[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.4.7 release candidate 1 available

Derrick J Brashear openafs-info@openafs.org
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:20:14 -0400 (EDT)


The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the first release 
candidate for OpenAFS version 1.4.7.
Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.4.7pre1.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.4.7pre1/
       UNC:  \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.4.7pre1\


Notable changes include updates for newer Linux kernels (including 2.6.25), 
Solaris 11 client support updates, and updated MacOS X support, a fix for
a potential fileserver deadlock, as well as improvements to the host 
tracking in the fileserver and updates to ubik to prevent database 
truncation when network links between database servers are unreliable.

Please assist the gatekeepers by deploying this release and providing positive 
or negative feedback. Bug reports should be filed to
openafs-bugs@openafs.org .  Reports of success should be sent to 
openafs-info@openafs.org .

Derrick Brashear
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers