[X2go-Announcement] New X2go releases (as of 2011-10-12)

Hi all,

two weeks ago the X2go project developers team has agreed on releasing
X2go source projects in shorter release intervals than before. The
goal of this is to make new code and X2go features available to the
community sooner rather then later and to provide more clarity on what
is considered stable and up-to-date and what not.

The plan is to release code that

• we consider as stable
• has been tested by more than one person and
• has not been changed in X2go Git for more than 14 days

the upcoming Wednesday.

As this is the first release shot we will take (after a long time with
only irregurlar releases), the changelogs of the individual projects
are quite long. Feel free to study these changelog (at the end of this
mail) or not.

The released source projects of this Wednesday (2011-10-12) are:

CLIENT:

 - x2goclient (3.99.0.1)
 - pinentry-x2go (0.7.5.1)
 - python-x2go (0.1.1.18)
 - x2gothinclient (v1.0.1.3)

SERVER:

 - x2goserver (3.0.99.6)
 - x2gognomebindings (2.0.1.3)
 - x2golxdebindings (1.0.1.1)
 - x2godesktopsharing (3.0.1.3)
 - cups-x2go (3.0.0.3)

Stable packages for Debian/Ubuntu are currently building, a Windows
and Debian Armel installer/package of x2goclient will follow within
the next days. For server-side packages we will also provide lenny
backports within the next week.

Please take a good look at the changelogs before upgrading your
systems, rather test on a non-production server first, if unsure. The
X2go team does not give you any warranties if anything fails with your
environment (we simply give our best to provide you with stable code).

Greets+HaveFun, Mike Gabriel

PS: the changelogs...

x2goclient (3.99.0.1-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

• New upstream version (3.99.0.1):
  • Set TCP_NODELAY (equals: turn Nagle off) for SSH graphical port
    forwarding tunnel.
  • Include cups/ppd.h in cupsprint.h, fixes build on Debian wheezy/sid.
  • Add build_man/clean_man stanzas to Makefile.
• Explicitly use source format 3.0 (native).
• Build-depend on libssh-dev (>=0.4.7).
• Update menu file in /debian folder (rename title to ,,X2go Client (Qt)'').
• Do not run man2html from rules file anymore.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:11:50 +0200

pinentry-x2go (0.7.5.1-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Oleksandr Shneyder ]

• Set font size in pinentry dialog to 14

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:42:21 +0200

x2gothinclient (1.0.1.3-0~x2go1.1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Mike Gabriel ] New upstream version (1.0.1.3): - Split up x2gocdmanager package into x2gocdmanager and x2gothinshutdown package - Fix USB mounting, CD mounting, - Improve code layout (tab stops, inline comments) - Add HTTP_PROXY and FTP_PROXY support to x2gothinclientmanagement (APT package download) - Add example files/symlinks for tftpboot environment. - Add syslinux boot splash with X2go flavour. - Install 486 and 686 kernels in TCE chroot. - Move PXE tftpboot examples to x2gothinclient/share/tftpboot. - Improval of syslinux boot screen. - Add x2gothinclient_preptftpboot script. - Add man page for x2gothinclient_preptftpboot. - Do not run management script if there is a problem with the X2go TCE chroot. - Sanity checks: X2go TCE management script have to run as root. - Add HTTPS_PROXY support. - Add x2gothinclient_cleanup script. - Add man page for x2gothinclient_cleanup. - Run x2gothinclient_init from x2gothinclientd init script. - Fix udev rules path in x2gosmartcardrules, improval of udev script, plus man page. - Fix udev rules path in x2gousbmount. - Add comment that names possible boot profiles to tftp config template. - Add kernel module blacklisting for x2gothinclient_create. - Tweak mtab diversion on X2go Thin Client to avoid error messages. - Add some more PXE/TFTP info at end of x2gothinclient_pretftpboot script. - Disable service restarts in chroot. - Add a ,,hit <RETURN> before TCE creation. - Add tmpfs mount for /var/lib/dbus. - Reduce x2goclient CPU load from ~100% to ~0-1%. - Boot TCE kernel with nomodeset boot option to avoid gCard incompatibilities (Fb vs. Xorg). - Move kernel/initrd symlinks after install rather than copying. - Add detection of kernel upgrades to x2gothinclient_upgrade script. - Adapt chroot file created by x2gothinclient_upgrade, escaping $-signs. - Use --no-session-edit option when starting x2goclient on TCE. - Delay thinshutdown button appearance for 4+6 seconds on X server (re)start (that is: 10s on tce start or X server restart and 4s after session logout). - Add post-run instructions of x2gothinclient_preptftpboot to its
man page.

• Add acpid to x2gothinclient's Recommends: section.
• Remove ssh (=openssh-server) dependency for x2gothinclient package.
• Add memtest86+ to x2gothinclient's Recommends: section.
• Add midnight commander to Recommends: of x2gothinclient.
• x2gothinshutdown: conflicts x2gocdmanager<=1.0.1.2.

[ Coco ]

• Improvements for upstream version (1.0.1.3):
  • Replace tmpfs mount on /etc/network/run with symlink /etc/network/run -> /dev/shm.

