[Netatalk-devel] Netatalk 2.2-alpha1 has been released

[Frank L. <fra...@go...>]

Netatalk 2.2alpha1
==================
The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 2.2alpha1 of
the Netatalk File Sharing suite. This is an unstable version, published
for the sole purpose of receiving wider testing. Do not run this on
production systems.

Changes in 2.2alpha1
====================

* NEW: ad utility: ad cp
* NEW: ad utility: ad rm
* NEW: ad utility: ad mv
* NEW: afpd: dynamic directoy and CNID cache (new config option -dircachesize)
* NEW: afpd: POSIX 1e ACL support
* NEW: afpd: automagic Zeroconf registration with avahi, registering both
       the service _afpovertcp._tcp and TimeMachine volumes with _adisk._tcp.
* UPD: afpd: ACLs usable (though not visible on the client side) without common
       directory service, by mapping ACLs to UARight
* UPD: afpd: performance improvements for ACL access calculations
* UPD: AppleTalk ist disabled by default at configuration time. If needed
       use configure switch --enable-ddp.
* FIX: afpd: Solaris 10 compatibilty fix: don't use SO_SNDTIMEO/SO_RCVTIMEO,
       use non-blocking IO and select instead.
* FIX: cnid_dbd: Solaris 10 compatibilty fix: don't use SO_SNDTIMEO/SO_RCVTIMEO,
       use non-blocking IO and select instead.
* REM: afile/achfile/apple_cm/apple_mv/apple_rm: use ad

Changes in upcoming 2.1.5
====================

* UPD: afpd: support newlines in -loginmesg with \n escaping syntax
* UPD: afpd: support for changed chmod semantics on ZFS with ACLs
       in onnv145+
* FIX: afpd: fix leaking ressource when moving objects on the server

Acknowledgements
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We would like to thank all contributors to the Netatalk project for
their commitment.  Without the many suggestions, bug and problem reports,
patches, and reviews this project wouldn't be where it is.

 - The Netatalk Development Team, October 2010