Explicitly allow http connections via a new 'http' option to --insecure-options (#1945). Any data and credentials will be sent in the clear.
When using bash, rkt commands can be auto-completed (#1955).
The executables given on the command line via the --exec parameters don't need to be absolute paths anymore (#1953). This change reflects an update in the appc spec since v0.7.2. See rkt's rkt run --exec documentation.
Add a --full flag to rkt fetch so it returns full hash of the image (#1976).
There is a new global flag for specifying the user configuration directory, --user-config.It overrides whatever is configured in system and local configuration directories. It can be useful for specifying different credentials for fetching images without putting them in a globally visible directory like /etc/rkt. See rkt's Global Options documentation (#1981).
As a temporary fix, search for network plugins in the local configuration directory too (#2005).
Pass the environment defined in the image manifest to the application when using the fly stage1 image (#1989).
Build 改进
Fix vagrant rkt build (#1960).
Switch to using unrewritten imports, this will allow rkt packages to be cleanly vendored by other projects (#2014).
API service
Allow filtering images by name (#1985).
Bug 修复
Fix bug where the wrong image signature was checked when using dependencies (#1991).
测试改进
A new script to run test on AWS makes it easier to test under several distributions: CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu (#1925).
The functional tests now skip user namespace tests when user namespaces do not work (#1947).
Check that rkt is not built with go 1.5.{0,1,2} to make sure it's not vulnerable to CVE-2015-8618 (#2006).
Other changes
Cleanups in the kvm stage1 (#1895).
Document stage1 filesystem layout for developers (#1832).
Note for packagers
With this release, rkt RPM/dpkg packages should have the following updates:
Install the new file dist/bash_completion/rkt.bash in /etc/bash_completion.d/.