[Netatalk-devel] Netatalk 2.2-alpha3 is available for testing

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

Netatalk 2.2alpha3
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The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 2.2alpha3 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.

Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP fileserver. It also
provides a kernel level implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite.
A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh
clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server (AFP), AppleTalk
router, *NIX/*BSD print server, and for accessing AppleTalk printers via
Printer Access Protocol (PAP).
Included are a number of minor printing and debugging utilities.

The suite contains:

* afpd - a file server that implements the Apple Filing Protocol, allowing
  clients running MacOS to access Unix file servers
* atalkd - an implementation of the AppleTalk protocol
* papd - a print server that enables Macintosh computers to access printers
  connected to Unix servers
* megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like
  BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers
* various supporting programs and utilities

Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under
the GNU General Public License (GPL).  The full license text is available
at:

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Changes in 2.2alpha3
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* FIX: afpd: various fixes
* FIX: Any daemon did not run if atalkd doesn't exist (redhat/debian)


Supported Platforms
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As of Netatalk 2.1.4 the following operating systems are supported:

 * FreeBSD
 * Linux
 * OpenBSD
 * NetBSD
 * [Open]Solaris
 * Tru64 (TCP only)

Netatalk may compile and run on other operating systems as well, but
it is not well-tested on those.  We welcome patches and suggestions
for enhancing the portability of Netatalk as well as success and failure
stories.  Please write to net...@li....

Availability
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Netatalk tar-balls can be found at:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8642

Netatalk is also available via anonymous git.  See the SourceForge project
site for anonymous git instructions.

Contact
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For more information about Netatalk, see its web page at:

  http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/

The project is hosted at SourceForge.  The SourceForge project page is
located at:

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk/

The Netatalk development team can be reached via the mailing list
net...@li....  For subscription information and
archives see Netatalk's SourceForge project page.

net...@li... is a mailing list for Netatalk
system administrators.  For subscription information and archives see
the Netatalk web page.

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, November 2010