From 361cf11db36db2fc94c7e4961061423fb13e4cf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:20:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add NEWS entries for the 1.6.0 final release The date will be slightly off from when it will be officially announced, but it should be close enough. Change-Id: Icb678bd2da148f59546f5e3d5cfda0251e76bdca Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/5287 Reviewed-by: Derrick Brashear Tested-by: Derrick Brashear --- NEWS | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d614025482..b212ac8903 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ User-Visible OpenAFS Changes -OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) +OpenAFS 1.6.0 (2011-08-15) All platforms @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Properly enable Rx connection hard timeouts. + * Rx NAT pings are not enabled until peer has answered. + * Initialize rx_multi lock before use. * Avoid spurious crashes when initializing in "backup" client. @@ -33,13 +35,15 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * xstat tools now cope with differing timeval structures between endpoints. + * Numerous fixes to command argument parsing. + * Documentation updates. All server platforms * A file descriptor leak which could result in corrupted files in the - fileserver was fixed. An IMMEDIATE upgrade from previous 1.6 release - candidates as well as 1.5 release fileserver is recommended. + fileserver was fixed. An IMMEDIATE upgrade from previous 1.5 release + fileservers is recommended. * Fix ptserver supergroups support on 64 bit platforms. @@ -97,6 +101,8 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Demand attach: don't attach volumes with special status set. + * Avoid crashing on host table exhaustion. Instead, defer clients. + Microsoft Windows * afs_config will not longer set the Tray Icon State in the registry @@ -200,6 +206,29 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Correct lock acquisition order during SMB locking. + * Add shutdown message to event log. + + * Check offline volume status by policy rather than on each daemon + thread run. + + * Return error on directory object not found instead of crashing. + + * Improve error message output. + + * afslogin.dll can start afsd_service if it's not starting or started. + + * Optimize away release lock RPCs for deleted files. + + * Background Daemon will not perform operations on deleted files. + + * Resort recently used directories to the top of the LRU if the + directory is larger than the stat cache. + + * Resort deleted objects to the bottom of the LRU. + + * Use interlocked operations for state and queue fields to allow safe + bit set and clear on multiprocessor systems. + All UNIX client platforms * Servers now marked down when GetCapabilities returns error. @@ -228,6 +257,14 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Do not attempt page flushes for directories. + * Rx connection reference counting is enabled. + + * An Rx connection reference count leak is fixed in bulkstat. + + * Handle unparsable directory objects. + + * Handle Kerberos cred cache errors in aklog. + AIX * Fix PAG usage to track by PAG identifier, not group list. @@ -297,6 +334,12 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Attempt to properly handle SELinux in packaging. + * Init script properly returns status as exit code. + + * RPM packaging fixes (executable libraries, no postinstall message) + + * Kill i386 from RPM packaging. + MacOS * MacOS 10.7 support. @@ -323,6 +366,12 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Rework logic for bulk status operations to avoid a potential hang. + * Avoid panic when doing FSEvent synthesis. + + * Fix bug when using non-dynroot. + + * Update Kerberos support in PreferencesPane. + NetBSD * Updates for platform support. @@ -351,6 +400,8 @@ OpenAFS 1.6.0 (in progress) * Try harder to avoid deadlocks on file-larger-than-cache operations. + * Avoid panic on shutdown when mount failed. + OpenAFS 1.5.78 (2010-11-04)