# 2.9.0~rc1

2013-12-13

Release candidate 1 for 2.9 version

* User story #3632: Remember number of entries used on each table
* User story #3889: Configure node-server communication security options from administration web interface
* Architecture #4159: Update java dependencies for Rudder 2.9 
* Architecture #4160: Update library dependencies in parent-pom
* Architecture #4161: Update java dependencies for Rudder 2.9 in scala-ldap
* Architecture #4162: Update java dependencies for Rudder 2.9 in cfclerk
* Architecture #4164: Update java dependencies for Rudder 2.9 in rudder
* Architecture #4165: Due to Scala 10.3 being stricter, update (deprecated) overloaded method usage in ldap-inventory
* Architecture #4170: lift-widgets versionning has changed
* Bug #4172: Tests failling since upgrade of jdbc driver
* User story #4176: Add category of Rules and simplify Rules list
* User story #4177: Simplify the rule grid
* User story #4178: Create the tree of Rule category
* User story #4179: Add rule category create/delete/modify popups
* User story #4180: Add tabs to the Directive paremeters, add a tab to assign the Directive to multiple Rules
* User story #4181: Use tabs in the directive edit form
* User story #4182: Add the rule grid in the directive edit form for multi-rule assignement
* User story #4183: Add thre rule category tree in the directive edit form
* User story #4199: Addition of "Technique with values" in Rudder - ncf integration
* User story #4200: Add PREDEF variable type and ProvideCsvReportTemplate in metadata.xml
* User story #4201: Adapt expected reports generation to use provided expected report CSV template
* User story #4203: Adapt the writing of expected report in the database to the new data
* User story #4204: Don't allow changes in the variables values for meta technique
* User story #4208: Make visible if a Directive is not in use by any Rule
* User story #4213: Package ncf framework in Rudder
* User story #4214: Package NCF with Rudder 2.9+ (integration)
* Bug #4215: The NCF package has a wrong version
* User story #4216: Add "denybadclocks" system variable and make it configurable in UI
* User story #4218: Add "DENYBADCLOCKS" and "SKIPIDENTIFY" system variable specification
* User story #4219: Add the logic to change directive without rule display 
* Bug #4220: Correct the NCF specfile on /usr/bin/ncf link creation
* User story #4221: Copy ncf as part of the system techniques
* User story #4222:  Copy NCF as part of the system techniques (development)
* User story #4224: Don't display categories with no Groups or Techniques without Directives in Rule parameters
* User story #4225: Don't display category (or technique) without Directive or Group in rule edition
* User story #4226: Add the CFEngine logic to use DENYBADCLOCKS and SKIPIDENTIFY
* Bug #4228: Update Rule, throw an error on update of the page
* Bug #4229: The rudder-webapp package should init NCF in the configuration-repository instead of merely copying it
* Bug #4230: Typo in the Disable button on directive screen
* Bug #4231: In popup, The Parent category select does not display the latest categories
* User story #4232: Store the state of the grids in all grid where we can select the number of lines per pages
* Bug #4235: When rule category tree is refreshed, the select rule category should not change
* Bug #4236: Rule and Rule category creation popup should display the selected category as parent for new element
* Bug #4237: Improve edition popup about Rule category
* Bug #4238: Correct the ncf copying parts in the update promises
* Bug #4239: Fix size of fields in Rule page popup, and their label
* Bug #4240: Links in rule table are not working in directive page
* User story #4245: Initialise /var/rudder/ncf/common on initial webapp install/upgrade to avoid CFEngine missing stdlib
* User story #4246: Include ncf input files in Rudder's CFEngine promises
* User story #4249: Edit ncf.conf in rudder-webapp to use the rudder logger in ncf
* User story #4250:  Edit ncf.conf in rudder-webapp to use the rudder logger in ncf (integration)
* Bug #4256: ncf "me.framework_path" is not defined in rudder promise.cf
* Bug #4258: ncf tools should be accessible for each node
* Bug #4260: An error occured at endpoint startup in Rudder 2.9, making the webapp restarted every ten minutes
* Bug #4261: Copy ncf tools as well in rudder-upgrade
* Bug #4262: cf-serverd does not autorise 127.0.0.1 resulting in ncf could not be updated through it
* Bug #4264: Datatables error when saving rules