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= Bcfg2 0.9.6 Release =

This page describes the development goals, release status and new features for the 0.9.6 release.

== Development Goals ==

 * piling more modes (in an organized way) into bcfg2-admin, putting more of the ad hoc stuff from the tools directory into the hands of package-only users
 * streamlining acquisition/analysis 
 * Continuous mode for the client -- where only previously conforming entries are changed
 * Centralized per-entry decision support (for building automatic reconfiguration processes), both rule-based and point-in-time
 * Cleaning up the revision control support
   * Support for server-initiated writes (clients.xml/ssh keys/bcfg2-admin pull data)
   * Plugin infrastructure for other revision ctl systems
 * Modular data source support -- adding the ability to build a set of data inputs for configuration generation interfacing with:
   * ldap
   * mysql
   * files
   * PODIM 

== Release Status ==

 * 0.9.6pre3 (10/10/08)

== New Features ==

 * Client- and group-specific TCheetah and TGenshi templates
 * Client- and group-specific SGenshi structures
 * Client- and group-specific Probes
 * Multi-fingerprint support in the client
 * Rework bcfg2-admin (and implement unattended bcfg2-admin pull)
 * [wiki:NewDynamicReports#Newreportsscriptin0.9.6pre2andlater bcfg2-reports]
 * Editor Plugin: support cfengine style file edits without a centralized set of information
 * DBStats Plugin: Load statistics directly into the database from the server
 * Dynamic group information available in bcfg2-info
 * BB plugin: a network provisioning plugin that replaces the stock metadata plugin
 * Query mode for bcfg2-admin
 * Preliminary FreeBSD rc support
 * Pkgmgr optimizations (results in 10X speedup in startup on python2.4+)
 * Unicode support
 * Client locking support: prevent multiple client runs at the same time
 * Add fs event debugging in bcfg2-info
 * Support for direct file logging (ie bcfg2 -o /tmp/bcfg2.log)