downloads/Release_4_0_Milestone4_Release_Info

As there are zero open blocker, critical or major that were found during the Beta4 time period, the milestone 4 tag (i.e. 4.0.M4) was applied to the source R4 branch.

The 4.0.M4 archive can be found at:  http://download.opensaf.org/releases/opensaf-4.0.M4.tar.gz

The summary of the key features added during Beta4 is provided below. A detailed description of Beta4 can be found at:  https://devel.opensaf.org/wiki/downloads/Release_4_0_Beta4_Release_Info .

The key features of this release are:

  • DTSv OI (#618)
    • Main contributor: Chandra Sekhar
  • MASv/PSSv cleanup (#625)
    • Main contributor: Ramesh
  • SAF Software Management Framework (SMF) service, Drop 1 (#273)
    • Main contributors: Ingvar Bergström, Bertil Engelholm, Lars Ekman

Summary of major SMF capabilities in Beta 4:

  • Rolling upgrade over Nodes and SUs
  • Single step upgrade (without template part)

Not supported:

  • SMF API
  • Rollback

There is one more beta planned for OpenSAF Release 4. Beta-5 is expected to be available in late February. The list of features to be included in Beta-5 are listed at:  https://devel.opensaf.org/report/11 (see ticket under: "Milestone: 4.0.0-B5").

The list of changes made to the source during Beta-4 testing can be found at:  https://devel.opensaf.org/wiki/downloads/Release_4_0_Milestone4_Release_Info/Beta_4_source_changes.