-Netatalk 3.0.4
-==============
+Netatalk 3.1-alpha1
+===================
-The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 3.0.4 of
-the Netatalk File Sharing suite. This is the latest update to the 3.0
-release series. All users are encouraged to upgrade their systems to 3.0.4.
+The Netatalk development team is proud to announce the first alpha release
+of the next Netatalk version 3.1. This release is intended for testing only.
Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP fileserver.
A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh
* cnid_dbd - the CNID database daemon serving CNIDs for AFP volumes
* various supporting programs and utilities
-Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.0
+Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* New ini style configuration file afp.conf which replaces all previous
- configuration files
-* New default AppleDouble backend using filesystem Extended Attributes,
- conversion from AppleDouble v2 is done automatically on access
-* New service controller process "netatalk" responsible for starting and
- restarting afpd and cnid_metad as necessary
-* AppleTalk support has been removed
-* Coherent cross-platform locking with Solaris CIFS server
+* AFP Spotlight Support with Gnome Tracker
+
+ https://projects.gnome.org/tracker/
+
+Please refer to the online manual for details about compiling Netatalk
+with Spotlight support and how to configure:
+
+ http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/installation.html#compiling-netatalk
+ http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#id2615270
Please make sure to read the upgrading section in the Netatalk online
-manual before trying to upgrade your system to 3.0!
+manual before trying to upgrade your system from version 2:
- http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.0/htmldocs/upgrade.html
+ http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/upgrade.html
License
~~~~~~~
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+Changes in 3.1-alpha1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* NEW: AFP Spotlight support with Gnome Tracker
+* NEW: New option "spotlight" (G/V)
+* NEW: Configure option --with-tracker-pkgconfig-version
+* NEW: Configure option --with-tracker-prefix
+* NEW: If Spotlight is enabled, launch our own dbus instance
+* NEW: New option "dbus daemon" (G)
+* UPD: Add configure option --with-afpstats for overriding the
+ result of autodetecting dbus-glib presence
+
+
Changes in 3.0.4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* FIX: Opening files without metadata EA may result in an invalid
their commitment. Without the many suggestions, bug and problem reports,
patches, and reviews this project wouldn't be where it is.
- - The Netatalk Development Team, May 2013
+ - The Netatalk Development Team, July 2013