[Infrastructures] ISconf 4.2.8.212: Maintenance Release

[Steve Traugott]

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce the release of ISconf 4.2.8.212:

    http://trac.t7a.org/isconf/pub/isconf-4.2.8.212.tar.gz

This maintenance release fixes several hangs having to do with
long-running exec processes, adds integrity checks on file transfers,
and makes several other performance and reliability improvements.
You'll want to upgrade to it.  See http://trac.t7a.org/isconf/timeline
for change history.

While the regression test suite continues to grow, I'm also using
4.2.8 to migrate our Xen clusters to Xen 3.0 and the 2.6 kernel; this
has provided plenty of useful exposure.  As always, I'm indebted to
those of you who have been sending mail, bugs, and patches from your
own experiences.

There are still known bugs in the 4.2.8 series that aren't fixed, but
are either minor or have workarounds.  As I receive feedback I'll
continue to balance 4.2.8 maintenance against the 4.3 series -- some
of the remaining bugs are in code which 4.3 deprecates.  Feel free to
let me know what you would prioritize, and I'll factor that in.

The 4.3.1 work, continuing, focuses on the TCP mesh code.  This will
give us the ability to retire UDP, simplify firewall rules, and
provides the foundation we'll need later for reporting, asset
management, and monitoring.  Look for 4.3.2 as the stable release of
this next version, and see http://trac.t7a.org/isconf/roadmap for
details.

Take Care,

Steve
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Stephen G. Traugott  (KG6HDQ)
UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect, TerraLuna LLC
stevegt@TerraLuna.Org 
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