[OpenAFS-announce] Second OpenAFS 1.6.6 release candidate available

[Stephan Wiesand]

The OpenAFS 1.6 Release Team announces that the second release candidate
1.6.6pre2 has been tagged in the OpenAFS source repository, available at:

  git://git.openafs.org/openafs.git

as tag: openafs-stable-1_6_6pre2 .

Source files can be accessed via the web at:

  http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.6.6pre2/

or via AFS at:

  UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.6.6pre2/
  UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.6.6pre2\

No binaries are available yet, but they'll be uploaded as they're built.

On top of 1.6.6pre1, this release candidate includes client support for 
OS X 10.9 "Mavericks", a fix for the client for RHEL 6.5 kernels avoiding
crashes with some configurations, and fixes for builds against several
other kernels including old RHEL 5 ones that were broken in pre1.

For the list of user visible changes foreseen for 1.6.6, please see

  http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.6.6pre2/RELNOTES-1.6.6pre2

Please assist us 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 .

1.6 releases are no longer targeting MS Windows.

Stephan Wiesand, 1.6 Branch Release Manager
for the OpenAFS Release Team