Release Notes

12.0.20140918

Abstract

These release notes are generic for all SDK 12 based products.

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Table of Contents

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK)
Packages and Functionality Changes

    Updated Packages
    Deprecated Functionality

Infrastructure, Package and Architecture Specific Information

    System z (s390x) Specific Information

Providing Feedback to Our Products
Legal Notices

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK) can be used for SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED).

Several packages that are either only on SLES or only on SLED, but needed for
the SDK, have been added to the SDK for convenience. The presence of those
packages on the SDK does not indicate any support or maintenance entitlement.
If you only have a support contract for SLED you are not automatically entitled
to support for SLES packages on the SDK and vice versa.

As the SDK is targetting SLES and SLED, it may contain packages, which are only
useful and can only be installed in combination with one of SLES or SLED, not
necessarily with both. This is a feature, not a bug.

You should be able to re-build any package on SLES or SLED with the SDK DVDs.
If you are still using the deprecated CDs, please download the DVDs from http:/
/developer.suse.com/wiki/index.php?title=SLES_SDK.

If you are missing packages on the DVD, please file a bug in the Novell
Bugzilla system (http://bugzilla.novell.com). You may also find additional
unsupported packages on openSUSE (http://www.opensuse.org).

Note

For various technical reasons not all SDK packages are available on all SLES
hardware architectures.

The SDK does not come with a maintenance or support entitlement. From time to
time SUSE may release package updates and security fixes online.

If you add the SDK during installation, online update repositories for the SDK
are added when you register your product.

CHECKIT:SLE11.3

If you have added the SDK later, please run the Novell Customer Center
Configuration in YaST2. This will add the SDK update sources to your
configuration. You will not have to re-enter your registration data for this.

Packages and Functionality Changes

Updated Packages

Support for Qt5

We received requests to support QML as part of the Qt framework.

While Qt4 (minimum ver 4.8.2-260.1) would have been possible to use, directly
upgrading to and supporting Qt5 (QML supported) is the better and more future
proof solution.

Deprecated Functionality

Packages Removed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

The following packages were removed with the release of Software Development
Kit 12:

Infrastructure, Package and Architecture Specific Information

System z (s390x) Specific Information

RAS

Valgrind: Debug Support for IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) and Decimal Floating
Point

Enhanced debugging capabilities for binaries now including System z
zEnterprise196 (z196) instructions and improved debugging capabilities for
binaries containing dfp instructions.

Providing Feedback to Our Products

On the top level of the first product medium you will find a detailed ChangeLog
file. For more information, also see the READMEs there.

In case of encountering a bug, please report it through your support contact.

Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team

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