NEWS-5.20.02

OpenSAF 5.20.02 (released 2020-02-15)

This is a major release containing new enhancements. Before installing or
upgrading to OpenSAF 5.20.02, make sure your system meets the minimum version
requirements of the following system components:

• Linux kernel, version 2.6.39 or later. Recommended version is Linux 3.18 or
  later when using the TCP transport, and Linux 4.4.22 or later when using the
  TIPC transport. Linux versions older than the recommended ones contain bugs
  that are known to affect the proper function of OpenSAF. Use of Linux versions
  older than the recommended ones together with OpenSAF is strongly discouraged.
• GNU C Library (Glibc), version 2.11 or later
• GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), version 4.8.1 or later
• Libxml2, version 2.7 or later
• Python, version 2.7 or later (only needed when configuring with
  --enable-python)
• Libopenssl, version 0.9.8 or later (optional)
• Systemd, version 219 or later (optional)
• Libsqlite3, version 3.6 or later (only needed when configuring with
  --enable-imm-pbe)
• OpenHPI, version 2.17.0 or later (only needed when configuring with
  --enable-ais-plm)
• Libvirt, version 0.9.7 or later (only needed when configuring with
  --enable-ais-plm)

When upgrading from OpenSAF version 5.1 or older, be aware that SMF upgrade
campaigns can behave differently compared to earlier OpenSAF releases in case of
component failures. This is because Section 4.2.1.3 of SMF spec A.01.02 was
implemented in OpenSAF 5.2.0. You can now disable this new feature in OpenSAF
5.17.07 by setting the attribute osafAmfRestrictAutoRepairEnable to 0 in the AMF
configuration object amfConfig=1,safApp=safAmfService.

Important enhancements in this release

DTM enhancements

• dtm: rotate logtraces on demand [#3086]
• dtm: rotate all logtraces on demand [#3133]

LOG enhancements

• log: make facility ID configurable [#3131]
• log: improve the resilience of log service [#3116]

LCK enhancements

• lck: fully support SC absence [#3092]

PLM enhancements

• plm: fully support SC absence [#3093]

MSG enhancements

• msg: fully support SC absence [#3083]

Links

• The complete list of enhancements in the 5.20.02 release can be found in this report

• The documentation for the OpenSAF 5.20.02 release can be downloaded here

You can also check the README of the respective OpenSAF service.