Markus, last year someone (you, Ian?) said that 230 would be the last
supporting RH7.3.
Has this been implemented? I assume 231 will still support 7.3 but what
about 2_4_0?
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LHC Computer Grid - Rollout
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Markus Schulz
> Sent: 28 February 2005 17:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LCG-ROLLOUT] first announcement of upcoming releases
>
> Dear SiteManagers,
> we would like to bring to your attention what we plan for two
> releases in the near future.
>
> The first one (LCG-2.3.1) is driven by security concerns that
> have been fixed in the last few days. These affect all nodes
> that keep up to date certificate revocation lists, that map
> users and that are Resource Brokers.
>
> We highly recommend to upgrade to this release as soon as it is out.
>
> This release will contain some additional bug-fixes,
> especially for the configuration tool (YAIM). We will push
> LCG-2.3.1 out as soon as we have finished the packaging.
> This will be before the end of the week.
>
> The second release for which we would like to give you an
> advanced warning is LCG-2.4.0. The planned date for this is
> April 1st (Fools day, what better time could one imagine for
> a release). This is the first release in a sequence of major
> releases that we will provide every 3 month. Several
> components received bug fixes and are not explicitly listed here.
>
> The main (planned) changes are (in no specific order):
>
> * Updates to the WorkLoadManagement:
> RB including the DLI interface to catalogues.
>
> * Components to allow selection of release version and
> middleware flavor
> via the jdl.
>
> * lcg_utils with much improved error messages.
>
> * edg-rm based on lcg_utils.
>
> * LCG-BDII with a configuration interface and features that allow, if
> requested, to integrate the sites status derived from
> testing into the
> configuration. In addition the BDII will be more stable and the
> problems that have been inherent to the design will be fixed.
>
> New services: ===========
>
> * VOMS for CE and Classic SE, with fallback on grid-mapfiles.
>
> * Disk pool managers:
>
> The diskpool managers will be part of the release, but can
> be deployed
> whenever your site feels the need to switch from the
> (in)famous Classic
> SE to managed storage. We hope that this will be rather
> soon. New sites
> should start with managed storage from day 1.
>
> - dCache for medium to large sites
> - DPM for small to medium sites
>
> the deployment team
>
> **************************************************************
> **********
> *******
> Markus Schulz
> CERN IT
>
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