[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.6.0pre2 (1.5.9902) for Windows Suitability

[Jeffrey Altman]

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The NetBIOS issue is fixed for most users by 1.5.9902 but not for
everyone.  The underlying Windows bug is still there and it can be
triggered.

1. 5.9902 is simply the next release for Windows.  There is nothing
special in the 1.5 to 1.6 transition for the Windows platform.

Jeffrey Altman


On 3/10/2011 5:58 PM, Jason D. McCormick wrote:
> I note with great happiness that the NetBIOS issue is fixed in 1.6.0pre=
2 for Windows 7.  We've been doing some testing and the \\AFS path has su=
rvived everything we've thrown at it so far.  We'd like to push this out =
to our Windows 7 users but I wanted to clarify the expected stability of =
1.6.0pre2.  From reading the changelog, it appears that for Windows the v=
ersion called 1.5.9902 is simply the next version after 1.5.78 and would =
have the same expected general stability as its predecessor version. Thus=
 for Windows, where we have 1.5.7x deployed, moving to 1.5.9902 is simply=
 the appropriate next release.  Is this a correct read on the Windows rel=
ease situation?  We haven't encountered any unusual issues that would mak=
e us think otherwise, but I wanted to confirm since *nix follows a differ=
ent stream (i.e. 1.4.x -> 1.6.x is a big upgrade) and that's what I follo=
w the closest.
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> Thanks.
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> --
> Jason McCormick
> Unix Team Lead, Systems Group, IT
> Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
> E: jasonmc@sei.cmu.edu
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