http://www.openafs.org/pages/main.html Most importantly, this would add support for 4.9 kernels.
In addition, this is a security release.. from https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.20/RELNOTES-1.6.20 User-Visible OpenAFS Changes OpenAFS 1.6.20 (Security Release) All platforms * Fix for OPENAFS-SA-2016-003: file and directory names leak due to reuse of directory objects without zeroing the contents (12461 12462 12463 12464 12465)
commit 715a23f1ed89c85642d3f0bd59680a1d360999e7 Author: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org> Date: Wed Feb 8 12:37:44 2017 -0500 net-fs/openafs: Version bump to 1.6.20.1, #608446 Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0 commit 7a709b7a02de59dd6f33d90559c4e9bf2409f120 Author: NP-Hardass <NP-Hardass@gentoo.org> Date: Tue Feb 7 21:24:44 2017 -0500 net-fs/openafs-kernel: Bump to 1.6.20.1, supports up to kernel 4.9, #608446 Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0 Will update in a day or two with a stable req if no bugs pop up.
(In reply to NP-Hardass from comment #2) > Will update in a day or two with a stable req if no bugs pop up. Now ready to start stabilization?
Ping!!!!
Pong!!! :) Arch teams, please stabilise provided packages.
amd64 stable
x86 stable
GLSA Vote: No sparc please stabilize or move package to ~sparc
sparc stable. Maintainer(s), please cleanup.
Cleanup completed.
All done.