new upstream version available (3.2.8)

Bug #614697 reported by eris23
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virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
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Felix Geyer

Bug Description

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

VirtualBox 3.2.8 (released 2010-08-06)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

    * VMM: properly terminate the VM with an error if the guest is trying to switch to the PAE mode but PAE is disabled in the VM settings
    * GUI: switch to native file dialogs (Windows hosts only; bug #5459)
    * GUI: don't use native file dialogs on KDE hosts (Linux hosts only; bug #6809)
    * 3D support: fixed GL_EXT_texture_sRGB support
    * PXE: fixed ZENworks PXE boot regression
    * OVF: fixed slower export and larger images under certain circumstances (3.2.6 regression; bug #7073)
    * USB: properly signal an interrupt if the port suspend status changes
    * USB: respect the remote-only filter
    * USB: avoid VM hang when changing the configuration of certain devices (Windows hosts only)
    * USB: fix a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983)
    * PageFusion: fixed conflict with the guest execution feature
    * PageFusion: fixed stability issues with a large number of VMs
    * PageFusion: fixed host crashes with guest SMP and Win64 guests
    * Memory ballooning: fixed problems restoring VMs with pre-allocation enabled
    * Bridged networking: fixed performance issue with GRO enabled on bridged device (bug #7059)
    * Hostonly networking: fixed performance issue (3.2.6 regression; bug #7081)
    * Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup (bug #6832)
    * BusLogic: several fixes for Windows NT/2000 and SCO OpenServer guests
    * LsiLogic: fixed I/O errors under rare circumstances
    * Sharing disks: support for attaching one disk to several VMs without external tools and tricks
    * Shared folders: several fixes and performance enhancements for Solaris guests (bugs #4154 and #6512)
    * Solaris Installer: added support for remote installations
    * Guest Properties API: correctly support enumerating the properties of a running VM with an empty "patterns" field (bug #7171)
    * Guest properties: properly delete transient properties on shutdown
    * RDP video redirection performance improvements and stability fixes
    * Settings: silently fix host audio driver when reading machine XML settings files or OVF written by VirtualBox on a different host OS, for example convert DirectSound to PulseAudio (bug #7209)
    * Settings: properly store the NAT network setting in XML settings file version 1.10 and later (bug #6176)
    * VBoxManage: handle differencing images with parent UUID correctly in subcommand openmedium disk (bug #6751)
    * Web service: enabled HTTP keepalive for much better performance
    * Web service: added timestamps to logging output
    * Web service: treat 8-bit strings as UTF-8 not ASCII
    * X11 Additions: fix for Xorg 6.8 guests (e.g. RHEL4)

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Felix Geyer (debfx)
Changed in virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Felix Geyer (debfx)
status: New → In Progress
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Fixed in 3.2.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1:

virtualbox-ose (3.2.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #618934), remaining changes:
    - VirtualBox should go in Accessories, not in System tools. (LP: #288590)
      - debian/virtualbox-ose-qt.files/virtualbox-ose.desktop
    - Add Apport hook.
      - debian/virtualbox-ose.files/source_virtualbox-ose.py
      - debian/virtualbox-ose.install
    - Drop *-source packages.

 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:03:36 +0200

virtualbox-ose (3.2.8-dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (LP: #614697)
  * Replace the reference to /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD with the full text
    of the license.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1, no changes needed.
  * Revert: virtualbox-ose-dkms and virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms break each other
    instead of conflicting.
  * Drop 24-dsdt.patch, applied upstream.
  * Move "$@" to the first parameter of dh to be compatible with debhelper
    compat level 8.
  * Add 24-xserver-19-support.patch to make the guest additions compatible
    with XServer 1.9. (LP: #616217)

 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:06:46 +0200

Changed in virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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