[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.8.12 beta1 available

[Benjamin Kaduk]

The OpenAFS maintainers are happy to announce the availability of
the first prerelease for OpenAFS 1.8.12.
Source files can be accessed via the web at:

       https://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.8.12pre1.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.8.12pre1/
       UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.8.12pre1\

This release includes client support for Linux kernels through 6.9, as well
as some changes to avoid panics when writing to the local cache fails.
It also fixes an issue loading the kernel module on the AArch64 architecture
when using certain compiler versions.

Please assist the maintainers by deploying and testing this release and
providing positive or negative feedback.  Bug reports should be filed
to openafs-bugs@openafs.org ; reports of successes should be sent to
openafs-info@openafs.org.

Benjamin Kaduk
for the OpenAFS maintainers