OpenAFS 1.5.12 release available

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of OpenAFS
version 1.5.12.  Source files and available binaries can be
accessed via the web at:

     http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.5.12.html

or via AFS at:

     UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.5.12/
     UNC:  \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.5.12\


Microsoft Windows:
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For Microsoft Windows users, 1.5.12 is the latest recommended release
including:

# Official support for all Windows Vista releases
# MIT Kerberos for Windows Network Identity Manager Plug-in
# Support for 64-bit Large Files
# Support for 64-bit Windows XP/2003/R2
# Implements Windows Byte Range Locking backed by AFS File Server Locks
# Implements Inline Bulk Status RPCs which speeds up directory listings
# Uses GetCapabilities RPCs to probe the server status
# Logs fs crypt state to the Windows Event Log
# Supports DebugOutputString debugging of the RX Library
# New command: fs uuid [-generate]
# Improved CIFS protocol capatibility
# Hard Dead and Connection Timeout values restricted to the CIFS Session
  Timeout value.
# Improve handling of Windows Standby/Hibernate modes when network
  access is not available


Other Operating Systems:
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Release 1.5.12 of OpenAFS is the next in a series of new feature
builds for UNIX leading up to the 1.6 stable release series.
Significant modifications include:

# Linux s390x will no longer crash any setgroups() caller when run on a
  system with greater than 2GB of memory.

# Rxkad client alighment issue which could cause "sealed data
  inconsistent" errors was fixed.


Please assist the gatekeepers by deploying this release and providing
positive or negative feedback. Bug reports should be filed to
[email protected].  Reports of success should be sent to
[email protected].

Jeffrey Altman
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers