The Gluster team has been busy over the end-of-year holidays and this latest update to the 3.8 Long-Term-Maintenance release intends to fix quite a number of bugs. Packages have been built for many different distributions and are available from the download server. The release-notes for 3.8.8 have been included below for the ease of reference. All users on the 3.8 version are recommended to update to this current release.Release notes for Gluster 3.
An other month, an other GlusterFS 3.8 update! We're committed to fix reported bugs in the 3.8 Long-Term-Maintenance version, with monthly releases. Here is glusterfs-3.8.5 for increased stability. Packages for different distributions should be landing shortly. Release notes for Gluster 3.8.5This is a bugfix release. The Release Notes for 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3 and 3.8.4contain a listing of all the new features that were added and bugs fixed in the GlusterFS 3.
Even though the last release 3.8 was just two weeks ago, we're sticking to the release schedule and have 3.8.4 ready for all our current and future users. As with all updates, we advise users of previous versions to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Several bugs have been fixed, and upgrading is one way to prevent hitting known problems in future.Release notes for Gluster 3.8.4This is a bugfix release. The Release Notes for 3.
On occasion the Gluster projects deems an out-of-order release the best approach to address a problem that got introduced with the last update. The 3.8.3 version is such a release, and we advise all users to upgrade to it, if possible skipping the 3.8.2 release. See the included release notes for more details. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. Release notes for Gluster 3.8.3This is a bugfix release. The Release Notes for 3.
Pretty much according to the release schedule, GlusterFS 3.8.2 has been released this week. Packages are available in the standard repositories, and moving from testing-status in different distributions to normal updates. Release notes for Gluster 3.8.2This is a bugfix release. The Release Notes for 3.8.0 and 3.8.1 contain a listing of all the new features that were added and bugs fixed in the GlusterFS 3.8 stable release. Bugs addressedA total of 54 patches have been merged, addressing 50 bugs:
The initial release of Gluster 3.8 was the start of a new Long-Term-Maintenance version with monthly updates. These updates include bugfixes and stability improvements only, making it a version that can safely be installed in production environments. It is planned that the Long-Term-Maintenance versions receive updates for a year. With minor releases going to happen every three months, the upcoming 3.9 version will be a Short-Term-Maintenance with updates until the next version is released three months later.
There has been a delay in announcing the most recent 3.5 release, I'm sorry about that! Packages for most distributions are available by now, either from the standard distribution repositories (NetBSD) or from download.gluster.org. We are working hard to release the next major version of Gluster. The roadmap for Gluster 3.8 is getting more complete every day. There is still some work to do though. A reminder for all users of the 3.
Last month GlusterFS 3.5.8 was tagged for release in our git repository. The tarball got placed on our main distribution server, and some packages got built for different distributions. Because releases and packages are mostly done by volunteers in their free time, it sometimes takes a little longer to get all the packages for different distributions available. Please be patient until the release has been made completely (at that point we'll update the 3.
Around the 10th of each month the release schedule allows for a 3.5 stable update. This got delayed a few days due to the unfriendly weather in The Netherlands, making me take some holidays in a more sunny place in Europe. This release fixes two bugs, one is only a minor improvement for distributions using systemd, the other fixes a potential client-side segfault when the server.manage-gids option is used. Packages for different distributions are available on the main download server, distributions that still provide glusterfs-3.
The Gluster Community provides packages for Fedora, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, NetBSD and other distributions. All users are important to us, and we really like to hear how Gluster is (not?) working out for you, or what improvements are most wanted. It is easy to pass this information (anonymously) along through this years survey (it's a Google form). If you would like to comment on the survey itself, please get in touch with Amye.