Release Notes 29

documentation/whats-new/index.rst

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+Beaker 29
+---------
+
+Beaker 29 is the new beginning after a 3 year hiatus.
+This release was mainly focused on maintenance, no groundbreaking features.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   release-29
+
 Beaker 28
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documentation/whats-new/release-29.rst

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+What's New in Beaker 29?
+========================
+
+After a long pause, Beaker 29 is here, focusing on maintenance and ensuring the continuity and stability of the Beaker Project.
+This release doesn't introduce any groundbreaking features but ensures that Beaker remains reliable and secure for its users.
+
+Custom Bootloaders in Custom Distributions
+------------------------------------------
+
+We are expanding capabilities for custom distribution support.
+Now, you can specify the location of the installer's netboot image.
+It can be either relative to a given distribution tree or absolute path.
+Beaker fetches the netboot image and prepares it in the TFTP directory.
+The netboot image is available at the standard location `bootloader/fqdn/image`.
+
+(Contributed by `Bill Peck  <https://github.com/p3ck>`_ -
+`GH#165 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/165>`_)
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+A number of bug fixes are also included in this release:
+
+* | `GH#200 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/200>`_:
+    `beaker-import` is working again with latest Python 2.7 security fixes.
+  | (Contributed by `Martin Styk <https://github.com/StykMartin>`_)
+* | `GH#194 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/194>`_:
+    Beaker Client no longer depends on deprecated `cgi` library.
+  | (Contributed by `Matej Dujava <https://github.com/mdujava>`_)
+* | `GH#188 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/188>`_:
+    Beaker Client no longer depends on deprecated `ssl.wrap_socket` function.
+  | (Contributed by `Michael Hofmann  <https://github.com/mh21>`_)
+* | `GH#168 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/168>`_:
+    Beaker Server now requires nodejs-less with version lower than 2.0
+    to avoid issues with building assets.
+  | (Contributed by `Martin Styk <https://github.com/StykMartin>`_)
+* | `GH#177 <https://github.com/beaker-project/beaker/issues/177>`_:
+    Fixed issue where JUnit result wasn't properly decoded in Beaker client.
+  | (Contributed by `Bill Peck  <https://github.com/p3ck>`_)