Switched to PyOpenSSL
 * Several client operational bugs fixed

== January 20, 2006 ==
[ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg/bcfg2-0.8.0.tar.gz Bcfg2-0.8.0] released.
 * New repository format
 * More powerful classing system
 * Many bugfixes

== January 16, 2006 ==
[ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg/bcfg2-0.7.4.tar.gz Bcfg2-0.7.4] released.
 * This is the final version of bcfg2-0.7.4
 * Several critical toolset bugs fixed
 * Several reporting bugs fixed

== December 07, 2005 ==

Paper presentation at [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa05/ LISA 2005].

== December 01, 2005 ==

[ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg/bcfg2-0.7.3.tar.gz Bcfg2-0.7.3] released.
 * XML-RPC is now the default
 * SSS code is gone
 * Moved to new event coalescing mechanism for fam/gamin events
 * Better error handling when starting with an empty repository
 * Reports enhancements: all data needed to understand node configuration states is now included in web reports

== November 09, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.7.2 released. 
 * Polished up XML-RPC support and packaging 
 * Important Redhat client bugfixes.

== November 07, 2005 ==

Bcfg2-0.7.1 released. 
 * Gamin support (needed to run on RHEL)
 * Base XML-RPC/HTTPS support
 * Extra configuration entries now included in reports
 * Add timing information to statistics
 * Integrate extra package removal into entry re-verification

== November 18, 2005 ==

Paper presentation at [http://www.auug.org.au/events/2005/auug2005/ AUUG2005] [[BR]]
Bcfg2: A Pay as you Go Approach to Configuration Complexity

== October 05, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.7.0 released.
 * Switch to fqdns for all host information
 * Add more documentation
 * Switch to Plugin API

== September 02, 2005 ==

Bcfg2-0.6.10 released.
 * Solaris client support
 * Gentoo client support
 * Report system revamp
 * Fix Cfg deltas

== July 19, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.9 released.

== May 12, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.8 released.

== April 11, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.7 released.
 * Client refactor
 * Implement extra service removal in debian toolset

== March 29, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.6 released.
 * Documentation updates

== February 16, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.5 released.
 * Client metadata assertion

== February 01, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.4 released.
 * Added bcfg2debug 

== January 07, 2005 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.3 released.
 * Redhat client support

== December 16, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.6.1 released.
 * Packaging fixes

== November 12, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.6 released.
 * Ready for real use
 * Repository validation utility
 * init.d service support
 * Generator error handling
 * Cheetah generator

== October 12, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.5 released.
 * Decent debian client support
 * Two-way verification support
 * Daemon actually daemonizes
 * Client-side bundle support
 * Toolset API

== October 06, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.4 released.
 * Core completed
 * Code runs without problems on Chiba
 * Pkgmgr implemented
 * Base implemented

== August 31, 2004 == 

Bcfg2-0.3.1 released.
 * Basic generators done
 * Good enough to test against