[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS 1.4.9 release candidate 2 available

Derrick J Brashear openafs-info@openafs.org
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:44:27 -0400 (EDT)


The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the second release 
candidate for OpenAFS version 1.4.9.
Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.4.9pre2.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.4.9pre2/
       UNC:  \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.4.9pre2\

A large number of bugfixes, including in Rx timeouts and ubik recovery, are 
included, as are support for dynamic vcache allocation on Linux,
new Linux kernel versions, multiple local Kerberos realms, FreeBSD clients, and 
Solaris caches on tmpfs and ZFS for Solaris 10 and later.

Additionally, an erroneous change in 1.4.9pre1 to the fileserver has been 
removed. If you are running with 1.4.9pre1 file servers, an upgrade 
immediately is recommended.

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