From 9571a8cf76ab092c7c01ac67d0db3fc36827e88c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:10:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated info from NEWS (through -pre3).

---
 RELEASE_NOTES | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 43a1fb7daf6..f9e8f0b86fd 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,39 +1,67 @@
 RELEASE NOTES FOR SLURM VERSION 1.2
-30 August 2006
+3 October 2006 (through 1.2.0-pre3)
 
-See the file NEWS for more details.
 
-* Several new commands have been added to perform the individual srun functions.
+NEW COMMANDS
+
+* Several new commands have been added to perform individual srun functions.
   The srun command will continue to exist, but these commands may offer 
-  greater clarity and ease of use. 
+  greater clarity and ease of use. The srun options --allocate, --attach, 
+  and --batch will eventially cease being supported. The new commands are 
   salloc  - Create a job allocation (functions like "srun --allocate")
   sattach - Attach to an existing job step (functions like "srun --attach")
   sbatch  - Submit a batch job script (functions like "srun --batch")
   slaunch - Launch tasks (requires a pre-existing job allocation)
   See the indivual man pages for more information. 
 
+* A new GUI is available for viewing and modifying state information, sview.
+  Note that sview will only be built on systems which have libglade-2.0 and 
+  gtk+-2.0 installed.
+
+
+CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGES
+
+* The slurm.conf configuration file now supports a "Include" directive to
+  include other files inline.
+
+* Added new configuration parameter MessageTimeout (replaces #define in the
+  code).
+
+* Added new configuration parameter MailProg (in case mail program is not
+  at "/bin/mail").
+
+* Removed defunct configuration parameter, ShedulerAuth. It has been rendered 
+  obsolute by the new wiki.conf file.
+
+
+OTHER CHANGES
+
 * Permit batch jobs to be requeued ("scontrol requeue <jobid>" or
   "srun --batch --no-requeue ..." to prevent).
 
+* View a job's exit code using "scontrol show job".
+
 * Added "account" field to job and step accounting information and sacct output.
 
-* Added new configuration parameter MessageTimeout (replaces #define in the 
-  code).
+* Added new job field, "comment". Set by srun, salloc and sbatch. View
+  with "scontrol show job". Used by sched/wiki.
 
 * Added support for OS X operaing system.
 
 * There is a new version of the Wiki scheduler plugin to interface with
   the Maui Scheduler and Moab. It can be accessed with the slurm.conf
   parameter "SchedulerType=sched/wiki2" (it will replace "sched/wiki"
-  in SLURM version 1.2, but will co-exist in version 1.1.10+). Key
-  differences include:
+  in SLURM version 1.2, but will co-exist in version 1.1.10+). If you 
+  currently use sched/wiki, you will at least need to add a wiki.conf 
+  file. Key differences include:
   - Node and job data returned is correct (several errors in old plugin)
   - Node data includes partition information (CCLASS field)
   - Improved error handling
   - Support added for configuration file ("wiki.conf" in same directory
     as "slurm.conf" file, see "man wiki.conf" for details)
-  - Support added for job suspend/resume
+  - Support added for job suspend/resume and requeue
   - Authentication of communications now supported
-  - Improved performance
-  - Memory leaks fixed
+  - Notification of scheduler on events (job submitted or termination)
 
+
+See the file NEWS for more details.
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