[Netatalk-admins] Netatalk 1.6.1 Released

[Sebastian R. <sr...@jr...>]

                              Netatalk 1.6.1
                              ==============

The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 1.6.1 of the
Netatalk File Sharing suite. Netatalk is a collection of server programs
and utilities for handling various protocols employed by Apple Macintosh
computers on Unix compatible systems. This allows Unix hosts to act as
file, print, and time servers for Apple Macintosh (classic MacOS as well
as MacOS X) computers.

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
 * timelord - a time server for synchronizing time over the network
 * megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like
   BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers.
 * various other utilities 

Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under
the GNU General Public License (GPL). Please see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the full license text.

News in Netatalk 1.6.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Netatalk 1.6.1 is a maintenance release for the 1.6 series that fixes various
issues in Netatalk:

 * Berkeley DB 4 compatibility
 * MacOS X kernel panics
 * Endless loops in afpd
 * Further bugs and build issues

There are still some known issues with CNID DIDs and the Berkeley DB system.
We hope to solve these in the next release.

Future Enhancements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Netatalk is an actively developed product and its functionality will be
enhanced in future versions. Some of the upcoming features include:

 * AFP 3.0 support, including long file names
 * Integrated Samba and NFS file locking
 * Improved Documentation

Supported Platforms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As of Netatalk 1.6.1 the following operating systems are supported:

 * FreeBSD
 * Linux (Debian, Mandrake, RedHat, SuSE, others should work as well)
 * OpenBSD
 * 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
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Netatalk tar-balls can be found at:

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

Binaries for Debian GNU/Linux will be added to the unstable distribution
soon and will be available at every Debian non-US mirror. Binaries for
other operating systems will be made available at the SourceForge site
http://sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk/ as time permits.

Netatalk is also available via anonymous CVS. See the SourceForge project
site for anonymous CVS instructions. Main development is happening in
the trunk. Well-tested patches are back-ported to branch-netatalk-1-6,
which is also the basis for the official releases.

Contact
~~~~~~~

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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, February 2003