From 501011de89869fb9d615e8e0015a19f77b6ffe08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephan Wiesand Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:54:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS for 1.6.16pre1 A first stab at 1.6.16 release notes Change-Id: I32c8c583a6a3122ab4d4774803246cae0a372d18 Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/12099 Reviewed-by: Mark Vitale Tested-by: BuildBot Reviewed-by: Stephan Wiesand --- NEWS | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3babf2ed50..509c95ce0d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,56 @@ User-Visible OpenAFS Changes +OpenAFS 1.6.16 (in progress) + + All platforms + + * Documentation improvements (11932 12096 12100) + + * Improved diagnostics and error messages (11586 11587) + + * Distribute the contributor code of conduct with the stable release (12056) + + All server platforms + + * Create PID files in the right location when bosserver is started with + the "-pidfiles" argument and transarc paths are not being used (12086) + + * Several fixes regarding volume dump creation and restore (11433 11553 + 11825 11826 12082) + + * Obey the "-toname" parameter in "vos clone" operations (11434) + + * Avoid writing a loopback address into the server CellServDB - search + for a non-loopback one, and fail if none is found (12083 12105) + + * Rebuild the vldb free list with "vldb_check -fix" (12084) + + * Fixed and improved the "check_sysid" utility (12090) + + * Fixed and improved the "prdb_check" utility (12101..04) + + All client platforms + + * Refuse to change multi-homed server entries with "vos changeaddr", + unless "-force" is given, to avoid corruption of those entries (12087) + + * Provide a new vos subcommand "remaddrs" for removing server entries, to + replace the slightly confusing "vos changeaddr -remove" (12092 12094) + + * Make "fs flushall" actually invalidate all cached data (11894) + + * Prevent spurious call aborts due to erroneous idle timeouts (11594) + + * Provide a "--disable-gtx" configure switch to avoid building and + installing libgtx and its header files as well as the depending + "scout" and "afsmonitor" applications (12095) + + Linux clients + + * In Red Hat packaging, avoid following a symbolic link when writing + the client CellServDB, which could overwrite the server CellServDB, + by removing an existing symlink before writing the file (12081) + OpenAFS 1.6.15 (Security Release) All client and server platforms