[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS Release 1.8.8 available

[Stephan Wiesand]

The OpenAFS Release Team is pleased to announce the availability of OpenAFS
version 1.8.8 for UNIX/Linux. Source files can be accessed via the web at

  http://www.openafs.org/release/1.8.8/

or via AFS at

  UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.8.8/
  UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.8.8\

This release brings performance and reliability improvements, improved
diagnostics, support for the latest Linux mainline kernel (currently 5.13)
and macOS 11.0 "Big Sur" as well as support for recent FreeBSD releases
and a number of bug fixes.

For the full list of user visible changes foreseen for 1.8.8, please see

  http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.8.8/RELNOTES-1.8.8


Bug reports should be filed to openafs-bugs@openafs.org.


Stephan Wiesand, OpenAFS Release Manager
on behalf of the OpenAFS Release Team