Release Status: 2 May 2006-05-02

• Since last week:
• RC4 failed tests
• Few packaging fixes were needed
• uncovered a problem in dCache (when more than 56 CA are present gridftp crashes) -
• this is not a new problem - a well known problem in gridftp (array dimension!);
• it has been seen and fixed in other services;
• This issue caused all tests to fail
• Workaround - All tests now pass.

o In addition, on Friday we found:

· serious bug in FTS: service discovery clients could not use BDII

· DPM issue with a limited # connections

· Fixes for both of these were made available on Monday

• RC5 available now
• testing FTS and DPM this afternoon
• Will do stress testing overnight - but all basic tests passed this weekend
• Wednesday: aim to push out to PPS and the Tier1 sites.
• Start with Tier 1 sites in 2 groups (to avoid all the Tier 1s being down)
• Other sites will upgrade in ~2 weeks when we make a general release (opportunity to fix problems that arise)