ANNOUNCE: Tinderbox 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 now available

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On behalf of the growing Tinderbox team, I am pleased to announce the
availability of Tinderbox 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 (2.0.0.r1).  If
you're a testing sort, please download this candidate, and beat on it so
we can get all the bugs ironed out before the official 2.0.0 release.

Highlights of the release include:

* Multi-phase build support now builds ports exactly as pointyhat does.

* New ``tinderd'' daemon queues and schedules automated port builds.

* Configuration has been moved out of rawenv and into the database add
flexibility and easier upgrades.

* Jail src and PortsTree ports can be mounted via NFS or nullfs.

* A new web front-end, www-exp, has been added to provide control over
tinderd as well as offer a configurable, template-based, approach to
Tinderbox management.

* Security holes around ds.inc and tinderbox.inc have been plugged by
renaming these files to inc_ds.php and inc_tinderbox.php respectively.

* pnohang is now compiled at build run time so it can be easily shared
across multiple TB host architectures

* The hardcoded /space has been replaced with dynamic code.  You can now
run Tinderbox in any directory without a need for a /space symlink.

* FreeBSD 7.X support has been added.

* Documentation has been vastly improved.  A new web-based version of
the README is also available

* makemake has been overhauled for a much-needed performance boost.

* The three create_new_* scripts have been collapsed into one create
script.  Consult the documentation on the new usage.

* The scripts directory has been cleaned up, and various subdirectories
have been added to reduce clutter.

* A new setup.sh script has been added for easy Tinderbox configuration
and database initialization.  Consult the documentation for the new TB
setup procedure.

* A new upgrade.sh script has been added to make upgrading from TB 1.x a
painless experience.

* MANY bugs have been fixed, including error reporting issues and
consistency discrepancies.

Tinderbox 2.0.0.r1 can be downloaded from
http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/tinderbox-2.0.0.r1.tar.gz.  The online
documentation can be found at
http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/README_2.html.  Once 2.0.0 is officially
released, the website will be updated.

Joe

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