People of the Builds! We are happy to announce the first beta release of the upcoming Open Build Service (OBS) version 2.9. There have been many changes since our last major release. Highlights include the Studio Express features, an improved workflow for producing appliance images in OBS. A message bus, supported by RabbitMQ, to help you connect your own tools to what is happening inside the OBS. And a much improved notifications system to keep up to date with OBS. More information ---------------- If you are longing for a deeper look into all the changes this update brings check out the detailed 2.9 Release Notes https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/ReleaseNotes-2.9 It is also recommended to read these before updating your OBS instance! Try OBS 2.9 Beta One -------------------- 2.9 Beta One is deployed on our reference server you can try it there: https://build.opensuse.org Install 2.9 Beta One -------------------- Please read our setup instructions https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/README.md#installati... or better yet, use our appliance http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OBS:/Server:/2.9/images/ Update to 2.9 Beta One ---------------------- We do not recommend this for critical production instances but if you already have a running OBS installation and want to update it to this beta, please read also the README.UPDATERS https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/blob/2.9/dist/README.UPDATERS file about the necessary steps. OBS Appliance users who have setup their LVM http://openbuildservice.org/download/#appliance_config can just replace their appliance image without data loss. The migration will happen automatically. OBS 2.9 Final ------------- We will continue to work on the final release of 2.9 and expect it to be released in the near future. We hope you like this beta and are looking forward to your feedback to it, here on this list, on IRC or by bug reports in github. 💚 Your Open Build Service Team -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org