[fedfs-utils ANNOUNCE] Announcing the release of fedfs-utils, version 0.9.0

[fedfs-utils Release Announcements]

This package contains an implementation of the Federated Filesystem (FedFS) Proposed Standard for Linux.  For an introduction to FedFS, see RFC 5716.

This is an ALPHA quality release.  The code in this release is not guaranteed to work.  Programming, administrative, and user interfaces may change significantly before the next release.  This release is for technology preview only.

Non-backwards compatible changes:
	• NSDB schema complies with latest draft standard
	• DNS SRV support complies with RFC 6641

New features:
	• NSDB clients support the FEDFS_SEC_TLS security type
	• NSDB clients can follow LDAP referrals returned by NSDB nodes
	• New tools for configuration of NSDBs
	• New "display-junction" debugging command
	• New installation guide:
		http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/FedFsInstallationGuide0.9

Minor fixes:
	• Dozens of clean-ups and bug fixes; consult Changelog for details
	• "trusted.junction.type" xattr deprecated
	• Refinements to man pages
	• ADMIN XDR updated to latest draft standard
	• Project web site moved to:
		http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/FedFsUtilsProject

Tarball releases available at
http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=cel/fedfs-releases.git;a=summary

Git repository available at
http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=cel/fedfs-utils.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/0.9-stable

Patchwork available at
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/fedfs-utils/list/

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Chuck Lever
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