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Subject: Announcing Gluster release 8
From: Rinku Kothiya <rkothiya () redhat ! com>
Date: 2020-07-09 12:58:32
Message-ID: CAMX-mG07dUydpK5gD4PMwDXHD3ymD=OUc_svT+mLHXVfEkpWcA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,
The Gluster community is pleased to announce the release of 8.0, our latest
release.
This is a major release that includes a range of code improvements and
stability fixes along with a few features as noted below. A selection of
the key features and bugs addressed are documented in this [1] page.
*Announcements:*
1. Releases that receive maintenance updates post release 8 are 7 and 8 [2]
2. Release 8 will receive maintenance updates around the 10th of every
month for the first 3 months post release (i.e Aug'20, Sep'20, Oct'20).
Post the initial 3 months, it will receive maintenance updates every 2
months till EOL.
3. For upgrading to release 8 refer to the release 8 upgrade guide [3].
Make sure you are not using any of the following deprecated features :
- Block device (bd) xlator
- Decompounder feature
- Crypt xlator
- Symlink-cache xlator
- Stripe feature
- Tiering support (tier xlator and changetimerecorder)
- Glupy
*Highlights of this release are:*
*Highlights:*
- Several stability fixes addressing
* coverity, clang-scan, address sanitizer and valgrind reported issues
* removal of unused and hence, deprecated code and features
- Performance Improvements
*Features:*
- Implemented seek file operation for open-behind
- Now storage.reserve option will take size of disk as input instead of
percentage
- Added Functionality to enable log rotation for user serviceable
snapshot's logs
- Mandatory locks enhancements in replicate subvolumes
- To validate other memory allocation implementations instead of libc's
malloc added an option to build with tcmalloc library
- Integrated Thin-arbiter with GD1
- Client Handling of Elastic Clusters
*Major issues:*
- None
Bugs addressed are provided towards the end, in the release notes [1]
Thank you,
Gluster community
References:
[1] Release notes:
https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/release-notes/8.0/
[2] Release schedule:
https://www.gluster.org/release-schedule/
[3] Upgrade guide to release-8:
https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Upgrade-Guide/upgrade_to_8/
[4] Packages:
Packages that will be available :
https://github.com/gluster/glusterdocs/blob/master/docs/Install-Guide/Community_Packages.md
Packages at :
https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/8/8.0/
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>The Gluster community is pleased to announce the release of \
8.0, our latest release.<br><br>This is a major release that includes a range of code \
improvements and stability fixes along with a few features as noted below. A \
selection of the key features and bugs addressed are documented in this [1] \
page.<br><br><b>Announcements:</b><br><br>1. Releases that receive maintenance \
updates post release 8 are 7 and 8 [2]<br><br>2. Release 8 will receive maintenance \
updates around the 10th of every month for the first 3 months post release (i.e \
Aug'20, Sep'20, Oct'20).<br> Post the initial 3 months, it will \
receive maintenance updates every 2 months till EOL.<br><br>3. For upgrading to \
release 8 refer to the release 8 upgrade guide [3].<br><br> Make sure you are not \
using any of the following deprecated features :<br><br><div \
style="margin-left:40px"> - Block device (bd) xlator<br> - Decompounder feature<br> - \
Crypt xlator<br> - Symlink-cache xlator<br> - Stripe feature<br> - Tiering support \
(tier xlator and changetimerecorder)<br> - Glupy<br></div><br><b>Highlights of this \
release are:<br></b><br><b>Highlights:</b><br><br><div style="margin-left:40px"> - \
Several stability fixes addressing<br></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><div \
style="margin-left:40px"> * coverity, clang-scan, address sanitizer and valgrind \
reported issues<br> * removal of unused and hence, deprecated code and \
features<br></div></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><br> - Performance \
Improvements<br></div><br><b>Features:</b><br><br><div style="margin-left:40px"> - \
Implemented seek file operation for open-behind<br> - Now storage.reserve option will \
take size of disk as input instead of percentage<br> - Added Functionality to enable \
log rotation for user serviceable snapshot's logs<br> - Mandatory locks enhancements \
in replicate subvolumes<br> - To validate other memory allocation implementations \
instead of libc's malloc added an option to build with tcmalloc library<br> - \
Integrated Thin-arbiter with GD1<br> - Client Handling of Elastic \
Clusters<br></div><br><br><b>Major issues:</b><br><br><div \
style="margin-left:40px"> - None <br></div><br>Bugs addressed are provided towards \
the end, in the release notes [1]<br><br><br>Thank you,<br>Gluster \
community<br><br>References:<br>[1] Release notes:<br> <a \
href="https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/release-notes/8.0/">https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/release-notes/8.0/</a><br><br>[2] \
Release schedule:<br> <a \
href="https://www.gluster.org/release-schedule/">https://www.gluster.org/release-schedule/</a><br><br>[3] \
Upgrade guide to release-8:<br> <a \
href="https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Upgrade-Guide/upgrade_to_8/">https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Upgrade-Guide/upgrade_to_8/</a><br><br>[4] \
Packages:<br><br> Packages that will be available : <br> <a \
href="https://github.com/gluster/glusterdocs/blob/master/docs/Install-Guide/Community_ \
Packages.md">https://github.com/gluster/glusterdocs/blob/master/docs/Install-Guide/Community_Packages.md</a><br><br> \
Packages at :<br> <a \
href="https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/8/8.0/">https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/8/8.0/</a></div>
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