[OpenAFS-devel] release-team meeting minutes 2013-06-12

[Stephan Wiesand]

log: =
http://conference.openafs.org/release-team@conference.openafs.org/2013-06-=
12.txt

Attendance:

 * Andrew Deason
 * Ben Kaduk
 * Derrick Brashear
 * Marc Dionne
 * Stephan Wiesand

=3D=3D 1.6.3 release =3D=3D

No new feedback. The release will be tagged next Monday, June the 17th =
unless a bug is reported before.

=3D=3D Next stable release =3D=3D

Andrew had prepared a list of changes already queued in gerrit that may =
require some deliberation before being included:

=
http://gerrit.openafs.org/#q,branch:openafs-stable-1_6_x+starredby:1000008=
,n,z

The result of going through those:

=3D=3D=3D fs flushall =3D=3D=3D

Stephan wants this in, no objections, approved.

=3D=3D=3D restrict FlushCPS to administrators =3D=3D=3D

Not a perfect solution, but a step in the right direction, and while =
it's a behavior change it is not expected to cause problems. Andrew will =
respond to the comments already present in gerrit. Approved.

=3D=3D=3D Server initiated NAT pings =3D=3D=3D

Will help NATed clients and won't cause problems if they work as =
designed. Approved

=3D=3D=3D volser: preserve stats for R/O volumes =3D=3D=3D

Makes RO volume statistics more useful. Approved.

=3D=3D=3D NeverAttach =3D=3D=3D

Simple and potentially useful. Approved.

=3D=3D=3D bozo: retry start after error stops =3D=3D=3D

Helps with a rare problem, is hard to test, touches server code that =
isn't that simple, and waiting for up to O(10h) before retrying seems =
questionable. Needs more discussion.

=3D=3D=3D remove ih_sync thread =3D=3D=3D

1.6.3 Makes this behavior runtime configurable. We'll keep the patch =
around for the time being, but it's not foreseen to be applied in a =
1.6.x release anytime soon, if at all.

=3D=3D=3D vol: Interrupt RX calls accessing offlining vols =3D=3D=3D

Low priority. Probably not for the next stable release.

=3D=3D=3D libafscp: NULL return value not pointer =3D=3D=3D

Is a straightforward fix for a problem not yet present on the 1.6.x =
branch.

=3D=3D=3D give up callbacks at client shutdown =3D=3D=3D

Should be made runtime configurable and default to off, in order not to =
hurt sites with old servers. To be done.

=3D=3D=3D volser: Do not reset copyDate in ReClone =3D=3D=3D

Simple, makes sense, but a behavior change. Approved, but should be made =
prominent in the announcement to give sites using this datum a chance to =
object (or cope).

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Stephan Wiesand
DESY -DV-
Platanenenallee 6
15738 Zeuthen, Germany