[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.4.7 release candidate 5 available

[Derrick J Brashear]

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the fifth 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-1.4.7pre5.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.4.7pre5/
       UNC:  \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.4.7pre5\


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. Since the previous 
version there are fixes to butc as well as the database servers.

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