[ Oleksandr Shneyder ]

• Improvements for upstream version (1.0.1.3):
  • x2gosmartcardrules: support for SCM SCR331-LC1 SmartCard Reader.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:16:59 +0200

python-x2go (0.1.1.8-0-x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Mike Gabriel ]

• New upstream version (0.1.1.8), bugfix release for 0.1.1.x series:
  • Bugfix for: Test for existence of remote home directory on connect.
  • Unshare local folders during session cleanup.
  • Remove local session cache folders after sessions have terminated.
  • Fix missing import of socket module in backends/control/_stdout.py.
  • Catch failures on sftp_write in control session instance.
  • Always disconnect from X2goSession instance.
  • Use random passwords for checking SSH host keys.
  • Fix duplication of SSH keys in known_hosts file, use hashed hostnames in known_hosts file. Make sure SSH keys written to known_hosts file are available to other SSHClient instances immediately.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:54:23 +0200

x2goserver (3.0.99.6-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Mike Gabriel ] pointing that out.

• New upstream version (3.0.99.6):
  • Rename x2goumount_session calls to x2goumount-session calls in x2goserver internal scripts.
  • Re-arranged script files into /bin and /lib directories.
  • Tab'ified all script files, proper indentation, coding style.
  • Fix for x2gomountdirs, now also usernames containing blanks can use local folder sharing.
  • Provide C wrapper for setgid call of x2gosqlitewrapper.pl. Remove dependency from perlsuid.
  • Store SQLite db in /var/lib/x2go to comply to latest FHS.
  • Add x2gobasepath script to reliably detect x2goserver install path.
  • Add man page for x2gobasepath.
  • Remove Debianisms from INSTALL howto.
  • Add chromium-browser as possible WWWBROWSER to x2goruncommand.
  • Add lxterminal as possible TERMINAL to x2goruncommand.
  • Add LibreOffice.org as possible OFFICE application to x2goruncommand.
  • Fix for TERMINAL command execution if konsole (KDE4) is installed on the server (closes upstream issue #87).
  • Silence x2golistsessions on missing session.log files.
  • Add x2goprint user creation information to INSTALL howto.
  • Add sanity checks to x2goprint, script can only be run as root.
  • Fix x2goprint, add syslogging, add inline comments.
  • Add script lib/x2gologlevel: introduce [log] section in x2goserver.conf with only parameter ,,loglevel''.
  • Initialize Syslog module for all Perl scripts in x2goserver package.
  • Add debugging support for almost all DB functions in
    x2godbwrapper.pm, fix for Syslog module initialization in all Perl scripts.
  • Add info loglevel messages for all scripts in bin dir.
  • Add notice messages for start, suspend, resume, terminate, mountdirs actions.
  • Fix for x2godbwrapper.pm: we can't open/close the syslog socket in a package. This has to be done by the scripts that use x2godbwrapper.pm.
  • Add info loglevel messages for x2goserver-extensions scripts.
  • Use usermapping for SSHFS mount points.
  • Cleanup of man page area, thanks to Ivan Kabaivanov for

 - Rename example user and group for session limits in x2goserver.conf so
   that people do not get the idea to put users in x2gouser group.
 - Add real error message if client fails to resume/suspend/terminate
   a session.
 - Present an ISO-8601 compliant datetime string in session lists
   rendered by x2golistsessions (and similar) command(s).
 - Silence knotify SIGHUP signals in case that no knotify is running in the
   X2go session.
 - Fix x2goumount-session for individual paths (folder type: disk),
   ToDo: folder type CDROM and removable media.
 - Let db_insertmount create a proper return value (success vs. failed).
 - If resuming or suspending of a session fails, mark the session as
   finished (because the session's x2goagent is very probably dead).
   Do not write an error to stderr if x2goterminate-session fails (i.e. if
   x2goagent is dead).
 - Identified x2goumount script (x2goserver-compat) as a necessary
   component of x2gognomebindings and moved it there (with new name:
   x2goumount-session-gnome).
 - Add x2golistmounts script to X2go server extensions.
 - Add x2gofeature script and x2gofeature.d subscripts.
 - Add x2gofeature man page.
 - Move x2goversion script into x2goserver core.
 - Add debug output around shadow session startup (in x2gostartagent).
 - Pass extra argument $USER to client-mode x2godesktopsharing, requires
   x2godesktopsharing (>=3.0.1.3) for it to work.
 - Clean session dir ~/.x2go/C-<session_id> after session  

terminates, if not running in debug mode. - Change of Desktop icons for shared folders. This change is needed for parallel installation of x2gognomebindings and x2golxdebindings. - Terminate x2godesktopsharing cleanly for current session on x2goterminate-session or when x2goruncommand is about to exit. - Resume/suspend x2godesktopsharing during x2goresume-session, x2gosuspend-session. - Provide pluggable X2go extension system for main X2go server functions. - Provide man page for x2goserver-run-extensions that explains the new plug-in mechanism of x2goserver.

