[cdwg] Lustre 2.4 update - January 18th 2013

[Jones, Peter A]

 Hi there

Here is an update on the Lustre 2.4 release. Details of the scope of the release are at http://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/Releases/Lustre+2.4+Scope+Statement

Landings
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-A number of landings made - see http://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master
- Wireshark support (LU-1434)
- HSM Dirty Flag  (LU-941)
- Layout Lock Server (LU-1876)

Testing
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-Testing on the 2.3.58 tag is complete; 2.3.59 testing is underway

Blockers
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-Full list available at http://jira.whamcloud.com/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10292
-If there are any issues not presently marked as blockers that you believe should be, please let me know

Other
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-Feature freeze for 2.4 will be on January 31st; please ensure that any content you wish to include in this release has been uploaded into gerrit for review well in advance of this deadline to allow ample time for completion of reviews and testing; bug fixes and minor enhancements (kernel updates etc) will still be able to land for some weeks beyond this date

Thanks

Peter