volser: combine GCTrans conditional clauses

[openafs.git] / NEWS

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@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ OpenAFS 1.8.0pre2
 
     * Ubik servers using pthreads are now available and are used by default
 
+    * As part of improving Ubik reliability in certain edge cases, an extra
+      election cycle (about 60 seconds) may be needed before writes are
+      permitted.  This is a conservative change that may be removed in
+      the future.
+
     * Remove periodic background fsync by the fileserver (ihandle fsync thread).
 
     * Fix potential file handle leak in the file server ihandle caching layer.
@@ -256,8 +261,17 @@ OpenAFS 1.8.0pre2
 
     * Modify the volume updateDate when the volume is changed by a salvage.
 
+    * Volume usage statistics are now preserved during reclone and restore
+      operations by default, the behavior previously enabled by
+      the -preserve-vol-stats flag to the volserver.  The historical behavior
+      can be retained via the -clear-vol-stats argument.
+
   All Client Platforms
 
+    * Use rxkad_crypt by default for connections to fileservers.  This matches
+      the existing behavior of the Windows client and has been applied by
+      the distribution packaging on many platforms already.
+
     * Add support for relative ACL changes with fs setacl. If a single plus (+)
       or minus (-) character is appended to the rights' letters argument, the
       new rights are computed relatively to the existing ones.