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docs/manuals/en/developers/source/releasenotes.rst

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+Bareos 18.2.4rc2 Release Notes
+============================
+
+General Release Information
+---------------------------
+
+.. list-table:: Bareos 18.2.4rc2 Release Information
+   :header-rows: 0
+
+   * - **Release Date**
+     - 12 December 2018
+   * - **Database Version**
+     -  2171
+   * - **Release Ticket**
+     - #123
+   * - **URL**
+     - http://
+
+..
+   * - **LOC**
+     - 123456+ 12345-
+
+.. csv-table:: binary package availablility
+   :header: "Distribution", "Architecture"
+   :widths: auto
+
+   CentOS_6, "x86_64"
+   CentOS_7, "x86_64"
+   Debian_8.0, "i586,x86_64"
+   Debian_9.0, "i586,x86_64"
+   Fedora_28, "x86_64"
+   Fedora_29, "x86_64"
+   openSUSE_Leap_15.0, "x86_64"
+   RHEL_6, "x86_64"
+   RHEL_7, "x86_64"
+   SLE_12_SP3, "x86_64"
+   SLE_12_SP4, "x86_64"
+   SLE_15, "x86_64"
+   Univention_4.3, "x86_64"
+   win_cross, "x86_64"
+   xUbuntu_14.04, "i586,x86_64"
+   xUbuntu_16.04, "i586,x86_64"
+   xUbuntu_18.04, "x86_64"
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+* New network Protocol using immediately TLS
+
+  * TLS is immediately used on all network connections.
+  * Support for TLS-PSK in all daemons
+  * Automatic encryption of all network traffic with TLS-PSK
+  * Compatibility with old clients
+  * Full compatibility with old clients.
+
+    * Old clients speaking the old protocol are automatically detected
+      and daemons switch to the old protocol.
+
+  * Easy update without configuration changes.
+
+    * Existing Bareos installations can be upgraded without configuration changes.
+
+* PAM Support
+
+  * Introduction of new "User" Resource.
+  * The Bareos Director supports PAM for user authentication.
+  * The Bareos WebUI supports PAM user authentication against the Bareos Director.
+
+Changed Features
+----------------
+* Bandwidth limiting now also works in TLS encrypted connections. Before, bandwidth limiting
+  was ignored when the connections were TLS encrypted.
+
+* droplet: multiple enhancements
+
+* bconsole: added "whoami" command to show currently associated user
+
+* xattr and acl support now are enabled by default
+
+  * both features were disabled by default and needed to be enabled in the fileset options
+  * now both are enabled by default and can be disabled in the fileset options
+  * new filedaemon logs the current status of both options in job log
+
+
+
+Deprecated and Removed Features
+-------------------------------
+
+Bugs Fixed
+----------
+* #805: can't restore vmware-plugin assisted backups via webui
+* Windows Installer: Fixed infinite install dialog for VC 2012 checks on x86 windows
+
+
+Internal Project Changes
+------------------------
+* reorganized the whole git repository and merged sub repositories into main repository
+* changed the build system from autoconf/automake to cmake
+* switched from cmocka to google test framework for unit tests
+* introduced first tests based on google test
+* introduced namespaces to avoid name clashes when parts of different daemons are tested in one test
+* switched to use c++11 standard, start to refactor using standard library instead of legacy features
+* use google c++ style guide
+
+  * refactored variable names
+
+* refactored configuration parser
+* library cleanup and reorganization
+
+  * library does not use main program variables anymore
+  * removed libbareoscfg
+  * enhanced windows cross building
+
+* renamed c++ files to use .cc file extension
+* cleanup of header files
+
+  * removed "protos.h"
+  * introduced individual header file for each c++ file
+  * each header file has own google c++ standard header guard
+
+* tray monitor: switched to qt5
+* tray monitor: enable testing in binary and created regression test
+* switch the documentation from LaTeX to Sphinx (work in progress)
+* webui: enabled automatic tests in saucelabs
+* clang: massively reduced number of warnings
+* FreeBSD: added start scripts, fixed buggy cmake detection of ACL support
+* regression tests
+
+  * automatically build traymonitor
+  * preconfigure webui to run in php's own webserver for easy testing
+

docs/manuals/en/new_main_reference/destfiles.txt

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 appendix-m/license.tex
 
 # developer guide (only copying from developers guide)
+developers/releasenotes.rst
 developers/api.rst
 developers/catalog.rst
 developers/daemonprotocol.rst

docs/manuals/en/new_main_reference/source/index.rst

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    index-part-3
    index-part-4
    index-developer-guide
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+   developers/releasenotes.rst
 
 
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