User-Visible OpenAFS Changes
 
OpenAFS 1.8.9 (in progress)
 
  All platforms
 
    * Performance improvements (14814 14815 15129)
 
    * Support for building with more recent compilers (14970 14982..14987
      14990 14991 15056 15057 15061..15064)
 
    * Build fixes and improvements around the test suite (14879 14880
      14909..14911 15133)
 
    * Documentation improvements (14980 15047)
 
    * Improved diagnostics and error messages. In particular, warn when
      server processes are started without keys and properly print the
      volume transaction flags in "vos status" output (14594 14968)
 
  FreeBSD
 
    * Added support for release 12.3 and further improvements (14878
      14920 14921)
 
  Linux clients
 
    * Support mainline kernels up to 5.19 (14942..14944 14989 14945
      14946 15058 15065 15094 15095)
 
    * Fixed a potential memory leak (15096)
 
    * Fixed a type cast which could make builds fail against older kernels
      (15134)
 
    * In Red Hat packaging, no longer have systemd load the openafs module
      during boot (15128)
 
  Most client platforms
 
    * Handle certain failure conditions rather than panicking the system
      (14927 15052)