• React to bug #627990, prefer man2html-base over man2html.
• Do not depend on package perlsuid anymore.
• Use source format 3.0 (native).
• Fix of Debian clean rules, fix of Makefile's clean rules.
• Breaks/replaces packages: x2goserver-one, x2goserver-home, x2goprint (instead ofB Conflicts).
• Tab'ified postinst/postrm scripts.
• Install internal x2goserver scripts to /usr/lib/x2go, make sure scripts in /usr/bin find these scripts.
• x2goserver.postinst: fix home path updates if new home path already exists
• Provide separate package x2goserver-printing: x2goprint script +
  man page + adduser x2goprint.

[ Moritz Strübe ]

• Improvements for new upstream version (3.0.99.6):
  • Make digits at the beginning of X2go server extension scripts a
    must, not a suggestion.

[ Ivan Kabaivanov ]

• Improvements for new upstream version (3.0.99.6):
  • Many Makefile fixes around man page installation.
  • Proof-reading code, fixing typos.

[ Martin Oehler ]

• Fixes for new upstream version (3.0.99.6):
  • Removes old debug code fragment, fixes x2golistsessions parsing.

[ Oleksandr Shneyder ]

• Improvements for new upstream version (3.0.99.6):
  • Remove session directory after 10 sec delay to let x2goclient check cmdoutput file.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:44:59 +0200

x2gognomebindings (2.0.1.3-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

• New upstream version (2.0.1.3):
  • Move ,,x2goumount'' script into source project as ,,x2goumount-session- gnome''.
  • Move x2gosuspend-session-gnome to /bin folder within source project.
  • Add man pages for x2goumount-session-gnome, x2gosuspend-session-gnome.
  • Add simple man page for x2gonautilus.
  • Place x2go-suspend.desktop icon in GNOME Network submenu.
  • Define unique MIME name spaces for X2go SSHFS GNOME icons.
  • Rename sshfs.xml to sshfs-x2go-gnome.xml.
  • Use desktop icon names that contain the name of the desktop session.
  • Allow blanks in desktop icon names.
  • Provide more GNOME'ish way to derive icon path name from GNOME object URI.
  • Let x2goumount-session-gnome be able to handle icons with blanks in their name.
• Add gnome-menus as dependency.
• Now fully use debhelper for packaging. Fixed lintian issues.
• Use source format 3.0 (native).
• Add linitian-overrides an man pages to package.
• Depend on x2goserver (>=3.0.99.6).

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:30:51 +0200

x2golxdebindings (1.0.1.1-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Mike Gabriel ]

• New upstream version (1.0.1.1):
  • Add icon symlinks for sshfs/LXDE MIME types.
  • Use desktop icon names that contain the name of the desktop session.
• Imported original tarball version (v1.0.1) to X2go Git.
• Adds Debian/Ubuntu packaging (/debian folder).
• Depend on destop-file-utils.
• Depend on x2goserver (>=3.0.99.6).

[ Milan Knížek ]

• New upstream version (1.0.1.1):
  • Fix for wrong/test MIME type in x2gopcmanfm.desktop.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:35:28 +0200

x2godesktopsharing (3.0.1.3-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

• New upstream version (3.0.1.3):
  • Fix incomplete DENY statement in main.cpp.
  • System group for x2godesktopsharing changed from x2gousers -> x2godesktopsharing.
  • Differentiate between local and remote user, fixes display of wrong user name for remote user.
  • Add signal handler so that unix signals can be handled within Qt.
  • Add script x2godesktopsharing-terminate: detect
    x2godesktopsharing process of a given session and terminate that process.
  • Save settings and tidy up lock and socket file on X-Server crash.
  • Provide feature for suspending/resuming x2godesktopsharing (x2godesktopsharing will be terminated on x2gosuspend-session and operations will be resumed on x2goresume-session).
  • Add man pages for x2go<action>-desktopsharing commands, re-arrange man page folders in source project.
• Depend on x2goserver (>=3.0.99.6).
• Make sure postinst script does not fail when checking for existence of group x2godesktopsharing.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:17:38 +0200

cups-x2go (3.0.0.3-0~x2go1) unstable; urgency=low

[ Mike Gabriel ]

• New upstream release (3.0.0.3):
  • Call x2goprint directly with root privileges if x2goserver and CUPS server share the same machine.
  • Major change of code, add comments, syslogging, fix ghostscript call.
  • Fix remote printing, use host specified in X2go session information for destination of print jobs, not the host specified in cups-x2go.conf.
  • Add loglevel config option, allow different log levels (i.e. levels of syslog verbosity).
• Add dpkg-statoverride for CUPS backend cups-x2go, file permission 0700 on CUPS backend makes CUPS run this backend with root-privileges which is needed for cups-x2go to work.
• Add a proper dpkg-statoverride check in postinst script.

[ Mario Oroz ]

• New upstream release (3.0.0.3):
  • Add syslog support for cups-x2go.
  • Ownership fix for .title file.

[ Oleksandr Shneyder ]

• New upstream release (3.0.0.3):
  • fixed reading deprecated /etc/x2go/sql.
  • fixed saving temprary file in / instead of /tmp.

-- Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:40:12 +0200

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