OpenAFS 1.8.6 beta 2 available

The OpenAFS Release Team is pleased to announce that the prerelease
1.8.6pre2 is now available. Note 1.8.6pre1 exists but wasn't announced.

Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

 http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.8.6pre2/

or via AFS at:

 UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.8.6pre2/
 UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.8.6pre2\

This prerelase brings performance improvements, improved diagnostics,
support for the latest Linux mainline kernel (currently 5.6) and
macOS 10.15 "Catalina", and a number of bug fixes.

Note that aklog and klog.krb5 will now require the -insecure_des
switch in order to work with the weak and deprecated single-DES
encryption types.

This prerelease is known not to build on some recent 32-bit Linux
distributions, in particular openSUSE Tumbleweed. This will be fixed
in the final release.


For the full list of user visible changes foreseen for 1.8.6, please see

 http://dl.openafs.org/dl/candidate/1.8.6pre2/RELNOTES-1.8.6pre2


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

Stephan Wiesand, OpenAFS Release Manager
on behalf of the OpenAFS Release Team