Gordon, JC (John) wrote:
> Markus, last year someone (you, Ian?) said that 230 would be the last
> supporting RH7.3.
2_4_0 we intend to be the last major release for RH7.
Support for emergency fixes will be available for a few months more.
> 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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