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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Notes related to an OpenAFS 1.8 branch
 
-The current plan is to make a branch for 1.8 off of master in early July 2014.
+The current plan is to make a branch for 1.8 off of master on or about
+24 September 2014.
 This will allow all of the improvements and cleanup that have accumulated
 on master to be in a stable release series, while letting potentially
 destabilizing changes such as rxgk and pthreaded bos land on master to
@@ -21,15 +22,16 @@ done before branching, things to be removed from the 1.8 branch after
 it is created, and things to be removed from master after the 1.8 branch
 is created.
 
-Things to be done pre-branching:
+Things to be done pre-branching (aka before pre1):
  
-* Make roken and hcrypto use libtool to build
-* Make sure libtool is used properly elsewhere, in particular to install
+* [done] Make roken, hcrypto, and kopenafs use libtool to build
+* [done] Make sure libtool is used properly elsewhere, in particular to install
   shared versions of libafsrpc and libafsauthent, which we ship in
   1.6 but do not currently install on master
-* Relatedly, verify that the libraries we do ship do not depend on things
+* [done] Relatedly, verify that the libraries we do ship do not depend on things
   that we don't ship.
-* (Optional) Look at the feasibility of installing shared liboafs_foo,
+* [done; unfeasible]
+  (Optional) Look at the feasibility of installing shared liboafs_foo,
   and using dynamic linkage for the client utilities.
 * (rxosd is not going to make it unless someone steps up to do the work;
   we can't block the branch indefinitely on it.)
@@ -37,13 +39,30 @@ Things to be done pre-branching:
   in servers, etc..
 * Relatedly, check that the kernel module is properly built and loadable
   on a variety of linuxen.
-* Draft Debian packaging (which will help with a lot of the libtool
+* [done] Draft Debian packaging (which will help with a lot of the libtool
   validation).
-* Whitespace cleanup.
+* [done] Whitespace cleanup.
 * Any other tree-wide cleanup that people want to get in.
-* Adjust the default behavior of configure (pthreaded ubik?  more?)
+* [partially? done]
+  Adjust the default behavior of configure (pthreaded ubik?  more?)
 * Beg and plead for documentation updates.
-* Tie the installation of the pam module to --enable/disable-kauth
+* [done] Tie the installation of the pam module to --enable/disable-kauth
+* fix issues with HOST_TO_ZERO and tmay (see gerrit 11287/11290 and related)
+* Go through outstanding changes against master and determine
+  which should get pulled in for 1.8
+* Document KeyFileExt and how to migrate keys from 1.6 to 1.8 format
+* Document asetkey list for KeyFileExt keys
+* remove vos release -stayup
+* Investigate volume header update issues; volume update time is not
+  changed by admin operations that alter metadata such as quota, which
+  could subsequently get lost.
+
+Things to be done before 1.8 release (but not necessarily before branching):
+
+* Documentation fixes (which ones?)
+* Investigate "lockless path through d_revalidate" for potential issues (?)
+* Consider defaulting Unix CMs to have crypt mode be the default, and use
+  authenticated connections to the VL server.
 
 Things to be removed from 1.8 post-branch:
  
@@ -58,3 +77,6 @@ Things to be removed from master post-branch:
 * push to empty out libutil as much as possible.
 * rip out LWP support
 * it is tempting to remove kauth, but probably not possible due to agreements with IBM.
+* `make dest` support?  Pretty-please?
+* upserver
+* non-DA fileserver and associated bitmap-later and fast-restart configure knobs