[OpenAFS-announce] second OpenAFS 1.6.11 release candidate available

[Stephan Wiesand]

The OpenAFS 1.6 Release Team announces that the second 1.6.11 release =
candidate
1.6.11pre2 has been tagged in the OpenAFS source repository, available =
at:

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

as tag: openafs-stable-1_6_11pre2 .

Source files can be accessed via the web at:

   http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.6.11pre2/

or via AFS at:

   UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.6.11pre2/
   UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.6.11pre2\

There are no binaries yet. Those will be uploaded as they become =
available.

This release's scope is limited to relatively few client side fixes and
enhancements:

 * Support for recent Linux kernels up to 3.19

   Note that kernels 3.17 to 3.17.2 require an additional configure =
switch
   when building the kernel module in order to work correctly. The same =
could
   apply to distribution kernels with backports of certain changes from =
3.17
   but not the corresponding fix from 3.17.3 / 3.18. Please consult the
   release notes and the README for details.

 * Support for OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" (there's no installer though)

 * Build support for FreeBSD >=3D 11.0 and OpenBSD 5.4

 * A fix allowing aklog to succeed creating native K5 tokens even when =
mapping
   the K5 principal to a K4 one fails

 * Selected fixes for potential data corruption or client panics under
   certain conditions

For the full list of user visible changes foreseen for 1.6.11, please =
see

  http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.6.11pre2/RELNOTES-1.6.11pre2


Please assist us by deploying this prerelease 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