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  1. Cloudera Desktop v0.4.2, released May 21, 2010
  2. Besides the list of key enhancements and bug fixes below, the most important
  3. changes to highlight are:
  4. * Internet Explorer 8 support.
  5. * User groups and group-based permissions.
  6. * Many new features and usability improvement for Beeswax.
  7. ENHANCEMENTS
  8. - Compatibility:
  9. * Basic support for Internet Explorer 8. Support for Chrome and Safari.
  10. * Support Python 2.6.
  11. * Support Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).
  12. - Desktop Administration:
  13. * Support for using MySQL as the Django database.
  14. * Automatic log rotation.
  15. - User Management:
  16. * Added group support. You can assign users to groups, and grant (or deny)
  17. access to use any Cloudera Desktop application based on group.
  18. * A new user access log.
  19. * The superuser may view the recent accesses of all users grouped by
  20. applications.
  21. - Beeswax:
  22. * You can save a query with parameters, which will prompt for inputs when
  23. executed.
  24. * When creating new Hive tables for existing data files, the new import
  25. wizard can help defining the table columns by reading your data, as
  26. well as loading the data into the new table.
  27. * You can save the temporary results of a query as a new table, or simply as
  28. files in HDFS.
  29. - The Cloudera Desktop SDK:
  30. * The ability to create a URL link to a specific view of an individual
  31. application. Various email notifications use this to link to their result
  32. pages.
  33. - UI speed improvement.
  34. KEY BUG FIXES
  35. - Handle large number of Data Nodes.
  36. - File upload under HTTPS now works.
  37. - Job Browser filters by job status correctly.
  38. KNOWN BUGS
  39. - After a successful upload with Linux's flash player (which may warn you about
  40. hanging your computer), the upload screen does not clear. Click the red (x)
  41. button to clear it.
  42. - Running on Internet Explorer 8 has a memory leak issue, which can cause
  43. instability with prolonged use.