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Re: 9.4 patch release plans
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Basch)
Thu Jul 24 14:50:59 2008
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From: Robert Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:50:34 -0400
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On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
> I was going to suggest that we talk to netops before killing off the
> caching named on athena machines, then I saw the performace issue
> discussion on -c consult, and suggest it even more. :-)
Yes, I was also about to suggest that we at least give them a
heads-up about it. I have a vague memory of their being concerned
about the potential load impact when this idea came up some time
ago.
>> Also, if there's anything we have been waiting to get into a 9.4
>> patch
>> release, now is the time to bring it up.
>
> OS patches is the only thing that comes to mind, and I don't know of
> any that are really urgent.
I think there are a couple to consider. I will take a closer
look when I get a chance.
We should probably also update Firefox (now at 2.0.0.16), which will
include the certificate-handling behavior change we have talked
about at recent meetings.
We might also consider updating the JDK.
Bob
